The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors with a total return, taking into account both capital and income returns, which reflects the return of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. The Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated fixed rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities.