American Beacon Short-Term Bond Fund

Fund information as of June 30, 2008


Fund Overview
Total Fund Assets: $99.8 Million
  Institutional Class   PlanAhead Class®    
           
Inception Date 12/3/87   8/1/94    
Class Assets $93.6 Million   6.2 Million    
Fund NAV $8.76   $8.77    
CUSIP 02368A562   02368A786    
Trading Symbol AASBX   AALPX    
Investment Minimum $2 Million   $2,500    
 
Fund Classes
 
Institutional Class shares are for those who make the decisions about where your company's pension funds or corporate cash will be invested or for others with at least $2 million to invest.
PlanAhead Class shares are offered to individual investors, retirement accounts, plan sponsors, discount brokers or other organizations.
 
Expense Ratios
 
  Institutional Class   PlanAhead Class    
           
Gross Expense Ratio 0.38%   0.99%    
Net Expense Ratio 0.37%1   0.87%1    
           
1The net expense ratio is net of acquired fund fees and expenses that the Fund incurred indirectly as a result of investment in certain pooled investment vehicles.
 
Investment Objective

A Fund seeking income and capital appreciation through investments in investment grade debt obligations.

 
Investment Style

The Fund maintains a relatively short weighted average duration of one to three years. This policy is intended to lessen the Fund's sensitivity to changes in interest rates, By emphasizing investment grade securities, the Fund seeks to provide shareholders with a regular stream of income, while minimizing principal volatility.

American Beacon Advisors, Inc. utilizes a top-down approach, analyzing macroeconomic data to anticipate economic momentum shifts, inflationary trends, the shape of the yield curve, and Federal Reserve policy. American Beacon Advisors, Inc. strives to increase returns by actively managing the duration and quality of the porfolio, consistent with historical relationships among economic growth, inflation and the direction of interest rates.

The Fund typically invests in a diversified mix of debt securities, including obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities; corporate bonds, notes and debentures; certificates of deposit; and mortgage-backed securities.

At the time of purchase, all securities are rated in one of the four highest rating categories or, if unrated, deemed to be of compatible quality by American Beacon.

 
Short-Term Bond Fund Total Returns as of 6/30/2008
                         
 
QTR
 
YTD
 
1 YR
 
3 YR*
 
5 YR*
 
10 YR*
 
                         
Institutional Class 0.21   1.98   5.18   4.42   3.32   4.63  
PlanAhead Class 0.08   1.71   4.63   3.87   2.75   4.10  
                         
Lipper Index** -0.27   -0.11   2.64   3.25   2.57   3.98  
ML 1-3 Gov/Corp Index *** -0.55   2.10   6.79   4.67   3.37   4.87  
 

Performance shown is historical and may not be indicative of future returns. Investment returns and principal value will vary, and shares may be worth more or less at redemption than at original purchase. Performance shown is as of date indicated, and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.To obtain performance as of the most recent month end, click here.

 
Lipper Rankings as of 6-30-2008
 
Category: Short Investment Grade Bond Funds
  1 YR   3 YR   5 YR   10 YR
# of funds in category 263   212   165   84
               
Institutional Class 45   10   18   12
PlanAhead Class 74   54   57   37
 
Lipper Quartile
 
Institutional Class 1st   1st   1st   1st
PlanAhead Class 2nd   2nd   2nd   2nd
 
Lipper is an independent rating service that ranks mutual funds in various categories by making comparative calculations using total returns.
 
Sector Weightings vs. Merrill Lynch 1-3 Yr Index
     
  Fund
ML 1-3 YR Index
Corporates 59.6 21.5
Asset-Backed 18.5 0.0
U.S. Treasury 11.6 47.5
U.S Agency 5.4 31.0
Mortgage-Backed 4.9 0.0
 
Credit Quality
 
  Fund ML 1-3 YR Index
Aaa 45.3 78.0
Aa 24.6 7.0
A 19.3 8.7
Baa 9.0 6.3
Ba 1.8 0.0
 
Asset Allocation
 
     
Fixed Income 96.8  
Cash 3.2  
 
Portfolio Statistics
     


Fund

ML 1-3 YR Index
Average Credit Quality Aa2 Aaa
Weighted Average Maturity (yrs) 1.6 1.8
Weighted Average Duration (yrs) 1.4 1.7
Weighted Average Coupon (%) 5.2 4.6
 
SEC 30-day Yield (%)  
Institutional Class 4.43
PlanAhead Class 3.88
 
Maturity Distribution
     


Fund

0 to 1 Year 28.6  
1 to 3 Years 58.4  
3 to 5 Years 13.0  
5 to 7 Years 0.0
7 to 10 Years 0.0
   
Top Ten Holdings (%)
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 4.750%,
Due 11/3/2009

5.1
General Electric Capital Corp., 5.875%,
Due 2/15/2012
3.1
USAA Auto Owner Trust, 5.550%, Due 2/15/2013 3.1
Household Automotive Trust, 4.350%,
Due 6/18/2012
3.0
Banc of America Securities Auto Trust, 4.080%,
Due 4/18/2010
2.5
John Deere Capital Corp., 4.125%,
Due 1/15/2010
2.5
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.000%,
Due 2/17/2009
2.5
Comerica Bank, 6.000%, Due 10/1/2008 2.2
MBNA Corp., 7.500%, Due 3/15/2012 2.2
John Hancock Global Funding II, 7.900%,
Due 7/2/2010
2.1
 
Total Fund Holdings: 53

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, fees and expenses of any mutual fund carefully before investing. This and other information is available in the Fund's prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

* Annualized.
** Lipper Short Investment Grade Bond Funds. The Lipper Short Investment Grade Bond Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Short Investment Grade Bond Funds category. Lipper is an independent mutual fund research and ranking service.
*** The Merrill Lynch 1-3 Yr. Gov./Corp. Index is a market value weighted performance benchmark for government and corporate fixed-rate debt securities with maturities between one and three years.

Investing in debt securities entails interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities will decrease in value with increases in market interest rates.

A portion of the fees charged to the Fund has been waived. Performance prior to waiving fees was lower than the actual returns shown. Performance shown reflects the Fund’s receipt in December 2006 and March 2008 of class action settlement proceeds that were related to investment activity in 2002. The Fund’s performance that include December 2006 was higher than it would have been absent receipt of the settlement proceeds.

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