PHOENIX EUCLID FUNDS
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SIGNATURE   ALFRED J. RATCLIFFE
TITLE       FIRST VICE PRESIDENT



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                        EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit A: Attachment to item 77B:
           Accountants report on internal control
- -------------------------------------------------------

Exhibit A:

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of Phoenix-Euclid Market Neutral Fund


In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of Phoenix-Euclid Market Neutral Fund (formerly Euclid Market
Neutral Fund) (the "Fund") for the year ended October 31, 1999,
we considered its internal control, including control activities
for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control.  In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls.  Generally,
controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's
objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes
that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.  Those controls include the safeguarding
of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or
fraud may occur and not be detected.  Also, projection of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject to
the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes
in conditions or that the effectiveness of their design and
operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants.  A material weakness is a
condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the
internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a
timely period by employees in the normal course of performing
their assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters involving
internal control and its operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of October 31, 1999.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the
Board of Trustees, management and the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
November 24, 1999




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