COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
IN DREYFUS A BONDS PLUS, INC. WITH THE MERRILL LYNCH
DOMESTIC MASTER INDEX AND THE LEHMAN BROTHERS
AGGREGATE BOND INDEX
EXHIBIT A:
MERRILL LEHMAN
LYNCH BROTHERS DREYFUS
PERIOD DOMESTIC AGGREGATE A BONDS
MASTER INDEX * BOND INDEX** PLUS, INC.
3/31/90 10,000 10,000 10,000
3/31/91 11,287 11,290 11,060
3/31/92 12,581 12,578 12,580
3/31/93 14,280 14,250 14,731
3/31/94 14,665 14,588 15,186
3/31/95 15,389 15,315 15,643
3/31/96 17,064 16,968 17,538
3/31/97 17,895 17,801 18,218
3/31/98 20,052 19,935 20,440
3/31/99 21,356 21,229 20,860
3/31/00 21,772 21,626 21,662
*Source: Bloomberg, L.P.
** Source: Lipper Analytical Services, Inc.