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Best Mutual Funds - January 2004

    Best Stock Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

 Sharp

Alpha

Fund Name

Ticker

Return

Risk

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

5 Yr

 Ratio

(%)

Selected American

SLASX

1.0

2.2

14.63

30.90

(1.20)

4.87

(0.21)

3.37

Fidelity Contrafund

FCNTX

1.5

1.7

11.34

27.95

0.36

3.33

(0.15)

2.33

Vanguard Growth & Income

VQNPX

1.7

3.3

12.90

30.15

(3.34)

0.71

(0.40)

0.81

Large Cap Core

 

 

 

11.52

26.79

(4.77)

(0.44)

(0.46)

 

ABN AMRO Growth N

CHTIX

1.9

2.5

10.79

21.58

(5.21)

1.40

(0.48)

(0.61)

Large Cap Growth

 

 

 

10.09

28.61

(10.39)

(3.23)

(0.71)

 

Northern Large Cap Value

NOLVX

1.8

2.2

6.26

16.40

4.91

--

0.06

9.99

Oakmark I

OAKMX

1.8

2.8

6.52

16.74

9.64

3.27

0.35

15.20

Fidelity Equity-Income II

FEQTX

2.3

2.6

4.97

16.03

0.73

2.54

(0.16)

7.89

Vanguard U.S. Value

VUVLX

1.4

2.2

8.96

19.02

4.73

--

0.01

9.25

Large Cap Value

 

 

 

13.24

28.47

(0.22)

2.56

(0.18)

 

ABN AMRO Mid Cap N

CHTTX

1.7

3.1

12.20

41.42

10.39

13.84

0.36

22.83

Vanguard Strategic Equity

VSEQX

1.7

1.8

12.89

43.83

9.61

11.03

0.50

15.85

Mid Cap Core

 

 

 

13.23

36.41

4.81

7.88

0.16

 

Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock

FMCSX

2.7

2.5

12.26

33.26

(5.60)

9.21

(0.28)

 

Mid Cap Growth

 

 

 

13.23

36.41

4.81

7.88

0.16

 

Yacktman

YACKX

1.9

2.0

14.62

33.03

20.98

10.79

0.92

23.58

Fidelity Value

FDVLX

2.7

2.3

14.26

34.43

11.05

9.95

0.54

17.71

Mid Cap Value

 

 

 

14.10

33.65

7.28

9.07

0.29

 

Royce Low-Priced Stock*

RYLPX

2.0

3.3

14.72

44.02

14.67

19.39

0.48

25.33

RS Partners

RSPFX

1.0

2.0

16.89

65.63

25.09

21.69

1.11

32.57

Small Cap Core

 

 

 

14.78

42.89

9.23

10.88

0.42

 

Fidelity Small Cap Stock*

FSLCX

1.4

1.3

17.30

45.04

9.17

15.73

0.36

16.29

Vanguard Explorer

VEXPX

2.3

2.4

13.06

44.25

3.04

10.40

0.15

14.57

Small Cap Growth

 

 

 

13.10

44.78

(1.99)

6.19

(0.07)

 

Babson Enterprise

BABEX

1.4

1.5

18.21

50.64

23.51

14.46

1.06

27.19

Royce Special Equity*

RYSEX

2.6

1.0

13.25

27.64

24.39

15.13

1.38

27.07

Small Cap Value

 

 

 

15.74

42.89

14.34

13.00

0.64

 

Julius Baer International Equity*

BJBIX

1.3

2.0

17.11

35.92

2.03

11.53

(0.07)

4.19

William Blair Intl Growth*

WBIGX

1.3

2.7

14.48

42.21

1.36

13.43

(0.09)

5.23

Fidelity Diversified Intl*

FDIVX

1.3

2.3

15.19

42.38

3.93

9.02

0.05

6.78

Vanguard International Value

VTRIX

1.4

2.5

19.71

44.44

2.46

3.93

(0.06)

6.82

International Stock

 

 

 

15.99

33.46

(4.55)

0.52

(0.26)

 

 

Best Bond and Real Estate Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

 Sharp

Yield

Fund Name

Ticker

Return

Risk

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

5 Yr

 Ratio

(%)

PIMCO Low Duration D

PLDDX

1.8

2.3

0.19

2.66

5.86

5.49

1.64

2.50

Fidelity Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

1.4

2.0

0.48

3.58

5.96

5.75

1.97

3.09

Vanguard Short-Term Corp

VFSTX

1.0

2.0

0.50

4.24

5.85

5.75

1.85

4.15

Short-Term Bond

 

 

 

0.17

2.45

5.02

5.05

1.38

3.08

Fidelity Spartan Short-Int Muni*

FSTFX

1.6

2.3

0.14

3.03

5.06

4.56

1.24

2.70

Vanguard Ltd-Term Tax-Exempt

VMLTX

1.7

2.3

0.23

2.81

4.89

4.47

1.27

3.16

Short Term Muni Bonds

 

 

 

1.28

3.10

3.99

3.94

1.08

2.37

PIMCO Total Return Mortgage D

PTMDX

1.0

1.8

1.05

3.75

7.42

7.15

1.73

2.16

Fidelity Mortgage Secs

FMSFX

1.1

1.3

0.31

3.28

6.62

6.56

1.72

2.51

Vanguard GNMA

VFIIX

1.3

2.6

0.67

2.54

6.68

6.34

1.36

4.91

Intermediate Govt Bonds

 

 

 

0.16

2.25

6.06

5.50

1.03

3.49

Northern Hi Yield Fixed Income

NHFIX

2.3

1.5

5.57

23.59

10.24

5.59

0.91

8.01

Westcore Flexible Income

WTLTX

1.2

1.5

7.71

24.40

10.50

6.27

0.96

7.07

Fidelity Capital & Income*

FAGIX

1.8

3.2

6.44

40.01

8.88

5.74

0.23

5.46

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate*

VWEHX

3.5

1.2

4.48

17.44

6.94

4.50

0.67

7.59

High Yield Bonds

 

 

 

5.61

24.19

7.77

3.50

0.60

7.21

Third Avenue Real Estate Value*

TAREX

1.4

1.0

12.53

37.34

19.17

18.43

1.57

0.83

Fidelity Real Estate Investment*

FRESX

2.5

2.0

9.15

33.78

15.71

15.05

1.20

2.78

Vanguard REIT Index*

VGSIX

2.7

2.0

9.27

35.65

16.50

13.90

1.23

5.27

Real Estate

 

 

 

9.72

36.65

16.10

14.02

1.15

3.15

* Ratings: Return 1-High to 5-Low, Risk 1-Low to 5-High. 1 is Best in both cases.
 Ratings are relative to other funds in the same category.

 

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