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Best Mutual Funds - January 2005

    Best Stock Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

 Sharp

Alpha

Fund Name

Ticker

Return

Risk

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

5 Yr

 Ratio

(%)

Selected American Shares

SLASX

1.5

1.8

8.44

11.97

6.73

3.38

0.36

3.83

Fidelity Disciplined Equity

FDEQX

1.7

2.1

10.32

12.02

5.08

(0.80)

0.25

1.94

Vanguard Growth & Income

VQNPX

2.2

2.9

8.97

11.11

4.13

(1.80)

0.15

0.81

Large Cap Core

 

 

 

9.35

9.94

2.96

(1.76)

 

 

Atlas Growth Opportunities

ASGIX

1.4

1.6

9.84

9.89

3.95

(1.63)

0.18

1.08

Fidelity Contrafund

FCNTX

1.3

1.3

9.04

15.07

9.99

1.62

0.78

7.54

Large Cap Growth

 

 

 

10.05

7.55

(0.02)

(7.65)

 

 

Yacktman

YACKX

1.8

2.0

11.99

9.93

17.67

17.17

0.92

14.36

Vanguard Windsor II

VWNFX

1.5

2.0

10.11

18.31

8.56

7.63

0.45

5.62

Large Cap Value

 

 

 

9.23

12.82

5.59

4.35

 

 

Artisan Mid Cap Value

ARTQX

1.2

2.0

11.11

26.20

18.41

--

1.13

17.38

Fidelity Value

FDVLX

2.5

2.3

11.39

21.21

13.93

12.40

0.74

11.60

Vanguard Strategic Equity

VSEQX

1.4

1.8

14.44

20.49

14.61

11.27

0.81

11.96

Mid Cap

 

 

 

11.86

16.03

9.82

7.21

 

 

Royce Micro-Cap Inv

RYOTX

2.0

2.3

(1.76)

19.46

18.63

17.61

0.41

11.49

Royce Premier

RYPRX

1.8

1.3

8.37

22.82

16.27

15.08

0.98

15.17

Small Cap Core

 

 

 

12.89

18.87

12.45

11.87

 

 

Neuberger Berman Fasciano Inv

NBFSX

2.2

1.3

7.70

12.55

10.07

7.21

0.64

9.11

Fidelity Small Cap Independence

FDSCX

2.2

1.3

13.31

15.02

7.09

6.66

0.41

6.26

Vanguard Explorer

VEXPX

2.3

2.4

14.26

13.75

7.36

6.33

0.33

5.83

Small Cap Growth

 

 

 

13.92

12.09

4.96

(0.50)

 

 

Third Avenue Small-Cap Value

TASCX

2.3

1.8

9.37

21.27

14.55

15.21

0.81

13.39

Small Cap Value

 

 

 

12.39

20.46

15.48

15.78

 

 

Julius Baer International Equity

BJBIX

1.0

2.3

17.75

23.22

17.31

3.78

0.97

6.49

Fidelity International Discovery

FIGRX

1.2

3.1

11.62

19.10

15.43

1.77

0.81

3.67

Vanguard International Value

VTRIX

1.5

2.6

13.21

19.77

13.77

3.22

0.67

2.69

International Stock

 

 

 

14.25

17.62

9.41

(2.93)

 

 

Third Avenue Real Estate Value

TAREX

3.1

1.0

11.52

28.16

22.42

23.21

1.88

20.58

Fidelity Real Estate Investment

FRESX

2.8

2.0

16.56

34.15

23.82

22.25

1.27

21.01

Vanguard REIT Index

VGSIX

3.6

2.5

15.00

30.69

22.53

21.16

1.19

20.30

Real Estate

 

 

 

15.81

31.71

23.70

21.49

 

 

 

Top Bond Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

 Sharp

Yield

Fund Name

Ticker

Return

Risk

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

5 Yr

 Ratio

(%)

Managers Intermediate Duration

MGIDX

1.0

2.8

0.97

3.95

5.30

6.72

1.25

2.27

PIMCO Low Duration D

PLDDX

2.0

2.3

0.44

2.02

3.96

5.37

1.18

1.74

Fidelity Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

2.2

2.0

0.06

1.64

3.95

5.45

1.29

2.28

Vanguard Short-Term Invest

VFSTX

2.0

2.0

0.39

2.11

3.84

5.55

1.11

3.45

Short-Term Bond

 

 

 

0.29

1.55

3.22

4.89

 

 

Fidelity Spartan Short-Int Muni

FSTFX

1.8

2.3

0.34

1.82

3.75

4.62

0.79

2.36

Vanguard Ltd-Term Tax-Exempt

VMLTX

2.0

2.3

0.36

1.53

3.53

4.49

0.82

2.91

Short Term Muni Bonds

 

 

 

0.25

1.16

2.88

3.85

 

 

PIMCO Total Return Mortgage D

PTMDX

1.0

1.8

1.08

4.53

5.76

7.70

1.31

2.57

TCW Galileo Total Return Bond

TGMNX

1.4

1.8

1.11

4.92

6.19

8.14

1.41

4.31

Westcore Plus Bond

WTIBX

1.0

1.8

2.13

6.39

8.37

8.44

1.53

5.37

Fidelity Mortgage Secs

FMSFX

1.2

1.8

0.76

4.14

5.58

7.09

1.39

3.33

Fidelity Strategic Income

FSICX

1.3

2.3

4.82

9.04

12.27

9.42

1.87

5.31

Vanguard GNMA

VFIIX

1.0

2.3

1.24

4.15

5.40

7.05

1.06

4.67

Intermediate Bonds

 

 

 

1.02

3.86

5.54

6.82

 

 

Scudder High Income

MGHVX

1.7

2.5

5.27

11.94

11.83

7.02

1.30

7.33

Westcore Flexible Income

WTLTX

1.5

1.8

6.09

10.40

12.19

10.67

1.28

6.58

Fidelity Capital & Income

FAGIX

1.4

3.0

6.49

12.07

15.81

6.05

1.04

6.10

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate

VWEHX

3.3

1.5

3.07

8.51

8.97

5.71

1.18

7.19

High Yield Bonds

 

 

 

4.35

9.85

10.56

4.89

 

 

* 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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