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Best Mutual Funds - January 2006

    Best Stock Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

 Sharp

Alpha

Fund Name

Ticker

Return

Risk

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

5 Yr

 Ratio

(%)

Selected American Shares

SLASX

1.0

1.8

4.08

9.90

17.22

3.48

1.36

3.91

Fidelity Disciplined Equity

FDEQX

1.7

2.1

1.81

10.27

16.25

1.88

1.24

2.76

Vanguard Growth & Income

VQNPX

2.2

2.9

2.77

5.82

15.24

1.21

1.06

0.68

Large Cap Core

 

 

 

2.14

5.70

13.97

0.49

0.95

 

Atlas Growth Opportunities

ASGIX

2.2

1.6

1.62

7.42

13.81

0.79

1.11

1.60

Marsico Growth

MGRIX

1.5

2.1

4.20

6.74

17.23

1.33

1.17

2.98

Fidelity Contrafund

FCNTX

1.1

1.0

3.79

16.23

19.61

6.21

1.74

8.15

Large Cap Growth

 

 

 

3.35

6.48

13.90

(3.37)

0.80

 

TCW Galileo Dividend Focused N

TGIGX

2.5

1.5

0.41

2.98

16.76

7.92

1.24

3.39

Vanguard Windsor II

VWNFX

2.0

2.3

0.06

7.01

18.09

5.75

1.44

4.94

Large Cap Value

 

 

 

1.64

5.89

15.58

3.95

1.10

 

Kinetics Paradigm

WWNPX

1.4

1.5

(1.71)

16.11

27.54

15.11

1.95

14.02

RS Value

RSVAX

2.4

2.0

0.77

11.67

33.83

17.39

2.20

18.14

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock

FLPSX

1.7

1.5

1.83

8.65

23.22

17.33

1.41

6.47

Vanguard Strategic Equity

VSEQX

2.1

2.3

1.23

9.97

23.98

11.78

1.50

8.07

Mid Cap Core

 

 

 

2.30

9.08

20.09

8.13

1.23

 

Buffalo Mid Cap

BUFMX

1.4

2.8

5.80

13.83

24.00

--

1.08

3.12

Mid Cap Growth

 

 

 

3.19

9.61

19.11

0.04

1.03

 

Artisan Mid Cap Value

ARTQX

1.4

2.2

(0.10)

15.46

25.86

--

1.87

11.83

Fidelity Value

FDVLX

1.4

2.3

4.22

14.27

23.02

13.66

1.50

6.81

Mid Cap Value

 

 

 

1.63

8.25

20.48

9.36

1.34

 

Pennsylvania Mutual Inv

PENNX

1.7

1.8

6.41

12.50

23.80

15.32

1.49

8.64

UMB Scout Small Cap

UMBHX

2.4

1.0

1.51

5.60

22.09

12.35

1.67

10.37

*RS Partners

RSPFX

1.4

2.0

(0.94)

11.94

34.70

23.63

2.26

19.21

Small Cap Core

 

 

 

1.30

6.73

21.83

9.97

1.21

 

Royce Value Plus Inv

RYVPX

1.0

2.8

9.50

13.20

37.69

--

1.78

16.53

Fidelity Small Cap Independence

FDSCX

2.3

1.2

1.07

10.96

19.85

7.69

1.20

5.05

Vanguard Explorer

VEXPX

2.0

2.9

3.15

9.29

21.49

6.35

1.06

2.56

Small Cap Growth

 

 

 

1.78

5.91

19.90

2.30

0.94

 

Kinetics Small Cap Opportunitiy

KSCOX

1.8

2.3

(1.26)

13.17

29.93

14.80

2.02

15.92

Third Avenue Small-Cap Value

TASCX

1.9

1.8

1.35

11.09

23.28

13.99

1.59

8.11

Small Cap Value

 

 

 

0.66

6.13

22.34

13.48

1.32

 

Marsico International Opportunity

MIOFX

1.3

2.8

10.07

19.14

25.44

8.96

1.37

0.29

Fidelity International Discovery

FIGRX

1.0

2.8

5.53

18.55

26.48

8.53

1.60

1.81

Vanguard International Value

VTRIX

1.1

3.1

5.36

17.96

26.09

8.34

1.51

1.07

*Julius Baer International Equiy

BJBIX

1.4

2.5

2.95

17.05

25.16

8.91

1.55

1.74

*William Blair International Growth

WBIGX

1.0

2.3

6.89

21.65

27.03

8.46

1.63

2.63

*Fidelity Diversified International

FDIVX

1.4

1.8

5.18

17.23

25.93

9.51

1.79

3.90

International Stock

 

 

 

4.44

14.57

21.33

2.94

1.39

 

Cohen & Steers Realty Shares

CSRSX

1.6

2.5

3.03

14.88

29.99

19.00

1.69

19.22

Neuberger Berman Real Estate

NBRFX

2.3

2.8

2.69

13.08

27.74

--

1.60

17.97

Fidelity Real Estate Investmen

FRESX

2.5

2.0

3.56

14.87

27.27

19.01

1.59

17.38

Vanguard REIT Index

VGSIX

3.0

2.7

1.70

11.89

25.67

18.27

1.49

16.09

*Third Avenue Real Estate Value

TAREX

2.6

1.0

3.37

14.38

26.27

19.92

2.49

16.48

Real Estate

 

 

 

2.61

11.54

26.47

18.54

1.57

 

 

Best Bond Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

 Sharp

Yield

Fund Name

Ticker

Return

Risk

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

5 Yr

 Ratio

(%)

Managers Intermediate Duration

MGIDX

1.2

2.8

0.36

1.74

3.03

5.14

0.48

2.89

William Blair Income N

WBRRX

1.7

2.8

0.55

1.71

2.66

4.59

0.41

5.05

Fidelity Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

1.4

2.0

0.74

2.16

2.53

4.36

0.52

3.46

Vanguard Short-Term Investment

VFSTX

1.0

2.0

0.82

2.24

2.85

4.36

0.68

3.58

Short-Term Bond

 

 

 

0.47

1.46

1.97

3.82

0.13

3.19

Fidelity Short-Intermediate Mu

FSTFX

2.3

2.8

0.43

1.06

1.96

3.59

0.21

2.77

Vanguard Ltd-Term Tax-Ex

VMLTX

2.3

2.3

0.43

1.14

1.82

3.45

0.16

3.06

Short Term Muni Bonds

 

 

 

0.41

1.23

1.60

2.97

(0.13)

2.42

PIMCO Total Return Mortgage D

PTMDX

1.9

2.3

0.30

2.12

3.48

5.77

0.56

3.20

TCW Galileo Total Return Bond

TGMNX

2.0

1.3

0.86

2.97

3.54

6.04

0.64

4.53

Westcore Plus Bond

WTIBX

1.3

1.8

0.57

2.06

6.62

6.76

1.24

5.44

Fidelity Mortgage Secs

FMSFX

2.9

1.3

0.19

2.10

3.36

5.32

0.64

4.12

Fidelity Strategic Income

FSICX

2.1

2.3

0.40

2.71

10.06

9.21

1.72

5.05

Vanguard GNMA

VFIIX

1.0

2.5

1.16

3.39

3.34

5.49

0.46