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Best Mutual Funds - July 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

1.8

3.80

43.35

3.50

4.78

0.04

3.05

Fidelity Contrafund

FCNTX

1.2

1.3

3.75

35.67

6.49

2.92

0.23

3.90

Large Cap Core

 

 

 

0.98

17.67

(1.39)

(1.75)

(0.18)

 

ABN AMRO Growth N

CHTIX

1.7

2.5

1.77

17.87

(1.42)

(0.69)

(0.26)

(0.48)

Jensen J

JENSX

1.4

1.0

3.02

16.48

4.44

6.71

0.16

5.15

Large Cap Growth

 

 

 

0.85

16.53

(4.57)

(4.84)

(0.35)

 

Oakmark I

OAKMX

2.2

2.8

2.31

15.85

3.90

3.48

0.13

5.36

Vanguard U.S. Value

VUVLX

2.0

2.0

0.16

22.07

4.20

--

0.10

5.29

Large Cap Value

 

 

 

1.18

19.74

1.17

1.16

(0.02)

 

ABN AMRO Mid Cap N

CHTTX

1.0

3.1

3.76

32.93

12.33

14.82

0.36

15.78

Northern Large Cap Value

NOLVX

1.4

2.2

1.98

25.77

5.43

--

0.10

5.26

Vanguard Strategic Equity

VSEQX

1.7

1.8

1.01

30.25

9.64

10.47

0.41

10.32

Mid Cap Core

 

 

 

1.40

25.39

5.70

6.27

0.24

 

Yacktman

YACKX

2.3

2.3

3.81

30.47

10.03

7.34

0.36

10.30

Fidelity Value

FDVLX

1.0

2.0

3.54

32.47

13.95

13.51

0.59

14.98

Mid Cap Value

 

 

 

2.23

27.37

7.60

8.03

0.34

 

Royce Premier

RYPRX

1.4

1.8

5.12

37.90

13.51

14.10

0.64

15.17

RS Partners

RSPFX

1.3

2.0

0.10

40.43

20.56

21.78

0.91

20.65

Fidelity Small Cap Stock

FSLCX

1.8

2.3

2.20

38.19

10.53

13.77

0.38

11.88

Small Cap Core

 

 

 

1.39

33.17

8.60

10.91

0.36

 

Neuberger Berman Fasciano

NBFSX

1.6

1.3

3.05

25.05

7.92

6.80

0.34

8.75

Vanguard Explorer

VEXPX

2.3

2.4

0.10

29.39

3.83

9.39

0.11

7.53

Small Cap Growth

 

 

 

(0.29)

28.39

0.10

4.23

(0.06)

 

Third Avenue Small-Cap Value

TASCX

1.9

2.0

3.78

35.90

10.48

13.87

0.44

11.66

Small Cap Value

 

 

 

2.02

34.11

11.76

12.66

0.52

 

Julius Baer International Equity

BJBIX

1.6

2.0

(1.90)

30.29

9.42

9.80

0.41

8.53

Fidelity Diversified International

FDIVX

1.3

2.3

(0.75)

32.22

9.14

8.03

0.40

9.44

Vanguard International Value

VTRIX

1.5

2.6

1.00

35.32

6.84

2.15

0.18

7.23

International Stock

 

 

 

(0.09)

27.88

1.51

(0.23)

(0.01)

 

Third Avenue Real Estate Value

TAREX

1.2

1.0

(0.35)

28.14

16.75

17.51

1.27

16.07

Fidelity Real Estate Investment

FRESX

3.0

2.2

(4.73)

27.23

14.85

14.97

0.86

15.77

Vanguard REIT Index

VGSIX

3.2

2.2

(5.27)

25.73

14.71

13.94

0.85

16.13

Real Estate

 

 

 

(4.90)

26.63

15.33

13.87

0.86

 

 

Best Bond Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

Return (%)

 Sharp

Yield

Fund Name

Ticker

Return

Risk

Qtr

1 Yr

3 Yr

5 Yr

 Ratio

(%)

PIMCO Low Duration D

PLDDX

1.6

2.3

(0.71)

0.41

4.51

5.38

1.25

2.03

Fidelity Short-Term Bond

FSHBX

1.8

2.0

(1.08)

0.90

4.60

5.51

1.51

2.47

Vanguard Short-Term Corp

VFSTX

1.5

2.0

(1.17)

1.12

4.40

5.58

1.39

3.69

Short-Term Bond

 

 

 

(1.14)

0.33

3.71

4.90

0.95

3.08

Fidelity Spartan Short-Int Muni

FSTFX

1.9

2.3

(1.23)

0.55

3.75

4.38

0.84

2.61

Vanguard Ltd-Term Tax-Exempt

VMLTX

2.3

2.3

(1.05)

0.36

3.50

4.34

0.85

3.02

Short Term Muni Bonds

 

 

 

(0.98)

0.25

2.98

3.71

0.71

2.37

PIMCO Total Return Mortgage D

PTMDX

1.0

1.8

(0.91)

2.05

6.12

7.17

1.35

2.43

TCW Galileo Total Return Bond

TGMNX

1.4

1.8

(1.85)

1.28

6.60

7.13

1.54

5.80

Fidelity Mortgage Secs

FMSFX

1.0

1.3

(0.95)

2.02

5.74

6.59

1.38

2.80

Vanguard GNMA

VFIIX

1.5

2.3

(1.09)

0.82

5.48

6.53

1.01

4.79

Intermediate Bonds

 

 

 

(2.29)

0.21

5.56

6.06

0.85

3.49

Northern Hi Yield Fixed Income

NHFIX

2.6

1.7

(0.96)

7.66

8.57

4.94

0.72

8.32

Westcore Flexible Income

WTLTX

1.9

1.8

(2.67)

11.17

8.95

8.04

0.81

6.75

Fidelity Capital & Income

FAGIX

2.1

3.2

(0.81)

9.68

10.27

3.78

0.48

8.22

Vanguard High-Yield Corporate

VWEHX

3.4

1.7

(0.91)

7.17

6.75

4.52

0.52

7.61

High Yield Bonds

 

 

 

(0.56)

9.52

7.55

3.23

0.72

7.21

* 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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