The 100 Best Mutual Funds You Can Buy, 2001

For this updated edition, Williamson has thoroughly reanalyzed every one of the more than 10,000 mutual funds available to consumers to determine an authoritative ranking of the best 100.

About This Book

1

(2)

What Is a Mutual Fund?

3

(2)

How to Invest in a Mutual Fund

5

(2)

How a Mutual Fund Operates

7

(1)

Different Categories of Mutual Funds

8

(15)

Which Funds Are Best for You?

23

(7)

Fund Features

30

(4)

Reading a Mutual Fund Prospectus

34

(1)

Commonly Asked Questions

35

(4)

How the 100 Best Funds Were Determined

39

(2)

The 100 Best Funds

41

(234)

Aggressive Growth Funds

44

(25)

Alger Capital Appreciation B

47

(2)

Bridgeway Aggressive Growth

49

(2)

Citizens Emerging Growth

51

(2)

Franklin Small Cap Growth A

53

(2)

Fremont U.S. Micro-Cap

55

(2)

Invesco Dynamics

57

(2)

Pin Oak Aggressive Stock

59

(2)

Putnam New Opportunities A

61

(2)

Sit Small Cap Growth

63

(2)

Smith Barney Aggressive Growth A

65

(2)

USAA Aggressive Growth

67

(2)

Balanced Funds

69

(22)

BlackRock Balanced

71

(2)

Guardian Asset Allocation A

73

(2)

Nations Capital Income Investor A

75

(2)

Oppenheimer Global Growth & Income A

77

(2)

Phoenix-Engemann Balanced Return A

79

(2)

Preferred Asset Allocation

81

(2)

Van Kampen Harbor A

83

(2)

Vanguard Asset Allocation

85

(2)

Vanguard Tax-Managed Balanced

87

(2)

Wells Fargo Asset Allocation A

89

(2)

Corporate Bond Funds

91

(13)

Alleghany/Chicago Trust

94

(2)

FPA New Income

96

(2)

Fremont

98

(2)

Harbor

100

(2)

Strong Corporate

102

(2)

Global Equity Funds

104

(26)

Acorn International

108

(2)

American Century International Growth Investor Shares

110

(2)

IDEX JCC Global A

112

(2)

Janus Worldwide

114

(2)

Julius Baer International Equity A

116

(2)

Legg Mason EuropeFund-Class A

118

(2)

Montgomery Global Opportunities R

120

(2)

Oppenheimer Global A

122

(2)

Pilgrim International Small Cap Growth A

124

(2)

Scudder Greater Europe Growth

126

(2)

Smallcap World

128

(2)

Government Bond Funds

130

(12)

American Century Target Maturities Trust 2020

132

(2)

Franklin U.S. Government Securities Series-Class A

134

(2)

Principal Government Securities Income A

136

(2)

State Street Research Government Income A

138

(2)

Vanguard Long-Term U.S. Treasury

140

(2)

Growth Funds

142

(28)

AIM Summit I

144

(2)

Alliance Premier Growth B

146

(2)

Federated Growth Strategies Trust A

148

(2)

Harbor Capital Appreciation

150

(2)

Janus Enterprise

152

(2)

Janus Mercury

154

(2)

Marshall Mid-Cap Growth Y

156

(2)

Nicholas-Applegate Growth Equity A

158

(2)

Reynolds Blue Chip Growth

160

(2)

Spectra

162

(2)

Strong Growth

164

(2)

Van Kampen Emerging Growth A

166

(2)

White Oak Growth Stock

168

(2)

Growth and Income Funds

170

(22)

AIM Charter A

172

(2)

Citizens Index

174

(2)

Domini Social Equity

176

(2)

Dreyfus Disciplined Stock

178

(2)

Fidelity

180

(2)

Gateway

182

(2)

IPS Millennium

184

(2)

Strong Total Return

186

(2)

Vanguard 500 Index

188

(2)

Vanguard Tax-Managed Growth & Income

190

(2)

High-Yield Bond Funds

192

(13)

Fidelity Advisor High-Yield T

195

(2)

Invesco High-Yield

197

(2)

Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture A

199

(2)

MainStay Hi-Yield Corporate B

201

(2)

MFS High-Income A

203

(2)

Metals and Natural Resources Funds

205

(6)

Franklin Gold A

207

(2)

Vanguard Energy

209

(2)

Money Market Funds

211

(10)

Fidelity Advisors Stable Value

214

(1)

Glenmede Government Cash

215

(1)

Glenmede Tax-Exempt Cash

216

(1)

Harris Insight Government Money N

217

(1)

Trust for Credit Unions Money Market

218

(1)

Vanguard Municipal Tax-Exempt Money Market

219

(1)

Wells Fargo Money Market Trust

220

(1)

Municipal Bond Funds

221

(17)

American Century California High-Yield Municipal

224

(2)

American High-Income Municipal Bond

226

(2)

Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Income A

228

(2)

Franklin New York Tax-Free Income A

230

(2)

Scudder Managed Municipal Bonds

232

(2)

T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Income

234

(2)

Van Kampen High-Yield Municipal A

236

(2)

Technology Funds

238

(13)

Alliance Technology A

241

(2)

Firsthand Technology Value

243

(2)

John Hancock Global Technology A

245

(2)

T. Rowe Price Science & Technology

247

(2)

United Science & Technology A

249

(2)

Utility Stock Funds

251

(13)

AIM Global Utilities A

254

(2)

AXP Utilities Income A

256

(2)

Liberty-Colonial Global Utilities A

258

(2)

MFS Utilities A

260

(2)

MSDW Global Utilities B

262

(2)

World Bond Funds

264

(11)

Alliance Global Dollar Government A

267

(2)

Alliance North American Government Income B

269

(2)

Fidelity New Markets Income

271

(2)

T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond

273

(2)

Summary

275

(2)

Appendix A: Glossary of Mutual Fund Terms

277

(5)

Appendix B: Who Regulates Mutual Funds?

282

(1)

Appendix C: Dollar-Cost Averaging

283

(2)

Appendix D: Systematic Withdrawal Plan

285

(2)

Appendix E: Load or No-Load---Which Is Right for You?

287

(4)

Appendix F: U.S. Compared to Foreign Markets

291

(1)

Appendix G: The Power of Dividends

292

(2)

Appendix H: Growth Stocks versus Value Stocks

294

(2)

Appendix I: Stock Market Declines

296

(2)

Appendix J: A Reason Not to Index

298

(2)

Appendix K: A Benefit of Balanced Funds

300

(1)

Appendix L: Asset Categories: Total Returns for the Last 13 Years

301

(1)

Appendix M: Stock Gains, Losses, and Averages

302

(1)

Appendix N: The 20 Largest Mutual Funds versus Category Averages

303

(2)

Appendix O: Decades at a Glance (1930--1999)

305

(3)

Appendix P: Peter Lynch Speaks

308

(3)

Appendix Q: Individual Stocks versus Mutual Funds

311

(2)

Appendix R: Time in the Market, Not Timing the Market

313

(1)

About the Author

314

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