The 100 Best Mutual Funds You Can Buy, 2001,9781580624244

The 100 Best Mutual Funds You Can Buy, 2001

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ISBN13: 9781580624244
ISBN10: 1580624243
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Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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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