A Look Back At Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine’s Top 25 Mutual Funds

by Hank

Below is an update on how Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine’s list of how the top twenty-five mutual funds have faired through the current economic downturn. It hasn’t been pretty. The portfolio of 25 mutual funds are down an average of 17% for the past year, and only three of the funds are in positive territory. All of the data is through September 30th, 2008.

US Stock Funds    
FUND NAMESYMBOL1-YR3-YR5-YR
RETURNRETURNRETURN
Baron Small CapBSCFX-21.44%0.53%6.88%
Bridgeway Aggr Investors 2BRAIX-30.02-1.887.12
CGM FocusCGMFX-7.4116.8723.76
Dodge & Cox StockDODGX-29.59-3.35.43
Fairholme FundFAIRX-8.767.9814.18
FBR FocusFBRVX-22.431.958.61
Kinetics ParadigmWWNPX-34.230.1310.75
Legg Mason OpportunityLMOPX-47.76-12.84-2.5
Longleaf PartnersLLPFX-30.78-2.592.7
Marsico 21st CenturyMXXIX-25.773.899.14
Pimco CommodityRealRet Strat DPCRDX-4.18-0.0410.24
Selected American Shares SSLASX-21.40.196.39
T. Rowe Price Equity IncomePRFDX-20.081.066.58
T. Rowe Price Growth StockPRGFX-25.72-0.34.54
Vanguard Primecap CoreVPCCX-16.522.96-
Vanguard Selected ValueVASVX-22.96-1.127.89
     
International Stock Funds    
FUND NAMESYMBOL1-YR3-YR5-YR
RETURNRETURNRETURN
Dodge & Cox Intl StockDODFX-28.37%2.55%13.18%
Julius Baer Intl Equity II AJETAX-27.313.22-
Marsico Global MGLBX-20.96--
T. Rowe Price Emg Mkts StockPRMSX-36.476.4718.71
     
Bond Funds    
FUND NAMESYMBOL1-YR3-YR5-YR
RETURNRETURNRETURN
Dodge & Cox IncomeDODIX-2.26%2.26%2.58%
Fidelity Intermed Municipal IncFLTMX1.292.782.98
Harbor Bond InstitutionalHABDX2.173.663.84
Loomis Sayles BondLSBRX-13.441.164.86
Vanguard Infl-Protected SecsVIPSX6.164.245.01
     
Data through September 30, 2008   

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