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

by Hank on October 24, 2008

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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