Mutual Funds - The Wall Street Journal

[Pages:2]Fund Scope: Realty Check

z Real-estate funds are up 20.89%, on average, in the past year, according to Lipper, versus the S&P 500's total return of 20.75%. These funds have a three-year annual return of 23.33%. Top performers in the past 12 months include Cohen & Steers International Realty, up 36.87%.

Fund Name/Manager

Phone Number Load

Assets (millions)

1 Year 3 Year Return Return*

Fidelity Real Estate Steve Buller Vanguard REIT Idx Inv Gerard C. O'Reilly Cohen & Steers Realty Team Managed Third Avenue Real Est Michael H. Winer Vanguard REIT Idx Adm Gerard C. O'Reilly DFA Real Estate David A. Plecha iShares C&S Rlty Maj Chen/O'Connor T Rowe Price RE David M. Lee Russell Real Estate S Bruce A. Eidelson iShares Dow US Rl Est O'Connor/Leung

800-544-8544 800-662-7447 800-437-9912 800-443-1021 800-662-7447

800-474-2737 800-638-5660 800-787-7354 800-474-2737

*Annualized. All data through Thursday.

None None None None None None None None None None

$8,948.6 6,551.8 3,749.7 3,467.8 3,383.0 3,019.3 2,970.5 2,845.5 2,031.5 1,866.9

17.29% 19.74 19.28 28.42 19.86 19.60 20.54 19.12 20.03 20.11

24.44% 23.57 26.49 23.88 23.65 24.28 25.84 25.99 24.84 22.65

Source: Lipper

Scoreboard: Going South

zU.S. diversified stock funds fell, on average, 2.39% in the week ended Thursday, reports Lipper, as the broad market slipped 2.57%. Short-bias funds gained 3.87%, but long/short equity funds lost 1.74%. Natural-resources funds were off 1.65%, real-estate funds lost 4.55% and gold funds fell 1.77%. Big funds that fared relatively well included Pimco Total Return, down 0.78%.

One Week Year-to-Date

U.S. STOCK FUNDS U.S. BOND FUNDS TOP SECTOR / Dedicated Short Bias Funds BOTTOM SECTOR / Utility Funds

? 2.39% ? 0.69

3.87 ? 5.44

7.11% 1.22 ? 4.49 9.37

THE WEEK'S TOP 10

Fund

ProShares UlS Util ProShares UlS Rl Est Direxion S&P Br 2.5x Inv ProShares UlS Rus MC V Direxion SC Br 2.5x Inv Direxion NAS Br 2.5x Inv ProShares UlS Bas Mat ProShares UlS Semicond ProShares UlS Finl ProFunds UltSh Md-Cp Inv

Investment Objective

DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB DSB

One Week

14.04% 10.23

6.99 6.98 6.71 6.35 6.33 6.28 6.12 6.12

Year-to-Date

NA NA ? 9.48 NA ? 10.88 ? 13.94 NA NA NA ? 16.10

THE WEEK'S BOTTOM 10

Fund

ProShares Ult Util ProFunds Utilities Inv ProShares Ult Rl Est Direxion LA Bull 2x Inv IShares Dow US Hme Cns Direxion MC Bl 2.5x Inv ProFunds RE Ult-Sect Inv streetTRACKS S&P Home Fidelity Sel Util Gro Fidelity Adv Util A

Investment Objective

Utility Utility Real Estate Latin America Specialty & Misc Mid Cap Core Real Estate Specialty & Misc Utility Utility

One Week

? 12.76% ? 9.72 ? 9.67 ? 7.93 ? 7.56 ? 7.34 ? 7.29 ? 7.22 ? 6.89 ? 6.84

Year-to-Date

NA 8.21

NA 33.07 ? 18.43 23.02 ? 5.63 ? 11.18

8.36 9.93

THE LARGEST 10

Fund

American Funds Gro A American Funds ICA A Vanguard 500 Index Inv American Funds CIB A Dodge & Cox Stock American Funds Wsh A American Funds CWGI A Fidelity Contrafund American Funds Inc A PIMCO Tot Rtn Inst

*Annualized. Through Thursday.

Net Assets (billions) Investment Objective

$88.406 76.685 72.338 71.627 70.883 70.812 70.778 70.660 65.975 63.068

Multi Cap Growth Large Cap Value S&P 500 Funds MTAG Large Cap Value Large Cap Value GMLV Multi Cap Growth MTAG Intmd Inv Grade

3-Year* 1-Week YTD Return Return Return

14.11% 13.10 11.98 16.57 16.98 12.31 21.57 15.48 13.92 3.99

? 1.86% ? 1.95 ? 2.57 ? 2.25 ? 1.88 ? 2.58 ? 2.44 ? 2.08 ? 2.24 ? 0.78

7.33% 6.23 5.91 6.13 6.85 6.56 8.20 6.98 5.47 ? 0.25

Source: Lipper

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