Kevin Baker

TheStreet.com Ratings Senior Financial Analyst
Kevin Baker became the senior financial analyst for TSC Ratings upon the August 2006 acquisition of Weiss Ratings by TheStreet.com, covering mutual funds. He joined the Weiss Group in 1997 as a banking and brokerage analyst. In 1999, he created the Weiss Group's first ratings to gauge the level of risk in U.S. equities. Baker received a B.S. degree in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. with a finance specialization from Nova Southeastern University.
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May's Top-Rated Stock Mutual Funds

By Kevin Baker

The best performers found a variety of ways to stand out during the month.

Related Topics: Retirement | Mutual Funds | Personal Finance | Money Management | ETFs

03:56PM 07/02/08

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Tax-Free Money-Market Funds Shine

By Kevin Baker

Among bond funds in May, four municipal funds also made the top-performer list.

Related Topics: Money Management | Mutual Funds | Saving | Bonds/Economy | Personal Finance | Markets | ETFs | Ratings | Retirement

12:43PM 07/01/08

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Contrarian Funds Jump in Week

By Kevin Baker

With the major indexes down so much, funds that move the opposite way benefited.

Related Topics: Technology | Money Management | Aerospace/Defense | Financial Services | Saving | Banks | Mutual Funds | Personal Finance | ETFs | Retirement

10:59AM 06/28/08

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Hard Assets Helped Some of May's Best Closed-End Funds

By Kevin Baker

Other successful funds benefited from streams of municipal income.

Related Topics: Personal Finance

10:42AM 06/27/08

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May's Top ETFs Like the Weak Dollar

By Kevin Baker

The best-performer list is dominated by funds benefiting from the greenback's decline.

Related Topics: ETFs | Mutual Funds | Markets | Money Management | Personal Finance | Currencies | Saving | Retirement

10:38AM 06/25/08

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The Best and Worst Commodities Funds

By Kevin Baker

Some funds offer great diversification from stocks, but the short-oil fund has been a dud from the start.

Related Topics: Retirement | Mutual Funds | Personal Finance | Money Management | Energy | Energy/Commodities | Metals and Mining | ETFs | Ratings | Saving

07:57AM 06/21/08

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Biggest Upgrades, Downgrades on Open-End Funds

By Kevin Baker

TSC Ratings tells you which stock mutual funds have undergone the biggest grade changes.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | Mutual Funds

11:05AM 06/20/08

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Four ETFs Riding an Uptrend

By Kevin Baker

These funds look like they're on long-term and short-term upward swings.

Related Topics: Energy | Saving | Personal Finance | Markets | Industrials | Bonds/Economy | Mutual Funds | Energy/Commodities | Metals and Mining | ETFs | Money Management | Retirement

10:16AM 06/18/08

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Financial Funds Fall Down Wall of Worry

By Kevin Baker

Funds concentrating in the bank and brokerage sector suffered last week amid a spate of bad news.

Related Topics: Money Management | Bonds/Economy | Mutual Funds | Banking-Credit | Markets | ETFs | Personal Finance | Financial Services | Banks | Currencies

10:30AM 06/14/08

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Among Closed-End Funds, Energy Still Tops

By Kevin Baker

The Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund came out No. 1, returning 8.20% in May.

Related Topics: Personal Finance | ETFs | Money Management | Markets | Energy/Commodities | Saving | Bonds/Economy | Mutual Funds

12:11PM 06/11/08

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