Quarterly Funds Review: The Winners and the Losers

 

Third-Quarter Fund Winners
Fund Category Third-Quarter Return YTD Return
(RYVNX)Rydex Venture 100 H Large Growth 121.72% 98.66%
(USPIX)ProFunds Ultra Short OTC Inv Large Blend 121.50 96.80
(RYAIX)Rydex Arktos Inv Domestic Hybrid 52.89 63.17
(URPIX)Pro Funds UltraBear Inv Large Blend 52.42 70.89
(RYTPX)Rydex Tempest 500 H Large Growth 51.49 68.80
(POTSX) Potomac OTC/Short Inv Large Growth 48.33 51.98
(BEARX)Prudent Bear Domestic Hybrid 46.64 42.79
(GRZZX)Leuthold Grizzly Short Domestic Hybrid 39.20 54.91
(DRCVX)Comstock Capital Value A Domestic Hybrid 34.74 48.67
(RYURX)Rydex Ursa Fund Inv Large Blend 24.72 36.12
Source: Lipper. Data through Sept. 20.

Third-Quarter Fund Losers
Fund Category Third-Quarter Return YTD Return
(INPIX)Profunds Internet Inv. Technology -67.57% -86.84%
(RYVYX)Rydex Velocity 100 H Large Growth -62.10 -82.14
(UOPIX)Profunds UltraOTC Inv. Large Growth -61.74 -81.86
(BOGSX)Black Oak Emerging Technology Technology -55.61 -72.70
(BFOCX)Berkshire Focus Technology -55.12 -79.70
(BTECX)Berkshire Technology Technology -54.79 -79.50
(ATCHX)Amerindo Technology D Technology -54.22 -70.12
(PNETX)Potomac Internet Plus Inv. Technology -53.73 -69.31
(VWMDX)streetTRACKS Morgan Stanley Internet Technology -52.87 -68.08
(IINTX)Investec Internet.com Index Technology -52.07 -68.20
Source: Lipper. Data through Sept. 20.

Biggest Mutual Funds
Fund Category Third-Quarter Return YTD Return
(FMAGX)Fidelity Magellan Large-Cap Core -20.25% -25.13%
(VFINX)Vanguard 500 Index S&P 500 -19.37 -24.83
(AIVSX)American Funds Investment Co Am A Large-Cap Value -13.97 -15.19
(AWSHX) Washington Mutual Large-Cap Value -11.50 -9.22
(FGRIX)Fidelity Growth & Income Large Blend -14.29 -19.22
(AGTHX)Growth Fund of America A Large Growth -23.63 -28.14
(PTTRX)PIMCO Total Return Instl N/A 5.77 8.50
(FCNTX)Fidelity Contrafund Multi-Cap Core -13.58 -22.37
(ANWPX)American Funds New Perspective A World Stock -18.43 -20.92
American Funds EuroPacific Growth A Foreign Stock -16.48 -22.07
Source: Lipper. Data through Sept. 20.

Sector Fund Scorecard
Fund Category Third-Quarter Return YTD Return
Health/Biotechnology -16.00% -25.43%
Natural Resources -18.69 -21.85
Science & Technology -38.05 -53.01
Telecommunication -27.35 -44.90
Utility -11.65 -19.97
Financial Services -18.60 -17.59
Real Estate -7.56 -0.49
Specialty/Misc. -9.37 -10.75
Source: Lipper. Data through Sept. 20.

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