Quarter's Best Stock Funds Focused on Commodities
07/10/08 - 12:01 PM EDT
Energy and commodity funds clearly outperformed most other categories in the second quarter, yielding impressive returns from 24% to 45% for the three months ended June 30. The best of these funds was the BlackRock Global Resources Fund (SSGRX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), returning an astonishing 45.5% for the quarter and 12.52% for the month of June, a coup for managers Daniel Rice and Denis Walsh. The top holdings in this fund include Consol Energy(CNX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Massey Energy(MEE - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Arch Coal(ACI - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr), Plains Exploration & Production(PXP - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and Newfield Exploration(NFX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr). The top fund on our list was not from the energy sector, but from telecommunications. The ProFunds Mobile Telecommunications UltraSector ProFund(WCPIX - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) is a very concentrated play that invests 30% of its assets in just one company, Sprint Nextel Corporation(S - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr). There's also a 17% allocation to NII Holdings Incorporated(NII - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr) and an 8% allocation to Metro PCS Communication(PCS - Cramer's Take - Stockpickr).
| NAME | TICKER | TSC Grade | Category | 3 Month Return | 1 Month Return |
| ProFunds-Mble Telcm UltraSector Inv | WCPIX | B+ | Growth - Domestic | 50.17 | -5.26 |
| BlackRock Global Resources Inv A | SSGRX | B | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 45.48 | 12.52 |
| Fidelity Select Energy Svcs | FSESX | D+ | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 31.35 | 7.40 |
| Oppenheimer Comm Str Tot Retn A | QRAAX | C+ | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 30.80 | 8.55 |
| Rydex Series-Energy Services A | RYESX | U | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 30.68 | 7.29 |
| BlackRock All Cap Glb Resrces Inv A | BACAX | C- | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 28.89 | 7.37 |
| Goldman Sachs Commodity Stratg A | GSCAX | B+ | Growth & Income | 28.48 | 9.20 |
| Rydex Ser-Commodities Strgy A | RYMEX | C+ | Sector - Other | 27.65 | 9.47 |
| Rydex Series-Energy A | RYENX | U | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 27.49 | 4.85 |
| Dreyfus Premier Natural Resources A | DNLAX | U | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 27.43 | 5.58 |
| Columbia Energy & Nat Res A | EENAX | U | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 27.27 | 5.46 |
| AIM Energy A | IENAX | C- | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 27.02 | 3.37 |
| CGM Focus Fund | CGMFX | D+ | Aggressive Growth | 27.01 | 5.78 |
| ProFunds-Oil & Gas UltraSector Inv | ENPIX | B+ | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 26.91 | 3.51 |
| Direxion Commodity Bull 2X Fd | DXCLX | U | Growth - Domestic | 26.37 | -1.45 |
| Guinness Atkinson Glob Energy Fund | GAGEX | C | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 25.38 | 0.72 |
| Aberdeen Natural Res A | GGNAX | U | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 24.89 | 3.92 |
| ICON Energy | ICENX | D- | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 24.23 | 3.40 |
| US Global Inv Global Resources | PSPFX | A- | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 24.06 | 4.16 |
| Fidelity Select Natural Resources | FNARX | U | Sector - Energy/Natural Res | 24.01 | 4.19 |
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