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Quarter's Best Stock Funds Focused on Commodities

07/10/08 - 12:01 PM EDT

Sam Patel

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
Sam Patel, CFA, is the manager of mutual fund research for the TheStreet.com Ratings.

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