Stock Fund Managers of the Year: Ritchie Freeman and Joel Tillinghast

Our U.S. stock fund managers of the year focus on very different stocks, but they're both graybeards who have trounced their peers by buying solid stocks and holding them for years.

Our winners are Joel Tillinghast, manager of the (FLPSX Quote)Fidelity Low-Priced Stock fund since its 1989 launch, and Ritchie Freeman, who has run (SHRAX Quote)Smith Barney Aggressive Growth for 18 years. This year the former's small-cap value style was in favor and the latter's growth style wasn't. Both managers did what they've done regardless of the skies over Wall Street: sparkle.

Let's check out our winners and some solid runners-up, starting with Tillinghast.

Joel Tillinghast, Fidelity Low-Priced Stock

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