Ten Mutual Funds Aim for 10 Up Years

Here are 10 mutual funds going on 10 straight years of positive returns.

With the holidays approaching, the managers of the funds -- (DDIAX Quote)Delaware Dividend Income, (EAAFX Quote)Evergreen Asset Allocation , (SGOVX Quote)First Eagle Overseas Fund , (GABCX Quote)Gabelli ABC Fund , (ITCSX Quote)ING T.Rowe Price Capital Appreciation , (EXDAX Quote)Manning & Napier Conservative Term Series , (PRPFX Quote)Permanent Portfolio Fund , (PRWCX Quote)T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund, (VASIX Quote)Vanguard Life Strategy Income Fund and (SAUPX Quote)WM Flexible Portfolio -- won't be ready to celebrate until the close of trading on Dec. 29. That's assuming their total returns for calendar 2006 are still in the black on the last trading day of this year.

If they are, they will have bragging rights for having posted positive returns for each of the past 10 years. That's no small achievement, considering the last decade included the bloodbath that followed the tech-stock bubble of the late 1990s. (Needless to say, we will follow up on this shortly after the first of the year.) ...