Every month, TheStreet.com Ratings ranks a huge list of open-end stock mutual funds based on our proprietary risk-adjusted return model. Sometimes the funds that steadily outpace all the others can be quite revealing.
As of Jan. 31, the top-rated open-end stock fund this month is the Permanent Portfolio Fund(PRPFX Quote). The fund's stated objective is to preserve long-term purchasing power with a portfolio of gold, silver and Swiss francs as well as natural resource companies.
This is just the type of portfolio you would expect to do well in these jittery times. Below are the other funds making our top-10 list.
The second-place fund, Ivy Asset Strategy Fund(WASAX Quote), hit the right mix of sectors with 11.3% mining, 10.9% diversified financial services, 9.4% telecommunications, 5/9% oil and gas, 5.4% alternative energy sources and 4.4% agriculture. ...
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