The Daily Screen: The Best Utilities Funds

Today's Daily Screen turns its attention to utilities funds, where there's a bit of a payback theme playing out.

The upshot: A lot of utilities funds loaded up on high-octane wireless and telecommunications stocks last year to goose returns, but telecom stocks are cratering, bringing those higher-octane utilities funds down with them and allowing more diversified utilities funds to shine.

This year, utilities funds on average have been a shelter from the market's storm, gaining 5.2% compared with the S&P 500's 8.7% drop. We'll look at the leading utilities funds over the last three years and the stocks that have put them in the lead. ...