The Big Screen: Mid-Cap Growth Funds, Without the Volatility

Over the past couple of years, mid-cap growth funds have shown that they can be a growth engine. However, we also learned that they can conk out, too. So today's Big Screen goes fishing for the category's more consistent outperformers.

Screen Gems

Foreign Funds for Battered Investors With Wanderlust

Big Growth, Less Risk

'Safer' Tech Funds

These typically aggressive funds invest in companies with market caps between $1.5 billion and $9 billion. They earn a growth label by typically focusing on companies that are growing their earnings faster than their peers -- a pack of stocks that often sell at thin-air valuations. ...