The Big Screen: Mid-Cap Growth Funds That Beat the Pack

Mid-cap growth funds are supposed to be one of your portfolio's roaring engines, but big tech bets have conked many out over the last year. That said, some are purring along quite nicely.

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The average mid-cap growth fund has 40% of its money in tech stocks, almost twice the sector's weighting in the S&P 500, according to Morningstar. That helped these funds trounce the market when tech had the wind at its back. In 1999 the average mid-cap growth fund, which typically focuses on stocks of fast-growing companies with market capitilizations between $2 billion and $9 billion, rang up a 65.2% gain, lapping the S&P 500 three times. ...