The Junkie's Mid-Cap Growth Fund Picks

Today's Fund Junkie features three sections on the best funds for growth investing: Big-cap growth funds, mid-cap growth funds and small-cap growth funds.

Mid-cap growth funds rode tech stocks to a nearly 66% average gain in 1999. But over the past year, these funds -- which focus mainly on stocks with market caps between $2 billion and $9 billion -- are down almost 40%. Here's a handful that have tended to gain more and lose less than their peers.

Solid Mid-Cap Growth Funds
Fund	1-Year Return	3-Year Return	5-Year Return
(FMCSX Quote)Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock	-9.3%	19.3%	21.7%
(RPMGX Quote)T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth	-11.8	8.1	14.2
(BRAGX Quote)Bridgeway Aggressive Growth	-17.7	31.5	30.1
(CVGRX Quote)Calamos Growth	-18.7	31.8	32.5
(RSMOX Quote)RS MidCap Opportunities	-28.9	11.3	16.6
Avg. Mid-Cap Growth Fund	-39.1	7	10.7
Source: Morningstar. Returns through March 19.

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