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Big-cap growth funds are core holdings in most portfolios, but many have been stricken with the tech flu during the past year or so. Let's check out some that have skirted most of the damage and might make sense for your portfolio.

In 1998 and 1999 most big-cap growth fund managers jumped on the tech gravy train with both feet, riding the sizzling sector to gains of 33.2% and 40.5%, respectively, according to Morningstar. Unfortunately, a slowing economy has weighed on tech companies' earnings, dragging down many of the sector's "must own" stocks. Consequently, the average fund in this category, which had more than 40% of its money in tech stocks at one point last year, has lost nearly a quarter of its value during the past 12 months.

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