Janus' Extraordinary 1999 Powered by Small Group of Favored Stocks

Last year, Janus' 14 stock mutual funds found the sweet spot of a market focused on large-cap growth and technology stocks and rode it to a startling average return of 81.6%.

Seldom has a large fund firm produced such consistent outperformance across its entire product line. All of the firm's stock funds beat the benchmark S&P 500 index's 21% return, most by a wide margin. Only two Janus funds, (JAEIX Quote)Equity Income (38.5%) and (JABAX Quote)Balanced (23.5%) -- which owns stocks and bonds -- returned less than 48%. Meanwhile, five funds posted triple-digit returns.

A Year to Remember
Janus Fund	1999 Return
(JAGTX Quote)Global Technology	211.6%
(JAVTX Quote)Venture	151.9
(JAENX Quote)Enterprise	128.7
(JAMRX Quote)Mercury	105.6
(JAOLX Quote)Olympus	100.1
(JAOSX Quote)Overseas	86.1
(JAVLX Quote)Twenty	64.9
(JAWWX Quote)Worldwide	64.4
(JASSX Quote)Special Situations	64
(JAGLX Quote)Global Life Sciences	61
(JAGIX Quote)Growth & Income	51.2
(JANSX Quote)Janus	48.2
(JAEIX Quote)Equity-Income	38.5
(JABAX Quote)Balanced	23.5
Source: Morningstar

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