06/17/96 TABLE: The Best Returns

The Best Returns

Gold funds are shinging brightest, but funds that invest in the smallest companies are doing nearly as well TOTAL RETURN* MONITREND GOLD 80.56% INVESCO STRATEGIC GOLD 75.91 DREYFUS AGGRESSIVE GROWTH 67.61 IDS PRECIOUS METALS A 65.32 VAN WAGONER EMERGING GROWTH 56.60 SCUDDER GOLD 54.99 MIDAS 49.41 OBERWEIS MICRO-CAP 48.80 BLANCHARD PRECIOUS METALS 48.22 MORGAN STANLEY INSTL. GOLD A 46.67 NEEDHAM GROWTH 44.30 ROCKWOOD GROWTH 43.91 UNITED SERVICES WORLD GOLD 42.75 NICHOLAS-APPLEGATE MINI-CAP GR. INSTL. 42.44 FIDELITY SELECT AMERICAN GOLD 42.37 PBHG CORE GROWTH 42.30 VAN WAGONER MICRO-CAP 42.10 FONTAINE CAPITAL APPRECIATION 41.99 VAN WAGONER MID-CAP 41.10 NAVELLIER AGGRESSIVE GROWTH 40.54 OPPENHEIMER ENTERPRISE A 40.44 PORTICO MICROCAP INSTL. 39.84 NAVELLIER AGGRESSIVE SMALL CAP. EQUITY 38.87 PREMIER STRATEGIC GROWTH A 38.46 BULL & BEAR GOLD INVESTORS 38.26 ROBERTSON STEPHENS GLOBAL LOW-PRICED 37.70 FREMONT U.S. MICRO-CAP 37.55% MONTGOMERY SMALL CAP OPPORTUNITIES R 37.25 GABELLI GOLD 36.72 PATHFINDER 36.36 LINDNER BULWARK 36.35 STATE ST. RESEARCH SMALL CAP VAL. C 35.71 SMITH BARNEY NATURAL RESOURCES B 35.60 TURNER SMALL CAP EQUITY 35.29 WARBURG PINCUS SM. CO. VALUE COMM. 34.50 COMPASS CAPITAL SMALL CAP GRTH. INSTL. 34.37 BB&T SMALL COMPANY GROWTH TR. 34.35 OBERWEIS EMERGING GROWTH 33.83 PERKINS OPPORTUNITY 33.75 JOHN HANCOCK GLOBAL RESOURCES B 33.54 PHOENIX SMALL CAP A 33.31 JOHN HANCOCK GLOBAL MARKETPLACE A 33.20 EV MARATHON GOLD & NATURAL RESOURCES 33.10 STATE STREET RESEARCH GLOBAL RES. A 32.95 JOHN HANCOCK DISCOVERY B 32.82 WARBURG PINCUS INSTL. SMALL CO. GRTH. 32.50 TCW/DW SMALL CAPITALIZATION GROWTH 32.43 FIDELITY SEL. PRECIOUS METALS & MIN. 32.38 LEXINGTON GOLDFUND 32.37 G.T. GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES A 32.26 *Appreciation plus reinvested dividends and capital gains Jan 1- May 31, 1996 DATA: MORNINGSTAR INC.