The Best Returns Latin American funds dominate the list of this year's golden boys. Several large-cap growth funds beat the S&P index funds at their own game TOTAL RETURN* LEXINGTON TROIKA DIALOG RUSSIA 59.07% AMERICAN HERITAGE 48.21 MORGAN STANLEY LATIN AMERICAN A 31.19 T. ROWE PRICE LATIN AMERICA 30.39 TCW/DW LATIN AMERICAN GROWTH 28.75 FIDELITY LATIN AMERICA 28.15 MERRILL LYNCH LATIN AMERICA B 27.52 FEDERATED LATIN AMERICAN GROWTH A 27.44 GOVETT LATIN AMERICA A 27.24 KEYSTONE FUND OF THE AMERICAS B 26.36 SCUDDER LATIN AMERICA 25.65 ITT HARTFORD CAPITAL APPRECIATION A 24.85 EXCELSIOR EMERGING AMERICAS 24.83 TRANSAMERICA PREMIER EQUITY INV. 24.58 INVESCO LATIN AMERICAN GROWTH 22.78 BT INVESTMENT LATIN AMERICAN EQUITY 22.31 MERRILL LYNCH MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA B 21.96 MERRILL LYNCH TECHNOLOGY B 21.78 PIONEER GROWTH A 21.43 PAPP AMERICA-ABROAD 21.38 IVY LATIN AMERICA STRATEGY A 20.92 RYDEX NOVA 20.85 INVESCO WORLDWIDE CAPITAL GOODS 20.44 PARNASSUS 20.21 MFS MASS. INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK A 19.94 MONTGOMERY EMERGING ASIA R 19.79% HUDSON CAPITAL APPRECIATION A 19.72 BRAZOS/JMIC SMALL CAP GROWTH SECS. 19.60 DELAWARE EMERGING MARKETS A 19.52 REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH 19.37 TEMPLETON LATIN AMERICA I 19.29 FIDELITY SELECT BROKERAGE INVESTMENT 18.98 L. ROY PAPP STOCK 18.72 MONTGOMERY SELECT FIFTY R 18.53 VANGUARD INDEX GROWTH 18.42 VANGUARD/PRIMECAP 18.31 U.S. GLOBAL LEADERS GROWTH 18.31 TRANSAMERICA PREMIER BALANCED INV. 18.25 RYDEX OTC 18.18 MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS A 18.15 LEGG MASON VALUE PRIMARY SHARES 17.67 CENTURY SHARES 17.48 INTERACTIVE INVESTMENTS TECH. VALUE 17.37 SELIGMAN HENDERSON EMRG. MKTS. GR. A 17.35 GT LATIN AMERICA GROWTH A 17.29 NATIONWIDE 17.25 AARP CAPITAL GROWTH 17.16 GUINNESS FLIGHT ASIA SMALL CAP 17.16 LORD ABBETT RESEARCH SMALL CAP A 17.13 DREYFUS AGGRESSIVE VALUE 17.09 *APPRECIATION PLUS REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDSA AND CAPITAL GAINS BEFORE TAXES, JAN. 1-MAY 30, 1997 DATA: MORNINGSTAR, INC. Return to main story

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