How the Big Funds Fared

                                                            TOTAL
                                      BILLIONS             RETURN*
FIDELITY MAGELLAN                      $61.8               23.87%
VANGUARD INDEX 500                      45.9                30.78
INVESTMENT COMPANY OF AMERICA           39.2                27.39
WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS             37.2                30.71
FIDELITY GROWTH & INCOME                33.9                27.81
FIDELITY CONTRAFUND                     30.2                20.05
VANGUARD/WINDSOR II                     22.6                30.02
AMERICAN CENT.-20TH ULTRA INV.          22.2                20.22
FIDELITY PURITAN                        21.8                21.34
VANGUARD/WELLINGTON                     20.8                21.85

*Appreciation plus reinvestment of dividends and capital gains before taxes,
Jan. 1 through Dec. 12, 1997

DATA: MORNINGSTAR INC.