How Vanguard Equity Funds Stack Up TOTAL RETURN* FUND GROUP 1-YEAR AMERICAN 18.39% FIDELITY 18.35 VANGUARD 15.32 PUTNAM 14.25 IDS 12.39 T. ROWE PRICE 10.10 AIM 8.13 OPPENHEIMER 8.00 MERRILL LYNCH 4.88 FRANKLIN -1.91 CUMULATIVE AVERAGE TOTAL RETURN* FUND GROUP 3-YEAR AMERICAN 70.95% FIDELITY 62.04 VANGUARD 61.80 PUTNAM 58.90 IDS 58.11 OPPENHEIMER 57.41 T. ROWE PRICE 51.38 AIM 42.26 MERRILL LYNCH 33.85 FRANKLIN 31.38 CUMULATIVE AVERAGE TOTAL RETURN* FUND GROUP 5-YEAR PUTNAM 117.40% AMERICAN 116.65 VANGUARD 115.55 FIDELITY 115.24 OPPENHEIMER 102.47 T. ROWE PRICE 95.45 IDS 92.79 AIM 74.54 FRANKLIN 72.31 MERRILL LYNCH 62.62 AVERAGE RETURNS ARE FOR ALL EQUITY FUNDS OF 10-LARGEST FUND COMPANIES (EXCLUDING MONEY-MARKET FUNDS). RETURNS EXCLUDE INDEX FUNDS *APPRECIATION PLUS REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAINS BEFORE TAXES FOR TIME PERIODS ENDED DEC. 31, 1998, PRELIMINARY RESULTS Return to main story

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