BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JUNE 14, 1999 ISSUE
COVER STORY

The Worst Returns


FUND                                           TOTAL RETURN*

PROFUNDS ULTRASHORT OTC INV.                      -29.91%
AMERICAN HERITAGE                                 -26.32
FRANKLIN GLOBAL HEALTH CARE A                     -19.45
POTOMAC OTC/SHORT                                 -18.09
FIDELITY SELECT MEDICAL DELIVERY                  -16.70
U.S. GLOBAL INVESTORS WORLD GOLD                  -16.10
PARKSTONE SMALL CAP INV. A                        -15.26
FAIRPORT MIDWEST GROWTH                           -15.06
RYDEX ARKTOS INV.                                 -14.59
GROWTH FUND OF SPAIN A                            -14.52
JOHN HANCOCK GLOBAL HEALTH SCIENCES B             -14.47
ATLAS EMERGING GROWTH A                           -14.33
PBHG EMERGING GROWTH                              -14.11
PRUDENT BEAR                                      -13.80
MENTOR GROWTH B                                   -13.65
PACIFIC ADVISORS SMALL CAP A                      -13.61
COMSTOCK PARTNERS CAPITAL VALUE A                 -13.35
MUNDER FRAMLINGTON HEALTHCARE C                   -13.24
PUTNAM HEALTH SCIENCES A                          -12.96
BARR ROSENBERG MARKET NEUTRAL INVESTMENTS         -12.89
PERRITT MICRO CAP OPPORTUNITIES                   -12.69
PREFERRED SMALL CAP                               -12.56
RYDEX HEALTH CARE INVESTMENTS                     -12.50
FIDELITY GERMANY                                  -12.41
ICON SOUTH EUROPE REGION                          -12.33
U.S. GLOBAL INVESTORS GOLD SHARES                 -12.30%
MUNDER SMALL COMPANY GROWTH A                     -12.24
VAN ECK GOLD/RESOURCES A                          -12.17
GAM INTERNATIONAL A                               -12.04
SELIGMAN FRONTIER A                               -12.00
ING SMALL CAP GROWTH A                            -11.98
FIRST AMERICAN HEALTH SCIENCES A                  -11.56
SSGA SMALL CAP                                    -11.49
JOHN HANCOCK SPECIAL EQUITIES B                   -11.41
NORWEST ADVANTAGE SMALL COMPANY STOCK A           -11.31
INVESCO HEALTH SCIENCES                           -11.21
MARSHALL SMALL-CAP GROWTH A                       -11.17
GALAXY SMALL COMPANY EQUITY RET. A                -11.16
FIDELITY SELECT PRECIOUS METALS & MINERALS        -10.93
WARBURG PINCUS HEALTH SCIENCES COMMON SHARES      -10.71
MONTGOMERY U.S. EMERGING GROWTH R                 -10.39
UNITED GOLD & GOVERNMENT A                        -10.39
AMERICAN CENTURY GLOBAL GOLD                      -10.33
FLAG INVESTORS EMERGING GROWTH A                  -10.23
DRESDNER RCM GLOBAL HEALTH CARE                   -10.21
MSDW HEALTH SCIENCES B                            -10.19
KAUFMANN                                          -10.04
TEXAS CAPITAL VALUE & GROWTH                       -9.97
PIMCO PRECIOUS METALS C                            -9.94
FIDELITY SELECT FOOD & AGRICULTURE                 -9.93


**Appreciation plus reinvestment of dividends and capital gains before 
taxes, Jan.1 through May 27, 1999

DATA: MORNINGSTAR, INC.


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