| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 2, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR
The Marks of a Good Microcap Fund SMALL SIZE Those with more than $100 million in assets can have trouble trading stocks without influencing prices LOW EXPENSES Sales loads and expense ratios above the sector's 1.77% average can compound losses in down years AMPLE DIVERSIFICATION The funds are riskier when they invest a high proportion of their assets in a few holdings or sectors DATA: MORNINGSTAR INC.; MERRILL LYNCH _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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