BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JANUARY 24, 2000 ISSUE
SPECIAL REPORT -- MUTUAL FUNDS

The Best Performers in Their Categories


Rated against their peers, these funds earn A's for five-year, risk-adjusted total returns. Not all categories have ratings, since some lack enough funds with enough history to perform a ratings review.

Average Annual Total Return*

DIVERSIFIED EMERGING MKTS.

PILGRIM EMERGING COUNTRIES A** 15.2%

DIVERSIFIED PACIFIC/ASIA

MERRILL LYNCH PACIFIC B 15.8

DOMESTIC HYBRID

COLUMBIA BALANCED 17.6

DREYFUS PREMIER BALANCED A** 20.0

EVERGREEN CAPITAL BALANCED C** 17.6

GATEWAY 11.8

INVESCO BALANCED 20.9

JANUS BALANCED 23.7

MCM BALANCED 19.0

MERGER 11.6

PAX WORLD 21.1

PREFERRED ASSET ALLOCATION** 18.9

VALUE LINE ASSET ALLOCATION 25.8

VANGUARD ASSET ALLOCATION 21.4

VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY CONS. GROWTH 14.9

VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY INCOME 12.0

EUROPE

SCUDDER GREATER EUROPE GROWTH 28.4

FOREIGN

AMERICAN CENTURY INTL. DISCOVERY INV. 30.4

DREYFUS FOUNDERS PASSPORT F** 26.2

EUROPACIFIC GROWTH 21.5

FIDELITY DIVERSIFIED INTERNATIONAL 22.6

JANUS OVERSEAS 32.0

PILGRIM INTL. SMALL CAP A** 33.5

THOMAS WHITE INTERNATIONAL** 17.9

UMB SCOUT WORLDWIDE 20.0

WADDELL & REED INTL. GROWTH B** 30.3

INTERNATIONAL HYBRID

OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL GROWTH & INCOME A 29.6

LARGE-CAP BLEND

BRIDGES INVESTMENT** 26.3

CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT S&P 500** 28.4

FIDELITY FUND 27.9

FIFTH THIRD QUALITY GROWTH A** 28.3

FIRST FUNDS GROWTH & INCOME III** 25.9

HERITAGE CAPITAL APPRECIATION A** 30.9

MAGNA GROWTH & INCOME** 26.0

MCM EQUITY INVESTMENT** 26.8

MFS CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES A 31.9

T. ROWE PRICE BLUE CHIP GROWTH 28.3%

QUANTITATIVE GROWTH & INCOME ORD.** 30.9

SUNAMERICA GROWTH & INCOME B** 28.8

UAM ANALYTIC DEFENSIVE EQ. INST.** 21.2

UAM ANALYTIC ENHANCED EQ. INST.** 28.8

VANGUARD 500 INDEX 28.5

WARBURG PINCUS CAPITAL APP. COMM. 33.1

LARGE-CAP GROWTH

BRIDGEWAY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY** 31.8

GABELLI GROWTH 33.8

JANUS FUND 31.4

JANUS GROWTH & INCOME 36.4

JANUS TWENTY 45.2

MFS MASS. INVESTORS GROWTH A 35.3

NORTHERN SELECT EQUITY** 34.0

REYNOLDS BLUE CHIP GROWTH 39.1

RYDEX OTC INV. 56.6

VANGUARD GROWTH INDEX 33.7

WILSHIRE TARGET LARGE Co. GROWTH INV. 33.8

LARGE-CAP VALUE

AMERICAN CENTURY EQUITY GROWTH INV. 28.2

AMERICAN CENTURY INCOME & GROWTH 28.0

CLIPPER 21.5

FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORS 24.3

GABELLI EQUITY-INCOME** 19.0

GABELLI WESTWOOD EQUITY RET.** 23.9

INVESTMENT CO. OF AMERICA 23.7

LEGG MASON VALUE PRIMARY SHARES 38.0

SELECTED AMERICAN 28.2

VANGUARD GROWTH & INCOME 28.8

WRIGHT MAJOR BLUE CHIP EQUITY** 24.8

MID-CAP BLEND

GABELLI ASSET 23.8

HILLIARD LYONS GROWTH A** 21.0

WAYNE HUMMER GROWTH** 24.2

INVESCO LEISURE** 28.0

MAINSTAY MAP-EQUITY I** 24.0

SALOMON BROS. CAPITAL O** 28.4

MID-CAP GROWTH

AIM GLOBAL CONSUMER PRODUCT & SVCS. B** 30.3

FIDELITY NEW MILLENNIUM 44.2

FIDELITY OTC 35.4

FRANKLIN CALIFORNIA GROWTH A 36.9

GABELLI ABC** 10.4

IDEX JCC CAPITAL APPRECIATION A** 37.9%

INVESCO DYNAMICS 33.1

MID-CAP VALUE

AMERICAN CENTURY EQUITY INCOME INV. 18.3

ATLAS STRATEGIC GROWTH A** 25.9

STRONG OPPORTUNITY 23.4

WEITZ PARTNERS VALUE 29.6

WEITZ VALUE 28.9

NATURAL RESOURCES

T. ROWE PRICE NEW ERA 12.7

PACIFIC/ASIA EX-JAPAN

MATTHEWS ASIAN GROWTH & INCOME** 7.4

PRECIOUS METALS

LEXINGTON SILVER** -4.2

REAL ESTATE

COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE EQUITY** 11.5

SMALL-CAP BLEND

ENTERPRISE SMALL CO. VALUE A** 16.5

MERIDIAN VALUE** 26.7

VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN VALUE A 22.4

WEITZ HICKORY 36.9

SMALL-CAP GROWTH

BARON GROWTH 29.9

BRIDGEWAY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH** 39.2

FASCIANO 18.1

FREMONT U.S. MICRO-CAP 42.1

JANUS VENTURE 36.7

SMALL-CAP VALUE

LONGLEAF PARTNERS SMALL-CAP 18.6

ROYCE TOTAL RETURN** 16.0

THIRD AVENUE VALUE 18.5

TECHNOLOGY

INVESCO TECHNOLOGY II** 43.8

UTILITIES

FIDELITY SEL. UTILITIES GROWTH 28.7

MFS UTILITIES B 25.6

WORLD

IDEX JCC GLOBAL A 30.2

JANUS WORLDWIDE 30.9

MAXUS LAUREATE INV.** 23.4

PILGRIM WORLDWIDE GROWTH C** 31.1


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