When it comes to sizing up mutual funds, BUSINESS WEEK has plenty of 
experience. Our fund ratings (A through F) have appeared every January since 
1986 and have been updated monthly since January, 1998, at www.businessweek.com/mutualfunds/mutfunds/scorebrd/index.html. To the right are the funds that jointed the A-list this year. Ratings are 
based on a five-year risk-adjusted total return.

                                           FIVE-YR. AVG.
FUND                                       ANNUAL RETURN*

BERGER GROWTH & INCOME                          27.2%
BRIDGEWAY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH                     41.9
BUFFALO USA GLOBAL GROWTH                       24.8
CALAMOS GROWTH A                                44.1
CALAMOS MARKET NEUTRAL A                        12.1
CAPITAL WORLD GROWTH & INC.                     19.3
CITIZENS EMERGING GROWTH                        37.4
DEUTSCHE INTL, SELECT EQUITY INST.              25.6
DREYFUS APPRECIATION                            22.7
DREYFUS LIFETIME GROWTH                         19.4
DREYFUS LIFETIME GROWTH & INC.                  14.5
EASTCLIFF TOTAL RETURN                          25.8
FIDELITY DIVIDEND GROWTH                        24.1
FIDELITY LARGE CAP STOCK                        24.9
FIDELITY SELECT HEALTH CARE                     26.1
FIRSTHAND TECHNOLOGY VALUE                      58.3
FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORS                           21.4
GABELLI WESTWOOD EQUITY                         21.3
GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA                          28.0
INVESCO BLUE CHIP GROWTH                        30.0
INVESTMENT CO. OF AMERICA                       20.7
IPS MILLENNIUM                                  39.4
JAMESTOWN BALANCED                              16.5
MERIDIAN VALUE                                  28.4
MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE B                      27.2
MSDW GLOBAL UTILITIES B                         19.9
MUTUAL DISCOVERY Z                              17.9
NEW PERSPECTIVE                                 22.0
OPPENHEIMER CAP. APPRECIATION A                 28.2
PILGRIM INTL. SMALL CAP GROWTH C                34.0
PIONEER FUND A                                  23.1
SEI INST. LARGE CAP GROWTH A                    29.8
SELECTED AMERICAN SHARES                        24.8
STEIN ROE GROWTH STOCK                          28.5
T. ROWE PRICE GROWTH STOCK                      23.9
TWEEDY BROWNE GLOBAL VALUE                      18.7
VAN KAMPEN EQUITY-INCOME A                      17.6
VAN KAMPEN UTILITY A                            19.4
VANGUARD GROWTH EQUITY                          33.1
VANGUARD PRIMECAP                               29.3
WHITE OAK GROWTH STOCK                          39.8
WPG GROWTH & INCOME                             23.7


* Through June 30. Appreciation plus reinvestment of dividends and capital 
gains before taxes

DATA: MORNINGSTAR, BW