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Bear funds & value dominate



                                                  TOTAL RETURN*



POTOMAC INTERNET SHORT                                30.15%
RYDEX DYNAMIC VENTURE 100                             29.08
PROFUNDS ULTRASHORT OTC                               27.89
THIRD MILLENNIUM RUSSIA                               27.43
PILGRIM TROIKA DIALOG RUSSIA A                        24.01
PROFUNDS ULTRABEAR                                    22.79
RYDEX DYNAMIC TEMPEST 500                             21.92
RYDEX ARKTOS INV.                                     21.85
POTOMAC OTC SHORT                                     21.83
iSHARES MSCI TAIWAN INDEX                             20.96
SELECT SECTOR SPDR. BASIC INDUSTRIES                  19.34
GABELLI COMSTOCK CAPITAL VALUE A                      18.33
DREYFUS SMALL COMPANY VALUE                           17.31
PERKINS OPPORTUNITY                                   16.52
MATTHEWS CHINA                                        15.62
BOSTON PARTNERS LONG SHORT EQUITY INV.                15.22
BEARGUARD INV.                                        14.34
AEGIS VALUE                                           13.68
BOSTON PTNS. SMALL-CAP VALUE II INSTL.                13.24
PROFUNDS BEAR                                         12.67
RYDEX URSA                                            12.67
FRANKLIN MICROCAP VALUE                               12.30
BRIDGEWAY ULTRA-SMALL COMPANY                         12.16
DREYFUS MIDCAP VALUE                                  11.15
POLYNOUS GROWTH A                                     11.02
POTOMAC U.S. SHORT                                    10.83
OAKMARK SELECT I                                      10.67
INVESTEC ASIA SMALL-CAP                               10.47
PRUDENT BEAR                                          10.26
GABELLI COMSTOCK STRATEGY O                           10.22
WARBURG PINCUS JAPAN SM. CO. ADV                       9.87
SPIRIT OF AMERICA INVESTMENT A                         9.75
AL FRANK                                               9.66
LONGLEAF PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL                        9.62
SCHRODER CAPITAL MICRO-CAP INV.                        9.46
IMS CAPITAL VALUE                                      9.34
STRATTON MONTHLY DIVIDEND REIT                         8.91
KINETICS SMALL-CAP OPPORTUNITY                         8.90
APEX MID-CAP GROWTH                                    8.89
FIFTH THIRD-MAXUS AGGRESSIVE VALUE INSTL.              8.63
MATTHEWS KOREA                                         8.48
MEYERS PRIDE VALUE                                     8.26
KENSINGTON STRATEGIC REALTY A                          8.02
PERRIT MICRO-CAP OPPORTUNITIES                         7.94
STRONG ADVISOR SMALL-CAP VALUE Z                       7.92
MASTERS SELECT VALUE                                   7.85
HEARTLAND VALUE PLUS                                   7.84
ROYCE SPECIAL EQUITY                                   7.43
ALPINE U.S. REAL ESTATE Y                              7.32
OAKMARK I                                              7.24






* Appreciation plus reinvestment of dividends and capital gains before
taxes, January 1 through March 27, 2001



Data: Standard & Poor's