DECEMBER 31, 2001
WHERE TO INVEST -- THE INVESTMENT SPECTRUM
A Few Bright Spots in Equity Funds | | CATEGORY TOTAL RETURN*
PRECIOUS METALS 16.53%
SMALL-CAP VALUE 11.13
REAL ESTATE 8.35
MID-CAP VALUE 4.65
SMALL-CAP BLEND -0.59
PACIFIC/ASIA EX-JAPAN -1.16
DIVERSIFIED EMERGING MARKETS -3.32
FINANCIAL -3.94
DOMESTIC HYBRID -4.79
LARGE-CAP VALUE -6.39
LATIN AMERICA -7.27
INTERNATIONAL HYBRID -7.28
MID-CAP BLEND -8.33
ALL CAP -9.66
LARGE-CAP BLEND -13.98
SMALL-CAP GROWTH -15.17
HEALTH -15.70
NATURAL RESOURCES -16.41
DIVERSIFIED PACIFIC/ASIA -18.04
WORLD -18.13
MID-CAP GROWTH -21.11
FOREIGN -21.55
LARGE-CAP GROWTH -22.04
EUROPE -22.13
UTILITIES -24.14
JAPAN -25.42
TECHNOLOGY -32.82
COMMUNICATIONS -33.62
U.S. DIVERSIFIED FUNDS -11.35
INTL. EQUITY FUNDS -17.16
ALL EQUITY FUNDS -12.32
S&P 500 -12.82
* Appreciation plus reinvestment of dividends and capital gains before
taxes, Jan. 1 through Dec. 12, 2001
Data: Standard & Poor's

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