Best Mutual Funds
Best Mutual Funds for Your Investment Portfolio
Our watch list of the top no load mutual funds for you to consider for your investment portfolio, 401k investing, or retirement asset allocation. These are some of the best performing Mutual Funds available. Of course we do not expect you to have all of them in your accounts at the same time. That is where the Model Investment Portfolios of Top No-Load Mutual Funds in our Investing Newsletter come into play. Investment returns are as of April 30, 2012.
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| Fund Name | Ticker | Asset Category | 1 Mo | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | 5 Yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Short-Term Bond | FSHBX | Short-Term Bond | 0.21 | 1.79 | 4.17 | 2.01 |
| Wasatch-1st Source Income | FMEQX | Short-Term Bond | 0.67 | 3.91 | 4.56 | 4.52 |
| American Century Short Duration | ACSNX | Short-Term Bond | 0.21 | 2.11 | 3.16 | 4.28 |
| Fidelity Intermediate Government Inc | FSTGX | Intermediate Government | 0.82 | 5.19 | 3.96 | 5.54 |
| Managers Intermediate Duration Govt | MGIDX | Intermediate Government | 0.70 | 5.60 | 7.60 | 6.42 |
| Wells Fargo Advantage Government Secs | STVSX | Intermediate Government | 1.05 | 6.46 | 5.27 | 5.87 |
| Fidelity Inflation-Protected Bond | FINPX | Inflation-Protected Bond | 1.97 | 11.19 | 9.60 | 6.89 |
| American Century Infl-Adj Bond | ACITX | Inflation-Protected Bond | 1.87 | 11.21 | 9.65 | 7.66 |
| PIMCO Real Return D | PRRDX | Inflation-Protected Bond | 2.05 | 10.29 | 11.62 | 8.03 |
| Fidelity Total Bond | FTBFX | Intermediate-Term Bond | 1.15 | 7.21 | 10.78 | 6.65 |
| Metropolitan West Total Return Bond | MWTRX | Intermediate-Term Bond | 1.11 | 6.53 | 11.78 | 7.86 |
| PIMCO Total Return D | PTTDX | Intermediate-Term Bond | 1.44 | 5.47 | 9.07 | 8.28 |
| Loomis Sayles Global Bond | LSGLX | International Bond | 1.03 | 2.10 | 11.99 | 6.43 |
| PIMCO Foreign Bond (Unhedged) D | PFBDX | International Bond | 2.39 | 4.67 | 15.66 | 9.22 |
| Fidelity High Income | SPHIX | High Yield Bond | 1.02 | 4.88 | 17.87 | 7.49 |
| Harbor High-Yield Bond Inv | HYFIX | High Yield Bond | 0.92 | 5.02 | 13.09 | 6.18 |
| American Century High-Yield | ABHIX | High Yield Bond | 0.90 | 4.86 | 15.32 | 6.68 |
| Metropolitan West High Yield Bond | MWHYX | High Yield Bond | 0.66 | 0.10 | 16.31 | 7.71 |
| Well Fargo Short Term High Yield | STHBX | High Yield Bond | 0.59 | 4.18 | 7.03 | 4.58 |
| Fidelity Floating Rate High Income | FFRHX | Bank Loan | 0.55 | 2.86 | 8.38 | 4.09 |
| PIMCO Senior Floating Rate D | PSRDX | Bank Loan | 0.79 | 3.67 | ||
| Fidelity New Markets Income | FNMIX | Emerging Bonds | 1.65 | 13.24 | 17.31 | 9.25 |
| Payden Emerging Markets Bond Adviser | PYEWX | Emerging Bonds | 1.14 | 9.56 | 15.18 | 7.69 |
| PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond D | PEMDX | Emerging Bonds | 1.18 | 9.94 | 15.21 | 7.54 |
| Dreyfus Appreciation | DGAGX | Large Cap | (0.59) | 6.67 | 20.63 | 2.77 |
| FBR Large Cap Investor | FBRPX | Large Cap | (0.88) | (0.61) | 15.89 | 2.35 |
| FMI Large Cap | FMIHX | Large Cap | (0.30) | 3.76 | 16.50 | 3.38 |
| Fidelity Contrafund | FCNTX | Large Growth | (0.12) | 6.39 | 20.35 | 4.44 |
| Jensen Quality Growth | JENSX | Large Growth | (1.23) | 0.31 | 16.35 | 3.00 |
| ASTON/Montag & Caldwell Growth | MCGFX | Large Growth | (0.22) | (5.39) | 22.76 | 7.72 |
| Wells Fargo Advantage Growth* | SGROX | Large Growth | (0.12) | 9.64 | 30.90 | 10.54 |
| Forester Value N | FVALX | Large Value | (0.33) | (3.94) | 8.70 | 3.31 |
| Yacktman Focused | YAFFX | Large Value | (1.00) | 4.16 | 21.00 | 9.46 |
| Fidelity Low-Priced Stock | FLPSX | Mid Cap | (1.01) | 1.65 | 21.53 | 3.30 |
| Scout Mid Cap | UMBMX | Mid Cap | (1.10) | 2.73 | 27.09 | 8.78 |
| Westport R | WPFRX | Mid Cap | (1.53) | 3.49 | 20.26 | 5.99 |
| ASTON/Montag & Caldwell Mid Cap Growth | AMCMX | Mid-Cap Growth | (1.01) | 3.45 | 22.62 | |
| Brown Capital Mgmt Mid-Cap | BCMSX | Mid-Cap Growth | (2.84) | (2.63) | 21.19 | 8.99 |
| Neuberger Berman Genesis | NBGNX | Mid-Cap Growth | (0.20) | (1.01) | 20.11 | 5.35 |
| American Century Mid Cap Value | ACMVX | Mid-Cap Value | (0.93) | 1.04 | 19.53 | 3.00 |
| Heartland Select Value | HRSVX | Mid-Cap Value | (0.81) | (5.58) | 18.67 | 1.79 |
| Artisan Mid Cap Value Investor* | ARTQX | Mid-Cap Value | (1.21) | 1.50 | 19.08 | 4.19 |
| Fidelity Small Cap Discovery | FSCRX | Small Cap | (1.28) | 0.72 | 27.10 | 8.02 |
| FMI Focus | FMIOX | Small Cap | (1.75) | (3.15) | 22.04 | 5.62 |
| Royce Special Equity | RYSEX | Small Cap | (0.87) | 2.57 | 16.98 | 6.16 |
| Brown Capital Mgmt Small Company* | BCSIX | Small Growth | (0.41) | (0.18) | 23.58 | 9.68 |
| Artisan Small Cap Investor | ARTSX | Small Growth | (1.99) | 4.72 | 26.45 | 3.55 |
| FBR Small Cap Investor | FBRYX | Small Growth | (1.66) | 0.85 | 21.39 | 6.63 |
| Heartland Value Plus | HRVIX | Small Value | (2.14) | (6.59) | 18.52 | 5.12 |
| Intrepid Small Cap | ICMAX | Small Value | (0.90) | 1.47 | 17.92 | 11.66 |
| SouthernSun Small Cap Investor | SSSFX | Small Value | (0.68) | 1.96 | 33.62 | 8.26 |
| Royce Micro-Cap Invmt | RYOTX | Micro Cap | (2.51) | (12.44) | 22.20 | 2.67 |
| Westcore Micro Cap Opportunity | WTMIX | Micro Cap | (2.15) | (2.85) | 21.09 | |
| Fidelity International Growth | FIGFX | International | 0.00 | (5.16) | 19.61 | |
| Manning & Napier International | EXITX | International | (3.02) | (17.01) | 12.35 | (0.73) |
| Oakmark International | OAKIX | International | (4.71) | (11.13) | 17.10 | (1.20) |
| Scout International | UMBWX | International | (0.94) | (9.74) | 15.96 | 0.22 |
| Matthews Asia Dividend Investor | MAPIX | Diversified Pacific/Asia | 0.22 | (1.66) | 20.33 | 8.49 |
| Fidelity International Small Cap | FISMX | International Small/Mid | (0.05) | (10.41) | 20.78 | (0.63) |
| Harding Loevner Intl Small Company | HLMSX | International Small/Mid | 1.24 | (8.40) | 26.08 | 2.42 |
| Wasatch International Growth | WAIGX | International Small/Mid | 1.78 | (3.20) | 30.29 | 0.98 |
| Westcore International Small Cap | WTIFX | International Small/Mid | (1.53) | (0.42) | 31.38 | 3.76 |
| Lazard Emerging Markets* | LZOEX | Emerging Equities | (2.48) | (8.89) | 19.45 | 4.19 |
| Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth | DREGX | Emerging Equities | (0.07) | (9.68) | 21.76 | 3.87 |
| Harding Loevner Emerging Markets | HLEMX | Emerging Equities | (1.41) | (7.65) | 18.98 | 2.75 |
| Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap* | WAEMX | Emerging Equities | 0.76 | 0.76 | 38.61 | |
| Fidelity Real Estate Income | FRIFX | Real Estate | 1.01 | 6.93 | 20.78 | 4.40 |
| Cohen & Steers Realty Shares | CSRSX | Real Estate | 3.07 | 7.17 | 30.84 | 1.15 |
| Neuberger Berman Real Estate | NBRFX | Real Estate | 3.28 | 9.22 | 32.21 | 3.09 |
| Pyxis Long/Short Equity | HEOZX | Long/Short Equity | (0.94) | 1.20 | 6.13 | 3.06 |
| Marketfield | MFLDX | Long/Short Equity | 1.14 | 7.53 | 17.76 | |
| Wasatch Long/Short | FMLSX | Long/Short Equity | (0.95) | (1.36) | 12.73 | 4.18 |
| AQR Managed Futures Strategy | AQMNX | Managed Futures | (0.63) | (9.28) | ||
| Forward Commodity L/S Strategy | FCOMX | Managed Futures | 0.27 | (11.48) | ||
| Guggenheim L/S Commodities Strategy | RYLFX | Managed Futures | (3.31) | (8.87) | ||
| Grant Park Managed Futures Strategy | GPFNX | Managed Futures | 0.31 | (6.37) | ||
| Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation | ABRYX | Hedge Fund | 0.56 | 13.77 |