TheStreet.com Ratings Guide to Stock Mutual Funds 2009

With the growing popularity of mutual fund investing, consumers need a reliable source to help them track and evaluate the performance of their mutual fund holdings and identify and monitor other funds as potential new investments. To fill this need, TheStreet.com Ratings Guide to Stock Mutual Funds offers ratings and analyses on more than 8,000 equity mutual funds, including growth funds, index funds, balanced funds and sector or international funds - more than any other publication.

• Updated every quarter to provide the user with the latest and most accurate information
• Handy Investor Profile Quiz to identify the user’s level of risk tolerance, with easy to use direction to the funds that match their risk level
• Three Easy-to-use letter grade ratings for each fund - overall investment rating, performance rating and risk rating
• Index of Stock Mutual Funds - with their letter-grade ratings, fund type, ticker symbol, phone number, returns over time, dividend yield, expense ratio, net assets, bull and bear market returns, initial purchase minimums and more
• Analysis of Largest Stock Mutual Funds - letter-grade ratings, with additional charts and graphs for the 180+ largest retail equity mutual funds
• Top 200 Mutual Funds & Bottom 200 Mutual Funds
• 100 Best & Worst Stock Mutual Funds based on Performance
• 100 Best & Worst Stock Mutual Funds based on Risk
• Top-Rated Stock Mutual Funds by Risk Category & Fund Type
• Helpful Appendices: What is a Mutual Fund?, Performance Benchmarks, Fund Type Descriptions, Share Class Descriptions
• Available in print and online database formats

TheStreet.com Ratings Guide to Stock Mutual Funds makes it easy to see exactly which stocks are on the rise and which ones should be avoided. For those investors looking to tailor their mutual fund selections based on age, income, and tolerance for risk, this easy-to-use guide will help them identify those funds that are best suited to their individual needs and goals.

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Introduction

Welcome

How to Use This Guide

About TheStreet.com Investment Ratings

Important Warnings and Cautions

Section I. Index of Stock Mutual Funds

Section II. Analysis of Largest Stock Mutual Funds

Section III. Top 200 Stock Mutual Funds

Section IV. Bottom 200 Stock Mutual Funds

Section V. Performance: 100 Best and Worst Stock Mutual Funds

Section VI. Risk: 100 Best and Worst Stock Mutual Funds

Section VII. Top-Rated Stock Mutual Funds by Risk Category

Section VIII. Top-Rated Stock Mutual Funds by Fund Type

Appendix

What is a Mutual Fund?

Investor Profile Quiz

Performance Benchmarks

Fund Type Descriptions

Share Class Descriptions

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