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That still doesn’t make up for a dismal 2008, but the performance does seem to indicate that investors are putting some of the bad news in the rearview mirror and are once again comfortable investing in stocks. “It was a wild six months to try to lump together,” says Stacey Schreft, director of investment strategy at The Mutual Fund Store, headquartered in Overland Park, Kan. “As dramatic as things fell they turned around.” Adds Ron Rowland, president of Capital Cities Asset Management in Austin, Texas: “Year to date, it looks like nothing ever happened.” This week, the SmartMoney.com fund screen takes a break from its normal routine to focus on overall fund performance during the first half of 2009. Instead of looking at individual funds with good track records in their respective categories and low fees, we simply list the six-month performance of 24 key fund groups tracked by Lipper. Consider it a first-half report card for your portfolio. We do this screen for an important reason: By staying aware of fund returns, investors can hopefully spot burgeoning trends. Indeed, one of the emerging themes of the first half of 2009 was the thumping growth funds gave their value counterparts. As you can see from the table below, growth funds easily outpaced value funds up and down the market capitalization spectrum. That trend had been playing out before the market took a nosedive last year — at that point, value briefly trumped growth — but now the gap is widening and many market experts think it will continue to do so since growth stocks historically tend to lead the market out of its doldrums. “I have been in favor of growth since the middle of ‘07” says Rowland, who hung onto his growth fund holdings even as investors fled to safety. Now, there were some fund categories that didn't do all that well. Financial services funds gained 27.4% during the second quarter after most big banks passed the government's "stress tests" and were able to raise capital to repay federal loans. However, the category is still down 3.4% in 2009. Real estate funds dropped 9.5% the last six months and equity income offerings, the funds that focus on dividend-paying stocks, managed to eke out a mere 1.2% gain. But at the same time there were also some eye-popping returns. Technology funds soared 24.6% thanks to some M&A deals and opportunistic buying after tech stocks got hammered in 2008. Investors also became more willing to take on risk after fleeing to safe havens last year. The average emerging markets fund gained 34.2%. Latin America offerings, a subset of emerging markets, increased 44.5%. That was the single biggest increase in the first half of any of the 68 equity categories tracked by Lipper. Investors shouldn't get overly excited about t fef hose rosy returns. “We clearly see people chasing returns,” says Schreft. And many market watchers think another event — rising unemployment, a failed bank, inflation — could cause the rally to quickly cool off. “I think it’s probably safe to say the complete meltdown and disruption of big financial institutions that was scaring everybody months ago is not going to happen,” says Rowland. “The worst case scenario is now off the table. However, the next worst case is still a possibility.” Leaders of the Pack Fund CategoryYear-to-Date Return (%) Source: Lipper Note: Data is for date range between Dec. 31, 2008 and June 30, 2009 Latin America44.5 China Region37.2 Pacific Ex Japan34.6 Emerging Markets34.2 Science & Technology24.6 Basic Materials22.9 Int'l Small/Mid Cap Growth21.0 Gold18.0 Pacific Region16.0 Global Multicap Growth15.7 Natural Resources13.8 Midcap Growth13.0 Consumer Services11.9 Small-Cap Growth11.4 Multicap Growth11.2 Large-Cap Growth10.9 Global Financial Services10.6 Midcap Core9.2 Midcap Value7.8 Multicap Core7.3 Small-Cap Core6.3 Large-Cap Core4.8 Small-Cap Value4.7 S&P 500 Index3.0 SMARTMONEY ® Layout and look and feel of SmartMoney.com are trademarks of SmartMoney, a joint venture between Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and Hearst SM Partnership. © 1995 - 20 fef 09 SmartMoney. All Rights Reserved. letters@smartmoney.com (Rob Wherry) http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/mutual-funds/first-half-report-card-how-24-fund-categories-fared/ SmartMoney.com http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/mutual-funds/first-half-report-card-how-24-fund-categories-fared/?cid=1122 ETFs Hit Sour Note Ahead of Holiday Weekend (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)
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