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Kiplinger's 25 Favorite Funds

2012

In the tables below, see year-to-date-, one-, three-, five-, 10-year, and 20-year returns for the funds, along with their expenses ratios.

Click on a fund's name to see its individual profile, or click the ticker symbol for its daily market snapshot.

Data through April 30, 2012

LARGE-COMPANY STOCK FUNDS

FUND NAME SYMBOL 1-YR
RETURN
3-YR
RETURN
5-YR
RETURN
10-YR
RETURN
20-YR
RETURN
EXPENSE RATIO
Artisan ValueARTLX4.59%19.05%0.77%—%—%1.09%
BBH Core SelectBBTEX7.0519.686.276.571
Dodge & Cox StockDODGX-2.3917.92-2.95.0410.540.52
Fidelity ContrafundFCNTX6.3920.354.448.1311.10.81
Vanguard Dividend GrowthVDIGX8.3818.0945.690.31
S&P 500-STOCK INDEX
4.76%19.46%1.01%4.71%8.4%
Data through April 30, 2012

SMALL- AND MIDSIZE-COMPANY STOCK FUNDS

FUND NAME SYMBOL 1-YR
RETURN
3-YR
RETURN
5-YR
RETURN
10-YR
RETURN
20-YR
RETURN
EXPENSE RATIO
Akre FocusAKREX20.17%—%—%—%—%1.45%
Baron Small CapBSCFX-0.4821.353.467.461.31
Fidelity Low-Priced StockFLPSX1.6521.533.38.8313.160.83
Homestead Small-Company StockHSCSX-2.5524.556.78.621.06
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap ValuePRSVX0.3621.123.288.6911.90.82
Vanguard Selected ValueVASVX-0.4320.431.577.040.45
Wells Fargo Advantage DiscoverySTDIX3.3327.867.069.849.281.37
RUSSELL 2000 INDEX
-4.25%20.34%1.45%6.19%8.88%
Data through April 30, 2012

INTERNATIONAL STOCK FUNDS

FUND NAME SYMBOL 1-YR
RETURN
3-YR
RETURN
5-YR
RETURN
10-YR
RETURN
20-YR
RETURN
EXPENSE RATIO
Dodge & Cox Intl StockDODFX-14.75%14.77%-3.16%8.18%—%0.64%
Harbor InternationalHIINX-10.0517.17-0.179.439.931.16
Matthews Asia DividendMAPIX-1.6620.338.491.1
T. Rowe Price Emg Mkts StockPRMSX-12.9419.411.32131.26
MSCI EAFE INDEX
-12.38%12.3%-4.25%5.89%6.03%
Data through April 30, 2012

SPECIALIZED/COMMODITY/GO-ANYWHERE FUNDS

FUND NAME SYMBOL 1-YR
RETURN
3-YR
RETURN
5-YR
RETURN
10-YR
RETURN
20-YR
RETURN
EXPENSE RATIO
FPA CrescentFPACX2.09%14.66%4.87%8.15%—%1.18%
Harbor Commodity Real Return StrategyHACMX-14.9616.420.94
Merger FundMERFX0.113.882.393.666.881.33
DOW JONES-UBS COMMODITY INDEX
-19.42%8.63%-3.08%5.45%5.48%
Data through April 30, 2012

BOND FUNDS

FUND NAME SYMBOL 1-YR
RETURN
3-YR
RETURN
5-YR
RETURN
10-YR
RETURN
20-YR
RETURN
EXPENSE RATIO
DoubleLine Total ReturnDLTNX9.54%—%—%—%—%0.74%
Fidelity Intermediate Municipal IncomeFLTMX8.375.765.054.815.520.4
Fidelity New Markets IncomeFNMIX13.2417.319.2511.860.86
Harbor Bond InstitutionalHABDX4.688.797.856.557.410.53
Loomis Sayles BondLSBRX3.8917.386.8710.059.80.92
Vanguard Short-term Investment-GradeVFSTX2.476.184.264.115.270.2
MERRILL LYNCH US BROAD MARKET INDEX
7.59%7.26%6.33%5.72%


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