Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund's Star Manager Returns

Joel Tillinghast is back from a three-month sabbatical, but, in his absence, his six co-managers ran the fund like he was never gone.

Baron Small Cap

Dodge & Cox Stock

Fidelity Intermediate Municipal Income

Fidelity Low-Priced Stock

FPA Crescent

Harbor Bond

Harbor International

T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Stock

T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value

Vanguard Dividend Growth

Vanguard Selected Value

Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade

Akre Focus

BBH Core Select Fund

Harbor Commodity Real Return Strategy

Merger Fund

DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund

Artisan Value Fund

Homestead Small Company Stock Fund

Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery Fund

Matthews Asia Dividend Fund

Fidelity New Markets Income Fund

Live Chat on the Kiplinger 25

Investing editors Manny Schiffres and Nellie Huang will be online on Thursday, April 26, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET to answer your questions about our favorite no-load mutual funds.

Merger Fund Treads Water

As expected, this Kiplinger 25 fund outperforms in down markets, lags in weak markets. A rise in deal activity could boost returns.

Kiplinger 25 Model Portfolios

Reach your investment goals with these plans using our favorite no-load mutual funds.

The 2012 Kiplinger 25: The Best No-Load Mutual Funds to Meet Your Goals

This year’s picks for the Kiplinger 25 include new ways to generate income.

FPA Crescent: A Great Fund for Uncertain Times

This Kiplinger 25 fund aims first to minimize losses, and only then tries to earn money for shareholders.

A Fund That Wins by not Losing

Preserving your capital is BBH Core Select’s first goal. That makes it my kind of fund.

A Strange 2011 for the Kiplinger 25

Our favorite no-load fund picks included a few winners, but most of our domestic stock funds delivered returns in a narrow range that trailed the market slightly. One other positive: We had no disasters.

A Lousy Year for Bond Ace Bill Gross

Harbor Bond, a Kiplinger 25 member, stumbled in 2011, but Gross has reshaped the fund’s portfolio to put it in line with current trends.

Mixed Results for the Kiplinger 25

Here's how our favorite no-load funds have performed through the recent market rout.

How Foreign Funds in the Kiplinger 25 Are Faring

With foreign stock markets in turmoil, the international picks among our favorite funds have fallen further than their domestic brethren.

Fidelity Contrafund Holds Up Through Hard Times

This fund's recent performance, one of the best of the Kiplinger 25, is being boosted by cheap blue chips and gold mining companies.

Opportunities With Municipal Bonds

The impending death of the tax-free bond market has been greatly exaggerated.

Finding Opportunities When Other Investors Are Pessimistic

The managers of BBH Core Select, a member of the Kiplinger 25, added three new stocks to the fund during the late summer market dip.

2011 Mutual Fund Rankings

We list which funds have performed best and which are worth owning now.

Dodge & Cox Stock Loads Up On Drug Stocks

The managers of this Kiplinger 25 fund see good deals in the pharmaceutical sector.

Can Bruce Berkowitz Bounce Back?

The longtime star manager of Fairholme fund has stumbled badly this year after loading up on financials prematurely.

Vanguard Dividend Growth: In Search of New Income Sources

The manager of this Kiplinger 25 fund looks for "high-quality" companies that regularly boost dividends. But what is "high quality" these days?