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By the Numbers: Funds Our Favorite Mutual Funds The five-tiered Morningstar Analyst Rating scale has three positive levels—Gold, Silver, and Bronze—in addition to Neutral and Negative ratings. Morningstar reserves the top three tiers, expressed as medals, for funds its analyst team thinks have sustainable advantages that position them well versus peers and/or a relevant benchmark on a risk-adjusted basis over a full market cycle of at least five years. There were 155 mutual funds with Morningstar Analyst Ratings of Gold as of Dec. 31, 2011. Name Cat Style Stwd- Morningstar Box ship Rating Grade Annualized Total Return % YTD 1Yr 3Yr 5Yr 10Yr Yield % Std Dev 3 Yr % Worst 3-Mo Ret % Exp Ratio # of TurnHold- over ings % Total Assets ($Mil) Incep Date American Funds Washington Mutual A AWSHX Dodge & Cox Stock DODGX T. Rowe Price Equity Income PRFDX Yacktman YACKX American Funds Fundamental Investors A ANCFX Clipper CFIMX Davis NY Venture A NYVTX FMI Large Cap FMIHX Longleaf Partners LLPFX Oakmark I OAKMX Oakmark Select I OAKLX Selected American Shares S SLASX Sequoia SEQUX Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv VDIGX Vanguard Institutional Index Instl VINIX Vanguard Tax-Managed Capital App Inst VTCIX Vanguard Tax-Managed Growth & Inc Instl VTMIX Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv VTSMX Weitz Partners Value WPVLX American Funds AMCAP A AMCPX ASTON/Montag & Caldwell Growth N MCGFX Harbor Capital Appreciation Instl HACAX Jensen Quality Growth J JENSX Morgan Stanley Focus Growth B AMOBX Morgan Stanley Institutional Growth I MSEQX PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth POGRX PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock POSKX T. Rowe Price New America Growth PRWAX Vanguard Capital Opportunity Inv VHCOX * Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Inv VPCCX * Vanguard PRIMECAP Inv VPMCX * Artisan Mid Cap Value Investor ARTQX * Perkins Mid Cap Value L JMIVX * T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value TRMCX * Vanguard Selected Value Inv VASVX Fidelity Spartan Extended Mkt Index Inv FSEMX FMI Common Stock FMIMX * Longleaf Partners Small-Cap LLSCX * Osterweis OSTFX Vanguard Mid Cap Index Ins VMCIX Lg Value Ç Ç Ç È È É É È Ç È È É É È È È È È È É É É É É É É É É É É É Ê Ë Ê Ê Î Ë Ì Ë Ë Z Z Z Z Z Z X C C Z Z X X X X X Z C X ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙ ÙÙ ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ — ÙÙÙÙÙ 7.0 -4.1 -0.7 7.3 -1.9 2.3 -4.8 1.5 -2.8 1.8 2.1 -4.3 13.2 9.4 2.1 1.4 2.0 1.0 2.2 0.4 3.1 0.6 -1.0 -6.4 -3.0 -2.2 2.1 -0.4 -6.2 -0.9 -1.8 6.4 -2.3 -4.8 0.8 -3.8 4.5 1.8 -4.3 -2.0 7.0 -4.1 -0.7 7.3 -1.9 2.3 -4.8 1.5 -2.8 1.8 2.1 -4.3 13.2 9.4 2.1 1.4 2.0 1.0 2.2 0.4 3.1 0.6 -1.0 -6.4 -3.0 -2.2 2.1 -0.4 -6.2 -0.9 -1.8 6.4 -2.3 -4.8 0.8 -3.8 4.5 1.8 -4.3 -2.0 13.0 12.6 12.8 24.4 14.3 17.3 12.1 13.6 20.7 18.3 20.8 12.3 16.0 14.1 14.1 15.0 14.1 15.0 19.6 16.8 13.2 16.8 12.6 26.6 24.8 16.7 16.3 21.1 15.8 16.0 14.2 19.2 13.7 17.6 18.0 19.1 19.6 23.0 12.2 20.1 0.1 -4.1 -1.0 8.0 0.4 -4.0 -2.4 2.2 -2.9 1.4 -0.7 -2.1 4.3 3.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.6 1.3 3.4 2.4 1.7 3.0 3.3 1.9 1.8 4.5 0.9 2.8 2.3 4.5 2.8 1.4 1.1 1.9 5.9 1.4 0.9 1.4 3.8 4.0 4.1 10.6 5.4 1.1 3.4 6.4 3.7 4.2 3.6 3.3 5.6 5.0 2.9 3.4 3.0 3.8 3.3 3.7 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.5 3.4 — — 4.1 5.6 — 5.3 10.6 7.8 8.0 7.4 6.7 9.0 8.7 5.8 6.8 2.4 1.7 2.0 1.0 1.7 1.4 0.6 1.1 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.5 1.2 1.1 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 17.3 22.7 21.3 21.3 18.9 20.6 20.8 18.5 21.9 21.6 22.0 21.1 16.3 15.2 19.0 19.2 19.0 19.6 19.7 19.2 16.0 17.8 17.3 21.0 20.7 20.7 17.8 18.8 21.7 18.9 19.3 19.9 17.7 21.2 20.0 22.9 21.1 23.7 13.6 21.7 -26.0 -35.7 -28.3 -21.9 -33.8 -33.0 -31.5 -24.2 -47.4 -31.8 -34.7 -31.2 -23.6 -22.6 -29.6 -31.5 -29.6 -31.2 -28.7 -29.9 -28.1 -30.5 -23.4 -44.9 -41.4 -32.2 -32.6 -37.4 -37.3 -31.2 -32.0 -35.7 -28.6 -32.4 -31.6 -37.0 -29.8 -35.5 -27.2 -38.3 0.63 0.52 0.68 0.85 0.64 0.76 0.89 0.97 0.91 1.04 1.07 0.93 1.00 0.34 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.17 1.21 0.73 1.08 0.66 0.92 1.77 0.73 0.66 0.66 0.83 0.48 0.51 0.45 1.20 0.74 0.81 0.45 0.10 1.21 0.93 0.99 0.08 134 79 123 54 273 28 85 30 25 57 21 83 37 49 508 628 503 3,322 40 216 34 71 29 30 49 119 105 133 121 136 116 58 153 130 68 3,098 47 24 44 445 25 12 12 10 50,245 36,876 21,243 6,280 07/52 01/65 10/85 07/92 08/78 02/84 02/69 12/01 04/87 08/91 11/96 02/33 07/70 05/92 07/90 02/99 03/99 04/92 05/83 05/67 11/94 12/87 08/92 03/80 04/91 11/04 11/04 09/85 08/95 12/04 11/84 03/01 08/98 06/96 02/96 11/97 12/81 02/89 10/93 05/98 — ÙÙÙÙ — ÙÙÙÙÙ 32 47,157 3 1,044 8 24,608 28 4,477 37 7,958 18 5,059 16 2,492 9 5,907 23 4,895 17 7,710 4 93,540 7 3,607 6 2,268 5 167,285 42 642 28 63 53 7 44 35 13 24 60 9 9 8 32 66 46 25 8 26 17 39 16 21,745 3,355 12,446 3,826 1,465 777 1,798 1,057 2,483 7,229 4,628 27,571 7,128 13,160 8,482 3,887 5,611 1,083 3,023 1,124 25,991 Lg Growth Lg Blend — ÙÙÙÙ — ÙÙÙ — ÙÙÙÙ Z Z Z Z Z Z X X Z X C Z X X ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ ÙÙÙÙ Mid Blend Mid Value — ÙÙÙÙÙ *Closed to new investors. 72 Morningstar Advisor February/March 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Morningstar Advisor - February/March 2012

Morningstar Advisor - February/March 2012
Contents
Contributors
Letter From the Editor
Make a Difference Stories, Not Debates
How Concerned Are You About Europe?
Analytical and Independent
What to Ask When a Fund Manager Leaves
Past, Present, Future
Have Financials Gotten Cheap Enough?
Four Picks for the Present
Investment Briefs
Tactical Funds Miss Their Chance
Specialty Retail: Ad Hoc Opportunity
How Europe Is Making Its Crisis Worse
Impact on U.S. Economy Will Be Minimal
European Banks: Bargains or Value Traps?
Don’t Count the Euro Out Yet
Europe on the Brink
GoodHaven Realizes Its Vision
How Index Trading Increases Market Vulnerability
Nonlisted REITS: Handle With Care
Safety Picks for the Many Moods of Mr. Market
On the Prowl for Large- Blend Index-Beaters
Our Favorite Mutual Funds
50 Most Popular ETFs
Undervalued Stocks With Wide Moats
The Math That Matters

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