Market Watch : WEEKLY SCORECARD : MUTUAL FUNDS
Average total return, including dividends, in percent for periods ended Thursday, March 15.
Category (No. of funds) Week Year-to-date 12 months Small company (84) +0.55% -1.8% +10.9% Growth and income (192) +0.31 -2.8 +11.8 Science and technology (24) +0.28 +2.5 +17.1 Capital appreciation (144) +0.04 -2.6 +11.6 Health/biotechnology (9) -0.05 -2.7 +24.6 Growth (192) -0.13 -2.7 +13.1 Fixed income (536) -0.22 -2.1 +6.2 Balanced: stock and bond (61) -0.32 -2.7 +10.6 Natural resources (16) -0.40 -0.6 +18.9 Equity income (62) -0.42 -3.0 +11.0 Global: U.S. and foreign -0.65 -4.7 +10.7 stocks (38) International: foreign -0.74 -5.0 +10.5 stocks only (55) Utilities (14) -0.75 -4.9 +19.3 Gold (35) -2.46 -9.1 +10.0 S&P; 500 index, excluding -0.65 -4.3 +12.9 dividends General stock fund average -0.09 -2.6 +12.0
For the record:
12:00 a.m. March 21, 1990 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday March 21, 1990 Home Edition Business Part D Page 2 Column 3 Financial Desk 1 inches; 33 words Type of Material: Correction
Gold Mutual Funds--Average performance figures for gold mutual funds were misstated in a chart in Monday’s Business section. The funds rose an average 2.33% last week, are off 0.57% for the year to date and are up 13% for the past 12 months.
Source: Lipper Analytical Services Inc.
