Market Watch : WEEKLY SCORECARD : MUTUAL FUNDS

Average total return, including dividends, in percent for periods ended Thursday, July 19.

Category (No. of funds) Week Year-to-date 12 months Gold (35) +2.80% -13.6% +1.5% International: +1.19 +5.9 +18.2 foreign stocks only (54) Natural resources (17) +0.97 +3.0 +14.6 Global: +0.57 +5.2 +15.2 U.S. and foreign stocks (39) Fixed income (533) +0.29 +2.1 +4.0 Balanced: stock and bond (61) -0.03 +3.0 +7.2 Equity income (65) -0.19 +0.1 +3.9 Growth and income (196) -0.26 +3.6 +8.2 Growth (260) -0.84 +6.2 +10.7 Utilities (15) -0.86 -4.4 +5.0 Capital appreciation (146) -0.90 +4.7 +8.1 Health/biotechnology (9) -0.93 +18.3 +36.0 Small company (83) -1.31 +6.4 +8.3 Science and technology (23) -1.86 +14.3 +19.9 S&P; 500 index, -0.03 +3.4 +9.5 excluding dividends General stock fund average -0.70 +4.7 +8.7

Source: Lipper Analytical Services Inc.