Market Watch : WEEKLY SCORECARD : MUTUAL FUNDS

Average total return, including dividends, in percent for periods ended Thursday, August 23.

Category (No. of funds) Week Year-to-date 12 months Fixed income (533) -1.02% +0.6% +2.8% Gold (35) -2.99 -5.6 +7.8 Balanced: stock and bond (61) -4.24 -6.2 -5.0 Natural resources (17) -4.27 +0.1 +7.2 Utilities (15) -4.76 -10.2 -3.6 Equity income (66) -5.38 -11.0 -10.6 Growth and income (200) -6.29 -10.1 -10.2 Growth (260) -7.76 -11.3 -11.6 Global: U.S. and foreign stocks (40) -7.76 -9.8 -4.9 Capital appreciation (146) -7.78 -12.3 -13.4 International: foreign stocks only (56) -7.79 -9.2 -1.3 Small company (83) -9.70 -14.7 -16.2 Health/biotechnology (9) -9.99 -1.3 +7.1 Science and technology (23) -10.43 -12.4 -11.6 S&P; 500 index, excluding dividends -7.62 -13.1 -12.7 General stock fund average -7.38 -11.5 -12.0

Source: Lipper Analytical Services Inc.