COMING SUNDAY : SPECIAL REPORT

Sunday’s Business section, marking the end of the third quarter of 1995, is a special report on investments and personal finance. In a year marked by a steep rise in the U.S. stock market, Times columnists survey the fiscal climate and evaluate what investors and non-investors alike need to think about next.

Included will be a review of the third-quarter performance of more than 3,500 mutual funds--including nine-month, three-year and five-year returns--and easy-to-read tables showing how your funds stack up against the market competition.