1.   Now that managed funds are doing somewhat better, will investors drift away from index funds?

2.   Although no one suggested that the defense fund did anything improper, its officials found themselves testifying before a grand jury and congressional committees about those donations.

3.   Although overseas funds lost money, they lost less than domestic funds did because the weak dollar provided a slight cushion.

4.   Among domestic stock funds, the conservatively managed funds did the best.

5.   And how did the fund do in the last quarter?

6.   And Jack Sharry, a managing director of Putnam Investments, said his domestic stock funds did slightly less well in June than in May.

7.   As a result, Franklin funds have done poorly recently.

8.   As presently constituted, the fund would do nothing for indirect victims.

9.   Asian equity funds did well.

10.   Asian funds did the worst for the post-August swoon, and Latin American funds fared the worst in the four terrible days.