11.   A tech sector fund should not be the core of your portfolio.

12.   But investors should remember that although energy sector funds try to lessen the impact of falling oil and natural gas prices, they cannot completely escape the fallout.

13.   Doll said that Oppenheimer had concluded that sector funds, of which it had only the two, were too volatile for its investors.

14.   Fidelity has some big sales hits in its portfolio, principally its two most visible aggressive growth funds and a handful of sector funds.

15.   Fidelity popularized the use of sector funds.

16.   Gone are the days when a Putnam growth fund has a portfolio to make it look like a technology sector fund, said Oristaglio.

17.   He and his new partners figured there was an unfilled niche in running a sector fund that focused on transportation.

18.   He is a persistent critic of the growing popularity of sector funds and maintains that a broad-market index fund is the soundest investment.

19.   He said he expects a rise in sector funds, such as funds that invest in the European pharmaceutical industry or banking industry.

20.   He wants to beef up research and consider more aggressive equity products, including sector funds, analyst-run funds, and hedge funds.