51.   Moreover, these small-company funds tend to invest in different market sectors than typical United States small-cap funds do.

52.   Ms. Brosnan does not think the bonus will last much longer, no matter how well the fund has done in the stock market.

53.   No one debates why large-stock funds have done better.

54.   Nicola Meaden, the founder of Tass, thinks that many hedge fund investors are seeking diversity and move money into another fund when one fund does poorly.

55.   Needless to say, remember to invest to the max, if possible, and to keep an eye on how the funds are doing.

56.   No equity fund is doing better.

57.   On the other side of the ledger, some emerging-markets bond funds did so poorly that they lagged behind even the worst-performing stock funds.

58.   Oppenheimer Strategic Income fund has done a superior job of delivering a high yield while diversifying risk among government bonds, junk bonds and foreign issues.

59.   Other funds have done this time and again because they thought they were getting too big to invest efficiently.