61.   American funds are among the largest in the business but remain distictly low-profile.

62.   Among newsletters I track, the most-recommended no-load gold fund is American Century Global Gold.

63.   Among the characteristics of these plain-vanilla funds is a low fee.

64.   American Century Benham Target Maturities Trust zero-coupon funds may be poised to move from worst to first in the rankings of U.S. Treasury bond mutual funds.

65.   Among bond funds, junk bond funds have been the only bright spot in attracting money.

66.   Analysts say closing funds can be a shrewd marketing move because companies create the perception that the funds are overwhelmingly popular.

67.   And an intermediate-term bond fund is certainly within the parameters of moderate risk.

68.   Analysts say closing funds can be a shrewd marketing move because companies create the perception that the funds are top rated.

69.   Analysts said some foreign funds are cutting holdings in emerging markets to place bets in other countries.

70.   Analysts said the fund is unlikely to remain strong enough to continue to help the growers as it has in the past.