81.   A stock fund that has done so by reaching down into the tiniest of stocks, known as microcaps, and by betting big is Safeco Growth.

82.   A. Well, this strikes me as a pretty good time to invest in bond funds, but a terrible time for stock funds.

83.   According to both AMG and Trim Tabs, investors steadily withdrew money from international stock funds in October and so far this month.

84.   After several years in the shadow of the U.S. bull market, international stock funds have outperformed diversified domestic funds in back-to-back quarters.

85.   After five years, generally considered a minimum time frame for owning stock funds, LaRose could cash in the funds for a down payment on a house.

86.   After years of sluggish performance, Fidelity stock funds are once again doing well.

87.   Aggressive-growth stock funds invest mostly in small and midsize companies whose earnings are expected to grow rapidly.

88.   Aggressive growth and small-cap stock funds were tossed from the start.

89.   Aggressive-growth stock funds may be bloodied, but they remain unbowed.

90.   Aim continues to build its stock fund business by making acquisitions.