1.   If you find the concentration more than your risk tolerance allows, look for a value fund or one in another sector.

2.   Among stock funds, only mid-capitalization value funds saw inflows in September, Lipper said.

3.   Among small-cap value funds, Anthony J. Ogorek, an investment adviser in Buffalo, likes Royce Premier and Greenspring.

4.   As a group, value funds outperformed the overall market for a change, but it would be difficult to build a celebration on their meager return.

5.   At their best, stable value funds try to marry higher yields with price stability.

6.   A fund that may claim to be a value fund may in reality be leaning toward a growth strategy.

7.   Across the board, value funds lagged behind.

8.   Brinson manages both growth and value funds.

9.   But generally, a value fund will have lower turnover than a growth fund because value managers are buy-and-hold investors.

10.   But small-cap value funds, which tend to own low-priced stocks, have held their ground better.