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FundInvestor - Morningstar
FundInvestor March Volume Number From the Editor Hold It or Fold It? Janus Worldwide. Vanguard Primecap. Fidelity Growth Company. Christine Benz, Editor Name a struggling fund, and chances are many of its shareholders are wondering whether to sell. Most stock funds have posted staggering losses over the past few years, and even investors who aren’t normally trigger-happy are sick of losing money. Savvy types may also be considering selling to improve their tax positions. But not every fund that’s down deserves to be on the chopping block. That’s why we’re rolling out a new feature this month, entitled “Should You Sell?” The idea is to give you a detailed analysis of a fund that’s trying investors’ patience due to a prolonged performance slump, a significant management Fund Selection 2 Two-Hit Wonders These funds have been top performers in bull and bear markets alike. 4 Analyst Pick: Western Asset Core A bond fund that strikes the perfect balance. Portfolio Building 11 Morningstar FundInvestor Portfolios It’s decision time at Janus Mercury. Plus: Updates on our Aggressive Wealth Maker, Wealth Maker, and Wealth Keeper Portfolios. Monitoring 17 Market Overview Stocks fail to gain traction in a skittish market. 18 Leaders and Laggards Winners and losers from American Funds, Liberty Acorn, and Dreyfus. 19 Fund News The latest dispatches from our analyst team. change, or behind-the-scenes upheaval at the fund family. In our inaugural installment, senior analyst Emily Hall tackles the curious case of Janus Worldwide JAWWX, which boasts top-quartile -year numbers in the world-stock group but has handed investors three years’ worth of enormous losses. Elsewhere in this month’s issue, we’ve taken a closer look at the flip side: funds that have performed exceptionally well in recent years. In “Two-Hit Wonders,” analyst Paul Herbert assesses funds that have bested their peers in bull and bear markets alike. Chances are you have one or two of these winners in your portfolio, but Paul also highlights a few lesser-known funds for all seasons. And on Page , analyst Brad Sweeney shines the spotlight on stable-value funds. Of course, there’s rarely a free lunch in investing, but we think some of these offerings merit a look from investors looking to pick up a little extra yield without a lot of extra volatility. œ 6 Analyst Pick: FPA New Income A contrarian-minded fixed-income stalwart. 8 Shining the Spotlight on Stable-Value Funds An alternative to puny money market yields? 10 Hidden Gems: Vanguard Calvert Social Index 15 Portfolios & Planning Sizing up the new savings proposals: These plans could change the way you think about saving for retirement—and everything else. 20 Should You Sell? Janus Worldwide: Hang on or send it packing? 22 Red Flags We’ve lost enthusiasm for these four funds. 23 Morningstar FundInvestor 500 48 The Last Word with Don Phillips The fund industry can still take the high road. 2 Feature Paul Herbert Two-Hit Wonders These funds have been top performers in bull and bear markets alike. If you’re like a lot of mutual fund investors, you probably hold a fund or two (or three or four) that soared when stocks were all the rage during the s only to fizzle out during the downturn of the past three years. Or maybe, if you’re on the more cautious side, you own an offering that has held up well while stocks have slumped, but badly underperformed when stocks were going great guns in the late s. Of course, combining both types of funds can help smooth out the highs and lows. But did any funds manage to combine the best of both worlds? We decided to comb our database in an effort to identify those stock funds that managed to run with the bulls without getting mauled by the bear. The Process To arrive at our list of bull- and bear-market winners, we needed first to define the bull market and the bear market. One could argue that the last prolonged stock-market rally began in the early s, or after the crash of , or at other points along the way. But in order to improve the odds that a fund’s manager during the bull market would still be on active duty, we decided to mark the bull market’s start during the s. Domestic stocks suffered through rough years in the early , before offering returns of more than % per year in each year from to . To mark the beginning of this historic upturn, we took the Index’s low-water mark in late , which turned out to be December . For international funds, we looked at the low point for the Index, which came a bit earlier—February , , to be exact. we’re not able to say that the bear market has concluded, as stocks have continued to fall in . Thus, we set our bear market’s end date as February , , the day before we started writing this article. (We hope a dramatic market turnaround began before your copy of FundInvestor arrived in the mail!) To determine what constitutes a top performer during the two periods, we decided to look at stock funds’ returns in comparison to their Morningstar categories. The idea was to gauge whether they had delivered superior performance relative to similarly run offerings. Second, because funds’ returns often tend to cluster around the category’s median return, we eliminated those that failed to outpace at least % of their peers during the s’ surge and during the more recent decline. Finally, we kicked out those offerings that are closed to new investors, to build a list of funds that you could purchase after researching their strengths and determining their suitability for your particular situation. The Results The search, carried out by researcher Stephen Murphy, didn’t yield many funds. On the domestic front, just funds made the cut, and on the international side, the screen returned only four offerings. We’ve included the complete list of Morningstar two-hit wonders on the next page. Readers may be surprised that the search didn’t yield any smallcap funds. Also of note: Our search turned up the same number of Janus funds (one, Growth & Income JAGIX) as American Funds offerings (Washington Mutual AWSHX). Many of the winners were well-known funds, such as Bill Miller’s Legg Mason Value LMVTX and perennial category killer Dodge & Cox Stock DODGX. A few lesser-known funds also made the cut, including those that we discuss below. Excelsior Value & Restructuring UMBIX The endpoint of the rally (and the start of the bear market) was easier to define. Both indexes peaked in March , the on the th and the on the th. Unfortunately, Given this fund’s record and that manager David Williams has been running it since , it’s surprising that this offering isn’t larger than . billion. Williams looks for stocks that are Morningstar FundInvestor Bull- and Bear-Market Standouts Fund Name Category American Funds Washington Mtl A Calamos Growth A Davis NY Venture A Dodge & Cox Stock Excelsior Value & Restructuring Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Diversified International Fidelity Export & Multinational Harbor International Janus Growth & Income Legg Mason Value Prim Meridian Value Scudder Latin America S Selected American Smith Barney Aggressive Grth A Thompson Plumb Balanced Van Kampen Equity and Income A Vanguard Health Care William Blair International Grth N Large Value Mid-Cap Growth Large Blend Large Value Large Blend Large Blend Foreign Stock Large Blend Foreign Stock Large Growth Large Blend Mid-Cap Blend Latin America Stock Large Blend Large Growth Domestic Hybrid Domestic Hybrid Specialty-Health Foreign Stock Bull-Market Bear-Market Manager Percentile Rank % Percentile Rank % Tenure (Yrs) 23 4 15 24 10 14 13 4 20 12 1 5 20 8 16 18 15 15 8 17 13 14 2 11 19 14 9 10 18 21 7 16 13 6 16 17 5 25 25 12 7 36 10 12 2 1 15 6 21 9 7 8 19 16 13 19 7 •Bull market for domestic-stock funds: Dec. 8, 1994-Mar. 29, 2000. International funds: Feb. 12, 1993-Mar. 24, 2000. •Bear market for domestic-stock funds: Mar. 30, 2000-Feb. 12, 2003. International funds: Mar. 25, 2000-Feb. 12, 2003. temporarily inexpensive because of a corporate action, such as an acquisition or management change, in the view that the stock will appreciate when the company begins or resumes growing its earnings. He tends to hold stocks in out-of-favor industries, and doesn’t pay much attention to yield. The fund may be a tad too assertive for very cautious types, but Williams is unsung as a top manager: His charge has posted top-% or better returns versus its large-blend peers in eight of the past calendar years. Interestingly, Williams owns a -year record that’s slightly superior to Bill Miller’s. Meridian Value MVALX Meridan Value, on the other hand, has gathered a lot of attention in recent years, as manager Kevin O’Boyle has guided it to one of the best records among all mutual funds since the start of his tenure in . O’Boyle seeks companies that have missed earnings expectations for two or three quarters, with the idea that investors have overreacted to the bad news. From this group he only buys those with rocksolid financials and established positions in their industries. His cheap stocks will get cheaper sometimes, as Adelphia ADELQ did last year as it slid into bankruptcy. That stock detracted from March 3 performance in , but O’Boyle managed to find enough winners to more than offset the loss, and the fund finished last year ahead of more than two thirds of funds in the mid-blend category. One concern we have is that, as noted above, the fund has attracted quite a bit in new assets. While all that cash hasn’t slowed performance to date, it could make it more difficult for O’Boyle to take meaningful stakes in small-cap stocks in the future. Thompson Plumb Balanced THPBX This fund is probably the most obscure diversified offering that our search turned up, but Wisconsin-based Thompson Plumb and Associates has delivered for the shareholders of both this fund and Thompson Plumb Growth THPGX, which also owns a strong record. The balanced offering tends to have an aboveaverage allocation to equities, which helped during the bull market. Within its equity portfolio, management focuses on stocks that appear reasonably priced relative to historical earnings-growth rates. Their style has led to big sector bets at times, such as a recent overweight of health-care stocks. The portfolio’s bond stake has also gone through dry spells, most recently because of some poor picks in its belowinvestment-grade holdings. Overall, however, the fund has one of the best records among balanced funds. William Blair International Growth WBIGX This fund has gained some acclaim among Morningstar’s analysts, as it’s one of the few growth-oriented foreign-stock funds that have held up well in the bear market. Manager George Greig has accomplished this feat by looking to small- and mid-cap stocks to find growth stories. He’ll also dip into emerging markets, while many of his peers hew more closely to developed-market indexes. Greig’s willingness to stray from the beaten path exposes the fund to more risks than the typical foreign-stock fund—we think it’s not a good choice for conservative investors for this reason. Nonetheless, Greig’s demonstrated ability to deliver topnotch performance during the downturn shows that he has the ability to play defense as well as offense. œ 4 Analyst Picks Bradley Sweeney Western Asset Core Our Aggressive Wealth Maker Portfolio’s new bond holding strikes the perfect balance. What is an Analyst Pick? The Morningstar FundInvestor 500 includes 140 Analyst Picks, which are the favorite funds of the Morningstar analysts who specialize in each particular category. Analysts make their selections based on a fund’s historical risk and return, costs, and knowledge of the managers and their strategies. ◊ We added Western Asset Core WATFX to our Aggressive Wealth Maker Portfolio in January, replacing Metropolitan West Total Return Bond MWTRX. Because we own only one bond fund in the Aggressive Wealth Maker, we wanted to tone down our exposure to individual corporate issuers to avoid some of the volatility that the Met West fund experienced in . At the same time, we didn’t want to put too conservative of a fund in a portfolio that was designed for investors with a fairly long time horizon. We think that Western Asset Core strikes a perfect balance. Although Western Asset may not be a wellknown name to most mutual fund investors, the firm is anything but a hidden gem in the world of institutional investors. In fact, Western Asset manages more than billion in fixed-income assets, primarily accounts for pension plans, foundations, and insurance firms. Focusing exclusively on the fixed-income market, the firm has built its reputation by producing remarkably consistent returns e. This fund also has another feature that institutional investors expect: extremely reasonable expenses. As we’ve often noted in the past, expenses can play a large role in determining a bond fund’s long-term success. The institutional version of this fund, which requires a , minimum purchase through some fund supermarkets, sports a .% expense ratio r. The financial-intermediary share class, which is available to individual investors for a , minimum investment, carries a .% expense ratio. Strategy Session Historically, Western Asset Core has boosted returns by emphasizing mortgage-backed securities and corporate bonds and by holding only a modest stake in Treasuries t. Like the Met West fund it is replacing, this offering was significantly overweight in corporate debt last year. In fact, it held some of the same troubled credits as Met West, including WorldCom, Qwest, and Williams Companies. One of the things that saved this offering from the volatility that afflicted the Met West fund, though, was its tendency to hold much smaller positions in individual issuers. That meant that it didn’t get stung as badly when many of its corporate issues headed south last year. Management seeks to add value by adjusting the portfolio’s duration, a measure of interest-rate sensitivity, and typically courts more interest-rate risk than its average peer. Because interest rates tend to fall when the economy stumbles, this interest-rate stance tends to counterbalance the fund’s overweight in corporate bonds. That tack worked like a charm in , as longerduration bonds thrived amid a struggling economic environment. Risks On the flip side, its longer-than-average duration stance has weighed on returns in years when rates have headed higher u. And it has also historically made the fund more volatile than its typical peer i. But over time the yield advantage offered by corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities has helped the fund outpace the Lehman Brothers Aggregate, a broad proxy for the domestic investment-grade market o. Western Asset Core has turned in very nice performance since we included it in our Aggressive Wealth Maker Portfolio. As the corporate-debt market has begun to recover, this offering has outdistanced more than % of its peers for the year to date through mid-February. But we didn’t select this portfolio on the hope that its strategy would jibe with market sentiment in . We believe that the fund’s seasoned management team, reasonable expenses, and measured bets give it a good shot at outdistancing the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index over the long haul, which should be the goal of any actively managed core bond fund. œ March Morningstar FundInvestor Western Asset Core Ticker Load WATFX None NAV $11.45 Yield 4.9% SEC Yield 5.24% Total Assets $1,033 mil Mstar Category Intermediate-Term Bond Manager Strategy Investment Style Fixed Income Income Rtn %Rank Cat Historical Profile The fund typically underweights Treasuries relative to the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index and overweights corporate and mortgage issues. In general, the fund is more aggressive than most of its peers. Management makes bolder duration adjustments (plus or minus 20% of its benchmark's duration) than many of the category's more-conservative offerings. Return High Above Avg Risk Rating Highest 61 55 33 45 46 10 27 29 5 53 Manager Change Partial Manager Change 10 5 Fund Performance vs. Category Average. 0 Quarterly Fund Return +/- Category Average Category Baseline -5 -10 Portfolio Manager(s) Performance Quartile (within Category) Management Team Performance 01-31-03 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Trailing 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Total 1.58 -0.99 2.42 3.66 0.51 2.52 -1.01 2.33 1.28 2.44 3.69 0.75 3.29 4.69 2.68 0.35 -0.44 4.68 -0.40 2.82 8.36 -1.69 13.34 9.48 8.70 Total Return% +/- LB Aggr +/- LB 5-10YR 3 Mo 4.37 7.46 6 Mo 1 Yr 8.77 3 Yr Avg 10.90 5 Yr Avg 7.48 10 Yr Avg 7.90 15 Yr Avg . 2.24 2.40 -0.72 0.65 0.19 0.58 . 1.22 -0.02 -3.24 -0.72 -0.29 0.18 . Tax Analysis Tax-Adj Rtn% 3 Yr Avg 5 Yr Avg 10 Yr Avg 8.09 4.50 4.95 %Rank All Cat 9 5 6 4 4 22 . 9 6 28 5 5 2 . Growth of $10,000 10,437 10,746 10,877 13,641 14,341 21,387 . %Rank Cat Tax-Cost Rat %Rank Cat 4 10 4 2.53 2.76 2.72 73 90 80 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 01-03 History 11.15 7.77 0.37 -0.14 6.10 1.67 34 0.67 0.29 0.50 6.70 300 . 11.20 13.87 4.12 1.63 7.26 6.61 7 0.77 0.66 0.50 6.00 313 . 10.04 -4.29 -1.37 0.22 6.20 -10.49 62 0.68 0.00 0.50 6.00 272 . 11.40 20.92 2.45 -0.51 6.69 14.23 10 0.66 0.04 0.50 6.98 258 398 11.14 3.73 0.12 1.04 5.97 -2.24 30 0.66 0.01 0.50 6.30 266 539 11.41 10.13 0.45 0.70 6.53 3.60 14 0.71 0.12 0.50 6.40 385 624 11.12 8.36 -0.31 -1.78 5.95 2.41 27 0.65 0.56 0.50 6.00 . 682 10.28 -1.69 -0.86 1.19 5.75 -7.44 62 0.62 0.03 0.50 5.70 484 683 10.87 13.34 1.71 0.90 7.31 6.03 2 0.73 0.00 0.50 6.30 260 740 11.10 9.48 1.06 0.66 6.15 3.33 7 0.65 0.13 0.50 6.80 387 630 11.37 8.70 -1.57 -4.33 5.36 3.34 43 0.58 0.09 0.50 5.60 595 1,030 11.45 1.04 0.95 1.16 0.34 0.70 3 0.04 0.00 . . . . NAV Total Return % +/-LB Aggr +/-LB 5-10YR Income Return % Capital Return % Total Rtn % Rank Cat Income $ Capital Gains $ Expense Ratio % Income Ratio % Turnover Rate % Net Assets $mil Load-Adj Return % Morningstar Rtn vs Cat Morningstar Risk vs Cat 8.77 10.90 7.48 7.90 9.06 High High High High +Avg +Avg 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Incept Other Measures Morningstar Risk-Adj Rating Standard Index LB Aggr Best Fit Index LB Credit -0.2 1.13 74 1.0 0.93 76 Alpha Beta R-Squared Standard Deviation Mean Sharpe Ratio 4.81 10.90 1.57 Potential Capital Gain Exposure: 3% of assets Morningstar's Take by Bradley Sweeney 02-27-03 giving the portfolio a late-year lift. Although it has reined in the portfolio's duration, management continues to emphasize corporate debt in 2003, which has been a boon to performance. With the market regaining its appetite for higher-yielding corporate debt, the fund is outdistancing 97% of its rivals for the year to date through Feb. 26, 2003. The fund's long-term returns look equally attractive: Its three-, five-, and 10-year returns all rank in its category's top decile. Because management has generally kept the portfolio's duration longer than the market's and has often emphasized corporate debt, the fund has been more volatile than its typical rival over time, but few peers can match its risk/reward profile. Interested investors who can't meet this offering's hefty minimum can opt for the financial intermediary share class, which is a bit more expensive, but which still represents a great deal for a fund of this quality. Address: PO Box 17635 Baltimore, MD 21297-1635 888-425-6432 www.leggmason.com 09-04-90 LM Institutional Advisors None Minimum Purchase: Min Auto Inv Plan: Sales Fees: Management Fee: Actual Fees: Expense Projections: Income Distrib: N/A Total Cost (relative to category): NTF Plans: $2500 Add: . $0 Add: . No-load 0.40%, 0.10%A Mgt:0.40% Dist: . 3Yr:$167 5Yr:$291 Quarterly IRA: $0 Amount $000 r Value $000 % Net Assets GNMA 6% GNMA 6.5% United States Treas Bds FHLMC 7% FNMA 6.5% 131,350 136,604 120,500 126,374 04-15-29 47,601 58,208 04-01-32 28,560 30,028 04-01-29 20,146 20,991 8.30 7.68 3.54 1.82 1.28 Tyco Intl Group S A 6.87 GNMA 5.5% United States Of America Sprint Capital Corporati Dryden Inv 01-15-29 04-15-28 03-15-12 07-23-08 22,830 18,800 16,219 17,745 14,510 20,090 19,270 18,979 17,656 15,640 1.22 1.17 1.15 1.07 0.95 Irwin Home Equity Ln 7.1 United States Of America Waste Management 7.375% General Electric Capital United States Of America 09-25-31 02-15-25 08-01-10 03-15-32 11-15-27 11,700 35,270 9,999 9,880 39,840 12,595 10,969 10,940 10,923 10,794 0.77 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.66 United Mexican States 11 Cdc Mortgage Capital Tru Southwest Airlines 2001FNMA 7% Criimi Mae Commrcl Mort 05-15-26 08-25-32 11-01-06 08-01-31 03-02-11 7,790 9,723 9,000 8,813 7,838 10,633 9,721 9,507 9,270 8,572 0.65 0.59 0.58 0.56 0.52 Low i o Current Investment Style Duration Short Int 1Avg Long Eff Duration Avg Eff Maturity Avg Credit Quality Avg Wtd Coupon Avg Wtd Price 1figure provided by fund Special Securities Restricted/Illiquid Secs Exotic Mortgage-Backed Emerging-Markets Secs Options/Futures/Warrants US Govt AAA AA A BBB Trace 0 1 Yes % bonds 12-31-02 Credit Analysis 48 23 3 9 13 3.7 Yrs 9.1 Yrs AA 5.76% 102.62% of par BB B Below B NR/NA 2 0 1 3 Coupon Range % of Bonds Rel Cat 0% PIK 0% to 6% 6% to 8% 8% to 10% More than 10% 3.2 36.0 53.6 6.3 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.6 1.00=Category Average t Composition Cash Stocks 22.1 0.0 Bonds Other Sector Breakdown 10Yr:$653 © 2003 Morningstar, Inc. 312-696-6000. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is not represented or warranted to be accurate, correct, complete or timely. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Date of Maturity Total Fixed-Income:539 Quality High Med Low Western Asset Core is impressive. Although it finished last year ahead of its average intermediate-term bond rival, it wasn't exactly easy going for this offering in 2002. The fund got swept up in the raft of accounting scandals that weighed on the corporate-bond market for the better part of last year. In addition to being overweight in corporate debt, the fund got caught holding some of the market's big losers, including WorldCom and Qwest. Fortunately, management has never bet big on individual issuers here, which meant that this fund didn't get hit nearly as hard as some of its peers when these credits headed south. It also benefited from management's decision to keep the fund's duration, a measure of interest-rate sensitivity, a bit longer than the broader market's--a move that was intended to act as a hedge against the possibility of a faltering corporate-bond market. And because the fund stuck to its guns, remaining overweight in corporates, it didn't hurt that the corporate market bounced back a bit in late-2002, Web Address: Inception: Advisor: Subadvisor: e Portfolio Analysis 12-31-02 Rating and Risk Time Period u US Treasuries 10 GNMA mtgs 25 FNMA mtgs 11 FHLMC mtgs 5 CMOs ARMs Other 0 0 49 FI 72.7 5.2 6 Analyst Picks Jeffrey Ptak FPA New Income This contrarian-minded bond stalwart almost always gets the last laugh. What is an Analyst Pick? The Morningstar FundInvestor 500 includes 140 Analyst Picks, which are the favorite funds of the Morningstar analysts who specialize in each particular category. Analysts make their selections based on a fund’s historical risk and return, costs, and knowledge of the managers and their strategies. ◊ It’s not for nothing that Morningstar has twice named FPA New Income Fund FPNIX skipper Bob Rodriguez its Fixed-Income Fund Manager of the Year. After all, Rodriguez has guided his charge to top-flight relative returns during his nearly two-decade tenure. What’s more, the fund hasn’t posted a calendar-year loss e during that time, a remarkable achievement that owes to Rodriguez’s keen contrarian instincts and zeal for capital preservation. Rodriguez’s effort to generate strong total returns while keeping an eye on the downside also shapes his approach to interest-rate risk. He is exceedingly wary of rising rates, and has tended to keep the fund’s duration r (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) shorter than the group’s norm. He’s also more than willing to sit on outsized cash stakes t when compelling opportunities are scarce. Though this posture can hold the fund back when interest rates are falling, Rodriguez’s vigilance has been well rewarded over time. For example, after the fund fell behind during ’s bull market (when Rodriguez shortened the fund’s duration posture well ahead of most rivals), the fund roared back during a turbulent u— in that year, it was one of only two offerings in its category to post a positive annual return. Strategy Session Risks The fund’s strategy turns on contrarianism. In fact, Rodriguez’s career has been characterized by an eagerness to flout groupthink. He pays little heed to benchmarks or prevailing market sentiment in assembling this portfolio. Rather, he gravitates toward unloved corners of the market, in the view that buying securities on the cheap protects the fund’s downside while offering a lot of upside potential. The downside to Rodriguez’s bold approach is that his go-it-alone style can sometimes leave the fund just that—alone. Indeed, the fund has suffered from time to time when Rodriguez’s bearish duration calls have proved premature or a beaten-down corner of the market hasn’t snapped back as he expected. In addition, because Rodriguez is willing to pile into areas that catch his fancy, the fund often courts significant sector risk. Finally, given Rodriguez’s fondness for high-yield bonds, i credit risk never lurks too far away. Rodriguez’s instincts have proved remarkably keen over the long haul. Time and time again he has ferreted out bonds that have gone on to deliver hefty total returns while generally sidestepping major losses. The fund’s investment in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities () a few years ago provides a telling example. Rodriguez became one of the earliest adopters of at a time when most investors had a benign outlook for inflation. He believed that the market was underestimating the risk of inflation and grossly undervaluing ’ inflation-adjustment feature. In his view, the bonds provided great upside—in the form of price appreciation as the market came to grips with the threat of inflation—while protecting him on the downside from inflation. His conviction has since been handsomely rewarded, as have gone on to perform very strongly over the past few years. Those risks came into sharp focus in . The fund’s very short duration stunted returns as interest rates continued to fall. What’s more, the fund took it on the chin when its stake in troubled insurer Conseco plunged amid a credit downgrade that ultimately triggered the firm’s bankruptcy. Yet as the fund’s sterling track record attests, missteps like these have been the exception rather than the rule. Rodriguez’s deft issue selection has helped the fund keep pace during bull and bear markets alike. Meanwhile, volatility has been relatively mild. Coupled with its below-average expenses o and seasoned management, the fund’s excellent risk/reward profile makes it a great option to anchor the bond portion of one’s portfolio. œ March Morningstar FundInvestor FPA New Income Ticker Load FPNIX 3.50% NAV $10.98 Yield 4.9% SEC Yield . Total Assets $889 mil Mstar Category Intermediate-Term Bond Manager Strategy Unlike many of its intermediate-term bond peers, this fund doesn't pay attention to a broad market index. Instead, management seeks the best values, regardless of sector. That leaves the fund looking less like the norm and more like a contrarian. For example, the fund typically invests more in high yield than most peers, and it has gotten all of its Treasury exposure from inflation-indexed TIPS since 1998. Management is less willing than many of its peers to take on interest-rate risk, however, especially when yields are low. Investment Style Fixed Income Income Rtn %Rank Cat Historical Profile Return Average Below Avg Risk Rating Neutral 66 43 48 1 5 4 21 43 Manager Change Partial Manager Change 10 5 Fund Performance vs. Category Average. 0 Quarterly Fund Return +/- Category Average Category Baseline -5 -10 Portfolio Manager(s) Performance Quartile (within Category) Robert L. Rodriguez, CFA. Since 07-84. BS'71 U. of Southern California; MBA'75 U. of Southern California Other funds currently managed: FPA Capital. Performance 01-31-03 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Total 1.99 1.30 3.01 5.68 2.93 0.90 2.14 -0.67 1.76 2.78 0.72 0.19 4.43 3.23 -3.00 0.20 -0.27 2.31 1.19 1.85 3.86 3.39 9.32 12.33 4.52 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Trailing Total Return% +/- LB Aggr +/- LB 5-10YR 2.98 1.40 3.67 8.97 6.65 7.34 8.56 0.85 -3.65 -5.81 -1.28 -0.64 0.02 0.18 -0.17 -6.07 -8.33 -2.66 -1.12 -0.38 -0.21 3 Mo 6 Mo 1 Yr 3 Yr Avg 5 Yr Avg 10 Yr Avg 15 Yr Avg Tax Analysis Tax-Adj Rtn% 3 Yr Avg 5 Yr Avg 10 Yr Avg 5.03 3.20 4.16 %Rank All Cat 14 33 27 10 7 27 38 26 98 92 44 26 10 9 Growth of $10,000 10,298 10,140 10,367 12,940 13,795 20,304 34,293 %Rank Cat Tax-Cost Rat %Rank Cat 73 62 25 2.46 2.54 2.62 68 70 69 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 01-03 History 10.92 11.12 3.72 3.21 6.99 4.13 4 0.72 0.20 0.78 7.17 22 88 11.23 10.17 0.42 -2.07 6.50 3.67 56 0.69 0.07 0.73 6.48 41 115 10.40 1.46 4.38 5.97 6.60 -5.14 1 0.71 0.27 0.74 6.41 39 130 11.17 14.36 -4.11 -7.07 6.60 7.76 90 0.67 0.00 0.68 6.50 31 234 11.09 7.12 3.51 4.43 6.21 0.91 2 0.67 0.16 0.63 6.44 16 375 11.24 8.31 -1.37 -1.12 6.30 2.01 69 0.68 0.05 0.59 6.37 69 563 10.74 3.86 -4.81 -6.28 7.71 -3.85 98 0.84 0.08 0.59 6.06 47 582 10.30 3.39 4.22 6.27 6.78 -3.39 3 0.71 0.09 0.60 6.43 24 515 10.38 9.32 -2.31 -3.12 7.69 1.63 67 0.77 0.08 0.61 7.31 21 486 10.93 12.33 3.91 3.51 6.30 6.03 2 0.64 0.07 0.58 6.39 22 705 10.88 4.52 -5.75 -8.51 5.03 -0.51 91 0.54 0.00 . . . 889 10.98 0.92 0.83 1.04 0.00 0.92 4 0.00 0.00 . . . . NAV Total Return % +/-LB Aggr +/-LB 5-10YR Income Return % Capital Return % Total Rtn % Rank Cat Income $ Capital Gains $ Expense Ratio % Income Ratio % Turnover Rate % Net Assets $mil Load-Adj Return % Morningstar Rtn vs Cat Morningstar Risk vs Cat 0.05 7.68 5.89 6.96 . -Avg Avg +Avg Avg -Avg Low 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Incept Other Measures Morningstar Risk-Adj Rating Standard Index LB Aggr Best Fit Index LB Credit Alpha Beta R-Squared 2.9 0.35 10 2.6 0.38 19 Standard Deviation Mean Sharpe Ratio 3.98 8.97 1.39 Morningstar's Take by Jeffrey Ptak 02-05-03 Web Address: Inception: Advisor: Subadvisor: NTF Plans: intermediate-term bond category norm for much of 2002, and continues to do so. From time to time, management's daring can get the better of it. That was certainly the case in 2002 as the fund's bearish duration stance held it back as rates continued their march downward. What's more, the fund also got nicked by its above-average high-yield stake (another of its distinguishing traits). All told, the fund was only able to muster a 4.5% return in 2002, which landed the fund in its group's bottom decile. Despite this showing, there's good reason for optimism here. Rodriguez boasts a remarkable track record, posting top-quartile returns over the trailing five- and 10-year periods. What's more, the fund hasn't logged a calendar-year loss during his nearly 20-year tenure, and volatility has been mild. Though his penchant for iconoclasm can make for the occasional rough patch, the fund has always rebounded strongly in ensuing years. It remains a compelling choice. 11400 W. Olympic Boulevard Suite 1200 Los Angeles, CA 90064 800-982-4372 www.FPAFunds.com 04-01-69 First Pacific Advisors None Minimum Purchase: Min Auto Inv Plan: Sales Fees: Management Fee: Actual Fees: Expense Projections: Income Distrib: $1500 $1500 3.50%L 0.50% Mgt:0.50% 3Yr:$529 Quarterly N/A Total Cost (relative to category): Add: $100 Add: $100 IRA: $100 u Amount $000 Value $000 % Net Assets United States Treas Nts France 3% Qwest Capital Funding 5. FHLMC 6.5% Cke Restaurants 4.25% 01-15-07 197,955 214,379 07-25-12 23,036 25,332 08-03-04 21,750 18,705 10-25-24 18,153 18,448 03-15-04 19,000 17,955 19.71 2.33 1.72 1.70 1.65 Federal Natl Mortgage A FHLMC Corpmulticlass Mtg Federal Home Loan Bk FHLMC 6% Federal Home Ln Mtg 11-25-19 07-15-26 06-24-09 01-30-17 06-15-09 16,933 14,683 14,500 14,500 14,015 17,629 14,920 14,573 14,554 14,489 1.62 1.37 1.34 1.34 1.33 FHLMC 7% Government Natl Mtg Remi Sanmina-Sci 4.25% GNMA 8.5% FHLMC 6.5% 03-25-27 12-20-29 05-01-04 11-20-28 01-25-28 13,994 11,789 13,490 11,775 11,880 14,419 13,371 12,934 12,497 12,151 1.33 1.23 1.19 1.15 1.12 Us West Capital Funding Government Natl Mtg Assn Abn Amro Mtg FNMA 8% GNMA 6.5% 07-15-05 07-15-26 01-25-32 02-01-32 08-20-25 15,400 11,806 11,751 10,487 11,304 12,012 11,980 11,927 11,457 11,423 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.05 1.05 Current Investment Style Duration Short Int 1Avg Long Eff Duration Avg Eff Maturity Avg Credit Quality Avg Wtd Coupon Avg Wtd Price 1figure provided by fund Special Securities Restricted/Illiquid Secs Exotic Mortgage-Backed Emerging-Markets Secs Options/Futures/Warrants US Govt AAA AA A BBB 0 0 0 No % bonds 12-31-02 Credit Analysis 68 6 0 0 2 r 1.6 Yrs 2.5 Yrs AA 5.96% 96.64% of par BB B Below B NR/NA 1 8 13 2 CMOs ARMs Other 0 0 30 Coupon Range % of Bonds Rel Cat 0% PIK 0% to 6% 6% to 8% 8% to 10% More than 10% 0.3 51.3 33.6 5.8 9.0 0.1 1.3 0.7 0.8 5.9 Bonds Other 72.1 2.1 1.00=Category Average Composition Cash Stocks 25.7 0.0 i t Sector Breakdown Dist: . 5Yr:$662 10Yr:$1050 Below Avg © 2003 Morningstar, Inc. 312-696-6000. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is not represented or warranted to be accurate, correct, complete or timely. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Date of Maturity Total Fixed-Income:112 Quality High Med Low Despite recent woes, this fund is a keeper. Don't expect FPA New Income Fund to go with the flow anytime soon. To be sure, manager Bob Rodriguez is a contrarian at heart, assembling the fund's portfolio with little heed for benchmarks. Instead, he takes a shining to unloved corners of the market. For example, Rodriguez was a fan of inflation-indexed Treasuries long before they came into vogue. He's also willing to buck prevailing wisdom, as evidenced by his conviction in interest-only mortgages. Although these bonds have been suffering lately from a torrent of prepayments, he has hung on, convinced that they will perform strongly in a rising rate environment. The specter of rising rates has figured prominently in the fund's strategy in recent months. Unlike others who have made deflation their watchword, Rodriguez has been worried for some time about inflation, which he views as a sleeping giant. Thus, he kept the fund's duration (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) well shy of the e Portfolio Analysis 12-31-02 Rating and Risk Time Period Potential Capital Gain Exposure: -1% of assets Address: 7 US Treasuries GNMA mtgs FNMA mtgs FHLMC mtgs 27 10 12 21 o FI 8 Feature Bradley Sweeney Shining the Spotlight on Stable-Value Funds A viable alternative to puny money-market yields? Faced with anemic money-market yields, many investors are desperately searching for a way to boost the return of their cash investments. But investors face a Catch- of sorts: They can either continue to park their cash in a money-market fund, collecting a paltry yield, or they can move their cash into an ultrashort or short-term bond fund, which typically take on additional interest-rate and credit risk in exchange for a higher payout. Those risks are all too real these days. Many market-watchers argue that an economic rebound is in the offing, which could push short-term interest rates higher and erode the principal values of ultrashort and short-term bond funds. And those investors who aren’t fretting about the corrosive effects of rising interest rates might be concerned about ultrashort and short-term bond funds’ exposure to credit risk. That’s because many such offerings attempt to pick up additional yield by dipping into mid-quality corporate debt. Although we continue to believe that both ultrashort and short-term bond funds make sense for investors who can live with their relatively mild ups and downs, we believe that so-called stable-value funds present yet another alternative to puny money-market yields. These funds are currently available only to retail investors who purchase them through retirement accounts, such as s, (k)s, (b)s, or Keogh plans, but we think they make great sense for conservative types looking to improve the performance of at least part of the cash allocation in their retirement accounts. How Stable-Value Funds Work The goal of stable-value funds is straightforward. They aim to offer investors a stable , just as money-market funds do, while investing in longer-dated bonds that offer investors higher yields. How they accomplish that feat is anything but straightforward. Like the managers of ultrashort and short-term bond funds, stable-value managers oversee a portfolio of short- to intermediate-term bonds. And while these portfolios are generally composed of high-quality issues, they are subject to the same risks as any bond portfolio. Rising interest rates and credit concerns can cause the value of a portfolio to decline. And the occasional bankruptcy, however uncommon among investment-grade issuers, can cause the value of some of a portfolio’s bonds to go to zero. To combat the fluctuations that such a portfolio experiences, stable-value funds employ the help of insurers. These insurers help keep the fund’s stable, typically at per share, regardless of how fluctuating interest rates or credit problems affect the fund’s underlying portfolio of bonds. Is There Such a Thing as a Free Lunch? The allure of these funds is obvious. Most sport yields north of % right now, and investors can expect a stable-value fund’s to be each and every day. So, it’s fair to ask, “What’s the catch?” The short answer is that stable-value funds are not as safe as traditional money-market funds. For starters, there is always the possibility that the insurers who keep a fund’s stable could fail to meet their obligations. Such a scenario is unlikely, however, because the top-shelf stable-value funds typically contract with several high-quality insurers. And it’s worth keeping in mind that even if all the insurers backing a fund’s failed, investors aren’t left penniless; they still have rights to the underlying portfolio of securities. Another catch is that stable-value funds aren’t immune from credit blowups. The insurers are on the hook only to keep a fund’s stable. It is possible that a poorly managed portfolio of bonds could have enough defaults to eat away at the fund’s yield, making it an unattractive alternative to a traditional money-market fund. And Morningstar FundInvestor March 9 How Your Short-Term Options Stack Up Fund Name Yield* Standard Deviation** Drawbacks Short-Term Bond Category 3.87 2.22 Short-term bond funds sport the most interest-rate risk, and consequently, volatility of the bunch. Ultrashort Bond Category 3.76 1.67 Ultrashort bond funds take on less interest-rate risk than short-term funds, but they are still more volatile than money-market funds. PBHG IRA Capital Preservation Fund 4.44 0.30 Investors are subject to a 2% redemption fee on any shares held for less than 12 months. Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund 4.45 0.22 The fund can impose a 2% redemption fee for an indefinite period of time if rates rise dramatically. Average Taxable Money Market Fund 0.77 0.17 The safest bet of the bunch also offers the readiest access to one’s cash, but current yields are paltry. *All yields are 12-month yields from Morningstar Principia, except for the average money-market yield, which is a seven-day yield from imoneynet.com. ** All standard deviations are from Morningstar Principia. Morningstar Principia data as of Jan. 31, 2003. Imoneynet.com data as of March 4, 2003. while the is protected from rising rates, the fund’s yield does not move in lockstep with the yield of the underlying portfolio. Indeed, a stable-value fund’s yield will generally lag that of the underlying portfolio both when rates rise and when they fall. Finally, many stable-value offerings impose redemption fees when investors go to withdraw cash from their funds. Consequently, they typically don’t offer the same degree of liquidity, or ready access to one’s cash, as money-market funds do. If you need to tap into your funds frequently or in a hurry, a traditional moneymarket fund is a better choice for you. Stable-Value Fund Checklist As with any bond fund, we urge interested investors to shop around for a reasonably priced offering. But as we mentioned earlier, the management of a stable-value fund’s underlying portfolio of bonds does affect the fund’s yield and total return over time. And if all of a stablevalue fund’s insurers went belly-up, investors would be left with that underlying portfolio of bonds. So as with other bond funds, the quality of the personnel managing the fund is of crucial importance. We recommend that investors look for the following in a stable-value fund: • A fund should contract with multiple, highquality insurers (insurers that carry at least an , or equivalent, rating from one of the major rating agencies). • The preponderance of a fund’s assets should be in investment-grade bonds (at least % of the portfolio should be in bonds rated or higher). • The fund’s management team should have a record of producing returns that are competitive with its stable-value peers’. • Annual expenses should ring in at less than % per year, preferably less. Although they are more expensive than run-of-the-mill bond funds, some stable-value funds do fall within this range. A few stable-value funds that fit all the above criteria are PBHG IRA Capital Preservation PBCPX and Scudder Preservation Plus Income DBPIX. Both funds are well run by management teams that each oversee more than billion in stable-value assets. That said, the PBHG offering has a higher credit-quality focus and more liberal withdrawal rules than the Scudder offering. We think that combination of traits makes the PBHG fund a more competitive money-market alternative for most investors. (Thus, we’ve added the fund to the FundInvestor this month.) Although stable-value portfolios have been an option in many (k) plans since the s, they are relatively recent entrants to the world of mutual funds. Over time we hope to see more such offerings, and enough competition to drive down the expenses associated with owning these funds. œ 10 Hidden Gems Shannon Zimmerman Vanguard Calvert Social Index Disproving the notion that socially responsible investing has to cost more. Shannon Zimmerman Fund Analyst What is a Hidden Gem? While a handful of big fund companies garner most investors' attention, plenty of fund managers have achieved noteworthy success at small, undiscovered funds. Each month, we spotlight one of these Hidden Gems that we think is worthy of investors' consideration. Conventional wisdom has it that socially responsible investors have to pay a premium for funds that invest according to their principles. After all, goes the argument, shops that practice socially responsible investing (SRI) have to conduct values-based research in addition to fundamental analysis. Unfortunately, that “wisdom” is borne out by the price tag of the typical SRI fund. On average, the subgroup’s domestic-equity offerings charge an additional basis points in expenses compared with their non-SRI counterparts. That difference may seem slight, but over time, it erodes gains, accounting, at least in part, for the underperformance of SRI funds over the very long haul. It’s axiomatic: Fund performance is variable, but like death and taxes, the effects of above-average expenses are painfully reliable. Fortunately, socially responsible types now have a worthy low-cost alternative. In May , Vanguard entered the SRI fray with the Vanguard Calvert Social Index Fund VCSIX. Gus Sauter, Vanguard’s guru of index investing, Vanguard Calvert Social Index Category Large Growth Star Rating N/A Sales Charge None Top Three Sectors a Fin. Svcs. 29.0% i Health Care 19.4% t Hardware 15.0% Assets $98 mil Expense Ratio 0.25% Management (Tenure, Years) George U. Sauter (2.9) •Vanguard Calvert Social Index •Large Growth Return % 30 20 10 0 –10 –20 –30 2001 2002 Sector data as of December 31, 2002. All other data as of February 28, 2003. 2003 (YTD) captains this large-growth offering, which rises and falls with the Calvert Social Index. Launched in April , the market-capweighted bogy culls - names from a universe of the , largest U.S. companies. Calvert applies its social criteria quarterly and, among other things, aims to eliminate firms with ties to tobacco, alcohol, casinos, or military weaponry. On the positive side, the screens favor firms with above-average track records of charitable giving and community involvement. Calvert is one of the SRI industry’s largest asset managers, and it sports an impressive track record of shareholder advocacy. For value-conscious investors, the fund’s most eye-catching trait is a Vanguard hallmark: an exceptionally low price tag. Indeed, its expense ratio shaves just .% annually off shareholders’ returns. Among SRI offerings, that’s about as cheap as they come. And for socially responsible investors in search of a core holding, we also think it’s one of the best. Admittedly, the fund’s absolute returns are dismal. It was launched just after the market started to crater, and through Feb. , , the fund has posted an annualized loss of .%. That stings, of course, but on a relative basis, the offering shines, besting more than two thirds of the large-growth category over the period. There are caveats, however. Owing to concerns about environmental impact, the fund tends not to invest much in companies from the utilities and energy sectors. Conversely, tech names generally are well-represented, and that gives the portfolio a growth slant. These characteristics may limit this offering’s appeal for those seeking a plain-vanilla core fund. Nonetheless, we think the fund warrants a close look. Its price multiples have generally been below large-growth norms, buoying returns during the bear market. And having indexing ace Sauter at the helm is another real asset. Finally, there is the tremendous advantage of the fund’s expense ratio. In addition to debunking conventional wisdom, that rock-bottom price tag gives the fund a leg up on its rivals and should keep returns competitive over time. œ Morningstar FundInvestor Morningstar FundInvestor Portfolios Christine Benz An Upgrade? On the surface, Corkins’ taking over for Lammert would appear to be a change for the better. Lammert shot out the lights at Mercury shortly after the fund’s inception in and during the late s, but the fund had always been a streaky performer on his watch. Following huge gains in and , it sputtered to three years of double-digit losses during the bear market. Particularly troubling was that Mercury didn’t bounce much during growth stocks’ few rallies over the past few years. Less to our liking is Corkins’ assertion that he’ll take advantage of the fund’s flexible mandate to dip into mid-caps and smaller large caps. That’s fine in and of itself, but we bought Mercury with the assumption that it would give us largecap exposure. Should Corkins travel down the market-cap ladder, our overall portfolio could miss the boat in a strong period for large-growth stocks. Corkins’ workload is another concern. Will he really have time to run two billion portfolios with distinctly different flavors? Assessing the Wealth Maker’s large-growth exposure. Editor of Morningstar FundInvestor What are Morningstar FundInvestor Portfolios? Our three portfolios are designed to suit investors with a variety of goals and time horizons. You may want to adjust your allocation to each asset class to suit your needs, however. We'll track our performance and offer commentary in each month's issue. 11 growth stocks. Will the fund deliver that kind of exposure under the new skipper’s watch? Early indications are mixed. On the plus side, Corkins served as Mercury’s assistant portfolio manager for three years under Lammert in the late s, so he’s well acquainted with the demands of running an aggressively positioned growth fund. Corkins also recently told us that he doesn’t plan to radically reposition Mercury, and the fund will remain one of Janus’ most “risk-tolerant” offerings. Toward this end, he’ll build larger positions than he does at Growth Income, and he’ll also make some shorter-term speculative plays. That’s fine with us: Because the Wealth Maker is anchored by well-diversified index funds, we don’t mind a bit of additional volatility in this fund if it means greater upside potential. Decision Time at Janus Mercury Christine Benz March Warren Lammert’s departure from Janus a holding in our Wealth Maker Portfolio, prompted us to give our commitment to the fund a hard look. Ultimately, we decided to hang on until we see further evidence of how the fund is shaping up under new manager David Corkins. Read on for the details of how we arrived at our decision. Mercury JAMRX, Corkins’ record at Janus Growth & Income JAGIX has been far more consistent. On his watch, the fund managed to run with the bulls in the late s without losing all of its gains in the ensuing bear market. Unlike many of his colleagues at Janus (Lammert included), Corkins was quick to rein in the fund’s exposure to pricey growth stocks in . (Growth Income’s most recently available portfolio lands in the large-blend square of our style box.) Additionally, Corkins has always built smaller positions than other Janus managers, and has typically held some cash and bonds in Growth Income to help mute volatility and meet the fund’s income mandate. Those qualities helped the fund hold up far better than the typical large-growth fund over the past three years. The Rub Despite Corkins’ adept maneuvering, we bought Mercury to give our portfolio exposure to large- Bottom Line In the end, we decided to stick with Mercury until we have a better sense of how Corkins will position the fund. We also had a tough time identifying alternative large-growth managers whose records could compete with Corkins’. Most of the other strong-performing managers in the group, like Corkins, use somewhat tame, valuation-conscious approaches. We’ll still be watching Mercury closely in the coming months, however. Should it become apparent that the fund is not fulfilling its intended role as our portfolio’s large-growth holding, we’ll pull the plug. œ Sign Up for Free Portfolio E-Mail Alerts Want to find out about changes to the Morningstar Fund Portfolios between issues of Morningstar FundInvestor? Sign up for our e-mail alert service at www.morningstar.com/fundinvestor/e-mails. We’ll let you know what fund(s) we traded, and why, within 24 hours of any transaction. 02_8636 pg 11_14_wb 3/5/03 11:02 PM Page 12 12 Morningstar FundInvestor Portfolios Christine Benz Performance Wrapup Aggressive Wealth Maker Our stock-heavy portfolio slides along with the equity market in February. Portfolio Goal Capital Appreciation Target Time Horizon 10 to 20 Years Growth of $100,000 •Aggr Wlth Maker Portfolio Return/Risk Profile Higher Return/Higher Risk Target Allocation 85% Stocks /15% Bonds $82,932 1 • Aggr Wlth Maker Benchmark $86,657 115,000 100,000 85,000 11-01 1-02 3-02 5-02 7-02 9-02 11-02 01-03 Portfolio Holdings/Performance Value ($) % Net Assets 1 Month Return (%) Return % Since 11-01 Incept Harbor Capital Appreciation HACAX 16,115 19.43 -1.52 -22.78 Western Asset Core WATFX 13,278 16.01 1.72 N/A Artisan International ARTIX 11,476 13.84 -4.75 -18.08 Oakmark I OAKMX 9,038 10.90 -1.71 -7.26 Selected American SLASX 8,746 10.55 -2.01 -9.50 -13.95 Fund Name ICAP Select Equity ICSLX 8,173 9.86 -1.33 Turner Midcap Growth TMGFX 7,140 8.61 -1.42 N/A Third Avenue Small-Cap Value TASCX 4,637 5.59 -1.53 -5.46 Bogle Small Cap Growth Inv BOGLX 4,329 5.22 -2.74 -10.18 82,932 100.00 -1.59 -13.03 86,657 — -1.33 -10.12 Aggressive Wealth Maker Portfolio 1 Aggressive Wealth Maker Benchmark Portfolio Investing Style Asset Allocation (%) • Cash • US Stock • Non-US Stock • Bonds • Other 5.66 61.63 17.12 12.76 1.96 Equity Style (%) Fixed Income Style (%) Value Blnd Grwth Short Intrm Long 100 High 22 24 23 Large 5 7 9 Med Med 3 4 4 Small Low Sector Weightings % (+/– Vanguard Total Stock Market) h Info r t y u 1 Software Hardware Media Telecom 19.3 (–0.6) 2.5 (–1.4) 9.0 (+1.0) 5.7 (+2.0) 2.2 (–2.2) j Service 52.6 i o p a 12.5 (–0.9) 12.0 (+3.8) 5.0 (–0.1) 23.1 (+0.7) Healthcare Consumer Business Svc. Financial (+3.4) k Manufact. s d f g 28.1 (–2.8) Cons. Goods 11.4 (+0.5) Industrial 10.0 (–0.9) Energy 6.0 (–0.1) Utilities 0.7 (–2.3) Aggressive Wealth Maker Benchmark consists of 70% Vanguard Total Stock Market Index, 15% Vanguard Total Bond Market Index, and 15% Vanguard Total International Stock Market Index. Our portfolio slightly underperformed its blended benchmark during February. Artisan International ARTIX was our portfolio’s biggest negative, badly lagging its benchmark, Vanguard Total International Stock Market VGTSX, during the month. Our domestic-stock portfolio stayed neck and neck with its bogy, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index VTSMX. Our best-performing equity holding during the month was one of last year’s laggards, ICAP Select Equity ICSLX, while our small-growth fund, Bogle Small Cap Growth BOGLX, was the biggest detractor from our domestic-equity portfolio’s performance in a market that favored large, liquid stocks. On the plus side, our new bond position, Western Asset Core WATFX, came on strong in February, as its overweighting in corporate bonds was a huge plus. For a closer look at the fund and why we like it, see Brad Sweeney’s profile of it on Page . Notable Fund Developments As noted above, Artisan International continues to struggle: For the trailing one-year period, the fund lands in the lower reaches of the foreign-stock group. Manager Mark Yockey has maintained a sizable position in financial stocks, particularly insurers, many of which have foundered in recent months. The fund has also suffered from sins of omission. Technology stocks have led global markets’ brief rallies over the past six months, but the fund has held next to nothing in the sector. Manager Mark Yockey isn’t inclined to dramatically overhaul the portfolio, however; in fact, he even added to financial holdings like Allianz and Munich Re on weakness earlier in the year. œ © 2003 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. Any opinions, recommendations, or information contained herein: (i) are for educational purposes only; (ii) are not guaranteed to be accurate, complete or timely; (iii) have not been tailored to suit any particular person’s portfolio or holdings; and (iv) should not be construed as investment advice of any kind. Neither Morningstar nor any of its agents shall have any liability with respect to such opinions, recommendations, or information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Before making any investment, consult with you financial advisor. Morningstar employees may have holdings in the funds recommended. Morningstar FundInvestor Morningstar FundInvestor Portfolios Christine Benz Stocks’ ongoing slide hampers our moderate portfolio in February. Return/Risk Profile Med Return/Med Risk • Wealth Maker Portfolio Growth of $100,000 Target Allocation 65% Stocks /35% Bonds $90,833 1 • Wealth Maker Benchmark $91,499 110,000 100,000 90,000 11-01 1-02 3-02 5-02 7-02 9-02 11-02 1-03 Portfolio Holdings/Performance Value ($) % Net Assets Vanguard Total Bnd Market Index VBMFX 24,374 26.83 1.38 5.92 Vanguard 500 Index VFINX 19,788 21.79 -1.52 -14.68 Oakmark I OAKMX 13,557 14.93 -1.71 -7.26 Janus Mercury JAMRX 11,223 12.36 -1.65 -19.43 Metropolitan Wst Total Ret Bnd MWTRX 8,740 9.62 0.90 -1.08 Tweedy Browne Global Value TBGVX 8,563 9.43 -2.86 -10.91 Westport Select Cap R WPSRX 4,587 5.05 -3.82 -6.22 90,833 100.00 -0.82 -6.91 91,499 — -0.67 -6.40 Fund Name Wealth Maker Portfolio 1 Wealth Maker Benchmark 1 Month Return (%) Return % Since 11-01 Incept Portfolio Investing Style Cash Equity 4.96Style (%) Fixed Income Style (%) US Stock 49.67 Short Intrm Long Value Blnd Grwth 4.86 • Cash Non-US Stock 8.61 High 21 26 24 Large 74 51.26 • US Stock 36.11 8.37 • Non-US Stock Bonds Med 4 9 7 Med 26 33.83 • Bonds Other 0.51 Low 3 3 2 Small 1.53 • Other Asset Allocation (%) Sector Weightings % (+/– Vanguard Total Stock Market) 1 h Info 22.0 r t y u 3.4 (–0.6) 5.0 (–3.0) 11.7 (+7.9) 1.9 (–2.4) Software Hardware Media Telecom (+2.0) j Service 50.9 i o p a 16.3 (+2.9) 10.2 (+1.8) 6.0 (+0.9) 18.3 (–4.1) Healthcare Consumer Business Svc. Financial (+1.6) k Manufact. s d f g 13 Performance Wrapup Wealth Maker Target Time Horizon Portfolio Goal Appreciation/Preservation 5 to 10 Years March Our portfolio underperformed its blended benchmark by a slight margin in February, with the domestic-stock, international-stock, and bond sleeves of our portfolio all trailing their respective index-fund bogies. Vanguard 500 Index VFINX was our portfolio’s best domestic-equity performer for the month. Although it lost money in February, like all of our stock funds, its mega-cap bias was a plus in a jittery market that favored blue chips. On the flip side, Westport Select Cap WPSRX struggled due to its focus on small caps. Tweedy, Browne Global Value TBGVX, our foreignstock holding, fell behind its benchmark due to its emphasis on developed-markets issues; emerging-markets names fared relatively better during the month. The Wealth Maker is also a touch behind its blended benchmark since its inception in November . Metropolitan West Total Return Bond MWTRX has been the biggest negative for our portfolio over its life. Owing to big positions in troubled credits, the fund badly underperformed its bond benchmark, Vanguard Total Bond Market Index VBMFX, in . Notable Fund Developments Janus Mercury’s JAMRX longtime manager, Warren Lammert, stepped down from the fund at the end of February, and will leave the firm altogether in late March. A Janus press release said Lammert will be leaving to pursue “an investment-management opportunity outside the fund industry.” (In fund-company speak, that usually means the manager’s leaving to run a hedge fund.) In the wake of Lammert’s departure, we’ve decided to hang on to the fund until we have a better sense of how new manager David Corkins will position it. (For a detailed look at the thinking behind our decision to hold on, see Page .) œ 27.1 (–3.5) Cons. Goods 11.1 (+0.3) Industrial 9.5 (–1.3) Energy 4.6 (–1.5) Utilities 2.0 (–1.0) Wealth Maker Benchmark consists of 55% Vanguard Total Stock Market Index, 35% Vanguard Total Bond Market Index, and 10% Vanguard Total International Stock Market Index. © 2003 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. Any opinions, recommendations, or information contained herein: (i) are for educational purposes only; (ii) are not guaranteed to be accurate, complete or timely; (iii) have not been tailored to suit any particular person’s portfolio or holdings; and (iv) should not be construed as investment advice of any kind. Neither Morningstar nor any of its agents shall have any liability with respect to such opinions, recommendations, or information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Before making any investment, consult with you financial advisor. Morningstar employees may have holdings in the funds recommended. 14 Morningstar FundInvestor Portfolios Christine Benz Performance Wrapup Wealth Keeper Our bond-heavy portfolio generates mixed results in February. Preservation/Income Target Time Horizon 5 Years Growth of $100,000 • Wealth Keeper Portfolio Portfolio Goal Return/Risk Profile Lower Return/Lower Risk Target Allocation 35% Stocks /65% Bonds $96,796 1 • Wealth Keeper Benchmark $97,389 110,000 100,000 5-02 7-02 9-02 11-02 1-03 Portfolio Holdings/Performance Value ($) % Net Assets Dodge & Cox Income DODIX 27,312 28.22 1.01 Vanguard Total Bnd Market Index VBMFX 15,528 16.04 1.38 8.18 ABN AMRO/Mntg & Cldwll Grth N MCGFX 12,604 13.02 -1.05 -21.37 T. Rowe Price Equity-Income PRFDX 10,508 10.86 -3.38 -19.17 Fidelity Short-Term Bond FSHBX 10,011 10.34 0.85 N/A Northeast Investors NTHEX 7,149 7.39 -0.14 -4.68 Selected Special SLSSX 6,156 6.36 -2.52 -24.18 Vanguard Inflation-Protected Secs VIPSX 4,107 4.24 3.69 16.15 Fund Name Julius Baer International Equity A BJBIX Wealth Keeper Portfolio 1 Wealth Keeper Benchmark 1 Month Return (%) Annualized Ret % Since 5-02 Incept 9.25 3,419 3.53 -2.14 -14.52 96,796 100.00 -0.03 -3.17 97,389 — 0.30 -2.61 Portfolio Investing Style Asset Allocation (%) • Cash • US Stock • Non-US Stock • Bonds • Other 9.23 28.36 4.03 55.20 2.99 Equity Style (%) Fixed Income Style (%) Value Blnd Grwth Short Intrm Long 17 32 22 6 14 5 Med 1 1 1 Small High 72 Large Med 16 Low 12 Sector Weightings % (+/– Vanguard Total Stock Market) h Info r t y u 1 Software Hardware Media Telecom 18.9 (–1.3) 3.1 (–1.1) 5.7 (–2.4) 5.8 (+2.0) 4.4 (+0.3) j Service 40.9 (–8.7) k Manufact. i o p a 14.2 (+0.6) 7.2 (–1.4) 5.7 (+0.6) 13.9 (–8.4) s d f g Healthcare Consumer Business Svc. Financial 37.8 (+7.7) Cons. Goods 17.9 (+7.3) Industrial 10.7 (+0.1) Energy 7.6 (+1.5) Utilities 1.7 (–1.3) Wealth Keeper Benchmark consists of 65% Vanguard Total Bond Market Index, 30% Vanguard Total Stock Market Index, and 5% Vanguard Total International Stock Market Index. Our portfolio slightly trailed its blended benchmark in February. On the bond side of the portfolio, Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities VIPSX continued to shoot out the lights, but the rest of our fixed-income holdings lagged our bond benchmark, Vanguard Total Bond Market Index VBMFX. Northeast Investors NTHEX, our high-yield holding, was a particularly weak link. Although it thrived in ’s tough market for junk bonds, it hasn’t bounced as much as its peers during the recent high-yield rally. On the stock side, ABN AMRO/Montag & Caldwell Growth MCGFX held up quite well in a market that favored large-growth stocks, but T. Rowe Price Equity-Income PRFDX and Selected Special SLSSX looked less sharp. Only the foreignstock piece of our portfolio, Julius Baer International Equity BJBIX, managed to beat its benchmark for the month. Many of the same trends have prevailed since our portfolio launched in May . In general, our bond-heavy portfolio’s exposure to high-yield and short-term credits has detracted from performance in an environment that has favored high-quality, long-term bonds. In all, our portfolio is behind its benchmark by a slight margin since its launch in May . T Notable Fund Developments T. Rowe Price Equity-Income was apparently socked by its holdings in SBC Communications SBC and Verizon Communications VZN in late February. That’s when the Federal Communications Commission upheld current regulations forcing regional Bell operating companies like SBC and Verizon to lease their lines to telecommunications upstarts at cheap rates. Both stocks, which numbered among the T. Rowe fund’s top- holdings at the end of , fell sharply on the news. œ © 2003 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. Any opinions, recommendations, or information contained herein: (i) are for educational purposes only; (ii) are not guaranteed to be accurate, complete or timely; (iii) have not been tailored to suit any particular person’s portfolio or holdings; and (iv) should not be construed as investment advice of any kind. Neither Morningstar nor any of its agents shall have any liability with respect to such opinions, recommendations, or information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Before making any investment, consult with you financial advisor. Morningstar employees may have holdings in the funds recommended. Morningstar FundInvestor Portfolios & Planning Sue Stevens Sizing Up the New Savings Plans These three plans could change the way you think about saving for retirement—and everything else. Sue Stevens, CFP, CFA, CPA Director of Financial Planning Sue Stevens has been named one of the top 250 financial planners in the U.S. by Worth magazine for the past two years. Prior to joining Morningstar, Sue worked for The Vanguard Group and a major tax/accounting firm. At the end of January, the Treasury Department announced three new savings plans that could radically change how Americans save. In general, the plans simplify the alphabet soup of existing savings vehicles and enable you to shelter more of your savings from taxes than you are able to do right now. Congress hasn’t signed off on these proposals, so it’s too soon to make any adjustments to your savings program to fit with the new plans. And the proposals are bound to generate plenty of debate. One of the key criticisms is that because the plans allow you to shelter a lot more from taxes than you can now, down the road the government will have much less revenue at the very time Baby Boomers are retiring and need more services such as Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, some critics assert that the government could have to levy a different kind of tax to pay for all of these savings incentives. The idea of a consumption tax—where you pay taxes whenever you spend your money— may not be that far away. Such a tax would impose a greater burden on lower-income earners, who spend most of their wages to meet their basic needs, than it would on those in higher income brackets. March 15 Lifetime Savings Accounts Basically, the Lifetime Savings Account () is a piggy bank with Roth characteristics. Anyone, regardless of income level, could contribute up to , per year to an . In fact, if you’re feeling generous, you could also contribute up to , a year to other people’s s. Just think about the possibilities for grandparents saving on behalf of grandchildren! You won’t get a tax deduction for contributing to the Lifetime Savings Account, but when you pull money out—for any purpose—it will all be tax-exempt. There’s no five-year waiting period. You don’t have to be age /. Under the existing proposal, you would have until the end of to convert Archer Medical Savings Accounts (primarily for small businesses), Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (the former Education s), and Qualified State Tuition Plans ( plans) into an . You would also be able to transfer all taxable accounts (savings, checking, and brokerage) into an , and all future withdrawals would be tax-free. For most investors, this would amount to a far greater tax savings than they would see if the dividend tax were repealed. One thing is for certain: Planners will be poring over these proposed changes to see what opportunities arise. Once the proposals are finalized, there will undoubtedly be a flurry of activity as individuals rethink how to plan for their futures. Lifetime Savings Accounts could also give plans a run for their money. Both vehicles allow savings to grow tax-exempt, and s may also result in state tax breaks for contributions depending on the plan you invest in. (At this point it is unclear how states would handle contributions.) The biggest advantage of the proposed s over s, however, is that you don’t have to use the money in the for education expenses only. So if your child doesn’t go to college or doesn’t need all the money you had earmarked for his or her education, you could use the money for another purpose without paying a % penalty. To learn more about the proposed plans, go to Retirement Savings Accounts http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/kd3816.htm In this month’s column, we’ll discuss some of the key features of the new plans, as well as their implications for existing savings vehicles. In last month’s issue of FundInvestor, we talked about all the different types of accounts available. Under the Bush administration’s 16 Portfolios and Planning proposal, you would have a strong incentive to consolidate your various accounts into a monster Retirement Savings Account (). Should the plan be enacted, you wouldn’t be able to make new contributions to a traditional after , though you could still roll over a company plan into a traditional . Roth s would just be renamed s. You wouldn’t be forced to convert your traditional into an , but if you wanted to do so, you’d have to pay the tax up front (just as you’d have to do now if you wanted to convert a traditional to a Roth ). If you converted your traditional to an in , however, you would be able to spread the tax out over four years (much as you were able to do when Roth s first appeared several years ago). That means if you are seriously considering converting a portion of your traditional to a Roth, you’d do best to wait and see what becomes of the proposal. Should s become law, you would be able to take advantage of spreading the tax over four years instead of paying it all at once. You would be able to contribute up to , per year to the , assuming you have that much in earned income. For couples with only one working spouse, the couple could contribute up to , or total earned income (whichever is less) for both spouses. This new contribution limit more than doubles current Roth contribution levels (, per person, , if you are over age ). The current catch-up contributions for investors over age would not be available under the new proposal. Retirement Savings Accounts could also be attractive to upper-income savers. Unlike a Roth , there would be no income limitations, and investors earning more than , per year would be able to convert a portion or all of their traditional to an . The new would also offer investors greater flexibility than they have under current guidelines. For example, investors would not be required to take minimum distributions at age /. That could present an estateplanning benefit if you don’t need to consume all of the assets in your account. Those assets could grow until your beneficiaries inherit them. If the proposal follows current Roth rules, your spouse would be able to roll over your into his or her own after your death, and continue to defer withdrawals. Other nonspouse beneficiaries would have to take minimum distributions when they inherited the , but they could spread those withdrawals over their own lifetimes. There would be an early-withdrawal penalty before age (note: not /, as is currently the case with s). That’s good news for people contemplating early retirement. That extra one and a half years without a penalty could be very important as you plan your retirement cash flows. Employer Retirement Savings Accounts If Retirement Savings Accounts are monster s, then Employer Retirement Savings Accounts are monster (k)s. They are meant to replace (k)s, (b)s, governmental s, , and s. Administrative rules would be simplified and unified. That means more people would be able to participate, contributions could be higher, and employers who were avoiding the expense and administrative burden of a plan might choose to offer one. Employee Retirement Savings Accounts would be set up much like (k) plans are now. You’d be able to contribute , in , plus an additional , catch-up contribution if you are over age . Should s and s be enacted, employers may actually have less incentive to set up an . That’s because an employer may choose to give bonuses to its employees to use for either an or in lieu of contributing to a company plan. œ This article should not be taken or relied upon as investment advice. It is written for educational purposes only to illustrate sound portfolio principles. Morningstar FundInvestor Morningstar FundInvestor 500 Monthly Review March 17 Managing Editor Kelli A. Stebel spotlights the month’s biggest fund news, including a market overview, performance highlights, and the latest dispatches from Morningstar’s fund-analyst team. Market Overview Here we go again. Benchmark Performance The market continued its all too familiar up-and-down pattern in February. A rally at the month’s outset soon faded, and most stock funds ended the month in the red. Smaller-cap funds fared worse than large during the month, as investors turned to the relative safety of large, blue-chip stocks amid an uncertain geopolitical environment. Total Return % through 02-28-03 1Mo YTD 3Yr 5Yr Large Growth Large Blend Large Value -1.0 -1.7 -2.7 -2.9 -4.1 -5.2 -23.2 -13.5 -4.3 -5.0 -3.7 -2.8 6.1 7.3 7.7 Mid-Cap Growth Mid-Cap Blend Mid-Cap Value -1.5 -2.3 -2.6 -3.0 -4.5 -5.1 -24.2 -5.4 4.1 -3.1 0.5 1.0 6.4 9.4 9.2 Small Growth Small Blend Small Value -3.0 -3.1 -3.4 -5.5 -5.8 -6.3 -21.4 -2.8 5.9 -3.4 0.0 0.8 5.9 7.5 9.4 Domestic Hybrid -0.6 -1.8 -4.1 0.2 6.4 Specialty-Precious Metals Specialty-Natural Resources Specialty-Technology Specialty-Utilities Specialty-Health Specialty-Financials Specialty-Real Estate Specialty-Communications -6.3 3.0 0.5 -3.4 -2.5 -2.7 1.5 -3.0 -5.0 1.4 0.1 -5.8 -2.7 -4.4 -0.9 -3.9 19.5 5.6 -42.2 -15.1 -9.9 6.9 13.3 -36.3 6.7 2.6 -6.2 -3.3 3.1 1.1 3.3 -7.1 2.4 8.2 9.5 4.3 12.4 11.5 7.9 5.2 S&P 500 S&P MidCap 400 Russell 2000 -1.5 -2.4 -3.0 -4.1 -5.2 -5.7 -13.7 -3.1 -13.4 -3.0 4.0 -3.6 8.7 11.4 6.4 Foreign Stock World Stock Europe Stock Latin American Stock Diversified Asia/Pac. Stock Diversified Emerg. Mkts. -2.5 -2.5 -3.6 -2.7 -1.4 -2.3 -6.2 -5.4 -7.5 -6.2 -4.2 -2.9 -20.1 -18.1 -19.1 -16.8 -21.7 -15.9 -5.1 -4.2 -4.7 -8.3 -5.0 -5.4 3.9 4.6 6.1 0.5 -0.8 -0.8 MSCI EAFE MSCI World MSCI Emerging Markets MSCI Europe MSCI Latin America MSCI Pacific -2.3 -1.8 -3.2 -3.3 -2.2 0.1 -6.4 -4.7 -3.7 -7.8 -6.1 -2.7 -18.0 -16.5 -17.3 -17.3 -18.7 -19.3 -6.2 -4.8 -7.7 -6.1 -10.7 -6.3 3.0 5.5 -1.3 6.9 0.5 -2.1 High-Quality Bond High-Yield Bond Specialty Bond Municipal Bond—National 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.2 3.2 2.9 0.8 8.0 -1.8 4.0 6.8 6.0 -1.3 4.3 4.5 6.1 4.5 6.7 5.1 Lehman Bros Aggregate 1.4 CS First Boston High Yield 1.5 Lehman Bros Municipal 1.4 1.5 4.2 1.2 10.3 2.5 8.9 7.6 1.8 6.1 7.3 6.5 6.3 The reason for the broad market malaise is a familiar one: With the impending threat of war with Iraq, it seems that no rally can sustain itself beyond a few weeks. Although some market watchers believe that stocks could head up sharply if the Iraq situation is quickly resolved, most companies will put off equipment spending or hiring new employees until the conflict’s outcome becomes clearer. Meanwhile, communications stocks and funds confronted problems of their own during the month. Shares of phone giants SBC Communications SBC and Verizon Communications VZ, for example, tumbled precipitously in late February. The decline followed the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to uphold current regulations requiring regional Bell operating companies to lease their phone networks to upstart rival carriers at steep discounts. With an uncertain economic outlook and the threat of war looming large, much attention in the financial media has focused on asset classes that could benefit in such an environment, including natural resources and precious-metals funds. Yet it’s worth noting that those defensive groups have already had a decent run relative to the broad stock market. It’s impossible to fully predict which direction the market might head in upcoming months, but it’s unlikely that last year’s big winners will dominate the market, particularly if the economy starts to gain traction. œ A N N U A L I Z E D 10Yr 18 Morningstar FundInvestor 500 Monthly Review Leaders Leaders and Laggards PIMCO Real Return Bond A PRTNX Who’s Hot? Ten Best-Performing Funds Fund Name YTD Ret % Fidelity New Markets Inc Loomis Sayles Bond Ret MainStay Hi-Yield Corp B Pioneer High Yield A Vanguard Infl-Prot Secs Fidelity Inflation-Protec Amer Funds Amer H/I A PIMCO Real Ret Inst PIMCO High-Yield A Fidelity High-Income 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.8 PIMCO Total Return PTTRX may be the largest fund in the land, but this fund has also turned heads lately. Manager John Brynjolfsson invests the majority of this fund’s assets in Treasury inflation-indexed securities (), which soared in . The fund finished the year with a % gain, one of the best in the intermediateterm bond group, and its returns since its inception are also impressive. Of course, the fund won’t always go straight up, and many market-watchers think could be hurt even more than Treasuries in a low-inflation, rising-interest-rate environment. Furthermore, this fund’s expense ratio is too high, having held steady even though assets have tripled over the past few years. Liberty Acorn Z ACRNX In the often-volatile small-growth category, this offering has produced topnotch returns without excessive volatility. Comanagers Ralph Wanger and Chuck McQuaid run a sprawling portfolio of nearly names, Laggards ICM/Isabelle Small Cap Value Investment IZZYX Who’s Not? Ten Worst-Performing Funds Fund Name YTD Ret % ICM/Isabelle Sm Cap Invt RS Diversified Growth Artisan International Janus Global Value Wasatch Ultra Growth Oakmark Intl Small Cap I Masters’ Select Intl Wasatch Core Growth PBHG Clipper Focus PBHG Oakmark Global I -14.3 -12.6 -11.8 -11.1 -11.0 -10.5 -10.1 -9.8 -9.6 -9.6 Don’t expect a smooth ride here. This fund topped its small-value peers with a % return in , but performance has been downright miserable since then. The fund finished with a % loss, one of the worst in its category, and it’s down another % through early March of this year. With a portfolio of just about names, a few bad picks can really spell trouble. In addition, manager Warren Isabelle often buys thinly traded, little-known firms, which are susceptible to huge losses when things go wrong. Isabelle built a fine long-term record at a fund he ran for Pioneer, but only those who can handle substantial volatility should hang on here. Tocqueville Small Cap Value TSCVX This fund’s poor recent performance has put a dent in its long-term record, but we’re still fans. Longtime manager Jean-Pierre Conreur takes a long-term view here, and he’s willing to stick with his struggling picks as long as he thinks the market hasn’t fully recog- keep an eye on valuations, and trade infrequently. Those characteristics have made this fund particularly resilient during the recent market downturn. The fund’s big stake in midcaps means it won’t appeal to those seeking a dedicated small-cap fund, and investors buying in now will have to cough up a load and higher ongoing expenses than those in the closed shares. Still, this remains one of our favorites in a wild and woolly group. American Funds Amcap A AMCPX While sibling Growth Fund of America AGTHX garners all the attention, this fund is also worth a look. Like many American Funds, it has held up relatively well during the bear market; in , for example, it lost about % compared with a % drop for the average large-growth fund. The fund also boasts another attribute typical of its family: a deep and experienced management team. It’s run by four long-tenured “portfolio counselors” and is backed by a team of more than investment professionals. That research has paid off in the form of topnotch long-term returns. nized their value. That approach can lead to some rough years—the fund lost about % in , a bottom-quintile showing—but Conreur’s instincts have proved correct more often than not. Since the fund’s inception in , it has outpaced its average peer by about percentage point annually. With experienced management at the helm, shareholders shouldn’t give up on this offering. Dreyfus Midcap Value DMCVX Manager Peter Higgins kept this portfolio aggressively positioned throughout , with sizable bets on struggling technology and health-care stocks. As a result, the fund finished the year with a % loss—among the very worst showings of any mid-cap value or mid-cap blend offering. (Owing to its focus on beaten-down growth darlings, we recently moved the fund from the former category into the latter.) Higgins has a long history of diverging from the pack, and his bets have been on target more often than not. While this offering can be very volatile, long-term investors should think twice before cutting it loose. œ Morningstar FundInvestor Fund News Lammert Departs Janus Mercury Warren Lammert, longtime manager of Janus is leaving the firm at the end of March. A Janus spokesperson said that Lammert will be exploring opportunities outside the mutual fund industry. David Corkins took over management of the fund at the end of February. Corkins will also continue to run Janus Growth & Income JAGIX, which he has managed since August . Mercury JAMRX, News at a Glance Manager Changes Warren Lammert stepped down from Janus Mercury at the end of February. David Corkins, manager of Janus Growth & Income, has replaced Lammert. (Corkins will remain aboard Growth & Income.) Vanguard has added an additional subadvisor, Baillie Gifford Overseas, to join Richard Foulkes aboard Vanguard International Growth. Foulkes, of Schroder Investment Management, will still control most of the fund’s assets. Other News Fidelity is waiving the loads on 10 funds that used to levy 3% front-end sales charges. Fidelity Contrafund will waive its load through June, while nine regional-stock funds will suspend their loads permanently. The fund industry’s chief trade group, the Investment Company Institute, said it wouldn’t oppose an SEC proposal requiring fund companies to disclose fund portfolios on a quarterly basis. March 19 Vanguard may be aiming to make this fund more growth-oriented, to serve as a counterpoint to the firm’s value-oriented foreign-stock fund, International Value VTRIX. Under Foulkes’ watch, International Growth has tended to land in the blend column of Morningstar’s style box, whereas Baillie Gifford’s other offerings, including Guardian Baillie Gifford International GUBGX, have a more pronounced growth tilt. Fidelity Funds Go On Sale Mercury, a holding in our Wealth Maker Portfolio, has endured a difficult run in recent years. It came into the bear market with a sizable stake in technology and telecommunications stocks, and while Lammert reduced the fund’s exposure to those hard-hit areas, the fund still struggled alongside other large-growth offerings. Meanwhile, Corkins has built a solid record during his six-year tenure at Growth Income. The fund not only performed well during the late s’ rally, but held up reasonably well during the bear market. Corkins has been able to sidestep many of the market’s minefields by maintaining a well-diversified portfolio, including a bond position, and by emphasizing companies’ balance-sheet strength. The question now confronting Janus Mercury’s shareholders is what kind of impact Corkins will make on the portfolio. Senior analyst Brian Portnoy, who follows Janus, reports that the firm plans to keep this fund as one of its most risktolerant offerings. And indeed, Corkins showed in the late s that he can effectively employ an aggressive-growth strategy. But it’s also worth noting that Corkins will now be running two funds with dramatically different risk profiles, so we’ll be watching closely to determine whether he becomes stretched too thin. To help entice stock-fund buyers amid the worst market rout since the Depression era, Fidelity announced at the end of February that it would strip the % front-end loads from Fidelity Contrafund FCNTX and nine regional-stock offerings. Fidelity will waive the load on Contrafund until June . Meanwhile, the other Fidelity funds, including Fidelity Pacific Basin FPBFX and Fidelity Emerging Markets FEMKX, will convert to no-load status permanently. (The change makes all of Fidelity’s international-stock funds available on a no-load basis.) Contrafund has performed exceptionally well alongside other large-cap blend funds during the bear market, yet it still saw asset outflows in . We think the load waiver provides dedicated no-load investors with a great way to scoop up a terrific core holding. Fund Industry Backs Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure (Sort Of) International Growth The Investment Company Institute (ICI) said that it wouldn’t stand in the way of a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal requiring fund companies to provide portfolios on a quarterly basis, versus the current, twiceyearly schedule. Fidelity and Vanguard also joined the ICI in supporting the proposal. Under the proposal, funds would be required to make complete lists of their holdings available to shareholders days after the end of each quarter on the ’s Web site and, if they choose, on their own Web sites. Vanguard has added an additional subadvisor on Vanguard International Growth VWIGX. Richard Foulkes of Schroder Investment Management had been running the fund solo since its inception in , but Scotlandbased investment-management firm Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. will now manage % to % of the fund’s assets. The ICI’s comment letter to the wasn’t without caveats, however. Notably, the ICI said that quarterly portfolio disclosure could make funds vulnerable to front-running. To prevent such activity, the group suggested that fund firms be allowed to keep individual holdings confidential “in certain circumstances.” œ Another Cook Joins Vanguard 20 Should You Sell? Emily Hall Janus Worldwide Should you hang on to this bull-market superstar or send it packing? We examine the evidence. Emily Hall Senior Fund Analyst Should You Sell? Each month, Should You Sell? shines the spotlight on a once-strong-performing fund that has fallen on hard times or, due to a management change or some other factor, is less attractive than it once was. Morningstar analysts will examine the salient facts in an effort to help you determine if that fund is still worth owning or if you should move on. Our new series “Should You Sell?” is designed to help investors with one of the most vexing aspects of fund investing—deciding when to sell a struggling fund. For our inaugural installment, we wanted to focus on a fund that has been especially prominent in investors’ minds. That’s why we chose Janus Worldwide JAWWX. Just three years ago, this superstar had one of the best records in the world-stock category. But by , struggling under the weight of a three-year annualized loss of % e, the fund’s long-term record, while still good, is under serious pressure. What Happened? There are several reasons behind the fund’s poor bear-market showing. Not surprisingly, its growth focus has been a problem. Lead manager Helen Young Hayes and comanager Laurence Chang entered with huge stakes in high-priced telecom and technology companies. They aggressively reduced their bets in these sectors in , yet the fund still struggled. In and , small-cap stocks held up better than large caps, which left this mega-cap fund looking weak. But the fund also suffered from some poor stock picks, including Tyco TYC and General Electric GE. The fund’s current positioning also raises questions about its ability to participate in a growth-stock rebound. Though Hayes and Chang still seek companies that are growing their earnings rapidly, the fund holds few technology and telecommunications stocks r, meaning it won’t—in its current incarnation— enjoy much pop from a tech-centric rally. Finally, Hayes was recently promoted to Janus’ managing director of investments. Although she insists she still has plenty of time to focus on her portfolios, the concern is that the new job leaves her with less time to pick stocks. First, Some Perspective After that list of bad news, you’re probably ready to run screaming for the exits. However, before you do, let’s put some of these issues into perspective. Although the fund’s recent performance has been woeful, it doesn’t look quite as bad when compared to its large-growth-oriented world-stock peers. In addition, Hayes’ record before March was incredibly strong t, and three years of awful results shouldn’t totally overwhelm a decade of great returns. Moreover, investors shouldn’t assume that Hayes and Chang have abandoned a growth approach just because they’ve dumped most of their tech and telecom shares. The portfolio still lands in the growth column of the style box u. And Hayes and Chang have never been index-hugging managers, so it’s likely they’d barrel right back into tech and telecom if their outlook for these areas improves. Stay or Go? We think some self-reflection can go a long way toward helping you make a decision about what to do with this fund. The past three years have demonstrated that conservative investors have no business here. If volatility keeps you awake at night or if you are near retirement and can’t handle further losses, you’d be better off selling now and swapping into a less aggressive international offering. Also consider your tax situation. If you have held the fund for less than five years, it’s likely that selling wouldn’t trigger a capital gain. Aggressive investors, however, have much more reason to stick it out. Given Hayes and Chang’s wide-ranging tastes, flexible currency policy, and willingness to take on risk, this fund will continue to see mercurial performance. Nevertheless, we don’t think its decade-long run of strong returns was a fluke. And while Hayes’ time commitment to the fund remains a wild card, we’re encouraged that Janus has beefed up its analyst team over the past few years. This remains a decent option for those who can handle its quirks. œ March Morningstar FundInvestor Janus Worldwide Ticker JAWWX Load None NAV $29.86 Yield 1.0% Total Assets $11,925 mil Mstar Category World Stock Manager Strategy Like many of their colleagues at Janus, managers Helen Young Hayes and Laurence Chang are growth investors. They like to see consistent earnings growth and also value high returns on capital. The fund is actively managed in the truest sense: Investors should expect significant sector bets here. Investment Style Equity Stock % Historical Profile Return Average Above Avg Risk Rating Neutral 89% 89% 97% 90% 92% 95% 91% 87% 21 86% Manager Change Partial Manager Change 10 5 Fund Performance vs. Category Average. 0 Quarterly Fund Return +/- Category Average Category Baseline -5 -10 Portfolio Manager(s) Helen Young Hayes, CFA. Since 10-92. BA'84 Yale U. Other funds currently managed: Janus Adviser International C, Janus Adviser Worldwide C, IDEX Janus Global C. Laurence J. Chang, CFA. Since 09-99. Dartmouth C.; MS Stanford U. Other funds currently managed: Janus Adviser Worldwide C, IDEX Janus Global A, Janus Adviser Worldwide I. Performance 02-28-03 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Trailing 3 Mo 6 Mo 1 Yr 3 Yr Avg 5 Yr Avg 10 Yr Avg 15 Yr Avg 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Total 16.41 6.76 11.81 -17.16 -0.89 7.19 5.68 -8.45 4.12 -12.57 -16.10 2.53 -5.73 -20.80 -17.56 20.24 42.10 -13.86 12.91 3.56 25.87 64.37 -16.87 -22.88 -26.01 Total Return% +/- MSCI EAFE +/- MSCI World -11.55 -13.80 -27.21 -26.96 -3.89 8.38 . -2.03 -2.77 -9.75 -8.98 2.30 5.37 . -2.18 -5.05 -6.61 -10.50 0.95 2.92 . Tax Analysis Tax-Adj Rtn% 3 Yr Avg 5 Yr Avg 10 Yr Avg -27.61 -4.48 7.12 %Rank All Cat 88 96 89 91 75 16 . Growth of $10,000 76 91 91 84 45 17 . 8,845 8,620 7,279 3,897 8,202 22,368 . %Rank Cat Tax-Cost Rat %Rank Cat 83 33 8 0.89 0.62 1.16 42 22 15 Performance Quartile (within Category) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 20.00 9.00 21.17 14.23 1.19 7.81 10 0.22 0.00 1.73 1.74 147 208 25.03 28.41 -4.15 5.91 1.38 27.03 67 0.28 0.38 1.32 0.92 124 935 24.39 3.61 -4.17 -1.47 2.15 1.46 8 0.54 1.01 1.12 0.42 158 1,543 28.40 21.90 10.69 1.18 1.07 20.83 26 0.26 1.07 1.23 0.99 142 1,975 33.69 37.78 47.36 76.43 56.86 43.84 32.13 29.86 26.40 20.48 25.87 64.37 -16.87 -22.88 -26.01 -7.07 20.35 18.70 5.87 37.41 -2.70 -1.44 -10.07 -0.69 12.92 4.72 1.53 39.44 -3.69 -6.06 -6.12 -2.32 0.54 0.58 0.51 0.06 0.99 0.02 0.70 0.00 25.86 19.90 25.36 64.31 -17.86 -22.90 -26.71 -7.07 4 23 14 13 75 75 84 87 0.15 0.20 0.19 0.03 0.75 0.01 0.31 0.00 2.04 2.60 0.00 1.28 6.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.01 0.95 0.92 0.88 0.86 0.85 . . 0.73 0.65 0.47 0.07 0.13 0.53 . . 80 79 86 68 58 78 . . 5,046 10,568 16,323 33,803 33,144 21,679 12,815 11,463 1997 1998 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Incept Load-Adj Return % Morningstar Rtn vs Cat Morningstar Risk vs Cat -27.21 -26.96 -3.89 8.38 9.90 -Avg Avg +Avg Avg +Avg +Avg Other Measures Morningstar Risk-Adj Rating Standard Index S&P 500 Best Fit Index MSCI World -15.7 0.95 80 -9.1 1.09 87 Alpha Beta R-Squared Standard Deviation Mean Sharpe Ratio 14.99 -26.96 -2.10 Potential Capital Gain Exposure: -78% of assets Morningstar's Take by Emily Hall 02-27-03 starts growing quickly again. Prospective investors, however, face a different question: Is this still a worthwhile addition to a portfolio? We think so, although the fund's appeal is limited. There is no question that this offering has proved a disappointing bear-market performer. Hayes' and Chang's taste for fast-growing big-cap companies has resulted in terrible volatility in recent years. However, until March 2000, the fund enjoyed nearly a decade-long run as one of the world-stock group's best performers--a record that cannot be ignored. Those who are considering an investment here should understand that Hayes and Chang aren't afraid to be mavericks: Like many Janus managers, they aren't terribly sensitive to benchmarks and will grab up companies they like, even if clustered in a particular sector. Thus, this offering is really only appropriate for aggressive types who don't mind a bumpy ride along the way. Address: 100 Fillmore Street Suite 300 Denver, CO 80206-4923 800-525-8983 www.janus.com 05-15-91 Janus Capital Corporation None Minimum Purchase: Min Auto Inv Plan: Sales Fees: Management Fee: Actual Fees: Expense Projections: Income Distrib: Fidelity Retail-NTF, Schwab OneSource Total Cost (relative to category): NTF Plans: $2500 $500 No-load 0.65% Mgt:0.65% 3Yr:$284 Annually Add: $100 Add: $100 Dist: . 5Yr:$493 IRA: $500 10Yr:$1096 Low © 2003 Morningstar, Inc. 312-696-6000. All rights reserved. The information contained herein is not represented or warranted to be accurate, correct, complete or timely. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. 2001 2002 02-03 Share change since 04-02 Total Stocks:129 Sector Citigroup Total Fina Elf Philip Morris Microsoft Pfizer Samsung Electncs Medtronic China Mobile Hong Kong L Teva Pharma Inds ADR UBS AG REG Diageo AOL Time Warner Sony Takeda Chem Inds Clear Channel Comms Fannie Mae STMicroelectronics Allstate Yamanouchi Pharmaceutica BOC Grp Financial Energy Goods Software Health Goods Health . Health Financial Goods Media Goods Health Media Financial Hardware Financial . Ind Mtrls Current Investment Style Value Blnd Growth Large Mid Small The reopened Janus Worldwide Fund isn't the superstar it once was, but it still holds appeal. At the end of 2002, Janus reopened this offering and three of its siblings to new investors. The decision to reopen this offering hardly comes as a surprise. After three dismal years of bear-market performance, the fund's asset base has declined from a high of nearly $34 billion in 1999 to less than $12 billion today. For current investors, the news is reason for caution, but not necessarily worry. Reopening a fund may give managers Helen Young Hayes and Laurence Chang increased flexibility--at least in the short term. When a fund is socked by outflows, managers may have to sell stocks they would otherwise hold to meet redemptions. Opening the fund to new investors may help stabilize those asset flows. Over the long term, however, the picture is cloudier. This is still one of the larger funds in the world-stock category, and we certainly hope that Janus will quickly reshutter the fund if it Web Address: Inception: Advisor: Subadvisor: 2000 History NAV Total Return % +/-MSCI EAFE +/-MSCI World Income Return % Capital Return % Total Rtn % Rank Cat Income $ Capital Gains $ Expense Ratio % Income Ratio % Turnover Rate % Net Assets $mil t Portfolio Analysis 10-31-02 Rating and Risk Time Period 1999 Rel MSCI EAFE Rel Cat 1.06 1.22 1.31 3.22 0.99 1.05 1.03 1.23 9.0 87.4 0.2 3.3 57.7 (% of Stock) Country Exposure United States U.K. France Japan Switzerland 2.74 2.09 1.88 1.75 1.54 1.48 1.45 1.44 1.43 1.42 1.41 1.40 1.39 1.37 1.32 1.31 1.30 1.22 1.15 1.12 Stock Port Avg Cash Stocks Bonds Other Foreign UK/Western Europe Japan Asia ex Japan North America Latin America % Assets Price/Earnings Ratio 22.0 Price/Cash Flow 13.2 Price/Book Ratio 3.4 Med Mkt Cap $mil 19,536 Composition Regional Exposure Country United States France United States United States United States South Korea United States Hong Kong Israel Switzerland U.K. United States Japan Japan United States United States France United States Japan U.K. Sector Weightings h r t y u i o p a Info Software Hardware Media Telecom Health Consumer Business Financial 18.9 3.2 2.7 10.7 2.3 1.1 62 16 . 4 2 0.6 29 3 4.4 12 9 0.2 17 2 41.2 18.2 1.8 6.2 15.0 1.0 47 19 1.7 18 8 0.4 5 2 1.2 6 3 0.7 17 6 k Mfg 39.8 18.5 41 d Ind Mtrls 11.5 13 f Energy 9.8 8 g Utilities 0.0 8 5 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.0 % Stock s Goods Mutual Funds u % of Rel MSCI 3 Year Stocks EAFE High Low % Stock j Service 37 8 9 43 3 e EQ 40 20 19 7 12 10 10 3 0 0 r 22 Red Flags Kelli A. Stebel February 28, 2003 Recent developments dim our opinion of these four funds. What is a Red Flag? Red Flags is designed to alert you to funds that we’re bearish on—due to performance problems, asset bloat, manager changes, hidden risks, questionable portfolio maneuvers, or some other factor. Not every fund featured in Red Flags is an out-and-out sell, but we do think investors should think twice before adding these offerings to their portfolios. who has been with the fund since January , will be the comanager. Although the fund’s strategy has remained intact, we are still extremely cautious about this offering. Piper has eight years of investment experience, but no record managing a retail mutual fund. Vanguard Dividend Growth VDIGX Putnam Voyager PVOYX This offering has undergone considerable changes during the past few months. It has gotten a new name (it was previously known as Vanguard Utilities Income), a new manager, and a new mandate. Instead of focusing on utilities stocks, as the fund did in the past, new manager Minerva Butler will look for firms with high dividend yields compared with the fund’s new benchmark, the Russell Index. Going forward, the fund will hold no more than % of assets in any one sector. Because of these changes, we’ve moved the fund out of the specialty-utilities group and into Morningstar’s large-value category. All of these developments mean that investors who bought this fund for its focused utilities exposure should consider selling. And even those investors looking for a play on dividend-paying stocks—newly trendy in the wake of ’s corporate-accounting scandals and the Bush administration’s dividend-tax repeal proposal—may want to stick with betterestablished sibling Vanguard Equity-Income VEIPX. Although Dividend Growth’s new manager hails from distinguished subadvisor Wellington Management, her public track record on retail mutual funds is limited. This offering doesn’t look anything like the chart-topper it once was. Back in the early s, the fund ran circles around its growthfund competition, but it has failed to stand out in recent years. Furthermore, none of the managers who helped build its great record remains on board. Brian O’Toole, who joined the fund in July , is charged with turning around this fund’s mediocre performance. O’Toole had some success as a large-growth manager at Citigroup C, and he’s also made strides toward improving this offering’s risk controls. He won’t make big sector bets relative to the Russell Growth Index, and he’ll limit stock-specific risk by holding more than stocks. That moderate approach makes intuitive sense, but if this fund is to earn our endorsement, Putnam’s analysts will also have to do a better job of picking large-growth stocks than they’ve exhibited in recent years. Van Kampen Latin American MSLAX Our opinion has continued to sour on this offering, and we recently dropped it as an Analyst Pick. Back in the late s, this fund was a champ, posting a string of chart-topping performances. Those days seem long gone. The fund’s performance has continued to dim, as two of management’s favorite markets, Brazil and Mexico, have been particularly hard hit during the recent bear market. And in late , comanager Michael Perl, who had been the architect of the fund’s past success, stepped down. William Scott Piper will now serve as lead manager, while Ana Christina Piedrahita, AIM Premier Equity AVLFX Comanagers Evan Harrel and Robert Shelton aim to beat the Index without incurring excessive volatility, but they haven’t succeeded during the recent bear market. Since March , when the Nasdaq began to tumble, through the end of January , the fund has lost half of its value, compared with a % drop for the . Harrel and Shelton have revamped the fund’s procedures in the wake of its disappointing results. They’ve streamlined the investment team that makes buy and sell decisions, which should help speed the fund’s decision-making in a volatile market. The duo has also reorganized its five-person analyst staff, assigning specific industries for each to cover. While these changes appear to be for the better, the fund’s basic stock-picking approach remains the same. In its current guise, it’s hard to make a case for this offering over a cheaper Index fund. œ FundInvestor Changes to the 500 This Month What is the Morningstar FundInvestor 500? The Morningstar FundInvestor 500 features the industry’s best and most notable funds. Use the list to get new investment ideas and track the funds you already own. Our 140 Analyst Picks are chosen by the Morningstar analysts who specialize in each category. Analysts make their selections based on a fund’s historical risk and return, costs, and their knowledge of the funds’ managers and strategies. Additions We’ve added two new funds to the Morningstar FundInvestor this month. Thompson Plumb Balanced THPBX, one of the funds that came out on top in the “Two-Hit Wonders” study that appears on Page , is a new addition in the domestic-hybrid category. Its above-average stake in stocks certainly helped during the late s raging bull market, but management’s valuation-conscious stock-selection process also kept returns from imploding during the recent bear market. Summary of Changes Additions and Deletions fi Funds · Funds Thompson Plumb Balanced PBHG IRA Capital Preservation T. Rowe Price Japan T. Rowe Price Emerg Mkts Bond Fund Analyst Picks Changes New Picks No Longer Picks None Name Changes Old Name Metropolitan Wst Lw Dur Bd M T. Rowe Price Japan New Name one of the stable-value funds featured in our profile of these offerings on Page , is another new addition this month. This fund is a solid alternative to a money market offering, as it provides a significantly higher yield along with the guarantee of a stable net asset value. And unlike some other stable-value funds, its withdrawal rules are relatively liberal. Morgan Stan Ins MdVl PIMCO Real Ret Bd Inst Whitehall Growth Dimensional U.S. Micro Cap Morgan Stan Ins USMdCrInst PIMCO Real Ret Inst Atlantic Whitehall Growth Category Changes Fund Name New Category Dreyfus Midcap Value Putnam Capital Opport A Quaker Aggressive Gr A Vanguard Dividend Growth Mid-Cap Blend Small Blend Large Blend Large Value Deletions cut Metropolitan West Low Duration Bond MWLDX as an Analyst Pick in the short-term bond category. (The fund will remain part of the FundInvestor , however.) Like sibling Metropolitan West Total Return Bond MWTRX, the fund had a horrible , as exposure to basket-case credits like WorldCom wreaked havoc on returns. While we think Met West Low Duration may shine again, it has shown that it may not be appropriate for investors who seek a conservative short-term bond fund. DFA U.S. Micro Cap PBHG IRA Capital Preservation PBCPX, To make room for the Thompson Plumb and PBHG funds, we’ve dropped T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond PREMX and T. Rowe Price Japan PRJPX. (We’ve also dropped the latter as an Analyst Pick.) While T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond has been a decent performer, it’s not a standout. And though its management uses a fairly cautious approach, the fund is still too volatile for the average investor. Meanwhile, T. Rowe Price Japan’s performance had certainly waned in recent years, and longtime manager Ian Macdonald recently departed the fund. There’s also the issue of whether investors need a dedicated Japan-stock fund to begin with. Although the Japanese market may eventually shake off its decade-long torpor, most broad foreign-stock funds feature at least some exposure to the country. Analyst Pick Changes In addition to removing T. Rowe Price Japan from our Analyst Picks roster, we’ve also Methodology Change Beginning with this month’s issue, we’ve changed the figure we display for the ’s price/earnings ratio. In the past, we based this figure on the trailing -month earnings of the stocks in the index. From this issue forward, the / ratio will reflect the projected earnings of the stocks in the index. This change brings our / figure in line with the figure we display for individual mutual funds. œ by Kelli A. Stebel For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 24 Morningstar 500 Domestic Equity Historical Performance Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Total Return % 02-28-03 Historical Risk A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) Risk relative to category Large Growth — -2.9 -25.0 -23.2 -5.0 6.1 — — — — — — 0.1 — -25 18.9 LABN AMRO/Montag Gr N AIM Constellation A Alliance Premier Gr B AmCent Growth Inv AmCent Select Inv QQQQ QQ QQQ QQQ QQQQ -3.6 -3.1 -5.1 -3.0 -4.3 -23.0 -22.4 -29.0 -25.3 -23.3 -12.8 -23.5 -26.1 -21.8 -17.0 -2.8 -4.5 -8.9 -3.4 -3.3 — 6.5 5.8 5.6 6.1 64 52 93 47 83 26 22 86 50 30 6 52 71 42 16 27 47 85 32 32 — 46 57 63 54 High Avg -Avg +Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 1.3 0.8 1.8 1.7 -16 -29 -26 -22 -15 13.24 21.30 19.19 17.16 14.19 0.72 1.25 1.25 1.07 0.88 (81) (79) (90) (89) (97) Low +Avg Avg -Avg Low AmCent Ultra Inv Amer Funds Amcap A LAmer Funds Grth Fund A Amer Funds New Econ A Atlantic Whitehall Growth QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQQQ -3.9 -1.7 -2.8 -5.0 0.3 -23.8 -15.7 -19.7 -23.9 -24.2 -19.7 -6.9 -14.3 -23.1 -18.0 -2.5 3.6 5.0 -3.3 0.8 8.7 10.5 11.5 6.7 — 75 18 41 91 7 35 4 9 36 38 30 2 8 50 21 24 3 1 31 8 16 4 2 40 — +Avg +Avg High +Avg +Avg 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 -23 -15 -21 -25 -28 17.76 16.24 18.44 19.57 22.62 1.07 0.89 1.05 1.19 1.30 (88) (92) (88) (84) (85) Avg -Avg Avg Avg +Avg QQQ ] QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQ -2.8 -3.8 -3.2 0.3 -3.3 -28.8 -29.2 -24.1 -18.2 -22.9 -22.9 -22.5 -18.5 -16.8 -19.5 -7.0 -3.5 -3.7 -0.9 -9.4 5.7 7.6 8.9 8.7 5.9 41 71 55 7 58 85 87 37 6 25 48 46 22 14 28 71 34 37 15 87 63 29 13 15 57 Avg Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.0 1.3 1.2 0.7 1.0 2.1 -24 -22 -18 -24 -19 21.00 18.59 17.39 21.92 15.45 1.31 1.17 1.07 1.20 0.95 (90) (90) (93) (78) (89) +Avg Avg -Avg +Avg -Avg Fidelity Growth Company Fidelity Independence Fidelity OTC Gabelli Growth LHarbor Capital Apprec QQQ QQQQ QQ QQQ QQQQ -2.5 -3.4 -5.3 -5.5 -3.8 -27.2 -19.4 -20.5 -31.9 -29.8 -29.9 -21.1 -29.6 -24.5 -24.4 -1.0 0.9 -3.3 -5.9 -4.1 8.7 9.0 7.2 7.2 8.9 32 60 95 95 72 73 9 13 97 91 83 39 82 60 59 16 7 32 62 43 15 12 33 34 12 Avg +Avg Avg Avg Avg 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 2.6 2.0 1.1 1.2 -26 -25 -33 -24 -25 22.35 24.86 27.49 20.92 18.51 1.26 1.20 1.51 1.34 1.19 (63) (57) (64) (92) (89) +Avg +Avg High +Avg Avg Janus Janus Growth & Income LJanus Mercury Janus Olympus Janus Twenty QQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQQ QQQ -2.7 -3.4 -3.2 -2.5 -2.6 -26.1 -21.0 -24.0 -26.0 -20.6 -25.0 -18.3 -30.7 -32.2 -29.5 -4.0 1.6 0.5 1.1 -2.1 6.3 11.0 — — 8.6 39 60 54 33 36 59 15 37 58 13 64 22 87 92 82 41 6 9 7 20 48 3 — — 18 Avg High Low Avg Avg 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.5 -26 -17 -24 -26 -27 19.49 14.20 18.40 18.00 18.02 1.22 0.86 1.17 1.07 1.09 (85) (89) (75) (63) (71) +Avg Low Avg Avg Avg Jensen Marsico 21st Century LMarsico Focus MFS Mass Inv Grth Stk A Morgan Stan Amer Opp B QQQQQ [ QQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ -7.6 -3.2 -3.0 -2.9 -3.9 -19.3 -11.4 -18.6 -25.0 -23.7 -0.3 -22.1 -20.2 -22.8 -24.0 4.8 — 1.7 -3.6 -2.8 9.1 — — 9.4 7.7 99 54 48 45 73 8 1 7 48 34 1 44 33 48 55 2 — 6 35 27 9 — — 8 28 High +Avg High Avg +Avg 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 NA 0.4 1.3 2.7 -13 — -22 -22 -20 15.92 18.58 16.30 17.01 11.47 0.66 0.85 0.77 1.06 0.52 (61) (48) (52) (87) (43) Low Avg -Avg -Avg Low Putnam Voyager A Smith Barney Aggr Grth A Strong Growth Inv T. Rowe Price BlChpGr T. Rowe Price Gr Stk QQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQQQ -3.2 -1.4 -2.7 -3.0 -3.1 -25.5 -26.0 -21.0 -22.0 -21.0 -24.8 -13.9 -30.2 -14.4 -12.4 -3.9 8.1 -1.8 -2.8 -0.9 8.1 14.4 — — 9.5 55 15 38 48 50 52 58 15 20 15 62 7 84 8 5 40 1 18 26 15 23 1 — — 7 +Avg Avg Avg High High 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.1 1.8 0.3 2.2 -22 -26 -27 -17 -16 16.49 23.13 17.56 18.25 18.54 1.05 1.18 0.95 1.08 1.08 (85) (74) (55) (95) (95) -Avg +Avg Avg Avg Avg T. Rowe Price New Amer TCW Galileo Select Eq I TIAA-CREF Growth Eqty Vanguard Calv Soc Idx Vanguard Gr Idx QQQ QQQ QQ NR QQQQ -2.9 0.7 -2.5 -3.4 -2.9 -23.4 -24.1 -26.7 -22.6 -23.5 -16.3 -20.7 -25.9 — -19.2 -7.9 -0.7 -7.2 — -3.6 5.7 8.0 — — 8.6 45 6 32 61 43 31 37 67 23 31 13 37 71 — 26 79 15 74 — 36 60 24 — — 17 +Avg Avg -Avg +Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.2 0.6 NA 0.4 -22 -26 -27 — -22 22.05 25.72 20.71 — 17.69 1.30 1.54 1.33 — 1.08 (93) (90) (88) (—) (90) +Avg High +Avg — Avg LVanguard Growth Equity Vanguard Morgan Gr Vanguard Tx-Mgd App Vanguard U.S. Gr White Oak Growth Stock QQ QQQQ QQQQ QQ QQ -2.0 -3.3 -3.6 -3.3 -2.5 -26.2 -21.6 -22.8 -29.4 -32.5 -30.5 -5.7 -17.8 -3.2 -17.3 -2.6 -29.5 -12.2 -30.6 -7.9 5.7 7.9 — 3.1 8.2 22 58 65 58 33 62 17 25 89 98 86 19 17 82 86 59 31 25 96 79 61 25 — 89 22 -Avg High High Low Low 0.3 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.0 2.1 2.0 0.2 1.4 0.0 -33 -21 -19 -31 -33 21.20 19.05 18.22 22.61 28.83 1.33 1.14 1.13 1.47 1.80 (76) (91) (97) (85) (82) +Avg Avg Avg +Avg High Large Blend — -4.1 -22.4 -13.5 -3.7 7.3 — — — — — — 0.5 — -18 16.7 0.92 (91) — AIM Premier Equity A AmCent Equity Growth Inv QQ QQQ -3.2 -27.6 -21.3 -3.1 -19.4 -13.3 -4.5 -3.7 7.1 8.8 16 14 94 14 97 36 67 54 58 15 Low +Avg 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 -19 -17 16.66 16.63 1.05 (93) 1.00 (98) +Avg Avg -2.9 -25.6 -24.4 -4.1 -22.7 -13.7 -6.3 -3.0 6.7 8.7 Columbia Growth Fidelity Adv Eq Gr T Fidelity Blue Chip Grth Fidelity Capital Apprec Fidelity Destiny I Russell 1000 Growth Index S&P 500 Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group ][ Increase/decrease in rating NR No Morningstar rating; fund less than 3 years old. 1.11 (80) — Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) — 22.1 3.0 33,580 i 21 a 14 t 13 7 7 7 7 7 22.1 24.2 20.0 23.3 18.9 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 2.6 49,985 11,843 41,863 56,434 39,183 i i a i a 25 21 26 22 22 s t i a i 24 19 24 16 20 a o o t d 7 7 7 7 7 20.3 20.4 18.8 20.1 22.4 3.1 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.9 53,769 12,776 17,015 13,974 26,960 i o i a t 21 16 15 23 29 a i u u i 17 15 13 18 21 7 7 7 7 4 20.5 23.0 21.4 18.4 19.0 3.3 3.0 3.0 1.9 2.5 51,336 43,033 51,001 11,652 38,084 i i i t s 24 26 23 23 15 a t a u a 7 4 7 7 7 27.4 14.9 26.1 21.7 25.7 2.5 1.2 1.8 1.8 2.9 14,012 9,875 4,822 26,235 42,292 i s r a i 23 24 27 21 17 7 4 7 7 7 19.6 18.6 21.9 23.4 21.8 1.9 2.1 1.6 2.7 2.0 12,399 36,772 18,631 13,345 60,097 u a i i a 7 7 7 7 7 20.9 22.5 23.6 25.3 22.1 4.7 2.7 3.1 3.0 3.0 21,957 19,103 24,713 34,309 30,626 7 7 7 7 7 20.9 21.2 28.5 19.7 19.5 3.2 1.8 3.7 2.8 2.5 7 7 7 7 7 22.6 28.3 21.8 19.1 22.5 7 7 4 7 7 Total # of Holdings Turn over % — 120 4 92 0 3 3 — 9 18 18 14 13 34 122 48 125 117 38 57 135 114 98 0 3 1 5 6 95 97 99 93 92 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 2 2 5 5 3 NL 5.50 4.00d NL NL 1.06 b 1.26 b 2.25 b 1.00 1.00 -Avg Avg — -Avg -Avg 17.94 16.11 12.00 13.99 27.28 712.8 5,946.0 2,485.2 3,678.3 3,231.3 o a a o u 11 14 12 17 19 171 162 350 182 37 86 25 36 41 1 1 23 12 5 17 99 70 81 85 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 9 2 3 0 11 16 2 NL 5.75 5.75 5.75 NL 0.98 0.71 b 0.75 b 0.82 b 1.33 -Avg -Avg -Avg Avg Avg 20.35 12.78 17.96 12.87 12.19 17,094.8 6,681.1 30,759.1 5,123.2 137.2 Management Team Management Team Management Team Management Team Paul Blaustein (4.5) 13 19 15 17 14 t a s i i 13 15 12 14 14 87 171 175 139 135 122 91 33 86 94 0 3 2 1 6 97 96 97 98 93 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 6 5 NL 3.50 NL NL 8.67 0.72 1.26 b 0.74 0.91 0.37 Low Avg Low -Avg Low 20.27 32.50 30.92 16.22 9.43 763.5 4,060.7 16,297.3 1,789.7 2,759.4 Management Team Jennifer S. Uhrig (6.2) John McDowell (6.9) Harry Lange (6.9) Karen Firestone (3.1) t a i u a 20 22 20 20 17 r d o t t 10 11 15 20 17 254 132 142 48 62 63 199 120 26 89 1 98 2 94 12 88 0 100 2 95 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 2 3 3 6 NL NL NL NL NL 1.08 0.92 1.09 1.40 b 0.66 Low Low Low Avg Low 34.54 12.63 22.64 17.95 19.44 14,361.9 3,996.0 5,541.2 1,543.4 4,670.0 Steven S. Wymer (6.2) J. Fergus Shiel (6.8) Jason Weiner (3.1) Howard F. Ward (8.2) Spiros Segalas (12.9) 21 29 23 23 27 a u a a u 18 18 22 14 17 o s u o r 11 11 21 13 13 98 92 67 67 36 51 59 83 118 50 0 14 5 9 19 99 75 95 91 77 0 7 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 10 7 2 NL NL NL NL Clsd 0.83 0.86 0.88 0.89 0.84 Low -Avg -Avg -Avg Low 17.34 22.55 14.29 19.50 28.25 14,726.3 5,092.2 4,598.0 1,917.5 8,954.5 Blaine P. Rollins (3.2) David J. Corkins (5.6) David J. Corkins (0.0) Claire Young (5.5) Scott W. Schoelzel (5.6) i i i i i 27 28 22 21 20 s a a a a 21 15 20 15 15 p r s o d 17 10 12 12 13 30 35 35 120 149 1 399 117 73 380 2 0 3 2 14 98 99 96 94 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 7 6 4 7 NL NL NL 5.75 5.00d 1.00 1.50 b 1.30 b 0.94 b 1.61 b -Avg Avg -Avg Avg Avg 18.55 6.39 10.99 8.96 17.42 1,000.6 51.1 1,347.2 5,664.7 3,587.5 Management Team Corydon Gilchrist (0.1) Marsico/Hillary (5.2/0.1) Management Team Anita Kolleeny (15.9) 50,353 14,868 8,318 35,990 28,758 i i i a a 25 46 28 26 22 o a o i i 14 15 20 20 20 t u t t p 14 14 15 9 11 254 77 144 122 111 91 0 400 48 64 1 1 2 2 3 96 97 95 98 97 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 5.75 5.00 NL NL NL 0.96 b 1.21 1.40 0.96 0.77 — Avg Avg -Avg -Avg 12.30 62.12 12.86 21.29 18.01 10,499.6 1,717.6 1,217.4 4,406.3 3,679.4 Management Team Richard A. Freeman (19.4) Ognar/Ognar (9.2/0.8) Larry Puglia (9.7) Robert W. Smith (6.0) 2.8 2.4 3.5 2.5 5.0 14,004 18,079 51,159 31,834 76,723 i t i a i 20 27 27 29 27 p i t i s 20 25 13 19 17 a a o t t 15 19 13 15 12 95 28 627 636 151 52 3 38 10 31 3 97 0 98 0 100 0 99 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 NL NL NL NL NL 0.99 0.86 0.45 0.25 0.22 -Avg -Avg Low Low Low 21.42 745.5 11.62 1,290.0 6.67 408.8 5.62 98.1 19.38 5,862.2 Joseph Milano (0.7) Bickerstaff/Crawford (4.8/0.2) Management Team George U. Sauter (2.8) George U. Sauter (10.3) 24.4 20.3 17.5 23.6 22.2 3.3 2.4 2.2 3.2 3.0 20,364 12,284 29,139 56,849 42,897 i i a i t 26 27 19 26 34 t o i a a 14 13 17 19 27 o a t t i 14 11 11 12 22 102 333 553 52 22 273 104 13 135 15 1 5 0 1 1 98 92 99 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 NL NL 2.00r NL NL 0.43 0.48 0.18 0.44 0.95 Low Low Low Low — 6.51 10.78 18.79 11.66 22.48 Management Team Multiple Managers George U. Sauter (4.0) Management Team Management Team — 17.6 2.3 35,791 a 21 i 15 d 11 — 89 5 90 2 3 3 — 1.26 4 4 17.6 16.1 2.5 2.0 36,448 23,023 a 24 a 23 i 15 t 10 i 15 o 11 78 171 38 79 7 0 93 99 0 0 0 1 2 1 5.50 NL 17.1 2.2 41,996.9 Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth Recent Composition % 25 Operations Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign Sectors Lrg Mid Sm r t y u Software Hardware Media Telecom i o p a Healthcare Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating d b r w NA Clsd 1.52 1.08 b 0.68 — NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) — 1,400.5 516.2 2,579.7 1,128.5 4,892.7 1,413.7 — — 1,180.2 Avg -Avg 7.27 4,348.1 14.72 920.0 Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — Ronald E. Canakaris (8.3) Zschappel/Kippes (6.9/9.6) Harrison/Kamp (10.4/0.2) Woodhams/LeGard (4.8/2.8) Reynolds/Sykora (1.6/0.5) — Shelton/Harrel (5.9/4.7) Management Team For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 26 Morningstar 500 Domestic Equity Historical Performance Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Total Return % 02-28-03 Historical Risk A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) Risk relative to category Large Blend (cont’d) — -4.1 -22.4 -13.5 -3.7 7.3 — — — — — — 0.5 — -18 16.7 AXP New Dimensions A Davis NY Venture A Domini Social Equity Dreyfus Appreciation Dreyfus Disc Stock QQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQQ -2.3 -4.5 -4.4 -5.5 -4.0 -20.4 -16.1 -16.9 -8.2 -21.2 -15.5 -21.7 -8.3 -22.6 -14.9 -1.5 -0.2 -3.5 -1.6 -4.3 8.8 10.3 8.0 9.5 7.9 6 69 63 92 36 18 8 23 27 39 75 11 72 11 64 19 11 49 20 64 16 7 43 10 44 Avg +Avg Avg High Avg 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 -17 -16 -17 -14 -16 16.17 15.62 16.68 13.47 15.93 0.98 0.84 1.01 0.71 0.97 (95) (87) (96) (84) (98) Avg -Avg +Avg Low Avg Excelsior Val & Restruct Fidelity Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Contrafund II Fidelity Destiny II QQQQ QQQ QQQQQ [ QQQ QQQ -2.8 -3.9 -4.3 -2.7 -2.4 -22.8 -22.3 -13.1 -16.5 -15.7 -8.3 -15.8 -11.3 -12.6 -13.2 2.1 -2.2 1.7 — -0.6 14.3 9.0 10.6 — 10.7 10 31 56 8 7 45 35 3 6 5 11 73 23 29 35 4 25 5 — 13 1 14 5 — 5 +Avg Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.3 1.4 1.7 NA 1.9 -21 -18 -13 — -16 19.74 17.21 10.85 17.86 16.99 1.03 1.00 0.51 0.99 0.96 (84) (88) (62) (86) (87) High +Avg Low +Avg +Avg QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQ -4.5 -3.9 -3.8 -3.9 -3.9 -22.1 -3.4 -18.3 -7.3 -16.7 -11.8 -20.1 -9.1 -23.0 -15.1 1.8 5.2 — -1.7 -2.2 — — — 9.4 8.2 68 33 29 33 33 31 11 7 16 48 4 8 26 13 67 5 1 — 20 25 — — — 10 34 +Avg High +Avg High Avg 1.0 0.4 2.2 1.2 0.8 1.6 3.5 NA 1.2 1.0 -16 -18 — -14 -16 19.11 17.49 13.75 12.51 16.69 0.99 0.91 0.81 0.70 1.02 (91) (83) (96) (93) (99) +Avg +Avg -Avg Low +Avg Fidelity Spar 500 Idx Franklin Growth A Janus Core Equity LLegg Mason Value Prim Mairs & Power Growth QQQQ QQQ [ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ -4.1 -6.0 -4.4 -3.3 -3.4 -22.8 -27.2 -21.1 -13.1 -14.6 -13.8 -10.6 -14.4 -10.2 9.7 -3.1 -2.6 2.5 1.7 6.0 8.4 7.2 — 14.2 15.2 40 95 62 19 22 42 93 23 3 4 42 19 57 17 1 38 30 3 5 1 25 57 — 1 1 Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg High 1.7 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.1 -17 -19 -15 -20 -18 16.46 16.72 13.17 20.94 15.95 1.00 0.92 0.77 1.13 0.55 (100) Avg (89) Avg (90) Low (87) High (50) -Avg Masters’ Select Equity Metro West AlphaTrak 500 MFS Capital Opport A MFS Mass Inv Trust A Oppenheimer Main Gr&IncA QQQQ ] QQQ ] QQ QQQ QQQ -5.9 -3.0 -5.0 -4.8 -4.0 -18.9 -26.9 -29.3 -23.6 -20.7 -7.8 -14.3 -24.9 -12.7 -12.3 0.6 — -4.4 -5.5 -2.5 — — 8.8 7.3 8.7 94 13 84 79 36 13 92 97 63 20 10 56 98 29 27 8 — 65 77 28 — — 16 54 18 High Avg Low Avg +Avg 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.5 0.8 1.7 NA 1.8 0.7 1.0 -19 — -28 -16 -17 18.81 18.31 20.56 14.43 15.27 1.00 1.09 1.28 0.84 0.89 (88) (97) (85) (94) (94) +Avg +Avg High -Avg -Avg QQQQ QQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQ -6.3 -5.3 -4.6 -4.1 -3.4 -25.1 -21.9 -16.3 -22.0 -23.4 -10.9 -22.7 -11.8 -13.9 -12.2 -1.7 -6.5 15.2 -2.8 -7.9 8.6 6.9 — 8.3 5.7 96 89 73 41 22 82 28 6 31 59 21 97 26 44 27 20 86 1 32 91 22 62 — 33 80 High Low High +Avg Avg 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.2 3.4 0.3 1.2 -18 -22 -8 -17 -17 15.32 16.80 6.15 16.37 14.75 0.88 1.08 0.15 0.99 0.86 (95) (92) (17) (99) (96) -Avg +Avg Low Avg -Avg LSelected American T. Rowe Price Spect Grth Thompson Plumb Growth Thornburg Value A TIAA-CREF Equity Index [ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ NR -4.3 -7.7 -7.3 -3.2 -4.0 -16.4 -8.0 -22.2 -11.3 -23.7 6.3 -22.3 -11.6 -22.2 — 0.6 -2.0 4.8 1.4 — 10.9 8.1 13.1 — — 58 99 98 16 36 6 33 65 34 33 10 24 2 25 — 8 23 2 6 — 3 39 2 — — +Avg High High +Avg +Avg 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 1.5 0.9 1.7 2.2 0.5 NA -16 -20 -20 -18 — 15.12 16.07 25.30 14.38 — 0.81 0.83 1.01 0.79 — (88) (76) (66) (85) (—) -Avg Avg High -Avg — TIAA-CREF Growth & Inc TIAA-CREF Soc Choice Eq LVanguard 500 Index LVanguard Gr & Inc Vanguard LifeSt Growth QQQQ NR QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ -4.0 -4.0 -4.1 -3.6 -4.2 -23.1 -21.4 -22.7 -22.1 -17.4 -14.7 — -13.8 -12.8 -11.0 -2.5 — -3.0 -2.5 -1.6 — — 8.6 9.0 — 34 36 41 25 48 53 25 42 31 9 61 — 41 31 22 28 — 36 28 20 — — 22 14 — Low +Avg Avg +Avg High 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.4 2.3 0.7 NA 0.5 1.0 1.1 -17 — -17 -16 -15 16.42 — 16.46 16.46 13.42 1.00 — 1.00 0.98 0.78 (100) (—) (100) (99) (96) Avg — Avg Avg Low LVanguard Primecap Vanguard Tot Stk Vanguard Tx-Mgd Gr QQQQ QQQ QQQ -2.9 -24.8 -16.6 -4.2 -21.7 -15.0 -4.1 -22.6 -13.7 1.5 -3.1 -2.9 12.6 8.0 — 11 49 43 80 27 38 78 66 39 6 38 35 2 43 — Avg +Avg Avg 0.6 1.5 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.5 -22 -17 -17 19.09 16.36 16.43 1.10 (86) High 0.99 (96) Avg 1.00 (100) Avg Large Value — -5.2 -21.8 -4.3 -2.8 7.7 — — — — — — 0.8 — -19 16.8 -20.6 -11.6 -17.4 3.1 -17.8 2.4 -15.9 2.8 -2.7 — — 1.4 9.0 — — 9.1 22 48 55 29 37 11 13 6 95 6 9 7 49 — — 7 25 — — 24 Avg High High High 1.6 1.7 1.4 2.6 0.7 NA NA 2.5 -17 — — -16 16.29 17.19 17.05 13.97 -5.0 -19.3 -3.3 -4.1 -22.7 -13.7 -0.9 -3.0 9.5 8.7 LFidelity Dividend Growth Fidelity Exp & Multinatl Fidelity Four-in-One Idx Fidelity Growth & Income Fidelity Magellan Pioneer A Putnam Investors A Quaker Aggressive Gr A Schwab 1000 Inv Scudder Growth & Inc S AmCent Inc & Growth Inv AmCent Lrg Co Val Inv AmCent Tax Mgd Val Inv Amer Funds Amer Mut A Russell 1000 Value Index S&P 500 Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group QQQ QQQQQ ] QQQQQ QQQQ -4.3 -5.0 -5.3 -4.6 ][ Increase/decrease in rating NR No Morningstar rating; fund less than 3 years old. 0.92 (91) 0.79 (74) 0.96 0.77 0.77 0.58 (98) (76) (76) (64) — — Avg Avg Avg Low Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) — 17.6 2.3 35,791 a 21 i 15 d 11 7 4 4 4 4 19.9 15.0 17.2 17.9 18.9 2.9 1.9 2.5 3.7 2.5 49,675 24,379 44,328 89,731 44,103 a a a s a 18 55 26 22 20 i o i a i 18 7 14 20 14 o s s i s 1 4 7 4 4 13.1 21.1 25.4 20.9 18.6 1.6 3.2 3.7 2.1 1.6 9,422 46,589 14,707 51,073 36,068 a i s i d 22 18 20 20 15 s a i s i 18 16 19 15 15 4 4 4 4 4 15.2 18.0 15.3 18.5 16.2 1.6 1.4 1.4 3.3 2.2 48,427 23,403 45,508 54,527 59,836 a a a a a 24 24 21 24 25 i i i i i 4 4 4 4 4 17.6 19.4 20.4 11.2 16.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 0.9 2.8 44,262 15,822 25,067 15,569 12,301 a d a a d 21 31 21 26 26 4 0 4 4 4 13.3 — 16.5 20.7 16.0 1.8 — 1.9 3.0 2.4 13,265 — 20,943 52,575 17,447 a — a a a 4 4 4 4 4 17.4 16.5 16.6 17.3 19.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.7 21,677 40,451 27,518 32,985 50,197 4 5 4 4 4 15.0 17.3 14.4 15.6 16.9 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.8 2.1 4 4 4 4 4 19.1 16.8 17.4 16.0 17.1 4 4 4 Total # of Holdings Turn over % — 89 5 90 2 3 3 — 12 7 13 19 10 103 74 400 61 126 27 22 19 5 54 1 95 4 94 0 100 3 96 1 99 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 6 0 7 1 5.75 4.75 NL NL NL 1.06 b 0.92 0.93 b 0.91 1.00 b Avg — -Avg -Avg -Avg 18.75 19.99 20.65 29.47 23.53 8,542.4 7,843.9 1,011.0 2,974.0 1,342.6 d s a d a 14 14 17 14 13 68 162 458 122 147 8 155 141 259 252 0 3 7 7 10 98 97 92 93 84 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 4 4 21 6 2 NL NL NL 3.00 8.67 0.94 0.53 0.91 0.99 0.55 -Avg -Avg -Avg Avg Low 23.78 21.40 36.95 8.44 8.94 1,591.6 8,268.5 26,285.7 650.3 4,116.0 22 21 13 20 14 d t s s o 9 10 11 13 11 121 135 5 190 230 81 228 21 36 15 5 1 1 7 5 92 98 81 91 95 2 1 0 1 0 17 0 2 0 1 0 2 12 1 2 NL 0.75r 0.50r NL Clsd 0.95 0.78 0.08 0.68 0.88 -Avg -Avg — -Avg -Avg 21.31 12,975.5 13.21 645.9 17.37 265.3 29.12 24,929.6 75.85 53,720.6 Charles Mangum (6.2) Timothy J. Cohen (1.1) William Eigen (0.4) Steven Kaye (10.2) Robert E. Stansky (6.8) i i s i i 15 25 16 15 23 s p u o a 11 13 13 15 17 506 121 83 37 35 4 2 115 24 8 1 98 1 99 7 89 0 100 0 98 26 — 19 19 21 o — i i o 14 — 15 14 15 u — o d s 11 — 11 10 14 77 — 132 151 533 95 23 111 77 76 5 16 3 0 2 a a i a a 17 23 25 22 20 s i a i d 13 18 21 15 15 d o t s i 13 11 10 10 14 126 167 60 988 66 23,078 23,853 31,443 18,501 28,523 a a i a a 55 18 23 30 22 s i a i i 8 15 17 22 15 o f d f d 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.1 53,954 23,138 42,738 37,914 26,081 a a a a a 21 25 21 21 22 i i i i i 17 15 15 16 14 s s d s s 17.9 17.0 17.5 1.7 2.1 2.3 13,427 25,102 42,609 — 14.5 1.8 1 1 1 1 14.4 12.3 12.3 13.2 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.5 17.1 2.2 41,996.9 Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth Recent Composition % 27 Operations Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating 1.26 — NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) — 1,180.2 Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — Gordon Fines (11.9) Davis/Feinberg (7.4/4.8) Management Team Fayez Sarofim (12.2) David Gary Richardson (0.8) David J. Williams (10.2) John D. Avery (1.1) William Danoff (12.5) Adam Hetnarski (3.1) Adam Hetnarski (2.8) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 9 6 0 0.50r 5.75 NL NL NL 0.19 0.96 b 0.93 1.68 b 0.76 Low Avg -Avg Avg -Avg 57.99 6,515.5 22.37 1,215.7 13.99 656.0 39.25 7,218.4 47.57 843.2 Management Team Palmieri/Herrmann (38.0/11.7) Karen L. Reidy (3.2) William H. Miller III (20.9) Mairs III/Frels (23.2/3.3) 94 0 95 97 97 0 83 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 5 2 NL NL 5.75 5.75 5.75 1.26 0.80 1.18 b 0.91 b 0.86 Avg -Avg Avg Avg Avg 9.59 408.5 5.47 80.6 8.87 1,424.6 12.25 3,339.9 24.96 5,764.1 Multiple Managers Management Team Ali/Enright (0.4/0.4) Laupheimer Jr./Taylor (10.1/2.2) Albers/Monoyios (4.9/4.9) 6 130 524 8 57 0 99 1 97 13 87 0 100 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 2 4 0 2 5.75 5.75 5.50 0.75r Clsd 1.13 0.98 b 2.20 b 0.46 0.76 Avg — High -Avg -Avg 28.83 8.33 14.20 23.84 15.43 John A. Carey (16.6) Management Team Manu Daftary (6.3) Geraldine Hom (7.8) Millard/Adams (3.4/3.3) 7 70 10 8 10 57 11 47 10 2,855 20 6 63 76 6 8 92 2 88 0 100 0 96 0 100 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 26 1 5 0 NL NL NL 4.50 NL 0.94 b 0.87 1.20 1.40 0.26 -Avg -Avg -Avg Avg -Avg 24.41 4,157.2 10.55 1,688.4 32.38 463.1 20.90 742.9 5.98 139.5 Davis/Feinberg (8.3/4.8) Management Team Thompson/Thompson (11.1/9.2) William V. Fries (7.4) Management Team 14 10 11 12 11 438 854 505 143 5 70 6 4 41 7 0 97 0 100 1 99 1 98 14 76 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 15 NL NL NL NL NL 0.43 0.27 0.18 0.40 NA -Avg — Low Low Low 8.73 477.2 6.21 66.1 77.82 55,055.4 20.96 4,375.6 13.76 3,215.2 Management Team Management Team George U. Sauter (15.4) John S. Cone (3.7) Management Team i 18 a 22 a 21 p 16 t 14 126 i 14 d 10 3,210 i 15 d 11 503 11 7 5 7 1 0 92 98 99 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 1.00r NL 2.00r 0.49 0.20 0.18 Low Low Low 37.56 12,819.4 19.23 14,005.7 18.36 1,046.7 Management Team George U. Sauter (1.5) George U. Sauter (8.5) 21,341 a 27 d 15 f 9 — 75 3 93 1 3 3 — 1.41 — — 2,689.0 30,692 21,592 21,639 16,867 a a a a s f f d 239 89 89 170 61 55 56 45 0 3 4 6 99 97 96 76 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 7 0 3 3 1 NL NL 2.00r 5.75 Low -Avg -Avg -Avg 20.80 2,939.6 4.33 137.8 4.68 59.0 19.39 7,823.5 22 32 32 22 12 12 12 12 Lrg Mid Sm i d d g 11 11 11 10 i o p a Healthcare Sectors r t y u Software Hardware Media Telecom Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities d b r w NA Clsd 0.68 0.90 1.10 0.59 b Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed 4,236.4 2,644.5 123.8 3,040.7 2,088.2 — Management Team Mallon/Ritter (3.6/3.6) Mallon/Ritter (3.9/3.9) Management Team For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 28 Morningstar 500 Domestic Equity Large Value (cont’d) Amer Funds Fundamen A Amer Funds Inv Co Am A LAmer Funds WashingtonA Ameristock LClipper LDodge & Cox Stock Fidelity Equity-Inc Fidelity Equity-Inc II Harbor Large Cap Value ICAP Equity Historical Performance Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Total Return % 02-28-03 — Historical Risk A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) 0.79 (74) Risk relative to category -5.2 -21.8 -4.3 -2.8 7.7 — — — — — — 0.8 — -19 16.8 [ QQQ QQQQ [ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ -5.9 -4.2 -5.6 -5.8 -8.8 -20.8 -16.6 -19.2 -20.5 -15.4 -9.4 -5.4 0.2 2.6 13.3 -0.2 1.8 0.3 4.0 7.7 9.6 10.0 10.3 — 13.9 79 19 67 75 97 40 8 21 35 4 87 58 17 8 1 15 6 11 1 1 14 12 9 — 1 Avg Avg High High High 2.4 2.3 2.4 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9 0.8 2.8 -18 -15 -18 -18 -12 15.52 13.75 16.12 18.56 17.17 0.86 0.74 0.69 0.77 0.48 (92) (92) (65) (64) (35) Avg -Avg Avg +Avg Avg — QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQQ -5.2 -5.7 -4.3 -3.6 -1.8 -15.7 -21.4 -18.0 -23.0 -23.0 6.1 -2.9 -4.2 -0.7 -5.6 5.5 -1.8 -0.6 -1.8 -1.2 13.0 8.8 8.8 8.4 — 54 72 22 11 2 6 46 14 66 66 3 35 46 21 59 1 35 20 37 27 2 29 30 36 — High +Avg Avg +Avg +Avg 1.8 1.8 1.4 0.9 1.2 2.1 1.5 2.2 2.1 0.8 -18 -19 -16 -19 -20 17.94 16.80 16.86 19.19 14.81 0.70 0.80 0.84 0.88 0.70 (60) (78) (82) (75) (71) Avg Avg Avg +Avg -Avg LICAP Select Equity Legg Mason Amer Lead Pr Lord Abbett Affiliated A Merrill Basic Value A LOakmark I QQQQ QQQ QQQQ [ QQQ QQQQ 0.5 -4.9 -5.4 -5.8 -4.5 -20.0 -16.3 -22.9 -20.8 -18.2 -7.0 -5.7 -3.9 -3.7 10.2 1.4 -2.5 0.6 -1.3 -1.3 — — 9.5 8.9 10.4 1 44 59 74 26 29 7 65 39 15 69 60 44 42 1 7 46 9 28 29 — — 16 26 7 Avg Avg Avg Avg High 0.7 0.0 1.9 1.5 0.4 0.7 0.3 2.0 2.5 1.6 -19 -18 -20 -20 -19 15.09 19.27 17.71 18.38 19.35 0.70 0.99 0.83 0.91 0.73 (67) (85) (73) (81) (61) Avg +Avg Avg +Avg +Avg PBHG Clipper Focus PBHG Putnam Fund for Gr&Inc A Salomon Bros Investors O Sequoia Sound Shore QQQQQ ] QQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ -9.6 -5.8 -4.4 -9.3 -7.2 -21.4 -22.4 -21.7 -11.2 -19.5 15.3 -4.5 -4.3 10.9 0.1 — -3.2 -0.1 4.0 -1.8 — 7.5 10.4 14.2 9.9 98 75 23 98 94 46 58 51 2 24 1 50 48 1 18 — 59 14 1 37 — 51 8 1 13 High -Avg Avg High High 1.2 1.6 1.4 0.0 0.2 NA 1.4 2.3 1.5 0.7 — -19 -20 -16 -19 21.91 16.30 20.27 15.93 17.57 0.61 0.80 1.03 0.39 0.65 (37) (78) (86) (25) (50) High Avg High -Avg Avg T. Rowe Price Div Growth LT. Rowe Price Eq-Inc T. Rowe Price Grth & Inc Torray USAA Income Stock QQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQ -5.4 -6.2 -4.2 -3.9 -5.3 -21.7 -19.6 -23.3 -17.5 -22.8 -3.2 2.4 -4.8 -3.7 -3.1 -2.8 0.4 -3.3 0.1 -2.4 8.6 9.9 7.0 12.1 6.5 62 84 19 13 55 51 24 69 12 63 37 9 53 42 36 51 10 59 12 45 32 12 65 3 74 +Avg High Avg +Avg +Avg 1.3 1.9 1.0 0.7 2.3 0.9 2.0 1.7 0.7 2.2 -16 -17 -18 -21 -20 14.52 16.54 17.76 18.89 15.64 0.72 0.69 0.94 0.90 0.71 (83) (64) (91) (75) (69) -Avg Avg +Avg +Avg -Avg QQQQ QQQQ NR [ QQ QQQQ -4.2 -4.6 -4.9 -5.0 -5.7 -22.0 4.3 -18.9 -2.0 -27.7 — -24.3 -11.2 -20.6 0.0 2.8 2.5 — -4.1 -0.4 10.6 10.4 — 3.6 8.9 19 28 43 46 72 54 20 95 79 36 4 30 — 95 18 3 3 — 70 17 5 8 — 98 27 Avg +Avg -Avg -Avg High 1.4 1.3 1.0 4.6 2.7 3.0 1.9 NA 2.3 1.6 -19 -18 — -19 -18 21.33 15.68 — 14.71 15.07 0.85 0.74 — 0.51 0.64 (63) (77) (—) (34) (64) High -Avg — -Avg -Avg Vanguard U.S. Value Vanguard Val Idx Vanguard Windsor Vanguard Windsor II NR QQQ QQQ QQQQ -5.9 -5.5 -4.6 -3.9 -20.9 -22.4 -23.9 -18.8 — -8.3 1.2 0.3 — -3.2 -0.8 -1.4 — 8.0 8.6 9.3 76 63 30 15 40 58 75 18 — 81 13 16 — 58 23 31 — 40 31 20 +Avg Low +Avg +Avg 1.8 2.3 1.5 2.6 NA 1.8 2.0 1.9 — -20 -25 -17 — 17.55 20.48 16.90 — 0.92 0.93 0.68 (—) (85) (76) (59) — +Avg High Avg Mid-Cap Growth — -3.0 -23.7 -24.2 -3.1 6.4 — — — — — — 0.0 — -30 22.5 AIM Aggressive Growth A AmCent Veedot Inv Artisan Mid Cap Baron Asset BNY Hamilton SmCap Gr Is QQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ -4.8 -3.6 -4.0 -8.1 -3.8 -21.9 -22.9 -20.8 -25.1 -22.5 -24.6 -23.0 -9.0 -12.5 -19.0 -4.3 — 11.5 -4.9 6.1 9.3 — — 8.9 — 83 62 71 99 66 35 44 29 66 39 47 43 9 16 32 60 — 2 65 5 19 — — 20 — Avg +Avg High +Avg High 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 NA 1.0 0.8 1.8 -28 — -22 -24 -26 21.25 14.65 24.58 21.74 23.91 1.10 0.60 1.23 0.98 0.98 (59) (36) (78) (59) (43) Avg Low Avg Avg Avg Brandywine LCalamos Growth A Delaware Trend A Fidelity Asset Mgr: Aggr Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock QQQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQQQ -3.9 -2.3 -5.4 1.0 -3.2 -20.8 -15.7 -19.5 -30.8 -25.6 -17.0 -11.6 -21.7 -17.5 -14.7 -0.8 14.4 2.4 — 3.9 8.8 17.2 9.6 — — 69 32 90 2 54 28 6 20 90 70 28 13 39 29 22 33 1 15 — 10 22 1 16 — — +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.6 2.5 0.9 1.5 NA 1.9 -22 -21 -29 — -25 13.14 21.08 24.69 20.15 19.93 0.58 0.73 1.21 1.17 0.80 (49) (34) (59) (86) (43) Low -Avg +Avg Avg -Avg Fidelity New Millennium Franklin SmMid Cap Gr A LINVESCO Dynamics Inv QQQQ QQQ QQQ -4.7 -18.4 -21.6 -2.6 -24.3 -26.6 -2.0 -25.9 -30.4 7.9 -2.0 -4.6 16.2 11.1 7.6 82 37 25 15 58 73 38 58 75 3 45 63 2 7 36 +Avg Avg Low 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.2 0.8 -28 -30 -35 28.45 25.46 27.42 1.38 (59) 1.33 (61) 1.53 (65) +Avg +Avg +Avg -1.8 -21.9 -25.4 -5.2 -18.7 -3.1 -3.6 4.0 6.7 11.4 Van Kampen Comstock A Van Kampen Growth & IncA Vanguard Capital Value Vanguard Dividend Growth Vanguard Equity-Inc Russell MidCap Growth Index S&P MidCap 400 Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group ][ Increase/decrease in rating NR No Morningstar rating; fund less than 3 years old. 1.15 (59) — Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) — 14.5 1.8 21,341 a 27 d 15 f 9 1 1 1 1 1 15.7 14.8 14.3 14.0 — 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.2 1.6 20,149 26,783 22,582 54,039 18,217 d a a a a 21 16 23 24 33 a s d i s 15 15 13 20 16 i d i d p 1 1 4 1 1 13.9 15.9 18.7 13.6 13.4 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.5 9,790 31,820 19,980 15,598 24,169 a a a a a 21 30 35 27 29 d d d d f 20 16 16 20 11 1 1 1 1 4 13.3 12.7 18.9 16.4 13.9 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.8 26,796 27,038 17,495 24,232 12,208 a a d a o 24 32 25 28 19 f i a d s 1 1 1 4 2 — 13.6 14.0 14.6 12.2 1.5 2.1 1.5 3.9 1.2 15,561 35,605 22,923 — 5,463 a a a a a 34 28 30 76 23 4 1 4 4 1 16.4 14.9 17.6 18.2 14.0 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.3 1.6 25,592 16,108 28,759 27,843 22,541 a a a a a 1 1 4 1 1 12.7 15.8 11.3 16.1 13.7 1.4 1.7 1.4 2.0 2.1 15,721 19,373 6,963 19,718 32,370 1 1 1 1 13.0 13.9 12.6 11.8 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.7 10,660 21,182 10,262 19,677 — 20.8 2.2 3,644 8 8 8 8 8 22.2 18.4 22.4 21.1 19.3 2.4 1.9 2.3 2.3 1.8 2,707 1,426 4,311 1,669 1,362 8 8 9 4 8 18.4 27.0 18.9 13.1 19.2 2.1 2.6 1.9 1.7 1.8 8 8 8 23.0 18.9 22.5 2.5 1.8 2.5 Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth Total # of Holdings Turn over % Recent Composition % — 75 3 93 1 3 3 — 11 15 11 14 12 239 342 182 50 37 29 22 25 14 23 2 9 4 5 0 90 72 95 95 98 2 14 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 17 7 0 2 0 5.75 5.75 5.75 NL NL f f t o d 11 14 11 15 11 87 317 110 34 47 10 23 136 194 87 5 1 5 2 3 93 95 95 98 96 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 9 6 0 0 12 NL NL NL NL NL 15 20 21 16 15 s o f f i 14 11 8 16 14 29 53 104 79 61 309 31 77 38 21 3 2 0 5 2 97 98 95 94 94 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 4 1 0 18 5 1 6 0 o i t o i 14 13 15 10 21 d d o p p 13 13 12 8 12 30 246 78 16 49 111 37 43 7 104 3 1 1 23 2 97 98 94 77 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 4 27 18 30 27 32 i d i i f 12 17 16 22 15 d s d d d 9 12 11 17 13 108 119 111 40 124 35 17 66 38 94 3 3 3 0 3 95 96 97 98 94 1 0 0 0 0 a a a a a 21 26 30 19 25 f f d i d 14 17 17 19 15 i d i d f 12 12 13 16 13 103 81 82 94 168 62 115 NA 27 33 4 7 0 2 7 96 91 98 98 91 a a a a 27 36 28 28 s d d s 12 13 18 15 d f o d 11 12 11 14 396 355 163 354 54 38 33 10 i 19 o 15 p 12 — p i p o i 24 16 18 44 19 i f t p a 22 12 14 15 14 o a i a o 18 11 14 12 12 90 364 85 46 116 4,100 3,131 1,328 7,986 2,772 i o o o i 20 36 26 22 15 o i a a a 17 17 20 20 15 a t i i t 17 12 18 15 14 3,398 2,484 4,757 t 20 p 18 i 19 i 17 o 16 t 16 i 16 t 14 p 12 Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign Software Lrg Mid Sm Hardware Media Telecom i o p a Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating 1.41 — NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) — 2,689.0 -Avg -Avg -Avg -Avg -Avg 20.81 22.49 22.19 31.12 69.10 0.54 0.67 0.62 0.77 0.80 Low Low Low -Avg -Avg 83.44 14,036.3 37.40 16,740.7 16.64 8,767.7 10.90 142.5 31.48 875.6 Management Team Stephen R. Petersen (9.6) Stephen DuFour (3.1) Jeff Shaw (1.5) Management Team NL NL 5.75 5.25 NL 0.80 1.95 b 0.79 b 0.56 1.15 -Avg +Avg Avg — -Avg 21.46 37.3 14.43 429.8 9.94 8,395.8 22.01 3,219.4 28.74 3,650.4 Robert H. Lyon (5.2) David E. Nelson (4.9) Management Team Kevin Rendino (3.6) Nygren/Grant (3.0/3.0) 0 2 6 0 0 NL 5.75 Clsd Clsd NL 1.40 0.82 b 0.74 1.00 0.98 Avg Avg Low -Avg -Avg 11.95 602.8 13.32 13,044.6 14.02 468.3 114.89 4,372.2 23.95 695.2 0 1 0 1 3 5 4 5 0 5 NL NL NL NL NL 0.82 0.80 0.81 1.07 0.82 Low Low Low -Avg -Avg 15.85 18.56 16.39 31.00 11.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 5 12 6 5 5.75 5.75 NL NL NL 0.87 0.82 NA 0.37 0.47 Avg Avg — Low Low 11.82 4,065.6 13.64 2,115.5 6.95 193.4 8.35 550.0 17.63 1,892.9 Management Team Management Team Freeman/Fassnacht (1.2/1.2) Minerva Butler (0.3) Management Team 4 96 0 100 3 96 4 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 6 NL NL NL NL 0.51 0.22 0.41 0.40 Low Low Low Low 9.00 438.8 13.85 2,094.5 11.45 10,717.7 19.98 17,405.1 Darnell/Soucy (2.7/2.7) George U. Sauter (10.3) Management Team Management Team 159 5 92 0 3 3 — 1.62 89 330 121 4 53 7 0 6 0 4 93 99 94 99 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 1 2 5.50 2.00r Clsd NL NL 1.17 b 1.50 1.22 1.37 b 1.05 Avg -Avg +Avg -Avg -Avg 6.96 1,662.5 3.50 165.8 18.77 1,923.2 31.64 3,150.0 11.44 272.9 Management Team Small Jr./Stowers III (3.3/3.3) Andrew C. Stephens (5.7) Ronald Baron (15.7) John C. Lui (5.9) 141 115 87 385 292 284 79 47 280 200 0 15 5 3 6 97 85 95 80 80 0 0 0 13 7 3 1 0 3 6 4 1 1 2 1 NL 4.75 5.75 NL NL 1.06 1.50 b 1.45 b 0.85 0.87 -Avg +Avg Avg — Low 17.56 3,195.0 30.74 1,620.2 13.38 667.6 7.00 148.3 15.74 5,081.8 Management Team Management Team Management Team Management Team Beso Sikharulidze (1.7) 258 187 144 108 47 81 2 9 1 96 90 95 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 2 2 Clsd 5.75 Clsd 0.98 0.89 b 1.21 b -Avg — — 21.09 2,476.7 21.39 5,316.0 10.45 3,289.8 Neal P. Miller (10.2) Management Team Timothy J. Miller (9.2) Healthcare Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities d b r w NA Clsd — Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed — 14,520.6 44,832.3 41,213.6 1,305.2 4,300.1 Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — 0.65 b 0.57 b 0.65 0.77 1.08 Sectors r t y u 29 Operations 518.5 8,794.8 1,630.9 1,313.2 1,353.1 493.2 Management Team Management Team Management Team Gerber/Ngim (7.5/3.2) Management Team Management Team Management Team Cunningham/McAllister (5.5/2.9) Goldfarb/Ruane (4.7/32.7) Burn III/Kane Jr. (17.8/17.8) Thomas J. Huber (2.9) Brian C. Rogers (17.4) Anna M. Dopkin (0.3) Torray/Eby (12.2/11.2) Byrne/Sill (0.7/0.7) — For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 30 Morningstar 500 Domestic Equity Mid-Cap Growth (cont’d) Historical Performance Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Total Return % 02-28-03 — Historical Risk A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) 1.15 (59) Risk relative to category -3.0 -23.7 -24.2 -3.1 6.4 — — — — — — 0.0 — -30 22.5 QQ NR QQQQQ ] QQQQ QQQ -1.9 -4.1 -0.1 -1.6 -2.8 -18.6 -38.6 -29.2 — -4.0 4.3 -25.3 -27.6 -26.1 -29.3 -3.8 — — -1.9 -6.1 5.8 — — 9.9 6.2 24 71 4 17 44 16 87 1 67 73 92 — 1 62 71 56 — — 44 70 58 — — 11 50 -Avg Avg High Low Low 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 NA NA 2.6 2.3 -40 — — -28 -32 22.23 — 18.89 21.23 24.73 1.18 — 0.82 1.18 1.42 (45) (—) (72) (64) (68) +Avg — Low Avg +Avg RS Emerging Growth LRS MidCap Opport LT. Rowe Price Mid Gr LTurner Midcap Growth Vanguard Mid Cap Growth QQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQQQ -7.1 -1.6 -3.4 -1.1 -1.9 -34.1 -20.4 -19.2 -25.2 -22.6 -39.6 -20.4 -7.7 -30.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.6 2.2 3.1 4.2 9.4 — 12.5 — — 98 18 58 13 23 94 25 18 67 41 92 35 8 74 45 27 31 16 12 9 18 — 5 — — Low Avg High -Avg Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 4.0 0.7 1.3 1.8 -39 -27 -19 -33 -30 27.19 19.32 21.25 28.62 27.02 1.44 1.02 1.10 1.50 1.25 (46) (67) (85) (58) (51) +Avg -Avg -Avg +Avg +Avg Mid-Cap Blend — -4.5 -18.9 -5.4 0.5 9.4 — — — — — — 0.2 — -23 19.2 Ariel Appreciation Dreyfus Midcap Value Fairholme FAM Value Fidelity Leverage Co Stk QQQQ QQ QQQQQ QQQQ NR -8.9 -22.4 -2.6 -27.5 -7.8 -9.4 -5.1 -13.3 0.1 8.6 9.8 1.5 15.6 12.0 — 4.2 2.0 — 3.7 — 10.9 — — 9.4 — 99 12 97 63 1 76 93 4 13 1 3 17 1 2 — 18 37 — 27 — 25 — — 58 — High Avg High High Avg 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.5 2.6 NA 1.4 NA -16 -32 — -17 — 19.33 36.50 16.05 15.59 — 0.68 1.59 0.27 0.47 — (52) (77) (13) (40) (—) Avg High Low Low — First Eagle Fund of Am Y Gabelli Asset Gabelli Value A Janus Special Equity Legg Mason Opp Prim QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQ QQ -2.4 -6.0 -5.1 -2.1 -2.1 -10.7 1.4 -18.7 -6.1 -19.0 -5.9 -22.9 -10.8 -10.6 -5.6 4.3 2.0 3.1 — — 13.7 10.4 12.5 — — 10 90 64 9 9 5 47 50 79 5 18 61 59 77 57 17 38 30 — — 1 39 6 — — High Avg Avg -Avg Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.1 1.5 1.6 NA NA -15 -17 -23 — — 11.73 15.29 18.55 19.08 29.90 0.49 0.78 0.90 0.96 1.36 (63) (82) (75) (75) (72) Low -Avg Avg Avg High QQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ [ QQ QQQ -3.3 -3.7 -2.9 -5.4 -5.4 -6.3 -7.8 -19.9 -2.5 -11.7 4.6 -28.3 -10.7 -26.6 -0.3 4.2 3.5 14.4 -1.0 -2.4 11.2 11.6 — — 10.2 23 31 14 76 80 3 64 8 95 92 68 30 10 76 23 21 28 1 64 75 17 12 — — 47 Avg Avg High Avg Avg 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.2 2.5 0.5 -26 -16 -21 -24 -19 25.24 16.63 16.77 20.56 19.29 1.17 0.80 0.66 1.03 0.82 (69) (80) (60) (74) (65) High -Avg -Avg +Avg Avg QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQ QQQ -7.9 -4.1 -0.4 -5.6 -1.8 -25.7 0.4 -18.3 2.1 -21.9 -2.7 -20.3 -12.5 -17.0 -8.6 6.1 8.3 5.4 -2.6 1.5 — — 12.3 7.4 10.6 97 40 1 84 6 89 43 75 66 31 20 15 31 79 70 7 4 11 77 44 — — 9 83 34 +Avg Avg Avg -Avg -Avg 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 3.2 4.0 2.9 1.7 2.2 -23 -19 -24 -21 -21 27.37 22.14 21.81 18.93 20.81 1.23 0.98 1.04 1.02 1.07 (76) (74) (78) (82) (82) High +Avg +Avg Avg +Avg -3.2 -3.5 -3.1 -4.8 -5.3 -26.5 -9.3 -26.3 11.8 -26.4 -16.1 -18.2 -19.3 -18.8 -3.0 0.9 8.9 11.8 -3.6 — 9.8 — — 7.0 — 21 26 16 53 70 91 89 90 41 48 73 2 87 95 34 47 2 1 81 — 50 — — 86 — -Avg +Avg Low -Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.2 1.2 2.0 NA -22 -29 -24 -27 — 20.38 31.56 21.57 21.46 19.88 1.07 1.28 1.21 1.04 0.96 (84) (76) (84) (59) (79) +Avg High +Avg +Avg Avg 2.0 — 12 14 22 37 — High 1.0 1.6 -24 16.20 0.76 (77) -Avg Janus Enterprise Janus Orion Liberty Acorn Twenty Z Morgan Stan Ins MidGr Putnam Vista A Legg Mason Spec Invt Pr MainStay MAP I Meridian Value Morgan Stan Ins USMdCrIns LOak Value Olstein Finan Alert C PBHG Mid Cap Value Salomon Bros Capital O LSelected Special Strong Adv Common Stk Z Strong Opportunity Inv TCW Galileo Val Opport I LVanguard Cap Opp Vanguard ExtMktIdx LVanguard Mid Cap Idx QQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQ [ QQQ Vanguard Strategic Eq QQQ -2.7 -14.2 Mid-Cap Value — 0.0 0.90 (71) — -5.1 -17.8 4.1 1.0 9.2 — — — — — — 0.6 — -22 18.8 AmCent Equity Income Inv AmCent Value Inv Artisan Mid Cap Value LBerger Mid Cap Value Columbia Strategic Val Z QQQQQ [ QQQ NR QQQQ NR -4.8 -9.9 -6.2 -18.1 -2.4 -7.4 -3.2 -15.7 -4.6 -13.7 10.9 8.6 — 9.4 — 5.9 1.4 — — — — — — — — 46 75 7 19 43 10 55 6 41 21 16 24 — 21 — 8 47 — — — — — — — — High +Avg Avg High +Avg 2.5 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.9 2.9 2.4 NA NA NA -12 -17 — — — 13.67 18.40 — 21.61 — 0.53 0.71 — 0.86 — (64) (63) (—) (67) (—) Low Avg — +Avg — Delphi Value Retail Fidelity Value LLongleaf Partners Masters’ Select Value [ QQ ] QQQQ QQQQ NR -4.5 -4.7 -2.3 -7.0 1.3 7.3 10.8 — — 1.2 5.0 — — 10.2 13.4 — 38 44 6 86 39 37 16 57 73 25 16 — — 52 13 — — 29 3 — Avg High +Avg -Avg 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 NA 1.7 2.1 NA — -22 -18 — 19.68 19.53 18.11 — 0.74 0.70 0.60 — (51) (52) (47) (—) Avg Avg Avg — -5.2 -18.7 -3.1 -4.4 -15.8 5.4 -5.3 -26.8 -27.5 4.0 1.1 -8.9 11.4 10.1 2.5 S&P MidCap 400 Index Russell MidCap Value Index Russell 2000 Growth Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group -15.5 -15.4 -12.6 -18.3 ][ Increase/decrease in rating NR No Morningstar rating; fund less than 3 years old. 0.74 (60) — — Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) — 20.8 2.2 3,644 i 19 o 15 p 12 8 8 8 8 8 19.2 18.8 20.7 23.0 21.3 2.3 1.6 2.4 2.8 2.3 4,688 8,866 3,343 3,642 5,192 a u i o i 22 23 26 22 25 i a a i o 18 18 19 21 17 p o p p t 9 8 8 8 8 30.7 17.4 19.7 24.7 25.5 2.0 1.8 2.5 2.7 3.0 799 2,678 3,218 4,093 3,617 i i i i i 27 22 20 24 21 t t p o o 21 17 20 16 21 o o o t t — 15.2 1.6 3,801 5 5 4 5 5 13.6 11.2 20.5 17.5 8.2 2.1 1.0 1.9 2.0 0.2 5,080 4,084 14,657 2,010 2,758 5 5 5 5 5 14.9 16.5 16.1 15.1 6.4 2.2 1.2 0.9 1.4 0.8 8 5 5 5 4 11.0 15.6 16.9 10.9 14.0 5 5 5 5 5 Total # of Holdings Turn over % — 159 5 92 0 3 3 — 16 17 17 11 12 100 38 25 125 196 85 206 82 145 89 14 13 5 2 2 86 86 95 97 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 7 0 1 2 NL NL NL NL 5.75 0.90 1.03 1.34 0.61 1.00 b Low — — Low — 22.51 1,509.9 4.03 363.4 14.02 91.4 11.89 446.6 5.82 2,072.4 Jonathan D. Coleman (1.2) Ron Sachs (2.7) John H. Park (4.3) Management Team Management Team 16 14 14 16 16 143 79 134 121 64 148 409 43 336 149 4 6 5 0 6 95 88 95 99 93 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 6 7 4 1 7 Clsd NL NL NL NL 1.37 b 1.47 b 0.89 1.04 1.39 -Avg Avg Low -Avg — 17.79 1,243.1 7.18 84.3 29.99 5,707.9 14.55 484.6 9.90 37.3 James L. Callinan (6.7) John L. Wallace (7.7) Brian W.H. Berghuis (10.7) Management Team Management Team a 19 i 12 o 11 — 107 6 90 1 3 4 — p a a a u 24 18 83 42 25 s t s d y 19 16 7 18 17 a i t o a 19 13 4 9 16 44 143 27 46 61 28 177 42 10 203 2 0 21 8 8 98 99 72 92 89 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 8 10 0 2 NL Clsd NL NL 1.50r 1.26 b 1.20 1.00 b 1.21 0.93 — -Avg — -Avg — 30.11 1,352.9 17.08 674.4 13.92 40.7 31.98 586.5 10.01 113.0 John W. Rogers Jr. (0.4) Higgins/Ferguson (7.4/2.0) Berkowitz/Pitkowsky (3.2/1.2) Putnam/Fox (16.2/2.8) David Glancy (2.2) 3,110 5,912 4,320 5,920 2,275 i s u s a 36 21 38 24 23 d u d u o 16 20 14 18 14 s d y a y 14 18 13 15 13 56 412 159 38 40 51 15 29 77 60 15 83 0 94 2 97 0 100 1 76 1 0 0 0 22 1 5 1 0 1 2 9 7 17 5 NL NL 5.50 NL 1.00d 1.51 1.36 b 1.39 b 0.91 1.89 b — Avg Avg -Avg Avg 19.55 471.1 26.56 1,393.4 13.10 953.7 6.91 1,232.5 8.06 1,413.9 Levy/Cohen (15.9/13.4) Mario J. Gabelli (17.0) Mario J. Gabelli (13.4) David C. Decker (3.0) William H. Miller III (3.2) 1.2 1.4 1.8 1.0 1.3 3,295 5,291 2,852 2,539 6,236 a d i a a 23 19 22 20 32 p a o i u 22 18 15 13 27 o i d p p 15 17 12 11 14 39 255 82 209 27 37 19 54 176 63 2 87 8 88 5 95 0 99 0 100 8 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 4 2 5 2 0 NL NL NL NL NL 1.79 b 1.00 1.12 0.86 1.23 Avg -Avg -Avg — Avg 28.65 2,020.5 21.21 119.3 27.28 1,195.0 13.73 653.5 20.38 202.9 Lisa O. Rapuano (3.2) Management Team O’Boyle/Aster Jr. (7.7/9.1) Management Team Brumley III/Carr Jr. (10.1/10.1) 15.6 14.8 12.6 16.9 14.5 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.9 1.4 1,743 3,598 8,571 3,647 3,513 o a a a f 26 20 22 21 14 a i t p i 18 13 21 15 13 t o o s a 17 13 16 13 13 108 95 74 62 78 107 248 72 117 89 0 0 0 0 6 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 5 2.50d NL Clsd NL Clsd 2.18 b 1.31 0.67 1.15 b 1.30 — Avg -Avg -Avg -Avg 11.07 913.8 12.25 288.2 19.01 187.8 8.13 56.2 15.68 1,286.9 Bob Olstein (7.5) Jerome J. Heppelmann (3.7) Margolies/Donahue, Jr. (8.2/4.7) Management Team Weiss/Miletti (12.0/1.4) 4 5 5 5 5 15.3 17.7 15.8 15.5 15.9 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.7 8,025 2,320 4,352 1,445 2,092 u t t a a 15 18 22 29 19 d a i i i 13 15 20 11 12 t i p o o 12 75 12 58 13 121 10 3,228 11 404 88 85 20 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 3 0 6 0 0 NL NL 1.00r NL NL 1.30 0.95 0.60 0.25 0.25 Avg -Avg Low Low Low 27.78 13.24 16.48 17.85 9.36 2,404.3 355.0 3,245.3 2,562.1 2,238.7 Weiss/Miletti (12.0/1.4) Schottenfeld/Galluccio (5.3/5.3) Management Team George U. Sauter (15.2) George U. Sauter (4.8) 5 14.9 1.9 3,045 a 20 o 14 i 14 223 0 1 0 NL 0.50 Low 12.75 912.1 George U. Sauter (7.6) — 13.8 1.4 5,293 a 23 d 16 s 12 1 2 5 — 1.44 — 709.3 — 2 2 5 2 2 14.1 14.4 12.9 12.8 14.6 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.3 1.3 7,630 7,755 2,942 1,796 5,193 d a a a d 30 20 28 25 23 a d f f a 17 19 17 14 15 s s s o s 15 12 15 11 11 11 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 6 6 12 NL Clsd NL NL NL 1.00 1.00 NA 1.17 b 1.13 -Avg -Avg — Avg -Avg 6.22 1,234.9 5.58 1,546.8 9.95 20.3 14.24 950.1 12.53 182.2 Davidson/Moore (8.6/4.1) Davidson/Moore (9.5/4.1) Kieffer/Satterwhite (1.3/1.3) Management Team Robert A. Unger (2.3) 5 2 4 1 14.1 15.1 18.0 11.3 1.4 1.4 0.9 1.3 3,751 3,645 6,366 9,941 a a u a 36 20 27 33 u d o u 18 19 17 16 f p a o 12 11 15 15 4 3 13 15 NL NL NL 2.00r 1.64 b 0.95 0.94 1.35 Avg Low Low — 11.38 43.6 44.22 4,753.0 21.72 5,052.0 9.12 126.1 Scott M. Black (4.2) Richard B. Fentin (7.0) Management Team Multiple Managers i o p a Healthcare Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth Recent Composition % 31 Operations Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign 7 2 15 3 12 93 98 68 95 84 12 87 0 100 6 91 1 98 0 99 73 3 96 — 83 5 92 90 78 49 109 198 169 150 NA 65 278 6 7 7 12 11 66 87 93 88 86 81 285 25 43 29 42 18 33 0 2 2 6 93 94 92 88 0 0 0 4 Sectors Lrg Mid Sm r t y u Software Hardware Media Telecom Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities 7 3 6 2 Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating d b r w NA Clsd 1.62 1.42 — — — Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed NAV — — Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) 493.2 388.9 Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — — For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 32 Morningstar 500 Domestic Equity Mid-Cap Value (cont’d) Historical Performance Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Total Return % 02-28-03 — -5.1 -17.8 Historical Risk A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) 0.74 (60) Risk relative to category 4.1 1.0 9.2 — — — — — — 0.6 — -22 18.8 Muhlenkamp Mutual Beacon A Mutual Qualified A Mutual Shares A Oakmark Select I QQQ QQQQ [ QQQ QQQQ QQQQQ -5.0 -3.3 -2.9 -2.5 -1.9 -23.2 -14.5 -15.5 -13.0 -14.2 -1.5 2.9 3.8 3.9 12.6 2.5 3.2 2.3 2.6 11.7 11.1 — — — — 52 22 13 8 2 81 29 40 18 25 84 60 50 48 8 32 26 35 31 1 22 — — — — Avg Avg Avg +Avg High 0.0 1.4 1.5 1.2 0.1 0.3 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.3 -25 -18 -18 -17 -19 26.37 13.07 13.96 13.47 20.02 1.14 0.52 0.56 0.54 0.72 (68) (60) (60) (60) (57) High Low Low Low Avg — LT. 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Rowe Price Value LTweedy, Browne American Vanguard Selected Value Weitz Partners Value [ QQQQ QQQ QQQ QQQ QQQQQ -5.8 -7.1 -4.6 -5.7 -5.3 -15.3 -22.7 -18.2 -17.9 -19.5 9.8 1.1 1.1 10.1 1.6 4.4 -0.1 -0.3 -1.6 7.0 — — — — 13.9 69 87 43 65 57 36 79 56 53 64 20 74 74 19 71 18 66 69 80 4 — — — — 1 High -Avg -Avg High Avg 0.8 1.0 0.5 2.2 0.3 1.6 1.7 0.9 0.8 1.2 -19 -19 -17 -31 -17 18.88 20.24 12.95 21.12 16.92 0.76 0.89 0.47 0.71 0.66 (69) (72) (48) (49) (55) Avg +Avg Low +Avg -Avg Avg LWeitz Value QQQQQ -4.9 -19.4 2.0 6.8 13.2 51 63 70 5 5 Avg 0.7 1.6 -17 17.33 0.67 (55) Small Growth — -5.5 -26.0 -21.4 -3.4 5.9 — — — — — — 0.0 — -30 24.5 1.12 (51) Amer Funds Sm World A Artisan Small Cap LBaron Growth Baron Small Cap Bjurman, Barry MicroCp Gr QQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ -4.9 -4.2 -4.5 -2.7 -6.4 -21.9 -25.1 -23.8 -12.1 -14.9 -2.2 -13.5 -8.1 -16.8 -3.5 -4.7 -5.8 4.9 4.2 16.7 5.5 — — — — 37 21 28 6 72 26 37 4 3 7 62 21 4 13 6 58 65 11 12 1 54 — — — — Avg +Avg +Avg High High 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.6 -25 -27 -25 -28 -25 19.12 24.27 19.95 21.20 30.29 0.97 1.13 0.80 0.82 0.89 (55) (63) (55) (46) (31) -Avg Avg Low -Avg +Avg Bogle Small Cap Gr Inv Brazos Micro Cap Y Brown Cap Small Co Instl LBuffalo Small Cap Columbia Small Cap Z QQQQQ ] QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ -3.4 -5.3 -3.7 -8.1 -1.8 -20.0 -2.4 -35.7 -15.3 -34.2 -15.8 -31.3 -2.3 -22.1 -20.0 — 8.2 3.1 — 1.1 — — 10.8 — — 13 47 16 93 3 18 90 87 80 27 5 26 28 5 40 — 5 13 — 19 — — 9 — — High Avg +Avg +Avg Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NA 2.8 0.7 NA 0.9 — -27 -28 — -26 20.02 26.51 29.20 26.48 21.70 0.82 0.88 1.17 0.99 1.01 (57) (31) (46) (50) (53) Low Avg +Avg Avg -Avg FBR Small Cap Value A Fidelity Adv Small Cap T Fidelity Small Cap Indep Fidelity Small Cap Stock Fidelity SmCp Retirement QQQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQQ NR -1.2 -5.9 -5.3 -6.5 -5.3 -1.3 7.1 -22.9 -16.4 -21.7 -7.6 -19.6 -7.0 -22.0 — 6.2 — -3.6 — — — — — — — 3 61 45 75 45 1 32 25 17 26 1 30 12 11 — 8 — 48 — — — — — — — High +Avg +Avg High +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 NA 0.6 NA NA -24 — -27 — — 21.20 23.15 17.50 19.32 — 0.73 1.02 0.57 0.81 — (48) (52) (33) (55) (—) Low Avg Low Low — FMI Focus Forward Hoover Sm-Cp Eq Fremont U.S. Micro-Cap Henlopen INVESCO Small Co Gr Inv QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQ -5.1 -3.4 -3.7 -5.7 -4.6 -23.8 -8.6 -19.4 -3.6 -26.5 -23.3 -15.6 -24.4 -24.6 -27.5 12.1 — 6.6 0.8 -2.6 — — — 11.4 7.6 43 12 17 56 28 37 16 54 5 42 14 6 54 59 69 2 — 7 21 41 — — — 8 32 High High Avg +Avg Low 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 NA 3.1 0.9 2.1 -23 — -33 -35 -29 24.89 23.28 27.82 29.34 26.08 1.17 0.98 1.18 1.29 1.26 (69) (61) (44) (46) (51) Avg -Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg Janus Venture Liberty Acorn Z Liberty Acorn USA Z LManagers Special Equity Morgan Stan Ins SmGr QQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQ -7.8 -3.9 -2.8 -6.6 -5.0 -26.2 -35.8 -14.8 -2.4 -19.0 -4.6 -22.2 -18.7 -22.9 -29.9 -2.4 5.5 1.1 -0.8 — 5.1 11.6 — 9.1 — 91 19 6 77 41 53 4 14 28 33 92 5 8 39 78 39 10 18 31 — 62 5 — 21 — Avg +Avg High +Avg -Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 1.8 0.9 1.0 NA -42 -21 -23 -24 — 27.24 18.66 21.21 22.14 25.39 1.24 0.72 0.82 1.04 1.20 (38) (50) (50) (56) (46) +Avg Low -Avg Avg Avg Needham Growth Neuberger Ber Fasciano In LRS Diversified Growth Strong U.S. Emerging Gr T. Rowe Price New Horiz QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQ QQQ -1.0 -7.6 -12.6 -6.4 -4.2 -25.7 -18.3 -36.9 -28.1 -22.5 -13.3 -0.1 -33.1 -28.3 -17.9 10.8 -1.3 1.5 — -2.8 — 8.7 — — 9.4 3 88 99 71 21 49 11 95 66 31 23 3 87 72 37 2 34 17 — 42 — 22 — — 18 +Avg +Avg Avg Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.5 1.9 NA 1.5 -26 -18 -35 — -25 27.53 16.89 26.15 30.67 26.79 1.22 0.64 1.36 1.33 1.27 (57) (50) (52) (42) (60) Avg Low +Avg +Avg Avg QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ [ QQQQ -5.6 -5.5 -9.8 -11.0 -6.6 -24.2 -13.4 -17.4 -12.3 -29.7 11.3 -19.1 -0.4 -16.4 -4.8 1.0 — 7.2 7.7 — 8.1 — 14.2 11.4 — 55 51 97 98 78 38 8 73 14 7 23 21 1 3 9 19 — 6 5 — 28 — 1 6 — +Avg High High High High 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 NA 1.0 1.9 NA -25 — -27 -27 — 22.87 20.99 30.52 37.54 32.27 1.04 0.84 1.03 1.42 1.21 (59) (45) (52) (57) (50) -Avg -Avg +Avg High +Avg -5.7 -22.1 -13.4 -4.1 -22.7 -13.7 -6.1 -18.4 4.1 -3.6 -3.0 0.6 6.4 8.7 9.6 Vanguard Explorer Vanguard SmCp Gr Idx Wasatch Core Growth Wasatch Ultra Growth LWilliam Blair Sm-Cp Gr N Russell 2000 Index S&P 500 Index Russell 2000 Value Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group ][ Increase/decrease in rating NR No Morningstar rating; fund less than 3 years old. — Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) — 13.8 1.4 5,293 a 23 d 16 s 12 5 1 2 2 4 8.5 15.0 15.5 12.7 12.1 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.6 2,776 4,490 4,289 5,463 7,770 a a a a o 22 23 30 27 27 o s s s a 20 19 11 19 22 s d u u p 2 1 5 2 5 14.2 14.8 13.5 11.3 14.7 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.3 0.7 3,099 10,419 4,897 3,206 5,807 a a a a a 20 21 50 21 39 d d s s u 19 18 15 20 23 g u i d y 5 14.5 0.7 5,081 a 44 u 21 y 17 62 13 9 87 4 — 19.9 1.8 801 i 20 o 14 p 14 — 129 5 94 0 9 9 9 9 9 21.1 17.4 22.5 27.8 18.4 1.6 1.3 1.8 2.1 1.9 768 591 951 1,149 241 o i o o i 21 17 34 31 21 i t p p p 13 16 19 30 16 a o i i o 11 16 11 14 12 403 76 86 73 163 60 140 6 56 105 9 3 0 0 2 91 97 99 96 97 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 9 9 9 14.8 17.2 23.9 15.8 21.3 1.4 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.8 633 455 501 1,000 1,356 a i i o i 19 25 40 33 25 i o r i p 16 20 24 17 17 t a p s o 13 16 13 16 15 188 45 55 58 121 126 71 7 6 129 0 100 18 82 8 92 3 97 5 95 9 9 9 6 9 10.7 15.3 18.1 18.7 18.1 0.9 1.4 1.9 1.1 1.9 667 986 1,043 667 1,045 s s i d i 24 16 30 21 30 o p a i a 23 16 19 17 19 a o d o d 18 15 14 16 14 38 167 200 209 199 26 43 329 132 338 38 7 6 5 5 6 9 9 9 9 16.6 18.0 22.0 13.1 21.0 1.4 1.6 1.1 1.4 2.0 1,054 881 225 563 957 d o t i o 22 15 33 26 18 a p p f i 12 14 14 17 18 t a i o p 12 13 14 13 17 93 84 87 73 137 165 140 90 288 99 9 9 9 9 9 23.2 15.3 15.8 15.9 20.7 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.2 2.2 565 1,016 820 819 1,009 i a i o o 24 21 20 19 18 p p r a i 23 15 16 13 16 o o p p p 20 13 16 13 14 84 354 92 323 121 6 9 9 9 9 21.6 15.5 13.7 33.1 19.9 1.1 1.7 1.1 2.6 1.8 896 820 351 873 1,076 t u p o i 37 16 20 33 22 f p i i o 20 15 16 19 20 d d o p p 15 15 14 19 16 9 9 9 9 9 17.1 19.5 9.6 23.9 22.2 1.5 2.6 1.2 1.6 1.8 857 889 1,021 644 370 i i i i p 20 18 28 44 26 o o a t o 14 15 26 29 19 t d o p i 13 15 24 12 16 17.1 2.2 41,996.9 i o p a Healthcare Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth Recent Composition % Total # of Holdings Turn over % — 83 5 92 1 2 5 — 19 13 11 12 21 82 327 334 353 25 11 55 53 53 21 2 15 17 23 3 95 75 73 60 93 0 5 9 8 4 3 6 1 9 0 3 31 25 17 0 NL 5.75 5.75 5.75 Clsd 1.17 1.14 b 1.14 b 1.12 b 1.08 -Avg Avg Avg Avg -Avg 40.75 555.9 10.90 890.8 13.51 435.4 16.36 1,521.2 23.38 3,983.6 Ronald H. Muhlenkamp (14.3) Winters/Haynes (5.0/1.6) Jeff Diamond (1.6) Management Team Nygren/Berghoef (6.3/3.0) 12 10 11 16 18 108 104 93 40 54 51 30 6 67 10 5 3 8 3 9 94 97 92 94 86 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 0 6 4 17 0 0 NL NL NL 1.00r NL 0.96 0.95 1.36 NA 1.08 -Avg Low -Avg Low Low 14.13 993.6 14.45 1,109.2 18.55 717.0 10.81 1,056.8 16.25 2,993.2 David J. Wallack (2.2) Brian C. Rogers (8.4) Management Team Barrow/Giambrone (3.9/0.2) Wallace R. Weitz (19.8) 0 0 NL 1.06 Low 26.54 4,308.0 1 2 — 1.68 — 1 0 1 4 1 39 1 4 0 4 5.75 NL NL NL NL 1.17 b 1.31 1.35 b 1.35 b 1.80 b -Avg -Avg -Avg -Avg Avg 16.95 6,021.4 9.47 154.2 25.68 941.0 13.01 800.5 19.01 377.3 Management Team Ziegler/Carlson (7.9/3.9) Ronald Baron (8.2) Clifford Greenberg (5.4) Management Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 5 Clsd Clsd NL NL Clsd 1.35 1.42 1.24 1.01 1.23 Avg -Avg -Avg Low -Avg 16.00 11.19 20.20 13.60 16.00 76.8 205.8 372.6 671.4 471.1 John C. Bogle Jr. (3.4) Management Team Management Team Management Team Richard J. Johnson (6.4) 62 92 93 93 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 5 15 5 1.00r 3.50 1.50r 2.00r 1.50r 1.95 b 1.57 b 0.74 1.07 0.93 High Avg -Avg Low — 22.01 49.8 13.49 542.7 12.60 744.0 11.07 1,328.8 9.73 47.4 Charles T. Akre, Jr. (6.2) Harry Lange (4.5) James M. Harmon (1.9) Paul L. Antico (5.0) James M. Harmon (2.4) 7 0 14 0 4 89 99 86 99 87 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 9 1 4 2 3 2 NL NL Clsd NL Clsd 1.50 1.65 b 1.60 1.30 1.45 b Avg Avg Avg -Avg -Avg 21.79 11.64 18.27 14.92 7.95 598.8 117.8 378.9 76.2 714.9 Lane/Primack (5.4/1.8) Irene Hoover (4.4) Management Team Hershey/Vogenitz (10.3/4.7) Stacie Cowell (6.2) 70 20 24 62 176 2 8 8 10 3 98 83 90 88 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 Clsd NL NL NL NL 0.86 0.82 1.17 1.29 1.14 Low — — Avg -Avg 29.50 667.2 14.90 3,938.1 13.88 236.4 51.44 1,894.3 20.04 88.2 William H. Bales (6.1) Wanger/McQuaid (32.8/7.8) Management Team Multiple Managers Lynch/Cohen (1.1/1.1) 143 68 109 54 238 150 24 255 168 27 4 9 1 2 2 91 91 95 98 98 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 14 0 4 0 1 0.75r NL NL NL NL 1.87 b NA 1.52 b 1.60 0.91 +Avg Avg Avg -Avg Low 19.73 260.1 28.13 199.9 12.37 480.4 9.38 55.9 15.91 3,264.3 Peter J.R. Trapp (5.2) Michael F. Fasciano (14.3) Wallace/Seabern (6.6/5.0) Management Team John H. Laporte (15.5) 899 212 50 60 76 77 74 51 123 147 10 0 1 2 8 90 99 97 97 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 9 3 NL NL Clsd Clsd 1.00r 0.72 0.27 1.32 1.75 1.59 b Low Low -Avg Avg — 42.93 3,421.8 8.67 380.5 24.06 940.5 17.52 350.1 12.81 22.0 Management Team George U. Sauter (4.8) Stewart Jr./Taylor (16.3/4.2) Barker/Krishnan (10.6/3.2) Balkin/Brewer (3.2/3.2) Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign Sectors Lrg Mid Sm r t y u Software Hardware Media Telecom 33 Operations Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating d b r w NA Clsd 1.44 — Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed NAV — — Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) 709.3 401.0 Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — Wallace R. Weitz (16.8) — For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 34 Morningstar 500 Historical Performance Historical Risk Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Total Return % 02-28-03 Small Blend — -5.8 -20.1 -2.8 0.0 7.5 — — — — — — Bridgeway Ult-Smll Tx Ad Dimensional US Micro Cp Dreyfus Emerging Leaders LFidelity Low-Priced Stk LFPA Paramount QQQQQ QQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQ -1.3 -5.0 -5.2 -5.7 -7.5 3.8 6.9 -16.2 -9.4 -20.3 -13.4 -12.4 9.6 -17.8 -1.1 8.4 2.1 1.0 5.9 -8.8 — 10.6 — 13.4 1.8 2 27 29 50 85 1 21 53 9 32 11 77 90 4 44 4 27 39 7 98 — 24 — 1 97 +Avg +Avg Low +Avg High LKCM Small Cap Equity Neuberger Ber Genesis In Oppenheimer Main St Sm A Putnam Capital Opport A LRoyce Premier QQQQ QQQQQ QQQ [Q QQQQ -6.1 -3.9 -5.1 -8.1 -5.0 -18.3 -2.8 -9.0 10.6 -16.7 -1.8 -30.2 -10.4 -10.9 4.7 0.7 5.8 — — 5.0 — 12.5 — — 10.2 63 13 29 92 26 36 4 24 95 7 54 2 48 79 23 40 8 — — 11 — 3 — — 28 +Avg High Avg -Avg +Avg State St Res Aurora A LT. Rowe Price Sm Stk Third Avenue Value Vanguard SmCp Idx Vanguard Tax-Mgd SmCap R QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQ -7.0 -5.4 -3.9 -5.7 -6.6 -25.7 2.3 -17.2 -2.5 -17.3 -2.9 -21.6 -12.9 -19.4 -4.6 4.9 1.6 2.2 -3.0 — — 10.7 10.2 7.2 — 81 40 12 51 72 87 28 29 65 41 32 51 54 89 58 12 33 25 75 — — 22 30 62 — Wasatch Small Cap Value Weitz Hickory Westport Select Cap R QQQQQ QQ QQQQ -7.3 -23.9 7.6 -4.4 -25.7 -13.6 -5.2 -16.5 -2.7 10.6 -2.2 8.2 — — — 82 17 32 78 86 23 8 91 53 2 67 5 — — — Small Value — -6.3 -16.9 Domestic Equity A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % 0.1 — -26 20.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 2.3 0.2 1.8 0.3 -27 -27 -23 -20 -29 21.05 24.31 19.72 15.78 19.92 0.76 0.88 0.92 0.60 0.72 (52) (41) (60) (61) (46) Avg High Avg Low -Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.8 NA NA 1.3 -23 -23 — — -17 14.43 16.01 23.30 30.89 17.79 0.49 0.59 0.91 1.11 0.69 (39) (58) (54) (41) (57) Low Low +Avg High -Avg +Avg Avg -Avg Low Avg 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.8 NA -28 -23 -19 -26 — 22.73 18.64 15.98 20.45 20.39 0.87 0.76 0.73 0.85 0.78 (56) (57) (69) (49) (48) +Avg -Avg Low Avg Avg +Avg Low Avg 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.9 1.1 0.2 -28 -29 -21 24.70 27.02 18.56 0.83 (47) 1.15 (52) 0.78 (60) +Avg High -Avg Yield % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) 0.80 (52) — 5.9 0.8 9.4 — — — — — — 0.3 — -25 19.5 Aegis Value AmCent Small Cap Val Inv LAriel Artisan Small Cap Value Berger Sm Cap Val Instl QQQQQ QQQQQ [ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ -7.4 -5.3 -7.8 -4.7 -4.7 -7.1 -17.0 -14.1 -10.8 -20.0 15.1 16.1 15.2 9.5 8.9 — — 4.8 5.8 6.8 — — 10.8 — 14.3 74 35 80 25 25 5 51 29 14 68 7 5 6 27 31 — — 13 7 2 — — 24 — 1 High +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 NA NA 2.1 1.5 1.7 — — -16 -20 -22 15.79 20.66 18.46 17.22 22.71 0.40 0.69 0.47 0.57 0.83 (30) (53) (31) (46) (56) Low Avg -Avg -Avg +Avg Boston Part SmCp II Inv LFPA Capital Franklin Bal Sh Invmt A LGabelli Small Cap Growth Heartland Value QQQQQ QQQ [ QQQQ QQQ QQQ -7.8 -8.2 -5.8 -5.4 -5.5 -20.0 -12.8 -13.4 -11.9 -15.2 18.1 6.7 8.2 1.1 4.3 — 4.9 3.1 2.3 3.4 — 14.2 11.4 10.0 10.7 79 83 43 38 39 68 22 25 20 37 3 45 33 79 57 — 10 24 30 21 — 4 14 38 31 +Avg +Avg +Avg -Avg Avg 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 NA 2.9 1.0 1.7 1.4 — -24 -16 -21 -25 25.80 30.29 13.96 16.81 19.68 0.71 1.13 0.45 0.68 0.67 (38) (58) (43) (58) (45) High High Low -Avg Avg -14.3 -28.0 -7.8 -14.3 -7.0 -21.7 -5.8 2.1 -4.9 -9.1 -9.9 4.2 4.5 18.4 9.7 — 3.0 -3.1 — 5.7 — 11.7 — — — 100 79 67 44 28 98 29 80 1 8 100 58 55 2 27 — 25 88 — 8 — 7 — — — Low Avg Avg +Avg Avg 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.2 0.9 NA 1.7 0.7 NA 1.6 — -16 -29 — -14 23.01 17.70 20.92 16.05 15.08 0.74 0.56 0.77 0.40 0.51 (32) (38) (53) (29) (48) High -Avg +Avg Low Low -17.5 -11.6 -14.5 -20.1 -22.0 9.2 9.0 2.3 -7.2 3.5 -1.4 2.9 2.9 4.8 — 8.8 11.0 — — — 56 49 27 78 77 53 17 32 70 81 29 30 74 97 65 73 26 27 11 — 62 18 — — — +Avg High Avg Low Avg 0.0 0.7 1.1 0.0 1.1 0.4 1.4 0.7 2.0 NA -24 -23 -22 -28 — 21.71 16.51 18.32 22.21 22.40 0.79 0.52 0.72 0.91 0.80 (56) (41) (58) (53) (49) +Avg -Avg Avg +Avg +Avg ICM/Isabelle Sm Cap Invt Longleaf Partners Sm-Cap Oakmark Small Cap I Royce Special Equity LRoyce Total Return Skyline Spec Equities T. Rowe Price Sm Val LThird Avenue Sm-Cap Val Tocqueville Sm Cap Value Vanguard SmCp Vl Idx Q QQQQ QQ QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQ QQQQ ] QQQQ QQ [ QQ -6.4 -6.1 -4.8 -7.8 -7.6 0.67 (47) Risk relative to category — Domestic Hybrid — -1.8 -10.0 -4.1 0.2 6.4 — — — — — — 2.0 — -11 10.5 Amer Funds Amer Bal A Amer Funds Inc Fund A Columbia Balanced Z LDodge & Cox Balanced Fidelity Asset Mgr QQQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQQQ -2.6 -9.1 -1.5 -6.1 -1.8 -12.5 -2.9 -6.5 -1.2 -8.5 6.9 4.9 -7.4 8.3 -3.9 4.9 3.1 0.6 6.7 2.3 9.5 8.9 7.0 11.1 8.0 74 35 43 84 26 34 20 63 21 30 4 6 73 3 44 5 16 47 3 25 8 12 44 2 26 +Avg High Low +Avg Avg 3.0 5.5 2.9 3.1 3.4 2.1 2.6 1.9 2.6 2.5 -12 -10 -10 -11 -9 12.13 9.86 10.57 11.57 10.82 0.50 0.40 0.59 0.44 0.58 (69) (62) (95) (59) (91) +Avg Avg Avg Avg Avg Fidelity Asset Mgr: Grth Fidelity Balanced QQ QQQQ -2.3 -14.6 -2.0 -10.2 -8.3 0.3 -1.0 3.8 7.5 7.8 66 48 81 42 80 21 68 10 34 32 Avg +Avg 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.3 -12 -11 14.45 11.07 0.80 (92) 0.56 (91) High Avg -6.1 -18.4 4.1 -4.1 -22.7 -13.7 1.5 9.9 10.3 0.6 -3.0 7.6 9.6 8.7 7.3 Russell 2000 Value Index S&P 500 Index Lehman Bros. Agg. Bond Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group ][ Increase/decrease in rating NR No Morningstar rating; fund less than 3 years old. 0.49 (79) — Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) — 15.0 1.4 855 a 18 d 15 o 12 6 6 6 6 8 — 13.4 18.0 12.3 17.6 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.4 1.9 85 198 1,133 921 1,301 a a d o t 25 16 16 23 25 p d a a d 15 16 16 16 18 6 9 9 6 6 17.6 16.7 17.3 15.6 17.8 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.3 1.6 895 1,157 564 1,217 920 p i a a d 20 16 18 19 25 d a d p i 6 6 6 6 6 16.0 17.9 15.0 14.0 15.5 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.3 1.6 675 745 2,022 533 674 d a a a d 33 19 54 23 18 t d t d o 6 6 9 8.4 8.5 17.8 0.9 0.5 1.6 314 387 1,175 a 28 a 31 a 16 o 23 s 14 y 18 u 12 i 15 u 13 — 13.1 1.2 745 d 21 a 18 s 11 3 3 6 3 6 9.2 12.5 15.3 13.8 14.3 0.6 1.3 1.7 1.2 1.3 128 708 1,205 614 806 d a s d a 38 18 20 27 22 p d a f d 14 16 19 18 20 o i o a f 14 11 17 16 12 6 5 2 6 6 11.7 18.6 11.3 14.6 12.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 396 1,347 1,182 597 254 a o a d i 31 30 30 29 26 p d o s a 17 19 23 18 16 i t d u p 3 3 6 3 6 10.8 9.5 11.7 14.0 15.4 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.7 1.6 176 1,054 454 463 947 d d p s a 45 25 20 39 28 i o s d d 16 25 17 21 24 6 6 6 3 6 12.5 15.0 16.2 20.0 12.7 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.2 948 450 639 518 499 a a a d d 27 25 37 35 20 d d t s a 22 18 27 26 18 — 16.9 2.1 26,471 1 1 4 1 4 13.9 12.9 18.0 13.8 13.6 1.4 1.2 2.3 1.6 1.3 19,981 11,811 46,847 9,802 43,093 4 4 13.7 15.2 1.3 1.6 42,449 11,701 a 25 a 25 17.1 2.2 41,996.9 Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth Total # of Holdings Turn over % — 113 6 91 0 2 2 — 1.57 — i i i d o 13 391 14 2,943 13 80 14 894 16 37 56 19 36 26 16 0 2 2 15 5 99 97 96 85 95 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 12 2 2.00r NL Clsd 3.00 5.25 0.75 0.56 1.34 0.97 1.20 — Low Avg -Avg — 8.24 99.4 8.10 1,533.0 26.33 926.8 23.74 14,348.2 7.86 93.9 John Montgomery (5.6) Management Team Kandel/Woods (6.3/6.3) Joel C. Tillinghast (13.2) Ende/Geist (2.9/2.9) 19 16 15 15 19 i d o d p 11 13 15 14 16 88 119 991 100 59 62 19 134 120 41 8 6 2 0 9 88 91 96 97 91 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 3 0 3 1 2 2 10 NL Clsd 5.75 NL 1.00r 0.92 1.10 1.37 b 1.10 b 1.19 -Avg -Avg — — -Avg 14.31 193.8 18.89 1,018.1 12.02 481.5 7.00 335.1 8.92 898.0 King Jr./Purvis (8.6/5.2) Management Team Albers/Zavanelli (3.6/3.6) Management Team Management Team 17 16 16 14 14 p p d i a 12 233 14 245 16 171 12 1,976 14 602 42 17 16 39 25 1 5 1 0 0 98 95 79 99 99 0 0 14 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 5 0 16 0 0 5.75 NL NL NL 2.00r 1.48 b 0.98 1.07 0.27 0.20 Avg -Avg -Avg Low Low 23.99 20.35 29.28 14.77 11.84 1,290.8 3,203.6 2,158.9 2,861.1 587.1 John Burbank (1.9) Gregory A. McCrickard (10.5) Martin J. Whitman (12.3) George U. Sauter (13.5) George U. Sauter (3.9) 76 32 85 41 18 11 5 0 10 95 95 87 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 Clsd Clsd Clsd 1.92 1.25 1.24 +Avg -Avg Avg 3.18 17.61 15.63 442.5 314.5 304.8 Larkins/Mazanec (4.2/1.1) Richard F. Lawson (9.9) Knuth/Nicklin Jr. (5.2/5.2) — 65 4 93 1 2 3 — 1.49 — 396.7 — 76 151 42 105 74 10 144 24 34 47 42 5 3 4 12 57 88 97 96 88 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 2 NL Clsd NL Clsd Clsd 1.50 1.25 1.19 b 1.20 0.84 Avg -Avg — -Avg Low 11.72 155.8 6.43 697.1 32.48 1,143.3 11.05 646.7 21.73 1,207.1 Management Team Benjamin Z. Giele (4.1) John W. Rogers Jr. (16.3) Satterwhite/Kieffer (5.4/2.7) Perkins/Perkins (18.1/4.2) 14 13 14 14 14 185 44 112 472 199 36 23 27 17 56 0 14 30 7 6 94 81 70 90 94 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 5 3 4 2 8 1.00r 5.25 Clsd NL 1.00r 1.80 b 0.84 0.96 b 1.45 b 1.29 b Avg — Avg -Avg -Avg 13.79 170.6 24.66 679.7 34.95 2,264.0 16.96 420.3 29.74 864.8 Dabora/Rosenbluth (4.7/1.7) Robert L. Rodriguez (18.7) Management Team Mario J. Gabelli (11.4) Nasgovitz/Miller (18.2/5.7) t a a o p 11 24 14 21 12 48 29 50 76 348 43 40 22 124 24 0 5 3 16 9 98 78 97 84 89 0 11 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 2 3 18 2 0 5 NL Clsd NL 1.00r 1.00r 1.74 b 0.96 1.33 1.49 1.24 — -Avg -Avg +Avg -Avg 8.36 52.0 18.74 1,914.1 13.98 321.6 13.41 219.4 7.96 882.0 Warren J. Isabelle (5.0) Management Team Benson/McGregor (3.3/2.7) Charles R. Dreifus (4.8) Management Team o p d p o 18 14 24 11 14 71 252 73 44 390 93 17 18 47 59 0 98 5 92 0 86 0 100 0 100 0 1 9 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 1 14 0 0 NL Clsd 1.00r 1.50r NL 1.49 0.89 1.23 1.52 b 0.27 -Avg Low -Avg Avg Low 19.53 345.1 20.61 2,301.9 12.91 383.5 11.89 47.4 7.87 1,122.1 Management Team Preston Athey (11.5) Curtis Jensen (5.9) Jean-Pierre Conreur (8.6) George U. Sauter (4.8) a 21 i 14 d 12 — 99 11 48 32 9 5 — a d a a a d a i d i 12 633 16 1,029 12 263 11 233 9 794 50 44 111 21 121 4 8 16 8 8 60 45 55 63 41 31 5 38 10 26 3 27 3 41 10 5 14 4 6 4 5.75 5.75 NL NL NL 99 150 7 6 61 57 27 35 3 4 NL NL 17 23 23 22 25 14 22 13 21 23 i s d f u i 23 u 9 d 13 s 13 751 956 Recent Composition % 35 Operations Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign Sectors Lrg Mid Sm r t y u Software Hardware Media Telecom i o p a Healthcare Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities 6 2 Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating d b r w NA Clsd 1.28 — — NAV — Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) 444.0 — 1,198.7 0.68 b 0.62 b 0.67 0.53 0.71 -Avg -Avg Low — Low 13.95 14.13 17.20 58.97 13.64 0.78 0.66 -Avg Low 11.69 3,078.6 13.03 6,480.9 Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed 12,422.4 19,501.8 625.1 7,884.9 9,777.6 Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — — Management Team Management Team Management Team Management Team Management Team Management Team Rakers/Grant (1.1/6.1) For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 36 Historical Performance Morningstar 500 Historical Risk Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Total Return % 02-28-03 Domestic Hybrid (cont’d) — -1.8 -10.0 -4.1 0.2 6.4 — — — — — — Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fidelity Puritan Franklin Income A LGabelli Westwood Bal AAA QQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ -1.0 -6.6 -4.4 -2.1 -13.4 -10.0 -3.0 -10.7 0.2 -0.7 -3.1 6.4 -2.7 -8.8 0.7 3.5 1.1 1.7 3.5 2.6 — — 8.7 7.3 9.9 22 54 84 16 78 22 71 47 12 31 48 88 21 5 19 12 37 31 12 21 — — 15 38 7 +Avg -Avg +Avg High +Avg Domestic Equity A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % 2.0 — -11 10.5 2.7 2.1 3.3 8.1 2.5 1.6 1.5 2.1 3.2 1.7 -8 -13 -11 -11 -9 8.71 12.36 9.94 10.04 9.42 0.45 0.69 0.48 0.28 0.43 (85) (90) (83) (31) (73) -Avg +Avg Avg Avg -Avg Yield % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) 0.49 (79) Risk relative to category — Gateway George Putnam of BostonA Janus Balanced Merger MFS Total Return A [ QQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ -2.5 -6.8 -2.7 -10.5 -1.6 -7.7 0.4 -3.9 -2.4 -8.3 -1.8 1.7 -5.8 3.2 5.1 3.3 0.8 5.3 6.9 3.8 6.4 7.9 10.4 9.2 9.0 71 77 36 8 69 22 45 26 14 29 30 14 58 10 6 14 42 4 2 10 52 28 5 10 12 +Avg +Avg Avg +Avg High 0.8 3.6 2.7 1.5 3.2 0.6 1.9 1.3 2.8 2.4 -8 -11 -7 -9 -8 9.26 10.07 7.52 6.65 10.00 0.47 0.46 0.38 0.16 0.41 (86) (75) (77) (21) (67) -Avg Avg -Avg -Avg Avg Oakmark Equity & Inc I Oppenheimer Cap Inc A Oppenheimer Quest Bal A LPax World Balanced LScudder Flag Val Bldr A QQQQQ QQQ ] QQQQ QQQQ QQQ -2.1 -4.6 0.8 -11.4 -1.0 -15.4 -1.6 -9.3 -5.2 -17.6 10.6 1.3 -1.6 -5.8 -3.6 9.6 -0.4 3.4 3.7 0.2 — 8.0 10.9 8.6 9.0 56 5 24 36 98 15 53 86 35 93 2 15 29 59 43 1 59 13 11 51 — 24 3 16 11 High Avg Avg Avg Avg 1.4 5.0 1.6 1.9 2.4 1.3 2.4 1.9 1.5 1.4 -12 -18 -17 -9 -17 10.36 15.71 14.87 8.56 16.85 0.37 0.64 0.63 0.44 0.81 (53) (61) (62) (80) (77) Avg High High -Avg High Scudder Total Return A T. Rowe Price Balanced T. Rowe Price Cap Apprec EThompson Plumb Balanced TIAA-CREF Managed Alloc QQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQ -0.8 -14.6 -2.1 -9.9 -2.5 -5.4 -2.5 -11.2 -1.5 -10.7 -7.5 -3.2 12.1 3.2 -9.5 -1.1 1.3 7.8 4.9 0.6 6.0 7.6 11.4 10.4 — 17 57 72 72 33 81 40 17 51 47 74 39 2 10 86 68 36 1 5 46 64 33 1 4 — Low +Avg High +Avg -Avg 2.5 3.1 2.0 1.7 3.9 1.7 1.4 2.5 1.8 1.5 -10 -10 -8 -12 -11 9.92 9.72 11.52 14.82 10.79 0.55 0.53 0.37 0.71 0.61 (94) (96) (46) (86) (90) Avg Avg Avg High Avg Van Kampen Eq and Inc A Vanguard Asset Alloc Vanguard Bal Idx Vanguard LifeSt Cons Gr Vanguard LifeSt Income QQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ -2.4 -10.9 -4.2 -17.8 -1.9 -10.0 -1.7 -6.5 -0.2 -0.6 1.9 -6.9 -5.3 -1.3 3.8 5.0 -0.1 1.4 2.8 4.9 10.9 8.5 7.9 — — 69 95 45 42 11 48 94 42 21 7 13 68 54 28 9 5 56 33 18 5 2 19 28 — — +Avg Avg Avg High +Avg 2.6 2.3 3.4 3.9 4.5 2.2 1.8 1.3 1.8 2.1 -11 -16 -9 -7 -3 11.31 13.42 10.23 7.52 4.49 0.53 0.74 0.56 0.40 0.20 (79) (93) (93) (93) (74) Avg +Avg Avg -Avg Low Vanguard LifeSt Mod Grth Vanguard STAR Vanguard Tax-Mgd Bal Vanguard Wellesley Inc LVanguard Wellington QQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ -2.9 -11.7 -2.2 -10.6 -1.2 -7.5 -1.5 1.0 -3.3 -11.0 -6.0 0.3 -4.1 10.2 4.1 0.8 2.5 2.6 6.2 3.0 — 8.7 — 9.3 9.7 83 58 26 33 89 56 46 25 6 50 61 21 46 3 8 43 22 21 3 17 — 16 — 9 8 Avg +Avg +Avg High High 3.2 3.4 2.8 4.6 3.5 1.4 2.2 1.0 2.7 2.3 -11 -11 -9 -5 -11 10.60 10.61 9.21 5.83 10.59 0.59 0.53 0.49 0.16 0.46 (95) (87) (89) (32) (72) Avg Avg Avg Low Avg QQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQ QQQQ -7.0 27.3 22.3 -6.1 -20.9 -11.5 -1.5 -1.0 12.1 -5.2 -19.3 2.0 -4.6 -22.8 -5.2 6.4 -1.9 3.8 0.0 11.4 2.0 5.7 — 11.9 17.1 87 46 77 67 79 46 54 72 81 60 36 22 71 71 41 65 30 45 63 5 67 16 — 57 8 +Avg High Low Low High 0.4 3.2 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.1 1.7 0.2 0.9 -36 -18 -13 -17 -19 43.68 15.23 14.10 22.85 21.74 -0.01 0.46 0.18 0.97 0.70 (0) (26) (7) (68) (34) U.S. Specialty Funds LAmCent Global Gold Inv LAXP Utilities A Columbia Real Est Eq Z LDavis Financial A LEaton Vance Wld Health A SP SU SR SF SH Evergreen Health Care A Fidelity Sel Electronics LFidelity Sel Health Care LFidelity Sel Technology LGabelli Glob Telecomm SH [ QQQ ST QQQ SH QQQQ ST QQQ SC QQQQ -2.3 2.2 -2.4 2.0 -1.4 -18.1 -2.4 -43.7 -36.2 -16.1 -3.9 -26.2 -39.0 -18.2 -26.2 — -0.5 2.7 0.1 -1.5 — 16.6 15.3 11.7 — 40 19 41 22 17 17 95 9 11 11 17 22 27 41 18 — 13 51 12 15 — 1 15 46 — High +Avg +Avg +Avg High 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 NA 1.4 1.2 2.0 1.6 — -45 -18 -42 -22 24.09 42.55 14.04 34.84 19.64 0.59 2.47 0.32 2.13 1.17 (21) (74) (17) (70) (75) Avg High -Avg Avg -Avg LINVESCO Energy Inv LINVESCO Financial Svc Inv Janus Global Life Sci LMFS Utilities A LMorgan Stan Ins US R/E A SN QQQ SF QQQ SH QQ SU QQQQ SR [ QQQ 1.8 -0.5 8.1 -4.9 -17.7 1.6 -1.3 -23.4 -23.3 -1.7 -16.0 -17.9 -1.3 -3.1 12.4 7.0 -0.2 — -2.1 4.3 9.7 10.8 — 7.6 — 30 52 31 8 71 32 67 66 15 85 37 73 83 72 68 10 65 — 34 32 25 64 — 1 — -Avg Low Avg -Avg Avg 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.7 3.7 0.3 1.3 NA 2.6 2.2 -33 -18 — -21 -16 34.56 20.63 22.05 13.85 14.21 0.85 0.80 0.27 0.64 0.15 (27) (56) (3) (52) (5) +Avg Avg +Avg Avg Avg 1.0 -29.7 -44.3 -0.7 -27.5 -39.7 -7.4 -32.9 -36.1 -2.4 4.9 -8.9 — — 4.2 37 64 85 33 16 50 59 47 48 20 9 50 — — 60 Avg Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.4 1.1 -46 -34 -30 29.37 27.80 22.50 1.89 (63) 1.65 (59) 1.46 (72) Avg -Avg Avg -4.1 -22.7 -13.7 -3.0 8.7 LNorthern Technology ST LPIMCO RCM Glob Tech Instl ST LScudder Flag Communic A SC S&P 500 Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group QQQ QQQQ QQQ ][ Increase/decrease in rating Categories NR No Morningstar rating; SC SF SH SN fund less than 3 years old. Specialty–Communications Specialty–Financial Specialty–Health Specialty–Natural Resources SP SR SU ST Specialty–Precious Metals Specialty–Real Estate Specialty–Utilities Specialty–Technology +Avg Avg Avg +Avg Avg Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) — 16.9 2.1 26,471 a 21 i 14 d 12 4 4 1 1 1 16.4 16.4 16.0 10.1 13.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.8 — 42,288 34,625 8,449 27,238 a a a g a 19 19 30 52 30 i i d f d 17 17 16 14 16 d d f s f 11 11 16 9 15 4 1 4 5 1 17.5 14.2 19.3 18.2 15.1 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.2 1.9 42,856 27,695 30,988 6,136 18,375 a a a y a 21 30 24 22 26 i i s s f 15 11 14 18 14 5 1 4 7 4 14.6 10.6 11.8 17.6 15.1 0.9 1.5 1.4 2.4 1.4 3,680 13,967 15,663 11,834 9,216 i a a i p 27 45 34 20 27 d f t s a 7 4 1 4 7 21.3 17.0 12.9 14.5 20.1 3.2 2.2 1.4 1.4 2.7 53,976 30,683 7,758 20,771 — i a d i i 23 21 23 23 20 1 4 4 4 4 15.8 17.4 17.2 17.2 17.3 1.7 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 19,833 42,682 26,013 — — a a a a a 4 4 4 1 1 17.1 13.8 16.9 13.6 15.1 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.0 1.8 26,081 13,020 29,107 20,422 15,516 8 2 2 1 7 — 12.3 11.2 13.1 30.2 — 1.6 1.7 1.5 3.6 7 8 7 7 5 20.1 38.4 21.6 28.9 15.5 5 1 7 1 2 7 7 4 Total # of Holdings Turn over % — 99 11 48 32 9 5 — 20 19 775 465 82 10 10 79 51 78 4 5 5 18 7 40 63 57 34 63 46 11 30 2 36 2 34 14 29 2 7 10 7 9 1 NL NL NL 4.25 NL 0.07 0.07 0.64 0.72 b 1.22 b -Avg -Avg Low -Avg -Avg 11.33 10.42 15.32 1.95 9.72 4,544.0 3,929.7 17,323.1 6,634.2 146.4 Ren Y. Cheng (6.4) Ren Y. Cheng (6.4) Petersen/Grant (3.1/7.0) Johnson/Perks (46.0/0.9) Byrne/Freeman (11.4/2.2) d d u a d 11 501 11 1,289 13 200 13 67 13 667 18 132 117 384 86 0 3 13 28 8 99 55 42 58 51 0 32 41 10 33 1 9 4 4 7 0 3 2 24 4 NL 5.75 NL NL 4.75 0.97 b 0.96 b 0.83 1.34 b 0.92 b -Avg Avg -Avg Avg Avg 20.24 14.32 17.60 13.78 12.88 1,288.5 3,454.6 3,796.4 812.4 4,770.3 J. Patrick Rogers (8.3) Management Team Karen L. Reidy (3.2) Green/Smith (14.1/14.1) Management Team 16 15 16 13 26 f s u g d 12 14 10 11 15 85 250 77 119 106 124 74 88 38 12 3 3 1 13 2 53 43 71 61 68 44 0 44 11 26 1 25 0 27 4 1 2 4 7 1 NL 5.75 5.75 NL 5.50 0.98 0.91 1.47 b 0.93 b 1.09 b -Avg Avg +Avg — Avg 17.61 9.60 12.50 17.54 16.82 2,710.0 1,802.6 1,676.1 1,019.4 368.4 McGregor/Studzinski (7.3/3.0) Michael S. Levine (3.8) Colin Glinsman (10.2) Christopher H. Brown (4.9) Hobart C. Buppert (10.7) t d f a a 13 14 13 21 17 a i u p s 12 367 14 1,001 11 119 13 78 14 6 105 36 25 58 3 4 6 12 6 7 56 60 60 67 58 40 1 33 1 10 18 21 6 33 2 3 15 5 0 8 5.75 NL NL NL NL 0.99 b 0.83 0.86 1.15 NA Avg Low -Avg -Avg -Avg 7.44 1,645.2 15.18 1,597.7 13.85 1,867.2 15.08 133.6 8.74 284.3 Management Team Management Team Stephen W. Boesel (1.6) Management Team Management Team 26 21 22 22 21 f i i i i 16 15 14 14 15 i d d s s 11 251 11 529 10 5,318 11 6 11 5 92 77 33 14 4 11 30 2 17 17 56 63 58 36 17 23 0 39 45 63 9 7 1 2 2 5 0 2 8 4 5.75 NL NL NL NL 0.82 0.44 0.22 NA NA Avg Low Low Low Low 6.46 17.32 15.36 12.60 12.29 2,963.0 6,334.6 2,935.1 2,182.8 1,032.3 Management Team Fouse/Loeb (14.3/14.3) Management Team Management Team Management Team a a a a d 22 22 19 24 20 i d i g a 14 13 17 19 16 s i o d f 11 13 11 18 11 5 12 700 297 768 16 6 21 24 33 14 7 0 4 3 56 58 45 36 66 29 34 55 58 30 1 2 0 1 1 11 16 0 6 9 NL NL 2.00r NL NL NA NA 0.19 0.33 0.36 Low Low Low Low Low 13.47 14.04 15.36 19.61 23.75 3,924.5 7,120.9 411.0 7,502.6 19,097.9 Management Team Multiple Managers Sauter/Ryon (8.5/6.4) McEvoy/Ryan (20.4/17.2) Kaplan/Bousa (9.2/0.2) 1,416 7,200 2,875 10,148 16,476 d g a a i 100 72 83 80 100 — y d d t — 20 9 8 0 — f o p — — 8 7 8 — 52 74 38 29 46 14 85 41 18 38 2 98 4 91 3 97 0 100 1 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 77 4 0 9 34 2.00r 5.75 NL 4.75 5.75 0.68 1.03 b 0.95 1.08 b 1.71 b Low -Avg — -Avg Avg 8.49 5.41 17.54 25.34 7.30 418.0 712.8 762.1 368.7 710.0 Management Team Bern Fleming (8.2) David W. Jellison (8.9) Davis/Feinberg (11.9/5.8) Samuel D. Isaly (13.6) 2.2 1.6 4.9 1.8 0.7 7,854 6,980 41,603 44,269 9,574 i t i t y 95 93 97 59 80 a p a r u 3 3 3 26 13 p s — u t 1 3 — 7 2 115 69 47 94 220 214 57 135 184 15 2 7 7 11 0 98 90 92 89 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 9 2 2 44 5.75 3.00 3.00 3.00 NL 1.95 b 0.97 0.96 1.13 1.52 b Avg -Avg -Avg -Avg Avg 12.12 27.0 24.90 2,203.6 99.56 1,749.3 38.44 1,484.1 9.69 139.1 Liu-Er Chen (3.2) Samuel M. Peters (1.1) Steve Calhoun (1.0) Sonu Kalra (1.0) Gabelli/Gabelli (9.3/8.1) 11.4 14.8 20.3 9.8 9.9 1.4 2.1 2.7 1.2 1.5 4,349 25,610 8,087 7,494 2,888 f a i g a 97 99 92 46 93 d p o y o 3 1 3 26 7 — — a f — — — 3 17 — 40 56 52 153 52 144 81 84 110 33 1 4 1 2 1 99 96 99 80 97 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 7 1 16 2 21 20 6 Clsd Clsd NL 4.75 NL 1.53 b 1.27 b 0.91 1.03 b 1.00 — -Avg Low Avg Low 16.92 243.5 21.86 748.5 12.12 1,215.5 6.30 393.7 13.38 662.0 John Segner (6.0) Joseph W. Skornicka (1.7) Thomas R. Malley (4.2) Maura A. Shaughnessy (11.1) Bigman/Funke (8.0/4.1) 31.2 25.1 14.7 2.5 2.5 0.5 17,343 13,707 15,800 t 52 t 45 y 53 r 25 p 11 r 30 o 8 u 23 t 17 61 90 31 76 343 11 1 11 3 93 82 97 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 16 23 NL NL 5.50 1.25 1.29 1.24 b -Avg -Avg Avg 7.47 18.09 10.45 Leo/Gilbert (6.9/5.7) Chen/Price, Jr. (7.2/7.2) Behrens/O’Brien (19.1/0.8) 17.1 2.2 41,996.9 Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth Recent Composition % 37 Operations Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign Sectors Lrg Mid Sm r t y u Software Hardware Media Telecom i o p a Healthcare Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating d b r w NA Clsd 1.28 — Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) — 1,198.7 283.1 77.6 268.1 Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 38 Historical Performance Morningstar 500 Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Domestic Equity Historical Risk Total Return % 02-28-03 A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr -3.1 13.0 5.6 -15.7 7.7 3.7 -20.0 -23.3 1.8 -11.1 5.2 2.6 -29.2 -41.0 -10.1 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) Risk relative to category U.S. Specialty Funds (cont’d) LSecurity Cap US Real Est LT. Rowe Price Fincl Svcs LT. Rowe Price Med & Tele LT. Rowe Price New Era T. Rowe Price SciTech SR SF SC SN ST QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQ -0.9 -6.3 -3.5 -2.1 1.2 LThird Avenue RealEst Val LVanguard Energy LVanguard Health Care SR SN SH QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ -2.0 -0.5 1.0 -3.0 -4.6 -15.0 MSCI EAFE Index International Equity Bernstein Intl Val II Bernstein Tx-Mgd Intl Vl Causeway Intl Value Inv Dodge & Cox Intl Stock Fidelity Diversified Int QQQQ QQQQ NR NR QQQQQ Fidelity Overseas LHarbor Intl Janus Overseas LJulius Baer Intl Eqty A LLiberty Acorn Intl Z 56 36 9 43 52 5 17 8 48 74 — — — 56 82 -Avg Avg High Avg Avg 4.9 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.1 1.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 -16 -20 -29 -26 -41 14.65 21.80 27.48 21.03 35.48 0.12 0.85 1.45 0.66 2.31 (3) (63) (67) (39) (77) +Avg Avg +Avg -Avg +Avg 93 35 81 69 40 6 10 15 4 — 23 3 — 13 1 +Avg +Avg High 1.1 1.4 1.0 NA 1.5 1.9 — -28 -13 11.12 25.64 14.49 0.27 (27) 0.63 (27) 0.40 (31) Low Avg Low Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Beta (R 2) Risk relative to category — 10.5 19.5 -6.4 -17.5 -18.0 -6.2 3.0 -6.2 -18.8 -20.1 — QQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQQ NR 86 42 16 75 28 — 5.1 11.5 Total Return % 02-28-03 Foreign Stock 55 83 55 83 33 16.1 11.5 6.0 Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best AmCent Intl Disc Inv AmCent Intl Growth Inv LAmer Funds EuroPac A LArtisan International Artisan Intl Sm Cap Inv — — — 8.5 6.0 A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Standard Deviation -5.1 3.9 — — — — — — 0.6 — -21 14.0 -24.2 -24.7 -17.3 -23.2 — 2.4 -3.7 -0.8 3.1 — — 6.5 7.6 — — 5 55 68 100 8 21 58 29 95 2 69 72 30 66 — 6 30 16 5 — — 16 7 — — Avg Low +Avg Avg Avg 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.0 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.3 NA -26 -20 -18 -21 — 15.35 12.01 12.46 14.03 — 0.68 0.60 0.69 0.70 — (41) (51) (74) (54) (—) +Avg -Avg Low +Avg — -3.0 -3.3 -7.6 -9.1 -4.5 -10.7 -8.0 -10.3 -8.3 -17.8 — -20.0 — -12.0 -11.9 — -1.9 — — 1.8 — 6.3 — — 9.5 7 8 80 94 16 8 7 36 59 10 9 10 — — 15 — 20 — — 7 — 21 — — 1 High +Avg Avg Avg +Avg 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 NA 1.2 NA NA 0.8 — -22 — — -17 14.82 14.88 — — 12.70 0.65 0.67 — — 0.58 (58) (60) (—) (—) (56) Avg Avg — — -Avg QQQ QQQQQ [ QQ QQQQQ QQQQ -6.4 -6.4 -8.4 -5.1 -5.1 -22.4 -13.1 -26.3 -7.6 -18.1 -21.0 -8.8 -28.8 -16.5 -24.3 -6.2 -1.7 -3.0 6.4 -1.1 3.9 9.1 — — 6.2 49 50 90 21 21 79 12 95 4 40 52 10 87 28 70 56 19 25 2 17 46 2 — — 22 Avg +Avg Low +Avg Avg 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.7 0.8 1.0 1.7 0.8 0.7 1.2 -21 -21 -21 -17 -21 14.32 16.35 15.00 11.45 14.18 0.81 0.75 0.89 0.44 0.66 (74) (63) (68) (35) (46) Avg +Avg +Avg Low +Avg Longleaf Partners Intl Marsico Intl Opp Masters’ Select Intl Morgan Stan Ins IntlEq A Oakmark International I QQQQQ NR [ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ -9.4 -6.6 -10.1 -7.8 -9.5 -24.3 3.6 -13.3 — -23.2 -19.0 -10.1 -2.2 -18.6 -2.2 — — 1.1 1.9 1.3 — — — 11.0 7.3 96 56 98 84 97 91 13 86 7 45 1 — 37 2 2 — — 8 7 8 — — — 1 9 +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.5 1.1 NA NA 1.1 2.1 1.5 — — -21 -16 -23 17.96 — 14.10 13.64 20.34 0.60 — 0.73 0.52 0.82 (43) (—) (64) (48) (57) +Avg — Avg -Avg High Oakmark Intl Small Cap I Putnam Intl Growth A Scudder Intl S T. Rowe Price Intl Stk Templeton Foreign A QQQQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQ QQQQ -10.5 -7.3 -7.3 -7.9 -5.7 -16.8 -0.7 -20.2 -18.4 -20.0 -22.5 -21.6 -21.1 -13.3 -5.5 5.7 -0.4 -4.8 -7.0 -0.9 — 8.9 4.3 3.3 6.5 98 74 73 85 32 24 61 58 73 13 1 34 62 53 4 2 14 39 67 16 — 3 41 55 17 +Avg +Avg Avg Avg High 0.9 0.2 1.1 1.3 1.8 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.3 -22 -21 -19 -22 -21 18.59 14.20 12.33 14.70 13.98 0.67 0.75 0.64 0.83 0.61 (45) (68) (58) (73) (59) High Avg -Avg +Avg -Avg Third Avenue Intl Value TIAA-CREF Intl Equity LTweedy, Browne Glob Val Vanguard Dev Mkts Idx Vanguard Intl Explorer NR QQQ QQQQQ NR QQQQ 1.3 -5.8 -7.6 -6.3 -4.1 -1.5 — -16.7 -24.6 -20.2 -5.2 -17.2 — -15.9 -22.1 — -4.1 2.1 — 5.5 — — — — — 1 35 80 45 12 1 23 60 28 19 — 71 4 — 59 — 34 6 — 3 — — — — — Avg Avg +Avg Avg +Avg 0.8 1.9 1.3 2.2 0.8 NA 1.3 1.6 NA 2.7 — -20 -18 — -21 — 13.28 11.10 — 14.79 — 0.66 0.45 — 0.67 (—) (51) (53) (—) (45) — Avg Low — +Avg Vanguard Intl Gr Vanguard Intl Value QQQQ QQQQ -6.5 -19.5 -18.0 -6.5 -18.4 -9.7 -5.1 -3.7 5.2 3.7 53 54 53 42 33 11 42 30 32 47 +Avg High 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.1 -21 -21 14.25 16.44 0.76 (69) 0.79 (69) Avg +Avg -6.4 -17.5 -18.0 -4.7 -20.6 -16.5 -6.2 -4.8 3.0 5.5 MSCI EAFE Index MSCI World Index -2.4 -6.6 -7.2 -11.8 -3.5 -16.3 -19.9 -17.3 -25.9 -3.1 E New this month ][ Increase/decrease in rating Categories LAnalyst Picks NR No Morningstar rating; Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group fund less than 3 years old. SC SF SH SN Specialty–Communications Specialty–Financial Specialty–Health Specialty–Natural Resources SP SR SU ST Specialty–Precious Metals Specialty–Real Estate Specialty–Utilities Specialty–Technology 0.71 (60) — Current Portfolio Style Costs Current Equity Price/ Style Earn Box Ratio Median Price/ Market Book Cap Ratio ($Mil) Top Three Sectors (% of Stock) 2 1 7 5 7 10.2 14.6 27.4 13.1 28.2 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.6 2.6 2,381 14,485 14,321 5,679 16,361 a a u f t 3 1 7 11.1 10.8 19.7 1.4 1.2 2.6 1,452 8,979 16,944 a 93 f 94 i 90 Median Market Cap ($Mil) Regional Exposure % UK/W. North Latin Europe Amer Amer Current Equity Price/ Style Cash Box Flow 93 99 41 57 45 o p y d r 7 1 39 28 30 d4 d6 d4 Total # of Holdings Turn over % — — 11 6 14 25 51 67 103 66 91 55 241 18 144 p2 — — o2 48 50 132 20 28 13 — — p a p Asia exJapan Japan Other Recent Composition % Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign 0 100 2 98 1 97 2 98 4 94 1 5 11 91 95 89 Sales Charge Expense Cost % Ratio Rating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 1 33 21 6 NL NL NL NL NL 5 0 0 3 0 0 9 42 21 1.00r 1.00r 1.00r Total # of Holdings Turnover % Recent Composition % — 91 4 91 0 4 — Cash Stock Bond Other Sales Charge % 39 Operations NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) 1.24 b 0.97 1.08 0.72 1.00 -Avg Low Low Low Low 11.17 200.2 15.69 256.1 13.92 422.1 20.20 949.1 12.58 2,824.9 Management Team Michael Holton (0.3) Robert N. Gensler (3.1) Charles M. Ober (6.0) Michael F. Sola (1.1) 1.50 0.39 0.31 — Low Low 15.64 344.4 23.42 1,297.9 91.72 13,506.1 Michael Winer (4.5) Karl Bandtel (0.2) Edward P. Owens (18.8) Expense Ratio NAV 10.4 9,619 64 5 2 17 11 — 8 7 4 4 8 11.7 1,663 9.9 10,495 9.9 8,918 — 12,131 — — 57 68 54 79 73 9 3 6 0 2 2 1 7 10 13 12 18 16 9 1 14 10 15 2 5 5 1 2 0 5 124 180 130 178 315 37 84 51 52 NA 3 2 4 4 9 97 96 84 89 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 8 5 Clsd NL 5.75 NL 2.00r 1.45 1.21 0.88 b 1.21 2.39 Avg -Avg -Avg -Avg — 8.70 794.1 5.96 2,144.9 21.32 21,874.6 13.04 5,091.7 9.57 73.8 Management Team Management Team Management Team Mark L. Yockey (7.2) Mark L. Yockey (1.2) 1 1 4 1 7 7.1 6.8 10.1 6.0 10.7 5,406 4,823 4,329 3,386 7,282 62 64 71 57 63 9 9 1 2 10 3 0 0 8 3 23 24 12 21 13 3 2 13 11 8 0 0 2 0 2 71 69 72 54 368 67 46 NA 23 66 4 6 6 4 5 87 87 93 90 89 0 0 0 0 3 9 7 1 6 3 NL NL 2.00r NL NL 1.29 1.25 NA 0.90 1.16 -Avg -Avg — Low -Avg 12.70 13.88 8.65 14.38 16.39 1,419.2 2,615.4 174.5 116.9 4,131.1 Management Team Management Team Management Team Management Team William Bower (1.9) 7 4 7 0 6 10.9 11,229 10.1 12,601 11.7 7,955 — — 9.3 489 57 79 59 71 64 13 0 10 4 7 2 4 5 1 2 24 7 13 7 10 5 7 12 3 16 0 2 0 15 1 142 79 136 208 181 86 7 65 89 45 5 7 4 12 4 93 92 88 80 83 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 8 13 NL NL Clsd 2.00r Clsd 1.12 0.91 0.85 1.40 b 1.06 -Avg Low Low Avg — 20.60 25.14 14.00 18.73 14.62 2,655.2 3,486.2 2,721.3 758.2 1,177.4 Richard Mace, Jr. (6.9) Hakan Castegren (15.2) Hayes/Lynn (8.8/2.2) Pell/Younes (7.9/7.9) Leah Zell (10.5) 8 7 7 7 8 11.9 2,308 12.2 9,026 13.3 5,998 9.8 10,520 11.0 2,110 26 65 80 72 75 31 10 3 0 2 0 8 1 0 4 35 8 2 23 9 8 9 10 5 10 0 2 4 0 0 29 32 41 192 58 174 101 63 63 58 5 5 14 5 3 95 89 81 94 91 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 1 4 NL NL NL Clsd 2.00r 1.82 1.60 b 1.19 1.00 1.30 — — -Avg -Avg -Avg 9.03 6.77 9.62 13.47 11.89 1,016.2 20.5 317.4 4,120.5 1,592.9 Management Team James G. Gendelman (2.7) Multiple Managers Management Team Herro/Welsh (10.4/7.3) 6 4 4 7 1 — — 10.7 13,788 10.4 21,852 10.7 11,158 8.6 6,873 74 63 71 71 54 0 3 2 1 8 6 4 2 2 5 5 16 21 16 9 15 14 4 9 25 0 1 0 1 0 52 49 238 42 94 105 185 17 174 34 4 1 2 3 12 96 97 91 96 74 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 7 1 10 Clsd 5.75 Clsd NL 5.75 1.74 1.16 b 1.04 0.90 1.16 b Avg — -Avg Low Avg 9.51 15.21 28.14 8.18 7.84 319.5 5,870.8 1,357.4 4,228.6 7,806.6 Herro/Welsh (7.3/5.8) Management Team Management Team Management Team Management Team 3 7 5 4 6 — 521 11.1 7,321 10.3 1,882 11.0 16,601 8.8 442 39 71 63 70 67 19 2 14 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 15 21 9 22 21 24 5 8 8 12 0 1 1 0 0 38 NA 1,066 113 215 7 3 3 185 48 15 0 12 2 7 81 89 85 98 92 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 2 1 1 2.00r NL NL NL NL NA 0.49 1.37 NA 1.50 — Low -Avg Low +Avg 9.75 6.29 14.61 5.38 7.81 30.1 207.1 3,923.1 391.5 88.8 Amit Wadhwaney (1.2) Management Team Management Team George U. Sauter (2.8) Management Team 4 4 9.5 10.2 65 61 2 0 2 4 17 16 14 19 0 0 8 5 91 94 0 0 1 1 NL NL 0.61 0.64 Low Low 11.37 17.60 4,585.6 1,081.8 Foulkes/Anderson (21.4/0.1) Management Team Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth 116 83 40 37 Sectors Lrg Mid Sm r t y u Software Hardware Media Telecom i o p a Healthcare Consumer Svs Business Svs Financial s d f g Consumer Goods Industrial Materials Energy Utilities d b r w NA Clsd — Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed — Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — 8,540 5,601 1.71 Cost Rating 825.0 — For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.net. 40 Historical Performance Morningstar 500 Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best International Equity Historical Risk Total Return % 02-28-03 A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) Risk relative to category Foreign Stock (cont’d) — -6.2 -18.8 -20.1 -5.1 3.9 — — — — — — 0.6 — -21 14.0 0.71 (60) — Vanguard Tax-Mgd Intl Vanguard Total Intl Stk William Blair Intl Gr N QQQ QQQ QQQQQ -6.4 -17.2 -18.1 -6.1 -17.1 -17.7 -4.5 -17.8 -16.1 — -6.0 4.9 — — 8.9 50 41 16 28 27 35 33 31 27 — 53 3 — — 4 +Avg +Avg +Avg 2.3 2.2 0.0 NA 0.7 1.9 — -20 -19 13.51 13.92 13.58 0.73 (71) 0.76 (73) 0.67 (61) Avg Avg Avg World Stock — -5.4 -21.3 -18.1 -4.2 4.6 — — — — — — 0.4 — -21 15.2 AmCent Global Gr Inv Amer Funds CapWrldGI A LAmer Funds New Persp A Atlas Global Growth A Fidelity Worldwide QQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQ -4.4 -4.4 -5.9 -6.5 -5.4 -22.2 -5.0 -13.0 -16.8 -12.9 — 3.3 2.0 2.1 -3.1 — — 9.8 — 5.8 27 29 65 77 51 47 4 28 76 51 64 7 23 44 22 — 3 9 8 37 — — 5 — 43 Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 0.0 2.4 1.0 0.0 0.2 NA 1.8 1.4 1.1 1.3 — -15 -18 -19 -22 13.24 13.50 15.13 16.06 14.68 0.70 0.67 0.86 0.85 0.82 (62) (79) (88) (71) (85) -Avg -Avg Avg +Avg Avg Janus Global Value Janus Worldwide MFS Global Equity B Mutual Discov Z LOakmark Global I NR QQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ -11.1 -7.1 -6.9 -4.3 -9.6 -26.0 — -27.2 -27.0 -16.0 -11.3 -14.1 -1.2 -13.2 11.5 — -3.9 -2.9 3.2 — — 8.4 6.6 12.3 — 99 87 85 26 98 83 91 15 8 6 — 84 19 4 1 — 45 34 4 — — 17 31 1 — Avg Low +Avg +Avg High 0.5 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 NA 0.6 0.9 2.3 NA — -21 -16 -19 — — 14.99 12.61 10.01 25.30 — 0.95 0.68 0.39 0.97 (—) (80) (82) (54) (66) — Avg Low Low High LOppenheimer Glob A Oppenheimer Glob Gr&IncA Oppenheimer Quest Glob A LScudder Global Discov A Templeton Growth A QQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQ QQQQ -6.6 -8.4 -4.2 -3.2 -5.3 -24.6 -16.6 -26.5 -25.3 -18.0 -8.8 -17.9 -22.9 -14.1 -0.9 2.3 1.2 -2.2 — 1.1 10.6 9.7 7.2 — 9.2 79 93 24 4 50 73 87 22 22 7 42 77 13 67 4 7 12 28 — 13 3 8 29 — 10 +Avg Avg +Avg Avg +Avg 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.7 1.8 1.7 NA 1.9 -18 -25 -16 — -20 16.14 21.26 11.96 18.69 14.19 0.86 1.10 0.58 0.91 0.63 (72) (59) (71) (53) (69) +Avg High Low High -Avg Templeton World A LVan Kampen Glob Val Eq A Vanguard Global Equity QQQQ QQQ QQQQQ -6.2 -16.2 -9.1 -25.7 -3.2 -10.7 -8.1 -6.7 -1.7 -1.5 -4.1 2.4 8.5 — — 70 97 6 16 81 3 13 11 6 22 49 6 15 — — +Avg +Avg +Avg 1.3 0.0 0.8 1.5 0.8 1.6 -18 -22 -19 14.80 14.45 16.24 0.75 (77) 0.65 (64) 0.74 (71) -Avg -Avg Avg -20.5 -10.9 -19.0 -24.8 -21.1 0.82 (72) — Regional Stock LFidelity Pacific Basin LLiberty Newport Tiger A LMatthews Pacific Tiger LMutual European A LScudder Latin Amer S DP PJ PJ ES LS QQQQ QQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ -4.6 -3.9 -3.0 -5.9 -6.1 -12.8 -21.6 -17.0 -15.7 -12.2 -9.9 -16.4 -6.7 -26.2 -13.3 0.6 -2.5 4.5 5.9 -7.0 2.3 — — — 4.5 51 67 56 22 52 19 61 33 21 15 42 53 11 6 5 7 45 7 4 27 20 — — — 1 +Avg Avg High High High 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.0 2.5 0.8 -21 -31 -32 -20 -32 14.78 18.59 24.01 10.66 23.87 0.65 0.91 1.05 0.35 1.07 (44) (63) (58) (32) (58) Avg -Avg +Avg Low -Avg LT. Rowe Price Latin Amer LT. Rowe Price New Asia Van Kampen Latin Amer A LVanguard Eur Stk Idx LS PJ LS ES QQQQ QQQQ QQQ QQQQ -8.3 -2.9 -5.6 -7.8 -28.5 -15.0 -28.6 -20.3 -14.8 -19.2 -16.6 -17.3 -6.7 -1.8 -7.3 -5.8 — -0.3 — 7.2 100 55 23 45 46 43 54 39 21 69 46 27 6 34 37 49 — 34 — 28 +Avg Avg Avg Avg 0.0 0.7 0.0 2.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.7 -38 -25 -39 -23 25.83 20.21 24.48 15.12 1.16 0.93 1.16 0.79 (57) (52) (60) (68) Avg Avg -Avg Avg Diversified Emerg. Mkts. — -2.9 -13.9 -15.9 -5.4 -0.8 — — — — — — 0.4 — -33 20.3 LAmer Funds New World A LDreyfus Prem Emerg A LOppenheimer Develop MktA LPioneer Emerging Mkts A LT. Rowe Price Emg Mkt St QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ QQ QQQ -3.3 -3.8 -3.8 -3.1 -4.7 -11.8 -6.4 -10.5 -21.0 -16.5 — 3.0 3.7 -6.3 -3.3 — — — — — 50 72 73 41 94 22 19 35 19 41 21 3 13 86 57 — 3 2 54 20 — — — — — Avg High +Avg Avg Avg 1.3 0.9 1.6 0.0 0.2 NA 1.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 — -31 -31 -37 -34 16.40 20.12 20.10 19.52 20.85 0.75 0.81 0.82 0.88 1.02 (59) (51) (49) (47) (62) Low -Avg Avg Avg +Avg Templeton Devel Mkts A Vanguard Em Mkt Idx QQQQ QQQQ -1.7 -5.3 -11.3 -3.7 -15.6 -14.0 -4.7 -4.2 2.1 — 21 70 7 63 20 28 31 25 1 — +Avg +Avg 0.5 1.7 0.2 0.9 -32 -32 18.94 21.26 0.77 (47) 0.99 (60) -Avg +Avg International Hybrid — -2.3 0.46 (65) — LAmer Funds CpIncBldr A LFirst Eagle Glbl A LMerrill Global Alloc B LMFS Global Total Retrn A MSCI Europe Index MSCI Latin America Index MSCI Pacific Index MSCI Emerging Markets Index E New this month LAnalyst Picks Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group QQQQ QQQQQ [ QQQ QQQ -11.5 -10.8 -13.1 -10.8 -13.6 -5.9 -5.4 1.2 7.7 — — — — — — 2.1 — -13 10.3 -2.5 -1.7 -2.2 4.8 -2.2 -10.0 -2.1 -1.4 7.1 10.1 0.3 -1.6 4.0 8.3 3.0 2.3 9.6 10.6 7.9 8.0 60 46 50 29 17 6 78 15 10 5 24 30 20 1 25 34 15 1 57 43 +Avg High +Avg +Avg 5.0 1.9 2.7 1.8 2.3 2.6 2.6 1.7 -9 -13 -15 -6 8.99 11.54 12.61 7.19 -7.8 -20.6 -17.3 -6.1 -6.1 -31.5 -18.7 -10.7 -2.7 -9.0 -19.3 -6.3 -3.7 -15.5 -17.3 -7.7 6.9 0.5 -2.1 -1.3 ][ Increase/decrease in rating Categories NR No Morningstar rating; DP ES JS LS PJ fund less than 3 years old. Diversified Pacific/Asia Stock Europe Stock Japan Stock Latin America Stock Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stock 0.93 (55) 0.28 0.40 0.57 0.31 (37) (49) (72) (62) — -Avg +Avg +Avg -Avg Current Portfolio Style Current Equity Price/ Style Cash Box Flow Median Market Cap ($Mil) Costs Regional Exposure % UK/W. North Latin Europe Amer Amer Asia exJapan Japan Other Total # of Holdings Turnover % Recent Composition % — 91 4 91 0 4 — 1,011 20 3 2 124 112 1 2 2 98 96 94 0 0 0 1 1 4 2.00r NL 1.00r Cash Stock Bond Other Sales Charge % 41 Operations Expense Ratio NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — 10.4 9,619 64 5 2 17 11 — 4 4 0 10.5 10,999 10.8 16,601 — — 66 65 48 0 0 10 0 2 6 24 20 18 9 12 18 0 2 1 — 12.6 15,920 34 49 2 8 7 — — 104 4 90 1 4 — 7 4 7 7 7 13.4 10.4 11.7 — 13.2 20,574 8,785 17,761 10,563 22,151 28 34 33 37 23 52 42 51 45 64 1 4 2 4 0 8 5 7 9 9 6 12 6 6 3 3 2 1 0 0 120 232 332 45 294 26 118 44 360 142 5 2 5 3 2 93 79 87 93 97 0 5 0 0 0 2 14 8 4 1 NL 5.75 5.75 NL NL 1.10 0.78 b 0.82 b 1.38 b 1.05 -Avg — -Avg -Avg -Avg 4.82 195.8 21.27 9,418.6 16.97 21,340.0 11.92 87.8 11.24 597.4 Strabo/Hudson (2.6/1.0) Management Team Management Team William L. Wilby (6.8) Mace, Jr./Hogan (1.9/1.1) 5 7 7 1 8 11.8 2,906 13.2 19,536 12.5 10,790 9.7 4,014 9.9 2,569 50 37 47 49 37 37 43 42 46 50 0 3 0 0 5 13 8 6 2 5 0 9 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 143 78 104 72 290 59 35 114 10 9 1 16 3 90 87 96 74 94 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 3 2 3 NL NL 4.00d NL 2.00r 1.50 0.85 2.34 b 1.02 1.75 — Low Avg -Avg Avg 7.97 119.7 29.86 11,462.7 15.15 161.4 15.46 1,590.2 11.73 219.0 Jason P. Yee (1.7) Hayes/Chang (10.4/3.4) David R. Mannheim (10.9) Winters/Rankin (3.1/1.6) Jackson/Welsh (3.6/3.6) 7 8 4 8 4 14.3 7,812 15.9 1,562 10.7 13,495 13.3 2,671 8.8 10,205 29 26 33 41 39 47 54 52 47 39 5 1 0 2 3 9 18 8 6 5 10 0 6 4 14 0 0 0 1 0 122 79 79 83 120 36 53 71 59 24 7 2 2 2 9 88 92 96 96 75 0 1 0 1 8 5 5 2 2 8 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.75 1.12 1.22 1.71 b 1.89 1.15 b Avg Avg — +Avg -Avg 33.84 4,348.7 14.92 812.4 11.75 175.9 17.85 68.0 15.08 10,418.0 Management Team Frank V. Jennings (7.4) Glasebrook II/Mazen (11.5/3.0) Moran/Axtell (2.0/0.3) Management Team 4 4 5 10.0 9,827 9.7 11,380 9.7 3,683 36 47 29 29 43 41 4 0 0 5 9 10 25 1 16 0 0 3 171 107 321 25 34 27 7 1 5 82 97 95 4 0 0 7 1 0 5.75 5.75 1.00r 1.09 b 1.60 1.08 — Avg -Avg 12.09 7.33 10.48 5,296.1 42.3 305.1 Management Team Management Team Jeremy J. Hosking (7.6) 4 8 5 2 5 11.2 11,689 15.0 3,592 10.0 1,805 7.8 1,130 — — 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 100 62 1 0 0 0 37 99 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 51 37 159 41 98 12 57 52 20 1 97 0 97 0 100 21 72 2 84 0 0 0 6 0 2 3 0 2 14 1.50r 5.75 2.00r 5.75 Clsd 1.50 1.80 1.79 1.40 b 1.90 -Avg -Avg Low Avg — 12.17 7.82 7.99 12.08 15.03 282.8 96.3 103.7 292.7 216.1 4 5 4 4 — 10.2 — 9.9 — 4,531 — 9,476 0 0 0 98 5 0 2 0 95 2 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 1 0 0 0 0 34 119 37 547 30 49 48 3 3 1 2 2 82 95 95 98 0 0 0 0 15 4 4 1 2.00r NL 5.75 NL 1.49 1.22 2.19 0.30 Low Low Avg Low 6.89 5.43 8.62 14.94 120.4 554.5 10.0 3,853.0 — 8.7 4,564 4 1 18 0 56 — — 101 3 90 0 6 — 2.12 — — 247.9 8 2 5 5 8 9.6 6.1 9.6 9.3 9.8 4,029 2,599 1,242 3,190 4,327 14 4 6 4 2 11 2 1 0 1 21 20 25 21 17 4 0 0 0 0 43 55 60 60 56 7 19 8 15 24 174 40 146 62 76 10 218 177 149 70 6 3 1 0 4 71 96 86 95 91 10 0 0 0 0 13 2 12 5 5 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.75 2.00r 1.29 b 1.82 1.77 2.74 1.58 -Avg -Avg Avg — -Avg 18.75 10.67 12.38 9.72 9.74 1,095.0 463.6 339.8 97.5 168.2 Management Team D. Kirk Henry (6.7) Rajeev Bhaman (6.3) Mark H. Madden (8.7) Management Team 2 5 7.3 8.4 2,122 4,710 5 7 0 1 13 21 0 0 58 55 24 16 204 493 61 23 4 11 91 83 0 0 5 6 5.75 0.50r 2.21 b 0.60 Avg Low 9.83 7.35 1,141.5 907.4 Management Team George U. Sauter (8.8) — 10.7 14,809 31 52 1 8 6 — — 129 11 47 25 17 — — — 3,558.9 — 4 5 4 7 9.8 7,872 9.1 1,133 9.3 7,612 11.2 14,545 30 33 18 41 60 41 58 48 0 2 2 1 0 15 15 7 10 7 7 3 0 3 0 0 12 9 11 15 49 68 48 40 32 15 19 22 7 8 23 23 5.75 5.00 4.00d 4.75 Equity Style Box Val Blnd Grth 502 228 474 236 37 20 45 69 Lrg Mid Sm d b r w NA Clsd 1.71 Cost Rating 0.35 NA 1.60 b 1.87 1.57 0.66 b 1.34 b 1.96 b 1.47 b — — 825.0 Low Low Avg 6.02 7.25 12.54 327.3 2,935.3 520.2 George U. Sauter (3.5) George U. Sauter (6.9) W. George Greig (6.6) — 1,793.9 — — -Avg Avg — +Avg Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed 40.28 11,356.4 24.80 2,005.9 10.97 1,762.0 11.32 168.8 — June-Yon Kim (0.4) Legallet/Sandlund (4.4/0.6) Matthews/Headley (8.5/6.2) Winters/Haynes (1.6/1.6) Management Team Thomas/Ford (6.8/3.0) Management Team Piedrahita/Piper (0.2/0.2) George U. Sauter (12.7) — Management Team Eveillard/de Vaulx (24.2/16.0) Dennis W. Stattman (14.1) Management Team For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 42 Historical Performance Morningstar 500 Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best Bond Funds High-Quality Bond Historical Risk Total Return % 02-28-03 A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) — 1.2 7.4 8.0 6.0 6.1 — — — — — — 3.9 — -2 3.8 ABN AMRO/Chicago CapBd N AmCent Ginnie Mae Inv LDodge & Cox Income LFidelity Ginnie Mae Fidelity Government Inc CI GI CI GI GI QQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ 1.5 0.7 1.3 0.8 1.4 6.8 7.0 10.5 7.2 10.5 8.5 8.8 10.7 9.0 10.1 6.4 6.6 7.8 6.8 7.2 — 6.5 7.6 6.6 6.7 54 83 71 67 9 85 71 9 65 11 64 62 7 52 12 52 47 5 36 12 — 29 5 22 17 Avg Avg +Avg Avg +Avg 4.8 5.2 5.1 4.6 3.9 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 3.50 2.54 3.30 2.48 4.56 0.93 0.62 0.83 0.60 1.22 (93) (83) (83) (80) (94) -Avg Low -Avg Low +Avg Fidelity Inflation-Protec Fidelity Interm Bond Fidelity Interm Govt Fidelity Invt Grade Bond LFidelity Sh-Term Bond GI CS GS CI CS NR QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ 4.3 1.6 1.0 1.6 1.1 — 9.5 9.7 9.4 7.0 — 9.6 9.7 9.8 7.5 — 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.3 — 6.6 6.6 6.9 5.5 1 2 8 38 21 — 1 1 24 16 — 1 3 22 24 — 1 3 22 21 — 4 2 25 51 -Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 1.3 4.6 3.8 3.9 4.2 NA 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 — -1 -1 -2 0 — 3.14 3.49 3.66 1.80 — 0.84 0.90 0.98 0.44 (—) (94) (87) (94) (78) — High High Avg Avg Fidelity Total Bond LFPA New Income Franklin US Gov Secs A LFremont Bond Harbor Bond CI CI GI CI CI NR QQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ 1.6 0.9 0.7 2.0 2.2 — 2.8 7.2 9.2 10.1 — 8.8 9.1 11.1 10.9 — 6.5 6.7 8.3 8.2 — 7.2 6.6 — 7.9 36 95 78 16 11 — 96 67 28 11 — 56 47 3 5 — 46 38 2 3 — 14 21 — 2 -Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg 0.9 4.9 5.6 3.5 5.3 NA 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.6 — -3 -2 -2 -2 — 3.99 2.65 4.10 3.84 — 0.33 0.66 1.04 0.98 (—) (9) (85) (86) (85) — Avg -Avg +Avg Avg QQ QQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ 0.5 1.5 0.2 1.5 0.4 -0.6 -0.5 5.3 10.8 2.4 4.6 6.2 7.3 10.8 5.0 5.3 6.0 6.2 7.5 5.1 — — 6.3 — — 82 45 94 48 78 97 99 66 8 47 92 94 51 5 34 79 67 29 9 27 — — 6 — — Avg Avg Avg +Avg +Avg 5.5 7.5 3.4 3.8 2.6 2.6 3.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 -4 -7 0 -3 0 3.00 5.31 1.92 4.30 0.81 0.09 0.59 0.44 1.17 0.06 (1) (16) (73) (97) (18) +Avg High Avg +Avg -Avg Metro West Low Dur M CS LMetro West Total Ret CI LMontgomery Sh Dur Govt R GS Payden Core Bond A CI Payden Limited Mat R UB 0.83 (68) Risk relative to category — EPBHG IRA Cap Preserv PBHG PIMCO Low Duration Instl PIMCO Real Ret Inst PIMCO Total Ret Instl Scudder GNMA AARP UB [ QQQQ CS QQQQQ CI QQQQQ CI QQQQQ GI QQQ 0.6 1.2 4.0 1.9 0.8 4.5 7.0 19.2 9.4 7.0 5.7 8.0 14.0 11.0 8.8 — 6.7 10.7 8.3 6.5 — 6.7 — 8.1 6.0 53 16 1 21 63 3 17 1 25 72 8 14 1 4 61 — 6 1 2 49 — 2 — 1 71 High High High High Avg 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.9 NA 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.3 — 0 -3 -2 -2 0.31 2.11 5.70 4.14 2.69 0.00 0.52 1.18 1.08 0.66 (0) (76) (58) (90) (82) -Avg Avg High +Avg -Avg LSit U.S. Government Secs LSSgA Yield Plus LStrong Govt Secs Inv T. Rowe Price GNMA LT. Rowe Price US Try L/T GS [ QQQQ UB QQQ GI QQQQQ GI QQQQ GL QQQQ 0.5 0.2 1.3 1.0 2.2 4.7 1.3 10.3 7.7 14.8 7.7 3.8 10.3 9.5 11.7 6.1 4.4 7.4 6.8 8.1 6.3 4.7 7.3 6.7 8.1 61 91 11 38 41 76 78 13 55 37 42 63 8 33 35 43 67 8 32 31 4 67 5 19 25 Avg Avg High +Avg Avg 4.2 1.4 3.8 4.1 4.5 2.1 1.7 2.4 2.3 2.2 0 0 -1 -2 -6 1.86 0.77 3.94 2.98 8.64 0.43 0.03 1.06 0.75 2.18 (79) (7) (95) (86) (85) Avg -Avg Avg -Avg Avg TCW Galileo Tot Ret Bd I Turner Ultra Shrt F/I I USAA Income LVanguard GNMA LVanguard Infl-Prot Secs CI UB CI GI GI QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ NR 1.1 0.4 1.7 1.0 4.3 9.7 2.5 8.8 8.3 19.1 11.6 4.9 9.9 9.8 — 8.2 5.2 6.9 7.2 — — — 7.0 7.1 — 91 79 30 38 1 17 46 38 42 1 2 41 21 21 — 2 23 31 12 — — — 20 7 — High +Avg Avg +Avg +Avg 7.2 2.3 5.1 5.4 3.7 2.9 1.9 2.7 2.5 NA -2 0 -3 -2 — 3.59 0.79 4.11 2.82 — 0.84 0.08 1.07 0.71 — (76) (31) (91) (86) (—) -Avg -Avg +Avg -Avg — LVanguard Long-Tm Corp Bd CL LVanguard Long-Tm US Try GL LVanguard Sh-Tm Bd Idx CS Vanguard Short-Tm Trs GS Vanguard Sht-Tm Cp CS QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ 3.1 2.6 1.0 0.6 1.0 13.7 16.8 6.3 7.5 5.4 12.3 12.8 8.1 8.3 7.3 7.7 8.8 6.6 6.7 6.3 8.1 8.7 — 6.0 6.1 12 30 31 45 26 9 29 31 19 51 4 26 13 27 33 5 17 8 17 23 8 17 — 18 13 High +Avg High High Avg 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.6 5.2 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.4 -4 -6 -1 -1 0 7.75 9.13 2.27 2.41 2.19 1.90 2.30 0.57 0.60 0.50 (80) (86) (86) (82) (70) +Avg Avg Avg Avg Avg LVanguard ShtTm Fed LVanguard Total Bd Idx Western Asset Core WPG Core Bond QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ 0.7 1.4 2.8 1.9 7.1 8.1 8.6 11.0 8.5 9.5 11.0 10.8 6.8 7.1 7.8 8.0 6.1 7.0 7.8 6.2 39 59 3 21 29 60 44 5 16 31 4 5 10 20 5 3 10 21 2 61 High High +Avg +Avg 3.9 5.4 4.8 3.7 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.1 0 -2 -2 -2 2.26 3.54 4.83 3.89 0.55 0.95 1.13 1.04 (80) (96) (74) (94) Avg -Avg High Avg High-Yield Bond — 3.2 2.2 -1.8 -1.3 4.5 — — — — — — 8.9 — -12 9.7 -0.01 (1) — Amer Funds Amer H/I A LEaton Vance Inc Boston A Fidelity High-Income QQQQ QQQ QQQ 4.2 3.1 3.8 3.5 4.0 6.8 1.4 -3.1 -5.0 2.2 1.0 -1.6 6.5 6.4 6.1 18 56 31 40 34 10 23 67 78 10 25 61 6 13 18 Avg Avg Avg 9.7 10.3 7.4 3.7 4.1 3.4 -14 -13 -14 10.81 9.95 11.27 -0.16 (0) 0.15 (0) 0.08 (0) +Avg Avg +Avg 1.5 4.2 9.9 7.3 10.3 2.5 7.6 1.8 7.3 6.5 GS CI CI CI Lehman Bros. Agg. Bond Index CS First Boston High Yield Index E New this month ][ Increase/decrease in rating Categories LAnalyst Picks NR No Morningstar rating; Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group fund less than 3 years old. CI CL CS GI Intermediate-Term Bond Long-Term Bond Short-Term Bond IntermediateGovernment Bond GL Long Government Bond GS Short Government Bond UB Ultrashort Bond Current Portfolio Style Current Bond Style Avg Box Duration Category Avg Duration Costs Avg Credit Quality Credit Quality Breakdown US Gov’t High Recent Composition % Expense Ratio Med Low 4.1 4.1 AA 52 28 16 2 2 154 15 1 81 3 — 1.03 4 1 4 1 4 3.7 1.6 3.8 2.9 5.1 4.1 3.3 4.1 3.3 3.3 AA AAA AA AAA AA 69 16 57 98 0 8 84 1 0 87 18 0 31 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 2 13 62 218 40 327 284 14 10 17 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 83 90 82 83 98 3 0 1 0 0 NL NL NL NL NL 0 4 1 4 2 5.3 5.2 3.3 4.3 1.9 3.3 2.0 1.9 4.1 2.0 AAA AAA AA AA A 100 53 78 0 0 0 47 1 64 45 0 0 0 31 41 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 4 13 NA 78 145 230 145 — 8 4 2 12 — 0 0 0 0 — 90 95 98 75 — 3 1 0 13 NL NL NL NL NL 0 1 1 4 4 — 1.6 1.7 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.3 4.1 4.1 — AA AAA AA AA — 68 100 0 10 — 6 0 71 64 — 2 0 23 22 — 22 0 3 4 — 2 0 3 0 NA 22 45 160 531 — 26 55 32 28 — 0 0 0 0 — 72 45 66 41 — 2 0 1 31 1 5 0 4 1 1.2 3.5 — 4.5 0.5 2.0 4.1 1.9 4.1 0.9 AA A AAA AA AA 34 36 100 71 36 18 16 0 9 45 38 35 0 20 19 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 205 245 582 128 17 13 2 8 22 0 0 0 0 0 83 82 97 90 78 0 1 7 4 1 — 1.8 6.2 4.4 1.5 0.9 2.0 4.1 4.1 3.3 — AA AAA AA AAA — 0 88 12 99 — 81 4 63 0 — 17 7 23 0 — 2 1 2 0 — 0 0 0 1 NA 569 237 445 203 1 40 13 33 22 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 7 1.8 0.2 4.0 1.9 8.9 1.9 0.9 3.3 3.3 10.0 AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA 100 0 91 100 100 0 93 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 80 552 145 49 4 10 7 27 1 4 1 4 1 4 4.4 0.4 4.2 1.9 4.7 4.1 0.9 4.1 3.3 3.3 AAA AAA AA AAA AAA 0 95 0 100 95 90 5 69 0 5 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 26 119 60 8 75 8 7 1 1 1 11.0 10.0 2.4 2.2 2.1 6.3 10.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 A AAA AA AAA AA 0 100 59 100 18 35 0 17 0 34 50 0 15 0 47 14 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 1.9 3.8 3.7 3.8 1.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 AAA AA AA AA 94 62 48 69 6 14 25 9 0 24 22 20 0 0 2 0 — 4.1 4.1 BB 1 2 10 3 6 0 3.4 4.1 — 4.1 4.1 4.1 BB B BB 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 11 13 Sht Int Long Cash Stock Bond Other Sales Charge % — Fixed Income Style Box Other Turnover % 43 Operations Cost Rating NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — — 990.8 0.74 b 0.59 0.45 0.60 0.68 Avg -Avg Low -Avg Low 10.25 10.89 12.94 11.26 10.56 234.5 2,122.1 3,404.6 7,014.9 3,601.7 Thomas J. Marthaler (9.2) Management Team Management Team Thomas Silvia (4.2) George A. Fischer (0.2) NA 0.63 0.59 0.66 0.58 — -Avg -Avg -Avg -Avg 11.05 10.83 10.43 7.65 9.03 438.0 6,683.8 1,415.5 5,059.2 5,600.3 Thomas Silvia (0.7) Ford O’Neil (4.6) George A. Fischer (0.8) Kevin E. Grant (6.1) Andrew J. Dudley (6.1) NL 3.50 4.25 NL NL NA 0.58 0.69 b 0.57 0.56 — -Avg -Avg -Avg Low 10.41 49.0 10.98 889.1 6.99 7,868.0 10.56 1,344.0 11.96 1,369.1 Kevin E. Grant (0.4) Robert L. Rodriguez (18.7) Management Team William H. Gross (9.0) William H. Gross (15.2) 0 5 1 2 1 NL NL NL NL NL 0.58 b 0.65 b 0.60 0.55 0.40 -Avg -Avg — — — 9.37 9.33 10.33 10.70 10.02 311.4 559.0 423.0 365.6 206.2 Management Team Management Team Stevens/Chandoha (10.2/4.2) Management Team Management Team 94 44 87 48 78 6 13 0 18 0 2.00r NL NL NL NL NA 0.43 0.47 0.43 0.71 — -Avg — Low -Avg 10.00 10.33 11.68 10.80 15.49 1,124.3 6,221.1 2,078.3 41,088.2 3,977.1 1 0 0 0 0 94 86 89 73 99 0 4 5 0 0 NL NL NL NL NL 0.80 0.53 b 0.90 0.69 0.66 Avg -Avg -Avg Low -Avg 10.85 396.5 9.93 250.7 11.23 2,311.9 9.93 1,422.9 12.46 291.7 Brilley/Doty (15.8/7.3) Management Team Sontag/Bhatia (4.3/1.7) Connie Bavely (2.4) Management Team 1 14 5 12 6 0 0 1 0 0 93 85 87 88 94 5 1 7 0 0 NL NL NL NL NL 0.70 0.36 0.55 0.25 0.25 -Avg Avg Low Low Low 9.96 168.7 10.21 593.1 12.51 1,776.8 10.76 22,112.5 12.35 3,142.9 Management Team Early/Matlack (1.2/1.2) M. Didi Weinblatt (3.1) Paul D. Kaplan (8.9) Management Team 39 64 156 102 69 0 2 4 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 98 98 95 93 80 2 0 1 1 5 NL NL NL NL NL 0.32 0.29 0.21 0.29 0.24 Low Low Low Low Low 9.43 11.97 10.36 10.85 10.82 3,733.1 1,676.9 2,561.4 2,199.5 8,827.7 Earl E. McEvoy (9.0) MacKinnon/Glocke (16.8/1.8) MacKinnon/Alwine (1.3/0.4) Glocke/MacKinnon (2.1/2.1) Auwaerter/MacKinnon(19.2/5.4) 0 0 3 2 80 67 595 432 19 4 22 14 0 0 0 0 81 94 73 84 0 2 5 2 NL NL NL NL 0.31 0.22 0.50 0.50 b -Avg Low Low Low 10.72 2,902.4 10.44 16,791.4 11.61 1,030.1 10.58 105.6 Hollyer/MacKinnon (7.2/2.1) Volpert/MacKinnon (7.5/7.5) Management Team Vandivort/Bakst (8.2/5.2) 85 4 101 9 1 85 5 — 74 85 79 0 3 8 34 91 69 8 2 10 1 0 1 78 91 82 13 6 7 3.75 4.75 1.00r Hi Med Lo d b r w NA Clsd 1.29 0.88 b 1.06 0.76 — -Avg Avg Low Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed — 986.0 10.60 4,120.6 5.54 816.2 7.80 1,973.5 — Management Team William H. Gross (15.8) John B. Brynjolfsson (6.1) William H. Gross (15.8) Management Team — Management Team Weilheimer/Huggins (7.2/3.2) Fred Hoff (2.8) For more on funds, visit www.morningstar.com. 44 Historical Performance Morningstar 500 Bond Funds Morningstar Rating vs. Category 5best High-Yield Bond (cont’d) — 3.2 LJanus High-Yield MainStay Hi-Yield Corp B LNortheast Investors LPIMCO High-Yield A Pioneer High Yield A QQQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ 2.1 5.3 -0.3 4.0 5.2 LT. Rowe Price Hi-Yld TIAA-CREF High-Yield Bd Vanguard Hi-Yld Corp QQQQ NR QQQQQ 3.1 3.4 2.9 Specialty Bond Amer Funds CapWrldBd A BlackRock Intl Bond Svc LCalamos Convertible A LDavis Convertible Secs A LFidelity Convertible Sec Historical Risk Total Return % 02-28-03 A N N U A L I Z E D YTD 1 Yr 10 Yr Total Return % Category Rank 1=best, 100=worst YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Return Consistency Rating Yield % TaxCost Ratio Worst 3 month Return % Standard Deviation Beta (R 2) -0.01 (1) 3 Yr 5 Yr 2.2 -1.8 -1.3 4.5 — — — — — — 8.9 — -12 9.7 3.8 3.2 2.0 3.6 3.3 2.9 -1.3 -0.1 2.2 6.6 3.0 1.1 -0.4 2.5 9.6 — 7.1 6.8 — — 85 4 99 26 5 38 48 64 40 44 9 53 42 15 3 5 24 44 9 1 — 2 4 — — +Avg Avg +Avg Avg +Avg 6.9 9.8 8.6 8.1 9.6 3.1 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.5 -10 -11 -11 -11 -12 6.26 10.07 8.15 8.50 11.93 6.1 3.1 4.7 2.7 — 2.4 2.8 — 2.5 6.5 — 6.4 52 42 65 13 50 26 10 — 13 6 — 10 7 — 9 +Avg +Avg +Avg 9.2 9.3 8.4 3.6 NA 3.3 -7 — -7 7.89 — 7.57 0.11 -0.13 -0.67 0.08 -0.67 (0) (0) (7) (0) (4) 0.02 (0) — (—) 0.06 (0) 0.60 (31) Risk relative to category — Low Avg -Avg -Avg +Avg -Avg — -Avg — 2.9 7.7 4.0 4.3 6.7 — — — — — — 5.2 — -16 9.7 IB QQQ IB QQQQQ CV [ QQQQ CV QQQ CV QQQQ 3.8 1.4 -0.4 1.1 1.8 21.7 7.9 -4.2 -0.1 -7.7 8.6 8.8 -2.5 -4.0 -6.3 5.7 7.3 7.1 0.2 7.5 6.8 8.5 11.2 8.4 11.0 11 88 88 32 15 28 83 51 6 89 29 24 12 26 45 37 12 7 74 5 42 13 7 31 13 Avg +Avg +Avg +Avg Avg 2.3 5.1 1.8 3.9 5.0 1.6 2.8 1.9 1.7 3.4 -3 -2 -11 -17 -16 6.72 2.53 11.32 13.98 18.90 0.97 0.51 0.45 0.60 0.82 (25) (58) (52) (59) (59) Avg Low -Avg Avg +Avg — LFidelity New Markets Inc LHancock Strategic Inc A Loomis Sayles Bond Ret PIMCO Foreign Bond Instl LT. Rowe Price Intl Bd EB MU MU IB IB QQQQ QQQQ QQQQ QQQQQ QQ 5.8 3.7 5.6 2.4 3.2 10.8 10.0 17.8 9.5 28.2 10.8 5.4 7.4 9.5 7.2 8.3 4.7 6.3 7.6 4.0 — 7.5 — 9.3 5.8 41 12 4 69 34 42 25 4 68 12 56 43 18 13 54 24 30 6 6 67 — 6 — 4 71 Avg +Avg Avg +Avg Avg 7.1 6.8 6.6 3.8 2.6 3.7 3.0 3.2 2.7 1.6 -37 -3 -8 -3 -7 12.58 4.60 7.70 2.82 9.41 0.06 0.67 0.93 0.55 1.40 (0) (24) (17) (48) (26) Avg Avg High -Avg +Avg LT. Rowe Price Spect Inc Vanguard Convertible Sec MU CV QQQQ QQQ 1.5 1.2 7.3 -1.8 7.2 -6.5 5.0 2.8 7.2 7.4 89 29 59 20 22 47 23 36 11 56 +Avg Avg 4.9 4.5 2.4 2.3 -3 -17 3.96 14.44 0.53 (22) 0.58 (50) -Avg Avg — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Municipal Bond—National — (—) — Amer Funds T/E Bd A AXP High-Yield Tax-Ex A Bernstein Diversif Muni Calvert Tax-Fr Res Lim A Dreyfus Interm Muni MI ML MS MS MI QQQ QQQ QQQQ Q QQQ 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.9 6.8 6.6 5.3 3.0 6.0 8.1 7.4 6.8 4.0 6.4 5.4 4.9 4.9 3.7 4.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 3.9 5.0 32 33 25 82 72 45 45 27 87 74 19 60 7 95 85 21 35 12 86 75 7 44 10 91 77 High Avg High -Avg Low 4.4 5.0 3.4 2.4 4.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -2 -2 -1 0 -2 3.97 4.51 2.83 0.46 3.48 0.95 1.04 0.68 0.08 0.84 (72) (66) (74) (23) (73) Avg -Avg +Avg Low -Avg LEvergreen HiInc MuniBd A LFidelity Spar IntermMuni LFidelity Spar Muni Inc Fidelity Spar Sh-IntMuni LFranklin Fed T/F Inc A MS QQQ MI QQQQ ML [ QQQQ MS [ QQQ ML QQQQ 0.6 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.1 4.2 7.6 8.5 5.4 6.0 6.3 8.2 9.4 6.3 7.5 4.3 5.7 6.2 5.0 5.0 — 5.8 6.1 4.7 5.7 76 4 8 14 27 65 15 4 24 61 23 17 4 21 55 57 9 2 7 33 — 11 4 25 25 Avg High +Avg High Avg 3.8 4.1 4.5 3.1 5.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -2 -2 -2 0 -2 2.54 3.81 4.87 2.27 3.74 0.45 0.94 1.15 0.55 0.86 (41) (76) (73) (71) (67) Avg -Avg Avg Avg -Avg LFranklin Hi Yld T/F A Franklin Ins T/F Inc A Nuveen Interm Duration R LScudder Med-Trm T/F S Sit Tax-Free Income ML QQQ ML QQQQ MI QQQQ MI QQQQ MI [ QQQ 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 4.0 7.0 5.9 6.7 4.9 5.9 8.5 7.5 7.6 6.9 3.5 5.5 5.0 5.3 4.2 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.6 78 36 65 44 62 85 34 77 48 96 84 23 53 48 76 80 13 55 35 83 25 24 21 37 28 -Avg +Avg Avg +Avg Avg 5.8 4.7 4.8 4.1 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 -3 -3 -3 -2 -3 3.21 4.27 3.29 4.10 2.89 0.59 0.97 0.75 1.02 0.65 (41) (67) (67) (77) (66) Low -Avg Low Avg Low LStrong S/T Muni Bond Inv T. Rowe Price T/F Inc LT. Rowe Price T/F Sh-Int Thornburg Ltd-Tm Natl A LUSAA Tax Ex Interm-Term MS QQQ ML QQQQ MS [ QQQ MS QQQ MI QQQQQ 0.9 1.1 0.6 1.0 1.2 4.4 7.4 5.0 6.1 6.5 5.4 8.6 6.3 6.6 7.9 4.4 5.5 4.9 4.8 5.3 4.3 5.9 4.7 4.8 5.8 18 24 75 15 12 57 21 41 11 59 64 20 25 11 28 49 14 13 14 32 67 13 31 22 16 Avg High High +Avg +Avg 4.0 4.7 3.5 3.3 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 -1 -3 -1 -1 -2 1.58 4.68 2.33 2.76 3.51 0.35 1.09 0.56 0.69 0.84 (54) (70) (71) (75) (74) -Avg Avg Avg +Avg -Avg USAA Tax Ex Long-Term LUSAA Tax Ex Short-Term LVanguard Hi-Yld T/E Vanguard Ins L/T TE Inv LVanguard IntTm T/E ML MS ML ML MI QQQQQ QQQ QQQQQ QQQQQ QQQQ 1.4 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.8 8.3 4.5 5.8 8.0 6.0 9.0 5.5 7.9 9.2 7.5 5.3 4.6 5.1 6.1 5.4 5.9 4.6 5.9 6.3 5.6 2 30 74 19 89 5 54 65 10 73 10 54 44 5 50 18 33 30 3 20 17 37 16 2 27 High Avg Avg High +Avg 4.8 3.2 5.2 4.5 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 -3 0 -3 -2 -2 5.09 1.60 4.27 5.33 3.86 1.16 0.39 0.87 1.24 0.91 (67) (72) (53) (70) (71) Avg -Avg -Avg +Avg -Avg LVanguard Lg-Tm T/E LVanguard LtdTm T/E ML MS QQQQQ QQQQ 0.9 0.8 7.6 5.3 9.3 6.2 5.9 4.9 6.1 4.7 62 44 16 28 4 27 5 9 6 28 High High 4.6 3.6 0.1 0.0 -3 -1 5.54 2.29 1.27 (69) 0.54 (68) +Avg Avg 1.2 7.7 8.9 6.1 6.3 Lehman Bros. Municipal Index E New this month ][ Increase/decrease in rating Categories LAnalyst Picks NR No Morningstar rating; fund less than 3 years old. MI Muni National, Intermediate ML Municipal National, Long MS Municipal National, Short Red numbers Lowest return in group Grey numbers Highest return in group MU CV IB EB Multisector Bond Convertibles Bond International Bond Emerging Market Bond Current Portfolio Style Current Bond Style Avg Box Duration Category Avg Duration Costs Avg Credit Quality Credit Quality Breakdown US Gov’t High Turnover % Recent Composition % Cash Stock Bond Other Sales Charge % 45 Operations Expense Ratio Cost Rating Med Low Other — 4.1 4.1 BB 1 2 10 85 4 101 9 1 85 5 — 3 6 0 6 6 3.2 3.9 — 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 BB B — BB B 0 3 — 0 0 0 5 — 14 0 12 6 — 21 7 88 85 — 65 68 0 1 — 0 25 358 51 22 96 24 24 11 20 12 0 0 5 10 0 0 76 76 69 77 90 0 9 1 12 10 1.00r 5.00d NL 4.50 4.50 0.99 1.79 b 0.65 0.90 0.96 -Avg Avg Low Avg Avg 9.06 778.7 5.12 2,031.8 6.88 1,659.7 8.74 718.8 10.05 1,657.9 6 6 6 3.8 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.1 B B B 0 0 6 7 0 0 2 4 1 86 96 94 5 1 0 71 75 29 6 4 2 1 0 0 86 94 97 7 2 1 1.00r NL 1.00r 0.83 0.34 0.27 — Low Low 6.37 2,033.1 8.35 87.1 5.97 5,689.7 — 5.0 5.0 A 11 24 26 31 10 195 11 4 70 15 — 4 4 0 8 0 4.9 5.2 — 7.6 — 5.1 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 AA AAA — BBB — 16 21 — 0 — 48 75 — 22 — 22 4 — 34 — 14 0 — 36 — 0 1 — 8 — 61 266 37 20 163 3 19 1 5 2 0 0 15 18 14 77 74 0 0 0 19 7 84 77 84 3.75 NL 4.75 4.75 NL 1.12 b 1.22 b 1.20 1.09 b 0.76 Avg — Avg -Avg Low 17.12 528.4 10.54 35.5 17.34 519.1 20.52 82.1 16.63 1,396.7 Management Team Gordon/Anderson (6.2/3.6) Calamos/Calamos (17.7/14.5) Davis/Voss (10.1/2.5) Victor Y. Thay (1.1) 0 4 0 4 4 — 4.4 — 5.0 4.7 5.8 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.1 — AA — AAA AA — 69 — 0 0 — 0 — 90 94 — 7 — 9 6 — 24 — 1 0 — 0 — 0 0 259 69 22 434 108 10 17 3 16 16 2 0 1 0 0 82 67 89 69 84 6 15 8 15 0 1.00r 4.50 NL NL NL 0.99 0.93 b 1.00 b 0.50 0.95 — -Avg -Avg Low -Avg 11.84 470.9 6.67 537.4 11.60 83.7 10.76 779.2 9.55 1,113.1 John H. Carlson (7.7) Cavanaugh Jr./Janis III (16.6/3.4) Fuss/Gaffney (6.2/5.4) Sudi Mariappa (2.3) Management Team 0 0 4.1 — 4.7 4.4 B — — — — — — — — — — — 6 156 8 6 13 0 55 0 24 94 NL NL NA 0.71 Low Low 10.83 2,768.8 10.53 329.1 Management Team Larry Keele (6.3) 1.29 1.44 — — NAV Assets 01-31-03 ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure years) — — 986.0 393.5 — Sandy R. Rufenacht (6.7) Morgan/Philo (2.8/1.8) Monrad/Monrad (42.8/10.2) Ray Kennedy (0.9) Margaret D. Patel (5.1) Mark Vaselkiv (6.8) Management Team Earl E. McEvoy (19.1) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 8 1 1 4 5.6 9.8 4.2 0.6 4.5 5.4 7.5 3.0 3.0 5.4 AA A AA AA AA 0 0 0 0 0 62 61 80 45 68 24 15 13 52 28 14 3 1 3 4 0 22 6 0 0 22 37 26 63 27 4 0 8 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 95 97 92 86 97 1 2 0 0 1 3.75 4.75 NL 1.00 0.10r 0.66 b 0.80 b 0.63 0.69 0.74 -Avg Avg Low — -Avg 12.46 4.48 14.31 10.76 13.67 2,780.7 4,576.6 1,816.9 1,459.0 1,063.1 Multiple Managers Terrence M. Fettig (2.2) Management Team Management Team Monica S. Wieboldt (15.5) 1 4 7 1 7 2.2 5.2 7.2 3.0 — 3.0 5.4 7.5 3.0 7.5 AA AA AA AA AA 0 0 0 0 0 63 75 82 81 66 19 19 12 13 31 6 0 0 0 3 12 6 5 6 1 79 24 27 43 10 16 2 1 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 84 96 99 94 81 0 2 0 0 1 4.75 0.50r 0.50r 0.50r 4.25 0.83 0.43 0.43 0.41 0.60 b Avg Low Low -Avg -Avg 8.73 10.28 13.27 10.57 12.01 527.6 1,784.2 4,828.5 1,800.7 6,849.0 B. Clark Stamper (8.3) Douglas McGinley (0.2) Christine Jones Thompson (0.8) Mark Sommer (0.2) Management Team 8 7 4 4 2 — — 4.8 5.2 4.5 7.5 7.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 BBB AAA AA AAA A 0 0 0 0 0 24 100 76 84 34 35 0 24 16 61 17 0 0 0 5 25 0 1 0 0 10 8 15 21 40 2 15 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 98 85 90 95 91 0 0 0 0 3 4.25 4.25 Clsd Clsd NL 0.62 b 0.63 b 0.59 0.73 0.75 -Avg — Low -Avg -Avg 10.39 4,409.2 12.37 1,646.7 9.39 2,562.7 11.63 557.9 10.00 418.0 Management Team Amoroso/Pomeroy (16.1/13.6) Thomas C. Spalding (24.6) Management Team Brilley/Sit (14.4/4.2) 2 4 1 1 1 2.2 6.2 3.1 3.8 4.4 3.0 7.5 3.0 3.0 5.4 A AA AA AA AA 0 0 0 0 0 33 77 83 82 67 55 19 15 17 31 12 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 74 28 30 20 13 3 1 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 96 99 91 97 99 0 0 0 2 0 NL NL NL 1.50 NL 0.60 0.54 0.52 0.95 0.45 -Avg Low -Avg Avg Low 9.82 611.2 10.05 1,479.0 5.53 562.5 13.96 926.4 13.38 2,627.0 Lyle J. Fitterer (2.9) Management Team Management Team George Strickland (18.4) Clifford A. Gladson (9.9) 4 2 5 4 4 6.3 1.9 6.3 6.6 5.0 7.5 3.0 7.5 7.5 5.4 AA A A AAA AAA 0 0 0 0 0 69 52 56 100 91 27 47 31 0 7 4 1 6 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 40 21 18 21 13 0 6 1 1 3 0 100 0 94 0 97 0 97 0 96 0 0 1 2 1 NL NL NL NL NL 0.45 0.46 0.19 0.19 0.19 Low -Avg Low Low Low 13.84 10.89 10.66 12.96 13.67 2,245.4 1,242.2 2,629.8 1,937.9 7,265.5 Robert R. Pariseau (3.3) Clifford A. Gladson (8.9) MacKinnon/Smith (21.3/6.5) MacKinnon/Smith (18.4/10.8) MacKinnon/Ryon (21.4/5.5) 7 1 7.4 2.7 7.5 3.0 AAA AA 0 0 89 89 10 10 1 1 0 0 16 19 2 7 0 0 2 1 NL NL 0.19 0.19 Low Low 11.49 1,223.5 11.14 2,850.2 MacKinnon/Wisehaupt-Tynan(15.5/6.2) Fixed Income Style Box Sht Int Long 95 92 Hi Med Lo d b r w NA Clsd Deferred sales charge 12b-1 fee Redemption fee Waived fee Not Available This fund is closed — Christopher M. Ryon (6.5) 46 Fund Index ABN AMRO Funds 992-8151 ABN AMRO/Chicago CapBd N CHTBX 42 ABN AMRO/Montag Gr N MCGFX 24 AIM Family of Funds 959-4246 AIM Aggressive Growth A AAGFX 28 AIM Constellation A CSTGX 24 AIM Premier Equity A AVLFX 24 Aegis Value 528-3780 AVALX 34 Alliance Premier Gr B 227-4618 APGBX 24 American Century Investments 345-2021 AmCent Equity Growth Inv BEQGX 24 AmCent Equity Income Inv TWEIX 30 AmCent Ginnie Mae Inv BGNMX 42 AmCent Global Gold Inv BGEIX 36 AmCent Global Gr Inv TWGGX 40 AmCent Growth Inv TWCGX 24 AmCent Inc & Growth Inv BIGRX 26 AmCent Intl Disc Inv TWEGX 38 AmCent Intl Growth Inv TWIEX 38 AmCent Lrg Co Val Inv ALVIX 26 AmCent Select Inv TWCIX 24 AmCent Small Cap Val Inv ASVIX 34 AmCent Tax Mgd Val Inv ACTIX 26 AmCent Ultra Inv TWCUX 24 AmCent Value Inv TWVLX 30 AmCent Veedot Inv AMVIX 28 American Express Financial 328-8300 AXP High-Yield Tax-Ex A INHYX 44 AXP New Dimensions A INNDX 26 AXP Utilities A INUTX 36 American Funds Group 421-4120 Amer Funds Amcap A AMCPX 24 Amer Funds Amer Bal A ABALX 34 Amer Funds Amer H/I A AHITX 42 Amer Funds Amer Mut A AMRMX 26 Amer Funds CapWrldBd A CWBFX 44 Amer Funds CapWrldGI A CWGIX 40 Amer Funds CpIncBldr A CAIBX 40 Amer Funds EuroPac A AEPGX 38 Amer Funds Fundamen A ANCFX 28 Amer Funds Grth Fund A AGTHX 24 Amer Funds Inc Fund A AMECX 34 Amer Funds Inv Co Am A AIVSX 28 Amer Funds New Econ A ANEFX 24 Amer Funds New Persp A ANWPX 40 Amer Funds New World A NEWFX 40 Amer Funds Sm World A SMCWX 32 Amer Funds T/E Bd A AFTEX 44 Amer Funds WashingtonA AWSHX 28 Ameristock 394-5064 AMSTX 28 Ariel Funds 292-7435 Ariel ARGFX 34 Ariel Appreciation CAAPX 30 Artisan Funds 344-1770 Artisan International ARTIX 38 Artisan Intl Sm Cap Inv ARTJX 38 Artisan Mid Cap ARTMX 28 Artisan Mid Cap Value ARTQX 30 Artisan Small Cap ARTSX 32 Artisan Small Cap Value ARTVX 34 Atlantic Whitehall Growth 994-2533 WHGFX 24 Atlas Global Growth A 933-2852 AGRAX 40 BNY Hamilton SmCap Gr Is 426-9363 BNSIX 28 Baron Asset Fund 992-2766 Baron Asset BARAX 28 Baron Growth BGRFX 32 Baron Small Cap BSCFX 32 Berger Funds 303-329-0200 Berger Mid Cap Value BEMVX 30 Berger Sm Cap Val Instl BSVIX 34 Bernstein Funds 212-756-4097 Bernstein Diversif Muni SNDPX 44 Bernstein Intl Val II SIMTX 38 Bernstein Tx-Mgd Intl Vl SNIVX 38 Bjurman, Barry MicroCp Gr 227-7264 BMCFX 32 BlackRock Intl Bond Svc 441-7762 CIFIX 44 Bogle Small Cap Gr Inv 877-264-5346 BOGLX 32 Boston Part SmCp II Inv 888-261-4073 BPSCX 34 Brandywine 656-3017 BRWIX 28 Brazos Micro Cap Y 426-9157 BJMIX 32 Bridgeway Ult-Smll Tx Ad 661-3550 BRSIX 34 Brown Cap Small Co Instl 877-892-4226 BCSIX 32 Buffalo Small Cap 492-8332 BUFSX 32 Area code is 800 unless otherwise indicated. Calamos Funds 823-7386 Calamos Convertible A CCVIX 44 Calamos Growth A CVGRX 28 Calvert Tax-Fr Res Lim A 368-2748 CTFLX 44 Causeway Intl Value Inv 866-947-7000 CIVVX 38 Clipper 776-5033 CFIMX 28 Columbia Funds 547-1707 Columbia Balanced Z CBALX 34 Columbia Growth CLMBX 24 Columbia Real Est Eq Z CREEX 36 Columbia Small Cap Z CMSCX 32 Columbia Strategic Val Z CSVFX 30 Davis Funds 279-0279 Davis Convertible Secs A RPFCX 44 Davis Financial A RPFGX 36 Davis NY Venture A NYVTX 26 Delaware Trend A 523-4640 DELTX 28 Delphi Value Retail 895-9936 KDVRX 30 Dimensional US Micro Cp DFSCX 34 Dodge & Cox Funds 621-3979 Dodge & Cox Balanced DODBX 34 Dodge & Cox Income DODIX 42 Dodge & Cox Intl Stock DODFX 38 Dodge & Cox Stock DODGX 28 Domini Social Equity 762-6814 DSEFX 26 Dreyfus 373-9387 Dreyfus Appreciation DGAGX 26 Dreyfus Disc Stock DDSTX 26 Dreyfus Emerging Leaders DRELX 34 Dreyfus Interm Muni DITEX 44 Dreyfus Midcap Value DMCVX 30 Dreyfus Prem Emerg A DRFMX 40 Eaton Vance Group 225-6265 Eaton Vance Inc Boston A EVIBX 42 Eaton Vance Wld Health A ETHSX 36 Evergreen Funds 343-2898 Evergreen Health Care A EHABX 36 Evergreen HiInc MuniBd A VMPAX 44 Excelsior Val & Restruct 446-1012 UMBIX 26 FAM Value 932-3271 FAMVX 30 FBR Small Cap Value A 888-888-0025 FBRVX 32 FMI Focus 811-5311 FMIOX 32 FPA Funds 982-4372 FPA Capital FPPTX 34 FPA New Income FPNIX 42 FPA Paramount FPRAX 34 Fairholme 866-202-2263 FAIRX 30 Fidelity Advisor Funds 522-7297 Fidelity Adv Eq Gr T FAEGX 24 Fidelity Adv Small Cap T FSCTX 32 Fidelity Group 544-8888 Fidelity FFIDX 26 Fidelity Asset Mgr FASMX 34 Fidelity Asset Mgr: Aggr FAMRX 28 Fidelity Asset Mgr: Grth FASGX 34 Fidelity Balanced FBALX 34 Fidelity Blue Chip Grth FBGRX 24 Fidelity Capital Apprec FDCAX 24 Fidelity Contrafund FCNTX 26 Fidelity Contrafund II FCONX 26 Fidelity Convertible Sec FCVSX 44 Fidelity Destiny I FDESX 24 Fidelity Destiny II FDETX 26 Fidelity Diversified Int FDIVX 38 Fidelity Dividend Growth FDGFX 26 Fidelity Equity-Inc FEQIX 28 Fidelity Equity-Inc II FEQTX 28 Fidelity Exp & Multinatl FEXPX 26 Fidelity Four-in-One Idx FFNOX 26 Fidelity Freedom 2010 FFFCX 36 Fidelity Freedom 2020 FFFDX 36 Fidelity Ginnie Mae FGMNX 42 Fidelity Government Inc FGOVX 42 Fidelity Growth & Income FGRIX 26 Fidelity Growth Company FDGRX 24 Fidelity High-Income SPHIX 42 Fidelity Independence FDFFX 24 Fidelity Inflation-Protec FINPX 42 Fidelity Interm Bond FTHRX 42 Fidelity Interm Govt FSTGX 42 Fidelity Invt Grade Bond FBNDX 42 Fidelity Leverage Co Stk FLVCX 30 Fidelity Low-Priced Stk FLPSX 34 Fidelity Magellan FMAGX 26 Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock FMCSX 28 Fidelity New Markets Inc FNMIX 44 Fidelity New Millennium FMILX 28 Fidelity OTC FOCPX 24 Fidelity Overseas FOSFX 38 Fidelity Pacific Basin FPBFX 40 Fidelity Puritan FPURX 36 Fidelity Sel Electronics FSELX 36 Fidelity Sel Health Care FSPHX 36 Fidelity Sel Technology FSPTX 36 Fidelity Sh-Term Bond FSHBX 42 Fidelity SmCp Retirement FSCRX 32 Fidelity Small Cap Indep FDSCX 32 Fidelity Small Cap Stock FSLCX 32 Fidelity Spar 500 Idx FSMKX 26 Fidelity Spar IntermMuni FLTMX 44 Fidelity Spar Muni Inc FHIGX 44 Fidelity Spar Sh-IntMuni FSTFX 44 Fidelity Total Bond FTBFX 42 Fidelity Value FDVLX 30 Fidelity Worldwide FWWFX 40 First Eagle Funds 451-3623 First Eagle Fund of Am Y FEAFX 30 First Eagle Glbl A SGENX 40 Forward Hoover Sm-Cp Eq 999-6809 FFSCX 32 Franklin Templeton Investments 342-5236 Franklin Bal Sh Invmt A FRBSX 34 Franklin Fed T/F Inc A FKTIX 44 Franklin Growth A FKGRX 26 Franklin Hi Yld T/F A FRHIX 44 Franklin Income A FKINX 36 Franklin Ins T/F Inc A FTFIX 44 Franklin SmMid Cap Gr A FRSGX 28 Franklin US Gov Secs A FKUSX 42 Templeton Devel Mkts A TEDMX 40 Templeton Foreign A TEMFX 38 Templeton Growth A TEPLX 40 Templeton World A TEMWX 40 Fremont Investment Advisors 548-4539 Fremont Bond FBDFX 42 Fremont U.S. Micro-Cap FUSMX 32 Gabelli Funds 422-3554 Gabelli Asset GABAX 30 Gabelli Glob Telecomm GABTX 36 Gabelli Growth GABGX 24 Gabelli Small Cap Growth GABSX 34 Gabelli Value A GABVX 30 Gabelli Westwood Bal AAA 937-8966 WEBAX 36 Gateway 354-6339 GATEX 36 Hancock Strategic Inc A 225-5291 JHFIX 44 Harbor Funds 422-1050 Harbor Bond HABDX 42 Harbor Capital Apprec HACAX 24 Harbor Intl HAINX 38 Harbor Large Cap Value HAVLX 28 Heartland Value 432-7856 HRTVX 34 Henlopen 866-880-0032 HENLX 32 ICAP Funds 888-221-4227 ICAP Equity ICAEX 28 ICAP Select Equity ICSLX 28 ICM/Isabelle Sm Cap Invt 472-6114 IZZYX 34 INVESCO Family of Funds 646-8372 INVESCO Dynamics Inv FIDYX 28 INVESCO Energy Inv FSTEX 36 INVESCO Financial Svc Inv FSFSX 36 INVESCO Small Co Gr Inv FIEGX 32 Janus 525-8983 Janus JANSX 24 Janus Balanced JABAX 36 Janus Core Equity JAEIX 26 Janus Enterprise JAENX 30 Janus Global Life Sci JAGLX 36 Janus Global Value JGVAX 40 Janus Growth & Income JAGIX 24 Janus High-Yield JAHYX 44 Janus Mercury JAMRX 24 Janus Olympus JAOLX 24 Janus Orion JORNX 30 Janus Overseas JAOSX 38 Janus Special Equity JSVAX 30 Janus Twenty JAVLX 24 Janus Venture JAVTX 32 Janus Worldwide JAWWX 40 Jensen 992-4144 JENSX 24 Julius Baer Intl Eqty A 435-4659 BJBIX 38 LKCM Small Cap Equity 817-332-3235 LKSCX 34 Legg Mason Family of Funds 577-8589 Legg Mason Amer Lead Pr LMALX 28 Legg Mason Opp Prim LMOPX 30 Legg Mason Spec Invt Pr LMASX 30 Legg Mason Value Prim LMVTX 26 Liberty Financial Funds 322-2847 Liberty Acorn Z ACRNX 32 Liberty Acorn Intl Z ACINX 38 Liberty Acorn Twenty Z ACTWX 30 Liberty Acorn USA Z AUSAX 32 Liberty Newport Tiger A CNTAX 40 Longleaf Partners Funds 445-9469 Longleaf Partners LLPFX 30 Longleaf Partners Intl LLINX 38 Longleaf Partners Sm-Cap LLSCX 34 Loomis Sayles Bond Ret 633-3330 LSBRX 44 Lord Abbett Affiliated A 201-6984 LAFFX 28 MFS Family of Funds 637-2929 MFS Capital Opport A MCOFX 26 MFS Global Equity B MWEBX 40 MFS Global Total Retrn A MFWTX 40 MFS Mass Inv Grth Stk A MIGFX 24 MFS Mass Inv Trust A MITTX 26 MFS Total Return A MSFRX 36 MFS Utilities A MMUFX 36 MainStay Funds 624-6782 MainStay Hi-Yield Corp B MKHCX 44 MainStay MAP I MUBFX 30 Mairs & Power Growth 651-222-8478 MPGFX 26 Managers Special Equity 835-3879 MGSEX 32 Marsico Investment Fund 888-860-8686 Marsico 21st Century MXXIX 24 Marsico Focus MFOCX 24 Marsico Intl Opp MIOFX 38 Masters’ Select Equity 960-0188 Masters’ Select Equity MSEFX 26 Masters’ Select Intl MSILX 38 Masters’ Select Value MSVFX 30 Morningstar FundInvestor Matthews Pacific Tiger 789-2742 MAPTX 40 Merger 343-8959 MERFX 36 Meridian Value 446-6662 MVALX 30 Merrill Lynch Investment Managers 995-6526 Merrill Basic Value A MABAX 28 Merrill Global Alloc B MBLOX 40 Metropolitan West Funds 241-4671 Metro West AlphaTrak 500 MWATX 26 Metro West Low Dur M MWLDX 42 Metro West Total Ret MWTRX 42 Montgomery Sh Dur Govt R 572-3863 MNSGX 42 Morgan Stan Amer Opp B 869-6397 AMOBX 24 Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds 548-7786 Morgan Stan Ins IntlEq A MSIQX 38 Morgan Stan Ins MidGr MPEGX 30 Morgan Stan Ins SmGr MSCGX 32 Morgan Stan Ins US R/E A MSUSX 36 Morgan Stan Ins USMdCrIns MPMVX 30 Muhlenkamp 860-3863 MUHLX 32 Mutual 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At some point, fighting for lost causes ceases to be noble and becomes merely foolish. That’s the position in which the mutual fund industry found itself regarding its opposition to proxyvoting disclosure. Fund-industry leaders badly misread the public sentiment on the issue. They treated the proxyvoting disclosure issue as an administrative burden, one that they could argue against on the basis of cost and fairness. The center of their rebuttal to an proposal on the issue was that other institutional shareholders were not required to meet the same standard and that disclosure would have a cost that outweighed its benefit. While their points had merit, it was hardly the right time to be seen arguing against higher standards. Yet argue they did. The fund industry brought out its heaviest hitters. Fidelity’s Ned Johnson and Vanguard’s Jack Brennan penned an op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal detailing the industry’s opposition to the proposal. The Investment Company Institute (ICI) sent out reams of paper to selected journalists to illustrate how burdensome mailing proxy records to investors would be. Amidst all this activity, however, the industry failed to come up with even one credible argument as to why investors didn’t have the right to see how their shares were voted. To make matters worse, it ultimately was making this argument to members of Congress, all of whom have their votes publicly recorded. Talk about not knowing your audience! Editor Christine Benz Managing Editor Kelli A. Stebel Director of Fund Analysis Russel Kinnel Contributing Editors Don Phillips, Sue Stevens Analysts Emily Hall, Paul Herbert, Jeffrey Ptak, Bradley Sweeney, Shannon Zimmerman Copy Editors Jason Phillip, Jason Stipp, Karen Wallace Senior Designer The industry’s opposition was not only futile; it was counterproductive. As investors are openly questioning the integrity of Wall Street, the fund industry should be doing everything possible to ally its interests with those of investors. Yet rarely have the two seemed more divergent. Investors are outraged at corporate scandals, but rather than join this chorus, the fund industry has showed that the issue that really gets its blood boiling is proxy disclosure. Is it any wonder the public isn’t sympathetic? The fund industry lost the proxy-voting battle, but perhaps it learned a lesson along the way. After initially signaling that it would oppose the ’s proposal to require fund companies to disclose portfolios quarterly, rather than on the current, twice-yearly schedule, the ICI announced in late February that it would not oppose more frequent disclosure. Let’s hope this is the beginning of a trend in which the fund industry reclaims the high ground. 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