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Biggest Funds

Total Net Assets 1 day
% Change
PTTRX PIMCO Total Return Instl $149.1B +1.76%
VTSMX Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx I... $65.1B +6.52%
VINIX Vanguard Institutional Index I... $62.4B +5.70%
FCNTX Fidelity Contrafund $56.7B +7.12%
CAIBX American Funds Capital Inc Bld... $55.0B +3.39%
VFIAX Vanguard 500 Index Admiral $54.1B +5.69%
AGTHX American Funds Growth Fund of ... $53.2B +8.24%
AMECX American Funds Inc Fund of Ame... $52.5B +2.97%
VTSAX Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx A... $52.2B +6.52%
CWGIX American Funds Capital World G... $44.5B +7.90%
Data as of Feb 9

Gainers & Losers

Price 1 day
% Change
UGPIX ProFunds UltraChina Inv 9.38 +27.45%
UGPSX ProFunds UltraChina Service 9.03 +27.36%
DXELX Direxion Mthly Emerg Mkts Bull 2X 57.46 +27.04%
UBPIX ProFunds UltraLatin America Inv 11.99 +25.16%
UBPSX ProFunds UltraLatin America Svc 11.88 +25.05%
DXESX Direxion Mthly Emerg Mkts Bear 2X 6.25 -26.38%
HPCCX The USX China C 1.75 -24.24%
HPCHX The USX China A 1.83 -23.75%
UHPIX ProFunds UltraShort China Inv 4.45 -23.28%
UHPSX ProFunds UltraShort China Service 4.30 -23.21%
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Data as of Feb 9

Fund Categories

Bear Market +1.24%
Long Government +1.17%
Inflation-Protected Bond +0.33%
Intermediate Government +0.20%
Intermediate-Term Bond +0.19%
 
Latin America Stock -1.81%
China Region -1.64%
Foreign Large Value -1.60%
Diversified Emerging... -1.59%
Diversified Pacific/... -1.58%
Data as of Feb 10

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