Here are the top five and bottom five blend funds in 2000:             

 

Large blend:

 

Fidelity Select Food & Agriculture       24.91%

ProFunds UltraBear Inv              21.68%

Thompson Plumb Growth  21.42%

WesMark Growth           19.51%

Buffalo Equity                18.28%

 

Lepercq-Istel                -29.01%

Value Trend Focus               -28.46%

ProFunds UltraBull Inv            -27.58%

Fidelity Select Leisure                     -24.33%

Nations Aggressive Growth Prim A         -24.30%

 

Mid-Cap blend           

 

Franklin U.S. Long-Short                      50.68%

The Fairholme Fund                           38.29%

Papp Small & Mid-Cap Growth               24.68%

Fidelity Select Environmental Svcs         24.30%

Bearguard Inv                         22.58%

 

 

IDEX CASE Growth A                          -40.55%

Gintel                                      -37.52%

Hodges                                       -26.92%

Howard Equity                                 -23.51%

Fidelity Capital Appreciation                -18.10%

 

Small blend            

 

Schroder Micro Cap Inv                       134.89%

Century Small Cap Select Instl                 49.15%

New Alternatives                             44.29%

CGM Focus                             37.33%

Meridian Value                               31.98%

 

Weitz Hickory                                 -23.63%

North American Small Cap Index A          -22.55%

Potomac Small Cap Plus Inv                 -17.26%

Principal Small Cap B                          -16.74%

FPA Paramount                                 -14.97%

 

*Data as of Dec. 15, 2000

 

Source: Morningstar