Here are the top five and bottom five sector funds in each of the categories for 2000:

Technology

Health

Communications

Real estate

Financial

Utilities

Precious metals

Natural resources

Specialty-Technology

PIMCO Global Innovation A 48.60%

Potomac Internet/Short 37.21%

Icon Information Technology 10.17%

Kinetics Internet New Paradigm 0.30%

Sit Science & Technology Growth -0.62%

Jacob Internet -76.23%

Potomac Internet Plus Inv -73.74%

ING Internet A -64.84%

Internet Index -62.72%

StockJungle.com Pure Play Internet -62.66%

Specialty-Health

Evergreen Health Care A 114.07%

Nicholas-Applegate Global Health I 91.28%

Munder Framlington Healthcare Y 78.46%

Dresdner RCM Biotechnology N 78.18%

Eaton Vance Worldwide Health Sci A 75.94%

Marketocracy Medical Specialists -0.21%

INVESCO Health Sciences Inv 23.74%

Rydex Health Care Inv 26.97%

Janus Global Life Sciences 27.61%

Alliance Health Care A 28.11%

Specialty-Communications

Icon Telecommunications & Utilities 9.64%

Smith Barney Telecomm Income -6.62%

Fidelity Select Developing Comm -20.75%

INVESCO Telecommunications Inv -21.14%

Gabelli Global Telecommunications -21.89%

Federated Communications Technology A -40.24%

Firsthand Communications -38.03%

Montgomery Global Communications R -35.20%

Rydex Telecommunications Adv -34.91%

Warburg Pincus Global Telecommun -34.90%

Specialty-Real Estate

Security Capital U.S. Real Estate 35.14%

SSgA Tuckerman Active REIT 34.63%

Phoenix-Duff & Phelps Real Estate Sec A 32.11%

First American Real Estate Secs Y 32.03%

Delaware Pooled Real Estate Inv Tr 31.17%

Alpine International Real Estate Y -2.63%

FBR Realty Growth -1.52%

Cohen & Steers Special Equity 0.22%

Security Capital European Real Estate 0.59%

MSDW Instl European Real Estate A 10.25%

Specialty-Financial

Fidelity Select Insurance 47.49%

Fidelity Select Home Finance 42.93%

Icon Financial 42.72%

Burnham Financial Services A 42.26%

FBR Financial Services 39.88%

Imperial Financial Services -1.70%

Banc Stock Group A 5.90%

Emerald Banking & Finance A 8.86%

MSDW Financial Services B 9.75%

Rydex Banking Adv 11.12%

Specialty-Utilities

Galaxy II Utility Index Ret 50.99%

American Gas Index 48.23%

Franklin Utilities A 35.74%

Prudential Utility B 33.54%

Strong American Utilities 22.80%

Fidelity Advisor Telecomm & Util Gr A -24.43%

Fidelity Utilities -17.34%

Lindner Utility Inv -15.23%

Federated World Utility A -15.07%

Liberty Newport Global Utilities A -13.72%

Specialty-Precious Metals

Franklin Gold and Precious Metals A -12.53%

Scudder Gold S -12.57%

Vanguard Gold & Precious Metals -12.95%

Tocqueville Gold -14.37%

AXP Precious Metals A -15.18%

U.S. Global Investors World Gold -39.80%

Midas -39.70%

U.S. Global Investors Gold Shares -32.52%

Midas Investors -29.05%

Pilgrim Silver A -28.22%

Specialty-Natural Resources

Icon Energy 69.12%

State Street Research Global Res A 60.82%

Fidelity Select Natural Gas 60.28%

INVESCO Energy Inv 46.12%

Oppenheimer Real Asset A 43.74%

Fidelity Select Industrial Materials -12.08%

AIM Global Resources A -5.60%

Fidelity Select Paper & Forest Prod -5.40%

American Century Global Nat Res Inv 0.00%

Ivy Global Natural Resources A 2.58%

*Data as of Dec. 15, 2000

Source: Morningstar