Mutual Funds
As Market Rallies, Stock Funds Shine

(MONEY Magazine) – The market's run fueled a heady month for stock funds of all stripes. Small-cap funds, which of late have trailed funds that invest in bigger companies, had a particularly strong October, posting a 5.3% gain. Fidelity Contrafund took top honors among the biggest funds, with a 4.3% total return.

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NOTES AND SOURCES: Data as of Oct. 26 from Lipper, New York; 877-955-4773. Tickers represent the largest share class. The 10 Biggest Stock Funds are ranked by total net assets. [1] Annualized. [2] Closed to new investors. N.A.: Not applicable or not available.

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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.