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@Crash & MFO Members: Here's how U.S. News & World Report which uses Zack's, along with M*, Lipper, S&P Capital IQ, and The Street to arrive at a consensus ranks the four funds listed in Crash's link. Regards, Ted ABALX: #5 TRPBX: #22 FBALX: #12 FSGNX #87
Sigh. I was hoping that that we could have a list of funds without loads being interjected. In part because while you and I might not pay for advice, others do. And in part, because the fact that some people pay a load for a fund doesn't mean that you and I need to.
One can purchase FSGNX with neither a load nor a commission at a variety of brokerages, such as Fidelity.
Since we have brought loads into the discussion, it is worth pointing out that FSGNX (as we would purchase it, i.e. without a load) would likely rank higher than #87 in the US News list that Ted cited. That's because the US News ranking combine rankings from M* and others.
While M* rates FSGNX two stars, it rates the load waived version FSGNX.lw three stars. (M* incorporates the effect of loads when it hands out stars.) So if US News were to use this higher M* rating, its ranking of the fund would likely move up as well.
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Regards,
Ted
ABALX: #5
TRPBX: #22
FBALX: #12
FSGNX #87
One can purchase FSGNX with neither a load nor a commission at a variety of brokerages, such as Fidelity.
Since we have brought loads into the discussion, it is worth pointing out that FSGNX (as we would purchase it, i.e. without a load) would likely rank higher than #87 in the US News list that Ted cited. That's because the US News ranking combine rankings from M* and others.
While M* rates FSGNX two stars, it rates the load waived version FSGNX.lw three stars. (M* incorporates the effect of loads when it hands out stars.) So if US News were to use this higher M* rating, its ranking of the fund would likely move up as well.