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Best 5 YTD. What are your?

FBIOX-17.49%
DMCRX-11.73%
ETGLX-10.07%
FOCPX6.75%
GASFX-6.42%

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  • edited March 2014
    I am invested for the longer term ... and, with this, I have listed below my top five funds along with their five year returns. They are as follows: HWAAX (32.48%) ... LPEFX (30.95%) ... FDSAX (28.47%) ... VADAX (26.59% and IIVAX (26.56%). Over this period my conserative portfolio with a target asset allocation of 20% cash, 25% income, 45% equity and 10% alternatives has had an annual averaged return of 17.44%.

    Year-to-date my top five funds are as follows: FRINX (4.77%) ... JCRAX (4.55%) ... THOAX (4.36%) ... TOLLX (4.17%) and PGBAX (3.16%).
  • gk3105gklm: Talk to me on the last trading session of 2014, and we'll see who has the best returns.
    Regards,
    Ted
  • skeet, LPEFX looks interesting, how can you access to it without paying the load? Thanks.
  • @DavidMMP: FYI:
    Regards,
    Ted

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    Front
    Load

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    Load

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    Ratio

    Min. Init. Purchase

    12b-1
    Actual

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    Constraint

    Shareclass
    Attributes


    Purchase Constraint: Institutional - T, Qualified Access - A, Closed to New/All Investments - C/L.
    Shareclass Attributes: Available for 529 Only - N, Indirect Use Only - U.


    ALPS|Red Rocks Listed Private Equity A 5.50 — 1.51 2,500 0.25 — —

    ALPS|Red Rocks Listed Private Equity C — 1.00 2.25 2,500 0.75 — —

    ALPS|Red Rocks Listed Private Equity I — — 1.25 1,000,000 0.00 T —

    ALPS|Red Rocks Listed Private Equity R — — 1.75 0 0.50 A —




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  • Thanks Ted. I will check with my broker to see if I can access to this fund.
    My best YTD are GEVA (56%) and AEGN up 62%. For funds, PRHSX up 12% and RRRAX (10%).
  • Strangely (?)--- some of my bond funds are doing better y-t-d than some stock funds. The 5 YTD "winners" so far--- IN DESCENDING ORDER, and size in portf.
    -TRAMX.......2.6%
    -MSCFX.................2.6%
    -PRESX.......16.4%
    -PRWCX..................................19%
    -DLFNX.......2.55%
  • FSAGX 27.43%
    FPHAX 11.35%
    FSELX 10.79%
    FTQGX 6.13%
    FSMVX 5.37%


    GARY
  • The last five years are a fantasy land. Do not base your expectations on the last five years.
  • BobC said:

    The last five years are a fantasy land. Do not base your expectations on the last five years.

    Well said.

  • I believe the thread with the confusing title was intended as YOUR best 5 funds YTD, not the best funds over the last 5 years. Just one of those forum feel-good pastimes not meant to be taken seriously as fund recommendation.
  • edited March 2014
    Reply to @cman:

    Yep. Of course, Bob might have been pulling their leg a little.:-)

    Quote: "The world rolls completely over once every day."
  • "What are your" is technically incorrect, too: "yours" is correct. Sorry, grammar and spelling police. Our beautiful jewel, the English language, is being thrown to the dogs. My teacher used to say that if we found a particular spelling in the newspaper, it was acceptable. But today? Ya, right! (NOT!) Newspapers, anything on the internet, even tv reporters---alas, there is no proper English that can be counted upon, anywhere. So, we have many, many more people here now whose first language is not English. That's not a legitimate excuse to run our splendid language into the ground. Keeping with the "top five" theme, I welcome you to think in terms of:
    Shakespeare
    Byron
    Dickinson
    Douglass
    Lincoln

    ...And, because "the British and Americans are two peoples separated by a common language," don't forget G. B. Shaw.
  • edited March 2014
    Reply to @crash:-)

    Re Shakespeare, Byron, Dickinson, Douglass, Lincoln: All eminently quotable - and I think it's nice the new board allots a special area for quotes!

    Regards
  • I am using last 3 years for any new funds I add and mostly conservative funds. currently largest position, VWINX, BERIX, PRBLX, YACKX, VILLX, and an ETF-SCHD
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