Hot Mutual Funds and ETFs - March 2007

The world markets took a major beating this month, but a good solid recovery in progress. Please email your suggestions and feedback to MutualFundGuru@gmail.com

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All data as of 2/28/2007. Next update before 4/15/2007

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Mutual Funds listed in Yellow

Hot Large Cap ETFs & Mutual Funds
Name	Category	1 Month	3 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year	Init Invest	Rating	Net Assets	Inception	Std Dev	Sharpe Ratio
Materials Select Sector SPDR	Large Value		8.16	7.58	24.03	14.33				939.11M		13.28	0.81
iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials	Large Value		6.38	7.02	20.81	13.43				531.02M		14.37	0.72
Mutual Beacon Z	Large Value	2.51	7.03	2.51	21.13	15.61	12.39	$1000	5	3.93B	29-Jun-62	6.48	1.79
Janus Contrarian	Large Blend	-0.28	7.91	4.69	22.8	21.43	17.5	$2500	5	4.51B	29-Feb-00	12.1	1.4
AIM Leisure Inv	Large Growth	3.15	10.26	3.15	25.6	12.54	9.93	$1000	5	605.98M	19-Jan-84	10.18	0.89
Spectra N	Large Growth	0.21	4.48	4.6	20.54	14.17	8.03	$1000	4	200.30M	28-Jul-69	13.2	0.82
Weitz Partners Value	Large Value	-2.0	2.89	0.12	21.56	9.5	7.96	$5000	4	2.04B	31-May-83	7.02	0.85
Weitz Value	Large Value	-2.75	2.37	-0.7	20.22	8.97	8.25	$5000	4	3.15B	09-May-86	7.13	0.77
Hot Mid Cap ETFs & Mutual Funds
Name	Category	1 Month	3 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year	Init Invest	Rating	Net Assets	Inception	Std Dev	Sharpe Ratio
Kinetics Small Cap Opportunities	Mid-Cap Blend	-0.07	4.55	4.27	21.22	20.88	16.53	$2500	4	264.86M	20-Mar-00	11.07	1.47
FBR Small Cap	Mid-Cap Growth	-0.07	8.79	3.86	23.06	19.44	21.05	$2000	5	1.05B	31-Dec-96	12.2	1.24
Wells Fargo Advantage C&B Mid Cap Val D	Mid-Cap Blend	-0.22	2.91	1.44	20.36	13.48	13.16	$2500	4	653.81M	18-Feb-98	10.85	0.91
Hot Specialty ETFs & Mutual Funds
Name	Category	1 Month	3 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year	Init Invest	Rating	Net Assets	Inception	Std Dev	Sharpe Ratio
iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors	Specialty-Real Estate		4.53	6.93	35.29	29.0				3.20B		18.0	1.33
DJ Wilshire REIT ETF	Specialty-Real Estate		3.43	5.86	30.4	26.81				1.52B		17.28	1.28
iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate	Specialty-Real Estate		3.87	5.73	30.63	24.05				1.93B		17.02	1.16
Utilities Select Sector SPDR	Specialty-Utilities		5.61	4.68	22.01	20.53				2.98B		9.15	1.73
iShares Dow Jones US Telecom	Specialty-Communications		7.87	3.41	25.51	14.15				987.21M		8.97	1.16
Alpine International Real Estate	Specialty-Real Estate	1.99	10.22	4.54	30.56	30.01	29.52	$1000	4	958.02M	01-Feb-89	11.7	2.03
T. Rowe Price Real Estate	Specialty-Real Estate	-1.94	3.73	5.72	31.86	28.93	25.85	$2500	4	2.33B	31-Oct-97	16.35	1.44
SSgA Tuckerman Active REIT	Specialty-Real Estate	-2.44	4.17	6.47	32.15	28.69	25.55	$1000	4	199.63M	30-Apr-98	17.64	1.34
American Century Real Estate Inv	Specialty-Real Estate	-1.29	4.02	5.67	30.15	26.44	25.32	$2500	4	1.43B	21-Sep-95	15.93	1.35
American Century Real Estate Adv	Specialty-Real Estate	-1.32	3.98	5.66	29.85	26.18	25.05	$2500	4	452.25M	06-Oct-98	15.94	1.34
T. Rowe Price Media & Telecom	Specialty-Communications	-2.28	3.9	2.43	25.65	22.69	20.51	$2500	5	1.46B	13-Oct-93	12.57	1.43
CGM Realty	Specialty-Real Estate	-5.48	2.19	3.22	22.82	29.74	32.15	$2500	5	1.47B	13-May-94	18.34	1.34
GAMCO Global Telecommunications AAA	Specialty-Communications	0.17	6.16	2.27	29.54	15.73	14.64	$1000	4	214.18M	01-Nov-93	9.54	1.24
USAA Precious Metals and Minerals	Specialty-Precious Metals	2.04	0.72	2.88	33.11	26.22	33.09	$3000	4	696.01M	15-Aug-84	28.62	0.84
U.S. Global Investors WrldPrecMineral	Specialty-Precious Metals	1.47	-1.36	1.39	28.07	28.19	41.15	$5000	4	1.06B	29-Nov-85	32.23	0.83
Hot Foreign ETFs & Mutual Funds
Name	Category	1 Month	3 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Year	5 Year	Init Invest	Rating	Net Assets	Inception	Std Dev	Sharpe Ratio
iShares MSCI Mexico Index	Latin America Stock		5.52		32.97	38.38				1.07B		18.77	1.67
iShares MSCI Singapore Index	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk		9.59	4.38	40.61	25.99				1.57B		11.76	1.81
iShares MSCI Malaysia Index	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk		13.7	10.66	40.38	15.11				979.98M		13.23	0.94
iShares MSCI Spain Index	Europe Stock		2.71	1.03	37.1	24.38				659.47M		11.94	1.65
iShares MSCI Sweden Index	Europe Stock		5.61		33.53	24.15				379.60M		15.37	1.29
Oakmark International Small Cap I	Foreign Small/Mid Value	1.88	11.26	1.88	29.77	26.97	25.76	$1000	4	1.40B	01-Nov-95	9.76	2.19
Mutual European Z	Europe Stock	3.21	9.49	3.21	27.16	23.08	17.74	$1000	4	1.03B	03-Jul-96	7.73	2.33
AIM European Growth Inv	Europe Stock	1.94	11.56	1.94	31.46	27.1		$1000	4	298.42M	30-Sep-03	11.11	1.94
T. Rowe Price Latin America	Latin America Stock	-2.96	6.15	-0.85	25.89	46.01	32.54	$2500	4	2.22B	29-Dec-93	23.03	1.63
Mutual Discovery Z	World Stock	2.82	8.55	2.82	22.71	20.08	15.89	$1000	5	4.02B	31-Dec-92	7.35	2.1
Artisan International Small Cap	Foreign Small/Mid Growth	2.34	13.11	2.34	24.59	27.79	29.41	$1000	4	1.04B	21-Dec-01	13.61	1.65
BlackRock International Opp Svc	Foreign Small/Mid Growth	1.3	10.06	1.3	23.31	28.62	25.19	$5000	4	139.88M	26-Sep-97	13.1	1.76
Laudus Rosenberg Intl Small Cap Inv	Foreign Small/Mid Value	1.63	9.42	1.63	20.73	25.59	27.86	$2500	4	816.85M	29-Oct-96	11.28	1.8
Janus Overseas	Foreign Large Growth	-0.3	3.79	0.5	32.39	29.88	20.66	$2500	5	6.37B	02-May-94	16.02	1.52
Dodge & Cox International Stock	Foreign Large Value	0.38	6.21	2.13	24.41	23.62	21.58	$2500	4	28.49B	01-May-01	10.53	1.76