Hot Mutual Funds and ETFs - February 2009

Welcome to the February edition of Hot Mutual Funds and ETFs.

Happy Investing!!
Mutual Fund Guru (http://hotmutualfunds.blogspot.com)

Category Returns

Hot Mutual Funds and ETFs Recommendations

All data as of 1/31/2009. Next update before 3/15/2009

ETFs listed in Green

Mutual Funds listed in Yellow

Hot Small 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
Mutual Fund Intrepid Small Cap	Small Value	-3.55	2.16	-3.55	-8.38	3.72		$2500	5	43.57M	03-Oct-05	10.19	0.06
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
ETF SPDR Gold Shares	Specialty-Precious Metals		1.7	4.92	4.92	18.82						20.7	0.69
ETF iShares COMEX Gold Trust	Specialty-Precious Metals		1.39	5.11	5.11	18.77						21.77	0.67
ETF Biotech HOLDRs	Specialty-Health		-6.14	6.1	6.1	-5.09
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
Mutual Fund Activa International	Foreign Large Blend	-5.72	4.48	-5.72	-32.81	-6.49	2.03	$500	5	15.81M	01-Sep-99	18.74	-0.46
Mutual Fund Matthews Asian Growth & Income	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	-3.31	4.37	-3.31	-30.78	-1.84	6.09	$2500	5	1.07B	12-Sep-94	17.83	-0.21
Mutual Fund Columbia Greater China Z	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	-11.11	1.39	-11.11	-46.32	2.49	7.71	$2500	5	24.91M	16-May-97	34.85	0.14
Mutual Fund Old Mutual Clay Finlay China Z	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	-7.62	1.59	-7.62	-40.11	5.32		$2500	5	3.12M	30-Dec-05	29.54	0.2
Mutual Fund Matthews China	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	-7.81	1.02	-7.81	-43.13	5.97	6.98	$2500	5	729.61M	19-Feb-98	31.12	0.23