Hot Mutual Funds and ETFs - April 2009

Welcome to the April edition of Hot Mutual Funds and ETFs.
As you can see from the Category Returns, there are a few Categories that have over 15% returns over the last 3 months. You should begin to monitor the ETF and Mutual funds with these categories.

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

Category Returns

Hot Mutual Funds and ETFs Recommendations

All data as of 3/31/2009. Next update before 5/15/2009

ETFs listed in Green

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
ETF PowerShares QQQ	Large Growth		2.11	2.11	-30.33	-9.92				12.34B		22.13	-0.5
Mutual Fund T. Rowe Price New America Growth	Large Growth	10.85	3.41	3.41	-30.02	-9.03	-2.57	$2500	4	498.60M	30-Sep-85	20.23	-0.53
Mutual Fund T. Rowe Price New America Growth Adv	Large Growth	10.8	3.32	3.32	-30.15	-9.23		$2500	4	4.27M	30-Dec-05	20.21	-0.54
Mutual Fund Fidelity OTC	Large Growth	11.7	3.3	3.3	-32.44	-10.05	-2.25	$2500	3	3.10B	31-Dec-84	23.92	-0.46
Mutual Fund California Investment Nasdaq 100 Idx Dir	Large Growth	11.03	2.63	2.63	-30.01	-9.92	-2.9	$1000	3	8.74M	18-Jan-00	22.04	-0.52
Mutual Fund Weitz Partners III Opportunity	Large Blend	8.49	1.62	1.62	-26.68	-11.98		$2500	3	147.00M	30-Dec-05	17.04	-0.86
Mutual Fund Columbia Select Large Cap Growth R	Large Growth	10.74	1.47	1.47	-37.69	-11.05		$0	3	20.00K	31-Dec-04	22.6	-0.55
Mutual Fund Principal Large Cap Growth I R5	Large Growth	9.48	1.2	1.2	-32.45	-12.29	-4.44	$0	3	12.55M	06-Dec-00	19.55	-0.74
Mutual Fund Reynolds Blue Chip Growth	Large Growth	1.36	1.07	1.07	-1.48	-0.71	-0.08	$1000	4	21.27M	10-Aug-88	7.55	-0.5
Mutual Fund TCW Select Equities I	Large Growth	8.63	1.06	1.06	-27.18	-11.68	-4.53	$2000	3	315.55M	01-Mar-93	18.6	-0.76
Mutual Fund Principal Large Cap Growth I R4	Large Growth	9.39	1.01	1.01	-32.57	-12.41	-4.59	$0	3	3.09M	06-Dec-00	19.52	-0.75
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
Mutual Fund RiverSource Mid Cap Growth R4	Mid-Cap Growth	13.19	3.86	3.86	-33.26	-14.36	-4.91	$2000	3	2.43M	20-Mar-95	23.84	-0.67
Mutual Fund Baron iOpportunity	Mid-Cap Growth	12.04	1.97	1.97	-34.71	-11.4	-2.02	$2000	3	101.00M	29-Feb-00	25.34	-0.48
Mutual Fund Artisan Mid Cap Inv	Mid-Cap Growth	12.6	1.94	1.94	-34.54	-11.01	-2.05	$1000	4	2.56B	27-Jun-97	22.75	-0.54
Mutual Fund Goldman Sachs Small/Mid Cap Growth I	Mid-Cap Growth	12.41	1.9	1.9	-30.46	-9.83		$0	4	51.73M	30-Jun-05	22.23	-0.5
Mutual Fund Goldman Sachs Small/Mid Cap Growth S	Mid-Cap Growth	12.38	1.8	1.8	-30.76	-10.3		$0	4	300.00K	30-Jun-05	22.22	-0.53
Mutual Fund Buffalo Mid Cap	Mid-Cap Growth	11.69	1.42	1.42	-26.96	-12.55	-3.08	$2500	3	184.02M	17-Dec-01	22.06	-0.65
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 William Blair Small Cap Growth N	Small Growth	11.57	1.44	1.44	-36.78	-18.69	-6.55	$5000	3	215.18M	27-Dec-99	21.65	-1.0
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 United States Gasoline	Specialty-Natural Res		22.76	22.76	-50.75					65.24M
ETF iShares Silver Trust	Specialty-Precious Metals		14.2	14.2	-24.95					3.50B
ETF PowerShares DB Base Metals	Specialty-Natural Res		10.75	10.75	-46.39					116.60M
ETF iShares S&P North Amer Tech-Semicondctrs	Specialty-Technology		9.76	9.76	-36.45	-21.36				121.53M		26.37	-0.89
ETF Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF	Specialty-Precious Metals		8.85	8.85	-22.68					4.29B
Mutual Fund Tocqueville Gold	Precious Metals	11.66	19.16	19.16	-24.24	-0.6	8.45	$1000	4	578.54M	29-Jun-98	38.22	0.1
Mutual Fund Fidelity Select Wireless	Communications	9.68	13.52	13.52	-28.9	-9.97	2.42	$2500	4	178.65M	21-Sep-00	24.9	-0.43
Mutual Fund GAMCO Gold AAA	Precious Metals	12.77	13.28	13.28	-24.87	3.38	10.45	$1000	3	344.29M	11-Jul-94	41.55	0.22
Mutual Fund USAA Precious Metals and Minerals	Precious Metals	13.74	13.26	13.26	-21.66	8.04	14.72	$3000	4	875.13M	15-Aug-84	42.56	0.33
Mutual Fund AIM Gold & Precious Metals Inv	Precious Metals	12.5	12.93	12.93	-23.61	2.56	10.12	$1000	4	120.74M	19-Jan-84	36.61	0.17
Mutual Fund American Century Global Gold Inv	Precious Metals	11.32	11.24	11.24	-22.39	-0.06	7.48	$2500	3	734.53M	17-Aug-88	41.91	0.13
Mutual Fund Seligman Communications&Information I	Technology	10.54	10.41	10.41	-18.49	-4.02	2.35	$0	5	20.09M	30-Nov-01	20.88	-0.25
Mutual Fund MFS Technology I	Technology	14.7	10.4	10.4	-38.39	-10.33	-3.04	$0	3	2.74M	02-Jan-97	26.28	-0.41
Mutual Fund MFS Technology R4	Technology	14.6	10.21	10.21	-38.43	-10.42		$0	4	40.00K	01-Apr-05	26.27	-0.41
Mutual Fund MFS Technology R2	Technology	14.59	10.07	10.07	-38.75	-10.87	-3.65	$0	3	7.03M	31-Oct-03	26.29	-0.43
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
ETF iShares MSCI Chile Investable Mkt Idx	Latin America Stock		15.76	15.76	-33.52					160.32M
ETF iShares MSCI Brazil Index	Latin America Stock		7.72	7.72	-48.52					4.50B		38.31	0.14
ETF Market Vectors Russia ETF	Europe Stock		7.5	7.5	-68.94					457.58M
ETF iShares MSCI Taiwan Index	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk		6.32	6.32	-45.0	-10.43				1.28B		28.58	-0.36
ETF SPDR S&P BRIC 40	Diversified Emerging Mkts		3.49	3.49	-45.57					120.57M
Mutual Fund Dreyfus Greater China I	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	22.48	13.56	13.56	-35.39	3.69	8.84	$1000	3	28.67M	12-May-98	40.63	0.22
Mutual Fund Janus Overseas	Foreign Large Growth	11.51	3.69	3.69	-46.62	-8.4	5.4	$2500	4	3.90B	02-May-94	27.83	-0.29
Mutual Fund Matthews China	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	15.03	3.56	3.56	-31.82	7.28	9.76	$2500	5	729.61M	19-Feb-98	32.13	0.28
Mutual Fund Waddell & Reed Adv Asset Strategy Y	World Allocation	4.19	3.44	3.44	-21.96	5.98	12.72	$0	5	34.18M	28-Sep-95	15.13	0.24
Mutual Fund Janus Adviser International Growth S	Foreign Large Growth	9.6	3.05	3.05	-43.84	-6.99	6.33	$2500	5	760.49M	01-May-97	26.13	-0.27
Mutual Fund Janus Adviser International Growth R	Foreign Large Growth	9.61	3.04	3.04	-43.98	-7.12		$2500	5	50.33M	30-Sep-04	26.13	-0.28
Mutual Fund AMIDEX35 Israel	World Stock	4.85	2.64	2.64	-33.92	-5.49		$500	4	8.45M	08-Jun-99	22.67	-0.28
Mutual Fund Old Mutual Clay Finlay China Z	Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk	13.17	2.51	2.51	-30.89	5.57		$2500	5	3.12M	30-Dec-05	30.23	0.22
Mutual Fund Fidelity Latin America	Latin America Stock	8.71	2.17	2.17	-51.69	-6.53	14.16	$2500	3	2.07B	19-Apr-93	33.22	-0.12
Mutual Fund Fidelity Advisor Latin America I	Latin America Stock	8.74	2.1	2.1	-51.72	-6.62	13.77	$2500	3	5.73M	21-Dec-98	33.08	-0.13
Hot Bear Market 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 UltraShort MSCI EAFE ProShares	Bear Market		18.97	18.97	56.12					71.46M
ETF UltraShort Dow30 ProShares	Bear Market		17.85	17.85	52.51					424.93M
ETF UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ProShares	Bear Market		15.66	15.66						3.14B
ETF Rydex Inverse 2x S&P 500	Bear Market		12.23	12.23	58.77					94.75M
ETF UltraShort S&P500 ProShares	Bear Market		11.78	11.78	51.02					2.45B
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse Dow 2x Strategy H	Bear Market	-18.7	17.86	17.86	59.02	10.87	2.64	$2500	0	31.39M	20-Feb-04	30.49	0.37
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse Russell 2000 2x Strategy H	Bear Market	-23.45	13.58	13.58	20.35			$2500	0	34.77M	31-May-06	0.0	0.0
Mutual Fund Access Flex Bear High Yield Inv	Bear Market	1.71	13.14	13.14	10.66	3.33		$4000	0	57.51M	27-Apr-05	10.3	0.04
Mutual Fund PIMCO StocksPLUS TR Short Strat D	Bear Market	-6.29	11.9	11.9	45.75			$1000	0	47.28M	31-Jul-06	0.0	0.0
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse S&P 500 2x Strategy H	Bear Market	-20.81	10.86	10.86	53.58	15.73	3.12	$2500	0	243.68M	19-May-00	31.63	0.5
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse High Yield Strategy H	Bear Market	0.67	10.37	10.37	10.42			$2500	0	2.23M	16-Apr-07	0.0	0.0
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy H	Bear Market	-11.33	9.3	9.3	23.93	12.64	1.96	$2500	0	26.99M	20-Feb-04	20.89	0.51
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Inv	Bear Market	-10.05	7.77	7.77	37.66	13.65	5.55	$2500	0	212.60M	07-Jan-94	16.47	0.65
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Adv	Bear Market	-10.07	7.65	7.65	36.96	13.07	5.0	$2500	0	13.52M	05-Aug-98	16.47	0.62
Mutual Fund Rydex Inverse Gov Long Bond Strategy Inv	Bear Market	-8.95	7.07	7.07	-20.76	-10.16	-6.3	$2500	0	279.74M	03-Mar-95	18.99	-0.64