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© Copyright 2008, Advisor Perspectives, Inc. All rights reserved. Q3 2008 Performance among the Most Popular Mutual Funds in the Advisor Perspectives Universe October 28, 2008 Each quarter we look at the performance of the top 25 actively managed Most Popular Mutual Funds in the AP (Advisor Perspectives) universe in each of four asset classes. This is the fifth such study: previous studies were done at the ends of Q2 of 2008 , Q1 of 2008 , Q4 of 2007 , Q3 of 2007 , and Q2 of 2007 . This study analyzes the most popular funds as of March 31, 2007, and looks at performance during Q3 of 2008 and for the 18 month period ending June 30, 2008. Performance numbers for the 18 month period have been annualized. The goal of this study, as with prior studies, is to determine whether these actively managed funds outperform their appropriate benchmarks. Our results so far show that advisors have selected funds which deliver alpha (by outperforming their benchmark) within the foreign equity and municipal bond categories. Over the 18 month period, foreign equity funds and municipal bond funds in the AP universe outperformed their benchmarks. Foreign equity funds beat their benchmark by a significant margin (483 basis points), delivering an average performance of -12.22%, compared to -17.05% for their benchmark, the EFA exchange traded fund (ETF). Municipal bond funds beat their benchmark (the TFI ETF) by 8 basis points (-0.66% versus -0.74%). Of the top 25 foreign equity funds, 19 outperformed their benchmark over this 18 month period, with two funds (ANWPX, and FICDX) outperforming the benchmark in all six quarters. Another three funds beat their benchmark in five of the six quarters. Of the top 25 US municipal bond funds, 16 outperformed their benchmark over this 18 month period, although no fund outperformed its benchmark in all six quarters. One fund (JNYIX) beat its benchmark in five of the six quarters. Detailed findings of the current study are as follows:

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Page 1: Q3 2008 Performance among the Most Popular Mutual Funds in ... · Q2 of 2008, Q1 of 2008, Q4 of 2007, Q3 of 2007, and Q2 of 2007. This study analyzes the most popular funds as of

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8, A

dvis

or P

ersp

ectiv

es, I

nc. A

ll rig

hts

rese

rved

.

Q3

2008

Per

form

ance

am

ong

the

Mos

t Pop

ular

Mut

ual F

unds

in th

e A

dvis

or

Pers

pect

ives

Uni

vers

e O

ctob

er 2

8, 2

008

E

ach

quar

ter w

e lo

ok a

t the

per

form

ance

of t

he to

p 25

act

ivel

y m

anag

ed M

ost P

opul

ar M

utua

l Fun

ds in

the

AP

(Adv

isor

P

ersp

ectiv

es) u

nive

rse

in e

ach

of fo

ur a

sset

cla

sses

. Th

is is

the

fifth

suc

h st

udy:

pre

viou

s st

udie

s w

ere

done

at t

he e

nds

of Q

2 of

200

8 , Q

1 of

200

8, Q

4 of

200

7, Q

3 of

200

7, a

nd Q

2 of

200

7. T

his

stud

y an

alyz

es th

e m

ost p

opul

ar fu

nds

as o

f M

arch

31,

200

7, a

nd lo

oks

at p

erfo

rman

ce d

urin

g Q

3 of

200

8 an

d fo

r the

18

mon

th p

erio

d en

ding

Jun

e 30

, 200

8.

Per

form

ance

num

bers

for t

he 1

8 m

onth

per

iod

have

bee

n an

nual

ized

. Th

e go

al o

f thi

s st

udy,

as

with

prio

r stu

dies

, is

to d

eter

min

e w

heth

er th

ese

activ

ely

man

aged

fund

s ou

tper

form

thei

r ap

prop

riate

ben

chm

arks

. O

ur re

sults

so

far s

how

that

adv

isor

s ha

ve s

elec

ted

fund

s w

hich

del

iver

alp

ha (b

y ou

tper

form

ing

thei

r ben

chm

ark)

with

in th

e fo

reig

n eq

uity

and

mun

icip

al b

ond

cate

gorie

s.

Ove

r the

18

mon

th p

erio

d, fo

reig

n eq

uity

fund

s an

d m

unic

ipal

bon

d fu

nds

in th

e A

P u

nive

rse

outp

erfo

rmed

thei

r be

nchm

arks

. Fo

reig

n eq

uity

fund

s be

at th

eir b

ench

mar

k by

a s

igni

fican

t mar

gin

(483

bas

is p

oint

s), d

eliv

erin

g an

ave

rage

pe

rform

ance

of -

12.2

2%, c

ompa

red

to -1

7.05

% fo

r the

ir be

nchm

ark,

the

EFA

exc

hang

e tra

ded

fund

(ETF

). M

unic

ipal

bo

nd fu

nds

beat

thei

r ben

chm

ark

(the

TFI E

TF) b

y 8

basi

s po

ints

(-0.

66%

ver

sus

-0.7

4%).

O

f the

top

25 fo

reig

n eq

uity

fund

s, 1

9 ou

tper

form

ed th

eir b

ench

mar

k ov

er th

is 1

8 m

onth

per

iod,

with

two

fund

s (A

NW

PX

, an

d FI

CD

X) o

utpe

rform

ing

the

benc

hmar

k in

all

six

quar

ters

. A

noth

er th

ree

fund

s be

at th

eir b

ench

mar

k in

five

of t

he s

ix

quar

ters

.

Of t

he to

p 25

US

mun

icip

al b

ond

fund

s, 1

6 ou

tper

form

ed th

eir b

ench

mar

k ov

er th

is 1

8 m

onth

per

iod,

alth

ough

no

fund

ou

tper

form

ed it

s be

nchm

ark

in a

ll si

x qu

arte

rs.

One

fund

(JN

YIX

) bea

t its

ben

chm

ark

in fi

ve o

f the

six

qua

rters

. D

etai

led

findi

ngs

of th

e cu

rrent

stu

dy a

re a

s fo

llow

s:

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opyr

ight

200

8, A

dvis

or P

ersp

ectiv

es, I

nc. A

ll rig

hts

rese

rved

.

• U

S Eq

uitie

s: F

or Q

3 of

200

8, th

e to

p 25

fund

s un

derp

erfo

rmed

the

S&

P 5

00 b

y 27

9 ba

sis

poin

ts (-

11.6

6% v

ersu

s -8

.87%

), w

ith o

nly

2 of

25

fund

s be

atin

g th

e be

nchm

ark.

For

the

18 m

onth

per

iod,

thes

e 25

fund

s un

derp

erfo

rmed

th

e S

&P

500

by

86 b

asis

poi

nts

(-12.

07%

ver

sus

-11.

21%

), w

ith 1

2 of

25

fund

s be

atin

g th

e be

nchm

ark.

No

fund

s ou

tper

form

ed in

all

six

quar

ters

. Th

e m

ost p

opul

ar fu

nd, t

he G

row

th o

f Am

eric

a Fu

nd (A

GTH

X),

and

the

Vic

tory

D

iver

sifie

d S

tock

Fun

d (S

RV

EX

) wer

e th

e on

ly fu

nds

to o

utpe

rform

the

inde

x in

five

of t

he s

ix q

uarte

rs.

Of t

he 2

5 fu

nds,

11

outp

erfo

rmed

thei

r sec

onda

ry, s

tyle

box

-spe

cific

ben

chm

arks

for t

he 1

8 m

onth

per

iod.

Fore

ign

Equi

ties:

For

Q3

of 2

008,

13

of th

e 25

fund

s ou

tper

form

ed th

e be

nchm

ark,

and

ave

rage

per

form

ance

ac

ross

all

25 fu

nds

was

96

basi

s po

ints

abo

ve th

e be

nchm

ark

(-19

.55%

ver

sus

-20.

51%

). A

s w

e no

te a

bove

, for

th

e 18

mon

th p

erio

d, fo

reig

n eq

uitie

s co

nsis

tent

ly o

utpe

rform

ed th

eir b

ench

mar

k, th

e E

FA.

Thre

e of

the

25 fu

nds

(FE

MK

X, S

SE

MX

, and

HLE

MX

) are

em

ergi

ng m

arke

t fun

ds, a

nd th

ese

fund

s un

derp

erfo

rmed

the

EEM

exc

hang

e tra

ded

fund

, a m

ore

appr

opria

te b

ench

mar

k.

Taxa

ble

Bon

ds:

For Q

3 of

200

8, 4

of 2

5 fu

nds

outp

erfo

rmed

the

Lehm

an A

GG

ben

chm

ark,

and

the

25 fu

nds

on

aver

age

outp

erfo

rmed

the

AG

G b

y 38

6 ba

sis

poin

ts (-

4.47

% v

ersu

s -.6

1%).

For

the

18 m

onth

per

iod,

per

form

ance

ac

ross

the

25 fu

nds

has

been

dis

appo

intin

g, w

ith o

nly

5 of

25

fund

s ou

tper

form

ing

the

AG

G.

The

25 fu

nds

unde

rper

form

ed th

e AG

G b

y 12

7 ba

sis

poin

ts o

ver t

he 1

8 m

onth

s (-

1.88

% v

ersu

s -0

.61%

)

• M

unic

ipal

Bon

d Fu

nds:

For

Q3

of 2

008,

16

of 2

5 m

unic

ipal

bon

d fu

nds

outp

erfo

rmed

the

Lehm

an m

uni b

ond

exch

ange

trad

ed fu

nd T

FI (w

e be

gan

usin

g th

is E

TF a

s th

e be

nchm

ark

on 1

/1/0

8).

The

25 fu

nds

outp

erfo

rmed

the

TFI b

y 77

bas

is p

oint

s (-2

.56%

ver

sus

3.33

%).

For

the

18 m

onth

per

iod,

16

of 2

5 fu

nds

outp

erfo

rmed

the

benc

hmar

k, a

nd o

vera

ll th

e 25

fund

s ou

tper

form

ed th

e be

nchm

ark

by 8

bas

is p

oint

s (-

0.66

% v

ersu

s -0

.74%

).

Page 3: Q3 2008 Performance among the Most Popular Mutual Funds in ... · Q2 of 2008, Q1 of 2008, Q4 of 2007, Q3 of 2007, and Q2 of 2007. This study analyzes the most popular funds as of

© C

opyr

ight

200

8, A

dvis

or P

ersp

ectiv

es, I

nc. A

ll rig

hts

rese

rved

.

The

resu

lts fo

r Q3

of 2

008

are

sum

mar

ized

bel

ow:

A

vera

ge R

etur

nB

ench

mar

k R

etur

nB

ench

mar

k#

of F

unds

Out

perfo

rmin

g B

ench

mar

kU

S Eq

uitie

s -1

1.66

%-8

.87%

SP

Y2

of 2

5Fo

reig

n E

quiti

es

-19.

55%

-20.

51%

EFA

13 o

f 25

Taxa

ble

Bon

ds

-4.4

7%-0

.61%

AG

G4

of 2

5M

uni B

onds

-2

.56%

-3.3

3%TF

I16

of 2

5 Th

e re

sults

for t

he p

rior 1

8 m

onth

s (a

nnua

lized

) are

sum

mar

ized

bel

ow:

A

vera

ge R

etur

nB

ench

mar

k R

etur

nB

ench

mar

k#

of F

unds

Out

perfo

rmin

g B

ench

mar

kU

S Eq

uitie

s -1

2.07

%-1

1.21

%S

PY

12 o

f 25

Fore

ign

Equ

ities

-1

2.22

%-1

7.05

%E

FA19

of 2

5Ta

xabl

e B

onds

-1

.88%

-0.6

1%A

GG

5 of

25

Mun

i Bon

ds

-0.6

6%-0

.74%

TFI

16 o

f 25

Bac

kgro

und

and

Met

hodo

logy

Th

e A

dvis

or P

ersp

ectiv

es u

nive

rse

track

s th

e in

vest

men

ts o

f hig

h- a

nd u

ltra-

high

net

wor

th in

vest

ors

who

se a

sset

s ar

e m

anag

ed b

y R

egis

tere

d In

vest

men

t Adv

isor

s. T

he s

ize

of th

e un

iver

se is

app

roxi

mat

ely

$50

billio

n an

d th

e av

erag

e ac

coun

t siz

e is

app

roxi

mat

ely

$900

,000

. H

owev

er, 9

4% o

f the

ass

ets

are

conc

entra

ted

in a

gro

up o

f acc

ount

s w

ith a

n av

erag

e ac

coun

t siz

e of

app

roxi

mat

ely

$4 m

illion

, so

data

from

the

univ

erse

is b

iase

d by

this

dem

ogra

phic

, and

ther

efor

e re

pres

ents

the

inve

stm

ent d

ecis

ions

of u

ltra-

high

net

wor

th in

vest

ors.

Th

e m

ost p

opul

ar m

utua

l fun

ds a

re d

eter

min

ed b

ased

on

the

AU

M (a

sset

s un

der m

anag

emen

t) fo

r eac

h fu

nd w

ithin

the

Adv

isor

Per

spec

tives

uni

vers

e. T

he in

cept

ion

of th

e Ad

viso

r Per

spec

tives

ser

vice

was

in Q

1 of

200

7. T

he fi

rst c

ompl

ete

cale

ndar

qua

rter o

f dat

a w

as Q

2 of

200

7.

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200

8, A

dvis

or P

ersp

ectiv

es, I

nc. A

ll rig

hts

rese

rved

.

The

fund

s us

ed in

this

stu

dy w

ere

the

mos

t pop

ular

fund

s as

of M

arch

31,

200

7. O

nly

activ

ely

man

aged

fund

s w

ere

cons

ider

ed; i

ndex

fund

s, e

nhan

ced

inde

x fu

nds,

and

ETF

s w

ere

not i

nclu

ded

in th

is s

tudy

. To

cal

cula

te th

e A

UM

of e

ach

fund

, ass

ets

are

cons

olid

ated

acr

oss

all s

hare

cla

sses

hel

d in

the

Adv

isor

Per

spec

tives

un

iver

se.

For t

his

stud

y, p

erfo

rman

ce d

ata

was

obt

aine

d fo

r the

sha

re c

lass

mos

t app

ropr

iate

for a

dvis

ors

(eith

er a

load

-w

aive

d sh

are

clas

s or

an

inst

itutio

nal s

hare

cla

ss).

Per

form

ance

dat

a an

d st

yle-

box

clas

sific

atio

ns w

ere

obta

ined

from

Mor

ning

star

. D

etai

led

data

is p

rese

nted

in th

e fo

ur ta

bles

bel

ow.

US

Equi

ties

(LC

= L

arge

Cap

; MC

= M

id C

ap; S

C =

Sm

all C

ap)

(G =

Gro

wth

; B =

Ble

nd; V

= V

alue

)

Perfo

rman

ce

Ti

cker

Fu

nd

Sty

le

Q2-

07

Q3-

07

Q4-

07

Q1-

08

Q2-

08

Q3-

08

T18

Per

f. v.

SP

Y P

erf.

v.

Scn

dry

Indx

A

GTH

X.lw

G

RO

WTH

OF

AM

ER

ICA

FU

ND

LC

/G

7.71

4.43

-2.7

2 -7

.88

1.24

-15.

04-9

.07

2.14

-0.8

6 D

OD

GX

D

OD

GE

AN

D C

OX

STO

CK

FU

ND

LC

/B

5.41

-1.9

2-4

.78

-11.

93-4

.48

-12.

10-1

9.08

-7.8

6-7

.86

FRIA

X

FRA

NK

LIN

TE

MP

LETO

NC

US

TOD

IAN

INC

OM

E F

UN

D

LC/B

2.47

1.39

-2.1

0-5

.58

0.71

-15.

49-1

2.58

-1.3

7-1

.37

SR

VE

X.lw

VIC

TOR

Y D

IVE

RS

IFIE

D S

TOC

K

FUN

D

LC/G

9.10

3.43

-1.6

4-9

.31

3.77

-10.

92-4

.69

6.52

3.52

FEQ

IX

FID

ELI

TY E

QU

ITY

INC

OM

E FU

ND

LC

/B

7.31

-0.4

1-6

.12

-9.7

0-5

.29

-10.

92-1

6.40

-5.1

9-5

.19

FCN

TX

FID

ELI

TY C

ON

TRA

FUN

D F

UN

D

LC/G

7.

507.

162.

53

-1

1.21

3.44

-14.

02-4

.54

6.68

3.67

AB

ALX

.lw

B

ALA

NC

ED F

UN

D

LC/G

5.02

2.77

-1.9

7-5

.90

-2.7

5-5

.12

-5.5

05.

712.

71JE

NIX

JE

NS

EN

FU

ND

LC

/G

5.13

3.41

0.06

-7.1

0-4

.47

2.40

-0.7

610

.45

7.45

TAV

FX

THIR

D A

VE

NU

E V

ALU

E F

UN

D

MC

/B

4.45

2.97

-4.7

0

-12.

05-6

.01

-13.

66-1

8.81

-7.6

0-5

.95

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hts

rese

rved

.

FMC

SX

FI

DE

LITY

MID

CA

P S

TOC

K

FUN

D

MC

/G7.

67-0

.19

-5.5

4-1

3.17

11.5

7-2

4.04

-17.

67-6

.46

-5.2

3

UM

BIX

E

XC

ELS

IOR

VA

LUE

AN

DR

ES

TRU

CTU

RIN

G F

UN

D

LC/V

10.0

5-1

.55

-1.4

3-7

.99

8.76

-24.

37-1

3.23

-2.0

20.

64

FRE

SX

FI

DE

LITY

REA

L E

STA

TE

INV

ES

TME

NT

FUN

D

LC/B

-1

1.14

0.59

-15.

194.

75-6

.04

0.34

-17.

55-6

.34

-6.3

4

MX

XIX

M

AR

SIC

O 2

1ST

CE

NTU

RY

FU

ND

LC

/G

10.3

26.

360.

59-1

4.11

-3.0

0-1

1.42

-8.7

92.

42-0

.58

PR

WC

X

TRO

WE

PR

ICE

CA

PIT

AL

AP

PR

EC

IATI

ON

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