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Strategies & Market Trends : Fidelity Select Sector funds -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Julius Wong who wrote (2987)	10/7/2000 11:52:52 AM
From: Julius Wong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4916

October 9, 2000 Mutual Funds Quarterly Slim Pickings Mutual funds that focus on specific sectors of the stock market racked up the biggest gains in the third quarter. Among U.S. diversified funds, mid-cap core funds took top honors. But once-mighty S&P 500 Index funds fell further from grace, losing more than 1% in the quarter, and almost 2% year-to-date. Top-performing objectives 3Q return YTD* Financial Services 21.12% 18.67% Health/Biotechnology 12.50 60.28 Utility Funds 8.96 10.62 Real Estate 7.87 21.61 Mid-cap Core 7.29 19.24 Benchmarks Average U.S. Diversified Fund 2.67% 6.46 S&P 500 Index Funds -1.05 -1.85 ... ... ... ... ... ... *Through Sept. 29.Source: Lipper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL for this Article: interactive.wsj.com