Tool | May 2013
Kiplinger's 25 Favorite No-Load Mutual Funds
Every year, we put together the Kiplinger 25, a list of our favorite no-load mutual funds. We favor funds run by seasoned managers who take a long view and have proved themselves able to weather many a storm. And we prefer low to below-average fees.
In the tables below, see the current Kiplinger 25 funds and their one-year, and annualized three-, five-, 10- and 20-year returns, along with their expenses ratios.
Click on a fund's name to see its individual profile, or click the ticker symbol for its daily market snapshot.
Data through April 30, 2013
Large-Company Stock Funds
| FUND NAME | SYMBOL | 1-YR RETURN |
3-YR RETURN |
5-YR RETURN |
10-YR RETURN |
20-YR RETURN |
EXPENSE RATIO |
| Artisan Value | ARTLX | 14.76% | 12.31% | 5.2% | —% | —% | 1.06% |
| Dodge & Cox Stock | DODGX | 24.18 | 11.9 | 3.77 | 8.56 | 10.92 | 0.52 |
| Fidelity Contrafund | FCNTX | 12.56 | 12.74 | 5.56 | 10.58 | 10.67 | 0.74 |
| Mairs & Power Growth | MPGFX | 20.42 | 13.17 | 8.01 | 9.39 | 12.6 | 0.7 |
| Vanguard Dividend Growth | VDIGX | 17.33 | 13.67 | 7.46 | 10.12 | 7.12 | 0.29 |
S&P 500-Stock Index | — | 16.89% | 12.80% | 5.21% | 7.88% | 8.77% | — |
Data through April 30, 2013
Small- and Midsize-Company Stock Funds
| FUND NAME | SYMBOL | 1-YR RETURN |
3-YR RETURN |
5-YR RETURN |
10-YR RETURN |
20-YR RETURN |
EXPENSE RATIO |
| Akre Focus | AKREX | 18.45% | 17.99% | —% | —% | —% | 1.4% |
| Baron Small Cap | BSCFX | 15.91 | 13.19 | 7.52 | 10.69 | — | 1.31 |
| Fidelity Low-Priced Stock | FLPSX | 19.26 | 13.49 | 8.22 | 12.31 | 13.19 | 0.88 |
| Homestead Small-Company Stock | HSCSX | 18.34 | 14.82 | 11.81 | 12.4 | — | 1 |
| T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value | PRSVX | 17.51 | 12.09 | 8.23 | 11.8 | 11.94 | 0.82 |
| Vanguard Selected Value | VASVX | 21.31 | 12.62 | 8.78 | 11.5 | — | 0.38 |
| Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery | STDIX | 12.58 | 16.22 | 8.88 | 12.2 | 9.42 | 1.29 |
Russell 2000 Index | — | 17.69% | 11.25% | 7.27% | 10.47% | 8.97% | — |
Data through April 30, 2013
International Stock Funds
| FUND NAME | SYMBOL | 1-YR RETURN |
3-YR RETURN |
5-YR RETURN |
10-YR RETURN |
20-YR RETURN |
EXPENSE RATIO |
| Dodge & Cox Intl Stock | DODFX | 18.67% | 6.77% | 0.44% | 12.55% | —% | 0.64% |
| Harbor International | HIINX | 12.45 | 8.23 | -0.06 | 12.12 | 10.32 | 1.14 |
| Harding Loevner Emerging Markets | HLEMX | 9.26 | 5.97 | -0.02 | 16.52 | — | — |
| Matthews Asia Dividend | MAPIX | 23.04 | 11.47 | 10.3 | — | — | 1.09 |
MSCI EAFE Index | — | 19.96% | 7.96% | -0.44% | 9.72% | 5.94% | — |
Data through April 30, 2013
Specialized/Commodity/Go-Anywhere Funds
| FUND NAME | SYMBOL | 1-YR RETURN |
3-YR RETURN |
5-YR RETURN |
10-YR RETURN |
20-YR RETURN |
EXPENSE RATIO |
| FPA Crescent | FPACX | 13.08% | 9.93% | 6.7% | 9.74% | —% | 1.16% |
| Merger Fund | MERFX | 2.69 | 2.63 | 3.41 | 4.12 | 6.67 | 1.27 |
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index | — | -5.33% | -0.18% | -8.28% | 3.45% | 4.97% | — |
Data through April 30, 2013
Bond Funds
| FUND NAME | SYMBOL | 1-YR RETURN |
3-YR RETURN |
5-YR RETURN |
10-YR RETURN |
20-YR RETURN |
EXPENSE RATIO |
| DoubleLine Total Return | DLTNX | 7.34% | 10.9% | —% | —% | —% | 0.74% |
| Fidelity Intermediate Municipal Income | FLTMX | 3.92 | 4.92 | 5.05 | 4.38 | 5.14 | 0.37 |
| Fidelity New Markets Income | FNMIX | 11.99 | 11.06 | 10.96 | 11.11 | — | 0.84 |
| Harbor Bond Institutional | HABDX | 6.97 | 6.29 | 7.12 | 6.16 | 6.97 | 0.54 |
| Metropolitan West Unconstrained Bond | MWCRX | 10.53 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Osterweis Strategic Income Fund | OSTIX | 8.96 | 7.53 | 8.45 | 7.86 | — | 0.92 |
| Vanguard Short-term Investment-Grade | VFSTX | 3.31 | 3.23 | 3.99 | 3.81 | 4.92 | 0.2 |
BOFAML US Broad Market Index | — | 3.94% | 5.66% | 5.77% | 5.06% | — | — |
