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For just $250, you can invest in the Hodges fund, which holds all sizes of companies with strong growth prospects. Its record is one of the best for any stock fund. Since Don Hodges started the fund in 1992, the annualized return has been 14%. The expense ratio is 1.47% per year.
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For $250, you can buy a socially screened portfolio. Pax World Balanced avoids firms with significant revenues from weapons, gambling or tobacco. Since manager Chris Brown came aboard in April 1998, Pax has delivered an annualized 8%. Annual expenses are a reasonable 0.97%.
A grand will get you into a handful of our top-rated Kiplinger 25 funds. These include Bill Miller's go-anywhere, buy-anything Legg Mason Opportunity Trust, Bill Nygren's Oakmark Select and the large-company-focused Selected American Shares, managed by Chris Davis and Ken Feinberg.
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