U.S. stock funds.

Kiplinger's Mutual Funds, March, 2006 by Marquardt, Katy

U.S. STOCK FUNDS are categorized by investment style. For more on investment style, see page 72. Among the most useful statistics on these pages are the columns showing the year-by-year decile rank of each fund within its investing style. In other words, a fund ranked 1 in '05 for total return was in the top 10% of funds in that category, and a rank of 10 means it was in the bottom 10%. Decile ranking can be meaningful because funds within one investment style tend to be hot or cold at the same time.

To be included, a fund must have at least a one-year record and usually at ...