10 Stock Funds for Tough Times

These investments are holding up better than most

By Katy Marquardt

Posted: December 15, 2008

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10 stocks for tough times

Any fund can look good for a certain period of time. Your author nrver mentioned front end loads of management costs--two very important itema unless one plans to invest $25,000 or so to start. Most of these listed are almost unknowns to the average investor.

nsneace@hcis.net of IL @ Dec 15, 2008 23:33:47 PM

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