Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The following are the top performing mutual funds for 2006.

My portfolio did 50%. 8 out of the top 10 were China funds and the biggest reason my portfolio did so well was because I was also heavily invested there.

Highest Returning
Ticker Name 1 Year
total return
DPCAX Dreyfus Premier Greater China A 78.16
OMINX Old Mutual Clay Finlay China Inst 68.46
OBCHX Oberweis China Opportunities 64.55
GOPAX Gartmore China Opportunities A 61.12
MCHFX Matthews China 60.59
GCHYX AllianceBernstein Great China '97 Adv 59.23
NGCAX Columbia Greater China A 56.88
JCOAX JHancock Greater China Opp A 55.30
EIIPX E.I.I. International Property Instl 53.43
MSUAX Morgan Stanley Inst Intl Real Estate A 51.67

http://screen.morningstar.com/FundSearch/FundRank.html?fundCategory=all&screen=tr1yr&fsection=1year

Hedge funds didn't do any better:

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds run by Steven Cohen and Kenneth Griffin gained more than 30 percent last year, the industry's best performance since 2003, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s flagship fund declined for the first time in seven years.

Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors LLC returned 34 percent and Griffin's Citadel Investment Group LLC also topped 30 percent, helped by energy bets it took over after Amaranth Advisors LLC collapsed in September, according to investors in the funds. Goldman's Global Alpha Fund ended the year with a 6 percent loss.


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a0F7b_YafpcE&refer=exclusive

Portfolio

CENTRAL FUND OF CANADA LTD CL A
25.00

11-May-06

78.69

26

$1,963.00

ISHARES COMEX GOLD TRUST
25.00

11-May-06

118.00

34

$5,310.49

ISHARES SILVER TRUST
12.00

12-Jan-06

27.00

190

$5,946.01

POWERSHARES DB AGRIC
25.00

31-Jul-06

51.17

70

$3,980.80

IPATH DJ AIGCITR ETN
25.00

31-Jul-06

51.23

70

$3,143.52

IPATH GSCI TRI ETN
25.00

4-May-06

67.52

60

$3,225.97

U.S. OIL FUND ETF
25.00

2-Oct-06

36.31

30

$1,384.38

GRANT PRIDECO INC
25.00

31-Aug-06

27.39

36

$1,446.38

DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL
25.00

4-May-06

8.70

115

$1,049.96

ECHELON CORP
25.00

12-May-06

30.55

33

$1,288.48

TEEKAY LNG PTRS LP
25.00

12-May-06

13.45

75

$1,090.82

GOLAR LNG LTD
25.00

18-Jul-06

5.25

180

$832.33

RENTECH INC
25.00

20-Jul-06

22.15

45

$1,197.00

AQUA AMERICA INC
25.00

23-Jan-06

21.14

50

$1,497.50

CONS WATER CO INC
25.00

28-Aug-06

29.78

32

$1,149.02

PENTAIR INC
50.00

8-Jun-06

31.81

65

$2,126.94

DYNAMIC MATERIALS
25.00

29-Aug-06

15.66

60

$1,884.06

FUEL TECH INC
25.00

9-Dec-05

8.91

150

$2,597.48

INTERFACE INC A
25.00

31-Aug-06

86.72

11

$1,333.24

PUBLIC STG INC
25.00

31-Oct-06

28.66

70

$2,539.50

MICROSOFT CP
25.00

3-Nov-06

469.95

5

$2,832.16

GOOGLE
9.95

22-Nov-06

28.40

80

$2,559.26

YAHOO INC
25.00

8-Nov-06

39.45

45

$1,935.90

AMAZON.COM INC
25.00

8-Nov-06

50.78

35

$2,171.23

AKAMAI TECH INC
25.00

31-Aug-06

26.77

37

$1,253.49

BLACKBOARD INC.
25.00

29-Aug-06

41.21

24

$1,395.70

MONSTER WORLDWIDE
29.00

28-Sep-06

25.90

40

$1,559.43

NINTENDO CO LTD ADR
25.00

4-Aug-06

16.23

60

$1,536.55

TATA MOTORS INC
25.00

19-Jan-06

13.88

75

$1,514.61

WIPRO LTD.
25.00

18-Jul-06

8.12

115

$1,081.16

SIFY LIMITED ADR
25.00

20-Jul-06

14.66

65

$1,390.10

REDIFF.COM INDIA ADS
25.00

16-Oct-06

69.29

30

$2,678.52

HDFC BANK LTD
25.00

16-Oct-06

33.15

60

$3,144.58

ICICI BK LTD ADS
25.00

29-Dec-05

15.43

70

$2,691.85

GUANGSHEN RAIL CO LT
25.00

26-Oct-06

23.17

100

$4,717.22

HOME INNS & HOTELS
25.00

8-Sep-06

21.47

46

$1,885.05

NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATI
25.00

4-Jan-06

36.45

30

$2,672.50

FOCUS MEDIA HOLDING
25.00

6-Jan-06

32.60

34

$2,695.15

CTRIP.COM INTL LTD
25.00

6-Jan-06

16.90

60

$1,135.95

51JOB, INC.
25.00

18-Jan-06

14.76

71

$3,874.35

CHINA LIFE INS CO
25.00

8-Sep-06

33.23

30

$1,743.92

CHINA MOBILE LIMITED
25.00

23-Jan-06

4.17

250

$2,379.84

ASIAINFO HLDGS INC
50.00

28-Mar-06

62.36

24

$3,543.90

BAIDU.COM, INC.
25.00

8-Nov-06

15.54

110

$2,913.02

SHANDA INTERACTIVE
25.00

2-May-06

4.66

215

$2,548.82

CDC CORPORATION CL-A
50.00

18-Jul-06

19.69

100

$2,641.12

CTC MEDIA, INC.
25.00

8-Sep-06

59.99

17

$1,695.90

VIMPEL COMMUN
25.00

20-Sep-06

30.19

33

$1,437.96

BANCO ITAU HLDG ADS
25.00

31-Aug-06

19.02

50

$1,712.19

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