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This fall one group of HBS students is in Miami conducting a benchmark study of the city's economy...
...baseball. Last year just 25% of stock funds matched the S&P 500. In 1995 the number was a pitiful 16%, and in 1994 it was 23%, according to Lipper Analytical Services. If fund managers simply threw darts at a stock table, you'd expect more to match the benchmark...
...much chance of beating the indexes. But, Lynch notes, active fund managers have sparkled at times, as in 1991-93, when the postrecession economy was lifting small stocks fastest. In 1991 the average fund rose 37%, vs. 30% for the S&P 500, and 60% of funds beat the benchmark...
...issue is doubly compelling as the U.S. market chugs ever higher. The average blue-chip stock has risen a stunning 29% annually in the past two years, nearly triple the historical 10.5% benchmark, making the U.S. the best-performing major market on the globe in that period. The Dow Jones industrial average blew past the 6300 marker last week, more than double its level less than five years ago. America is on a roll, and with Wall Street euphoric over the election results, it seems nothing can go wrong. U.S.A. all the way! Besides, giant U.S. companies such as Coca...
...correction was at hand. The flow of money into mutual funds this year is torrential, and has already set an annual record. But Fidelity, the biggest fund company of all, known for its arrogance and aggressiveness, is under unprecedented strain. Some of its biggest funds are lagging behind the benchmark S&P index not only this year but over the past three years as well. Investors are wondering, Is it just a bad patch, or are the company's glory days of whipping the industry gone for good...