Ten-Year Laggers

Returns through March 31; assets in millions of dollars as of Feb. 28.
% Total Return
Fund Name Assets 1st Qtr. 12 Mos. 10 Years
Steadman Tech & Growth0.3 5.36 -9.23 -84.14
US Glbl:Gold Shares 110.6 -7.02 -55.24 -83.85
Monterey:Ocm Gold 4.9 10.77 -25.58 -67.07
Lexington Strat Invments 20.5 0.00 -44.70 -64.54
Steadman Amer Industry 0.9 14.08 9.46 -62.84
DFA Grp:Japan Small Co n/a 25.72 -31.72 -48.52
Bull? Gold Investors 9.3 5.53 -47.04 -47.30
INVESCO Strat:Gold 133.8 5.74 -45.94 -33.53
Centurion TAA Fund;C 7.5 4.50 2.05 -27.79
Van Eck:Gold/Res;A 66.2 8.36 -28.65 -26.41
USAA Gold Fund 89.3 12.50 -23.90 -25.53
Lexington Goldfund 58.7 9.57 -31.57 -24.23
Steadman Investment 1.7 15.73 28.75 -23.70
Comstock Cap Value;A 68.7 -11.07 -34.59 -20.66
Van Eck:Intl Gold;A 285.7 5.97 -28.00 -19.06
The Japan Fund 328.4 5.94 -2.83 -17.80
Lexington Strat Silver 43.5 0.26 -9.16 -10.33
Fidelity Sel Prec Mtls 163.5 11.14 -34.27 -7.99
INVESCO Intl:Pacific 63.8 -1.33 -32.65 -7.68
Midas Fund 113.4 2.84 -51.88 -6.02
Evergreen Prc MT;B 33.2 10.87 -29.63 -5.11
Vanguard Spl:Gold 320.2 11.33 -29.32 -2.91
US Glbl:World Gold 146.6 9.87 -29.33 -2.63
Ivy:Canada Fund;A 8.4 2.18 -15.23 3.82
Fidelity Pacific Basin 226.9 0.00 -8.90 4.63
United Gold & Govt;A 16.2 1.60 -15.57 4.86
Franklin Gold Fund;I 224.1 11.36 -24.89 7.38
GT Global Japan Grow;A 51.5 0.00 -4.87 10.24
Fidelity Sel Amer Gold 215.2 8.24 -28.02 10.79
Oppenheimer Gld & Sp;A 91.8 10.76 -21.89 12.20
IDS Precious Metals;A 61.6 9.44 -32.84 13.71
Nomura Pacific Basin 14.3 1.82 -22.39 15.45
Sm Barney Nat Res;A 41.7 2.77 -1.69 22.79
American Heritage Fund 16.1 -19.39 -4.82 25.10
J Hancock Pac Bsn;A 19.9 -2.22 -26.32 29.74
GT Global Pacific Gr;A 157.1 -0.31 -41.66 38.09
US Glbl:Global Res 24.9 -10.03 -10.10 47.53
Merrill Glbl Res;B 45.3 6.29 -6.38 52.61
Steadman Associated Fd 3.7 16.22 21.13 55.45
Mathers Fund 132.8 -0.77 2.38 55.94
Permanent Port:Permanent 71.8 3.29 12.70 62.32
Monterey:Murphy Tech Cv 1.4 1.04 0.05 64.08
BBK Intl:Intl Equity 139.5 15.18 24.55 64.46
Quant:Intl Eqty;Shs 30.4 14.88 12.95 69.36
Rea-Graham:Balanced 10.0 3.26 13.47 70.44
Dreyfus Prem Agg Gro;A 292.0 0.08 -1.57 70.97
Eaton Vance WW Dv RS;B 14.1 1.76 -29.33 77.57
Pathfinder Fund 3.2 9.99 36.05 86.06
INVESCO Intl:Intl Growth 48.6 17.16 13.37 92.34
DFA Grp:UK Small Company n/a 12.91 13.80 97.44


Questions:

  1. Why are there so many sector funds (such as gold) or regional funds in the list of laggards?
  2. Does it follow then that invetsing in a non-diversified fund is a poor investment strategy?