Investopedia: 2011 In Review - The Best-Performing Mutual Funds

For all of the talk about individual stocks and ETFs, mutual funds are still the largest component of many individual retirement and savings portfolios. With thousands of open funds and upwards of $10 trillion in assets under management, this is obviously a market segment that deserves attention. To that end, then, it is worth exploring where mutual fund investors saw the best returns for 2011.


This analysis includes only funds that are open to new investment, have minimum initial investment requirements below $10,000 and assets under management of at least $100 million.

A Bull Year in Bonds
I do not recall all that many pundits from December 2010 telling investors that U.S. government bonds were going to be the place to be for 2011. And yet, that's what has happened. With the Fed pulling every rabbit out of its hat to keep rates low and the economy slouching forward, U.S. government bond funds have been strong this year.


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