It has been an exasperating past few months to say the least. Looking at the fund performance I wanted to take some time and see how I've been doing versus what I consider the "best of the best". While we did finish as of Jul 31st as the #1 fund in mid cap growth over a 1 year period [Jul 26: 'Rising Tide Growth' Performance v Peers] I wanted to see how the best funds in my category (mid cap growth) over the longer run (3 year and 5 year periods) were handling this downturn. What I have below are the top 4 funds over the past 3 years (note - American Century Heritage and Gifttrust are funds #1/#2 but have the same holdings and weightings and Eaton Vance Multi Cap has a normal and tax advantage fund ...

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Disclosure: At time of publication, William Trent has no financial position in the companies mentioned in this article.

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