In the aftermath of last year's stock market crash,
buy-and-hold investingbecame a controversial strategy.
But one year later, mutual funds pursuing a long-term,
low-turnover approach to investing seem to be holding up
surprisingly well.
I ran a quick screen for domestic stock mutual funds from
familiar fund companies, each with turnover rates of 25% or
less. Among the more promising results, I found:
Fund
Turnover
10-Year Average Annual Return
Top Holdings
Mairs & Power Growth (MPGFX)
2%
6.5%
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ),
US Bancorp (NYSE: USB)
Wasatch-1st Source Income
Equity (FMIEX)
5%
7.6%
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ),
Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT)
Amana Trust Income (AMANX)
6%
6.0%
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL),
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Continued... |