Best Mutual Funds of the First Quarter of 2005 Fund Name Q4* 1 Year* 3 Years** 5 Years** % % % % ProFunds Inv Cl:Oil&Gas +25.70 +71.25 -17.38 NS Oppenheimer A:RlAstA p +21.92 +32.59 +25.88 +15.05 US Global Investors:GlbRs +19.22 +47.05 +46.74 +28.13 Rydex Dynamic:Vntr100 p +19.05 -11.76 -22.83 NS ProFunds:UlShOTCI +18.83 -11.61 -22.98 -4.51 AIM Investor Cl:Energy +17.79 +47.72 +19.39 +15.38 Fidelity Selects:Enrgy +17.55 +45.45 +16.07 +11.18 Strong Funds:Energy +15.41 +39.66 +13.06 +11.32 Rydex Investor:Energy r +15.21 +43.43 +15.15 +9.82 Merrill Lynch A:NatRsTA p +15.13 +44.09 +21.21 +17.86 Fidelity Selects:EngSv +15.05 +41.33 +12.71 +7.70 Vanguard Fds:Energy +14.50 +45.81 +23.00 +19.79 Munder Funds B:PwPlusB p +14.49 +35.54 +10.59 NS Fidelity Selects:NtGas +14.43 +49.56 +20.91 +15.09 BlackRock A:GlResA +14.33 +54.52 +36.22 +34.42 Morgan Stanley B:NtlRsB +13.71 +36.43 +10.93 +7.02 Fidelity Adv Foc T:NatResT +13.42 +34.17 +14.13 +10.30 Fidelity Selects:NatRes r +13.27 +34.40 +14.02 +10.48 Rydex Investor:EnrgySer +13.15 +38.55 +10.26 +1.52 Putnam Funds A:GlNtRs p +12.46 +36.53 +15.37 +11.61 ICON Fds:Energy +12.34 +43.10 +20.74 +21.06 JennisonDryden A:NatResA +11.63 +33.35 +24.52 +19.53 ProFunds Inv Cl:UltShSCp +11.48 -14.48 NS NS Excelsior Funds:Energy +11.42 +43.97 +18.32 +12.51 PIMCO Instl PIMS:ComodRR +11.22 +10.82 NS NS Worst of Q1 | Biggest Funds in Q1 | Mutual Funds Report Mutual Funds Search | Business News Footnotes *Cumulative **Annualized Source: Lipper Inc.