Mutual Fund Picture (Chart) Contest

bee

Which of your funds is easiest on the eyes?

Using M* chart tool compare your fund with this mutual fund "hottie" (TGBAX) and see how your fund fares. The longer the time frame the better. Add your fund ticker symbol into the compare box. You can also eliminate the other two comparison lines (benchmark indexes) by hovering over their names and "x"ing them out. Good Luck!

http://quote.morningstar.com/fund/chart.aspx?t=TGBAX&region=USA

My 10 year hottie:

TGBAX

Accipiter

As an aside. The thing I am not to keen on is the charting on the y-axis. It would be nicer if the scale were equal for each $5K increment were equal for the y-axis. It makes it look like a smoother ride. I guess it is probably % increase based scale on y-axis.

bee

Reply to @Accipiter:

Yeah... I agree... in fact, I contributed this question a while back:
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/2029/does-your-chart-tool-use-semi-logarithmic-scalings-looking-for-a-better-chart-tool.../p1

scott

It's not a fund, but BIP (Brookfield Infrastructure)
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=BIP+Interactive#symbol=bip;range=2y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

bee

Reply to @scott:
Nice chart.

I noticed that FOOLX, Motley Fool Independence Fund, which is classified as a world stock fund holds BIP and BAM in concentrated amounts...an interesting 5 star fund managed by an analyst and once contributor of The Motley Fool.

scott

I like BAM quite a bit, and own it as well, although in a smaller amount than BIP (which is a large, long-term holding.) BAM is a better value (BIP was overbought), but doesn't offer much of a dividend. BAM will likely be offering another spin-off MLP to BAM shareholders this fall that is made up of much of the company's real estate assets - Brookfield Property Partners.

I'm not a big fan of Motley Fool, but FOOLX is pretty interesting - a compelling array of picks from around the world.

ron

bee

Reply to @ron:

Nice pair of global funds...might be a great set of funds to re-balance between. Thanks for your entry.

BobC

CEF is a good pairing, too, over the last 10 years.