Top 3 PIMCO Fixed Income Closed End Funds of 2011

Top 3 PIMCO Fixed Income Closed End Funds of 2011 are PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income, PIMCO High Income Fund, and PIMCO Municipal Income. These CEFs are popular among investors.

Intro

Investing always involves risk. One of the investment strategies is investing in fixed income or bond. This article will provide list of PIMCO closed end funds (CEF). PIMCO is well known in bond investment management. The PIMCO Bond CEFs include PIMCO Income Opportunity, PCM Fund and more

• PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income
• PIMCO High Income Fund
• PIMCO Municipal Income

Some of these funds are managed by Bill Gross. Please check closed end fund website such as cefa.com or cefconnect.com for details. You can find many fund information such as expense ratio, fund performance, leverage information, distribution rate, price history, ranking, lipper rating, and more. Please check my website for future reference.

Best Performing Stocks of S&P 500 Index of 2010

This article will discuss about the 20 Top Performer Stocks of S&P 500 index or leader stocks. The  list includes Cummins Inc, Huntington Bancshares Inc, Wynn Resorts Limited, and Zions Bancorporation.

Top 8 list is

1. Cummins Inc.
2. Huntington Banc. Inc
3. Wynn Resorts, Limited
4. Zions Bancorporation
5. American Int. Grp Inc
6. priceline.com Inc
7. Akamai Tech Inc
8. Cliffs Nat Resrcs Inc

Top Performer International Stock Mutual Funds of 2010

Top Performer International Stock Mutual Funds of 2010 are Oakmark International I, TIAA-CREF International Equity Retail, Oppenheimer International Small Co, etc.

Intro

In my previous article, I have provided Top Performer Domestic Stock Mutual Fund for 2010. The following article is about Top Performer International Equity Mutual Fund. The list include Oakmark International, TIAA-CREF International Equity, Mutual European,  JHancock Global Opportunities and more.

Best Performer International Stock Mutual Funds of 2010:

• Foreign Large Value - Oakmark International I
• Foreign Large Blend - TIAA-CREF International Equity Retail
• Foreign Large Growth - Laudus International MarketMasters Inv
• Foreign Small/Mid Value - Oakmark International Small Cap I
• Foreign Small/Mid Growth - Oppenheimer International Small Co A
• World Stock - JHancock Global Opportunities A

Top Performer Domestic Stock Mutual Fund of 2010

Top Performer Domestic Stock Mutual Funds of 2010 are Fairholme, Gabelli Asset Fund, Fidelity Spartan Extended Market Index, etc. These best funds has managed to achieve good performance during 2010.

Intro

With the year 2010 is near its end, I always like to check the Best Performer Domestic Stock Mutual Funds or Equity Mutual Fund list for year 2010. The mutual fund list primarily consists of domestic stocks such as large cap, small cap, mid cap,  real estate (REIT), Precious Metal Equity and more. The list include Fairholme, Gabelli Asset Fund, T. Rowe Price Small Cap Stock and more.

Top Performer Domestic Stock Mutual Funds of 2010 are:

• Large value - Fairholme
• Large Blend - Gabelli Asset Fund
• Large Growth - Morgan Stanley Focus Growth A
• Mid Cap value - RidgeWorth Mid-Cap Value Equity A
• Mid Cap Blend - Fidelity Spartan Extended Market Index
• Mid Cap Growth - Waddell & Reed New Concepts A

more on Hubpages: Top Best Performer Domestic Stock Mutual Fund of 2010

Top 5 Global Real Estate REIT Specialty ETF

In my previous article, I have provided the top 5 US REIT Real Estate Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). In this article, I will discuss an alternative REIT ETF which is Global REIT. Global REIT ETF, also known as Non US REIT ETF, can provide another set of investment diversification. The list include SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate, iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Dev RE ex-US and more.

The following is the Top 5 Best Global Real Estate REIT ETFs:

1. SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate
2. iShares FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Dev RE ex-US
3. SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate
4. iShares S&P Dev ex-US Property Index
5. WisdomTree International Real Estate

more on Hubpages: Top 5 Best Global Real Estate REIT Specialty ETF exchange traded fund

Top 4 Best US Real Estate REIT Specialty ETF Fund

Real Estate investment is not for everyone. One maybe successful like Donald Trump, others may fail in real estate investment. This article will provide top 4 Best US Real Estate REIT ETF list and performance. The list includes Vanguard REIT Index, iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate and more.

Top 4 Best US Real Estate REIT ETFs:

1. Vanguard REIT Index ETF
2. iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate
3. iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors
4. SPDR Dow Jones REIT

Top 10 Precious Metals and Minerals ETF Funds

In my previous article, I have provided the precious metal mutual fund. In this article, I’ll look into the Top 10 Popular Precious Metals and Minerals ETF (Exchange Traded Funds) and ETN (Exchange Traded Notes). The list includes: SPDR Gold Shares, iShares Silver Trust and more.

The Top 10 Popular Precious Metals and Minerals ETF and ETN:

1. SPDR Gold Shares
2. iShares Silver Trust
3. iShares Gold Trust
4. ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares
5. ETFS Physical Palladium Shares
6. ETFS Physical Platinum Shares
7. ETFS Physical Silver Shares
8. PowerShares DB Precious Metals  
9. PowerShares DB Gold  
10. PowerShares DB Silver

Other Precious Metals Funds:

• Best Precious Metals Mutual Funds 2012
• Top Performer Precious Metals Mutual Funds May 2011