Top Stock Market Industries in Week 50, 2015

Stock markets are in turmoil. Most sectors are down. Find top stock market industries in week 50, 2015. Should you invest in stocks or bonds?

Best Stock Industries

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of -3.74%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -4.06%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -3.19%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -5.01%.

Stock market highlights for week 50, 2015 are:

• Stock markets tumble.
• Oil sinks to seven-year low due to a glut of crude.
• Mining and energy companies were once again among the biggest losers.
• Junk bond markets rattle and hit a new low in 2015.

T. Rowe Price’s Best 401k Funds: Part 3

Find part 3 article of T. Rowe Price’s best 401k funds. These mutual funds are popular among investor in retirement account such as 401(k) accounts.

Top 401k Mutual Funds

T. Rowe Price is an American publicly asset management firm. It manages more than $738 billion of investment assets. As one of the largest players in 401(k) plans, T. Rowe Price provides lot of high rated mutual funds for your 401k account.

These top T. Rowe Price mutual funds carry extraordinarily low expense ratios. Low fees aside, we wondered how good these funds really are, so we analyzed them. These top funds are listed among the best funds for your retirement account. They also may be listed as the best funds by Morningstar, Lipper, Forbes, US News, Kiplinger, and others.

T. Rowe Price’s best 401k funds are:

1. T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund (TRBCX)
2. T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund (RPBAX)
3. T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund (PRIDX)
4. T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund (RPMGX)
5. T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund (PRNHX)
6. T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 (TRRGX)

Top Large Growth Mutual Funds 2015

Find top large growth mutual funds in 2015. Large growth mutual funds invest mainly in U.S. companies with high growth potential. The funds are sorted based on its performance return in 2015.

From this best performing funds list, you may find each individual fund review. You can find the fund performance, expense ratio, and yield or dividend from the table below. The list is sorted based on its year to date return up to November 21, 2015.

Best Funds

Top large growth mutual funds in 2015 are:

1. Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Opportunity Portfolio Fund
2. Polen Growth Fund
3. Prudential Jennison Select Growth Fund
4. Dunham Focused Large Cap Growth Fund
5. Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
6. Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Advantage Portfolio Fund
7. Janus Forty Fund
8. Prudential Jennison Growth Fund

T. Rowe Price’s Best 401k Funds: Part 2

Find part 2 article of T. Rowe Price’s best 401k funds. These mutual funds are popular among investor in retirement account such as 401(k) accounts.

Top 401k Mutual Funds

T. Rowe Price is an American publicly asset management firm. It manages more than $738 billion of investment assets. As one of the largest players in 401(k) plans, T. Rowe Price provides lot of high rated mutual funds for your 401k account.

These top T. Rowe Price mutual funds carry extraordinarily low expense ratios. Low fees aside, we wondered how good these funds really are, so we analyzed them. These top funds are listed among the best funds for your retirement account. They also may be listed as the best funds by Morningstar, Lipper, Forbes, US News, Kiplinger, and others.

T. Rowe Price’s best 401k funds are:

1. T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund (TRBCX)
2. T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund (RPBAX)
3. T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund (PRIDX)
4. T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund (RPMGX)
5. T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund (PRNHX)
6. T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 (TRRGX)

T. Rowe Price’s Best 401k Funds

T. Rowe Price is an American publicly asset management firm. It manages more than $738 billion of investment assets. As one of the largest players in 401(k) plans, T. Rowe Price provides lot of high rated mutual funds for your 401k account.

Top 401k Funds

Most T. Rowe Price retirement plan products are actively mutual funds. According to Morningstar, it has over 85% of mutual funds that beat their Lipper average for the 10-year period. T Rowe Price believes in actively managing their mutual funds. There are over 100 funds with no loads and low fees to meet specific investing needs.

These top T. Rowe Price mutual funds carry extraordinarily low expense ratios. Low fees aside, we wondered how good these funds really are, so we analyzed them. These top funds are listed among the best funds for your retirement account. They also may be listed as the best funds by Morningstar, Lipper, Forbes, US News, Kiplinger, and others.

T. Rowe Price’s best 401k funds are:

1. T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund (TRBCX)
2. T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund (RPBAX)
3. T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund (PRIDX)
4. T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund (RPMGX)
5. T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund (PRNHX)
6. T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 (TRRGX)
7. T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund (OTCFX)
8. T. Rowe Price Spectrum Income Fund (RPSIX)

Top 8 Commodities ETFs in 2015

Find top 8 commodities ETFs in 2015. These exchange traded funds are investing in variety of commodities such as oil, cocoa, cotton, etc.

Commodities Funds

Commodities ETFs are exchange traded funds that invest in specific commodities or several different commodities. Commodities in these funds may include precious metals, livestock, oil, coffee and sugar.

These top performing ETFs are sorted based on its year to date return (up to October 12, 2015). You can find the fund review from this article. Other fund information can be found below such as expense ratio, Morningstar rating, fund’s NAV, managers, fund’s holdings, yield, etc.

Top 8 Commodities ETFs in 2015 are:

1. United States Gasoline Fund LP (UGA)
2. iPath Pure Beta Cocoa ETN (CHOC)
3. iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cocoa Total Return Sub-Index ETN (NIB)
4. iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Total Return Sub-Index ETN (BAL)
5. DB Commodity Double Long ETN (DYY)
6. iPath Pure Beta Cotton ETN (CTNN)
7. DB Base Metals Double Short ETN (BOM)

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT)

John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) is a popular preferred stock closed end fund. It invests in dividend paying preferred stocks and common equity securities.

This John Hancock fund’s investment objective is to provide high current income with modest capital growth through investment in dividend paying preferred stocks and common equity securities. The fund managers are Gregory K. Phelps, and Joseph H. Bozoyan. This fund has a high dividend yield of 8.37%.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in dividend-paying securities and invests more than 25% of total assets in the utilities industry. The fund invests mainly in investment grade rated preferred stocks and debt obligations.

PDT Fund Profile

• Fund Inception Date: 12/21/1989
• Ticker Symbol: PDT
• CUSIP: 41013T105
• Rank in category (YTD): 100%
• Category: Preferred Stock
• Distribution Rate: 8.37%
• Effective Leverage: 33.48%
• Capital Gains: -
• Base Expense Ratio: 1.42%
• Net Assets: $ 1.1 billion