U.S. News & World Report compiled ratings from Morningstar, Lipper, Zacks, TheStreet.com, and CFRA and normalized them on a 100-point scale. The funds received points based on their respective ratings on the individual sites. Total points were divided against the five data sources, resulting in the ranking.
Here are the top 10 mutual funds along with the fund’s one-year returns:
1. Vanguard Health Care Index Fund: 15.07 percent
2. Fidelity Select Medical Equip&Sys Port: 13.8 percent
3. Fidelity Select Health Care Svcs Port: 19.77 percent
4. T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund: 19.83 percent
5. Fidelity Select Health Care Portfolio: 14.26 percent
6. BlackRock Health Sciences Opps Port: 15.26 percent
7. Vanguard Health Care Fund: 11.62 percent
8. Delaware Healthcare Fund: 19.77 percent
9. Hartford Healthcare Fund: 19.46 percent
10. Live Oak Health Sciences Fund: 5.88 percent
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