U.S. Stock Funds Rock: They lead our annual rankings of top-performing mutual funds in 11 categories

摘要

AS ANOTHER TERRIFIC YEAR FOR U.S. STOCKS AND STOCK funds recedes into the distance, skittish investors are focusing squarely on the growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve, to borrow a phrase made famous by a former chairman, is getting ready to remove the punch bowl just as the party gets going. The key question: Can the stock market, which returned 21% over the past year, continue to thrive even as the Fed tempers its easy-money policy?