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Best and Worst Mutual Funds of 2011

By Ben Steverman and Wei Lu - 2011-12-16T23:15:45Z

Photograph by Chip Chipman/Bloomberg

Company Symbol % Change
LKQ Corp LKQ:US 1.70
Weight Watchers International Inc WTW:US 1.77
VCA Antech Inc WOOF:US 0.16
Whole Foods Market Inc WFM:US 1.70
Waste Connections Inc WCN:US 0.38
United Continental Holdings Inc UAL:US 0.72
TJX Cos Inc TJX:US 1.12
Teleflex Inc TFX:US -0.22
Sears Holdings Corp SHLD:US -0.03
EchoStar Corp SATS:US 1.97
Perrigo Co PRGO:US -0.28
priceline.com Inc PCLN:US 1.70
VeriFone Systems Inc PAY:US -1.62
OM Group Inc OMG:US 1.34
National Oilwell Varco Inc NOV:US 2.74
Mastercard Inc MA:US 2.57
Lorillard Inc LO:US 0.09
LKQ Corp LKQX:US
KKR Financial Holdings LLC KFN:US -0.19
Kaiser Aluminum Corp KALU:US 0.61
International Rectifier Corp IRF:US 0.82
Hexcel Corp HXL:US 1.53
H&R Block Inc HRB:US 2.81
HMS Holdings Corp HMSY:US 0.67
Herbalife Ltd HLF:US 0.68
GP Strategies Corp GPX:US 1.83
eBay Inc EBAY:US 1.63
DISH Network Corp DISH:US 0.78
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH:US 3.61
Cepheid Inc CPHD:US -0.65
Cooper Cos Inc/The COO:US 0.63
CONMED Corp CNMD:US 1.24
Clicksoftware Technologies Ltd CKSW:US -0.27
Brightpoint Inc CELL:US
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc CBST:US 1.81
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co BMY:US 1.24
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc BMRN:US -0.76
BioScrip Inc BIOS:US -0.45
Apollo Group Inc APOL:US 1.33
ANSYS Inc ANSS:US 0.49
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc ALXN:US 1.06
American International Group Inc AIG:US 0.71
Assured Guaranty Ltd AGO:US -0.04
Alliance Data Systems Corp ADS:US 0.41
Wells Fargo & Co WFC:US 1.58
Verizon Communications Inc VZ:US 0.28
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc VRX:CN 4.20
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd TEVA:IT 1.52
AT&T Inc T:US 0.16
SBA Communications Corp SBAC:US 0.91
Merck & Co Inc MRK:US -0.82
JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM:US 2.61
Finisar Corp FNSR:US -2.34
Ford Motor Co F:US 3.01
Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRK/A:US 1.25
Bank of America Corp BAC:US 0.52
Apple Inc AAPL:US -0.30
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No. 10: Value Line Emerging Opportunities Fund

Style/Ticker: Growth, VLEOX

Manager: Stephen Grant

Total return 2011: 7.2 percent

Assets: $270.9 million

Top three holdings as of Sept. 30, with 2011 total return:

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN), +66 percent

Waste Connections (WCN), +20 percent

Ansys (ANSS), +16 percent

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