A: That depends on where you live and what issues the fund holds.

The funds held $72 million at their peak in 2004.

Yet a glance at the winners' list in recent days shows that some big funds can more than hold their own.

The funds held $44.2 billion at the end of August, double their level a year earlier.

Shareholders are often left to guess what their funds hold.

At its current level, the fund holds about $40,000 for each of the 4.5 million people living here.

The fund held a total of about $300,000 during the years in which he used the account.

Italian funds cannot hold more than 20% of their money in private companies.

The fund, started on March 3, holds 20 stocks, 17 of them in technology.

At the end of 1989, five funds held a total of $480.5 million.