The fund rose 30.7 percent, taking 14th place among domestic diversified stock funds.

Institutional funds rose by $344 million, to $88.3 billion, mostly on the poor performance of the stock market, analysts said.

As a group, the international funds rose only 9.8 percent.

It's the most common measure of risk, indicating whether a fund will rise or fall faster than the broader market.

Also, the funds do not rise or fall very much.

The funds rose one per cent higher than before they had fallen.

His funds rose 16 percent last year, according to the letter.

That came on top of a strong performance in 2001, when the funds rose more than 18 percent.

For example, the 2005 fund rose more than 10.5 percent in the week after Oct. 19.

The fund has risen 33 percent so far this year and is up nearly 8 percent over the latest four weeks.