An erroneous set of mutual fund tables appeared in Business Day yesterday, carrying data for trading on Wednesday, not Thursday.

Along with daily stock and fund tables, newspapers are devoting more attention than ever to the subject, and new magazines appear each year.

An explanation of the quarterly mutual fund tables in the Your Money pages last Saturday described the risk ratings of the funds incorrectly.

Sept. 19, this section introduced mutual fund tables that offer more data, but eliminated net asset values.

In response to that demand, the Friday closing N.A.V. returns to the mutual fund tables this week.

Investors could show their support in the mutual fund tables, literally putting their money where their candidates are.

The mutual fund tables begin today on page 13.

A special section examines trends in business and the markets including complete year-end stock and mutual fund tables.

Q: The mutual fund tables use the footnote "d" to denote both contingent deferred sales charges and redemption fees.

(The five-year return was also misstated in the quarterly mutual fund tables.)