Why not take advantage of all the information available on how mutual fund managers are invest-ing money? A year ago we offered a template to copycat the best pros. The idea was simple: take the portfolios of the longtime star fund managers and see which stocks they have in common. The thesis was that stocks liked by an assortment of smart guys must be stocks worth holding. So we pulled ten of these favorite issues: four large U.S. companies, three small ones and three international. Since then seven of the stocks have gone up and three have gone down. And the plan has worked, on a modest scale: The mini portfolio returned 10.5% versus 8% for the S&P 500 through early November. The improvement over the market may not be statistically significant, but it sure beats losing.
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