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10 Mutual Funds for a Recession

April 7, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Check out Barron's list of 10 mutual funds for a recession. They include the Permanent Portfolio Fund, which invests in a handful of asset classes including gold, natural resources, and real estate; the flexible and globally focused Loomis Sayles Bond fund; and an exchange-traded fund: iShares S&P Global 100 Index.

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Katy Marquardt came to U.S. News from Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, where she profiled rising stars in the mutual-fund world and wrote about investing in stocks and racehorses. Katy hails from Abilene, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas-Austin.

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