These are the top funds in five major categories, ranked according to three-year returns. We primarily consider funds with managers in place for at least three years; the only exceptions are managers with at least three years’ experience in a similar capacity. We don’t rank funds with front or back-end loads greater than 3 percent or funds that are closed to new investors, have less than $25 million in assets, have minimums of $10,000 or more, have trust restrictions or are single-state muni-bond funds. All data as of 05/30/10.

Source: Morningstar, Bloomberg

The Louis Rukeyser Honor Roll

Funds that have been on The Rukeyser 100 more than 80 percent of the past three years (at least 29 out of 36 months) make it onto The Louis Rukeyser Honor Roll. Their names are in green and marked with laurels.

Funds Added This Month

Bridges Investment
Delafield Fund
DWS Intermediate Tax/AMT Free A
FBR Small Cap Financial
Fidelity Select Technology
FMI Focus
James Balanced: Golden Rainbow
Laudus Growth Investors US Large Cap
Meridian Equity Income
Payden Global Fixed Income
PIMCO Diversified Income D
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate
T Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth

Funds Dropped This Month

Amana Growth
American Century Infl-Adj Bond
Aston/Montag & Caldwell Growth N
Fidelity Select Computers
FPA Crescent
Green Century Equity
Integrity Growth & Income
Managers Global Bond
Managers PIMCO Bond
T Rowe Price Health Sciences
T Rowe Price New American Growth
Wells Fargo Advantage S/T Muni
White Oak Select Growth