The yield produced by the best performer between the end of 2005 and 2006 was 32.3% and even the tenth performer yielded 18.2%, both investing into Hungarian stocks, the paper calculated. The exception was a mixed share-property fund, which took fifth place with an annual yield of 22.3%, while a mixed fund came 9th with a yield of 19.3%.
The poorest performing funds were mostly investing in foreign bonds or foreign currency. The worst performer, a fund investing in US dollar, ended 2006 with an annual loss of 4.7%. Seven of the ten funds at the bottom had negative returns last year, the best of the ten being a property fund with a yield of 1.7%.
The highest-yielding mixed fund with a balanced portfolio produced a 17% yield last year, bond funds generated at most 7%, liquidity funds 5.6%, and property funds 8.5%.
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