MainStay MAP I MUBFX

… that forecast, you might have moved into a fund with a strong record that was emphasizing defense companies. Mainstay MAP MUBFX would have fit that description. Its managers were keen on defense, an area they had followed closely for years. So what …

… debt with equity, which would also benefit the bondholders. The managers of the quirky and long-successful Mainstay MAP MUBFX have also increased their attention to debt in 2002. Typically a negligible amount, the fund's debt position, though still …

… s no logical reason you couldn t own a strict mid-cap fund in addition to a good flexible fund such as Mainstay MAP Equity MUBFX , even if their portfolios currently reside in the same style box. In short, by all means allow the style boxes and the categories …

… diversification and experienced management seem more important than ever. An overlooked mid-cap fund known as Mainstay MAP Equity MUBFX can help provide you with both. In the 1990s we named this offering a "forgotten fund" more than once because it had minuscule …

… were soon swamped with new assets and began to underperform. Still, a good number of our past choices--including Bridgeway Aggressive Growth BRAGX, Meridian Value MVALX, and MainStay Map Equity MUBFX --continue to perform superbly.

Michael Mullarkey has guided Mainstay MAP Equity Fund MUBFX to topnotch performance over the past 20 years by paying close attention to insider transactions, management changes, and stock …