Iron CBI has posted a tidy 35% gain this year. Performance also got a big boost when Sara Lee SLE announced it was buying Earthgrains EGR , a top holding, at a hefty premium to its pretakeover price. What's bringing the fund down relative to its peers
bag in 2001, but the transport issues are up, as are holdings as diverse as Sylvan Learning Systems [SLVN], and baker Earthgrains [ EGR ], which is being acquired by Sara Lee [SLE]. This fund has proved a reasonable choice for long-term investors, but