text: Here are the top 20, the first % is the actual gain. The second % is the gain in excess of expectation given the volatility for each fund.(i.e. the ability of the fund manager to get good return with minimal risk)\n\nThis ranking is from http://www.fasttrack.net which uses  much more powerful methods than simple return ranking like Lipper. For my money, #2 FBALX is the obvious pick (great ranking , no load)\n\n1,SVBAX,JHancock Balanced-A,13.36%,9.55%\n2,FBALX,Fidelity Balanced/304,10.68%,6.45%\n3,FRBSX,Franklin Balance Sheet Investment-A/150,10.90%,5.77%\n4,AGBYX,RiverSou Global Balanced-Y/Disc,9.59%,5.60%\n5,WEBAX,Westwood Balanced-AAA,9.29%,5.45%\n6,FGBLX,Fidelity Global Balanced/334,9.00%,5.21%\n7,GLRBX,JamesAdv Balanced Golden Rainbow-A,8.37%,4.93%\n8,TIBAX,Thornbur Income Builder-A,8.51%,4.71%\n9,MPBAX,MSInsTrs Balanced,7.90%,4.30%\n10,JABLX,Janus INST:Aspen Balanced,7.95%,4.27%\n11,ABWAX,Alliance Bernstein Balanc Wealth Strat-A,7.73%,4.13%\n12,JABAX,Janus Balanced,7.75%,4.07%\n13,FABAX,FirstAm Balanced-A,8.00%,4.05%\n14,JABRX,Janus ADV:Balanced-S/504,7.67%,3.97%\n15,ABLRX,Alger INST:Balanced-I,8.04%,3.97%\n16,BRBPX,Bridgewa Balanced Portfolio,6.96%,3.78%\n17,PABYX,Putnam Asset Alloc:Balanced-Y,7.26%,3.73%\n18,SIBAX,Sit Balanced,7.51%,3.56%\n19,PABAX,Putnam Asset Alloc:Balanced-A,6.99%,3.48%\n20,RIMBX,Rainier Balanced,7.32%,3.47%