A group of researchers has concluded that these out-of-date prices have made many hedge funds appear to be better performers than they really are.

J. P. Morgan and other hedge funds appear to be looking at the books.

But many funds appear to be taking the easy way out.

No fund appears on both lists, which may give pause to investors who make fund choices for the long term.

Similarly, those funds appear at the top of this year's list, with gains of 31.3 percent through May.

The fund appears to have lost more than 25 percent of its value.

The funds appears to have no link to Jews or to Jewish contributions.

In August last year, two mutual funds appeared on the scene, ready to carve lucrative new niches for investors.

Initially, those funds appear to cover about 40 percent of campaigning costs, though the exact formulas are still being worked out.

We cannot just push a button somewhere in our system and the funds appear.