When he was Mayor of New York, Ed Koch used to ask: "How am I doing?" If the question were put to the first ten funds to get the annual Excellence in Fund Management Awards from Standard & Poor's and BusinessWeek, the answer would be: Pretty darn good.
Since the awards were handed out in mid-March, seven of the funds have topped their peer groups, and one, Tweedy Browne Global Value Fund (TBGVX), tied similar offerings.