Sheldon Jacobs , editor of The No-Load Fund Investor, has a ten-year risk-adjusted return that puts him among the top five fund letters, according to Hulbert.

FORBES: No-Load Fund Letters Place Bets

Veteran fund picker Sheldon Jacobs, editor of the No-Load Fund Investor, is delighted with the boost his favorite international equity fund gave his model portfolios last month: Longleaf Partners International ( LLINX) was up 14.2% in April.

FORBES: Fund Advisers' Foreign Picks

My picks declined an average 6% by year-end and would have left you 3% poorer than a hypothetical investor putting the same money at the same dates into a no-load index fund.

FORBES: Next Year Will Be Better