FUNDS

Russel Kinnel

Editor,

Morningstar FundInvestor

About Russel

Russel Kinnel is director of mutual fund research for Morningstar, Inc., and is also the editor of Morningstar® FundInvestor^TM, a monthly print newsletter for individual investors. He oversees Morningstar's Fund Analyst Picks, which represent the analysts' ideas of top fund on a category-by-category basis and Morningstar's Fund Analyst Pans, which is a list of funds the analysts recommend investors avoid. Mr. Kinnel also writes the "Fund Spy" column for Morningstar.com, the company's Web site for individual investors. He holds a Bachelor's degree in economics and journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on approximately 330,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 5 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its registered investment advisor subsidiaries and has more than $167 billion in assets under advisement and management as of Sept. 30, 2011. The company has operations in 26 countries.

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