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Mutual fund stars fading

By Steven Syre
Globe Columnist / November 25, 2011
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The mutual fund star - that stock-picker who became well-known and occasionally famous - is practically extinct. There used to be lots of them and Boston was once a global hot-spot for star managers. Peter Lynch literally wrote the book on star managers during his heyday at Fidelity Investments. But a decade-long market funk and changes in the way people invest have conspired against mutual fund star.

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