This report shows how well Consumer Staples ETFs and mutual fund managers pick stocks. We juxtapose our Portfolio Management rating on funds, which grades managers based on the quality of the stocks they choose, with the number of good stocks available in the sector.

The Consumer Staples sector ranks first out of the ten sectors as detailed in my Sector Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Very Attractive rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 10 ETFs and 15 mutual funds in the Consumer Staples sector as of July 17, 2014.

Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many from which to choose. There are at least 231 different Financials mutual funds and at least 630 mutual funds across all sectors. Do investors need that many choices?

Picking from the multitude of sector mutual funds is a daunting task. In any given sector there may be as many as 213 different mutual funds, and there are at least 607 mutual funds across all sectors.

There are at least 213 different Financial mutual funds and at least 601 mutual funds across all sectors. Do investors need that many choices? How different can the mutual funds be?