Fidelity Cash Reserves, a $130.7 billion money market fund, is now the biggest mutual fund in the nation, surpassing
Today, only one stock mutual fund is among the five biggest in the nation, and the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, which was the biggest fund in the nation five years ago, with $88.9 billion in assets under management, ranks No. 7 today, with $80.7 billion under management.
Only a handful of fund companies have attracted net inflows this year,
Meanwhile, the number of funds being liquidated is up considerably from last year, with 560 funds folding, up from 498 in 2007.