Rowe Price Latin America Fund, which FORBES rates A for bull market performance and B for bear markets.

FORBES: Stepping South Of The Border

Our ratings for domestic stock funds look at long-term performance over four bull and bear market cycles stretching back 12 years.

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The fund gets an "A" rating for bull markets and a "B" for bear market performance.

FORBES: Gurus Think China Is Golden

Vanguard and other index-focused firms were expanding rapidly in the 1990s bull market by spreading their message of low fees and better performance.

FORBES: How I View ETFs

The Forbes fund rating system, which goes back half a century, looks at a minimum of two full market cycles and awards separate performance grades for bull and bear markets.

FORBES: The Forbes Fund Grading System

While the prolonged bull market may have distracted funds from focusing on fees, diminishing performance and heightened cost concerns suggest that now is the time to revisit the issue.

FORBES: Why Pension Investment Advisory Fees Are So High (January 1, 2003 )

Momentum-chasing investors are setting themselves up for a fall he warns, if they try and extrapolate future performance from the 30-year bull run in the bond market.

FORBES: Pimco's Bill Gross Says Stocks Were A Ponzi Scheme For The Last Hundred Years

Also, the prolonged bull market may have caused funds to be less concerned with fees and more focused upon performance.

FORBES: Why Pension Investment Advisory Fees Are So High (January 1, 2003 )