Morningstar, the well-known (and respected?) name in mutual fund research, has announced its nominations for U.S. fund managers of the year for 2016.  They are as follows:

MstarMgrOfYrNominees2016

If you’re a performance chaser make sure to write down these names and throw a bunch of money at them. If you’re an investor then this comment from Laura Pavlenko Lutten (Morningstar’s director of manager research) will resonate:

This year’s crop of nominees not only managed to deliver strong returns to shareholders but did so the right way – by sticking to their fundamental investing approach through thick and thin.