Amidst the daily bad news delivered about the fund industry there is a ray of normalcy as this week Morningstar conducted its annual rite of nominating fund manager of the year candidates.

The good news is there is not a scandal-plagued name among them. Indeed, the five managers for the Stock Fund Manager of the Year award all hail from shops that make a point of staying squeaky clean.

Managers from Vanguard, Bridgeway, and Dodge & Cox managers made that cut. The 2004 nominees include:

John Montgomery of Bridgeway Funds,

Rob Lyon and the rest of the equity team at Dodge & Cox,

The domestic equity team managing ICAP Select Equity,

Richard Freeman of Smith Barney Aggressive Growth,

Howard Schow, Theo Kolokotrones, and Joel Fried of Vanguard Primecap d fund.

On the fixed-income side Morningstar nominated:

Fidelity's municipal bond team

Pioneer's Margie Patel

Western Asset's bond team

FPA's Bob Rodriguez

MetWest's Kane, Landmann, and Rivelle  

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