Seattle Times – The big stories in the mutual-fund world are always taking shape, but the new year gives us a chance to gaze into the crystal ball to try to read future headlines.

Performance stories always rule the day — and I don’t make market forecasts, leaving that task to people willing to volunteer for the job of village idiot — so maybe it will be a good year if the economic crisis winds up serving as the backdrop for the developing stories, rather than continuing to dominate the news itself.

Here are the fund-world stories that could capture the headlines in the year ahead:

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