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INTERVIEWS  |  October 23, 2000
Scott Cooley Of Morningstar
Financial professionals rely on Morningstar for independent investment information and services. Scott Cooley is a senior analyst for Morningstar Mutual Funds, a division of the company that evaluates and rates more than 1,700 funds. Their mission is to provide the quality information that individual and professional investors need to make sound financial decisions.

Cooley primarily covers financial and domestic-equity funds, specializing in the American Century, Fidelity, Vanguard, and Oakmark fund families. He writes columns, book reviews, and other analysis for Morningstar.com and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money, Business Week, and The New York Times. Cooley has also appeared on Cnbc, Cnn, and CnnFn. Before joining Morningstar, he was a bank examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Fdic), where he focused on credit analysis and asset-backed securities.

What makes a good mutual fund? To find out how Morningstar rates funds, Jason Hutson of Working Money interviewed Cooley in August 2000.
by Jason K. Hutson

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