It’s been half a year since we launched our Morning- star Analyst Ratings. It’s a good time to take a look at where things stand so you can have some perspec- tive. It’s too early to judge performance, of course, but we can see how the ratings are breaking down. The analyst ratings are deep fundamental dives on a fund’s prospects. We examine funds based on five pillars: People, Price, Performance, Parent, and Process. We then rate each fund Gold, Silver, Bronze, Neutral, or Negative. So far we have rated more than 800 funds on our way to rating 1 ,500. We have 500 funds in FundInvestor, so you’re not seeing all of the funds that we rate but mostly the best and biggest of that group. Thus, the portion rated in the FundInvestor 500 naturally skews higher than the full list of our rated funds. In addition, it’s worth keeping in mind that the 1 ,500 we will rate are worth covering either because they are compelling investments or simply big funds from a list of nearly 7 ,000 total funds. We don’t have a set curve for ratings, but if we were to rate all of the funds in the United States, you’d see a higher percentage of Neutral and Negative. As of the end of May, here is the breakdown: Gold 169, Silver 190, Bronze 203, Neutral 212, and Negative 54. As we rate the rest of our coverage list, I’d expect Neutral will grow the fastest. It is already the largest bucket, and it will likely take up quite a lot of our ratings. The reason is that many funds don’t really stand out either because they have short track records or long but mediocre records. You may have wondered why there are no Negative- rated funds in FundInvestor, but rest assured we are giving Negative ratings. It’s just that I choose better funds for the 500 list. I do include some of the largest funds, which doesn’t necessarily mean they’re among the best, so it is always possible one will get a Negative rating. In fact, we had rated Fidelity Magellan FMAGX a Negative before we launched the ratings last fall, but we changed it to Neutral when manager Jeffrey Feingold replaced Harry Lange. Although the ratings are subjective, they’re not about our gut feelings. We gather a lot of data in doing our analysis. Besides obvious things such as expense ratios and total returns, we look at index overlap, R-squared, tracking error, and returns relative to a benchmark on a yearly basis to understand how indexlike a fund is. To understand whether a fund’s asset base is bloated, we look at assets, days trad- ing volume in top holdings, changes in total stocks, and concentration in the top 10 holdings. To under- stand a fund’s risk levels, we look at performance on a risk-adjusted basis and at portfolio-level risks. For instance, to understand a bond portfolio, we home in on yield relative to category and benchmark, credit breakdowns, and weighting by issuer. The subjective part comes in bringing that data to- gether and in assessing a fund’s management, analysts, and strategy. Still, the average figures for each grade level validate the qualitative process quantitatively. When looking at expense ratios, Morn- ingstar Ratings for funds (“star ratings”), manager FundInvestor Continued on Page 2 Research and recommendations for the serious fund investor An Update on the Morningstar Analyst Rating Fund Report 4 Laudus Growth Investors U.S. Large Cap Growth Morningstar Research 8 Target-Date Funds Put to the Test The Contrarian 10 Are Investors Right to Sell These Funds? Red Flags 11 Old Dogs, New Tricks Market Overview 12 Leaders & Laggards 13 Manager Changes and News 14 FundInvestor Focused 10 16 Tracking Morningstar 18 Analyst Ratings Income Strategist 20 FundInvestor 500 22 FundInvestor 500 Spotlight 23 Follow Russ on Twitter @RussKinnel Russel Kinnel, Director of Fund Research and Editor SM June 2012 Volume 20 Number 10
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It’s been half a year since we launched our Morning-star Analyst Ratings. It’s a good time to take a look at where things stand so you can have some perspec-tive. It’s too early to judge performance, of course, but we can see how the ratings are breaking down.
The analyst ratings are deep fundamental dives on a fund’s prospects. We examine funds based on five pillars: People, Price, Performance, Parent, and Process. We then rate each fund Gold, Silver, Bronze, Neutral, or Negative.
So far we have rated more than 800 funds on our way to rating 1,500. We have 500 funds in FundInvestor, so you’re not seeing all of the funds that we rate but mostly the best and biggest of that group. Thus, the portion rated in the FundInvestor 500 naturally skews higher than the full list of our rated funds. In addition, it’s worth keeping in mind that the 1,500 we will rate are worth covering either because they are compelling investments or simply big funds from a list of nearly 7,000 total funds.
We don’t have a set curve for ratings, but if we were to rate all of the funds in the United States, you’d see a higher percentage of Neutral and Negative.
As of the end of May, here is the breakdown: Gold 169, Silver 190, Bronze 203, Neutral 212, and Negative 54. As we rate the rest of our coverage list, I’d expect Neutral will grow the fastest. It is already the largest bucket, and it will likely take up
quite a lot of our ratings. The reason is that many funds don’t really stand out either because they have short track records or long but mediocre records.
You may have wondered why there are no Negative-rated funds in FundInvestor, but rest assured we are giving Negative ratings. It’s just that I choose better funds for the 500 list. I do include some of the largest funds, which doesn’t necessarily mean they’re among the best, so it is always possible one will get a Negative rating. In fact, we had rated Fidelity Magellan FMAGX a Negative before we launched the ratings last fall, but we changed it to Neutral when manager Jeffrey Feingold replaced Harry Lange.
Although the ratings are subjective, they’re not about our gut feelings. We gather a lot of data in doing our analysis. Besides obvious things such as expense ratios and total returns, we look at index overlap, R-squared, tracking error, and returns relative to a benchmark on a yearly basis to understand how indexlike a fund is. To understand whether a fund’s asset base is bloated, we look at assets, days trad-ing volume in top holdings, changes in total stocks, and concentration in the top 10 holdings. To under-stand a fund’s risk levels, we look at performance on a risk-adjusted basis and at portfolio-level risks. For instance, to understand a bond portfolio, we home in on yield relative to category and benchmark, credit breakdowns, and weighting by issuer.
The subjective part comes in bringing that data to- gether and in assessing a fund’s management, analysts, and strategy. Still, the average figures for each grade level validate the qualitative process quantitatively. When looking at expense ratios, Morn-ingstar Ratings for funds (“star ratings”), manager
FundInvestor
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Research and recommendations for the serious fund investor
An Update on the Morningstar Analyst Rating
Fund Report 4Laudus Growth Investors U.S. Large Cap Growth
Morningstar Research 8Target-Date Funds Put to the Test
The Contrarian 10Are Investors Right to Sell These Funds?
Red Flags 11Old Dogs, New Tricks
Market Overview 12
Leaders & Laggards 13
Manager Changes and News 14
FundInvestor Focused 10 16
Tracking Morningstar 18 Analyst Ratings
Income Strategist 20
FundInvestor 500 22
FundInvestor 500 Spotlight 23
Follow Russ on Twitter @RussKinnel
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tenure, and investor returns figures for each group, you can see a stair step down.
For Gold funds, the average expense ratio is 0.61%, the average star rating is 3.86, the longest manager tenure is an average of 12.7 years, and the average investor return ranking is 31 (1best and 100worst.) For Silver, the average expense ratio is 0.84%, average star rating is 3.6, longest manager tenure is an average of 11.1, and average investor return rank is 31. Those figures decline down to Negative-rated funds, which have an average fee of 0.98%, average star rating of 2.2, longest manager tenure average of 5.7, and average investor return rank of 72.2.
To see what our ratings are saying about fund companies, I calculated a GPA for the 10 biggest fund companies. I assigned a 4 for Gold, a 3.5 for Silver, a 3 for Bronze, a 2 for Neutral, and a 1 for Negative.
We still have nearly 700 funds to go, so these figures may well change depending on how good the re- maining funds we rate are. Here is how it broke down. Honor roll: Vanguard 3.6, American 3.4, PIMCO 3.4, T. Rowe Price 3.4, and JP Morgan 3.0.And the rest: Fidelity 2.9, Franklin Templeton 2.8, BlackRock 2.6, Columbia 2.3, and Oppenheimer 2.3.
To get a 3.4 or better for a large number of funds, a company has to have a lot of strong suits rather than just one, though it’s interesting that Vanguard and T. Rowe Price are closer to being strong across the board than American, which has weak bond funds, and PIMCO, which is only just building up a presence in equities.
On the lower end, Columbia and Oppenheimer need to improve on a lot of fronts. Columbia landed three equity funds in the Negative bin, while Oppen-heimer has three bond funds, a commodity fund, and a stock fund in Negative.
Outside of the top 10, American Century received 2.6 as its funds lean toward the middle. It received no Gold ratings and only one Negative. MFS rated a 3.2
because the firm has steadily improved the quality of its research.
Updating RatingsYou’ll also be seeing more changes to existing ratings, as we continue to update and monitor changes at funds. We aim to review a rating quickly after a significant event such as a manager change. However, we will also keep looking for more-subtle shifts or details we hadn’t uncovered before.
For example, we took Vanguard International Explorer VINEX down a notch in May because performance continued to deteriorate and the manager given 10% of the portfolio doesn’t have a long track record. Neither signals a disaster, but it illustrates how we will continue to evaluate funds after we’ve rated them.
Updating Performance of Our RatingsI’ll continue to update performance of our ratings on Page 18 and on mfi.morningstar.com. For now, I’m just showing how the Gold ratings (formerly Fund Analyst Picks) have done because that’s where our track record is the longest. The other ratings levels have only been around for a few months, but over time we’ll provide more information about how each level is doing.
In the meantime, let’s see how our ratings have done over the past 10 years. As you can see from the graphs, the average Gold (or Analyst Pick) fund has outperformed most of the benchmarks, with the exception of municipal bonds, where some of our lower-risk muni funds have lagged the benchmark. In our defense, you can’t buy a muni index mutual fund. Versus muni peer groups, our performance has been excellent, as the batting averages on Page 18 illustrate.
We hope to build on our pick success with our more-complete Morningstar Analyst Ratings. Already we have rated more than twice as many funds as we had under our Picks and Pans system. In addition, the Analyst Ratings will let you track funds that fall somewhere between our top and bottom rungs. œContact Russel Kinnel at [email protected]
An Update on the Morningstar Analyst Rating Continued From Cover
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Morningstar Category Category Index Total Assets Inception Date Domicile Currency Morningstar RatingUS OE Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth TR USD 1,083
Morningstar Analyst RatingMorningstar evaluates mutual funds based on five key pillars, which itsanalysts believe lead to funds that are more likely to outperform over thelong term on a risk-adjusted basis.
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A hidden gem.
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May 03, 2012 | This is one of the better focused-growth funds you're likely to find.
Lawrence Kemp and his seven-analyst,New York-based team at subadvisor UBS havebuilt a strategy that has successfully avoided thepitfalls seen at most focused-growth funds. Byblending in three stock types, they haven'tsuffered the brutal droughts that plague so manyfocused-growth funds.
Kemp groups stocks into three types:classic-growth stocks to be bought on temporaryweakness, elite "hyper growth phase" compan-ies worth paying up for (such as Apple ),and cyclical growth such as oil. He also pays at-tention to price momentum in an attempt to haveat least some stocks that are rallying.
The fund hasn't had a calendar year inlarge growth's bottom quartile, and it even man-aged top-third performances in 2007 and 2008despite the fact that it always stays fully inves-ted in equities. Thus, you have a fund with top-decile returns over the trailing three-, five-, and10-year periods. In fact, the fund has produced
top-quartile returns in 78% of the rolling three-year periods over the past decade. Just as sur-prising as that record is the fact that few indi-vidual investors have found the fund, which has$1 billion in assets. The team is actually running$10 billion in this strategy, however, as institu-tional investors have warmed up to the teamfaster than individuals.
Kemp and his team have executed thestrategy quite well and that owes in part to theexperience of the team. Six of the seven ana-lysts have more than 10 years' experience. Theteam has consistently added value through stockselection since taking over this fund in 2002.
Sealing this fund's appeal is its reason-able expense ratio of 0.78%. That's well belowthe average large-growth fund.
We wouldn't suggest that this fund willalways avoid downturns, but its ability to do so iscertainly encouraging. We rate it Bronze, in part,because we have had the fund under coveragefor less than a year and we want to get to knowmanagement better.
Process: ApproachMorningstar Category Category Index Index ProxyUS OE Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth TR USD iShares Russell 1000
Growth Index
Focused--not myopic.
Process Pillar ∞ Positive
May 03, 2012 | This fund follows a disciplined fo-cused-growth strategy.
Management aims to tone down the ex-tremes of a concentrated strategy by using threestock types: classic growth, elite growth, andcyclical growth. The upshot is that the fund ismore diversified and consistent than most fo-
cused-growth funds.Lawrence Kemp and team will shift
weightings in each bucket depending on whatappears more attractive. They do have somehard-and-fast parameters, though. They limittheir top name to 8% of assets, and they won'tdeviate from the Russell 1000 Growth bench-mark's sector weightings by more than 15 per-centage points. In addition, they sell any stockthat falls below a market-cap limit of $2.5 billionand keep names under $5 billion to a minimum.Finally, foreign equities are capped at 20%, and
they have not yet come close to that. The resultis rather pure large-growth exposure.
The team blends growth and valuestrategies, but the overall tilt is always togrowth. They are more valuation-sensitive withclassic-growth and cyclical-growth names, butelite-growth names are allowed a little moreroom to run. They will, however, trim positions asthey approach fair value. On the growth side,though, they like stocks with positive price mo-mentum and, of course, strong growth rates.
Process: PortfolioMorningstar Category Category Index Index ProxyUS OE Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth TR USD iShares Russell 1000
Growth Index
Process Pillar ∞ Positive
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May 03, 2012 | Lawrence Kemp and companyhave been shifting more to the elite-growth binat the expense of classic growth--hence the bigweightings in the Apples and Googles
of the world. It was a timely shift as Appleand Amazon.com have been surging. Themove is also apparent from the fact that a full
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three fourths of the portfolio now resides in largegrowth. The sector weightings also show thefund near its peak in technology but light in ba-sic materials and health care.
The other bins are not empty, though.Classic-growth names CVS Caremark andMcDonald's are in the top 10. In addition, asmattering of cyclical names such as Concho Re-sources and Schlumberger can be foundin the portfolio. Although none of those arebrand-new to the portfolio, all were made largepositions in the fourth quarter.
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The fund does have relatively new posi-tions, too. It added NetApp because themanagers believe Wall Street has underestim-ated its ability to withstand competitive threats.They added the cyclical Cabot , which gotcheap because of depressed natural gas prices.
Kemp and team add and trim positionsizes as they slip further from and grow closer totheir fair value estimate. Thus, turnover tends tobe high--typically in the neighborhood of 100%--even though many of the names have been in theportfolio for years.
Similarity to Index Proxy 05/30/12
Index Proxy Overlap
Proxy Fund
Circle size represents number ofholdings.
Number of Equity Holdings
Fund 46Index Proxy 588
Fund Overlap With Index Proxy
Holdings Overlap 41Asset Overlap 23.5%
Largest Common Holdings Fund % Proxy %
Apple, Inc. 6.71 7.82Google, Inc. A 4.31 2.16McDonald's Corporation 2.97 1.36Qualcomm, Inc. 2.73 1.40Schlumberger NV 1.47 1.27
Largest Distinct Holdings Fund %
CVS Caremark Corp 3.16Ssc Goverment Mm Gvxx 2.86Baidu, Inc. ADR 2.18CME Group, Inc. A 2.03Mercadolibre, Inc. 1.26
Portfolio Holdings 12/31/11
Current Portfolio Date Previous Portfolio Date Equity Holdings Bond Holdings Assets in Top 10 Holdings Turnover Ratio (Reported)12/31/11 09/30/11 46 0 37% 96%
Top 10 Holdings Country Assets % Assets % Proxy %12/31/11 09/30/11 12/31/11
FirstBought
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Sector 1-Yr TotalRet %
T Apple, Inc. USA 6.71 7.53 7.82 03/05 <1 QQQQ Narrow aTechnology 66.10
T Google, Inc. A USA 4.31 3.88 2.16 09/04 <1 QQQQ Wide aTechnology 9.80
T Visa, Inc. USA 4.02 3.20 0.29 06/11 <1 QQQ Wide yFinancial Services 43.12
T Amazon.com Inc USA 3.67 4.77 1.11 03/08 <1 QQQQ Wide tConsumer Cyclical 8.25
T Estee Lauder Cos Inc A USA 3.19 2.63 0.18 06/11 <1 Q Narrow sConsumer Defensive 6.67
T CVS Caremark Corp USA 3.16 2.51 — 12/10 <1 QQQ Narrow sConsumer Defensive 17.64
T Express Scripts USA 3.07 2.63 0.62 12/08 <1 QQQQ Wide dHealthcare -12.37
T Las Vegas Sands Corp USA 3.05 3.26 0.27 09/10 <1 QQQQ Narrow tConsumer Cyclical 11.77
T Priceline.com, Inc. USA 2.97 2.55 0.46 09/09 <1 QQQ None tConsumer Cyclical 21.41
PerformanceMorningstar Category Category IndexUS OE Large Growth Russell 1000 Growth TR
USD
A strong decade.
Performance Pillar ∞ Positive
May 03, 2012 | This fund has produced a brilliant10 years worth of results under current manage-ment. Laudus (aka Schwab) hired the UBS teamled by Lawrence Kemp in January 2002, and theresults have been impressive.
The fund's cumulative return since then is97% compared with 53% for the Russell 1000
Growth Index through March 31, 2012. Its trail-ing 10-year returns land in the top 5% of largegrowth. Moreover, it's not a matter of just one ortwo good years. The fund's three-year returnshave been in the top quartile in 78% of therolling periods over the past 10 years while itspent no time in the bottom quartile over therolling three-year periods.
Another striking aspect is that the fundheld up nicely in the 2008 bear market. It lost38% that year, which was better than its peersand benchmark. It, however, was middling in the
snapback year of 2009. Many focused funds withmoderate risk profiles produced similar results bycarrying big cash stakes, but this fund stays fullyinvested.
While results have been stellar, itwouldn't be realistic to expect any focused fundto be free from bouts of poor performance as afew top stocks could easily hold the fund backjust as they have driven it to strong performancein the past.
Morningstar Rating and Risk 05/31/12
Period Load-AdjReturn %
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MorningstarRating
3 Years 17.61 — — —5 Years 4.91 — — —10 Years 7.18 — — —
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3-Year Return and Risk Analysis 05/31/12
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Standard Deviation 17.98 17.94 16.47Sharpe Ratio 0.99 0.81 1.03
In 2011, target-date funds produced their worst abso-lute and relative returns since 2008 as measured against the Morningstar target-date category average returns. Those results were, of course, mild com-pared with the wreckage of the financial crisis. The worst-performing category, Target Date 2050+, produced a 4.1% loss, compared with a 39% loss in 2008. The 2011–15 category finished slightly in the red, with a 0.27% loss versus a 27.7% loss in 2008.
Still, 2011 was a tough year for most mutual funds. Most categories turned in absolute losses in 2011. Moreover, every target-date category average trailed two major broad U.S. benchmarks, the S&P 500 Index (2.11%) and the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (7.8%). Target-date categories also trailed the Morn-ingstar moderate-allocation category (1.7%), a decent proxy for balanced funds.
Target-date funds’ difficulties can be traced largely to investors’ behavior last year. Amid questions of economic stability in the United States and Europe, investors sought safety in government bonds and well-capitalized large-cap stocks, boosting indexes like the S&P 500 and Barclays Aggregate at the expense of riskier market segments. A glance at the returns of benchmark indexes shows how this played out: Moves into small-cap, non-U.S., or emerging-markets stocks produced progressively greater losses. Thus, broad diversification—one of the highly promoted features of target-date funds and a key to strong returns in 2009 and 2010—proved to be detrimental in 2011. Target-date series with exposure to most anything beyond the basic asset classes lagged relative to benchmarks or less-adventuresome peers. In addition, active managers had great difficulty keeping up with indexes in 2011, and most target-date series remain actively managed.
Comparing Risk-Adjusted ReturnsAnother way to evaluate performance is by comparing risk-adjusted returns. In its ratings of target-date series, Morningstar primarily evaluates series’ perform- ance through Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return, a return measure that penalizes funds for months of downside volatility. MRAR and other risk-adjusted return measures provide a more meaningful view of performance than straight total returns because they incorporate the effects of volatility.
In calculating its Performance score for the Morning-star Target-Date Series Ratings, Morningstar considers how much the MRAR for funds in a series deviates from peer averages, using a weighted average of three-year, five-year, and, if applicable, 10-year figures. When evaluating these time periods, consider some caveats: 2008 has effectively dropped off of series’ three-year return histories while remaining on the record for five-year histories. As such, target-date series that lack a five-year history may have better Performance scores than might otherwise be expected. Of the 29 funds dated 2015, for example, 13 have only three-year histories to include.
The bar graph on the facing page details how each 2015 fund’s weighted MRAR differs from the category MRAR. The 2015 funds are particularly relevant to the series’ broader risk profile because these shareholders are closest to retirement.
Among 2015 funds, so-called “to” strategies, which generally feature lower equity allocations that terminate at retirement, produce most of the top MRARs. This is the case even though several of these series feature only three-year records that exclude 2008. Among the top-ranking “to” series are those from Russell, Allianz, American Century, and JP Morgan. Impressively, though, some series that feature more-aggressive glide paths, in particular T. Rowe Price, show favorable MRAR metrics. The bottom of the list tends to be populated by series with more-aggressive glide paths or asset mixes, as well as underperforming underlying holdings.
Target-Date Funds Put to the TestMorningstar Research | Josh Charlson
9Morningstar FundInvestor June 2012
Among the 2040 funds, the range of equity alloca-tions are more closely bunched, but the trends are similar. The two highest MRAR figures belong to Invesco and PIMCO, both series with unusual strategies that emphasize much greater allocations to commodities (among other differences). Other winners have more-conservative glide paths and asset mixes, although T. Rowe Price again ap- pears among the top series. Those with the worst deviations from the average are largely similar to the names that appear in the group of 2015 funds, including Goldman Sachs, AllianceBernstein, and DWS. Poor underlying fund performance along-side aggressive positioning has made for unfa- vorable combinations in these cases.
Choose With CareThe risk/return profiles of target-date series can vary dramatically from one target-date provider to another, and within funds of the same series. Investors should pay close attention to risk-adjusted return to better understand how their target-date series may behave in the future. At the same time, keep in mind the unusual nature of the financial markets over the past few years. While more-con-servative target-date series have on average out-performed during this period, that pattern may not continue over longer, more-normalized periods. Select a target-date series whose philosophy and risk profile best matches your own risk preferences. œContact Josh Charlson at [email protected]
Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return Deviation From Fund Category
2015 Funds
Hartford Target Retirement 2015 R4
Russell LifePoints 2015 Strategy R1
Franklin Templeton 2015 Retire Trgt A
American Century LIVESTRONG 2015 Instl
Allianz Glbl Inv Solutions 2015 Inst
JPMorgan SmartRetirement 2015 Instl
BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2015 Inv A
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015
Fidelity Advisor Freedom 2015 I
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Inv
Principal LifeTime 2015 Instl
GuideStone Funds MyDestination 2015 GS4
Fidelity Freedom 2015
American Funds Trgt Date Ret 2015 A
JHancock2 Lifecycle 2015 1
Vantagepoint Milestone 2015
TIAA-CREF Lifecycle 2015 Instl
Schwab Target 2015
Putnam RetirementReady 2015 Y
Legg Mason Target Retirement 2015 I
ING Solution 2015 Port I
Wells Fargo Advantage DJ Target 2015 I
DWS LifeCompass 2015 S
AllianceBern 2015 Retirement Strat I
Goldman Sachs Retirement Str 2015 Instl
Columbia Retirement Plus 2015 Z
Nationwide Destination 2015 Instl Svc
ING Index Solution 2015 Port S
Oppenheimer Transition 2015 A
Data as of Dec. 31, 2011. Source: Morningstar, Inc.
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Investors continue to be wary of U.S.-equity funds four years after the last bear market began. Overall, the asset class continues to be in net redemptions. And even outside U.S. equities, funds with a couple of weak years of returns are being redeemed. Looking at the funds with the heaviest year-to-date redemptions among the Morningstar FundInvestor 500, I see some where investors are wise to bail out and others where they may regret selling. From the list of the 15 most-redeemed funds, I’ve selected three to hold and three to sell.
Good Funds Worth a LookDavis New York Venture NYVTXIt’s understandable that this fund would be redeemed as its five-year returns are crummy. A fondness for financials and a lack of Apple AAPL shares have made for a significant slump. However, the long- term results tell a different story. Chris Davis and Ken Feinberg have produced strong returns over the 10- and 15-year periods, and they haven’t changed their stripes. They still run a Warren Buffett stra- tegy supported by deep research as they seek compa-nies with good management and the ability to reinvest capital at a high rate of return. This fund and near-clone Selected American SLADX likely have better days ahead.
Fidelity Dividend Growth FDGFXInvestors often underrate manager changes, and that’s quite clearly the case here. Larry Rakers took the helm in 2008, and the fund has beaten the S&P 500 by a cumulative 40.6% to 29.8% in that time. Moreover, Rakers produced brilliant results at Fidelity Balanced FBALX before that. The fact that the fund struggled before he took over isn’t really meaningful. Rakers’ eclectic style is very different from his predecessor’s mega-cap quality strategy. Rakers takes a value approach, but he tries to get Fidelity analysts’ best ideas into his wide-ranging portfolio. This is one of the best Fidelity funds—only many investors haven’t figured it out yet.
Funds to AvoidFidelity Magellan FMAGXThis fund’s manager change is less encouraging than Fidelity Dividend Growth’s. First, Jeff Feingold’s record at his previous fund was good but not as good as Rakers’. Second, he’s moved up to a much larger fund, and we don’t yet have a lot to go on in terms of strategy or returns since he took over in September 2011. Maybe he’ll have the right combina-tion to turn Fidelity Magellan around, but it’s too early to get on board.
Columbia Value & Restructuring UMBIXI don’t know if David Williams’ retirement or the fund’s dismal 10.8% loss in 2011 has spurred re- demptions, but it’s probably the right thing to do anyway. Williams built a brilliant record largely on his own with little help from analysts or comanagers. Guy Pope and J. Nicholas Smith were named co- managers in 2009, but they became lead managers only this April. Thus, the fund really has a clean slate, and management must prove itself.
Fidelity Diversified International FDIVXThis fund has suffered from asset bloat. Its strong return years are far in the past. The only positive is that it has been redeemed for a few years now and may be approaching a more manageable level. If this $23 billion fund were to shed a few billion more, it might be worth a look again. œ
Funds Under Fire: Keep Them or Dump Them?The Contrarian | Russel Kinnel
Our Contrarian ApproachI go against the grain to find overlooked funds that may be ready to rally.
Funds Under Fire
Fund Name YTD Flows USD Fund Size USDManager Tenure Years (Longest)
Morningstar Analyst Rating
Expense Ratio %
Davis NY Venture A NYVTX -2,777,230,207 22,232,642,388 16.67 Œ 0.89
One of the trickier types of manager changes is one in which the new manager is experienced but is trying to run a different strategy for the first time. Success in one area doesn’t always translate to another. If you own a fund in that situation, give it a long, hard look before you decide to hold on.
When successful managers struggle in new territory, the consequences can include fund liquidation. Oppenheimer Champion Income OPCHX presents a cautionary tale. After the fund suffered a cata-strophic 79% loss in 2008, Oppenheimer replaced its managers with the veteran team running Bronze-rated Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate OOSAX. Led by Joseph Welsh, the new team took a purer approach to high-yield investing, buying only below-investment-grade corporate bonds—particularly B and CCC rated issues. Welsh and his team of eight analysts spe- cifically avoided stakes in mortgage-backed securities, which had plagued their predecessors. Welsh and company continued to produce strong results at their bank-loan charge, which sported a higher-quality portfolio. But Champion Income’s distinct high-yield profile proved its own challenge, as different factors can affect the performance of below-investment-grade bonds. During the three years under Welsh and company through April 2012, Champion Income lagged 87% of its high-yield category peers and acted with more volatility, measured by standard devia- tion. On May 21, Oppenheimer signaled an end for Champion Income, announcing the lagging fund’s assets would be merged into multisector bond-fund Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income OPSIX.
At Fidelity, it’s not uncommon to see portfolio managers running smaller, more narrowly focused industry funds get promoted to run diversified funds. For example, in January, Fidelity named Daniel Kelley, portfolio manager of the $220 million Fidelity Select Construction & Housing FSHOX,
to manage the $1.2 billion large-cap growth Fidelity Trend FTRNX. It’s unlikely Kelley will make ex- tensive changes to the portfolio, but he will employ a distinct approach from his predecessor. The fund’s sector weightings will remain in line with the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s, but Kelley will employ a valuation-conscious approach, adding high-quality stocks with solid balance sheets. Though Kelley’s record at his previous fund is impressive, his lack of experience outside that narrow investment universe led us to assign a Negative rating to the fund.
In January, Fidelity Select Banking FSRBX manager Vincent Montemaggiore was installed at the helm of Fidelity Overseas FOSFX, a diversified international fund. Breaking from his predecessor’s growth-at-a-reasonable-price approach, Montemaggiore will use quantitative screens focused on valuation and return on invested capital. He is working to make the fund less concentrated, too, bringing the top 10 holdings down to 18% of assets in March from 36% of assets in December. In April, Chris Lee, the portfolio manager of the $200 million Fidelity Select Consumer Finance FSLVX, was promoted to lead the $1.8 billion Fidelity Growth Strategies FDEGX. It’s an open question how Lee and Montemaggiore do at these funds, but it’s probably not worth sticking around.
Aster Investment Management faced a different challenge when founder Rick Aster died in February. Aster was lead manager at Meridian Growth MERDX since the fund’s inception. James England, portfolio manager of Meridian Value MVALX, was brought in to lead Meridian Growth. To assist England, Aster Investment Management rehired Larry Cordisco, who had helped run Meridian Value before leaving the firm in late 2011. The firm also retained William Tao, who had worked with Aster on Meridian Growth for nearly five years. Thus, there is an experienced team but one on unfamiliar ground with a growth fund. We rate the fund Neutral because of ongoing management contract negotia-tions and partly because of the uncertainty about management’s ability to run a growth strategy. œContact Flynn Murphy at [email protected]
Old Dogs, New TricksRed Flags | Flynn Murphy
What is Red Flags?Red Flags is designed to alert you to funds’ hidden risks. Such risks can take many forms, including asset bloat, the departure of a solid manager, or a focus on an overhyped asset class. Not every fund featured in Red Flags is a sell, and in fact, some are good long-term holdings. But investors should be prepared for a potentially bumpier ride in the near future.
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Unsettling eurozone news about the Greek and Spanish crises and mixed U.S. economic indicators slowly dragged the markets down in May. The S&P 500 slipped 6% by month-end. Large caps fared slightly better than small caps, as the Russell 2000 lost 6.6% in the same period.
The natural-resources fund category, which invests heavily in basic-materials stocks, lost 12.22% for the month. T. Rowe Price New Era PRNEX lost 13.3% in the month. Yet avoidance of basic-materials stocks did not protect diversified funds from other minefields in the market. Among mid-cap blend funds, Ariel Appreciation CAAPX and Westport Select Cap WPSRX had no assets in basic materials and still landed in the bottom quintile of their categories for the month.
Meanwhile, both developed and emerging markets continued to suffer in May. The MSCI EAFE Index lost 11.4% for the month, while the MSCI Emerging Markets Index shed 11.4%. The markets in Europe, Latin America, Japan, and China were all hit hard. The Europe, Latin America, Japan, and China-region fund categories lost between 10% and 13% in May. The Latin America stock-fund category fared the worst of all fund categories with a 12.65% loss.
A flight to quality spurred a Treasury rally. The muni-national intermediate category gained 0.61% on average; intermediate-term bond funds were flat. PIMCO Total Return PTTRX gained 0.85%. Long government funds performed the best of all fund categories again in May with an average gain of 8.43%. Vanguard Long-Term Treasury VUSUX gained 7.8%. œContact Kailin Liu at [email protected]
Total Return % Through A N N U A L I Z E D 05-31-12 1Mo YTD 3Yr 5Yr 10Yr
Benchmark PerformanceEurope’s Woes Weigh on Markets Market Overview | Kailin Liu
Large Growth -7.4 6.5 13.7 -0.2 3.3Large Blend -6.7 4.0 12.6 -1.9 3.3Large Value -6.7 2.7 12.0 -3.5 3.1
MSCI EAFE -11.5 -3.8 3.4 -7.3 4.0MSCI World -8.6 0.8 9.0 -4.1 4.0MSCI Emerging Markets -11.7 -1.1 5.4 -2.2 10.1MSCI Europe -12.3 -5.1 2.9 -8.4 3.9MSCI Latin America -13.5 -5.8 3.7 -1.5 14.9MSCI Pacific -10.1 -1.3 4.5 -5.1 4.2
High-Yield Bond -1.5 4.7 14.6 4.8 7.1Intermediate-Term Bond 0.5 3.1 8.5 5.5 4.9Muni National Long 1.0 5.1 8.0 4.9 4.6World Bond -1.6 1.6 7.0 5.7 6.4
BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 0.9 2.3 7.1 6.7 5.7BofAML US HY Master II TR -1.2 4.9 16.6 7.4 8.8BarCap Municipal TR USD 0.8 3.8 7.3 5.9 5.4
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LeadersBridgeway Blue Chip 35 Index BRLIXThis fund gained 3.25% in the trailing 12-month period, beating out 98% of its peer group. The fund tracks a custom index of the 35 largest U.S. companies by market cap, with a limit of four companies per sector. The portfolio’s market cap is several times larger than the category average, and this has helped the fund tremendously as mega-cap stocks handily outperformed those of more modest size. Blue-chip holdings like Apple AAPL, Visa V, and Microsoft MSFT turned in double-digit returns.
First Eagle Overseas SGOVXThis fund lost 9.72% in the past 12 months, but this pales in comparison to its category average loss of 19.12%. The fund’s management team buys companies of any size that are cheap relative to the value of their underlying assets and are strong players in their industries. The fund also holds more bonds, gold, and cash than its typical peer. This defensive tilt protected the fund from the non-U.S. markets’ fall in the past 12 months. In addition, the managers enjoyed a few successful Japanese stock picks, like Japanese bicycle-part manufac- turer Shimano SHM.
Janus Venture JAVTXThis fund lost 1.7% in the past 12 months, landing squarely in the top decile of its category. Managers Chad Meade and Brian Schaub look for small-cap funds with healthy growth potential but emphasize quality in the form of sustainable competitive advantages and business models that do not depend on economic conditions to generate cash. They also follow a disciplined valuation process. Meade and Schaub also use this process to evaluate which stocks offer the most reward with the least risk and invest more in those holdings. Several holdings
such as AthenaHealth ATHN and Carter’s CRI have gained over 50% in the past 12 months. LaggardsLongleaf Partners LLPFXThis fund lost 12.45% in the trailing 12 months, compared with a 4.64% average loss for the category. Managers Mason Hawkins and Staley Cates have employed their deep-value, extremely concen-trated, and low-turnover approach for over 20 years here. One bad stock pick in such a concentrated portfolio can wreak havoc on returns, as top hold- ing Chesapeake Energy’s CHK whopping 49% loss has here. The stock has been hit by revelations about controversial CEO Aubrey McClendon’s leader-ship. Although Longleaf has been generally sup-portive of McClendon, it has pushed for a number of changes including a move to separate the CEO and chairman roles.
Third Avenue Value TAVFXThis world-stock fund lost 19.43% in the past 12 months, landing in the bottom quintile of its category. A handful of Hong Kong real estate firms, such as Henderson Land Development HLDCY, dragged down fund performance as their stock prices tum- bled. Manager Ian Lapey has trimmed the fund’s huge weighting in these firms in an effort to reduce risk.
Turner Midcap Growth TMGFXThis fund lost 15.27% in the trailing 12 months, below 95% of its category peers. Manager Chris McHugh, like other Turner managers, picks high-momentum stocks and is willing to pay up for them. However, McHugh keeps the portfolio in mid-cap holdings and typically doesn’t stray much from the fund’s benchmark sector allocations. However, in the past 12 months, the fund has been overweight relative to peers in the technology sector, and to make matters worse, the picks haven’t worked out. For instance, Acme Packet APKT and SanDisk SND took double-digit tumbles during their tenure in the portfolio. œ
Ten Worst-Performing Funds
Fund Name YTD Cat Rank %
CGM Focus 99CGM Realty 99FPA Capital 99Longleaf Partners Interna 99Queens Road Small Cap Val 99Schneider Value 99Thornburg Value A 99Westport Select Cap R 99Fidelity Municipal Income 98Litman Gregory Masters Eq 98
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Ten Best-Performing Funds
Fund Name YTD Cat Rank %
Ariel Discovery Investor 1Artisan Growth Opportunit 1Artisan International Inv 1Artisan Mid Cap Inv 1Fairholme 1Fidelity Capital Apprecia 1GoodHaven 1PIMCO Investment Grade Co 1Touchstone Sands Capital 1Tweedy, Browne Global Val 1
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Bridgeway Index Fund and First Eagle Overseas Hold Up WellLeaders & Laggards | Kailin Liu
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Vanguard Shuts High-Yield FundVanguard shut its High-Yield Corporate VWEHX to new investors because inflows have surged. Vanguard said it has seen $2 billion in inflows the past six months.
“While issuance of high-yield securities remains strong (the first quarter of 2012 saw the highest amount on record), we remain sensitive to the poten-tial liquidity challenges that can arise in the market,” Vanguard said in a statement. “Because of this potential, we’ve determined that limiting cash flow into the fund is in the best interest of its existing investors. This move will help the fund’s advisor, Wellington Management Company, continue to execute its high-quality approach to high- yield investing.”
So, is this a sign of a top in high yield? Maybe, but it didn’t signal disaster the last time. Vanguard previously closed the fund in June 2003. The fund lost about 5% of its value within six weeks thereafter, but the high-yield market rebounded pretty quickly so that the fund recouped those losses by the end of November. After that, the fund produced tepid but positive calendar-year returns of 8.5%, 2.8%, 8.2%, and 2%. Then came the 21.3% loss in 2008 and a strong rebound the following two years.
The last time around, the fund was reopened about six months after closing.
Vanguard Cutting Fees—AgainVanguard also announced a number of small fee cuts at its funds. Vanguard Dividend Growth’s VDIGX expense ratio dropped from 0.34%, and the abovementioned High-Yield Corporate’s Investor share class cut expenses by 2 basis points, though the Admiral share class did not change.
In addition, Vanguard has removed redemption fees at 33 funds because the firm decided the fees were
Leuthold fund manager Andrew Engel died, the firm announced recently. Engel sat on the firm’s asset- allocation committee, worked on the firm’s major trend index, and helped run Leuthold Core Investment LCORX and Leuthold Asset Allocation LAALX. Both of those funds had solid records during Engel’s tenure. Engel’s death comes nine months after Steve Leuthold, the firm’s founder, stepped back from his comanager roles at the funds. Veteran comanagers remain at both of Engel’s funds. | Our Take: Because a number of managers guided the funds, we are not changing our rating.
Oakmark Select OAKLX Impact: Negative 07-30-12
Comanager Henry Berghoef plans to retire at the end of July. Berghoef has assisted lead manager Bill Nygren, who will continue to run the fund, since 2000. He also served as director of U.S. research for Oakmark’s parent company, Harris Associates, from 2003 through 2011. The firm plans to name Berg-hoef’s successor by May 2013. | Our Take: We are keeping the fund rated Gold because Nygren has a strong record as lead manager.
Parnassus Equity Income PRBLX Impact: Neutral 05-01-12
Benjamin Allen was named comanager of Parnassus Equity Income PRBLX on May 1. Allen has been director of research at the firm, so it’s fair to say he’s had a hand in its past success. Parnassus says Allen and Todd Ahlsten will split coverage of the holdings but Ahlsten will retain final say over the portfolio. | Our Take: The change won’t likely lead to a dramatic change, but we’ll be monitoring the fund to see what impact it has. We have started the fund with a Bronze rating.
T. Rowe Price Global Stock PRGSX Impact: Neutral 10-01-12
T. Rowe Price Global Technology PRGTX Impact: Negative 10-01-12
Rob Gensler is going to retire at year-end and hand the reins of T. Rowe Price Global Stock PRGSX to David Eiswert on Oct. 1, 2012. Eiswert had run T. Rowe Price Global Technology and will turn that fund over to Joshua Spencer on June 1, 2012. | Our Take: This seems like a clear negative for the Global Tech fund as Spencer is a tech analyst without a fund track record. For Global Stock, it looks like a mixed bag. Eiswert has a strong four-year track record at the tech fund, but Gensler had a strong sector-fund record when he took over Global, and his tenure there has been disappointing. Gensler was much more of a trader and short- term investor than most of his T. Rowe peers, so it will be interesting to see how Eiswert adapts to running a diversified fund.
Vanguard Primecap VPMCX Impact: Negative 04-11-12
Primecap comanager Howard Schow died at the age of 84. Schow was a comanager on the three funds Primecap ran for Vanguard and three funds run under the Primecap Odyssey label. The assets that Schow managed will be distributed among the remaining members of the team who are highly experienced investors with excellent track records. | Our Take: Take a look at the record of Vanguard Primecap VPMCX and Vanguard Capital Opportunity VHCOX and you’ll see he made a lot of money for a lot of people. He didn’t just do it by selecting good stocks, though. He was one of the leaders who built Primecap into a firm that attracted outstanding investors who wanted to make a career at the firm. This is probably the hard- est thing to do in the investment world.
On the practical side, this news doesn’t change our thesis on the funds as Primecap has a deep team of managers and analysts supporting its funds. We will maintain the funds’ current ratings of Gold.
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not needed to discourage market-timers. A 2% redemption fee was removed from actively managed funds like Vanguard International Explorer VINEX and from index offerings like Vanguard Total World Stock VTWSX. A 1% redemption fee was removed from several sector funds, including Gold-rated Vanguard Energy VGENX and Silver-rated Vanguard REIT Index VGSIX. Not all Vanguard funds dropped these types of fees, though. Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small Cap Index VFSVX still charges purchase and redemption fees to offset the costs of investing in some illiquid foreign markets.
CorrectionIn John Rekenthaler’s Morningstar Research article in the April issue, we had the allocation category’s investor returns and total returns flipped. The correct figures follow:p Aggressive Allocation: equal-weighted 10-year return—2.85%, asset-weighted return—3.14%p Moderate Allocation: equal-weighted 10-year return—3.12%, asset-weighted return—4.2%p Conservative Allocation: equal-weighted 10-year return—3.67%, asset-weighted return—4.7%.At mfi.morningstar.com, we have replaced the PDF of this issue with one that has the correct figures.
Leuthold Manager Engel DiesLeuthold Fund manager Andrew Engel died, the firm announced recently. Engel sat on the firm’s asset-allocation committee, worked on the firm’s major trend index, and helped run Leuthold Core Invest-ment LCORX and Leuthold Asset Allocation LAALX. Both of those funds had solid records during Engel’s tenure. Engel’s death comes nine months after Steve Leuthold, the firm’s founder, stepped back from his comanager roles at the funds. Veteran comanagers remain at both of Engel’s funds.
Former Seligman Manager in Insider- Trading CaseThe amount of profits involved was rather small and the manager pretty obscure, but it’s still discour-aging to see a fund manager caught up in an insider-trading scandal.
The SEC announced that former Seligman Communi-cations and Information comanager Reema Shah pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges in the case and is barred permanently from the securities industry.
The SEC says that Shah and a Yahoo executive swapped insider tips and that the Seligman fund she comanaged and others at the firm netted a $389,000 profit from trading based on insider infor-mation on Yahoo.
Artisan Goes Global (Again)Artisan Growth Opportunities ARTRX is getting a name and mandate change. The fund, which was launched in 2008, will be rebranded Artisan Global Opportunities to reflect its increasing international exposure. (Foreign stocks now account for 34% of assets, up from 11% in early 2009.) The name change also follows a broader trend at the firm. Artisan has launched two other global funds the past five years.
New York Direct-Sold 529 Plan Drops Fees New York’s direct-sold 529 plan just became the cheapest of any nationally available plan. New York announced all of the plan’s investment options dropped each of their total expense ratios to 0.17% from the previous price of 0.25%. Vanguard serves as the plan’s investment manager, and with the fees now at 0.17%, the plan’s expenses are roughly in line with those charged by the Gold-rated Vanguard Target Retirement Series of mutual funds. The 529 plan investment options have typically been more expensive than their mutual fund counterparts, such as target-date funds. The fee cuts were part of a new, seven-year contract agreement between Vanguard, Upromise Investments (the plan’s pro- gram manager), and the state of New York. The plan has over $11 billion in assets and is the largest direct-sold plan in the nation.
New York has a second advisor-sold 529 plan that has also undergone some changes. Last year, the state announced that JP Morgan Asset Management would take over as investment manager, replacing Columbia Management. On May 7, 2012, the assets in the plan officially transitioned to JP Morgan. œ
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Jensen Quality Growth JENSX still lives up to its name, even though its peers have caught up to it on some fronts. The management team continues to fish from a fairly small pond—companies that have generated returns on equity of at least 15% for each of the previous 10 years. From there, it seeks out firms with solid growth prospects that are trading at large discounts to their estimates of future cash flows.
However, that pond has grown a bit and management responded by being even choosier. Corporate bal-ance sheets have become quite strong and the economy has improved, so the universe of quality companies has grown larger. Indeed, the Jensen team’s annual screening to create its pool of superior ROE generators has yielded a growing number of names in each of the past three years after a bear-market decline. Thus, more funds own more com-panies that score well on at least some measures of quality. In addition, quality was the star of 2011, so some quality names are trading at higher prices than they had in years before.
In response, Jensen has gotten even choosier about valuations. Recent purchases haven’t been quite as defensive and rock-solid financially as previous ones, and they have more room to grow in the margins department—although they still qualify as high-quality fare. Indeed, 19 of the fund’s 29 hold-ings at the end of March 2012 were judged to have wide economic moats by Morningstar’s equity analysts, a rating given to just 10% of the companies that they cover. This means the analysts believe the firms have competitive advantages that are sus-tainable over long periods and should earn high returns on invested capital.
One recent example of the fund’s more valuation-sensitive buys is medical-testing firm Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) LH, first
bought in 2011’s sharp stock market decline in the third quarter. That industry is dominated by Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics DGX. They thrive on scale, which leads to better access to hospitals and doctors’ offices and lower costs—the latter is vitally impor-tant in today’s health-care environment, given declining Medicare reimbursements and reform legis-lation. Thus, Labcorp has a history of gobbling up smaller competitors and has taken on some leverage at times in order to pursue this strategy.
While the fund’s managers generally prefer com-panies that generate organic growth, the advantages of scale in the testing industry combined with Labcorp’s strong track record as an acquisitor helped the stock clear the high hurdle to get into the concentrated portfolio of less than 30 holdings. Eric Schoenstein, Jensen’s director of research and a comanager of the fund since 2004, says Labcorp has been smart about its acquisitions, making sure that its targets are on the same testing platform as Labcorp to ensure a smooth transition.
According to Schoenstein, management has also done a fine job of cutting costs after acquisitions, and the firm has effectively wielded the pricing power it has garnered from its size. He acknowledges the risk if the firm makes a poor purchase or two, but the management team’s track record inspires confi- dence. And although the firm has lately taken on more debt, it’s still in solid financial shape according to Morningstar’s equity analysts. Finally, although the stock has risen significantly from its low in 2011’s third quarter, it’s reasonably priced at 15 times earn-ings and 11 times its projected 2012 profits.
Shedding Slow MoversOn the flip side, the fund has sold a couple of more-staid, highly defensive firms over the past year, including restaurant supplier Sysco SYY. That company’s balance sheet is considered to be more solid than Labcorp’s, and it still meets the 15% ROE requirement, but the Jensen managers be- came disenchanted with its growth prospects. The company needs to see volume growth, according to Schoenstein, in order to enjoy the efficiencies af- forded by its leading position within the restaurant
industry. It saw little volume growth in late 2010 and 2011, he says, and food cost inflation has instead been the company’s main driver of growth. The man-agers didn’t like that balance and sold the stock in 2011’s third quarter, even though it had been a decent performer that year.
Some of the firm’s recent buys are in strong financial shape but have nevertheless taken on debt be- cause current interest rates are so low. One example is medical-products maker Becton Dickinson BDX, which was purchased in the first quarter of 2011. The management team believes its shares are currently cheap, so it has borrowed money to buy back stock. That might be a pretty risky strategy in other situations, but, given how cheap money is, the firm’s competitive advantages, and its modest valuation (12 times 2012 earnings), it appears to be a prudent bet.
Still SturdyIts character has changed a bit lately, but it’s still a sturdy and very attractive long-term holding. True, in 2011’s choppy market, it didn’t hold up as well as one might expect—it finished that year with a 1% loss, just 1.4 percentage points ahead of the large-growth category norm and 3.2 behind the S&P 500. (The fund usually shines in such markets.) But Schoenstein points out that when the market turned down in 2011, investors focused purely on slow-growing mega- caps rather than what the firm deems quality growth companies. (The fund has never fixated on the
market’s behemoths; its average market capitalization is often well below the group norm.) In 2012, it has performed like its old self. It trails its typical peer for the year to date through May 21, but it’s held up quite well as the market has retreated in the second quarter after a rally. Its long-term record is still impressive on a risk-adjusted basis. It has outpaced more than 80% of peers (and beaten the S&P 500 by an annualized 1.6 percentage points) over the trail-ing 15 years and suffered much less volatility.
A Shifting Management TeamLike the portfolio, the management team has also slowly evolved. Two of the three managers who were either on the fund when it launched in late 1992 or joined a few months later (Robert Zagunis) have retired. And the next most-tenured manager, Bob Millen, retired in early 2011. The most experienced current manager other than Zagunis is Schoenstein, with an eight-year tenure. Robert McIver’s been a manager for seven years, Kurt Havnaer for five, and Allen Bond and Kevin Walkush were promoted to manager positions a year ago.
Management has hired people well in advance of retirements, sometimes simply adding the right person even when departures were not imminent. Thus, we’re confident the original managers’ long-standing strategy and the firm’s distinctive culture have been preserved. œContact Greg Carlson at [email protected]
The FundInvestor Focused 10
Fund Name Category Manager Name (Tenure)5-Yr Total Return %
5-Yr Cat Rank %
# of Stock Holdings
Turn- over %
Expense Ratio Top Three Holdings
Brown Capital Mgmt BCSIX Small Growth Management Team (19.92) 7.66 1 42 21.00 1.29 Gen-Probe, Tyler Tech, Abaxis
Clipper CFIMX Large Blend Davis; Feinberg (6.42) -4.35 89 26 15.00 0.75 American Express, Oaktree, Costco
Fairholme FAIRX Large Value Berkowitz (12.50) -0.80 15 13 43.95 1.02 AIG, AIA, Sears
FMI Large Cap FMIHX Large Blend Management Team (10.50) 1.63 4 28 28.00 0.97 3M, Sysco, Wal-Mart
We shine the spotlight on 10 funds from the FundInvestor 500 that follow a focused, low-turnover strategy.
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Emerging markets are an intriguing challenge for managers and fund investors alike. Today these markets offer more than a way to add some zip to your portfolio. They also offer a way to escape the debt-burdened economies and the brunt of a possible Greek exit from the euro.
Thus, they may deserve a bigger part of your portfolio. As emerging markets have gotten more sophisti- cated, a greater variety of strategies and approaches are now available in mutual fund form. There are bond funds in local-currency debt as well as the longer-standing dollar-denominated debt. There also are a significant amount of convertibles and divi-dend-paying stocks, and funds that invest in those securities, too.
You now have almost as much variety in emerging-markets funds as you do among offerings that focus on the developed world, and that can help you to round out your portfolio without driving up risk too far. You can choose a more aggressive fund but make it a small part of your portfolio, or you can have a bigger weighting in a lower-risk fund. You can even have some of both in order to further diversify your holdings.
With that in mind, I’ve pulled the Silver- and Gold-rated emerging-markets funds in the Morningstar 500 and ranked them by their biggest loss over any time period. We call it the maximum drawdown—which essentially tells you the worst loss you could have suffered if you’d bought at the top and sold at the bottom.
Lower RiskPIMCO Emerging Markets Local Bond PELBX had a worst loss of 25%. The appeal of this Gold-rated fund is clear. You diversify away from the dollar and euro and do so in a tamer format because you own
debt rather than equities. By bond fund standards it’s high risk, but it’s clearly high reward, too.
Matthews Asian Growth & Income MACSX suffered a max drawdown of 38.1%, which is terrific by emerging-markets standards. The fund is about 80% stock; the rest is in convertible bonds, corporate bonds, government bonds, and preferred stocks. Even the equities it buys tend to be a tad less risky as management favors dividend-payers. Also of note: Matthews Asia Dividend MAPIX, which we haven’t rated but suffered a max drawdown of just 35%.
Silver-rated Fidelity New Markets Income FNMIX invests mostly in dollar-denominated bonds, but it has still done a good job on risk. Manager John Carl-son’s max drawdown was 39.6% because he follows a cautious strategy of investing in the safest bets and trimming areas vulnerable to short-term problems.
Higher RiskVanguard Emerging Markets Index VEMAX is Silver-rated for its low cost and quite broad exposure to emerging-markets stocks. However, like all index funds it is fully invested and that exposes it to short-term pain. Hence this fund’s max drawdown of 62.65%. The fund’s diversification helps trim losses a bit, but when emerging-markets equities sell off it’s often en masse and this fund pays the price. Even so, the fund has produced strong returns over the long haul.
Silver-rated Matthews India Investor MINDX shed 69.1% at worst. Matthews does a good job of stock-picking and even avoids some of the higher-risk stocks. Yet there’s only so far you can go with a single-country emerging-markets fund. Clearly, this is a fund you limit to 5% or less of your portfolio.Matthews Pacific Tiger MAPTX is a brilliant play on Asia given Matthews’ depth and experience there. But take note of its 69.2% max drawdown. Again, long-term returns here are awesome, but if you plan on investing in this one for less than 10 years, you’re in the wrong fund. œ
Emerging-Markets Funds for the Cautious or Aggressive InvestorTracking Morningstar Analyst Ratings | Russel Kinnel
What Are Morningstar Analyst Ratings?
Our ratings are chosen for long-term success. Analysts assess a fund’s competitive advantages by analyzing people, process, parent, performance, and price. They do rigorous analysis and then submit their ratings to a committee that vets their work for thoroughness and consistency.
Vanguard’s Managed Payout Funds may not be the perfect income-producing solutions, but they can be good ones.
The three funds—Vanguard Managed Payout Growth Focus VPGFX, Growth & Distribution Focus VPGDX, and Distribution Focus VPDFX—launched into the maw of 2008’s vicious bear market. Losses quickly forced them to reduce their monthly payments and tap shareholders’ principal to fund payouts. That unpleasant debut kept investors away. Since then, however, the funds’ results and pay- outs have recovered, lending credence to Vanguard’s claim that the endowmentlike offerings and their distribution methods were built to last.
These funds try to turn savings into income streams that won’t dry up. They’re among the cheapest of a subset of monthly payment funds launched in recent years. Vanguard’s funds distinguish themselves by trying to invest like miniendowments to support their disbursements without depleting principal. Rather than piling into higher-yielding securities and letting shareholders live off the distributions, these use Vanguard funds (and some derivatives for commodi-ties exposure) to implement an active asset-allocation strategy that aims to make shareholders’ money last while fueling monthly payouts. Growth Focus targets 3% of a hypothetical three-year account value, Growth & Distribution 5%, and Distribution 7%.
As funds of funds they use highly rated funds, such as Vanguard Total Stock Market Index VTSAX, Vanguard Total Bond Market Index VBTLX, Vanguard Total International Stock Index VTIAX, and REIT indexes, to get asset-class exposure. The investment committee tweaks the funds’ alloca-tions based on the managers’ long-term outlook but does not try to time the market. Overall, the com-mittee, led by firm CIO Gus Sauter, has been slightly
contrarian and opportunistic. For example, it added corporate-bond exposure via Vanguard Interme-diate-Term Investment-Grade VFICX during the financial crisis and held on for three years. More recently, the relatively more bond-oriented Distribu-tion Focus fund has avoided Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities because their real yields don’t look promising. Instead of owning Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities, the Distribution Focus fund has about twice as much as its benchmark suggests in Vanguard Market Neutral VMNIX, which tries to generate returns that beat the three-month U.S. Treasury bill with low correlations with other markets.
The funds’ monthly payouts may catch the eye of investors eager to live off their nest eggs. But note the dollar amounts of the funds’ distributions will fluctuate year to year with performance, and the fund can use capital gains, income, and return of capital to fund payouts. The funds’ payout rule tries to control principal erosion and simplify the task of adjusting withdrawal rates to market conditions by tying monthly payment size to performance. These funds won’t magically transform a small balance into an income stream you can live off indefinitely. A min-imum $25,000 investment in the Growth & Distribu-tion fund, for instance, currently generates payments of less than $100 per month according to Vanguard’s online calculator. The funds work best for those who already have amassed significant savings.
Note that these funds aren’t annuities. They can lose money, and their payments can vary from year to year based on their trailing three-year results. The funds also have different risk profiles. Growth Focus is the most aggressive and offers the best chance to generate inflation-beating payment growth, but also the smallest payout rate and most volatility. Growth & Distribution is the middle-of-the-road fund, and Distribution Focus offers the highest payout rate but smallest odds of beating inflation. So far, each of the funds has been more volatile than rival payout offerings, but they’ve beaten their in- ternal benchmarks since inception and have accrued more gains to fund their payments. There are no guarantees here, but they can be useful tools. œContact Dan Culloton at [email protected]
Vanguard’s Managed Payout Funds Income Strategist | Dan Culloton
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Bond-Market Snapshot
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Fear spurred a flight to safety in May amid signs of a deteriorating financial situation in the eurozone and weak economic data at home and abroad. Long Treasuries were the market’s biggest winners, gaining 7.4% for the month as the yield on the long bond dropped half a percent to end the month below 2.7%. Inter-mediate Treasuries came in second place, inching up 2.8% as the 10-year dipped below 1.6% for the first time ever. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities also benefitted from the flight to quality, gaining 1.7%. Most muni indexes posted modest gains, with long munis adding the most at 1.4%. Meanwhile, the more credit-sensitive areas of the market lagged. The high-yield corporate indexes lost roughly 1.3%, while the commercial mortgage-backed securities sector gave back 0.2%.
Treasury and Municipal-Bond Yields
High-Yield and Treasury-Bond Yields
Treasury Yield Curve (%)
Municipal-Bond Spread Snapshot
Unattractive 1.73
Attractive -1.83
04-30-12
High-Yield Bond Spread Snapshot
Attractive 10.71
Unattractive 2.01
p Vanguard Interm-Term Tax-Exempt p Vanguard Interm-Term U.S. Treasury
p Vanguard High-Yield Corporate p Vanguard Interm-Term U.S. Treasury
Data as of May 31, 2012. Yield Spread: The difference between yields on differing debt instruments, calculated by deducting the yield of one instrument from another. The higher the yield spread, the greater the difference between the yields offered by each instrument. For municipal bonds, a smaller spread is attractive because munis typically pay smaller yields than Treasuries. For high-yield bonds, a wider spread is more attractive because junk bonds typically pay higher yields than Treasuries.
May 31, 2012 -1.09
High 1.73
Low -1.83
Average 0.26
Last Month (04-30-12) -1.07
A Year Ago (05-31-11) -1.24
May 31, 2012 5.02
High 10.71
Low 2.01
Average 4.11
Last Month (04-30-12) 4.74
A Year Ago (05-31-11) 4.02
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Columbia Dividend Income Joins 500I’m adding Columbia Dividend Income GSFTX to the Morningstar 500. The fund has been a strong performer employing a rather straightforward dividend strategy. The Silver-rated fund aims for stocks with growing dividends and strong free cash flow. The fund’s strong long-term performance owes a lot to outperformance in down years such as 2008. It tends to lag in big rallies.
The fund has four comanagers; two have been with the fund for a long time, and two are recent additions. Scott Davis became a comanager in 2001, and Dick Dahlberg, an MFS veteran, has been on the fund since 2003. Mike Barclay and Putnam veteran David King were named comanagers in 2011. For more, see the facing page.
Westwood LargeCap Value Institutional Goes OutTo make room, I’m dropping Westwood LargeCap Value Institutional WHGLX. The fund has a small asset base, and it is now difficult for individual investors to access. Moreover, longtime lead manager Susan Byrne has stepped down from the fund. œ
Summary of ChangesAdd Drop
Columbia Dividend Income Westwood LgCap Val Institutional
Analyst Rating Upgraded From To
Columbia Acorn International Z ´ •
Analyst Rating Downgraded From To
Vanguard International Explr Inv • ´
New Morningstar Analyst RatingsFund Rating
Allianz RCM Technology Instl •
American Funds Tax-Exempt Bond A ‰
Artisan Small Cap Investor ´
ASTON/Fairpointe Mid Cap N •
Bridgeway Blue Chip 35 Index •
Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Market ´
Buffalo Small Cap ´
Fidelity Stock Selector Sm Cp ‰
Laudus Growth Investors US Large Cap Gr ´
Leuthold Asset Allocation Retail ´
MainStay MAP I ´
Matthews India Investor •
Neuberger Berman Large Cap Value Inv ‰
Rainier Small/Mid Cap Equity ‰
T. Rowe Price Media & Telecommunications •
T. Rowe Price New Era ‰
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Z ´
Wells Fargo Advantage S/T Muni Bd Inv •
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Morningstar 500 Morningstar Rating
Total Return % 05-31-12
Total Return % Category Rank
Yield %
Stand- ard Devia- tion (R²)
Risk Relative to Category
vs. Category5Best
A N N U A L I Z E D 1Best, 100WorstYTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Gateway A GATEX — LO QQQ 0.7 0.1 5.6 0.5 3.6 50 15 44 26 34 1.6 5.90 (91) -Avg Greenspring GRSPX — MA QQQQ 0.6 -2.9 7.0 2.2 6.2 97 51 96 15 6 3.5 8.45 (87) Low Hussman Strategic Growth HSGFX — LO QQ -4.9 -3.1 -2.7 -1.5 2.6 90 37 86 52 78 0.5 7.69 (55) Avg Hussman Strategic Total Return HSTRX — CA QQQ 0.8 3.0 4.8 7.1 — 94 8 96 1 — 0.7 3.83 (0) Low Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income A ACEIX ´ MA QQQ 3.5 -3.5 11.3 0.6 5.0 37 58 32 55 32 1.9 13.00 (94) +Avg
Janus Balanced T JABAX — MA QQQQQ 4.4 -0.8 9.5 4.3 6.2 12 26 73 2 6 2.0 10.95 (96) Avg Leuthold Asset Allocation Retail LAALX ´ AL [ QQQ 0.9 -8.1 8.5 -0.4 — 87 66 92 35 — 3.2 12.68 (92) -Avg Mairs & Power Balanced Inv MAPOX — MA QQQQQ 5.9 2.6 14.1 3.3 6.4 2 4 3 5 4 2.8 10.55 (92) Avg Manning & Napier Pro-Blend Cnsrv Term S EXDAX Œ CA QQQQ 2.7 1.0 7.5 4.5 5.5 59 30 80 6 16 1.7 4.98 (87) -Avg Manning & Napier Pro-Blend Mod Term S EXBAX Œ CA QQQQ 2.7 -2.9 8.7 2.2 5.6 58 85 66 63 15 1.5 9.04 (97) +Avg
Merger MERFX — NE ] QQQQ 1.0 -0.5 3.7 2.1 3.5 30 46 19 10 24 0.5 2.65 (35) Low MFS Total Return A MSFRX ´ MA QQQ 3.0 -0.8 9.6 0.7 4.4 56 25 72 50 52 2.5 9.51 (97) -Avg Oakmark Equity & Income I OAKBX „ MA QQQQ 2.0 -3.5 8.9 3.1 6.8 83 59 83 6 3 1.3 11.42 (92) Avg Pax World Balanced Individual Inv PAXWX — AL [ QQQ 2.3 -6.4 8.8 -0.8 4.1 61 44 91 45 59 1.3 13.52 (96) -Avg
Domestic Equity
Russell 2000 Index 3.4 -8.9 16.5 -0.7 5.9Russell 2000 Value Index 3.3 -8.3 15.5 -2.4 5.8S&P 500 Index 5.2 -0.4 14.9 -0.9 4.1 14.3 1.9 40,421.1BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 2.3 7.1 7.1 6.7 5.7
Categories
AL Aggressive Allocation CA Conservative AllocationLO Long-ShortMA Moderate AllocationMR Miscellaneous Sector NE Market Neutral RI Retirement Income SC Communications
SF FinancialSH HealthSN Natural ResourcesSP Equity Precious MetalsSR Real EstateST TechnologySU UtilitiesTA Target-Date 2000-2010
TD Target Date 2011-2015TE Target Date 2016-2020TG Target Date 2021-2025TH Target Date 2026-2030TI Target Date 2031-2035TJ Target Date 2036-2040TK Target Date 2041-2045TL Target Date 2050+
Legend
E New this month][ Increase/decrease in ratingNR No Morningstar Rating; fund less than three years old.
Red # Lowest return in groupGreen # Highest return in groupItalic # Extended performance
Current Portfolio Style Costs Operations35
Current Equity Style Box
Price/EarnRatio
Price/BookRatio
AverageMarketCap($Mil)
Top Three Sectors (% of Stock)
Total# ofHold-ings
Turn-over%
Recent Composition (% of Assets) Sales
Charge %
Expense Ratio %
NAV ($)
Total Assets ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure Years)Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign
BB Commodities Broad BasketCA Conservative AllocationEE Equity EnergyGR Global Real EstateLO Long-ShortMA Moderate AllocationSC CommunicationsSF Financial
SH HealthSN Natural ResourcesSP Equity Precious MetalsSR Real EstateST TechnologySU UtilitiesTA Target-Date 2000-2010TD Target Date 2011-2015
TE Target Date 2016-2020TG Target Date 2021-2025TH Target Date 2026-2030 TI Target Date 2031-2035TJ Target Date 2036-2040TK Target Date 2041-2045TL Target Date 2050+RI Retirement Income
Categories
S&P 500 Index 5.2 -0.4 14.9 -0.9 4.1 14.3 1.9 40,421.1BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD 2.3 7.1 7.1 6.7 5.7Dow Jones Moderate Portfolio Index 2.3 -2.7 10.7 2.0 6.5S&P 500 Index 5.2 -0.4 14.9 -0.9 4.1 14.3 1.9 40,421.1
Legend
E New this month][ Increase/decrease in ratingNR No Morningstar Rating; fund less than three years old.
Red # Lowest return in groupGreen # Highest return in groupItalic # Extended performance
Current Portfolio Style Costs Operations37
Current Equity Style Box
Price/EarnRatio
Price/BookRatio
AverageMarketCap($Mil)
Top Three Sectors (% of Stock)
Total# ofHold-ings
Turn-over%
Recent Composition (% of Assets) Sales
Charge %
Expense Ratio %
NAV ($)
Total Assets ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure Years)Cash Stock Bond Other Foreign
FV Foreign–Large ValueSC CommunicationsSF Financial SH HealthSN Natural Resources
SP Equity Precious MetalsSR Real EstateSU UtilitiesST Technology
Costs Operations39
Current Average Regional Total Equity Price/ Market Exposure (% of Stock) # of Turn- Recent Composition Sales Total Style Cash Cap UK/W. North Latin Asia ex- Hold- over (% of Assets) Charge Expense Assets Box Flow ($Mil) Europe Amer Amer Japan Japan Other ings % Cash Stock Bond Other % Ratio% NAV($) ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure Years)
MSCI EAFE Index -3.8 -20.5 3.4 -7.3 4.0MSCI World Index 0.8 -11.0 9.0 -4.1 4.0MSCI Europe Index -5.1 -24.1 2.9 -8.4 3.9MSCI Emerging Markets Index -1.1 -22.4 5.4 -2.2 10.1
CategoriesLegend
E New this month][ Increase/decrease in ratingNR No Morningstar Rating; fund less than three years old.
Red # Lowest return in groupGreen # Highest return in groupItalic # Extended performance
CH China Region DP Diversified Pacific/Asia StockEI India Equity ES Europe Stock
FA Foreign–Small/Mid ValueFB Foreign–Large BlendFG Foreign–Large GrowthFR Foreign–Small/Mid Growth
FV Foreign–Large ValueJS Japan StockLS Latin America StockPJ Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stock
Current Portfolio Style Costs Operations41
Current Average Regional Total Equity Price/ Market Exposure (% of Stock) # of Turn- Recent Composition Sales Total Style Cash Cap UK/W. North Latin Asia ex- Hold- over (% of Assets) Charge Expense Assets Box Flow ($Mil) Europe Amer Amer Japan Japan Other ings % Cash Stock Bond Other % Ratio% NAV($) ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure Years)
E New this month][ Increase/decrease in ratingNR No Morningstar Rating; fund less than three years old.
Red # Lowest return in groupGreen # Highest return in groupItalic # Extended performance
CI Intermediate-Term Bond CL Long-Term Bond CS Short-Term Bond
GI Intermediate Government BondGL Long Government BondGS Short Government Bond
IP Inflation-Protected Bond UB Ultrashort Bond
Costs Operations43
Current Cat Bond Avg Avg Avg Credit Quality Breakdown Turn- Recent Composition Sales TotalStyle Duration Duration Credit (% of Bonds) over (% of Assets) Charge Expense AssetsBox Years Years Quality High Mid Low Other % Cash Stock Bond Other % Ratio% NAV($) ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure Years)
PIMCO funds typically have large positions in futures and other derivatives that require that they hold an offsetting amount in bonds and cash. As a result, the composition figures for PIMCO funds can be confusing. We are working with PIMCO to get figures that better reflect the fund’s true exposure levels.
PIMCO Composition Figures Bold # Cheapest QuintileFixed Income Style Box
Ltd Mod Ext High Mid Low
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Morningstar 500 Morningstar Rating
Total Return % 05-31-12
Total Return % Category Rank
Yield %
Stand- ard Devia- tion (R²)
Risk Relative to Category
vs. Category5Best
A N N U A L I Z E D 1Best, 100WorstYTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
BofAML US HY Master II TR 6.2 5.2 19.8 7.8 8.9BarCap Municipal TR USD 2.9 11.4 7.4 5.6 5.4
CategoriesLegend
E New this month][ Increase/decrease in ratingNR No Morningstar Rating; fund less than three years old.
Red # Lowest return in groupGreen # Highest return in groupItalic # Extended performance
BL Bank LoanCI Intermediate-Term Bond CV Convertibles BondEB Emerging Market Bond
HM High-Yield MuniIB World BondMI Muni National, IntermediateML Muni National, Long
MS Muni National, ShortMU Multisector Bond
Current Portfolio Style Costs Operations45
Current Cat Bond Avg Avg Avg Credit Quality Breakdown Turn- Recent Composition Sales TotalStyle Duration Duration Credit (% of Bonds) over (% of Assets) Charge Expense AssetsBox Years Years Quality High Mid Low Other % Cash Stock Bond Other % Ratio% NAV($) ($Mil) Portfolio Manager (Tenure Years)
BofAML US HY Master II TR 6.2 5.2 19.8 7.8 8.9BarCap Municipal TR USD 2.9 11.4 7.4 5.6 5.4
PIMCO funds typically have large positions in futures and other derivatives that require that they hold an offsetting amount in bonds and cash. As a result, the composition figures for PIMCO funds can be confusing. We are working with PIMCO to get figures that better reflect the fund’s true exposure levels.
PIMCO Composition Figures Bold # Cheapest QuintileFixed Income Style Box
Ltd Mod Ext High Mid Low
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Akre Focus Retail 877-862-9556 AKREX 28Allianz Funds 498-5413 Allianz NFJ Large Cap Value D PNBDX 28 Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value D PNVDX 34 Allianz RCM Technology Instl DRGTX 36American Beacon 658-5811 American Beacon Intl Equity Inv AAIPX 38 American Beacon Lg Cap Value Inv AAGPX 28 American Beacon Small Cp Val Inv AVPAX 34American Century Investments 345-2021 American Century Equity Income Inv TWEIX 28 American Century Ginnie Mae Inv BGNMX 42 American Century Growth Inv TWCGX 24 American Century IntermTrm Tx-Fr Bd TWTIX 44 American Century Intl Discovery Inv TWEGX 38 American Century Mid Cap Value Inv ACMVX 30 American Century Small Cap Value Inv ASVIX 34 American Century Ultra Inv TWCUX 24 American Century Value Inv TWVLX 28American Funds 421-4225 American Funds AMCAP A AMCPX 24 American Funds American Balanced A ABALX 34 American Funds American Hi Inc Tr A AHITX 44 American Funds American Mutual A AMRMX 28 American Funds Capital Inc Bldr A CAIBX 40 American Funds Capital World Bond A CWBFX 44 American Funds Capital World G/I A CWGIX 38 American Funds EuroPacific Gr A AEPGX 38 American Funds Fundamental Inv A ANCFX 26 American Funds Growth Fund of Amer AGTHX 24 American Funds Inc Fund of Amer A AMECX 34 American Funds Intl Gr And Inc A IGAAX 38 American Funds Invmt Co of America A AIVSX 26 American Funds New Economy A ANEFX 24 American Funds New Perspective A ANWPX 38 American Funds New World A NEWFX 40 American Funds SMALLCAP World A SMCWX 40 American Funds Tax-Exempt Bond A AFTEX 44 American Funds Washington Mutual AWSHX 28Ameristock 394-5064 AMSTX 26Appleseed 470-1029 APPLX 30Ariel Investments, LLC 292-7435 Ariel Appreciation Investor CAAPX 30 Ariel Discovery Investor ARDFX 34 Ariel Focus Investor ARFFX 28 Ariel Investor ARGFX 30Artio Global 387-6977 Artio International Equity A BJBIX 38 Artio International Equity II A JETAX 38 Artio Total Return Bond A BJBGX 42Artisan 344-1770 Artisan Global Value Investor ARTGX 40 Artisan Growth Opportunities Inv ARTRX 40 Artisan International Inv ARTIX 38 Artisan International Small Cap Inv ARTJX 38 Artisan International Value Investor ARTKX 38 Artisan Mid Cap Inv ARTMX 28 Artisan Mid Cap Value Investor ARTQX 30 Artisan Small Cap Investor ARTSX 32 Artisan Small Cap Value Investor ARTVX 32 Artisan Value Fund Investor Shares ARTLX 28Aston 992-8151 ASTON/Fairpointe Mid Cap N CHTTX 30 ASTON/Montag & Caldwell Growth N MCGFX 24 ASTON/River Road Small Cap Value N ARSVX 32 ASTON/TAMRO Small Cap N ATASX 32Auxier Focus Inv 877-328-9437 AUXFX 28
BBH Core Select N 625-5759 BBTEX 26Baird 866-442-2473 Baird Aggregate Bond Inst BAGIX 42 Baird Intermediate Muni Bd Inst BMBIX 44Baron Capital Group 442-3814 Baron Asset Retail BARAX 28 Baron Growth Retail BGRFX 28 Baron Small Cap Retail BSCFX 32Berwyn Income 992-6757 BERIX 34BlackRock 441-7762 BlackRock Energy & Resources Inv A SSGRX 36 BlackRock Global Allocation Inv A MDLOX 40Bogle Small Cap Growth Inv BOGLX 32Brandywine 656-3017 Brandywine BRWIX 28 Brandywine Blue BLUEX 24Bridgeway 661-3550 Bridgeway Blue Chip 35 Index BRLIX 26 Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Mrkt BRSIX 32Brown Capital Mgmt Small Co Inv BCSIX 32Buffalo 492-8332 Buffalo Mid Cap BUFMX 28 Buffalo Small Cap BUFSX 32
CGM 343-5678 CGM Focus CGMFX 24 CGM Realty CGMRX 36Calamos 582-6959 Calamos Convertible A CCVIX 44 Calamos Growth & Income A CVTRX 34 Calamos Growth A CVGRX 24 Calamos Market Neutral Income A CVSIX 34Caldwell & Orkin Market Opportunity COAGX 34Causeway International Value Inv CIVVX 38Century Small Cap Select Inv 303-1928 CSMVX 32Champlain Funds 866-773-3238 Champlain Mid Cap Adv CIPMX 30 Champlain Small Company Adv CIPSX 32Chase Growth N 888-861-7556 CHASX 24Clipper 432-2504 CFIMX 26Columbia 345-6611 Columbia Acorn International Z ACINX 38 Columbia Acorn Select Z ACTWX 30 Columbia Acorn USA Z AUSAX 32 Columbia Acorn Z ACRNX 30 Columbia Dividend Income Z GSFTX 28 Columbia Value & Restructuring Z UMBIX 28
Davis Funds 279-0279 Davis Appreciation & Income A RPFCX 34 Davis Financial A RPFGX 36 Davis NY Venture A NYVTX 26Delafield Fund 697-3863 DEFIX 30Diamond Hill Funds 888-226-5595 Diamond Hill Large Cap A DHLAX 28 Diamond Hill Small Cap A DHSCX 34Dimensional Fund Advisors 888-576-1167 DFA US Micro Cap I DFSCX 32 DFA US Small Cap I DFSTX 32Dodge & Cox 621-3979 Dodge & Cox Balanced DODBX 34 Dodge & Cox Global Stock DODWX 40 Dodge & Cox Income DODIX 42 Dodge & Cox International Stock DODFX 38 Dodge & Cox Stock DODGX 28Domini Social Equity Inv 582-6757 DSEFX 26DoubleLine Total Return Bond I DBLTX 42Dreyfus 373-9387 Dreyfus Appreciation DGAGX 26 Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap DSCVX 32
Eaton Vance 262-1122 Eaton Vance Floating Rate A EVBLX 44 Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston A EVIBX 44
FAM Value Inv 932-3271 FAMVX 30FMI Large Cap 811-5311 FMIHX 26FPA 982-4372 FPA Capital FPPTX 30 FPA Crescent FPACX 34 FPA New Income FPNIX 42 FPA Paramount FPRAX 40 FPA Perennial FPPFX 30
Fairholme 866-202-2263 Fairholme FAIRX 28 Fairholme Allocation FAAFX 34 Fairholme Focused Income FOCIX 34Fidelity Investments 544-6666 Fidelity FFIDX 24 Fidelity Balanced FBALX 34 Fidelity Blue Chip Growth FBGRX 24 Fidelity Capital & Income FAGIX 44 Fidelity Capital Appreciation FDCAX 26 Fidelity Contrafund FCNTX 24 Fidelity Diversified International FDIVX 38 Fidelity Dividend Growth FDGFX 26 Fidelity Equity Dividend Income FEQTX 28 Fidelity Equity-Income FEQIX 28 Fidelity Export & Multinational FEXPX 24 Fidelity Floating Rate High Income FFRHX 44 Fidelity GNMA Fund FGMNX 42 Fidelity Government Income FGOVX 42 Fidelity Growth Company FDGRX 24 Fidelity Growth Discovery FDSVX 24 Fidelity High Income SPHIX 44 Fidelity Independence FDFFX 24 Fidelity Intermediate Bond FTHRX 42 Fidelity Intermediate Government Inc FSTGX 42 Fidelity Intermediate Municipal Income FLTMX 44 Fidelity International Discovery FIGRX 38 Fidelity International Small Cap FISMX 38 Fidelity Investment Grade Bond FBNDX 42 Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock FLVCX 30 Fidelity Low-Priced Stock FLPSX 30 Fidelity Magellan FMAGX 24 Fidelity Mid-Cap Stock FMCSX 30 Fidelity Mortgage Secs FMSFX 42 Fidelity Municipal Income FHIGX 44 Fidelity Municipal Income 2015 FMLCX 44 Fidelity New Markets Income FNMIX 44 Fidelity New Millennium FMILX 24 Fidelity Puritan FPURX 34 Fidelity Real Estate Investment FRESX 36 Fidelity Select Energy FSENX 36 Fidelity Select Health Care FSPHX 36 Fidelity Select Technology FSPTX 36 Fidelity Short-Intermediate Muni Inc FSTFX 44 Fidelity Small Cap Discovery FSCRX 32 Fidelity Small Cap Stock FSLCX 30 Fidelity Small Cap Value FCPVX 34 Fidelity Spartan 500 Index Inv FUSEX 26 Fidelity Spartan Extended Mkt Index FSEMX 30 Fidelity Spartan International Index Inv FSIIX 38 Fidelity Spartan Total Market Index Inv FSTMX 26 Fidelity Stock Selector Sm Cp FDSCX 32 Fidelity Strategic Income FSICX 44 Fidelity Strategic Real Return FSRRX 34 Fidelity Tax-Free Bond FTABX 44 Fidelity Total Bond FTBFX 42 Fidelity Value FDVLX 30 Fidelity Worldwide FWWFX 40 Spartan U.S. Bond Index Investor FBIDX 42First Eagle 334-2143 First Eagle Fund of America Y FEAFX 30 First Eagle Global A SGENX 40 First Eagle Overseas A SGOVX 38 First Eagle US Value A FEVAX 26Franklin Templeton Investment Funds 632-2301 Franklin Balance Sheet Investment A FRBSX 30 Franklin Federal Tax-Free Income A FKTIX 44 Franklin High Yield Tax-Free Inc A FRHIX 44 Franklin Income A FKINX 34 Franklin Utilities A FKUTX 36 Mutual Beacon A TEBIX 28 Mutual European A TEMIX 40 Mutual Global Discovery A TEDIX 40 Mutual Quest A TEQIX 40 Mutual Shares A TESIX 28 Templeton Global Bond A TPINX 44
Harbor 422-1050 Harbor Bond Instl HABDX 42 Harbor Capital Appreciation Instl HACAX 24 Harbor Commodity Real Return Instl HACMX 36 Harbor International Growth Inv HIIGX 38 Harbor International Instl HAINX 38 Harbor Real Return Instl HARRX 42Harding Loevner International Eq Inv HLMNX 38Hartford Healthcare A 888-843-7824 HGHAX 36Homestead Value 258-3030 HOVLX 28Hussman Investment Trust 487-7626 Hussman Strategic Growth HSGFX 34 Hussman Strategic Total Return HSTRX 34
IVA Worldwide A 866-941-4482 IVWAX 40Invesco 959-4246 Invesco Van Kampen Comstock A ACSTX 28 Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income ACEIX 34 Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Inc ACGIX 28
JPMorgan US Real Estate A 480-4111 SUSIX 36Janus 525-0020 Janus Balanced T JABAX 34 Janus Contrarian T JSVAX 26 Janus Enterprise T JAENX 30 Janus Global Life Sciences T JAGLX 36 Janus Global Research T JARFX 40 Janus Global Select T JORNX 40 Janus Growth & Income T JAGIX 24 Janus High-Yield T JAHYX 44 Janus Overseas T JAOSX 38 Janus Research T JAMRX 24 Janus T JANSX 24 Janus Triton T JATTX 32 Janus Twenty T JAVLX 24 Janus Venture T JAVTX 32 Janus Worldwide T JAWWX 40 Perkins Global Value T JGVAX 40 Perkins Large Cap Value T JPLTX 28 Perkins Mid Cap Value T JMCVX 32 Perkins Small Cap Value T JSCVX 34Jensen Quality Growth J 992-4144 JENSX 24
Kalmar Growth-with-Value Small Cap KGSCX 32
LKCM 688-5526 LKCM Equity Instl LKEQX 24 LKCM Small Cap Equity Instl LKSCX 32Laudus Growth Investors US Large Cap Gr LGILX 24Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Open LZOEX 40Legg Mason/Western 877-721-1926 Legg Mason Cap Mgmt Value A LGVAX 26 Legg Mason ClearBridge Aggressive Gr SHRAX 24 Western Asset Core Bond I WATFX 42 Western Asset Core Plus Bond I WACPX 44Leuthold Asset Allocation Retail 273-6886 LAALX 34Litman Gregory Masters Funds 960-0188 Litman Gregory Masters Equity Instl MSEFX 24 Litman Gregory Masters Foc Opp Instl MSFOX 24 Litman Gregory Masters Intl Instl MSILX 38 Litman Gregory Masters Smlr C Instl MSSFX 32 Litman Gregory Masters Value Instl MSVFX 26Longleaf Partners 445-9469 Longleaf Partners LLPFX 26 Longleaf Partners International LLINX 38 Longleaf Partners Small-Cap LLSCX 30Loomis Sayles Funds 633-3330 Loomis Sayles Bond Retail LSBRX 44 Loomis Sayles Global Bond Retail LSGLX 44 Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Retail LCGRX 32Lord Abbett Affiliated A 888-522-2388 LAFFX 28
MFS Total Return A 343-2829 MSFRX 34Madison Mosaic Investors Y 336-3063 MINVX 24MainStay 624-6782 MainStay ICAP Equity I ICAEX 28 MainStay ICAP International I ICEUX 38 MainStay ICAP Select Equity I ICSLX 28 MainStay MAP I MUBFX 26
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Mairs & Power 304-7404 Mairs & Power Balanced Inv MAPOX 34 Mairs & Power Growth Inv MPGFX 26Managers Funds 548-4539 Managers Bond MGFIX 42 Managers Micro-Cap Service MMCFX 32 Managers PIMCO Bond MBDFX 42 Skyline Special Equities SKSEX 34Manning & Napier 466-3863 Manning & Napier Equity EXEYX 26 Manning & Napier Pro-Blend Cnsrv EXDAX 34 Manning & Napier Pro-Blend Mod Tm EXBAX 34 Manning & Napier World Opp A EXWAX 38Marsico Investment Fund 888-860-8686 Marsico Focus MFOCX 24 Marsico Global MGLBX 40 Marsico Growth MGRIX 24 Marsico International Opportunities MIOFX 38Matthews Asia Funds 789-2742 Matthews Asia Dividend Investor MAPIX 40 Matthews Asian Growth & Inc Inv MACSX 40 Matthews China Investor MCHFX 40 Matthews India Investor MINDX 40 Matthews Pacific Tiger Investor MAPTX 40Merger 343-8959 MERFX 34Meridian 446-6662 Meridian Growth MERDX 30 Meridian Value MVALX 30Metropolitan West Funds 241-4671 Metropolitan West High Yield Bd M MWHYX 44 Metropolitan West Total Rn Bond M MWTRX 42Morgan Stanley Focus Growth A AMOAX 24Muhlenkamp 860-3863 MUHLX 26
Neuberger Berman 877-9700 Neuberger Berman Genesis Inv NBGNX 30 Neuberger Berman International Inv NBISX 38 Neuberger Berman Large Cap Value Inv NPRTX 28Nicholas 544-6547 NICSX 30
Oakmark 625-6275 Oakmark Equity & Income I OAKBX 34 Oakmark Global I OAKGX 40 Oakmark Global Select I OAKWX 40 Oakmark I OAKMX 26 Oakmark International I OAKIX 38 Oakmark International Small Cap I OAKEX 38 Oakmark Select I OAKLX 26Old Westbury Global Small & Mid Cap OWSMX 40OppenheimerFunds 225-5677 Oppenheimer Developing Markets A ODMAX 40 Oppenheimer Global A OPPAX 40 Oppenheimer Global Opportunities A OPGIX 40 Oppenheimer Gold & Special Minerals OPGSX 36 Oppenheimer International Growth A OIGAX 38Osterweis 866-236-0050 OSTFX 30
PIMCO 927-4648 PIMCO All Asset All Authority D PAUDX 40 PIMCO All Asset D PASDX 40 PIMCO Commodity Real Ret Strat D PCRDX 36 PIMCO Emerging Local Bond Instl PELBX 44 PIMCO EqS Pathfinder D PTHDX 40 PIMCO Foreign Bond (USD-Hedged) D PFODX 44 PIMCO Foreign Bond (Unhedged) D PFBDX 44 PIMCO Fundamental Advtg Ttl Ret Strat PFSDX 42 PIMCO Global Multi-Asset D PGMDX 40 PIMCO High Yield D PHYDX 44 PIMCO Investment Grade Corp Bd Instl PIGIX 42 PIMCO Low Duration D PLDDX 42 PIMCO Real Return D PRRDX 42 PIMCO Short-Term D PSHDX 42 PIMCO Total Return Instl PTTRX 42 PIMCO Unconstrained Bond D PUBDX 44PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds 729-2307 PRIMECAP Odyssey Agg Growth POAGX 30 PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth POGRX 24 PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock POSKX 24Parnassus Equity Income - Inv 999-3505 PRBLX 26Pax World Balanced Individual Inv PAXWX 34Payden GNMA 572-9336 PYGNX 42Permanent Portfolio 531-5142 PRPFX 36Polaris Global Value 888-263-5594 PGVFX 40
Queens Road Small Cap Value 595-3088 QRSVX 34
RS Funds 766-3863 RS Capital Appreciation A RCAPX 24 RS Value A RSVAX 30Rainier Small/Mid Cap Equity 248-6314 RIMSX 30Royce 221-4268 Royce Opportunity Invmt RYPNX 34 Royce Pennsylvania Mutual Invmt PENNX 32 Royce Premier Invmt RYPRX 30 Royce Special Equity Invmt RYSEX 32 Royce Special Equity Multi-Cap Serv RSEMX 26 Royce Total Return Invmt RYTRX 32 Royce Value Plus Svc RYVPX 32 Royce Value Svc RYVFX 30
Saturna 888-732-6262 Amana Trust Growth AMAGX 24 Amana Trust Income AMANX 26Schneider Funds 888-520-3277 Schneider Small Cap Value SCMVX 34 Schneider Value SCMLX 32Schwab Funds 407-0256 Schwab S&P 500 Index SWPPX 26 Schwab Total Stock Market Index SWTSX 26Scout International 996-2862 UMBWX 38Selected American Shares D 243-1575 SLADX 26Sequoia 686-6884 SEQUX 26Sound Shore 551-1980 SSHFX 28Stratton Small-Cap Value 472-4266 STSCX 32
T. Rowe Price 638-5660 T. Rowe Price Balanced RPBAX 36 T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth TRBCX 24 T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation PRWCX 36 T. Rowe Price Corporate Income PRPIX 42 T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth PRDGX 26 T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Stock PRMSX 40 T. Rowe Price Equity Income PRFDX 28 T. Rowe Price Financial Services PRISX 36 T. Rowe Price GNMA PRGMX 42 T. Rowe Price Global Stock PRGSX 40 T. Rowe Price Global Technology PRGTX 36 T. Rowe Price Growth & Income PRGIX 24 T. Rowe Price Growth Stock PRGFX 24 T. Rowe Price Health Sciences PRHSX 36 T. Rowe Price High-Yield PRHYX 44 T. Rowe Price International Bond RPIBX 44 T. Rowe Price International Discovery PRIDX 38 T. Rowe Price International Stock Fd PRITX 38 T. Rowe Price Intl Gr & Inc TRIGX 38 T. Rowe Price Media & Telecom PRMTX 36 T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth RPMGX 30 T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value TRMCX 32 T. Rowe Price New America Growth PRWAX 24 T. Rowe Price New Asia PRASX 40 T. Rowe Price New Era PRNEX 36 T. Rowe Price New Horizons PRNHX 32 T. Rowe Price New Income PRCIX 42 T. Rowe Price Personal Strat Growth TRSGX 36 T. Rowe Price Personal Strat Income PRSIX 36 T. Rowe Price Real Estate TRREX 36 T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 TRRGX 36 T. Rowe Price Science & Tech PRSCX 36 T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond PRWBX 42 T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock OTCFX 32 T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value PRSVX 32 T. Rowe Price Spectrum Growth PRSGX 26 T. Rowe Price Spectrum Income RPSIX 44 T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High-Yield PRFHX 44 T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Income Inv PRTAX 44 T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Shrt-Interm PRFSX 44 T. Rowe Price Value TRVLX 28
TCW 248-4486 TCW Dividend Focused N TGIGX 28 TCW International Small Cap I TGICX 38 TCW Total Return Bond I TGLMX 42Third Avenue 443-1021 Third Avenue International Value Instl TAVIX 38 Third Avenue Real Estate Value Instl TAREX 36 Third Avenue Small Cap Value Instl TASCX 32 Third Avenue Value Instl TAVFX 40Thornburg 847-0200 Thornburg International Value A TGVAX 38 Thornburg Value A TVAFX 26Torray 626-9769 TORYX 26Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth PTSGX 24Turner Investment Partners 224-6312 Turner Midcap Growth Investor TMGFX 30 Turner Small Cap Growth TSCEX 32Tweedy Browne 432-4789 Tweedy, Browne Global Value TBGVX 38 Tweedy, Browne Value TWEBX 40 Tweedy, Browne Worldwide Hi Div Yld TBHDX 40
Vanguard 662-7447 Vanguard 500 Index Admiral VFIAX 26 Vanguard Balanced Index Adm VBIAX 36 Vanguard Capital Opportunity Inv VHCOX 24 Vanguard Capital Value Inv VCVLX 26 Vanguard Convertible Securities Inv VCVSX 44 Vanguard Developed Markets Indx Ad VDMAX 38 Vanguard Dividend Growth Inv VDIGX 26 Vanguard Emerging Mkts Stk Idx Adm VEMAX 40 Vanguard Energy Inv VGENX 36 Vanguard Equity-Income Inv VEIPX 28 Vanguard European Stock Index Adm VEUSX 40 Vanguard Explorer Inv VEXPX 32 Vanguard Explorer Value Investor VEVFX 32 Vanguard Extended Market Idx Adm VEXAX 30 Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US Idx Adm VFWAX 38 Vanguard FTSE Social Index Inv VFTSX 24 Vanguard GNMA Inv VFIIX 42 Vanguard Global Equity Inv VHGEX 40 Vanguard Growth & Income Inv VQNPX 26 Vanguard Growth Equity Inv VGEQX 24 Vanguard Growth Index Adm VIGAX 24
Vanguard Health Care Inv VGHCX 36 Vanguard High Dividend Yield Indx Inv VHDYX 28 Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Inv VWEHX 44 Vanguard High-Yield Tax-Exempt VWAHX 44 Vanguard Inflation-Protected Secs Inv VIPSX 42 Vanguard Interm-Term Bond Index Adm VBILX 42 Vanguard Interm-Term Invmt-Grade Inv VFICX 42 Vanguard Interm-Term Treasury Inv VFITX 42 Vanguard Interm-Term Tx-Ex Inv VWITX 44 Vanguard International Explorer Inv VINEX 38 Vanguard International Growth Inv VWIGX 38 Vanguard International Value Inv VTRIX 38 Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Inv VASIX 36 Vanguard Long-Term Invest-Grd Inv VWESX 42 Vanguard Long-Term Tax-Exempt VWLTX 44 Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Inv VUSTX 42 Vanguard Ltd-Term Tx-Ex VMLTX 44 Vanguard Mid Cap Growth Inv VMGRX 30 Vanguard Mid Cap Index Adm VIMAX 30 Vanguard Morgan Growth Inv VMRGX 26 Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Inv VPCCX 26 Vanguard PRIMECAP Inv VPMCX 26 Vanguard Precious Metals and Min Inv VGPMX 36 Vanguard REIT Index Adm VGSLX 36 Vanguard STAR Inv VGSTX 36 Vanguard Selected Value Inv VASVX 32 Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Adm VBIRX 42 Vanguard Short-Term Federal Inv VSGBX 42 Vanguard Short-Term Invest-Grd Inv VFSTX 42 Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Inv VFISX 42 Vanguard Short-Term Tx-Ex VWSTX 44 Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index Ad VSGAX 32 Vanguard Small Cap Index Adm VSMAX 32 Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Adm VSIAX 34 Vanguard Strategic Equity Inv VSEQX 30 Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Inv VTTVX 36 Vanguard Tax-Managed Balanced Adm VTMFX 36 Vanguard Tax-Managed Capital App VTCLX 26 Vanguard Tax-Managed Growth & Inc VTGLX 26 Vanguard Tax-Managed Intl Adm VTMGX 38 Vanguard Tax-Managed Small Cap VTMSX 34 Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Adm VBTLX 42 Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Admiral VTIAX 38 Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Adm VTSAX 26 Vanguard US Value Inv VUVLX 28 Vanguard Value Index Adm VVIAX 28 Vanguard Wellesley Income Inv VWINX 36 Vanguard Wellington Inv VWELX 36 Vanguard Windsor II Investor VWNFX 28 Vanguard Windsor Investor VWNDX 28
Wasatch 551-1700 Wasatch Core Growth WGROX 32 Wasatch Heritage Growth WAHGX 30 Wasatch Large Cap Value Investor FMIEX 28 Wasatch Small Cap Growth WAAEX 32 Wasatch Ultra Growth WAMCX 32Weitz 304-9745 Weitz Hickory WEHIX 30 Weitz Partners Value WPVLX 30 Weitz Value WVALX 26Wells Fargo Advantage S/T Muni Bd Inv STSMX 44Westport Funds 888-593-7878 Westport R WPFRX 30 Westport Select Cap R WPSRX 30Westwood SMidCap Institutional WHGMX 30William Blair 635-2886 William Blair International Growth N WBIGX 38 William Blair Small Cap Growth N WBSNX 32
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