Fund Scope:
A Better Week for Large-Cap Value
zLarge-cap value funds beat the national equity-fund average last week, but have underperformed this year, posting a 5.11% return versus an 8.74% return for the average U.S. equity fund. Category stars include American Funds ICA, and Dodge & Cox Stock.
Fund Name/Manager
American Funds ICA A Team Managed American Funds Wsh A Team Managed Dodge & Cox Stock Team Managed American Funds FInv A Team Managed Vanguard Windsor II Inv Team Managed Vanguard Windsor II Adm Team Managed Lord Abbett Affilted A Dinsky/Salzmann Van Kampen Comstock A Baker, Jr./Holt/Leder Putnam Gro & Inc A Cronin/Harthun/King Van Kampen Gro & Inc A Team Managed
Phone Number
800-421-0180 800-421-0180 800-621-3979 800-421-0180 800-662-7447 800-662-7447 800-821-5129 800-421-5666 800-225-1581 800-421-5666
Load
5.75 5.75 None 5.75 None None 5.75 5.75 5.25 5.75
Assets (milions)
$78,117.9 70,902.4 68,711.2 40,236.8 33,821.2 20,250.4 16,802.8 13,531.4 10,945.8 8,152.6
1-Year Return
8.95% 7.58 5.67 15.57 8.39 8.50 7.14 4.64 – 1.72 8.00
3-Year Return*
10.87% 10.00 11.63 16.13 11.40 11.53 9.71 8.42 6.70 11.57
Source: Lipper
*Annualized. All data through Thursday.
Scoreboard:
Energy, Latin America Blast Past Gold Funds
zU.S. diversified equity funds gained an average 2.35%, slightly less than the Standard & Poor’s 2.63% rise for the week ending Thursday, according to Reuters’ tracker Lipper. Utilities rose 2.97%, and natural resources gained 3.56%. Within world equities, gold funds rose only 0.23%. Latin American funds lifted 7.29%.
One Week
U.S. STOCK FUNDS U.S. BOND FUNDS TOP SECTOR / Latin American Funds BOTTOM SECTOR / Dedicated Short Bias Funds THE WEEK'S TOP 10 2.35% – 0.04 7.29 – 3.54
Year-to-Date
8.74% 4.20 53.39 – 8.64
Fund
IShares Dow US Hme Cns SPDR S&P Homebuilders ProFunds UltraLatin Inv Direxion LA Bull 2x Inv ProFunds UltraEM Inv Direxion EM Bl 2x Inv ProShares Ult Rl Est ProShares Ult Finl Direxion Cmdty Bl 2x Inv ProShares Ult Oil & Gas THE WEEK'S BOTTOM 10
Investment Objective
Specialty & Misc Specialty & Misc Latin America Latin America Emerging Markets Emerging Markets Real Estate Finl Services Spec Dvsfd Equity Natural Resources
One Week
17.86% 16.72 14.08 14.08 12.24 11.44 9.71 9.03 8.97 8.83
Year-to-Date
– 54.49% – 44.18 NA 105.78 90.32 71.62 NA NA 75.13 NA
Fund
Copley Fund ProShares UlSFTSE/XC25 ProFunds UltShtLatin Inv ProFunds UltraSht EM Inv ProShares UlS MSCI EM Direxion EM Br 2x Inv ProShares UlS Rl Est ProShares UlS Finl ProShares UlS OIl Gas ProShares UlS Bas Mat THE LARGEST 10
Investment Objective
Multi Cap Value DSB DSB DSB DSB Emerging Markets DSB DSB DSB DSB
One Week
– 21.13% – 13.45 – 13.14 – 11.72 – 11.09 – 10.38 – 10.06 – 8.99 – 8.40 – 7.66
Year-to-Date
– 12.74% NA NA – 64.37 NA – 57.91 NA NA NA NA
Fund
American Funds Gro A American Funds CWGI A American Funds CIB A Fidelity Contrafund American Funds ICA A SPDR Trust 1 American Funds Wsh A American Funds Inc A Dodge & Cox Stock Vanguard 500 Index Inv
*Annualized. Through Thursday.
Net Assets (bilions) Investment Objective
$96.715 85.435 83.526 82.647 78.118 73.768 70.902 69.836 68.711 68.417 Multi Cap Growth GMLV MTAG Multi Cap Growth Large Cap Value S&P 500 Funds Large Cap Value MTAG Large Cap Value S&P 500 Funds
3-Year* Return
13.57% 19.94 14.01 16.92 10.82 10.08 9.90 10.45 11.65 10.07
1-Week Return
2.09% 2.15 1.86 1.82 2.40 2.61 2.94 1.97 2.35 2.62
YTD Return
13.20% 19.90 12.87 21.23 8.47 8.08 6.92 6.11 4.15 8.08
Source: Lipper