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CIO Chuck Royce looks ahead to 2008, and speaks to our global reach: "…we've been involved in overseas investing to one degree or another for many years."
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| Fund Performance |
| View December month- and quarter-end performance: average annual total returns for the 1-, 3-, 5-, 10-year and since inception periods. |
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| Royce in the Headlines |
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Morningstar gives Charlie Dreifus an honorable mention in its search for the "Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Year." Read more»
Royce Value Plus Fund (RYVPX) makes the Money 70 list. Read more»
Forbes.com talks to Chip Skinner about his "Small-Cap Success Story", Royce Value Plus Fund (RYVPX).
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Be on the Lookout:
2007 Year-End Statements |
Year-end statements will be delivered, by eDelivery or mail, to direct shareholders in the first week of the New Year. Questions about year-end statements should be directed to Shareholder Services at (800) 841-1180. |
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| Read past issues in the eWord Archive. |
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| Commentaries |
| 01/01/08: Chuck Royce's Year-End Interview |
 Chief Investment Officer Chuck Royce reviews 2007 and comments on where the market may go next. Chuck thinks that the worst may be behind us and offers some cautious optimism about the long-term prospects for smaller companies—even though the market has not yet seen a correction of 15% or more, much less a true bear market.
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| 12/15/07: David Nadel on our Global Reach |
 Portfolio Manager David Nadel discusses Royce's perspective on global markets and international investing, as we mark the first anniversary of our two international portfolios, Royce International Smaller-Companies Fund (RISCX) and Royce International Value Fund (RIVFX): "It used to be the case that when the U.S. sneezed, foreign markets got a wicked cold. That was the old paradigm. Today, foreign markets are increasingly decoupled from the U.S. Our economic hegemony is fading, and investors are accepting the notion that new leadership is emerging from abroad."
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| The Gannon Report: January 2008 |
What Will Wake the Bear?
 Principal and Assistant Portfolio Manager Francis "Frank" Gannon: "We've been calling for a more typical correction in the small-cap market of 15% to 20% for some time. Yet, since the Russell 2000 bottomed in October 2002, we have not seen one. One has to wonder just when and if a formal correction in small-caps will occur."
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| 2007 Final Year-End Distributions |
Final year-end distributions were paid for most Royce Funds on December 7, 2007, to shareholders of record December 6, 2007. Royce Select Funds paid year-end distributions on December 28, 2007, to shareholders of record December 27, 2008.
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| Yes, We're Open |
 Royce Opportunity Fund, Royce Micro-Cap Fund, Royce Premier Fund, and Royce Low-Priced Stock Fund are currently available only to existing shareholders, and to clients of financial advisors with investors in those Funds.
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