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Royce Special Equity Fund
In Morningstar's 6/29/11 "QuickTake" report, Karin Anderson writes "Once again, it's good to see Royce Special Equity (Fund) jog while its rivals sprint."
She notes the Fund's strong absolute performance and relative underperformance. [View the Fund's profile page for the Fund's 1-, 5-, and 10-year performance information.] "Investors needn't worry, though. Sacrificing a bit of the upside in order to defend capital during downturns is manager Charlie Dreifus's goal. He zeros in on conservatively run firms that boast high returns on invested capital. And he only buys them when they trade at steep discounts to his estimates of intrinsic value."
His strategy? "Eschewing sector considerations, manager Charlie Dreifus zeroes in on stocks trading at a steep discount to his estimate of intrinsic value, regardless of industry. A balance-sheet skeptic, Dreifus insists on crystal-clear financial reporting from potential picks and has a strong preference for companies with high returns on invested capital and plenty of cash on hand."
Royce Special Equity Fund focuses on companies with market capitalizations up to $2.5 billion. Mr. Dreifus also manages Royce Special Equity Multi-Cap Fund [RSEMX], which applies this same investment discipline to a broader market-capitalization range: a significant portion of its assets may be invested in mid-cap and large-cap companies with market capitalizations of more than $5 billion.
Read the full article at Morningstar.com.Important Disclosure Information
This material is not authorized for distribution unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. The Fund invests primarily in small-cap and micro-cap stocks which may involve considerably more risk than investing in larger-cap stocks. (Please see "Primary Risks for Fund Investors" in the prospectus.) As of 3/31/11, the Fund held a limited number of stocks, which may involve considerably more risk than a less concentrated portfolio because a decline in the value of any one of these stocks would cause the Fund’s overall value to decline to a greater degree. The Russell 2000 is an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index of domestic small-cap stocks. It measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest publicly traded U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 index.
Distributor: Royce Fund Services, Inc.
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