I need more small
cap positions in my portfolio and I love picking up stocks on recent weakness.
Not exact matches
Last year I wrote on Suven Life Sciences, also I did some secondary level maths to get a sense of returns an investor could get buying the business at then market
cap (~ 2000 INR Crores or 400 Million USD) and exiting
in 2024 See Snap shot below The base case CAGR didn't excite but reading management commentary compelled me to take a tracking
position in model
portfolio Over to this year One thing
in AR gave me a Jeff Bezos moment For the first time management was sounding optimistic (this is coming from a management which is very conservative on record) Emphasis mine Management views on past Despite having grown the business every single year across the last five years, our business sustainability has been consistently questioned.
The fund had major equivalent
positions in the PowerShares BuyBack Achievers
Portfolio (PKW; an index - based ETF), WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (DON), Guggenheim S&P 500 ® Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT), FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF), PowerShares Dynamic Market
Portfolio (PWC), and First Trust Large
Cap Value AlphaDEX ® Fund (FTA).
These days, we most frequently
position the DRS as a core equity
position — one with large
cap characteristics, downside protection, and a significant weighting
in a
portfolio.
The fund had major equivalent
positions in the Schwab International Small -
Cap Equity ETF (SCHC), WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund (DLS), First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund (FGD), iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU), PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum
Portfolio (PRN), and Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK).
The fund had major equivalent
positions in the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM), PowerShares Dynamic Large
Cap Value
Portfolio (PWV), First Trust Large
Cap Growth AlphaDEX ® Fund (FTC), SPDR ® Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK), SPDR ® S&P ® Homebuilders ETF (XHB), and iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (KXI).
The fund had major equivalent
positions in the PowerShares DWA Industrials Momentum
Portfolio (PRN), iShares MSCI Italy
Capped ETF (EWI), and WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ), as well as the aforementioned DFE, UUP and DFJ.
With its focus on riskier small -
cap stocks, VEXPX makes for a great subcore
position in a diversified
portfolio.
The fund had equivalent
positions in the PowerShares DWA Developed Markets Momentum
Portfolio (PIZ), PowerShares NASDAQ Internet
Portfolio (PNQI), PowerShares QQQ ™ (QQQ), PowerShares Dynamic Large
Cap Growth
Portfolio (PWB), and VanEck Vectors Biotech ETF (BBH).
The fund had equivalent
positions in the iShares Morningstar Large -
Cap Growth ETF (JKE), PowerShares Dynamic Large
Cap Growth
Portfolio (PWB), and iShares North American Tech - Software ETF (IGV).
For instance, you can pick funds from the U.S. diversified and six related (style, market
cap) categories to build core
positions in your diversified retirement
portfolio.
The fund had only five equivalent
positions in the iShares S&P Small -
Cap 600 Growth ETF (IJT), PowerShares S&P SmallCap Health Care
Portfolio (PSCH), WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings Fund (EES), PowerShares NASDAQ Internet
Portfolio (PNQI), and WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFJ).
The top
positions in that reference
portfolio were the iShares Morningstar Small -
Cap ETF (JKJ; fixed weight of 27.5 %), iShares S&P Small -
Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS; 17.6 %), iShares Core S&P Small -
Cap ETF (IJR; 13.0 %), and iShares Morningstar Small -
Cap Value ETF (JKL; 10.6 %).
The fund had equivalent
positions in the PowerShares International Dividend Achievers
Portfolio (PID), iShares MSCI Switzerland
Capped ETF (EWL), PowerShares Golden Dragon China
Portfolio (PGJ), WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFE), and iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (EWH).
This analysis indicates that the fund had top - four equivalent
positions in the PowerShares Dynamic Large
Cap Value
Portfolio (PWV; fixed weight of 16.7 %), iShares U.S. Insurance ETF (IAK; 13.8 %), iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (IYG; 11.7 %), and Health Care Select Sector SPDR ® Fund (XLV; 10.5 %).
The fund had top equivalent equity
positions in the Vanguard Mid-
Cap ETF (VO; average weight of 45.1 %), Vanguard Small -
Cap Growth ETF (VBK; 23.3 %), Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR; 10.4 %), PowerShares Dynamic Market
Portfolio (PWC; 5.6 %), and Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC; 3.3 %).
The fund had top equivalent
positions in the iShares Morningstar Large -
Cap Growth ETF (JKE; average weight of 47.8 %), Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR; 11.3 %), iShares Morningstar Mid-
Cap Growth ETF (JKH; 9.8 %), Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH; 9.1 %), PowerShares Dynamic Market
Portfolio (PWC; 6.3 %), and SPDR ® Morgan Stanley Technology ETF (MTK; 5.6 %).
Last month, David Poppe, the fund's lead
portfolio manager, told investors at the Plaza Hotel on Friday that the fund will set a
cap of 20 % of assets as the maximum
position size
in its
portfolio.
The Buffalo Mid
Cap Fund (BUFMX) seeks to invest
in companies with market capitalization
in the range of the Russell Midcap Growth Index at the time of purchase, creating a
portfolio of 50 - 70
positions.
I subsequently maxed out my ARGO
position to 5.0 %, the 3rd largest
position in my
portfolio, at an average entry price of GBP 13.2 p. Argo's small Mkt
Cap limited me from adding further to my
position.
With its focus on riskier small -
cap stocks, VEXRX makes for a great subcore
position in a diversified
portfolio.
In the analysis period, the fund held equivalent equity positions in JKE (iShares Morningstar Large - Cap Growth ETF; average weight of 21.8 %), QQQ (PowerShares QQQ ™ ETF; 17.5 %), JKH (iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF; 14.4 %), PWC (PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio ETF; 9.2 %), EEM (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF; 7.2 %), and VDC (Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF; 6.7 %
In the analysis period, the fund held equivalent equity
positions in JKE (iShares Morningstar Large - Cap Growth ETF; average weight of 21.8 %), QQQ (PowerShares QQQ ™ ETF; 17.5 %), JKH (iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF; 14.4 %), PWC (PowerShares Dynamic Market Portfolio ETF; 9.2 %), EEM (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF; 7.2 %), and VDC (Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF; 6.7 %
in JKE (iShares Morningstar Large -
Cap Growth ETF; average weight of 21.8 %), QQQ (PowerShares QQQ ™ ETF; 17.5 %), JKH (iShares Morningstar Mid-
Cap Growth ETF; 14.4 %), PWC (PowerShares Dynamic Market
Portfolio ETF; 9.2 %), EEM (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF; 7.2 %), and VDC (Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF; 6.7 %).
The fund had major equivalent
positions in the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ® Fund (XLP), iShares S&P 100 ETF (OEF), iShares Morningstar Large -
Cap Value ETF (JKF), PowerShares Dynamic Large
Cap Value
Portfolio (PWV), First Trust Value Line ® Dividend Index Fund (FVD), and iShares Morningstar Large -
Cap ETF (JKD).