Imagine investing in a small - cap value fund only to find out a few months later that it has transformed into
a mid-cap blend fund in order to improve its ranking versus peers.
Not exact matches
A: Over the last 15 years, as of 9/22/17, the large - cap,
mid-cap and small - cap
blend funds at Vanguard compounded at 9.6 %, 11.5 % and 11.8 % respectively.
The Osterweis
Fund is currently assigned to the domestic
Mid-Cap Blend category, even though its holdings span a broad range of market capitalization and include foreign stocks.
The
fund's dominant equivalent position was in the Vanguard
Mid-Cap ETF (VO; average weight of 18.5 %), which again explains its Morningstar
Mid-Cap Blend category.
The above chart also shows that at times the equivalent position in IJH was nonexistent, which brings into question a stationary classification of the
fund into the
Mid-Cap Blend category in the past ten years.
Small / Mid
Blend Fidelity ®
Mid-Cap Enhanced Index
Fund (FMEIX) Fidelity ® Small - Cap Enhanced Index
Fund (FCPEX) Fidelity ® Small - Cap Stock
Fund (FSLCX) Fidelity ® Stock Selector Small - Cap
Fund (FDSCX) Fidelity ® Small - Cap Discovery
Fund (FSCRX)
Turnover ratios for active
funds in small and
mid-cap are similar to those found in large
blend.
Equity
fund sample includes the Morningstar historical categories: Diversified Emerging Markets, Europe Stock, Foreign Large
Blend, Foreign Large Growth, Foreign Large Value, Foreign Small / Mid
Blend, Foreign Small / Mid Growth, Foreign Small / Mid Value, Japan Stock, Large
Blend, Large Growth, Large Value, Mid - Cap
Blend,
Mid-Cap Value, Miscellaneous Region, Pacific ex-Japan Stock, Small
Blend, Small Growth, Small Value, and World Stock.
Negative skill contributed to the poor performance of the bottom 2 % of
mid-cap growth, bottom 10 % of
mid-cap blend and bottom 5 % of
mid-cap value
fund managers.
Equity
fund sample includes the Morningstar historical categories: Diversified Emerging Markets, Europe Stock, Foreign Large
Blend, Foreign Large Growth, Foreign Large Value, Foreign Small / Mid
Blend, Foreign Small / Mid Growth, Foreign Small / Mid Value, Japan Stock, Large
Blend, Large Growth, Large Value,
Mid-Cap Blend,
Mid-Cap Growth,
Mid-Cap Value, Miscellaneous Region, Pacific / Asia ex-Japan Stock, Small
Blend, Small Growth, Small Value, and World Stock.
Is there anything special one should know about investing in
mid-cap stocks, and would you consider it an appropriate
fund to include along with the Vanguard large (domestic and international) and small
blend index
funds that I've invested in to this point?
Based on total return out of 221
Funds in the
Mid-Cap Blend Category.