Mr. Royce co-manages both but it's still odd that they buried a three - star
small blend fund into a one - star one.
Morningstar reports that among active U.S. stock funds, the worst performers were
small blend funds, of which only 32 % beat their benchmarks in the past year.
Among active U.S. stock funds, the worst performers were
small blend funds, of which only 32 % beat their benchmarks in the past year.
Not exact matches
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.
All three
small cap style categories (value, growth and
blend) received a Dangerous rating in our 2Q17 Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual
Funds report.
Growth
funds, Value funds, and Aggressive Growth funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each
funds, Value
funds, and Aggressive Growth funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each
funds, and Aggressive Growth
funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each
funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each
funds, Sector
funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each
funds, and Focused
Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each
Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap,
Small Cap, and Micro Cap
Funds Each
Funds Each of...
Growth
funds, Value funds, and Aggressive Growth funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each of the
funds, Value
funds, and Aggressive Growth funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each of the
funds, and Aggressive Growth
funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each of the
funds Blend funds, Sector funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each of the
funds, Sector
funds, and Focused Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each of the
funds, and Focused
Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap, Small Cap, and Micro Cap Funds Each of the
Funds Large Cap, Mid Cap,
Small Cap, and Micro Cap
Funds Each of the
Funds Each of these...
Past performance may be a good start in judging a mutual
funds performance but things like
small -, medium - and large - cap
funds and their objectives, growth and the value or
blend of the
funds should be studied.
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.
If you're willing to handle more portfolio complexity, I think the risk of a poor long - term outcome (e.g., large - cap US stocks have an extended period of poor performance) is reduced by further diversifying into low - cost index
funds that invest in REITs,
small - cap value, large - cap value, and
small - cap
blend.
Their $ 1 billion
fund returned 48 % last year, beating its average
small -
blend competitors by 10.5 percentage points.
You will also get some important benefits by adding international large - cap
blend funds, international large - cap value
funds, international
small - cap
blend funds and international
small - cap value
funds.
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.
Exhibit 2: Annualized 10 - Year Total Returns of Active
Small - Cap
Blend Mutual
Fund Share Classes and
Small - Cap Benchmarks
The
fund's expense ratio is 0.6 %, well above the
small -
blend category average of 0.38 %.
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.
For equity
funds, a stylebox's rows and columns indicate market capitalization (
small, mid, large) and investment style (value,
blend, growth); for bond
funds, its rows and columns indicate credit quality and / or duration (short, medium, long).
The $ 1 billion
fund returned an average of 12 % over the past 15 years, beating 90 % of
funds in the
small -
blend category, according to Morningstar.
Source: Strategic Insight; Foreign
Small / Mid
Blend, Growth, and Value Morningstar
Fund Categories.
On investing, most people do not know what to do, and I would strip down most DC plans down to a
small bunch of
blended funds managed by professionals getting paid at low institutional rates.
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.
I also have 10 % each in U.S. and international
small - cap
blend funds.
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?