Growth in Unexpected Places
A growth strategy that looks for opportunities beyond traditional growth sectors and industries
High Conviction
Seeks to outperform its benchmark through higher security conviction and market-cap flexibility
Sub-advised by Wellington
Wellington prioritizes independent thought and collaboration across all major asset classes
Objective: Seeks capital appreciation.
The portfolio managers are supported by the full resources of Wellington.
Performance
Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
SI = Since Inception.
Fund Inception: 03/31/1963
Share Class Inception: 2/28/17.
Class F-shares performance prior to 2/28/17 reflects Class I-shares performance and operating expenses, and, prior to 8/31/06 the performance and operating expenses of Class A-shares (excluding sales charges). Performance for Class F-shares prior to its inception date would have differed if Class F- operating expenses had been reflected. Since Inception (SI) performance is calculated from 2/19/02.
Characteristics
| # of Holdings | 51 |
|---|---|
| % in Equities | 99 |
| % in Foreign Equities | 6 |
| Beta (3 year) | 1.17 |
| R Squared (3 year) | 0.96 |
| Standard Deviation | 17.67% |
| Turnover | 107% |
| Active Share | 47% |
| FUND | Russell 3000 Growth Index | |
|---|---|---|
| Price/Earnings | 23.6x | 22.1x |
| Price/Book | 10.3x | 12.7x |
| EPS Growth Rate | 18.1% | 14.7% |
| Asset Weighted Market Cap (billions) | $1706.9 | $1852.4 |
| Return on Equity | 37.5% | 55.8% |
| Median Market Cap (billions) | $76.7 | $2.2 |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 15.09 |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 7.37 |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 6.83 |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 5.64 |
| Apple, Inc. | 5.19 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 4.43 |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 4.35 |
| Netflix, Inc. | 3.81 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 3.54 |
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.38 |
| Total Portfolio % | 59.63 |
| Less than $2 billion | 0 | |
| $2 billion - $5 billion | 0 | |
| $5 billion - $10 billion | 0 | |
| Greater than $10 billion | 100 | |
| Not Classified | 0 | |
|
Alpha (5 Year)
|
-6.22 |
|
Down Capture (5 Year)
|
123.35 |
|
Information Ratio (5 Year)
|
-1.05 |
|
Sharpe Ratio (5 Year)
|
0.28 |
|
Up Capture (5 Year)
|
97.85 |
FUND |
BENCHMARK | UNDERWEIGHT / OVERWEIGHT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/25 | 2/28/26 | 2/28/26 | -9 0 9 | ||||
| Communication Services | 20 | 21 | 12 | ||||
| Consumer Discretionary | 16 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| Energy | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Utilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Health Care | 8 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Consumer Staples | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Real Estate | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Materials | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Information Technology | 45 | 46 | 48 | ||||
| Industrials | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Financials | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||||
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