Summary
The fund seeks to invest for the long term in large cap companies with higher than average growth profile and stronger than average business franchise.
The investment approach of the fund focuses on discovering disruptive businesses that are on the leading edge of the change and the fund is prepared to hold these companies for the longer term even during the time of temporary adversities.
The focused fund generally holds less than 30 names and portfolio turnover averages 16% on a 3-year average.
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Directors
Dec 12, 2023- Linda S. Martinson
- Ronald Baron
- Raymond Noveck
- Abraham Nachmany
- Peggy C. Wong
- David A. Silverman, MD
- Thomas J. Folliard
- Alex Yemenidjian
- Anita James Rival
- Errol Taylor
- Marvelle Sullivan
Chief Compliance Officer
- Louis Beasley
Fund Manager(s)
Price
Company Name |
Holding |
| NVIDIA Corp | 12.09 % |
| Amazon.com Inc | 8.82 % |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 7.27 % |
| ServiceNow Inc | 6.8 % |
| Crowdstrike Holdings Inc | 5.35 % |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc | 5.28 % |
| Shopify Inc | 4.94 % |
| Microsoft Corp | 4.77 % |
| Trade Desk Inc/The | 3.92 % |
| MercadoLibre Inc | 3.6 % |
| More |
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Performance
YTD
12.8%
3 Year
-8.47%
5 Year
65.39%
Best
57.64%
2023
Worst
-50.53%
2022
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 12.6% | 19.7% | -21% | -1.6% | -9.5% | 18.7% | 7.4% | 15.2% | - | - |
| Q2 | 0.1% | 16% | -30.6% | 17.2% | 37.9% | 5.5% | 10.5% | 8.6% | 0.1% | - |
| Q3 | - | -3.5% | -2.9% | -4.2% | 11.2% | -2.4% | 5.6% | 6.4% | 10.2% | - |
| Q4 | - | 17.3% | -7.1% | 0.7% | 5.1% | 4.5% | -16.9% | 5.6% | -6.4% | - |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3% | 8.1% | 1.2% | 0.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 13.8% | -0.8% | 6.1% | -3.3% | 12.8% | 6.3% | 6.7% | -4.5% | -5.2% | -6.2% | 17.4% | 6.9% |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13% | 58% | -51% | 8% | 50% | 31% | 1% | 41% | 0% | 0% |
Alpha
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BFTUX | 13% | 58% | -51% | 8% | 50% | 31% | 1% | 41% | - | - |
| Russell 1000 | -8% | 36% | -27% | 27% | 37% | 35% | -3% | 28% | 5% | 4% |
| Alpha | 20% | 22% | -24% | -19% | 13% | -4% | 4% | 13% | - | - |