Summary
The fund seeks capital appreciation in the long term by investing in companies across any size in the United States.
The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.
Then the research team utilizes a fundamental approach to identify companies whose earnings growth rate exceeds that of their peer group.
The team relies on its proprietary 10-step research process to ass
Fund Manager(s)
- Kenneth Mertz
- Stacey Sears
- Joseph Garner
Price
Documents
Performance
YTD
5.1%
3 Year
-44.64%
5 Year
-18.24%
Best
51.36%
2003
Worst
-37.74%
2008
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 5.6% | 3.9% | -11.2% | 3.2% | -24.4% | 20.6% | -2.2% | 4.5% | -6.4% | 8.5% |
| Q2 | 0.1% | 8.5% | -20.4% | 30% | 31.9% | 2% | 11.6% | 6.2% | 2.1% | 5.8% |
| Q3 | - | -13.1% | -10% | -22.4% | -1.6% | -8.4% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 10.2% | -10.5% |
| Q4 | - | 11.7% | 6% | -1.2% | 0.4% | 9.9% | -21% | 6.5% | 4.3% | -2.4% |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -3.4% | 8.2% | 1.1% | -6.7% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 9% | -1.7% | -3% | -0.5% | 0.9% | 8% | -0.1% | -6.7% | -6.8% | -6.5% | 11.5% | 5.6% |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 8% | -33% | -19% | 24% | 25% | -13% | 27% | 10% | 0% |
Alpha
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSPCX | 5% | 8% | -33% | -19% | 24% | 25% | -13% | 27% | 10% | 0% |
| Russell 3000 | - | - | -29% | 25% | 37% | 34% | -3% | 28% | 6% | 4% |
| Alpha | 5% | 8% | -4% | -43% | -13% | -9% | -9% | -1% | 4% | -3% |