Summary
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in small-size companies in the United States.
The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team narrows the investable universe with the help of quantitative research and fundamental analysis.
The team looks for companies that are trading at discounts to their peers and long term outlooks and are also out of favor with investors. The team reviews trends in business fundamentals and relative values to peers in deter
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Directors
Aug 30, 2023- George H. Davis, Jr.
- H. Thomas Hicks
- Robert Fitzgerald
- Marcy Elkind, Ph.D.
- Alejandra C. Edwards, Ph.D.
- Randall H. Breitenbach
Chief Compliance Officer
- Stacey Gillespie
Fund Manager(s)
Price
Company Name |
Holding |
| Associated Banc-Corp | 0.42 % |
| AZZ Inc | 0.4 % |
| BayCom Corp | 0.09 % |
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Performance
YTD
-5.5%
3 Year
-13.71%
5 Year
22.70%
Best
33.55%
2016
Worst
-14.69%
2018
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 0.9% | 0.2% | -0.9% | 17.3% | -40.7% | 12% | -1.9% | -0.6% | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Q2 | -1.9% | 3.9% | -12.5% | 10.3% | 23.1% | -1.1% | 10.7% | 3.6% | 1% | -0.9% |
| Q3 | - | -2% | -5.4% | -7.2% | -0.1% | -0.8% | -0.1% | 6% | 11.6% | -12.5% |
| Q4 | - | 5.8% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 37.4% | 7.7% | -19.4% | 2.8% | 15.6% | 3.5% |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -5.3% | 1.6% | 4.9% | -6.3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 9.5% | -0.9% | -7.7% | -3.8% | -1.3% | 9.5% | 8.1% | -5.4% | -4.2% | -6.1% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -6% | 6% | -14% | 27% | 0% | 21% | -15% | 13% | 34% | -9% |
Alpha
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HWVAX | -6% | 6% | -14% | 27% | 0% | 21% | -15% | 13% | 34% | -9% |
| Russell 2000 | - | - | -15% | 26% | 2% | 20% | -15% | 6% | 29% | -9% |
| Alpha | -6% | 6% | 1% | 1% | -2% | 1% | -0% | 7% | 5% | 0% |