Summary
The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in small-size companies in the U.S.
The investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and then the research team narrows the investable universe to a list of companies that meet intermediate and long-term growth criteria. The team then delves into finding companies with durable earnings growth, high return on investment and attractive cash flow yields.
The team also reviews in-depth management strategy and looks for companies that have a potentia
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Fund Manager(s)
- Peter Barsa
- Michael Sesser
Price
Documents
Performance
YTD
-
3 Year
-10.06%
5 Year
28.52%
Best
44.58%
2013
Worst
-50.23%
2008
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | - | 4% | 3.6% | -12.1% | 5.6% | -28.1% | 13.6% | -0.4% | 5.3% | -3.4% |
| Q2 | - | - | 5.9% | -18.4% | 14.5% | 30.3% | 1% | 8.4% | 3.2% | 0.3% |
| Q3 | - | - | -6.2% | -2.9% | -10.7% | 8.8% | -3.7% | 4.2% | 6.5% | 7.5% |
| Q4 | - | - | 12.1% | 6.2% | 4.5% | 13.8% | 8% | -20.6% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | -1.6% | 4.3% | 4.2% | -6.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 0% | 14% | -26% | 3% | 28% | 21% | -14% | 21% | 9% |
Alpha
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSDSX | - | 0% | 14% | -26% | 3% | 28% | 21% | -14% | 21% | 9% |
| Russell 2000 | - | - | - | -32% | 2% | 34% | 28% | -10% | 21% | 10% |
| Alpha | - | 0% | 14% | 6% | 0% | -6% | -6% | -4% | -0% | -1% |