David Daglio from The Boston Company. He manages the Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap Value Fund and the Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap Fund. David, thanks so much for joining us today. David Daglio : Great. A pleasure to be here, Ryan
to pay off. The Losers Let's take a look at a few funds with the biggest declines so far in August Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap DSCVX fell to a 19% year-to-date loss from an 1% loss. I mentioned that small caps have been taking
specialists recommend rebalancing and spreading risk across as many categories as possible. David Daglio of Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap ( DSCVX ) likes valuations of large-caps, and the sectors – real estate ( JLL ), auto industry equipment
I was thinking of adding DSCVX to my Roth. This would represent about 6% of my total portfolio allocation. I know the expense ratio is a little high at 1
the rewards of its wide-ranging strategy. Read the full Analyst Report . 83.22 141 With Dreyfus Small Company Value 's DSCVX feast or famine profile, it's hard to recommend that investors stay the course. Investors wanting good risk-adjusted performance
The fund posted truly awful losses in 2002, contributing to one of the category's worst long-term records.This fund can be volatile at times.This fund looks tamer under current manager David Daglio because he has trimmed its large stakes in growth areas of the market.In August 2005, Peter Higgins,
they're cheap.Higgins has been managing this fund since its inception in 1995. He also runs Dreyfus Small Company Value DSCVX . Brian Ferguson joined the fund as comanager in March 2001. Previously, he was an equity analyst for The Boston Company
category. Also worth noting are the two value funds on the list. Dreyfus Midcap Value DMCVX and Dreyfus Small Company Value DSCVX are up 20.1% and 21.7% respectively. It turns out that it s the same thing that s driving Seligman: chip stocks. Manager
soon. Bridgeway closed at a tiny asset level to begin with, so reopening would seem unlikely. Dreyfus Small Company Value DSCVX , however, has seen its asset base shrink by more than $100 million to $293 million since it closed in 1998. I wouldn t