
Neutral fund was Meridian Growth MERDX, and the other 4-star Neutral funds were Fidelity Blue Chip Growth FBGRX, Janus Twenty JAVLX , Royce Value Plus RYVPX, and T. Rowe Price New Asia PRASX.) T. Rowe Price Growth Stock PRGFX A late 2007 manager change
then he gave it all back and then some. He got back in the hunt in 2003's rebound. Marsico Focus MFOCX vs. Janus Twenty JAVLX Both funds officially have the same focused strategy, but this, too, has a little tortoise and hare to it. Although Tom
under the Perkins name in Chicago. No big surprise that Janus Fund JANSX has a high performance correlation with Janus Twenty JAVLX (0.98) and a rather low one with Perkins Small Cap Value JSCVX (0.91). But it is surprising that its correlation with
in strategy or direction for the firm. With key fundamental equity strategies--like Janus Overseas JNOSX, Janus Twenty JAVLX , and the Janus JDGAX fund--faltering last year, Janus' relative performance figures suffered, with just 38% of fundamental
to my overall assett allocation. Opinions on this fund in general? Other funds to consider to add growth? I own a bit of JAVLX which I've had forever but not looking to add to it, more likely to replace it at some point. I'm tempted to keep it simple
channel. Making matters worse is the fact that the firm is in the process of transitioning four more funds--Janus Twenty JAVLX , Janus Forty JARTX, Janus Overseas JNOSX, and Janus Emerging Markets JMFAX--with more than $20 billion in assets under
Perkins Mid-Cap Value JDPAX (with $15 billion in AUM), Janus Overseas JNOSX ($13 billion in AUM), Janus Twenty JAVLX ($9 billion in AUM), Janus Balanced JANBX ($7 billion in AUM), and Janus Forty JARTX ($6 billion in AUM)--underperforming
awry can spell big trouble.New management has had success elsewhere.Ron Sachs took over this fund and sibling Janus Twenty JAVLX in January 2008 after longtime manager Scott Schoelzel left the firm and runs both funds in a similar manner. Sachs had previously
This fund's risks are on display but give it a little more time to prove itself.
growth funds by margins that range from an annualized 2.5% ( Janus Fund JANSX) to an annualized 8.6% ( Janus Twenty JAVLX ). Meanwhile, Global Research has beaten world-stock rivals Janus Worldwide JAWWX and Janus Global Select JORNX by an annualized