and already-established funds increasingly favored income-generating stocks. Legg Mason ClearBridge Large Cap Growth SBLGX said generating high income would be its primary objective. Fidelity Equity-Income, which never fully embraced its income
worked alongside Cohen for more than a decade and, since 2009, has also comanaged Legg Mason ClearBridge Large Cap Growth SBLGX , Legg Mason Manager Select Large Cap Growth LSLIX, and ClearBridge's sleeve of Principal Large Cap Blend PLBIX. Mike Kagan
showing aligns with that of its siblings, Legg Mason ClearBridge Appreciation SHAPX and Legg Mason ClearBridge Large Cap Growth SBLGX . Each fund targets a different part of the stock market's valuation spectrum, but they all tend to lag in market rallies
This year's market environment provides a fair test of this fund's strengths.
Large growth 119.0 17.90 21.38 5 LeggMason ClrBrg LgGr SBLGX Large growth 1,111.8 16.95 7.50 92 Columbia Sel LgCap ..... Aggressive Growth Stock SAGAX and Legg Mason ClearBridge Large Growth SBLGX , and it is the third-biggest holding of Victory Large Cap
retailer has grown at twice the rate of the index. Smith Barney Skipper Sticks with Amazon.com Smith Barney Large Cap Growth 's SBLGX Alan Blake may be a kindred spirit with AmSouth's Lindquist. Blake also looks for companies with strong earnings growth
Concentrated portfolio courts volatility.Buy-and-hold strategy can leave the fund out of step with its peers at times.LM HDGood long-term record.Seasoned management.Low turnover minimizes trading costs and aids tax efficiency.Alan Blake took charge of this offering at its June 1997 inception but
lead managers, Scott Glasser, took on a new set of responsibilities as a comanager for Legg Mason Partners Large Cap Growth SBLGX as that fund's former skipper will be retiring at the end of October 2009. Glasser and comanagers Peter Hable and Peter Vanderlee
named comanager in April 2001. In August 2009, Glasser was also named as a comanager at Legg Mason Partners Large Cap Growth SBLGX . Kagan joined the management roster here in 2009 and also runs Legg Mason Partners Equity.USASHAPXCoreCoreThis fund is made
much better in relatively stable funds than they do in sector funds and other high-risk funds. Smith Barney Large Cap Growth SBLGX Did I mention that chip stocks have been roughed up? This fund owns Texas Instruments TXN and Intel INTC as well as some other