
these three categories and why they carry a Supporting Player label rather than Core. Large-Cap Blend Mairs & Power Growth MPGFX For some investors, this fund might work as a core holding given its low volatility and multicap blend approach, but it also
Apple computer in suburban Minneapolis or somewhere in Iowa or North Dakota instead of Silicon Valley, Mairs & Power Growth MPGFX might have been a long-term Apple owner. The fund doesn't own many technology stocks, but Apple has much that Mairs
to put a company 401K. I am 33 years old and have 39K in company stock that I can't get for another 4 years and 10K in ( MPGFX ). I have left the company and have 15K in the company 401K. I am looking at either (TRRKX) or (RPSIX), but any suggestions
Mairs & Power Balanced Fund, MAPOX, Another thread on the subject of proposed changes to Mairs & Power funds, entitled " MPGFX changes in policies," has already been started here: http://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/forums/p
My normal response when participating in a shareholder vote is to oppose management in everything. However, Mairs and Power has always seemed a lot less devious than most corporations I've held. Now I am asked to vote on their reorganization into a Delaware trust, and changes in many investment
CFIMX, Fairholme FAIRX, FMI Large Cap FMIHX, Jensen Quality Growth JENSX, Longleaf Partners LLPFX, Mairs & Power Growth MPGFX , Matrix Advisors Value MAVFX, Oakmark Select OAKLX, and Sequoia SEQUX--to create a portfolio, and the results were telling
arguing that their risk/reward trade-off was more appealing than corporates. In all, this and sibling Mairs & Power Growth MPGFX have long exemplified active management at its finest. See More Articles by Christine Benz 30-Minute Money Solutions Need
Noticed that this fund in now available at Fidelity was a transaction fee. Always thought it was a good one and have been looking for a good LC alternative to SLASX and the plain SP 500 Index. What do you think?
The fund's all-cap approach means that relative performance can sag when mega-caps dominate the market, as they did in 1998 and 1999.Concentrated portfolio makes it susceptible to individual security risk.Stock picks tend to pile up in a few sectors, such as industrial materials, which can sting if
this fund will look further outside the upper Midwest and is more diversified by sector than its sibling, Mairs & Power Growth MPGFX , the portfolio still has concentrated exposures. The fund's 30% stake in industrials--an outgrowth of Frels' geographic