… you'll still get poor results. In addition, the star managers often have a culture clash and leave the firm. Think of Jim McCall at Merrill Lynch, Mary Lisanti at Strong, or Pat Adams at Kemper--all three had rocky tenures before hitting the road …
… underperformance and an ill-timed move into risky technology stocks just before a steep sell-off in 2000. Bull-market hero Jim McCall also became a bear-market casualty. Two years after Merrill Lynch mer and PBHG Funds fought over his services, the momentum …
… suffered stunning losses, yet there hasn t been the bloodletting that we saw in value funds in 1999 and 2000. However, Jim McCall left Merrill Lynch MER last week and he won t be the last growth manager to go. The saving grace for some hard-hit growth …
… opinions on which fund should be rookie of the year and you gave it to me. I got votes for Merrill Lynch Focus Twenty MAFOX, Jim McCall s new fund, and I received a few impassioned e-mails on behalf of Longleaf Partners International LLINX, which is a good …
… guest columnist for today's Fund Spy. Russel Kinnel will return Monday. Merrill Lynch had great expectations for manager Jim McCall when he arrived. Six months ago, the firm wrestled McCall away from Pilgrim Baxter, where he had put together a superb …
… Adams leaves Berger Funds. 31 Ryan Jacob leaves Internet Fund WWWFX . June 1 Vanguard Windsor VWNDX reopens. 2 PBHG removes Jim McCall from his funds after he sues to leave for Merrill Lynch. 13 William Berger, founder of Berger Funds, dies. 30 Federal …
… increase the accountability of managers, and bolster the firm's growth lineup. He has aggressively hired new talent. Jim McCall , for example, came over from Pilgrim, Baxter & Associates, and will manage a diversified large-cap fund and a concentrated …
… Wall, it was a nonevent because Gorbachev would probably just rebuild it.) After all, funds managed by Gary Haubold and Jim McCall were still putting up fine numbers. Since then, Haubold and McCall have left the firm. Haubold may start his own hedge …
… t seen signs that PBHG is making efforts to assemble analysts and managers sufficient for the family's size. And with Jim McCall off Core Growth PBCRX , Large Cap 20 PLCPX , Large Cap Growth PBHLX , and Select Equity PBHEX , Pilgrim and his colleagues …
… been floundering for a while, but it's falling apart these days. After well-publicized legal wrangling, top manager Jim McCall is no longer running PBHG funds . Meanwhile, Mike Hahn, former comanager of PBHG Technology and Communications Fund PBTCX …