strategies and experience that give them a pretty good chance of continued success. That hasn't always been the case. Asset bloat causes a number of problems for a fund manager. It reduces the exposure a fund can gain to smaller, less-liquid
John Avery places similar trades to other Fidelity managers and thus ends up making the fund act like a fund with more asset bloat than it would appear from the $5 billion assets under management. Or it could be by design, as Avery runs the fund
lofty 1.84% expense ratio, which is more expensive than the vast majority of its rivals. The fund has suffered from asset bloat , high fees, and weak stock selection. Although the fund has only two rivals with longer track records, the competition
markets where Matthews funds for Asia seem to provide some advantages. Any other advantages? OEFs also suffer from asset bloat & related problem of having to sell off assets at the worst time in a declining market (which CEFs & ETFs may not
the fund ranks in the top 2% of its peer group over the past 15 years. Although the fund hasn't shown any signs of asset bloat yet, it's a monster. With more than $32 billion in net assets, it's the largest actively managed mid-cap blend
13511,00.htmlDoes Your Small-Cap Fund Suffer From Asset Bloat ?Supporting PlayerSupportingComanagers Jenifer Taylor ..... tiny positions. Closed since January 2010 to stave off asset bloat , this fund has consistently been among the category
significant portion of their net worth in their funds.The firm will quickly close funds to new investment to stave off asset bloat and remain true to its investment approach.Hotchkis' high-yield specialists have been able to give the fund an
and open a new one. Apparently he did back in May. He opened a new Total Return Fund IV, PTUZX. And to prove that asset bloat does matter, PTUZX is up over 3.07% since inception on 5/26 while PTTDX is down over 2%. Meanwhile Gundlach
to these fears. The fund's portfolio became less concentrated and less reliant on small caps--classic signs of asset bloat . (At $17.1 billion, it is the third-largest active mid-cap fund.) But there's less to worry about than
than his peers. He also invests overseas to a greater extent. Further, his nearly 500-stock portfolio may suggest asset bloat , but this sprawling nature isn't atypical. The fund held about as many stocks in the 1990s when it was smaller