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2 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
2
1
2
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5
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Zacks Investment Research
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TheStreet.com
D
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#265 in Large Blend
U.S. News evaluated 498 Large Blend Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.
Performance
The fund has returned 15.51 percent over the past year, 8.77 percent over the past three years, 2.97 percent over the past five years, and 7.84 percent over the past decade.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 14.2% |
| 1 Year | 15.5% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 8.8% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | 3.0% |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | 7.8% |
Summary
Cambiar Opportunity has built an impressive long-term record.
As of May 03, 2013, the fund has assets totaling almost $779.69 million invested in 40 different holdings. Its portfolio consists primarily of shares of large companies.
After a blockbuster 2009, this fund was headed for a mediocre 2010. Through the end of the third quarter, it was struggling quite a bit, in large part due to the fund's energy picks, which suffered in the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico spill. But the market's end-of-the-year rally treated the fund particularly well, and it ended the year up 19 percent. That was good enough to land it in the top 10 percent of Morningstar's large-blend category. The fund has also had an encouraging start to this year, with its positions in Halliburton and Chevron paying off particularly well in the opening months of the 2011. At the same time, retailer Target was a huge detractor from the fund's performance in the first quarter. Compared to its peers, this fund has a slightly higher-than-average exposure to foreign companies. For instance, Flextronics International, which as of the end of 2010 was the fund's second-largest holding, is based in Singapore. The fund has returned 15.51 percent over the past year and 8.77 percent over the past three years.
Since 2001, the fund has finished six separate years in the top 10 percent of Morningstar's large-blend category. As of the end of the first quarter, the fund's trailing 10-year returns landed it in the top 9 percent of that same category. The fund has returned 2.97 percent over the past five years and 7.84 percent over the past decade.
Investment Strategy
According to the fund's prospectus: "The goal of the Fund is to provide above-average performance in both rising and falling market periods by investing in stocks that have limited downside risk and positive upside potential. ... The Adviser's approach focuses first on individual stocks and then on industries or sectors."
Role in Portfolio
Morningstar calls this fund a "core" holding.
Management
A team of five managers runs the fund.
