Weitz Partners Value Fund

Class No Load (WPVLX)
Scorecard
4 / 5 Stars
Lipper
5 4 5 3 5
Zacks Investment Research
1 (Strong Buy)
Standard & Poor's
5 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
A+ (Buy)

#5 in Large Blend

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Performance

The fund has returned 21.40 percent over the past year, 13.60 percent over the past three years, 9.58 percent over the past five years, and 7.88 percent over the past decade.

Trailing Returns Updated 04.30.2013
Year to date 12.7%
1 Year 21.4%
3 Years (Annualized) 13.6%
5 Years (Annualized) 9.6%
10 Years (Annualized) 7.9%

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Summary

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund is a "multi-cap" fund and may invest in securities of any market capitalization. It tries to buy shares of the company's stock at a significant discount to what the adviser deems as its "private market value." The fund invests with a three-five year time horizon. It may invest without limitation in high-quality cash and cash equivalents such as U.S. government securities or government money market fund shares. The fund is non-diversified.

Fees

Fees are Above Average compared to funds in the same category.
Weitz Partners Value Fund has an expense ratio of 1.20 percent.

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Risk

Risk is Average compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.

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