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Baron Focused Growth Fund

Scorecard
Morningstar 4 / 5 Stars
Lipper 5 4 4 3 3
Zacks Investment Research 1 (Strong Buy)
Standard & Poor's 4 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com A- (Buy)

Risk

Volatility Measurements

Updated 04.30.2013

Standard Deviation	17.5
Mean	1.15
Sharpe Ratio	0.78
Bear Market Decile Rank	37

Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics

Updated 04.30.2013

	Standard Index S&P 500 TR	Best Fit Index Morningstar Small Core TR USD
R-Squared	83.84	89.88
Beta	1.07	0.81
Alpha	-0.26	3.4

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