All fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics have been uploaded, reflecting performance through June 2019.   Some highlights …  

Recently, I subscribed to Barron’s, thanks to recommendations from folks on MFO Discussion Board. Here’s link to sweet piece by Daren Fonda, entitled “The Best Mutual Funds You’ve Never Heard Of.” The five funds are: Bernzott US Small Cap Value (BSCVX), DF Dent Premier Growth (DFDPX), Conestoga SMid Cap Inv (CCSMX), YCG Enhanced R (YCGEX), …

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As this decade comes to a close, legendary investor Bruce Berkowitz appears to be getting things right again. After making ill-timed bets on bank in 2011 and ill-advised bets on Edward Lambert and Sears in the years since, Fairholme is enjoying a resurgence. Much of the turnaround likely do to his speculation in Fannie and …

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The 25-largest fund by AUM as of 31 May 2019, shown below along with YTD performance. The top 3 spots are Vanguard, as are 10 of the 25. What were the top 20 in 1999? See post here on Twitter by Morningstar’s Ben Johnson.  

All fund risk and return metrics, ratings, and analytics have been uploaded, reflecting performance through May 2019.   Some highlights …  

Latest MFO Fund Family Scorecard gives AQR a “Lower” grade. Of AQR’s 39 funds, 26 trail their peers since launch through April 2019 based on absolute return.  

Through October, all six Dodge & Cox funds below 3- and 10-month simple moving averages (SMAs), including its Income fund DODIX. Its closed International Stock fund DODFX is trending 8.5% below is 10-month SMA.  

Since inception Hussman funds have been one of great destroyers of capital in the mutual fund industry, except for the fees they generate, which are currently as high as 2% per year. And even still, they maintain an AUM of $600M. Can you believe that?  

O’Shaughnessy Funds rose to MFO’s “Upper” Family Rating this past month. Good to see. All its 5 funds have fared very well against their competition this past year.  

All 11 Baillie Gifford funds have outperformed their peers since launch in US. YTD, however, its international/EM funds have followed their categories down … now in 6th month of drawdown. And, last month its two growth funds dipped. Still, impressive numbers so far.   Here are numbers since launch …