We suggest that our clients invest in
small cap funds rather than micro caps," says Robert Pagliarini, a certified financial planner and executive vice president with Allied Consulting Group in Los Angeles.
Investing in
small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds.
The RiverPark Small Cap Growth Fund provides access to an experienced small-cap team in a market in which many
small cap funds face capacity constraints.
These
Small Cap funds are given our highest rating; Zacks #1 Ranked Strong Buys.
One important feature of the Funds is the ability to effect small tilts toward Growth or Value exposures, or to place greater emphasis on Large or
Small Cap funds, while adhering to strict asset allocation parameters for each overall Fund.
The firm recently opened its third Dublin-based regional
small cap fund (US Small Companies Fund), completing its suite of regional
small cap funds resident in Ireland that also include the Pacific Basin Small Companies Fund and the European Small Companies Fund.
Small cap funds may involve considerably more risk than funds investing in larger-cap companies.
International
small cap funds have been red hot lately.
The Large Cap Fund is part of the $100 million AFBA 5Star Fund complex, which includes Science & Technology, USA Global, High Yield, Balanced, Mid Cap and
Small Cap Funds.
The Quintara Small Cap Value Fund will be co-managed by the managers of
small cap funds at ICM/Isabelle, Oakmark and Third Avenue/MJ Whitman.
Ziehl, 34, will run Guardian's
small cap funds, reporting directly to Richard Goldman, managing director and head of the Common Stock Department.
Samberg, currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pequot Capital, will continue to lead Pequot, which will maintain its existing diversified growth, telecommunications and media, healthcare, and
small cap funds.
