Portfolio Manager David Green recently shared an update on the Value Opportunities Fund, analyzing the primary drivers of recent performance, with a significant portion of the review exploring our strategic conviction in software holdings and their role in the current market landscape.
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The fund is non-diversified and may invest in foreign securities, junk bonds, derivatives, or small/mid cap companies. Please read the fund prospectus for a full list of fund risks. All investments contain risk and may lose value. Equities, bonds, and other asset classes have different risk profiles, which should be considered when investing.
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Click on link for top ten Fund holdings: Hotchkis & Wiley Value Opportunities Fund. Fund holdings are subject to change and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.
AI - Artificial Intelligence; Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) measures a company's net income before income tax and interest expenses are deducted; Spread is the percentage point difference between yields of various classes of bonds compared to treasury bonds; and Price/Normal Earnings is the current market price per share divided by normalized earnings per share.
The Russell 3000® Value Index includes stocks from the Russell 3000® Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth rates. The index does not reflect the payment of transaction costs, fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
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