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Putnam ‘Absolute Return’ Funds Often Fail To Hit Targets

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Putnam Investments took a bold step several years ago in naming each of its four “absolute return” mutual funds for a specific performance target.

But the Boston asset manager hasn’t often delivered on the funds’ aims of beating the return on cash by one, three, five or seven percentage points a year, respectively, when measured over periods of three years or longer
Regards,
Ted
https://www.google.com/#q=Putnam+‘Absolute+Return’+Funds+Often+Fail+To+Hit+Targets

Barron's Slant:
http://blogs.barrons.com/focusonfunds/2016/03/25/putnams-absolute-return-coming-up-shy-of-targets/tab/print/

M* Snapshot PRARX:
http://www.morningstar.com/funds/XNAS/PRARX/quote.html

M* Snapshot PTRKX:
http://www.morningstar.com/funds/XNAS/PTRKX/quote.html

M* Snapshot PJMRX:
http://www.morningstar.com/funds/xnas/pjmrx/quote.html

M* Snapshot PDMRX:
http://www.morningstar.com/funds/xnas/pjmrx/quote.html
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