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I was once the fund manager of a very large and well known mutual fund from 1996-2005. My brother was once an analyst for a sector fund from 1998-2000 tht is red hot today. What are our names ? Regards, Ted
I'm suspicious you are referencing the Gensler brothers, Rob & Gary. Rob left the Media & Telecom fund at Price in 2005 after a long successful tenure to become head of their Global Stock fund. So - there's a date match of sorts. Brother Gary was an analyst at Goldman Sachs in his early financial career around the time you reference. But, far as I can tell, this was not specifically at a mutual fund. Gary, of course, has written a book scathingly critical of mutual funds and has seen government service in Washington.
I would have said brothers at Fido and TRP, but the latter was busy managing funds (not serving as analyst) 1998-2000. And the fund he managed during those years isn't even in the top quarter of its sector for the past year - warm, but not exactly hot. The fund he managed in 1997 - 2000 is indeed white hot, but those are the wrong years.
Brian was the manager (not analyst AFAIK) for Health Sciences from 1998 to 2000. The fund's five year record didn't make it into the the top two deciles (top quintile); the fund's one year record isn't in the top three deciles (barely made top 1/3). On at least a relative basis, I wouldn't call that a red hot fund. YMMV.
Another of his former charges, TRP Media & Telecom (PRMTX) is top 1 percentile for past 1, 3, 5, and 10 years. Now that is what one might call a red hot fund. Today. Yesterday. Yesteryear.
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Regards,
Ted
Regards,
Ted
FBDIX and ?
My last guess.
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Ted
So I may be off track. Will keep pondering.
Regards,
Ted
Magellan Fund FMAGX and T.R. Price PRMTX.
Had to keep looking. This is it.
Regards,
Ted
Fidelity Magellan Fund: http://financials.morningstar.com/fund/management.html?t=FMAGX®ion=USA&culture=en-US
T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund: http://financials.morningstar.com/fund/management.html?t=PRHSX®ion=USA&culture=en-US
Regards,
Ted
Regards,
Ted
Another of his former charges, TRP Media & Telecom (PRMTX) is top 1 percentile for past 1, 3, 5, and 10 years. Now that is what one might call a red hot fund. Today. Yesterday. Yesteryear.
Regards,
Ted