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Finding fund AUM over time?


Is there any way to track / monitor an individual fund's AUM flows over time? The only data that's easily available is current-year/quarter AUM. Specifically, I'm wondering what PRGTX's AUM has looked like over the past few years. Thx in advance

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  • In Morningstar premium which I get free from our local library, in the fund page you are looking at, click on the Performance tab and the last 5-10 yrs of AUM will be listed low on the page. This will not show up in the free site. Hope this helps.

  • Thanks fundly. I let my M*Premium lapse last year given the ongoing issues there, but I know where I can find that data now. Thanks!
    fundly said:

    In Morningstar premium which I get free from our local library, in the fund page you are looking at, click on the Performance tab and the last 5-10 yrs of AUM will be listed low on the page. This will not show up in the free site. Hope this helps.

  • You may be able to access it free anywhere via the internet through your local library as I do. Here are the numbers if you are not able. All in millions. PRGTX AUM
    2008-92
    09-255
    10-381
    11-500
    12-697
    13-984
    14-1626
    15-2718
    16-3153
    17-5910
    18YTD-4202

  • Thanks -- I was going to check my local library tomorrow. I appreciate the info!
    fundly said:

    You may be able to access it free anywhere via the internet through your local library as I do. Here are the numbers if you are not able. All in millions. PRGTX AUM
    2008-92
    09-255
    10-381
    11-500
    12-697
    13-984
    14-1626
    15-2718
    16-3153
    17-5910
    18YTD-4202

  • This is timely because I just happened to turn on CNBC when a former manager-of-the-year was getting undeserved air time. David Rolfe, whose principal claim to fame these days is the enormous distributions his Wedgewood Growth fund is paying, used to manage about $2B; today the fund's AUM amount to $260M. The suggestion to click on M*'s fund pdf page (in a discussion from way back) does show historical AUM, but the numbers for RWGFX make no sense. Here's a link:

    https://members.morningstar.com/accessPdf/getPdf.aspx?sourcecode=PR8013&pdfName=RWGFX

    I wondered how a manager would have to pay out so much in distributions. The answer is that the rats have been abandoning ship. A glance at the Premium portfolio holdings tab shows that Rolfe has been selling from every single position in America's best growth stocks. And M* says to stick with him! A one star, bronze rated fund is now on sale.
  • edited November 2018
    BenWP said:

    I wondered how a manager would have to pay out so much in distributions. The answer is that the rats have been abandoning ship. A glance at the Premium portfolio holdings tab shows that Rolfe has been selling from every single position in America's best growth stocks. And M* says to stick with him! A one star, bronze rated fund is now on sale.

    M* was totally behind Arnott and PAUIX for years too, as I recall. Even as PAUIX and its 20% short SPX position dragged the fund lower and lower during the 'bull' market of the past 10 years, they kept saying it was a good fund and praising his discipline. Puh-lease.

    M* stars, picks, and recommendations are just noise in the machine, at least to me. Some useful nuggets in the analyst reports from time to time, but I don't pay any attention to their star ratings or their (or anyone's) list of stocks-to-buy-now, stocks-that-are-undervalued, etc....
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