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  • RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund to reopen to new investors
    @MFO Members: RPHYX performance record, I'm not impressed !
    Regards,
    Ted
    YTD= 97 Percentile
    1-Yr.=99 " "
    3-Yr.=83 " "
    5-Yr.-97 " "
    http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.action?t=RPHYX&region=usa&culture=en-US
    The response you will get is that it is mischaracterized as a high yield fund by Morningstar. And I tend to agree. But what is not mentioned is how it will do worse when junk bonds perform worse ala 2015 and vice versa ala 2012. So there is a correlation. What I don't get though is all the love for a fund with a 3 and 5 year annualized return under 3%. By the very nature of this fund you will never get rich! It sure beats a money market so can understand using it in lieu of cash and can understand using it in retirement.
  • RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund to reopen to new investors
    Hi, Derf.
    No, the "beating" came at Mr. Sherman's other fund, RiverPark Strategic Income. Things went poorly with two positions at once, which causes a sustained dip in performance. RPHYX's maximum drawdown by 0.5% in August 2015. RSIVX's maximum drawdown occurred in February 2016, with a peak to trough drop of 7.6%. It's up 13.4% since then.
    David
  • RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund to reopen to new investors
    For what interest it holds, RiverPark and the Cohanzick folks have been under considerable, consistent and understandable pressure to re-open RPHYX/RPHIX. It has the highest Sharpe ratio in existence and very reliably does what it promises with negligible (not "no," just "negligible") volatility. Both of those parties have refused to reopen because it would compromise their ability to execute the strategy.
    They've now been able to move $150 million or so out of RPHYX and into what Mr. Schaja refers to as "private label funds" at Cohanzick; those fiunds will pursue a somewhat different investment strategy than Short-Term High Yield, which creates additional space for investors interested in the fund. As with other managers (Seafarer, for instance), RiverPark pursued the "direct purchase" as a tool for managing inflows (and, implicitly, to keep people from gaming the system).
    Mr. Schaja guesses that the fund might remain open for a couple months, but that's going to be determined by flows.
    David
  • RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund to reopen to new investors
    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494928/000139834417004560/fp0025080_497.htm
    497 1 fp0025080_497.htm
    RiverPark Funds Trust
    RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund
    Institutional Class (RPHIX)
    Retail Class (RPHYX)
    Supplement dated April 5, 2017 to the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (the “Disclosure Documents”) dated January 27, 2017.
    This supplement provides new and additional information beyond that contained in the Disclosure Documents and should be read in conjunction with the Disclosure Documents.
    IMPORTANT NOTICE ON PURCHASE OF FUND SHARES
    Effective as of the close of business on April 5, 2017 (the “Re-Opening Date”), the RiverPark Short Term High Yield Fund (the “Fund”) will be publicly available for sale on a limited basis as set forth below.
    The following groups will be permitted to purchase Fund shares after the Re-Opening Date:
    1. Shareholders of record of the Fund as of the Re-Opening Date (although if a shareholder closes all accounts in the Fund, additional investment in the Fund from that shareholder may not be accepted) may continue to purchase additional shares in their existing Fund accounts either directly from the Fund or through a financial intermediary and may continue to reinvest dividends or capital gains distributions from shares owned in the Fund,
    2. New shareholders may open Fund accounts and purchase directly from the Fund (i.e. not through a financial intermediary), and
    3.Members of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, persons affiliated with RiverPark Advisors, LLC or Cohanzick Management, LLC and their immediate families will be able to purchase shares of the Fund and establish new accounts.
    The Fund may from time to time, in its sole discretion, limit the types of investors permitted to open new accounts, limit new purchases or otherwise modify the above policy at any time on a case-by-case basis.
    PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
  • American Beacon Sound Point Floating Rate Income SPFPX
    Thank you all for the input, I will do more research as suggested, but also wait much longer for them to demonstrate a track record. Overall, there is no urgency, I am invested in RPHYX for the very short run, and PIMIX for a longer term.
  • Need Income? These Investments Are Great Places To Park Your Money Right Now
    The tax implications of MLPs is driving me away from them. Perhaps I should get over my fears. Thing is there is already so much to RE-search and ANAL-yse. So I have always avoided REITs and MLPs and the like.
    Even bonds I am not comfortable with. So use balanced funds even in taxable accounts, e.g. VWELX and JPVDX. I only became poor man's 007 with RPHYX and RSIVX. Maybe after I retire and if still alive I will look in to MLPs when I would have more time on my hands. Right now if I use that time, I couldn't post this message.
  • Best and Worst Funds Discovered Here At MFO
    Best: RPHYX/RPHIX - I annually funded it for 2 years worth of monthly withdrawals as our retirement 'paycheck'.
    Mixed Bag: RSIVX/RSIIX - On the taxable side, I did a little tax loss harvesting and then reinvested once Mr Sherman got the train back on the track. On the IRA side, it's been an interesting ride, but in the long run, it has been an overall gainer. ( I tend to be a buy & hold traditionalist )
    Worst: The RiverPark Focused Value Fund RFVIX/RFVFX
    Speaking of which: Whatever happened to the occasional Conference Call invitations? I haven't seen any for awhile...
  • Best and Worst Funds Discovered Here At MFO
    Best: DSENX, SFGIX, Grandeur Peak, RPHYX
    Disappointments: SEEDX, RWGFX, FOBAX, RSIVX
  • Best and Worst Funds Discovered Here At MFO
    Best- rphyx/rphix, prsnx, rncox,pondx,vmnvx
    Worst- rsivx. purchased just before it flailed and it ended up being tax harvested. repurchased recently.
  • ten two-and-two funds
    Thank you Mr. Snowball.
    I opine...
    SSTHX - out of the reckoning on first principles. Wells Fargo...FAR GO I.
    GABCX - Succession issues.
    ZEOIX - not available at Brokerages (I know, I know, I'm being picky)
    MWSTX - Just look at the chart and see what happened in 2008. No sirreee...
    ENIAX, SEEAX - $100,000K minimum. Nope
    ITAAX - After Dot Com Bust can't look at this fund company ever again, just like can't look at Invesco ever again
    HLGFX - $1MM minimum, so looked at ONUAX which dropped a M*, then looked at chart around 2008. Nope dee doo.
    RPHIX - I own RPHYX
    BRASX - BATAX may be more accessible to buy, but BRASX is Corporate Bond and BATAX is Intermediate Bond, and someone please put M* out of business.
    So all in all, ZEOIX is it for me looks like...
    Question - Where do I get max DD numbers if MFO does not track fund. I own IRNIX and wanted to see how it did. Rolling returns on 1 year basis at M* not looking too bad at first glance, but I'm worried I am not evaluating correctly.
    Finally - I also own FPNIX. Thinking RPHYX, RSIVX, IRNIX, FPNIX - I should just chill out.
  • Best/worst performing fund YTD in your portfolio
    Stock Funds highest: BPTRX 12.2 FSPHX 11.81 Lowest WFPAX 2.99
    Bond Funds highest: PONDX 1.25 lowest RPHYX .29 (but meeting expectations)
  • Cash Alternatives
    I have been intrigued by GADVX, but never pulled the trigger. I have used RPHYX, RSIVX, LCMAX, MINT, and some free trade ETF
  • Cash Alternatives
    I'd consider Zeo Strategic Income (ZEOIX), which we've profiled. It's a bit more volatile that RPHYX but not hugely and a bit more rewarding. In terms of a risk-return tradeoff, I checked for funds with standard deviations at or below Zeo's and returns at or above theirs. There are only two such funds: Guggenheim Limited Duration and GMO Opportunistic Income, which has a $750 million minimum initial investment requirement.
    Guggenheim fans might look at Guggenheim Enhanced Short Duration ETF (GSY). I screened for funds with the highest 5-year Sharpe ratio. RiverPark is first (that's not unusual), what appears to be a closed-end real estate income fund (BV5J) is second and Guggenheim is third. 1.3% returns but the max 5-year drawdown is 0.1% and the standard deviation is 0.3%. That puts it roughly 1.3% above cash with minimal volatility.
    As to Zeo, its maximum drawdown is 1.5% with a recovery period of five months. Over the past five years it's returned 3.4% with a standard deviation of 1.3%.
    David
  • Cash Alternatives
    Hmmm...I never heard of PTIAX and it has a maturity out 7-8 years. Need to research. I do own both RPHYX and RSIVX in both taxable and tax deferred accounts.
    I am really trying to avoid directly holding fund with the fund company. It is just a pain at tax time. Very few funds I own direct. PTIAX is available at brokerages so its a plus. Funny thing is its municipal bond fund has capital preservation in the goal, PTIAX doesn't, and very wierd part is that for fact sheet of PTIAX it mentioned municipal bonds are undervalued while for THAT funds fact sheet it mentions no such thing.
    If anyone aware of any manager interviews or something for PTIAX, kindly link. Google didn't help me out, but then you have to know what to search for.
  • Cash Alternatives
    Hello. Does anyone have any ideas for a cash alternative fund? In this case I'm thinking in terms of money not needed for 1-3 years. Currently, I'm using the old tried and true RPHYX and PTIAX. Does anyone have any other ideas? What if the scenario is extended to 3-5 years? Thanks,
    -psuche98
  • What Are You Buying ... Selling ... or Pondering?
    Presently feeling like a deer caught in headlights. Not doing much. Also elder princess not making her mind where she wants to go for College so trying to raise some cash for 4 years (yeah I'm going to keep all of it aside). Maybe she'll just go to the local school where she has full scholarship, maybe she won't.
    So buying some more FPNIX and RPHYX with some of the money as lower risk play instead of keeping it all in cash. And now, just received proxy for voting to allow fund to purchase securities held by board and manager for FPNIX.
    Hmm....thinking...
  • Changing environment and year-end eval.
    Hi Crash. This is a stimulating topic which I find very interesting. But rarely if ever do I attempt to forecast where markets will go. I've been surprised too many times in the past to trust my instincts in that regard. What I do try to do (sometimes successfully) is add or remove risk in the portfolio by raising or lowering my cash and short duration bond position. On that score, I'm not bullish now - but not bearish either. Have been pretty much sitting on my hands with a slightly elevated cash/short bond position for several months. (It wouldn't take much more of this market rally to convince me to raise that a bit higher).
    Re: RPIHX - Like you I'm locked out of PRHYX. But I'm not eager to own high yield now anyway. Mark Vaselkiv who has run the very successful RPHYX for many years is co-manager of RPIHX. So that's good. If I wanted a substitute for PRHYX, I'd probably buy it trusting in Vaselkiv and T. Rowe's management in general. But I think everyone looking at high yield now needs to realize that these securities tend to have risk characteristics typical of both bonds and equities. In the case of very low grade junk bonds, the risks are even more closely aligned with equities. Be very worried about these if the stock market takes a deep dive. They're not imune to carnage.
    Re RPSIX (which you don't like): I like it as a stabilizing influence in my portfolio. You are correct that it's not a bond fund. It's multi-sector Income, even holding 12% + - in their Equity Income stock fund.
    "Do I need a U.S. domestic core-plus bond fund, after all?" - Heavens no. I've never felt that need. That's been especially true the past 5 or 10 years with 10-year Treasuries yielding under 5%. That's not to say bonds can't serve a purpose in many portfolios. But it depends on your other holdings and your style. Does everyone need a dedicated bond fund? No.
  • Mutual fund dividend payout history
    I believe you'll find that M* gives the last five dividends. That could span the last five years if the fund paid dividends annually, such as Vanguard Primecap VPMCX. Or that could cover less than half a year if the fund paid monthly dividends, such as Riverpark Short Term High Yield (RPHYX).
  • Not Boring Enough: Investors Leave "Low-Volatility" Funds
    I own VMVFX. I was indeed looking at other low volatility funds like those from BMO. However, I never brought myself to pull the trigger. Thing is, ANY fund, important to buy at right time. There is no fund that you can just buy any time, unless maybe one like RPHYX for different intent and purpose.