Group Think Funds What an interesting thread. Thanks Mike for starting it. Because of this site I've bought over the last 2 years SUBFX, RPHYX, RSIVX, RNCOX, GPIOX, HUSIX, MAINX, ARIVX and SFGIX -- half my fund portfolio. (My other, older positions, mostly due to M*, are ARTKX, FAIRX, FAAFX, MPACX, BRAGX, BRUSX, CIPSX and VPCCX -- all great funds.) I dropped ARIVX after six months and replaced it with half HUSIX and half RPHYX, a decision I feel has both increased my returns and lowered my risk. Aside from ARIVX, about which I've posted a few times already (I lost faith not because of poor performance, but because his management reports convinced me he was a tea partier, convinced that government debt was going to smother the recovery before it started and that the thing to do was load up on miners and precious metals) I've been happy with all these funds. Sure, MAINX is down a few points since I bought it, but it's way overperformed its category, and I do think you need to give a fund at least 3 years if its management seems talented.
In retrospect, like Mike I probably didn't need an Asian bond fund, but the excitement/groupthink about MAINX drove me into it. But MAINX is doing what it is supposed to (not its fault that I chose to buy right before mon pol tightening in the U.S. came into view), it is a small position, and I will probably hold on to it at least through the next cycle of irrational exuberance about Asia.
Group Think Funds I would certainly include RPHYX as a GTF that has more than proved itself. Hopefully, RSIVX will follow its sibling's footsteps.
the mp3 recording of the call to David Sherman, RSIVX Do we have the mp3 recording of the call to David Sherman, the manager of the RiverPark Strategic Income RSIVX? Unfortunately I have missed it.
Thanks a lot
Monday: talking with David Sherman tonight, 7:00 Eastern Reply to
@AndyJ: Thanks, Andy, that helps. What about my second question on the projected return for
RSIVX? Morty's explanation and conclusion don't conform to what I see in my own
RSIVX portfolio. In contrast, the returns they quote for RPHYX perfectly match with mine.
Monday: talking with David Sherman tonight, 7:00 Eastern Reply to
@David_Snowball: Yes, the conference call was informative and very helpful. I'm still not sure about two things: 1) I didn't catch precisely the %securities overlap between
RSIVX and RPHYX. He recited lots of numbers but I missed it; 2) I'm still not sure how they compute the target return for
RSIVX on the basis of performance data to-date. Morty explained it but I didn't get it and had no opportunity to question him. David, could you shed some light on these two issues? Thanks.