@MFO Members: Very impressive short-term performance results for a fund only a little over a year old. However, it has a very highly concentrated portfolio, just 19 stock, and is a damm the torpedos, full speed ahead long-term capital appreciation fund. Before I can claim it a winner, winner, chicken dinner, I'd like to see a couple of more years of performance results.
Regards,
Ted

Not unlike the recent uptick in Bank of Japan continuing to add more purchases via custom etf's in equity sectors in their country and also more foreign bond purchases.
@bee Question: Are we really investing in what were traditional markets prior to the last melt? Don't fight the Fed has taken on a new meaning the past few years, eh?
Hey, you don't have to answer the question. More of a thought here; as I continue to question the "quest" for helping monies at least stay ahead of inflation and future taxation.
Take care,
Catch

@VF
>> Monthly, Weekly if possible.
>> We have to make decisions in the present. Someone will always come along and tell me 3 years after I sell what an idiot I am. Can't make decisions in hindsight and foresight. Important for me to know how fund is doing at present - how is it handling current market conditions.
Well, they're not magicians. They take their best shot, like all of us. If you want to daytrade or weektrade, go for it, though it will not do your stomach any favors. There is no present for investing, only decisions based on past, present, and imagined future, all baked into one mess.
Always ignore anyone who tells you you're an idiot unless they are personally significant to you.

At Morningstar the capture ratios are under the tab for risk and ratings

Yup, but I wanted them over a narrower time frame than 1 year. I wanted to do YTD, Monthly, Weekly if possible. Numbers are already bad for longer durations on M*.
For instance, SEEDX has obviously bad numbers 1 year for D and U. 3 year they are better for D, but given fund always owns cash, and was even less fully invested at inception, its not surprising both D and U numbers are less than 100%, and even then D is higher than U.
We have to make decisions in the present. Someone will always come along and tell me 3 years after I sell what an idiot I am. Can't make decisions in hindsight and foresight. Important for me to know how fund is doing at present - how is it handling current market conditions. I'm thinking data is out there and someone is capturing it.

Invested in this fund years ago (in my "novice dumb luck" days). Always respected "Ab". Bailed on 2nd gen, but wish I'd given them a break....

@Crash TRPrice indicates two distributions,too; in Sept and Dec. of 2015 since your purchase.
We do our numbers every week and have for many years. We do the most simple process. So, for your TRGRX; if you purchased $10,000 on your noted date and the dollar value is now $11,469 (example only), one arrives at about +14.69 return noted.
I don't pay attention (other than checking) what distributions have taken place, (say over a 1 year period); but what is the total return during a given period.
I did see that TRP had return numbers, but were set for one year from July 31-July 31.
Anyhoo......have to get outside again before the rain arrives.

More details on Seafarer Oversea Value fund is available on Seafarer website. Their thesis of value investing is new and unproven in a highly volatile and risky area. For now I will stay with Growth and Income fund until the new fund has been running for several years.

Oppenheimer's investors (529 participants) took a sizable loss in their "Core Bond" within a conservative portfolio. Oppenheimer settled out of court and a new administrator, TIAA-CRAF was named afterward
doj.state.or.us/releases/pages/2009/rel111909.aspx
It paid to get to know these companies prior to commit your 529 $ to them. Strong funds was charged with 2002-2003 mutual fund scandal, actually the worst offender charged among others. The founder of Strong fund, Dick Strong was banned for life from security exchange business afterward, and the mutual fund business was sold to Wells Fargo.
We considered Utah and decided to stay with States that Vanguard would manage the underlying portfolio and bookkeeping (i.e. all $ reside at Vanguard) for full transparency. In the end we picked Iowa over Nevada and New York based on the portfolio makeup with added exposure to emerging market. Thing may have changed since then.
https://personal.vanguard.com/us/whatweoffer/college/finda529Popup.jsf?cbdForceDomain=false
Other states including Utah use low cost Vanguard index funds and other mutual funds. I am glad to heat that Utah 529 is able to fulfill your need. Recently we changed our 529 portfolio since our kid will be attending college in less than 3 years.

I looked at it several years ago, but I don't see compelling reason how it may fit into my portfolio.

I had exchanged posts with Mr Snowball on SCMFX. It seemed overrated to me.

What were you looking at when you made the selection?
A quick look at it Vs the RUT showed that over 10 years they were about equal and over 5 years SCMFX underperformed RUT
http://finance.yahoo.com/chart/SCMFX#eyJjb21wYXJpc29ucyI6Il5SVVQiLCJjb21wYXJpc29uc0NvbG9ycyI6IiMxYWM1NjciLCJjb21wYXJpc29uc0dob3N0aW5nIjoiMCIsImNvbXBhcmlzb25zV2lkdGhzIjoiMSIsIm11bHRpQ29sb3JMaW5lIjpmYWxzZSwiYm9sbGluZ2VyVXBwZXJDb2xvciI6IiNlMjAwODEiLCJib2xsaW5nZXJMb3dlckNvbG9yIjoiIzk1NTJmZiIsIm1maUxpbmVDb2xvciI6IiM0NWUzZmYiLCJtYWNkRGl2ZXJnZW5jZUNvbG9yIjoiI2ZmN2IxMiIsIm1hY2RNYWNkQ29sb3IiOiIjNzg3ZDgyIiwibWFjZFNpZ25hbENvbG9yIjoiIzAwMDAwMCIsInJzaUxpbmVDb2xvciI6IiNmZmI3MDAiLCJzdG9jaEtMaW5lQ29sb3IiOiIjZmZiNzAwIiwic3RvY2hETGluZUNvbG9yIjoiIzQ1ZTNmZiIsInJhbmdlIjoiNXkifQ==

After reviewing all available options, we chose Iowa 529 plan that uses a host of Vanguard index funds. The choices are either age-based or individual portfolio. We are very happy with the age-based portfolio and its return for the past 15 years. By the way, we skipped our home state, Oregon 529. The state administrator consistently picked poor fund families that run the plan. First it was the Strong, then came Oppenheimer, and now TIAA-CREF. Even with state tax deduction, we decided to forgo the incentive and went with Iowa's plan instead.

We've invested in Utah's 529 for ten years. A 50/50 split between VITPX and VBMPX .
Combined annualized total return = 6.4% per year.

At least you admitted to hijacking the thread. Now can the MFO SWAT team please help me with my original questions. Hopefully our discussions are not always "look how great a fund is" and then not say anything until a time comes and fund has few good years after which we come back and PT ourselves in the back. Investing is dine in the present and notwith benefit of hindsight. That is M* behavior

@davidmoran No, not all gold related; but it sure has helped YTD, eh? @Junkster You're still covered with your prior assumption of PRPFX. It's having a "day in sun" from the choices in place at this time. Most of us here all have our "geez" moments about the ones that got away. Multiply by years of investing and the positive compound returns, over and over; and one could buy their own private island or whatever, eh?
PRPFX = 5 year return rate at 1.1%
Most here understand the market cycle sector benefits or downfalls of this type of fund.
Looking at the composition (below link); one finds gold in various forms, real estate and appears to be long term gov't. bonds; among other.
I'll pick a few simple and readily available choices if one really had their act together at the start of 2016 to look like the smartest one around for many miles. 'Course these may all go into the ground within the next year and cause one to look like a real buy and hold dumbbell, too.
YTD's for the following:
---GDXJ = +135.2%
---GDX = +98.1%
---GLD = +24.2%
---EDV = +24.1%
---IYR = +11.2%
---LQD = +10.4%
Hey, make your own list based upon what you find in PRPFX, but don't forget to sell at the proper time to lock the profits.
PRPFX composition.
@VintageFreak Apologizes for perverting your original questions.
Take care,
Catch

SCMFX What is there to like about a fund that has significantly underperformed its category YTD, 1 Yr, 3 YR, and 5 Yr ?? SEEDX isn't much better. One common refrain (excuse) when investors hold underperforming funds is it's for diversification purposes. However, in the spirit of fair disclosure I use to rag on holders of PRPFX a dog of a dog the past many years and now look how superbly it has performed this year. So what do I know? Not much - which is about as much as all the so-called experts out there.

I hold some Schwab 2030 TDF (SWDRX) and have been happy with it's performance over the years. However, YTD performance has fallen off sharply (91st percentile). I'm not panicking yet, but does anyone have any idea of what might be going on this year?

haha, maybe; I do play a little bit trading ups and downs, rich-friends' tips and such, biotech and oil and a REIT or two, also CLF, also Acacia, and had a good string of years until starting a couple of years ago, and since then probably have coughed it all up, gah, gah, gah.
In retirement I am trying to curtail my stupidity and manage my greed, with only partial success.

Well, somebody's been buying for the last couple of years. Is all of that you, David?

@JoJo26:
QLEIX and QLENX are available in Fidelity retirement accounts for $100K and $500 minimums, respectively, with a TF.
@msf:
I totally agree with your assessment of the ER. That is why I have been advocating for years that M* report on the fund's front page the actual expense ratio that investors will be paying, as detailed in the prospectus. In this case, the actual ER of 1.87% should be reported on the fund's front page. And notice that this 1.87% figure doesn't even appear in the expense breakdown for the fund. M* could report this accurate ER but chooses to not do so, likely to favor fund managements over investors. M* could and should do better.
Kevin

If you're going to be invested for ten years or more, move the dough now.