Different twist. This one’s for “ordinary” rather than “regular” investors - :)
“In the past several years, private-equity firms have begun to raise large amounts of money from retail investors, a group that most alternative-asset managers had typically neglected. Private funds are generally open to people with at least $1 million to invest or an annual salary of $200,000 or more …”
WSJ
Here’s a YAHOO link / story if you don’t have a WSJ subscription.

2% is quite low by hedge fund standards. I’ll pass on this opportunity. Hedge funds for the filthy rich make some sense. I think as someone noted elsewhere, wealth at the upper level is concentrated in families and passed on generation to generation. Similar to how big pension funds operate. So a 5-10 year bear market and a 30% + haircut doesn’t mean that much. They will survive during the downturn and the generational wealth will eventually recover. Part of the key to high returns is the inability to withdraw assets at will. Otherwise, many might flee at low points in the market and disrupt the very long term strategy.

PMEFX, not off to a great start this year, but its 3-year record is encouraging if you want a fund that is not concentrated in large-cap funds.

Appreciate the response! We are steering clear of small-caps. Too damn volatile for a buy-and-hold guy like me. (

30 Nov. 2023: 17% "not classified?" in PMEFX. WTF? Is that maybe 100-year old Saurian brandy futures from Star Trek?)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r2OkF-Yck6Q

Not sure where you’re seeing “Not classified.” From their Q4 Fact Sheet:
Equity 35.3%
HY Corporate 35.8%
Investment Grade Corporate 25.8%
Treasury 1.6%
Cash 1.5%

Range-bound. That's where my portfolio is. 54 stocks, 37 bonds 7 cash.
Just thought I'd mention it. Getting impatient. Tonight, I'm sitting just off my OLD high-point, at the start of '22, before the interest rate hikes. Financials, Energy, Tech and Healthcare are where I'm most concentrated. In that order. Bonds have come up, yes. But not "so'z you'd notice."
I really don't want to pile into a horrifically crowded tech-trade right now. Arm, A.I., Facebook, Google, Amazon. And some of my stuff is holding WFC as a top holding. Makes me want to gag. Criminal suck-bag banksters. All of the huge banks are that way.
Interest rate cuts will help. Earnings have pretty much been coming in hot for 4Q '23. Still not much of a difference in MY portfolio. Stinky poopy. Meanwhile, tempus fugit.
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@Derf - Thanks for your question. My wife and I are invested in a similar ratio as you; much larger allocation to VWIAX than this new, very modest investment in PRCFX (just a toe hold). VWIAX holds a 35% position in an IRA requiring RMDs, and now that the market has recovered somewhat, I thought it was time to begin diversifying beyond the value stocks and intermed-term bonds.

@Level5 : Any reason why you're making the move at this time ? Thanks for posting as I'll begin to keep an eye on both for a comparison. I hold a small piece of PRCFX & about 7 times that amount in VWIAX.

(This dude won’t be one of them.)
ESPN
The total is staggering. Hopefully they’re not gambling with their 401Ks or IRAs the way they are on sports.
For comparison, mid-cap companies are defined as having a market capitalization between $2 and $10 billion.
Large cap stocks in that range - LIST
WBD / $23.9 Bil
RJF / $23.5 Bil
STT / $23.3 Bil
EBAY / $21.8 Bil
According to one commentator, there will be more than 10,000 different things folks will be able to bet on during the game. One supposes issues like what color Taylor Swift will be wearing, wind speed at kickoff and whether any rain falls are among them.

@BaluBalu
See my link on this thread from Feb 3rd on page 8 for historical returns for Marshfield equity composite vs SP500
Best regards
Baseball fan

Thanks. That link just spools and does not load on my iPad.

@WABAC
Doing a quick look-see, I get these respective allocations for you based on your data.
I invite you or anyone to proof these calcs.
AAPL 0.05%
AMZN 0.00%
GOOGL 0.40%
META 0.00%
MSFT 1.02%
NVDA 0.00%
TSLA 0.00%
Total 1.47%
If you are OK with my calc's, I'll use them in the next summary.

@rforno, that would be an interval-fund, a special type of CEF.
OEFs can only suspend redemption temporarily, but may impose redemption fees (like class B loads that have almost gone away now due to paperwork problems).
Nontraded/non-listed funds can do that too. We see that for once popular nontraded REITs such as Blackstone BReit and Starwood SReit - these have been under max redemption (2% per month or 5% per quarter) for over a year now.

Yeah, @Crash. Sectors like Natural Resources are more of a momentum play, I think, than a buy and hold core investment. NR has been a poor investment for over 10 years. It's not PRNEX, it's the sector it invests in.
Growth of $10,000 over 10 years (Schwab data):
PRNEX $13,528
NR category: $13,264
Compared to the broader US market S&P 500: $32,807
That's pretty much the equivalent of making about 2.5% a year on your NR investment.
Anything that isn't broad and diversified will have really good stretches along with really lean years.

@BaluBalu
See my link on this thread from Feb 3rd on page 8 for historical returns for Marshfield equity composite vs SP500
Best regards
Baseball fan

I generally agree w/their investing strategy, but I'm not overly impressed with their holdings -- 25% of the portfolio is in coal stocks?!?

Alternatively, you could buy it directly on the London Exchange (PSH:GB). But not in a retirement account.
Fidelity charges £9 for the London Exchange transaction. At the current exchange rate of $1.26, that's around $11.35 - a lot cheaper than $50. Though I don't know what sort of stock price you'd get through each mechanism.
https://www.fidelity.com/stock-trading/faqs-international
https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/Brokerage_Commissions_Fee_Schedule.pdf
https://www.reddit.com/r/fidelityinvestments/comments/pjvwvg/why_fidelity_charges_5000_foreign_settlement_fee/

Pershing Square PSHZF is a foreign-listed CEF that will have $50 exchange fee at most brokers, even if commission-free otherwise (Fido, etc).

During the downturn in 2021-22, I bought a small amount of NVDA. After trimming around $350 to take out initial purchase amount, it grew up a lot since then. M* portfolio is showing I am up 480%. However, it is still relatively small %age my overall portfolio, which consists of 80% mutual funds and 20% stocks. All the stocks were accumulated since 2021, and most of them growth stocks including speculative ones like SOFI and PLTR. I have been thinking of selling some of them completely or trimming these high flyers including NVDA, but not yet done it. (NVDA, NFLX, CRWD, DDOG, ASML to name a few).
One of my mantras for buying so many of them when they were irrationally punished during 2021-22 period. My average price for NVDA is $122. I was lucky to buy NFLX around $170. I was not bold enough to buy Meta below $100, but average price is not bad at $175.

Why would anyone own PSHZF (you have to pay $50 to buy at fidelity each time and it has a performance fee) if the above is true? Bill would be managing two closed end funds. Something doesn't add up

It depends on what one is paying for? If I am ok with PRWCX is because I must believe the fund manager has "some edge" which is greater than participating in Passive Vanguard fund. Does every one of the 6700 Mutual funds and ETFs have edge. Most certainly not. Maybe 50 do. If its not one of those 50, most likely the adage, "Financial products are sold, not bought" applies.

MRFOX strategy appears to be around for 20 years, based on this letter -
https://www.marshfieldinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Marshfield-Associates-Newsletter-December-2023-The-Ghost-in-the-Machine-4.pdf
They manage about $5b through separate accounts.

@sma3 ....that fund is available at Schwab, although with a difference share class and symbol (GQJIX)...$49.95 transaction fee however.