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Just saw in their new prospectus (Jan. 31, '18) that they've changed the wording around currency hedging from "The Fund may hedge ...." to "The fund generally hedges a significant portion ...." (emphasis mine)
Leaving little doubt, apparently, that they won't be trying to catch much if any of the currency tailwind for foreign stocks that they've been fighting for the past year ... not a bad thing, necessarily, unless the U.S.$ is in a more secular decline, like the 2000-oughts. If that happens, it'd mean the fund will be sucking wind for some time.
I've owned it since not long after inception, and think they're among the best stock pickers in the business, but I've trimmed it down considerably for now, until the markets revolve back into its sweet spot.
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Ted
Leaving little doubt, apparently, that they won't be trying to catch much if any of the currency tailwind for foreign stocks that they've been fighting for the past year ... not a bad thing, necessarily, unless the U.S.$ is in a more secular decline, like the 2000-oughts. If that happens, it'd mean the fund will be sucking wind for some time.
I've owned it since not long after inception, and think they're among the best stock pickers in the business, but I've trimmed it down considerably for now, until the markets revolve back into its sweet spot.