Investment objective & strategy
As of Jan. 24, 2022 · prospectusObjective. The fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by quantitatively investing in U.S. equities.
Strategy. The portfolio managers use a proprietary quantitative model to identify investments for the fund. To identify investments, the model evaluates multiple quantitative characteristics for each potential stock investment and applies specific rules to select stocks for investment based on these characteristics. The fund will typically invest in a stock when it meets the large capitalization threshold and its price-to-earnings or price-to-book ratios indicate a potentially attractive valuation and the quantitative model ranks it with a high multifactor score. The fund will only invest in U.S. traded companies, which may include companies incorporated outside the U.S. which conduct a significant portion of their activities in the U.S. and are considered U.S. companies in the Russell U.S. indices. The fund normally invests … The portfolio managers use a proprietary quantitative model to identify investments for the fund. To identify investments, the model evaluates multiple quantitative characteristics for each potential stock investment and applies specific rules to select stocks for investment based on these characteristics. The fund will typically invest in a stock when it meets the large capitalization threshold and its price-to-earnings or price-to-book ratios indicate a potentially attractive valuation and the quantitative model ranks it with a high multifactor score. The fund will only invest in U.S. traded companies, which may include companies incorporated outside the U.S. which conduct a significant portion of their activities in the U.S. and are considered U.S. companies in the Russell U.S. indices. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes, if any, in issuers domiciled, or having their principal activities, in the United States, at the time of investment or other instruments with similar economic characteristics. In addition, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large capitalization companies. Large capitalization companies are those companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 1000 Index (the Index). The size of the companies in the Index changes with market conditions and the composition of the Index. As of November 30, 2021, the median market capitalization of a company in the Index was approximately $14.45 billion and the dollar-weighted average market capitalization of the companies in the Index was approximately $603.07 billion. The fund may have significant positions in particular sectors from time to time. In addition, the fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its investment objective.
Top holdings
As of Sept. 30, 2022 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISCO SYSTEMS INC | — | $8.78M | 4.83% |
| Western Asset Premier Institutional US Treasury Reserves | WAEXX | $6.98M | 3.84% |
| APPLIED MATERIALS INC | — | $6.50M | 3.58% |
| WELLS FARGO & CO | — | $5.58M | 3.08% |
| Southern Copper Corporation COM USD0.01 | SCCO US | $5.53M | 3.04% |
| MORGAN STANLEY | — | $5.41M | 2.98% |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS CO | — | $5.21M | 2.87% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | — | $5.19M | 2.86% |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | — | $5.03M | 2.77% |
| KROGER CO | — | $4.85M | 2.67% |
Portfolio moves
Jun 30, 2022 → Sep 30, 2022How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| iShares Evolved U.S. Financials ETF | 29% | — |
| Fidelity Flex Large Cap Value Fund | 26% | 0.00% |
| John Hancock Multifactor Financials ETF | 24% | 0.40% |
Footnotes
- Net assets and holdings count as of September 30, 2022, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
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