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Dividend Payers With Cash Flow Growth

Precious Metals-Minerals > NA

Tilson Dividend Fund

EPGFX

Nov 11, 2009

As companies follow their business cycles, it turns out that only the most stable names can pay steady dividends. Zeke Ashton, portfolio manager at the Tilson Dividend Fund, keeps searching for companies with strong potential to grow their free cash flows.

Stocks With Growth Drivers

NA > NA

T. Rowe Price Emerging Europe & Mediterranean Fund

EPLBX

Nov 11, 2009

Despite an incessant flow of information on Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East, the region is still not well covered by brokerage houses and finance media when it comes to investing. Portfolio manager Leigh Innes explains how T. Rowe Price Emerging Europe & Mediterranean Fund handles volatility, currency risks, and

Disciplined in Growth and Value

Multi-Cap > Growth

Aberdeen U.S. Equity Fund

EPGAX

Nov 11, 2009

Most fund managers view risk as an afterthought when it comes to managing, but at Aberdeen U.S. Equity Fund, the portfolio managers consider risk before they purchase a stock. The fund management team excel in their consistent approach, staying in frequent contact with company management of their portfolio holdings.

Emerging Europe, Emerging Gains

NA > NA

Metzler Payden European Emerging Markets Fund

EPDPX

Nov 11, 2009

Emerging European markets offer attractive investment opportunities with living standards in the region steadily improving. Early identification and investing in local companies poised for growth can help investors to capture long-term sustained returns as the corporate governance strengthens. Vlad Milev explains how the Metzler/Payden European Emerging Markets Fund capitalizes on

Positive Dynamic Changes

NA > NA

Alger Spectra Fund

EPDIX

Oct 10, 2009

Not all large companies possess the dynamic traits that investors would like to see in their holdings. Patrick Kelly and Alger’s team of Analysts help the Alger Spectra Fund look for companies that are undergoing a Positive Lifecycle Change (e.g regulatory change, new product introduction, management changes), or experiencing High

Leaders in Emerging Markets

Multi-Cap > Growth

Hansberger Emerging Markets Fund

EOMYX

Oct 10, 2009

Emerging markets used to be perceived as common entities that would go up and down together, but that is no longer the case. Hansberger’s Emerging Markets Fund utilizes specific knowledge of countries and companies to identify current and new industry and national leaders. Portfolio manager Francisco Alzuru and his team

The Search for Sustainable Growth

Multi-Cap > Growth

RS Growth Mutual Funds

ENSBX

Oct 10, 2009

RS Growth strategies are based on a straightforward premise – sustainable earnings growth drives long-term stock prices and those companies that can deliver typically exhibit five characteristics: a competitive advantage, superior margins, gaining market share, strong organic revenue growth and a capable management team.

Steady Returns in Small Caps

NA > NA

Intrepid Small Cap Value Fund

ENHRX

Oct 10, 2009

Small cap companies that generate average retuns on their capital may turn out to be good values as long as they are throwing off excess cash flows. Eric Cinnamond, portfolio manager of the Intrepid Small Cap Value Fund, utilizes the analysis of this free cash flow yield in his selection

Investing in Sustainable Growth

NA > NA

Franklin Flex Cap Growth Fund

ENHNX

Oct 10, 2009

Fund managers often face constraints imposed by their own funds on market cap ranges they can invest in and benchmark indexes they need to follow. Conrad Herrmann and his team at Franklin Flex Cap Growth Fund focus on companies they believe can sustain growth because of their business models, quality of products and

Small Cap Diversity

NA > NA

Artio US Smallcap Fund

ENHCX

Oct 10, 2009

Sometimes it’s not enough for companies to simply have attractive earnings growth potential. The Artio US Smallcap Fund looks for companies that have the ability to generate excess free cash flow to sustain organic growth in sales and earnings or a turnaround of their consolidated operations. Led by Samuel Dedio, this