Latest Q&A Based Profiles ( 4 Interview )


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

Enhancing Index Returns

Small-Cap > Value

Payden Market Return Fund

DTSVX

Aug 8, 2007

Index funds have been praised for providing low-cost exposure and have gained popularity due to the dismal performance of actively managed funds. The Payden Market Return Fund is neither of the above as it falls right in the middle. It aims for the return of the S&P 500 plus alpha, but

Emerging Europe Convergence

Multi-Cap > Growth

Metzler/Payden European Emerging Markets Fund

DPUAX

Jan 1, 2007

Starting with the premise that Eastern Europe will continue to display faster growth rates than Western Europe in the convergence process, the Metzler/Payden European Emerging Markets Fund is set to benefit from this trend. While the fund manager, Markus Brück, believes that the greatest opportunities and efforts should be in

High-Yield Manager Gears for New Cycle

Small-Cap > Growth

Payden High-Yield Bond Fund

CSSVX

May 5, 2003

The Payden High-Yield Bond Fund, headed by veteran credit analyst Kevin Akioka, has never experienced a default among securities held in the portfolio since inception. That attention to credit risk has delivered a performance, based on total return, that ranks the fund in the top 10% in its category for