Columbia Marsico Focused Eq ANFEAX

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This fund hasn't given investors much reason to cheer lately, but it's proven a fine large-growth holding over the longer haul. While stumbling with bottom-half category performances in 2008 and again for nearly the first 10 months of 2009, manager Tom Marsico has delivered a 0.  Read more 

Manager Tom Marsico combines top-down analysis with bottom-up stock-picking. He fills the bulk of the portfolio with steady-growth stocks that he intends to hold for the long haul, but he also has owned more-explosive growth names in the tech and telecom areas.  Read more 

Tom Marsico started his own investment-management shop in 1997, after several years at two other growth-oriented shops: Fred Alger Management and Janus Capital. Marsico has a staff of 12 analysts and four traders. Two other portfolio managers at Marsico Capital Management also chip in.  Read more 

Although Tom Marsico is best known for picking classic-growth stocks, he also includes a few beaten-down names and others that fall outside traditional growth areas. He keeps just 25-35 names in this concentrated portfolio, making the fund more vulnerable to problems in just a few picks, but he has managed to keep volatility within category norms.  Read more