Hot Fund Managers' Signature Funds

Charles A. Jaffe, a senior columnist at MarketWatch, profiles manager David Winters, former chief investment officer for Franklin Resources' Mutual Series funds, who launched a new mutual fund of his own, the Wintergreen Fund last month. "From the time Winters started managing Mutual Discovery in February 2000 until he left in April, the fund earned a 9.5 percent annualized return, compared with an annualized loss of 0.7 percent for his average peer...," according to the article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Jaffe also recounts the startup histories of other hot fund managers who earlier launched their own funds with mixed results, including: Ryan Jacob, Garrett Van Wagoner, Tom Marsico, Elizabeth Bramwell and Donald Yacktman.

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