TheStreet: $177 million fund manager picks three blue chip stocks
Published on August 13, 2024
Nael Fakhry, Portfolio Manager for the Osterweis Growth & Income Fund (OSTVX), recently spoke to TheStreet about his team's investment philosophy, stocks versus bonds, and three of his favorite stocks.
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Nael Fakhry
Co-Chief Investment Officer – Core Equity
Prior to joining Osterweis Capital Management in 2011, Nael Fakhry worked as an Associate at American Securities, a private equity firm, and as an Analyst in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley.
He is a principal of the firm and Co-Lead Portfolio Manager for the core equity, growth & income, quality cyclical growth, and flexible balanced strategies.
Mr. Fakhry graduated from Stanford University (B.A. in History, Phi Beta Kappa) and the University of California Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business (M.B.A., C.J. White Scholar).
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Growth & Income Fund Quarter-End Performance (as of 9/30/24)
| Fund | 1 MO | QTD | YTD | 1 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 7 YR | 10 YR |
INCEP (8/31/2010) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSTVX | 0.87% | 3.63% | 11.13% | 21.67% | 5.21% | 9.41% | 8.36% | 7.17% | 9.09% | |
| 60% S&P 500 Index/40% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 1.82 | 5.61 | 14.80 | 25.98 | 6.63 | 9.78 | 9.42 | 8.89 | 9.99 | |
| S&P 500 Index | 2.14 | 5.89 | 22.08 | 36.35 | 11.91 | 15.98 | 14.50 | 13.38 | 15.04 | |
| Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | 1.34 | 5.20 | 4.45 | 11.57 | -1.39 | 0.33 | 1.47 | 1.84 | 2.21 | |
Gross expense ratio as of 3/31/24: 0.92%
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