Strategy Statistics  (as of 3/31/13)
Brandywine Blue Fund employs Friess Associates’ research-driven investment process, capitalizing on the relationship between earnings performance and stock prices by isolating companies experiencing rapid earnings growth that sell at reasonable multiples of earnings estimates and show promise to positively surprise Wall Street. The Fund maintains a large-cap focus by uncovering stocks beyond $6 billion in market cap that meet its earnings-growth and valuation criteria.

Brandywine Blue doesn’t often hold mega-cap companies like a lot of other large-cap funds, instead focusing on the lower end of the large-cap range. The Fund employs a true bottom-up approach, meaning sector weightings and other characteristics are byproducts of its company-by-company research.
Market Cap
$ Weighted Median Market Cap (billions)$16.22
Median Market Cap (billions)$14.23
Average Market Cap (billions)$36.04

Expected Earnings Growth 2013 vs 2012
Brandywine Blue16%
S&P 500 Index8%
Russell 1000 Growth Index11%
Russell 1000 Index8%

Projected P/E - 2013
Brandywine Blue19
S&P 500 Index15
Russell 1000 Growth Index17
Russell 1000 Index15
Fund Facts  (as of 3/31/13)
Investment Type: Equity-Growth
Wall Street Journal Symbol: Brandywine Funds / BlueFd
Peer Group: Large-Cap Growth
Inception Date: 1/10/91
Ticker Symbol: BLUEX
Expense Ratio: 1.23%
Total Fund Assets: $485.1 million
Minimum Investment: $2,000
Total Number of Holdings: 38
Portfolio Manager / Investment Advisor: Scott Gates and Team / Friess Associates

Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. The Fund invests in mid-cap companies, which involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility. Investments in foreign securities, even though publicly traded in the United States, may involve risks which are in addition to those inherent in domestic investments.

Earnings Growth is a measure of growth in a company’s net income over a specific period, often one year. This is not a forecast of the Fund’s future performance. Earnings growth for a Fund holding does not guarantee a corresponding increase in the market value of the holding or the Fund.