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Fund Overview
Investment Objective
Long-term capital appreciation
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Equity Style:
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Fund Characteristics
Common stocks of medium-sized, domestic growth companies
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Investment Approach
- Invests in quality companies that are expected to experience solid growth in earnings
- The investment process relies on thorough, in-depth fundamental research of a company, its competitors, suppliers and/or customers
- Invests in companies that are expected to meet some if not all of the following criteria: market leadership, a distinctive attribute that cannot easily be replicated by competitors, quality products or services, a distinctive capability in sales, service or distribution, value to customer, and conservative financial policies and accounting practices
What Makes this Fund Different?
- Draws on a long and distinguished William Blair & Company tradition of investing in quality growth companies.
- Experienced management team.
- Designed to exploit the fastest growing areas of our research universe.
- William Blair’s research infrastructure of Portfolio Managers and Research Analysts provides critical Team support.
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Investing in smaller and medium capitalization companies involves special risks, including higher volatility and lower liquidity. Mid Cap stocks are also more sensitive to purchase/sale transactions and changes in the issuer's financial condition.
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