Needham Small Cap Growth Fund

Overview

NASDAQ Symbol: NESGX
Load: No-Load
Assets (07/31/09): $11.7M
Inception Date: 5/22/02

 

  • Focus on small-cap growth stocks
  • Growth at a Reasonable Price
  • To provide long-term capital appreciation while seeking tax efficiency
  • Fundamental valuation analysis
  • "Know the Management" approach
  • Shorts and hedges permitted

 

Investment Objective

The Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to create long-term, tax-efficient capital appreciation for its shareholders by investing primarily in equity securities of smaller public companies with well managed, financially strong businesses.

Portfolio Manager Profile

Chris Retzler

Telephone: (212) 705-0424
Email: cretzler@needhamco.com

Chris Retzler is the Fund Manager of the Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (NESGX) since January 2009. He also co-manages the Needham Growth Fund (NEEGX). He joined Needham Asset Management in 2005, coming from Winterkorn, where he spent the previous three years. Prior to Winterkorn, Chris was part of Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking from 1994 to 2002. He graduated with a BA from Bucknell University in 1993, moving on to become a Fullbright Scholar in 1994. He received his MBA from Columbia Business School in 1999.

The foregoing should not be deemed as an offer to buy an interest in any of the Needham Funds. Shares are sold only through the currently effective prospectus, which must precede or accompany this site. Please read the prospectus and consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the Funds carefully before you invest. The prospectus contains this and other information about the Funds. Total return figures include reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and when redeemed, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Shares held less than 60 days are subject to a short-term redemption fee of 2%. The results contained on this site represent past performance of the Funds. Past performance does not guarantee future results and current performance may be higher or lower than these results. The investment risks of the Funds are increased by the Funds' non-diversified status, by the Funds' ability to invest in smaller company stocks, privately-held companies and IPOs. Also, the Fund's use of short sales, options and futures strategies and leverage may result in significant capital loss.

Needham & Company, LLC, member NASD/SIPC, is the distributor of The Needham Funds, Inc.

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For details regarding the Needham Funds, please contact Needham Investment Management, LLC at 1-800-625-7071.
Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value
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