The RS Growth Fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing principally in growth companies. We seek to identify business sectors poised to benefit from major changes in the marketplace and societal trends. Within these sectors, we conduct bottom-up research, looking for well-managed and larger, more established companies with strong growth rates and reasonable stock valuations.
Investment Objective
Long-term capital growth.
Investment Strategy
The Fund invests principally in equity securities of growth companies. The Fund invests principally in
equity securities of companies with market capitalizations greater than that of the largest company included in the Russell 2000® Index on the last day of the most recent quarter (currently, approximately $7.1 billion, based on the size of the largest company on March 31, 2008). The Fund may at times invest a substantial portion of its assets in technology companies.
The Fund may hold a substantial portion of its assets in cash and cash equivalents, although it will not necessarily do so.
Investment Process
In selecting investments for the Fund, we may look to see:
whether the company has experienced or has the potential for superior earnings-per-share growth;
whether there is a possible catalyst that has the potential to drive earnings and valuations higher, such as new management or a new product launch;
whether the company has a superior management team.
Sell Discipline
We consider selling or initiating the process when:
the price of the security appears relatively high or attains RS Investments' price target;
the company's business fundamentals turn negative;
RS Investments believes that another investment offers a better opportunity;
the stock price declines substantially below the purchase price.
Risk Factors
As with all mutual funds, the value of an investment in the Fund could decline, so you could lose money. Investing in mid-size companies can involve risks such as having less publicly available information, higher volatility, and less liquidity than in the case of larger companies. Overweighting investments in certain sectors or industries increases the risk of loss due to general declines in the prices of stocks in those sectors or industries. Investments in technology companies may be highly volatile.