Alger Small is trading at 19.48 as of the 1st of March 2025; that is 1.67% up since the beginning of the trading day. The fund's open price was 19.16. Alger Small has about a 21 % chance of experiencing some form of financial distress in the next two years of operation but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 11th of May 2023 and ending today, the 1st of March 2025. Click here to learn more.
The fund normally invests at least 80 percent of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies that, at the time of purchase of the securities, have total market capitalization range of the Russell 2000 Growth Index. More on Alger Small Cap
Alger Small Cap [AOFYX] is traded in USA and was established 1st of March 2025. Alger Small is listed under Alger category by Fama And French industry classification. The fund is listed under Small Growth category and is part of Alger family. This fund presently has accumulated 2.31 B in assets under management (AUM) with no minimum investment requirementsAlger Small Cap is currently producing year-to-date (YTD) return of 1.39%, while the total return for the last 3 years was -1.94%.
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Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on Alger Mutual Fund. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding Alger Mutual Fund, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as Alger Small Cap Mutual Fund, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
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Alger Small financial ratios help investors to determine whether Alger Mutual Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Alger with respect to the benefits of owning Alger Small security.