RYSEX In Barron’s—Royce
article 12-11-2019

Small-Cap Special Equity Strategy In Barron’s

“Small-Cap Stocks Are Breaking Out,” this week’s cover story in Barron’s, listed Small-Cap Special Equity Strategy as a small-cap investment to consider.

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This week’s cover story for Barron’s, “Small-Cap Stocks Are Breaking Out. Here Are 10 Investments Poised to Win” by Avi Salzman and John Coumarianos, listed Royce Special Equity Fund as a small-cap investment to consider.

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“The strategy tends to hold up well in bear markets, and do well enough in bull markets that long-term returns are solid,” the article said. The piece also touched on Charlie’s preference for industrials and companies with clean balance sheets.

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Learn more about Charlie Dreifus here.

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Average Annual Total Returns as of 9/30/19 (%) 

  3Q191 YTD1 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR 15YR 20YR SINCE INCEPT. DATE
Special Equity 0.05 4.65 -5.59 5.52 5.07 8.29 7.11 9.57 8.36 05/01/98
Russell 2000 -2.40 14.18 -8.89 8.23 8.19 11.19 8.19 7.99 8.11 N/A
Russell 2000 Value -0.57 12.82 -8.24 6.54 7.17 10.06 7.23 9.05 8.97 N/A

Annual Operating Expenses: 1.20% 

1 Not annualized.

All performance information reflects past performance, is presented on a total return basis, reflects the reinvestment of distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when redeemed. Shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase may be subject to a 1% redemption fee, payable to the Fund, which is not reflected in the performance shown above; if it were, performance would be lower. Current month-end performance may be higher or lower than performance quoted and may be obtained at www.royceinvest.com. Operating expenses reflect the Fund's total annual operating expenses for the Investment Class as of the Fund's most current prospectus and include management fees and other expenses.

Percentage of Fund Holdings As of 9/30/2019 (%)

  Royce 
Special Equity Fund

National Presto Industries

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