RS Small Cap Growth Portfolio

Strategy Attributes

  • Focused on small-cap growth companies that possess distinct competitive advantages, strong management teams, organic revenue growth and high margins.
  • Leverages detailed fundamental research and deep industry contacts in seeking to identify companies early in the growth curve.
  • Our deep and experienced research team consists of seven investment professionals who average more than 15 years of investment experience. Over the years, we have developed and honed a focus on growth investing. We believe the experience of our investment team can exploit inefficiencies in these securities over time.
  • Seeks to invest for the long-term and outperform the benchmark over complete market cycles.


    • Historical
    • Long Term
    • As of Latest:
    • Month-End
    • Quarter-End
    Month-End Performance as of 12/31/11: PRELIMINARY
      1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception 11/30/87
    RS Small Cap Growth Portfolio Gross of Fees Net of Fees -1.23%
    -2.35%
    23.57%
    22.15%
    3.82%
    2.51%
    3.67%
    2.31%
    14.40%
    12.72%
    Russell 2000 Growth Index1 -2.91% 19.00% 2.09% 4.48% 7.86%
    Quarter-End Performance as of 12/31/11: PRELIMINARY
      1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception 11/30/87
    RS Small Cap Growth Portfolio Gross of Fees Net of Fees -1.23%
    -2.35%
    23.57%
    22.15%
    3.82%
    2.51%
    3.67%
    2.31%
    14.40%
    12.72%
    Russell 2000 Growth Index1 -2.91% 19.00% 2.09% 4.48% 7.86%
    Historical Performance (Results Net of Fees)
    *Since Inception: 11/30/87

      Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Calendar Year
    1987     26.11%* 26.11%*
    1988 10.16% 9.57% -7.28% 1.91% 14.05%
    1989 9.35% 6.24% 13.26% 9.79% 44.45%
    1990 1.75% 16.55% -21.71% 18.02% 9.57%
    1991 28.88% -8.44% 17.43% 14.53% 58.69%
    1992 -1.60% -17.25% -1.54% 21.55% -2.55%
    1993 -12.28% -0.48% 15.03% 6.77% 7.22%
    1994 2.95% -8.86% 15.77% -0.61% 7.96%
    1995 6.06% -2.00% 16.08% -0.28% 20.32%
    1996 3.44% 12.48% 1.48% 2.94% 21.53%
    1997 -14.00% 22.89% 21.32% -7.53% 18.56%
    1998 18.80% 2.03% -23.15% 39.14% 29.62%
    1999 27.00% 17.97% 7.08% 74.45% 179.86%
    2000 18.67% -10.73% -5.02% -26.50% -26.04%
    2001 -28.55% 18.07% -30.95% 29.09% -24.80%
    2002 -9.22% -21.28% -23.21% 8.27% -40.59%
    2003 -3.61% 24.26% 11.22% 10.36% 47.01%
    2004 5.46% -1.04% -5.63% 16.83% 15.07%
    2005 -8.60% 4.00% 4.04% 1.93% 0.80%
    2006 11.30% -7.32% -1.70% 8.09% 9.61%
    2007 0.90% 11.53% 5.58% -4.14% 13.89%
    2008 -19.09% 4.93% -14.07%  -25.27%  -45.48%
    2009 -1.74%  18.32%  15.34%   8.79%   45.88%
    2010 8.53%   -9.29%   12.83%    15.52%    27.95%
    2011 9.65%   3.43%   -22.97%    11.79%    -2.35%

    Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results.

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    Portfolio Facts

    Inception 11/30/87
    AUM (as of 12/31/11) $933,195,924
1 The Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 2000® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. (The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which consists of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.) Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. You may not invest in the index, and, unlike the Fund, the index does not incur fees and expenses.
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