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Columbia Wanger

Columbia Wanger

Columbia Wanger Asset Management
Last Update: 2013-05-14

Number of Stocks: 312
Number of New Stocks: 16

Total Value: $23,086 Mil
Q/Q Turnover: 4%

Countries: USA DEU
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  • More Legal Woes, ITT Educational Services (ESI) at 52-Week Low

    by Sally Jones - Apr 08, 2013
    The GuruFocus 52-week low screener reveals that ITT Educational Services Inc. (ESI) is at a 52-week low of $12.01 (the high was $74.55). According to the GuruFocus Value Screen for 52-week lows, ESI is 83.9% off its high. But top Gurus Columbia Wanger and Westport Asset Management are holding on to small chunks, and ESI insider trading has been slow this quarter.

      Continue Reading »


  • Insider Buys at 52-Week Lows

    by Monica Wolfe - Mar 27, 2013
    This week, we have seen several insiders buying back into their company when share prices are at or near their 52-Week Low. It is interesting to note these buys because researching these companies can help you find under-valued small cap stocks that are oftentimes overlooked by Wall Street.

    1. Windstream Corp. (WIN)  Continue Reading »


  • Columbia Management's Colin Moore Discusses Dow Near All-Time High

    by Holly LaFon - Mar 01, 2013
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  • Columbia Management Comments on General Mills

    by Holly LaFon - Jan 23, 2013
    We closed our position in General Mills (GIS) during the quarter. The diversified food products maker is a high-quality name, but management addressed the explosion in demand for the Greek yogurt too late in our view. (Yogurt is approximately 9% of sales at General Mills.) Additionally, rising input costs for cereal and increasing competition in the category have been squeezing net margins. With declining potential for stock gains, we elected to close the position.
    From Columbia Wanger’s fourth quarter commentary.  Continue Reading »


  • Columbia Management Comments on Freeport McMoRan

    by Holly LaFon - Jan 23, 2013
    We continue to have a positive view of industrials (and materials) companies. Relative underperformance in the materials sector was largely driven by new portfolio holding Freeport McMoRan (FCX). Freeport McMoRan is the world's largest publicly traded copper company; we added the stock to the portfolio in October. The company has global reserves of copper, gold and other metals, a strong balance sheet, and, despite weakness in the global economy, generates significant free-cash-flow, even at lower copper prices. Freeport McMoRan shares fell during the quarter after the company announced the acquisition of an oil and gas company. (Investors would have preferred that the company remain focused on copper and metals.) We believe the long-term demand for metals remains positive, particularly from China and Asia, where large infrastructure projects continue to move forward, and expect Freeport McMoRan to recover as it returns to trading in line with the price of copper.

    From Columbia Wanger’s fourth quarter commentary.  Continue Reading »


  • Columbia Select Large-Cap Value Fund Q4 Letter

    by Holly LaFon - Jan 23, 2013
    Fund performance Excluding sales charge, Class A shares of Columbia Select Large-Cap Value Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index for the fourth quarter, returning 4.67% vs. the benchmark's 1.52%. Top sector-level contributors to relative return included financials and energy (due to stock picking). Top sector-level detractors to relative return included materials and consumer discretionary (also due to stock picking). For up-to-date performance, please visit columbiamanagement.com.

    Portfolio sector allocation  Continue Reading »


  • Columbia Wanger Becomes 10.8% Owner of Exa Corp.

    by Dianne Tordillo - Jan 09, 2013
    Columbia Wanger - Columbia Wanger Becomes 10.8% Owner Of Exa Corp. From today’s GuruFocus Real Time Picks reports, mutual fund company Columbia Wanger has increased its Exa Corp. (EXA) stake by 816.78 percent, turning the miniscule position into 10.8 ownership of the company’s outstanding shares.

    Massachusetts-based Exa is simulation-driven software products and services provider, largely serving the transportation market through its array of products that help companies test such things as fluid flow and heat transfer. Through its simulation software, Exa enables companies to improve the efficiencies of their design and engineering processes as well as improve costs, without having to spend money on expensive physical prototypes and tests.  Continue Reading »


  • Tremors in California — Is This a Trend? Columbia White Paper

    by Holly LaFon - Aug 15, 2012
    Given recent headlines out of California, municipal bond investors would likely be surprised to learn that municipal bankruptcies in 2012 are actually below those of 2011, both in number and dollar amount, and that 2011’s filings were in turn lower than those in 2010. Overall municipal defaults and bankruptcies remain exceedingly low. However, with developments in California in recent weeks, a municipal investor could be forgiven for presuming that a tectonic shift in municipal credit quality was underway. Over a period of several weeks, Stockton and Mammoth Lakes filed for bankruptcy and San Bernardino and Compton are now actively exploring the possibility. While troubling in that they occurred so close together, these cities (specifically Stockton, San Bernardino and Compton) represent very troubled credits, both economically and fiscally, pushed to the edge by the housing bust and/or by poor or negligent management.

    We believe that a municipal bankruptcy continues to carry significant costs, in terms of expense, political backlash and most important, access to market capital when it is needed most. As such, we disagree with those who now believe the stigma of bankruptcy is wearing off and that we are facing an onslaught of new filings. For the vast majority of municipalities, we expect a bankruptcy filing will remain a last ditch effort, once all other fiscal options have been exhausted.  Continue Reading »


  • Questions Cloud 2013 Economic Outlook: Columbia Management

    by Holly LaFon - Aug 14, 2012
    Chief Economist Marie Schofield follows up her recent commentary, “The weight of uncertainty,” with a review of the challenges and risks facing the economy today, as well as an outlook for 2013.

    2013 remains a wildcard in our view — keyed off the unknown size of the fiscal adjustment next year and the hit to global growth from the eurozone crisis. Large or small, it means downside risks to growth.  Continue Reading »


  • Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund Second Quarter Commentary

    by Holly LaFon - Jul 26, 2012
    Fund performance Class A shares of Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund returned -6.10% (excluding sales charge) for the second quarter. The fund underperformed both the Russell 1000 Value Index and the S&P 500 Index, which returned -2.20% and -2.75% respectively. For up-to-date performance information, please check online at columbiamanagement.com.

    Market overview  Continue Reading »


  • Columbia Wanger Q2 Investment Strategy Outlook

    by Holly LaFon - Jul 05, 2012
    The Columbia Management Asset Allocation Team meets to review global economic investment conditions and markets. Team members discuss and evaluate the relative attractiveness of equities,  fixed-income and alternative investments within various sectors, investment styles, markets and countries. The consensus opinion of the team is published quarterly in the Investment Strategy Outlook.

    Q2 2012  Continue Reading »


  • Top 5 Conviction Picks from Columbia Wanger

    by Mara Kohn - Jan 06, 2012
    Columbia Wanger and its history dates back to 100 years ago when it started to operate as asset manager. Today it is one of the largest ones nation wide.

    Its team, particularly named The Columbia Management Asset Allocation Team holds meetings every month to review the economic investment conditions and the markets. Its members discuss and evaluate whether equities are attractive or not, fixed-income and alternative investments in different industries, types of investments, markets and countries.  Continue Reading »


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