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Meridian Funds

Meridian Funds
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Meridian Fund
Last update 2013-08-31 149 Stocks (15 new)
Value $2.68 Bil Turnover 13 %
Top Holdings: (%)
Portfolio Report

Meridian Funds Profile

Richard Aster is the founder of Aster Investment Management Company. He managed both the Meridian Value Fund (MVALX) and the Meridian Growth Fund (MERDX) until he passed away in February of 2012.
Aster received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.In June of 2013, Aster Investment Management was acquired by Arrowpoint Partners.

Meridian Funds Investing Philosophy

Richard Aster invests in both growth and value stocks. His Meridian Value Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital growth. In this fund, Aster invests primarily in equities that are undervalued in relation to the company's long-term earning power or asset value, or the stock market in general.
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Meridian Funds Latest Trades

Ticker Company Date Action Impact % Price Range Price Price Change from Avrg% Comment Current Shares
FMC 		FMC Corp2013-06-30Add
+1.46%
●
55.45 ($60.81) 64.7
$107.50
76.78%
Add 329.03%
823,300
RBA 		Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-1.20%
●
19.07 ($20.23) 21.47
$67.49
233.61%
Sold Out
0
ADSK 		Autodesk Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-1%
●
33.48 ($37.26) 39.98
$173.86
366.61%
Sold Out
0
BC 		Brunswick Corp2013-06-30New Buy
+0.99%
●
30.42 ($32.61) 35.4
$66.46
103.80%
New holding
834,900
PRGO 		Perrigo Co PLC2013-06-30Add
+0.92%
●
113.14 ($118.55) 121.16
$41.02
-65.40%
Add 72.42%
482,100
MAT 		Mattel Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.90%
●
42.64 ($44.76) 46.79
$22.08
-50.67%
Reduce -36.14%
993,605
SBAC 		SBA Communications Corp2013-06-30Reduce
-0.88%
●
71.5 ($76.22) 80.85
$330.46
333.56%
Reduce -36.71%
567,100
GWR Genesee & Wyoming Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.87%
●
79.84 ($87.35) 92.6
$111.88
28.08%
New holding
274,300
DELISTED:PETM PetSmart Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.76%
●
61.74 ($67.36) 70.51
$0
-100%
Reduce -42.45%
457,215
RPM 		RPM International Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.73%
●
29.51 ($32.11) 34.03
$80.49
150.67%
Reduce -96.67%
22,000
AVGO 		Broadcom Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.64%
●
31.26 ($34.87) 38.75
$477.84
1,270.35%
Add 67.33%
1,167,600
ZBRA 		Zebra Technologies Corp2013-06-30Reduce
-0.59%
●
42.69 ($45.53) 46.81
$299.34
557.46%
Reduce -34.86%
635,900
SRCL 		Stericycle Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.58%
●
104.13 ($108.63) 113.01
$44.37
-59.15%
Add 41.33%
496,200
RCL 		Royal Caribbean Group2013-06-30Reduce
-0.57%
●
31.82 ($34.71) 38.08
$35.29
1.67%
Reduce -52.17%
442,450
FNFG 		First Niagara Financial Group Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.53%
●
8.59 ($9.52) 10.07
$10.18
6.93%
New holding
1,419,700
NBL Noble Energy Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.53%
●
53.245 ($57.84) 61.25
$8.46
-85.37%
Reduce -33.19%
511,700
EXPD 		Expeditors International of Washington Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.50%
●
35.13 ($37.44) 40.14
$97.58
160.63%
Reduce -51.13%
367,500
DELISTED:MON Monsanto Co2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.49%
●
98.72 ($104.72) 109.22
$127.95
22.18%
Sold Out
0
NEM 		Newmont Corp2013-06-30Reduce
-0.46%
●
27.22 ($33.57) 41.39
$61.17
82.22%
Reduce -96.66%
10,500
SWK 		Stanley Black & Decker Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.44%
●
74.36 ($78.37) 81.84
$107.29
36.90%
Sold Out
0
TRMB 		Trimble Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.43%
●
24.85 ($27.63) 29.2
$57.99
109.88%
Reduce -18.1%
1,765,700
ROL 		Rollins Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.41%
●
6.68 ($7.19) 7.67
$35
386.79%
Reduce -24.08%
4,761,423
JLL 		Jones Lang LaSalle Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.39%
●
86.5 ($94.02) 100.02
$181.17
92.69%
Add 24.36%
595,700
DELISTED:INFA Informatica Corp2013-06-30New Buy
+0.38%
●
31.15 ($34.5) 36.86
$0
-100%
New holding
290,600
BBBY 		Bed Bath & Beyond Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.37%
●
63.76 ($68.13) 71.99
$4.71
-93.09%
Reduce -26.27%
435,000
FLIR FLIR Systems Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.37%
●
23.53 ($24.82) 26.97
$57.17
130.34%
Add 257.61%
512,100
WWW 		Wolverine World Wide Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.37%
●
21.59 ($24.83) 27.31
$19.94
-19.69%
Add 791.3%
410,000
GATX 		GATX Corp2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.36%
●
45.52 ($50.45) 53.85
$94.83
87.97%
Sold Out
0
MHK 		Mohawk Industries Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.35%
●
106.08 ($112.71) 119.53
$128.97
14.43%
Add 20.04%
510,900
CLR 		Continental Resources Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.34%
●
36.54 ($41.3) 44.32
$65.66
58.98%
Reduce -22.39%
740,400
EW 		Edwards Lifesciences Corp2013-06-30Add
+0.33%
●
10.42 ($11.82) 14.16
$97.39
723.94%
Add 33.69%
3,040,200
XYL 		Xylem Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.32%
●
25.77 ($27.61) 28.93
$78.75
185.22%
Add 29.12%
1,391,400
NATI 		National Instruments Corp2013-06-30New Buy
+0.30%
●
26.56 ($28.71) 31.97
$31.02
8.05%
New holding
288,400
ANSS 		Ansys Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.30%
●
71.17 ($75.45) 80.86
$240.19
218.34%
Add 33.36%
450,500
NVDA 		NVIDIA Corp2013-06-30New Buy
+0.29%
●
3.03 ($3.45) 3.73
$145.23
4,109.57%
New holding
2,242,000
DELISTED:TIBX TIBCO Software Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.29%
●
18.41 ($20.49) 22.2
$0
-100%
Reduce -71.31%
156,100
ITRI 		Itron Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.29%
●
39.15 ($42.64) 47
$48.33
13.34%
New holding
181,200
TPX 		Tempur Sealy International Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.28%
●
10.07 ($11.36) 12.32
$21.26
87.15%
New holding
690,800
OXY 		Occidental Petroleum Corp2013-06-30New Buy
+0.27%
●
75.77 ($84.64) 90.93
$60.44
-28.59%
New holding
81,700
QLIK 		Qlik Technologies Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.27%
●
23.62 ($27.56) 31.09
$30.50
10.67%
New holding
257,000
MASI 		Masimo Corp2013-06-30Add
+0.27%
●
19.04 ($21.04) 22.5
$135.90
545.91%
Add 130.2%
609,110
UTIW UTi Worldwide Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.26%
●
13.86 ($15.15) 16.47
$7.09
-53.20%
Sold Out
0
GLW 		Corning Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.26%
●
12.82 ($14.54) 16.31
$31.91
119.46%
Sold Out
0
EWBC 		East West Bancorp Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.25%
●
22.67 ($25.42) 27.5
$65.70
158.46%
Reduce -13.04%
1,766,700
CLB 		Core Laboratories NV2013-06-30Reduce
-0.24%
●
126.24 ($141.69) 153.63
$19.83
-86%
Reduce -16.9%
227,000
AME 		AMETEK Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.23%
●
39.75 ($41.76) 43.69
$111.46
166.91%
Reduce -11.47%
1,111,000
UPLCQ 		Ultra Petroleum Corp2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.22%
●
35.93 ($41) 46.09
$0.01
-99.99%
Sold Out
0
TSX:ARE 		Aecon Group Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.22%
●
10.5 (C$11.65) 13.18
C$13.13
12.70%
Sold Out
0
NGD 		New Gold Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.21%
●
5.73 ($7.13) 9.03
$1.11
-84.43%
New holding
889,700
WSO 		Watsco Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.21%
●
77.72 ($84.42) 89.16
$240.98
185.45%
Add 16.31%
469,900
HUM 		Humana Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.20%
●
72.1 ($78.93) 85.17
$478.96
506.82%
Add 115.09%
118,300
DELISTED:BRCD Brocade Communications Systems Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.20%
●
5.25 ($5.59) 5.99
$12.73
127.73%
Reduce -44.98%
1,183,600
BOH 		Bank of Hawaii Corp2013-06-30Reduce
-0.19%
●
46.42 ($49.17) 51.64
$75.86
54.28%
Reduce -10.3%
857,600
FLS 		Flowserve Corp2013-06-30Reduce
-0.18%
●
50.44 ($54.12) 57.297
$28.74
-46.90%
Reduce -27.62%
231,900
AMG 		Affiliated Managers Group Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.17%
●
144.06 ($158.18) 170.04
$117.81
-25.52%
Add 7.82%
386,000
SBH 		Sally Beauty Holdings Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.16%
●
29.08 ($30.22) 31.57
$12.13
-59.86%
Add 14.85%
1,036,300
PKI 		PerkinElmer Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.15%
●
30.35 ($32.72) 34.95
$144.07
340.31%
Add 20.08%
759,500
EFX 		Equifax Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.15%
●
56.21 ($60.32) 63.81
$186.55
209.27%
Reduce -29.63%
170,800
MINI Mobile Mini Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.14%
●
25.68 ($31.42) 36.68
$29.50
-6.11%
Reduce -31.74%
279,438
UI 		Ubiquiti Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.14%
●
13.03 ($16.49) 20.54
$245.79
1,390.54%
New holding
215,500
TPR 		Tapestry Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.14%
●
49.93 ($56.24) 59.6
$30.82
-45.20%
Reduce -18.1%
353,000
ATR 		AptarGroup Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.13%
●
54.57 ($56.25) 57.48
$104.49
85.76%
Add 44.16%
206,300
LPLA 		LPL Financial Holdings Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.13%
●
32.3 ($35.76) 38.9
$181.23
406.80%
Reduce -9.54%
1,048,400
MLKN 		MillerKnoll Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.12%
●
23.58 ($26.37) 28.55
$26.41
0.15%
Add 8.4%
1,488,625
WWD 		Woodward Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.12%
●
34.13 ($37.81) 41.06
$93.48
147.24%
Add 9.05%
963,900
LKQ 		LKQ Corp2013-06-30Reduce
-0.12%
●
20.54 ($23.86) 26.385
$49.54
107.63%
Reduce -5.35%
2,734,400
MATX 		Matson Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.12%
●
21.85 ($24.43) 26.27
$73.54
201.02%
Reduce -27.31%
354,800
SMG 		The Scotts Miracle Gro Co2013-06-30Add
+0.11%
●
42.79 ($46.49) 49.92
$80.18
72.47%
Add 35.14%
226,900
FLO 		Flowers Foods Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.11%
●
20.76 ($21.92) 23.307
$26.68
21.72%
Reduce -17.74%
646,800
BR 		Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.11%
●
23.42 ($25.72) 27.97
$146.42
469.28%
Reduce -12.87%
811,400
DELISTED:PLL Pall Corporation2013-06-30Add
+0.10%
●
63.5 ($67.63) 72.5
$0
-100%
Add 6.55%
667,000
SLH 		Solera Holdings Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.10%
●
51.82 ($55.18) 57.96
$55.84
1.20%
Reduce -7.45%
571,600
DELISTED:CQB Chiquita Brands International Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.10%
●
7.05 ($9.25) 11.08
$0
-100%
New holding
256,800
VRNT 		Verint Systems Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.09%
●
32.69 ($34.18) 35.89
$42.30
23.76%
Add 16.3%
491,500
BRO 		Brown & Brown Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.09%
●
15.14 ($15.83) 16.57
$59.33
274.79%
Add 3.43%
4,612,800
AZO 		AutoZone Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.09%
●
378.43 ($407.98) 427.84
$2,159.81
429.39%
Reduce -7.26%
83,000
BMRN 		Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.09%
●
54.72 ($62.32) 70.3
$84.98
36.36%
Sold Out
0
DLTR 		Dollar Tree Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.09%
●
45.99 ($48.76) 50.84
$156.27
220.49%
Reduce -11.22%
399,500
XRAY 		Dentsply Sirona Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.08%
●
40.24 ($41.68) 44.2
$36.20
-13.15%
Reduce -4.71%
1,012,000
HAE 		Haemonetics Corp2013-06-30Add
+0.08%
●
37.75 ($40.49) 42.71
$67.32
66.26%
Add 12.55%
439,500
DELISTED:MFB Maidenform Brands Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.07%
●
17 ($17.96) 18.65
$0
-100%
Reduce -26.99%
297,500
FTI 		TechnipFMC PLC2013-06-30Add
+0.05%
●
42.18 ($44.54) 45.23
$6.64
-85.09%
Add 4.04%
1,337,890
PHG 		Koninklijke Philips NV2013-06-30Add
+0.05%
●
26.22 ($27.89) 30.04
$21.23
-23.88%
Add 11.17%
488,310.79
DELISTED:VAL The Valspar Corp2013-06-30Reduce
-0.05%
●
59.23 ($66.56) 73.81
$0.33
-99.50%
Reduce -3.43%
697,200
LII 		Lennox International Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.04%
●
59.49 ($62.94) 65.21
$211.97
236.78%
Reduce -7.52%
196,900
HURN 		Huron Consulting Group Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.04%
●
38.74 ($42.59) 46.24
$65.95
54.85%
Reduce -6.71%
387,800
CMP 		Compass Minerals International Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.04%
●
76.86 ($84.43) 89.72
$34.24
-59.45%
Add 7.63%
169,300
AJG 		Arthur J. Gallagher & Co2013-06-30Add
+0.04%
●
40.95 ($43.3) 45.58
$164.63
280.21%
Add 7.4%
396,100
DELISTED:HSP Hospira Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.03%
●
30.57 ($33.81) 38.31
$0
-100%
Add 8.42%
257,400
CSCO 		Cisco Systems Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.03%
●
20.38 ($22.5) 24.82
$42.60
89.33%
New holding
28,000
POWI 		Power Integrations Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.02%
●
19.14 ($20.84) 22.59
$70.12
236.47%
Add 3.21%
643,600
SCS 		Steelcase Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.02%
●
12.17 ($13.51) 15.15
$10.70
-20.80%
Add 4.58%
1,027,000
SHW 		Sherwin-Williams Co2013-06-30Reduce
-0.02%
●
164.95 ($180.93) 193.56
$235.23
30.01%
Reduce -6.45%
174,000
MCD 		McDonald's Corp2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.02%
●
96.42 ($100.14) 103.59
$252.96
152.61%
Sold Out
0
CATO 		The Cato Corp2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.02%
●
22.43 ($24.43) 25.58
$11.32
-53.66%
Sold Out
0
DLR 		Digital Realty Trust Inc2013-06-30Sold Out
-0.02%
●
56.28 ($65.25) 73.77
$131.58
101.66%
Sold Out
0
GIL 		Gildan Activewear Inc2013-06-30Add
+0.02%
●
19.27 ($20.25) 21.34
$28.89
42.67%
Add 3.17%
650,600
GWW 		W.W. Grainger Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.02%
●
216.98 ($247.92) 267.34
$461.31
86.07%
Reduce -8.39%
28,400
AAPL 		Apple Inc2013-06-30New Buy
+0.02%
●
13.95 ($15.39) 16.57
$138.93
802.73%
New holding
33,600
JBHT 		JB Hunt Transport Services Inc2013-06-30Reduce
-0.01%
●
68.61 ($72.32) 75.91
$159.87
121.06%
Reduce -0.58%
535,700
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