Product Profile
- Number of accounts 2
- Product assets US$29.6 million
- Years managed 37
- BenchmarkS&P 500 Index
Key Investment Professionals

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- Joanne Howard, CFA
- Co-CIO, Senior Portfolio Manager
- U.S. Large Cap Core Growth Equities
- Investment Career Began: 1964

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- Raphael EdelmanCo-CIO,
- Senior Portfolio Manager
- U.S. Large Cap Core Growth
- Equities
- Joined Firm: 2004
- Investment Career Began: 1984

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- Peter Goetz, CFASenior Portfolio
- Manager
- Joined Firm: 1999
- Investment Career Began: 1985
Overview
RCM’s long-term, tax aware, large capitalization growth investment approach for private clients seeks to generate superior returns over a full market cycle by investing primarily in U.S. companies that possess superior management, strong balance sheets, differentiated products or services, substantial unit growth, strong commitments to research and development, and a steady stream of new products or services.
Portfolio Construction
- Rigorous bottom-up security selection
- Top-down macro themes
- Risk control
- Client objectives and restrictions
- Concentration of 30-45 stocks
- Disciplined valuation methodology
The RCM Advantage
- Unique dual research platform – producing
bottom-up stock selection:
- Fundamental research analysts specialize in their sector of expertise
- Proprietary GrassrootsSM Research* network with 50,000 industry contacts and approximately 300 independent reporters and field force investigators
- Consistent and disciplined process since 1970
- Experienced investment team
- Institutional link and team approach
- Customized portfolios
- Individualized client service
Performance**

Representative Account Characteristics† - Supplemental Information
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Sector Composition (% of Portfolio and Benchmark)† - Supplemental Information

Performance Composite Statistics
Period |
Composite Gross Return (%) |
Composite Net Return (%) |
S&P 500 Index Return (%) |
No. of Clients/ Accounts‡ |
Composite Dispersion (%) |
Period-End Total Assets (US$ M) |
Total Firm Assets (US$ M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 |
16.33 |
15.81 |
5.49 |
2 |
N/A♦ |
32 |
168,131 |
2006 |
3.82 |
3.49 |
15.79 |
4 |
N/A♦ |
463 |
164,876 |
2005 |
7.60 |
7.21 |
4.91 |
15 |
0.7 |
548 |
147,527 |
2004 |
8.22 |
7.79 |
10.88 |
25 |
0.4 |
559 |
128,432 |
2003 |
20.39 |
19.92 |
28.68 |
34 |
0.5 |
510 |
123,142 |
2002 |
-17.57 |
-17.94 |
-22.10 |
42 |
0.7 |
371 |
111,780 |
2001 |
-21.08 |
-21.39 |
-11.89 |
45 |
1.6 |
544 |
141,056 |
2000 |
-5.31 |
-5.64 |
-9.10 |
24 |
1.6 |
699 |
82,483 |
1999 |
45.22 |
44.72 |
21.04 |
34 |
4.8 |
825 |
84,715 |
1998 |
45.99 |
45.44 |
28.58 |
23 |
9.2 |
489 |
64,825 |

