Christine Benz Quotations

They rack up records and don't get noticed.

You don't want a fund that had its best years with $5 million in assets.

It is a huge run right in the beginning of the year. Some of the best performers are on the 'Who's Who list' of the worst of 2000.

It's a point I'd make regarding any mutual fund, but it's particularly important in a mutual fund type where you expect a low absolute return. If you're paying 1 percent in expenses and you're earning just 3 percent, you're forking over literally a third of your return.

That's what we've been telling investors all along.

Leverage has been a profitable trade in the past and it has allowed many closed-end funds to deliver very compelling yields, but the risk is your total return could suffer. Leverage can cut both ways; it can magnify your gains but it can also accentuate your losses. ... On the flip side, if you are delving into these more unusual strategies, one could argue the closed-end format lends itself to them pretty well, because your manager is not having to redeem shares everyday.

People had come to expect the world of them. (They're) a little disappointed.

It's hard to say whether he's making brilliant choices because it's hard to go wrong in Internet stocks, ... It's hard to say whether he's a good stock picker or just lucky.

We continue to believe that mutual funds run by such shareholder-friendly firms represent worthwhile investment opportunities for most investors.

We're hearing from a lot of value-oriented managers that they're taking this opportunity to move into stocks with growth prospects. My goodness, Cisco is in the portfolio right now, which isn't something that Windsor shareholders might be expecting.