In The Doghouse – 2021

Here is our 2021 list of funds with estimated distributions in excess of 20% of NAV.  This list is 99% complete for this year.  2021 was a record year for large capital gains distributions.

Funds with estimated distributions higher than 30% of NAV:

Alger Mid Cap Growth
AMG Frontier Small Cap Growth Fund
AMG TimesSquare Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund
BMO Mid Cap Growth
Columbia Adaptive Retirement 2020
Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
DFA Enhanced US Large Co 
Franklin U.S. Large Cap Equity
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Growth Insights
Harbor Disruptive Innovation
JP Morgan Small Cap Sustainable Leaders Fund
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Global Real Estate
Neuberger Berman Commodity Strategy
Neuberger Berman Integrated Large Cap
Pax Global Sustainable Infrastructure Fund
PIMCO RAE PLUS International Fund
PIMCO RAE PLUS Small Fund
PIMCO RAE US Small Fund
RBC Small Cap Core Fund
Stone Ridge Bitcoin Strategy Fund
Sunbridge Capital Emerging Markets
Thornburg Small/Mid Cap Growth
Transamerica Mid Cap Growth
Transamerica Small Cap Value
Victory NewBridge Large Cap Growth Fund
Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Emerging Markets Consumer Fund (huge!)
Voya Large Cap Growth Portfolio
Walthausen Small Cap Value Fund
Wells Fargo Low Volatility U.S. Equity Fund
Wells Fargo Small Company Growth Fund

Funds with estimated distributions higher than 20%:

Alger Capital Appreciation Fund
Alger Health Sciences Fund
Alger Spectra Fund
Alger Weatherbie Specialized Growth Fund
AllianceBernstein Select US Equity Portfolio
ALPS Clough China Fund
ALPS Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund
American Beacon Zebra Small Cap Equity
American Century Disciplined Core Value Fund
American Century Equity Growth Fund
AMG Montrusco Bolton Large Cap Growth
AMG TimesSquare Mid Cap Growth
AQR Style Premia Alternative Fund
Aquila Opportunity Growth Fund
AXS Multi-Strategy Alternatives
BlueBay Destra International Event-Driven Credit
BMO Small-Cap Growth
Brown Advisory Small‐Cap Growth Fund
Cambiar Small Cap Fund
Carillon Eagle Small Cap Growth
Catalyst Dynamic Alpha Fund
Columbia Acorn USA
Columbia Disciplined Value Fund
Columbia Large Cap Growth Opportunity
CRM Small/Mid Cap Value
Delaware Ivy Proshares MSCI ACWI Index
Delaware Ivy Science and Technology
Delaware Ivy Small Cap Growth
Delaware Growth Equity
Delaware Smid Cap Growth
DFA Commodity Strategy
DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE
DWS Equity Sector Strategy
Federated Hermes MDT Mid-Cap Growth Fund
Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Growth Fund
Fidelity Flex Small Cap Fund
Fidelity Growth Strategies K6
Franklin LifeSmart 2050 Retirement Target
Franklin LifeSmart 2040 Retirement Target
Glenmede Quantitative U.S. Large Cap Growth Equity
Goldman Sachs Large Cap Growth Insights
Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Global Equity
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Equity Insights
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value Insights
Goldman Sachs U.S. Equity Insights
Guggenheim RBP Large-Cap Defensive Fund
Guggenheim World Equity Income Fund
Harbor Emerging Markets Equity
Harbor Small Cap Growth
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund
Hennessy Technology Fund
Hodges Small Cap
Horizon U.S. Defensive Equity Fund
Invesco Capital Appreciation
Invesco Health Care
Invesco Small Cap Growth
Invesco Technology
Jackson Square International Growth Fund
JP Morgan U.S. Applied Data Science Value Fund
JP Morgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund
JP Morgan U.S. Small Company Fund
John Hancock Small Cap Growth Fund
Lazard International Small Cap Equity
Lord Abbett Durable Growth
Lord Abbett Focused Large Cap Value
Lord Abbett Growth Leaders
Madison Small Cap Fund
Marsico Growth
Meridian Enhanced Equity
Meridian Small Cap Growth
Metropolitan West Funds AlphaTrak 500 Fund
MFS New Discovery
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Global Insight
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust Discovery 
Nationwide Geneva Mid Cap Growth
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select
Needham Small Cap Growth Fund
Neuberger Berman Multi-Cap Opportunities
North Square Oak Ridge All Cap Growth
Northern Active M Emerging Markets
Nuveen Mid Cap Growth Opportunities
Oberweis China Opportunities Fund
Oberweis Global Opportunities Fund
Oberweis Micro-Cap Fund
PGIM Jennison Health Sciences
PGIM Jennison Mid-Cap Growth
PGIM Jennison Small Company
Pioneer Disciplined Growth
Principal Edge Midcap
Principal Midcap Growth
Principal Small-MidCap Growth
Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation
Putnam Focused International Equity
Royce Pennsylvania Mutual 
Royce Smaller-Companies Growth 
Royce Total Return 
Russell U.S. Small Cap Equity
SA US Small Company
Schwab Core Equity
SEI U.S. Large Cap Index
T Rowe Price Science and Technology
The New Germany Fund
Thornburg Small/Mid Cap Core
Transamerica Large Growth
Transamerica Capital Growth
Transamerica Mid Cap Value Opportunities
USAA Global Managed Volatility Fund
USAA Target Managed Allocation Fund
USAA Small Cap Stock Fund
Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth
Victory Munder Mid-Cap Core Growth
Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
Victory RS Select Growth Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Mid-Cap Growth
Virtus AllianzGI Global Small-Cap
Virtus AllianzGI Technology Fund
Voya Small Company Fund
Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
Walthausen Focused Small Cap Value Fund
Wells Fargo Discovery Fund
Wells Fargo Diversified Equity Fund
Wells Fargo Emerging Growth Fund
Wells Fargo Large Company Value Fund
Wells Fargo Small Cap Fund
Wells Fargo Specialized Technology Fund
William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund
William Blair Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

 

NOTE: Funds on this list do not necessarily represent all share classes. Always look at your specific fund before making any decisions.

 

 

 

 

 

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