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Kristian Heugh in Bloomberg: Underweighting the Magnificent Seven Paid Off for These Funds

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The Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Portfolio, managed by Kristian Heugh, was among 9% of global stock funds that outperformed their benchmark, the MSCI All-Country World Index, while being underweight the so-called Magnificent Seven that drove nearly 20% returns for the index, according to Bloomberg.

 
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Morningstar standardized rankings as of 31 December 2024 for the MSINVF Global Opportunity Fund Class Z shares were 107/2923 (5%) for the 1-year period, 165/1686 (11%) for the 5-year period, and 3/791 (3%) for the 10-year period in the EAA Fund Global Large-Cap Growth Equity category.

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