Best Artisan Mutual Funds 2015

Artisan Partners is one of the popular investment management firms. There are 14 equity strategies spanning different market capitalization segments and investing styles. The firm provides high value added investment, talent driven business model, and thoughtful growth.

Top Mutual Funds

You can find these popular Artisan funds for different sectors such as U.S. stock fund and international stock fund. Depend on your risk tolerance; you may pick and choose from this best Artisan’s funds list.

Best Artisan Mutual Funds 2015 are:

• Artisan Global Opportunities Fund (ARTRX)
• Artisan International Value Fund (ARTKX)
• Artisan Global Equity Fund (ARTHX)
• Artisan Global Value Fund (ARTGX)
• Artisan International Fund (ARTIX)
• Artisan Mid Cap Fund (ARTMX)
• Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund (ARTQX)

Artisan International Fund

Artisan International Fund is investing in companies located in developed markets and emerging markets. The fund managers are Mark L. Yockey, Andrew J. Euretig, and Charles-Henri Hamker. With assets of $19.2 billion, it has a yield of 0.73%. Its expense fee is 1.17%.

Morningstar has ranked this foreign large growth mutual fund with 4 star and silver rating. This international stock fund has returned 11.98% over the past 3 year, and 9.97% over the past 5 year.

Top 5 stocks in its portfolio are Baidu Inc ADR, Bayer AG, Covidien PLC, AIA Group Ltd, and Toyota Motor Corp. Top 3 sectors are healthcare, communication services, and industrials.

Artisan Mid Cap Fund

This Artisan Mid Cap Fund objective is to provide long term capital appreciation. This mutual fund invests mainly in common stocks of medium-sized companies. The total net assets are $9.8 billion. Its expense fee is 1.20%. The portfolio turnover rate is 55%.

This mid cap growth fund has been ranked with 4 star and silver rating by Morningstar. The average 3 year return is 14%. Top 3 stocks are Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, IHS Inc Class A, and Applied Materials Inc.

Other Artisan mutual funds:

• Artisan Emerging Markets Fund (ARTZX)
• Artisan Global Opportunities Fund (ARTRX)
• Artisan Global Small Cap Fund (ARTWX)
• Artisan High Income Fund (ARTFX)
• Artisan International Small Cap Fund (ARTJX)
• Artisan Small Cap Fund (ARTSX)
• Artisan Small Cap Value Fund (ARTVX)
• Artisan Value Fund (ARTLX)

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