Only 5 percent of fund holdings are in the more volatile small-cap category. The fund has returned -2.36 percent over the past year and -2.28 percent over the past three years. The fund was launched in 1984. Over the long haul, it has consistently outperformed its Morningstar category average.
ad hominem. 1. appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason. 2. attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument. Compare ad feminam. Origin of ad hominem.
ad homâ²iÂ·nemâ² adv. Usage Note: Those readers who have studied Latin will know that the preposition ad means to or toward and that the hominem of ad hominem is an inflected form of the noun homo (person), making the literal meaning of the phrase toward the person..