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.
De homine replegiando. De homine replegiando, or replevin of the person, is a common law writ that has largely been superseded by habeas corpus. De homine replegiando is first recorded in the twelfth century pipe rolls. It was used in England against someone who takes away or confines another against their will, and was sometimes used where a child was taken from its guardians.