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When it comes to buying stock for itself, the larger a fund is, the _______ it will be to boost a stock's share price.
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More likely. It will help boost a stock's share price simply by bidding on its shares, and the larger the fund is, the bigger the effect will be.
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Which type of fund tends to be the most threatened by asset growth?
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High-turnover small-growth funds. Because large-cap stocks are more liquid and account for the lion's share of the market's value, funds that focus on such names tend to be less affected by size than smaller-cap-focused funds. Low-turnover funds incur lower trading costs and are more affected by asset growth than fast-trading ones.
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What is not something funds typically do to handle asset growth?
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Own fewer stocks. Funds can close or change their strategies when faced with too many assets, or the fund managers may hold cash or buy more stocks.
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Why can very large funds have difficulty buying very small stocks?
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Because it's tough to put large dollar amounts to work in a small stock without affecting its share price. Small-cap stocks take up less than 10% of the U.S. market's overall assets; large caps, meanwhile, account for about two thirds of the U.S. market. It's therefore easier for a fund manager with a lot of assets to buy bigger companies than to own a small fry.
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Due to their sheer size, large funds tend to be the most threatened by asset growth.
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False. Because large-cap stocks account for the lion's share of the market's value, funds that focus on such names tend to be less affected by size than smaller-cap-focused funds.