Monday, July 23, 2018

Marquette College of Business Biz Magazine Highlights AIM Program

The AIM Program was very active during the 2017-2018 School Year



If you haven't received a copy of the newest Marquette University Biz magazine, here is a link to the e-version of the magazine.  You can read about all of the major activities of the College during the most recent semester.

(This is also linked on the bottom of the College of Business Administration homepage).

1. Check out the article about David Martin's success in leading the AIM students and Dr. Krause to Omaha to meet Warren Buffett (twice). An amazing opportunity for over 40 AIM students.


An article is included about the efforts of the College (including Dr. Krause and the AIM students) to advance knowledge about blockchain. In November 2017, Dr. Krause moderated the first Marquette Blockchain Forum.


Finally, an article is included in the Biz magazine about the College's co-teaching opportunities. During the past school year, Dr. Krause included three co-teachers (Bill Walker, Kelly O'Reilly and Michael Adams) into the AIM classroom.






Wednesday, July 4, 2018

The Outstanding Performance of the Marquette AIM Small Cap Fund Continues (as of 6/30/2018 the fund was in the top 1% of active small cap blend funds)

The Marquette University AIM Small Cap Fund Continues to Post Excellent Returns Versus the Benchmark and the Peer Group


The students in the AIM Class of 2019 are continuing the strong performance of the AIM Small Cap Fund posting a return of 10.95% for the second quarter of 2018 versus 7.75% for the Russell 2000 Index (benchmark). The median return of the 250 small cap mutual funds defined as small cap blend by Morningstar produced a Q2 return of 6.50%. The performance placed the fund in the top 4% of its peer group for the quarter.

For the past year (ending 6/30/2018) the AIM Small Cap Fund is in the top 1% of its peer group with a return of 26.04% versus 17.57% for the Russell 2000 - the peer group had a median return over the one-year period of 14.95%.






Marquette AIM Small Cap Fund
(Russell 2000 Benchmark)
Holdings as of 6/30/2018
by GICS Sector
Ticker   Port. Ending Quantity Held Port. Ending Market Value
  Total   1,888,417.34
       
  Health Care   385,477.40
AXGN AxoGen, Inc. 1,000.00 50,250.00
EXAS Exact Sciences Corporation 800.00 47,832.00
INGN Inogen, Inc. 230.00 42,855.90
HRTX Heron Therapeutics Inc 1,100.00 42,735.00
TCMD Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. 800.00 41,600.00
NTRA Natera, Inc. 2,100.00 39,522.00
EDIT Editas Medicine, Inc. 800.00 28,664.00
CRY CryoLife, Inc. 1,000.00 27,850.00
AMN AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. 420.00 24,612.00
EGRX Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 275.00 20,806.50
RDNT RadNet, Inc. 1,250.00 18,750.00
 
Financials
  358,521.25
BOFI BofI Holding, Inc 1,300.00 53,183.00
TREE LendingTree, Inc. 200.00 42,760.00
ENV Envestnet, Inc. 750.00 41,212.50
WTFC Wintrust Financial Corporation 400.00 34,820.00
OZRK Bank of The Ozarks 650.00 29,276.00
HBNC Horizon Bancorp, Inc. 1,350.00 27,931.50
UVE Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. 600.00 21,060.00
COLB Columbia Banking System, Inc. 500.00 20,450.00
FCFS FirstCash, Inc. 225.00 20,216.25
HASI Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. 1,000.00 19,750.00
NXRT NexPoint Residential Trust Inc 650.00 18,492.50
GDOT Green Dot Corporation Class A 250.00 18,347.50
NCBS Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. 200.00 11,022.00
 
Information Technology
  329,337.70
NEWR New Relic, Inc. 550.00 55,324.50
STMP Stamps.com Inc. 180.00 45,549.00
BL BlackLine, Inc. 950.00 41,258.50
CAMP CalAmp Corp. 1,500.00 35,145.00
SNX SYNNEX Corporation 250.00 24,127.50
PAYC Paycom Software, Inc. 240.00 23,719.20
MEI Methode Electronics, Inc. 500.00 20,150.00
FICO Fair Isaac Corporation 100.00 19,332.00
NOVT Novanta Inc 300.00 18,690.00
ICHR Ichor Holdings, Ltd. 600.00 12,732.00
VSM Versum Materials, Inc. 300.00 11,145.00
VRNT Verint Systems Inc. 250.00 11,087.50
AXE Anixter International Inc. 175.00 11,077.50
 
Consumer Discretionary
  265,473.00
WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Class A 600.00 43,692.00
MBUU Malibu Boats Inc Class A 800.00 33,552.00
PLNT Planet Fitness, Inc. Class A 750.00 32,955.00
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc 400.00 29,000.00
JOUT Johnson Outdoors Inc. Class A 300.00 25,359.00
IRBT iRobot Corporation 280.00 21,215.60
BOOT Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. 1,000.00 20,750.00
SGC Superior Group of Companies, Inc. 1,000.00 20,710.00
OXM Oxford Industries, Inc. 190.00 15,766.20
CSV Carriage Services Inc. 470.00 11,538.50
CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 70.00 10,934.70

Industrials   237,736.96
FIX Comfort Systems USA, Inc. 780.00 35,724.00
SSTI ShotSpotter, Inc. 800.00 30,344.00
KMT Kennametal Inc. 700.00 25,130.00
FELE Franklin Electric Co., Inc. 500.00 22,550.00
BECN Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. 500.00 21,310.00
SXI Standex International Corporation 200.00 20,440.00
KMG KMG Chemicals, Inc. 250.00 18,445.00
ASTE Astec Industries, Inc. 300.00 17,940.00
HCKT Hackett Group, Inc. 800.00 12,856.00
AIN Albany International Corp. Class A 180.00 10,827.00
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 180.00 10,233.00
NNBR NN, Inc. 450.00 8,505.00
ATROB Astronics Corporation Class B 96.00 3,432.96
 
Materials
  60,725.00
LNDC Landec Corporation 1,200.00 17,880.00
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation 220.00 15,741.00
TROX Tronox Ltd. Class A 700.00 13,776.00
IPHS Innophos Holdings, Inc. 280.00 13,328.00


Real Estate   52,580.50
ADC Agree Realty Corporation 650.00 34,300.50
ARI Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. 1,000.00 18,280.00
 
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF 320.00 52,406.40

Consumer Staples   42,570.00
JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. 300.00 22,335.00
CENTA Central Garden & Pet Company Class A 500.00 20,235.00

Telecommunication Services   38,817.00
GTT GTT Communications, Inc. 600.00 27,000.00
SHEN Shenandoah Telecommunications Company 200.00 6,540.00
ATNI ATN International, Inc. 100.00 5,277.00
 
Energy
  34,961.50
SOI Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc. Class A 1,000.00 14,290.00
SLCA U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. 350.00 8,991.50
REI Ring Energy, Inc. 500.00 6,310.00
CPE Callon Petroleum Company 500.00 5,370.00
 
Utilities
  25,104.50
CWT California Water Service Group 350.00 13,632.50
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. 400.00 11,472.00
 
Cash
09658L794 BMO GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET PREMIER 4,706.13 4,706.13