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Overview of the Meridian Value Fund

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capital ("Meridian Fund," 2001). Thus, this mutual fund is a good choice for someone looking for a long term investment. The risk of the fund, according to Morningstar is  low ("Morningstar," 2002). Because the fund is seeking long term growth with low to moderate risk, the fund is obviously taking enough risk to secure a nice windfall down the  road. Yet, it obviously implies that one has to keep this fund for the long haul or an investor will not be able to benefit significantly. The fund obviously bases  its choices on long term projections and that means that it can and will likely ride out a few financial storms before it is ultimately successful. The Fund emphasizes  stocks that are considered to be undervalued in relationship to either an issuers long-term earning power or its present asset value ("Meridian Fund," 2001). That is a basic common  sense strategy, and a strategy employed to some extent by Warren Buffet himself in the sense that one does company research, buys undervalued stocks and holds on tight. And of  course, everyone would ideally like to buy low and sell high. Of course, that is easier said than done. The stocks chosen by this fund may be deemed undervalued  in the stock market ("Meridian Fund," 2001). In any event, the idea is to buy low and eventually reap a profit. Yet, in order to do this, the fund  manager must be quite aware of what he or she is buying and the potential for that stock to eventually be worthwhile. Another point is that the investments of this  particular fund are not limited to companies of any certain size (2001). This seems to be a practical thing, as investing in large or small companies, or even certain industries,