Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Robert Hagstrom’s - Legg Mason Growth Trust - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 46 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 167,104,000.

Strategy:

The Fund manager analyzes the fundamental quantitative and qualitative aspects of a company — long-term growth characteristics, sustainable competitive advantages, strong management - compared to its stock price. The investment strategy is based on the principle that the return from owning a stock is ultimately determined by the fundamentals of the underlying business and focus should therefore be on the company's long-term economic progress, disregarding short-term nuances.

Robert Hagstrom’s fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
DEO - Diageo plc	3.92	0	$87.43
FFIV - F5 Networks	3.49	Reduce 21.43%	$106.13
CELG - Celgene Corp.	3.44	Reduce 32.00%	$67.60
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	3.39	Reduce 25.67%	$25.38
ABT - Abbott Labs	3.3	Reduce 14.78%	$56.23
CNX - CONSOL Energy Inc.	3.29	0	$36.70
AAPL - Apple Inc.	3.27	Reduce 28.95%	$405.04
NBR - Nabors Industries Ltd.	3.27	0	$17.34
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	3.24	Reduce 2.94%	$65.58
ADBE - Adobe Systems	3.21	Reduce 36.67%	$28.27
MDT - Medtronic Inc.	3.2	0	$38.25
BLK - BlackRock Inc.	3.2	Reduce 34.07%	$178.23
EBAY - eBay Inc.	2.99	Reduce 17.50%	$30.33
EMC - EMC Corp.	2.84	Reduce 26.67%	$21.54
QCOM - QUALCOMM Inc.	2.62	Reduce 36.00%	$54.70
MON - Monsanto Co.	2.6	Reduce 4.62%	$70.06
NKE - NIKE Inc.	2.48	Reduce 4.44%	$96.37
PM - Philip Morris Intl.	2.47	Add 5.00%	$78.48
RHHVF - Roche Holdings AG	2.42	Add 5.56%	$42.55
RAX - Rackspace Hosting Inc.	2.32	Add 5.88%	$43.01
AMZN - Amazon Corp.	2.28	0	$173.09
PG - Procter & Gamble	2.2	Reduce 26.67%	$66.71
PWR - Quanta Services	2.19	Reduce 22.73%	$21.54
PEP - PepsiCo Inc.	2.18	Reduce 31.25%	$66.35
LUV - Southwest Airlines	2.18	0	$8.56
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	2.17	Reduce 45.10%	$25.96
CSCO - Cisco Systems	2.16	Reduce 39.39%	$18.08
MYGN - Myriad Genetics Inc.	2.13	0	$20.94
SLB - Schlumberger Ltd.	2.04	0	$68.32
CTSH - Cognizant Technology Solutions	2.02	Add 110.00%	$64.30
ADSK - Autodesk Inc.	1.95	0	$30.33
MMM - 3M Co.	1.71	0	$81.74
SCHW - Charles Schwab	1.68	Reduce 28.57%	$11.26
RHT - Red Hat Inc.	1.45	0	$41.30
GRPN - Groupon Inc.	1.23	Buy	$20.63
LCCTF - LOccitane Int.	1.21	Add 26.25%	$2.01
MRVL - Marvell Technology Group Ltd.	1.16	0	$13.85
ALV - Autoliv Inc.	1.12	Buy	$53.49
JIVE - Jive Software Inc.	1.1	Buy	$16.00
ATHN - athenahealth Inc.	1.03	Buy	$49.11
APKT - Acme Packet Inc	0.93	Buy	$30.92
SINA - Sina Corp.	0.93	Add 53.85%	$52.00
PRDSF - PRADA SPA	0.6	Buy	$4.53
CTRP - Ctrip.com International Ltd.	0.49	Buy	$23.40
YNGDF - YINGDE GASES GROUP	0.46	Buy	$1.02
YOKO - Youku.com Inc.	0.42	0	$15.67

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DEO, FFIV, CELG, LOW, ABT, CNX, AAPL, NBR, JNJ, ADBE, MDT, BLK, EBAY, EMC, QCOM, MON, NKE, PM, RHHVF, RAX, AMZN, OG, PWR, PEP, LUV, MSFT, CSCO, MYGN, SLB, CTSH, ADSK, MMM, SCHW, RHT, GRPN, LCCTF, MRVL, ALV, JIVE, ATHN, APKT, SINA, PRDSF, CTRP, YNGFD, YOKO

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