Walter Price - Science Technology Fund Manager

VCSTX Fund  USD 26.90  0.59  2.24%   
Walter Price is Fund Manager at Science Technology Fund
Mr. Price is a senior portfolio manager and managing director with Allianz Global Investors, which he joined in 1974. He is colead portfolio manager of the Global Technology strategy. He previously worked for Colonial Management, an investment advisory firm in Boston, where he became a senior analyst responsible for the chemical industry and the technology area.
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The fund normally invests at least 80 percent of net assets in the common stocks of companies that are expected to benefit from the development, advancement, and use of science andor technology. Valic Company is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States. The fund is listed under Technology category and is part of VALIC family.

Science Technology Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Science Technology's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Science Technology inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Science. The board's role is to monitor Science Technology's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Science Technology's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Science Technology's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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Science Fund Performance Indicators

The ability to make a profit is the ultimate goal of any investor. But to identify the right mutual fund is not an easy task. Is Science Technology a good investment? Although profit is still the single most important financial element of any organization, multiple performance indicators can help investors identify the equity that they will appreciate over time.
Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards Science Technology in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, Science Technology's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from Science Technology options trading.

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Please note, there is a significant difference between Science Technology's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Science Technology is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Science Technology's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.