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ADKSX - Adirondack Small Cap

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Adirondack Small Cap (ADKSX)
Expense Ratio: 1.50%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $42,419.52


The Adirondack Small Cap fund (ADKSX) is a Small Value fund started on 04/5/2005 and has $84.70 million in assets under management. The current manager has been running Adirondack Small Cap since 04/26/2005. The fund is rated by Morningstar. This fund does not charge 12b-1 fees.

MarketRiders Prefers The Following ETF

Vanguard Small Cap Value ETF (VBR)
Expense Ratio: 0.10%
Expected Lifetime Fees: $3,271.86


The Vanguard Small Cap Value ETF (VBR) is an Exchange Traded Fund. It is a "basket" of securities that index the Small Value investment strategy and is an alternative to a Small Value mutual fund. Fees are very low compared to a comparable mutual fund like Adirondack Small Cap because computers automatically manage the stocks.




The Following Small Value Funds Have Lower Fees Than Adirondack Small Cap (ADKSX). Why are these metrics important?
Mutual Fund Name Ticker Symbol Turnover Assets (M) Annual Fees
Aegis Value AVALX 29.0% 139 1.48%
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value A PCVTZ 26.0% 6,700 1.18%
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value A PSV1Z 26.0% 6,700 1.18%
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value Admin PVADX 26.0% 6,700 1.03%
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value Fund Class P ASVPX 26.0% 6,700 0.93%
Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value R PNVRX 26.0% 6,700 1.43%
American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund Class Y ABSYX 59.0% 3,100 0.95%
American Beacon Small Cp Val AMR AASVX 59.0% 3,100 0.57%
American Beacon Small Cp Val Inst AVFIX 59.0% 3,100 0.83%
American Beacon Small Cp Val Inv AVPAX 59.0% 3,100 1.18%
American Century Small Cap Value Instl ACVIX 120.0% 1,800 1.21%
American Century Small Cap Value Inv ASVIX 120.0% 1,800 1.41%
Berwyn BERWX 30.0% 254 1.22%
Bridgeway Omni Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund Class N BOTSX 7.0% 117 0.60%
Columbia Multi-Advisor Sm Cp Val R5 RSCVX 58.0% 316 1.16%
Columbia Multi-Advisor Sm Cp Val Z CMAZX 58.0% 316 1.27%
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I Class A CSM3Z 31.0% 1,600 1.33%
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I Class A CSMIX 31.0% 1,600 1.33%
Columbia Small Cap Value Fund I Class Z CSCZX 31.0% 1,600 1.08%
Columbia Small Cap Value II A COVAX 41.0% 1,500 1.31%
Columbia Small Cap Value II Z NSVAX 41.0% 1,500 1.06%
Delaware Small Cap Value A DEVLX 29.0% 713 1.37%
Delaware Small Cap Value Instl DEVIX 29.0% 713 1.12%
DFA Tax-Managed US Targeted Value DTMVX 21.0% 2,200 0.44%
DFA US Small Cap Value I DFSVX 14.0% 6,600 0.52%
DFA US Targeted Value I DFFVX 23.0% 2,700 0.38%
DFA US Targeted Value R1 DFTVX 23.0% 2,700 0.48%
DFA US Targeted Value R2 DFTPX 23.0% 2,700 0.63%
Diamond Hill Small Cap A DHSCX 28.0% 764 1.30%
Diamond Hill Small Cap I DHSIX 28.0% 764 1.05%
DWS Dreman Small Cap Value A KDS1Z 47.0% 2,000 1.30%
DWS Dreman Small Cap Value A KDSAX 47.0% 2,000 1.30%
DWS Dreman Small Cap Value Instl KDSIX 47.0% 2,000 0.89%
DWS Dreman Small Cap Value S KDSSX 47.0% 2,000 1.13%
Federated Clover Small Value A VSFAX 72.0% 264 1.29%
Federated Clover Small Value Instl VSFIX 72.0% 264 1.04%
Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Value A FCVAX 22.0% 2,600 1.44%
Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Value I FCVIX 22.0% 2,600 1.10%
Fidelity Small Cap Value FCPVX 22.0% 2,600 1.13%
Franklin MicroCap Value A FRM1Z 9.5% 337 1.18%
Franklin MicroCap Value Adv FVRTZ 9.5% 337 0.93%
Franklin Small Cap Value A FRL1Z 14.2% 1,600 1.22%
Franklin Small Cap Value A FRVLX 14.2% 1,600 1.22%
Franklin Small Cap Value Adv FVADX 14.2% 1,600 0.92%
Franklin Small Cap Value R FVFRX 14.2% 1,600 1.42%
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value A GSSMX 46.0% 2,800 1.44%
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value A GSSTZ 46.0% 2,800 1.44%
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value Inst GSSIX 46.0% 2,800 1.04%
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value IR GSQTX 46.0% 2,800 1.19%
Goldman Sachs Structured Sm Cap Val A GSATX 33.0% 129 1.26%
Goldman Sachs Structured Sm Cap Val I GSITX 33.0% 129 0.86%
Guggenheim Mid Cap Value A SEVAX 28.0% 1,100 1.32%
Guggenheim Mid Cap Value Inst SVUIX 38.0% 474 1.00%
Heartland Value HRTVX 25.0% 1,100 1.10%
Heartland Value Inst HNTVX 25.0% 1,100 0.91%
Heartland Value Plus HRVIX 11.0% 2,400 1.16%
Heartland Value Plus Inst HNVIX 11.0% 2,400 0.87%
Hotchkis and Wiley Small Cap Value A HWSAX 54.0% 302 1.33%
Hotchkis and Wiley Small Cap Value A HXM1Z 54.0% 302 1.33%
Hotchkis and Wiley Small Cap Value I HWS1Z 54.0% 302 1.08%
Hotchkis and Wiley Small Cap Value I HWSIX 54.0% 302 1.08%
Intrepid Small Cap ICMAX 88.0% 766 1.41%
Intrepid Small Cap Fund Institutional Class ICMZX 88.0% 766 1.16%
Ivy Small Cap Value I IVVIX 50.0% 242 1.46%
MFS New Discovery Value Fund Class A NDVAX 56.0% 163 1.36%
Northern Small Cap Value NOSGX 20.7% 1,600 1.00%
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund Class A JDSAX 64.0% 2,700 1.32%
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund Class I JSCOX 64.0% 2,700 0.98%
Perkins Small Cap Value Fund Class S JISCX 64.0% 2,700 1.38%
Perkins Small Cap Value L JSIVX 64.0% 2,700 1.11%
Perkins Small Cap Value T JSCVX 64.0% 2,700 1.13%
Prudential Small Cap Value Fund Class Z PSVZX 23.0% 164 1.38%
Putnam Small Cap Value A PSLAX 64.0% 152 1.39%
Putnam Small Cap Value Y PYSVX 64.0% 152 1.14%
RBC Microcap Value A TMVAX 2.0% 120 1.32%
RBC Microcap Value S TMVSX 2.0% 120 1.07%
RBC Microcap Value S TMVSZ 2.0% 120 1.07%
Robeco Small Cap Value II Instl BPSIX 38.0% 125 1.30%
Royce Opportunity Instl ROFIX 35.0% 1,700 1.04%
Royce Opportunity Invmt RYPNX 35.0% 1,700 1.17%
Royce Opportunity Invmt RYPTZ 35.0% 1,700 1.17%
Royce Opportunity K ROFKX 35.0% 1,700 1.47%
Royce Opportunity Svc RYOFX 35.0% 1,700 1.49%
Skyline Special Equities SKSEX 45.0% 188 1.33%
Target Small Capitalization Value T TASVX 44.0% 1,100 0.71%
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Instl VSIIX 30.0% 6,700 0.19%
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv VISVX 30.0% 6,700 0.35%
Victory Small Company Opportunity A SSGSX 44.0% 1,000 1.41%
Victory Small Company Opportunity I VSOIX 44.0% 1,000 1.06%
Walthausen Small Cap Value WSCVX 55.4% 321 1.32%
Wells Fargo Advantage Spec SmCp Val A ESPAX 54.0% 721 1.35%
Wells Fargo Advantage Spec SmCp Val Adm ESPIX 54.0% 721 1.10%
Westcore Small-Cap Value WTSVX 40.0% 301 1.31%
Westcore Small-Cap Value Institutional WISVX 40.0% 301 1.17%
William Blair Small Cap Value I BVDIX 65.0% 234 1.20%
William Blair Small Cap Value I BVDTZ 65.0% 234 1.20%
William Blair Small Cap Value N WBVDX 65.0% 234 1.45%



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