THE OAKMARK SELECT FUNDReport from Bill Nygren and Henry Berghoef, Portfolio Managers |
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| THE VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT IN THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND FROM ITS INCEPTION (11/1/96) TO PRESENT (6/30/07) AS COMPARED TO THE STANDARD & POOR’S 500 INDEX5 | |||||
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Average
Annual Total Returns (as of 6/30/07) | |||||
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Total Return Last 3 Months* |
1-year |
5-year |
10-year |
Since Inception (11/1/96) | |
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| Oakmark Select Fund (Class I) | 7.84% |
17.87% |
10.57% |
15.16% |
17.96% |
| S&P 500 | 6.28% |
20.59% |
10.71% |
7.13% |
9.12% |
| Lipper Multi-Cap Value Index8 | 6.17% |
20.18% |
12.81% |
8.73% |
10.25% |
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| The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. | |||||
| Expense Ratio as of 9/30/06 was 0.99%. | |||||
| The performance data quoted represents past performance. The above performance information for the Fund does not reflect the imposition of a 2% redemption fee on shares held for 90 days or less to deter market timers. If reflected, the fee would reduce the performance quoted. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Average annual total return measures annualized change, while total return measures aggregate change. To obtain most recent month-end performance data, visit oakmark.com. | |||||
| * Not annualized | |||||
The Oakmark Select Fund had a very good quarter, increasing in value by 8%. That gain outpaced a strong S&P 500 which gained 6%. Subtracting our first quarter loss also brings Select’s year-to-date gain to 6%. Nine of our holdings achieved double-digit gains for the quarter compared to only one with a double-digit loss, Pulte Homes. The stagnation of housing prices has had a more negative effect on homebuilders’ current earnings than we had anticipated. Despite that, we believe that large homebuilders have significant and increasing competitive advantages over small builders, which keeps us confident in their long-term outlook. We added to our Pulte position last quarter.
Our best performers, Intel and Dell, were both up over 20%. Both companies appear to be exiting difficult periods which we had viewed as temporary. Both still sell beneath our business value estimates, which is why our technology weighting continues to be higher than it has historically been. As we said last quarter, our largest position, Washington Mutual, though rarely our largest mover, is often the largest positive or negative contributor to portfolio performance. That was the case in the negative direction in the first quarter. It was also the case in the second quarter, but this time it contributed in the positive direction. We continue to believe that Washington Mutual’s retail bank is very valuable and is growing more rapidly than its competitors are growing. The low valuation of a desirable business is what makes us believe that Washington Mutual continues to merit its heavy portfolio weighting.
During the quarter we sold our position in Gap Stores to make room for Home Depot. Home Depot announced the sale of their building supply business, which captured a couple billion dollars of profit and also allowed new management to focus 100% on their retail business. In the same press release, Home Depot also announced a massive acceleration of their share repurchase plan— intending to spend $22 billion to repurchase 30% of their share base. With debt available on such attractive terms and with Home Depot stock trading at only 12 times expected earnings, we applaud the aggressive repurchase.
| William C.
Nygren, CFA Portfolio Manager bnygren@oakmark.com |
Henry R.
Berghoef, CFA Portfolio Manager berghoef@oakmark.com |
| THE OAKMARK SELECT FUND |
Schedule of Investments—June 30, 2007 (Unaudited)
| Name | Shares Held | Market Value | |
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| Common Stocks—94.8% | |||
| Apparel Retail—4.1% | |||
| Limited Brands | 9,280,981 | $254,762,929 | |
| Broadcasting & Cable TV—4.0% | |||
| Discovery Holding Company, Class A (a) | 10,809,500 | $248,510,405 | |
| Catalog Retail—4.4% | |||
| Liberty Media Holding Corporation - Interactive, Class A (a) | 12,050,000 | $269,076,500 | |
| Home Improvement Retail—3.2% | |||
| The Home Depot, Inc. | 5,000,000 | $196,750,000 | |
| Homebuilding—2.7% | |||
| Pulte Homes, Inc. | 7,474,200 | $167,795,790 | |
| Movies & Entertainment—9.0% | |||
| Time Warner, Inc. | 14,540,000 | $305,921,600 | |
| Viacom, Inc., Class B (a) | 5,975,000 | 248,739,250 | |
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| 554,660,850 | |||
| Restaurants—13.7% | |||
| Yum! Brands, Inc. | 14,689,000 | $480,624,080 | |
| McDonald’s Corporation | 7,100,000 | 360,396,000 | |
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| 841,020,080 | |||
| Specialized Consumer Services—6.0% | |||
| H&R Block, Inc. | 15,919,600 | $372,041,052 | |
| Other Diversified Financial Services—3.6% | |||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 4,600,000 | $222,870,000 | |
| Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—14.0% | |||
| Washington Mutual, Inc. | 20,167,400 | $859,937,936 | |
| Health Care Technology—4.2% | |||
| IMS Health Incorporated | 8,003,441 | $257,150,559 | |
| Pharmaceuticals—4.3% | |||
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 8,290,200 | $261,638,712 | |
| Diversified Commercial & Professional Services—3.5% | |||
| The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | 2,071,900 | $213,364,262 | |
| Computer Hardware—3.9% | |||
| Dell Inc. (a) | 8,500,000 | $242,675,000 | |
| Data Processing & Outsourced Services—2.9% | |||
| Western Union Company | 8,615,400 | $179,458,782 | |
| Name | Shares Held/ Par Value |
Market Value | |
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| Office Electronics—3.8% | |||
| Xerox Corporation (a) | 12,546,400 | $231,857,472 | |
| Semiconductors—4.1% | |||
| Intel Corporation | 10,500,000 | $249,480,000 | |
| Wireless Telecommunication Services—3.4% | |||
| Sprint Nextel Corporation | 10,000,000 | $207,100,000 | |
| Total Common Stocks (Cost: $3,793,848,370) | 5,830,150,329 | ||
| Short Term Investments—5.2% | |||
| U.S. Government Agencies—2.0% | |||
| Federal Home Loan Bank, 5.12% due 7/5/2007 | $100,000,000 | $99,943,111 | |
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 5.165% due 7/25/2007 | 25,000,000 | 24,913,917 | |
| Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost: $124,857,028) | 124,857,028 | ||
| Repurchase Agreement—3.2% | |||
| IBT Repurchase Agreement, 4.50% dated 6/29/2007 due 7/2/2007, repurchase price $192,902,494, collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association Bonds, with rates of 4.292% - 5.670%, with maturities from 9/1/2033 - 12/25/2035, and with an aggregate market value plus accrued interest of $114,876,492, and by Government National Mortgage Association Bonds, with rates of 4.750% - 6.500%, with maturities from 1/20/2022 - 5/20/2034, and with an aggregate market value plus accrued interest of $87,595,200 | $192,830,183 | $192,830,183 | |
| Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost: $192,830,183) | 192,830,183 | ||
| Total Short Term Investments (Cost: $317,687,211) | 317,687,211 | ||
| Total Investments (Cost $4,111,535,581)—100.0% | $6,147,837,540 | ||
| Other Liabilities In Excess Of Other Assets—(0.0%) | (588,454) | ||
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| Total Net Assets—100% | $6,147,249,086 | ||
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| (a) | Non-income producing security. |