Inception Portfolio

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MSSGX CUSIP: 61744J309
Inception Portfolio
MSSGX CUSIP: 61744J309
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Inception Portfolio

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MSSGX CUSIP: 61744J309
 

 
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Investment Objective

Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in growth-oriented equity securities of small-capitalization companies.

Investment Approach
We seek to invest primarily in established and emerging small cap companies in the United States, that we believe have sustainable competitive advantages with above average business visibility, the ability to deploy capital at high rates of return, strong balance sheets and an attractive risk/reward profile.
 
 
Pricing & Performance

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As of 09/30/2024

As of 11/01/2024

As of 09/30/2024

As of 11/01/2024


Performance of $10,000 invested
Performance of $10,000 invested

    
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
 
 
Average Annual Total Returns As of 09/30/2024 As of 09/30/2024
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
MSSGX 14.77 -19.58 10.49 9.24 10.70
Russell 2000 Growth Index (%) 27.66 -0.35 8.82 8.95 8.00
Lipper Category Average (%) 26.11 -1.27 9.68 9.84 --
Morningstar Category Average (%) 25.69 -1.41 10.04 9.93 --
1 YR 3 YRS 5 YRS 10 YRS Since Inception
MSSGX 14.77 -19.58 10.49 9.24 10.70
Russell 2000 Growth Index (%) 27.66 -0.35 8.82 8.95 8.00
Lipper Category Average (%) 26.11 -1.27 9.68 9.84 --
Morningstar Category Average (%) 25.69 -1.41 10.04 9.93 --
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
MSSGX 54.44 -59.42 -3.33 150.57 37.11 0.29 21.87
Russell 2000 Growth Index (%) 18.66 -26.36 2.83 34.63 28.48 -9.31 22.17
Lipper Category Average (%) 16.76 -26.66 11.32 38.35 29.08 -4.53 23.16
Morningstar Category Average (%) 16.68 -27.77 11.89 38.62 27.68 -5.76 21.50
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 09/30/2024
TIMEFRAME MSSGX Russell 2000 Growth Index (%) Lipper Category Average (%) Morningstar Category Average (%)
1 Yr 14.77 27.66 26.11 25.69
3 Yrs -19.58 -0.35 -1.27 -1.41
5 Yrs 10.49 8.82 9.68 10.04
10 Yrs 9.24 8.95 9.84 9.93
Since Inception 10.70 8.00 } -- --
As of 09/30/2024
TIMEFRAME MSSGX Russell 2000 Growth Index (%) Lipper Category Average (%) Morningstar Category Average (%)
1 Yr 14.77 27.66 26.11 25.69
3 Yrs -19.58 -0.35 -1.27 -1.41
5 Yrs 10.49 8.82 9.68 10.04
10 Yrs 9.24 8.95 9.84 9.93
Since Inception 10.70 8.00 } -- --
TIMEFRAME MSSGX Russell 2000 Growth Index (%) Lipper Category Average (%) Morningstar Category Average (%)
2023 54.44 18.66 16.76 16.68
2022 -59.42 -26.36 -26.66 -27.77
2021 -3.33 2.83 11.32 11.89
2020 150.57 34.63 38.35 38.62
2019 37.11 28.48 29.08 27.68
2018 0.29 -9.31 -4.53 -5.76
2017 21.87 22.17 23.16 21.50
Past performance is not indicative of future results. The Portfolio's calendar year returns do not include the deduction of any applicable sales charges.
 
 
Risk/Return Statistics

TIMEFRAME:
    MSSGX Index
Alpha (%) -17.72 --
Beta (vs. benchmark) 1.38 1.00
Excess return (%) -19.22 --
Information ratio -1.03 --
R squared 0.79 1.00
Sharpe ratio -0.65 -0.17
Standard deviation (%) 35.81 23.09
Tracking error (%) 18.63 --
Up-capture ratio (%) 100.15 100.00
Down-capture ratio (%) 151.69 100.00
    MSSGX Index
Alpha (%) -1.46 --
Beta (vs. benchmark) 1.49 1.00
Excess return (%) 1.67 --
Information ratio 0.07 --
R squared 0.75 1.00
Sharpe ratio 0.20 0.27
Standard deviation (%) 41.41 24.09
Tracking error (%) 23.86 --
Up-capture ratio (%) 155.40 100.00
Down-capture ratio (%) 140.57 100.00
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
 
 
Distributions
 Tax Center   
 
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Net Investment Income ($ per share) Long-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Short-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Total Capital Gains ($ per share)
12/09/2022 12/12/2022 12/12/2022 0.023910 0.002100 0.005200 0.007300
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Net Investment Income ($ per share) Long-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Short-Term Capital Gains ($ per share) Total Capital Gains ($ per share)
12/09/2022 12/12/2022 12/12/2022 0.023910 0.002100 0.005200 0.007300
 
 
Composition As of 09/30/2024
  Fund Index
Information Technology 35.36 19.63
Health Care 20.85 25.60
Consumer Discretionary 19.17 10.07
Financials 12.52 8.29
Communication Services 5.23 2.01
Consumer Staples 3.19 3.24
Real Estate 2.47 1.55
Industrials 0.47 21.78
Materials 0.32 3.93
Energy -- 3.43
Utilities -- 0.48
Other 0.09 --
Cash 0.57 --
 
May not sum to 100% due to the exclusion of other assets and liabilities.


Holdings As of 09/30/2024
Fund Index
Cloudflare Inc 8.63 --
Global-E Online Ltd 7.52 --
Affirm Holdings Inc 7.38 --
Peloton Interactive Inc 5.54 0.11
MicroStrategy Inc 5.33 --
Appian Corp 5.13 0.10
Bill Holdings Inc 5.10 --
ZoomInfo Technologies Inc 4.78 --
Aurora Innovation Inc 3.95 0.22
Doximity Inc 3.81 --
Total 57.17 --

Full Holdings Report available at least 45 calendar days after quarter-end.



Portfolio Characteristics
Fund Index
Active share (%) 98.71 --
Number of holdings 47 1,120
Return on capital (%) -12.50 2.91
5 year EPS growth (%) 40.53 22.38
Sales growth (%) 18.94 10.90
Weighted median market capitalization ($B) 5.63 3.68
D/E weighted median (%) 6.97 50.02
Turnover (%) 72 --
Portfolio turnover is sourced from the fund's current prospectus. View current prospectus for the as of date.
 
 
Investors
Dennis Lynch
Head of Counterpoint Global
30 years industry experience
Sandeep Chainani
Managing Director
28 years industry experience
Armistead Nash
Managing Director
24 years industry experience
David Cohen
Managing Director
36 years industry experience
Alex Norton
Executive Director
29 years industry experience

May not represent all Investors.

 
 
 

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Class C shares include deferred sales charge of 1.00% which declines to zero after first year.

Where the net expense ratio is lower than the gross expense ratio, certain fees have been waived and/ or expenses reimbursed. These waivers and/or reimbursements will continue for at least one year from the date of the applicable fund’s current prospectus (unless otherwise noted in the applicable prospectus) or until such time as the fund's Board of Directors/Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such waivers and/or reimbursements. Absent such waivers and/or reimbursements, returns would have been lower. Expenses are based on the fund's current prospectus. The minimum initial investment is $1,000,000 for Class I shares.

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The Fund has suspended offering Class L shares of the Portfolio to all investors.

Growth of Investment illustration is based on an initial investment of $10,000 made since fund inception, assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains and application of fees, but does not include sales charges. Performance would have been lower if sales charges had been included. Results are hypothetical.

Subject to change daily. Fund information, Portfolio Composition and Characteristics are provided for informational purposes only, and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or securities in the sectors presented. 

Returns are net of fees and assume the reinvestment of all dividends and income. Returns for less than one year are cumulative (not annualized). Performance of other share classes will vary.

Please keep in mind that high double-digit and/or triple-digit returns are highly unusual and cannot be sustained. Investors should also be aware that these returns were primarily achieved during favorable market conditions.  

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PORTFOLIO CHARACTERISTICS DEFINITIONS 
The Net Asset Value (NAV) per share is determined by dividing the value of the fund's portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all liabilities, by the total number of common shares outstanding.  Return on capital is a measure of a company’s efficiency at allocating the capital under its control to profitable investments, calculated by dividing operating income [excluding dividends and taxes] by total capital. Earnings per share (EPS) growth is the weighted average of earnings per share growth for all securities in the portfolio projected for the past five fiscal years. Earnings per share for a company is defined as total earnings divided by shares outstanding. Sales growth is the percentage increase in sales over a 1-year period. The Weighted Median Market Capitalization is the point at which half of the market value of a portfolio or index is invested in stocks with a greater market cap, while the other half of the market value is invested in stocks with a lower market cap. Weighted median Debt to Equity ratio is the point at which half of the market value of a portfolio or index is invested in stocks with a greater Debt to Equity ratio, while the other half of the market value is invested in stocks with a lower Debt to Equity ratio. Debt/equity (D/E) is a measure of a company’s financial leverage calculated by dividing its total liabilities by stockholders’ equity.  

Turnover is sourced from the fund's current prospectus.

The index data displayed under allocations are calculated using MSIM and other third-party methodologies and may differ from data published by the vendor.

RISK/RETURN DEFINITIONS 
Active Share is the fraction of the portfolio or fund that is invested differently than its benchmark as of the last day of the reporting period. A portfolio with a high degree of Active Share does not assure a fund’s relative outperformance. Active Share calculation may consolidate holdings with the same economic exposure. Excess Return or value added (positive or negative) is the portfolio’s return relative to the return of the benchmark. Alpha (Jensen's) is a risk-adjusted performance measure that represents the average return on a portfolio or investment above or below that predicted by the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) given the portfolio's or investment's beta and the average market return. Prior to 6/30/2018 Alpha was calculated as the excess return of the fund versus benchmark. Beta is a measure of the relative volatility of a security or portfolio to the market's upward or downward movements. Information ratio is the portfolio’s alpha or excess return per unit of risk, as measured by tracking error, versus the portfolio’s benchmark. R squared measures how well an investment’s returns correlate to an index. An R squared of 100 means the portfolio performance is 100% correlated to the index’s, whereas a low r-squared means that the portfolio performance is less correlated to the index’s. Sharpe ratio is a risk-adjusted measure calculated as the ratio of excess return to standard deviation. The Sharpe ratio determines reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the historical risk-adjusted performance. Standard deviation measures how widely individual performance returns, within a performance series, are dispersed from the average or mean value. Tracking error is the amount by which the performance of the portfolio differs from that of the benchmark. Upside/downside market capture measures annualized performance in up/down markets relative to the market benchmark.

RISK CONSIDERATIONS

There is no assurance that a Portfolio will achieve its investment objective. Portfolios are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Portfolio will decline and that the value of Portfolio shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Market values can change daily due to economic and other events (e.g. natural disasters, health crises, terrorism, conflicts and social unrest) that affect markets, countries, companies or governments. It is difficult to predict the timing, duration, and potential adverse effects (e.g. portfolio liquidity) of events. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this Portfolio. Please be aware that this Portfolio may be subject to certain additional risks. In general, equities securities’ values also fluctuate in response to activities specific to a company. Investments in foreign markets entail special risks such as currency, political, economic, market and liquidity risks. The risks of investing in emerging market countries are greater than risks associated with investments in foreign developed countries. Investments in small capitalization companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger, more established, companies. Illiquid securities may be more difficult to sell and value than publicly traded securities (liquidity risk). Derivative instruments may disproportionately increase losses and have a significant impact on performance. They also may be subject to counterparty, liquidity, valuation, correlation and market risks. Privately placed and restricted securities may be subject to resale restrictions as well as a lack of publicly available information, which will increase their illiquidity and could adversely affect the ability to value and sell them (liquidity risk). Portfolio Turnover. Consistent with its investment policies, the Fund will purchase and sell securities without regard to the effect on portfolio turnover. Higher portfolio turnover will cause the Fund to incur additional transaction costs. 

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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

See the Fund's prospectus for information related to a primary benchmark index selected (if applicable) to comply with a regulation that requires the Fund's primary benchmark to represent the overall applicable market.

The Russell 2000 Growth Index measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market capitalization and current index membership.

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Please consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of the fund carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the fund. To obtain a prospectus, download one at morganstanley.com/im or call 1-800-548-7786. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. 

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) is the asset management division of Morgan Stanley.

WAM is the weighted average maturity of the portfolio. The WAM calculation utilizes the interest-rate reset date, rather than a security's stated final maturity, for variable- and floating- rate securities. By looking to a portfolio's interest rate reset schedule in lieu of final maturity dates, the WAM measure effectively captures a fund's exposure to interest rate movements and the potential price impact resulting from interest rate movements.

 

WAL is the weighted average life of the portfolio. The WAL calculation utilizes a security's stated final maturity date or, when relevant, the date of the next demand feature when the fund may receive payment of principal and interest (such as a put feature). Accordingly, WAL reflects how a portfolio would react to deteriorating credit (widening spreads) or tightening liquidity conditions.

 

Tracking error and information ratio are calculated using the Portfolio's Blended Index (added October 2, 2013), as this is a better representation of the Portfolio's global multi-asset strategy. The investment team manages the Portfolio relative to this Blended Index.

 

Excess return versus Custom Benchmark is calculated using the Portfolio's Blended Index based on the period since it was added as a benchmark on October 2, 2013.

 

NTM = Next Twelve Months

 

LTM = Last Twelve Months

 

Because the Portfolio had not commenced operations as of the most recent fiscal year end, no portfolio turnover rate is available for the Portfolio.

 

The Reorganization occurred on January 6, 2015. The inception date reflects the inception date of the Private Fund.

 

Global equities is represented by the MSCI All Country World Index.

 

Net exposure % calculated as [(MV of long cash security and derivative positions)-(absolute value of MV in short derivative positions)]/(portfolio MV)

 

Gross exposure % calculated as [(MV of long cash security and derivative positions)+(absolute value of MV in short derivative positions)]/(portfolio MV).

 

Fixed income net and gross exposure is duration adjusted (U.S. Treasury 10-Year equivalents)

 

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