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Managing Risk in the Tech Sector 

Tech Investing for the Long Run 

 

2/1/2012 

Companies that create an upgrade path for consumers can bring stability to their business along with an annuitized revenue stream, says Walter Price, manager of the Allianz RCM Technology Fund.

 



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Next Steps:

1) Gain deeper insight into technology investing from our experts.

A Reality Check for Tech Investors
RCM's Walter Price and Huachen Chen discuss how prudence in the technology sector allowed them to capitalize on early gains in tablets and China's online market. 

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Top 10 Tech Trends of the Coming Decade 
Walter Price, portfolio manager for the Allianz RCM Technology Fund, discusses the key themes that will drive growth in the technology sector over the next decade.

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2) Dig into the details with performance, process and portfolio holdings.

Allianz RCM Technology Fund Card 
The Allianz RCM Technology Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in both domestic and international companies that provide technology products or services or utilize technology to gain competitive advantages in the marketplace.

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Walter C. Price, Jr., CFA, is a managing director, senior analyst and portfolio manager of the Allianz RCM Technology Fund. He received his BS with Honors in electrical engineering from M.I.T. and his BS and MS in management from the Sloan School at M.I.T. In 1971 he joined Colonial Management, an investment advisory firm in Boston, where he became a senior analyst responsible for the chemical industry and the technology area. He joined RCM in 1974 as a senior securities analyst in technology and became a principal in 1978. Since 1985, he has had increasing portfolio responsibility for technology stocks and has managed many technology portfolios. Walter is a current director and past president of the M.I.T. Club of Northern California. He also heads the Educational Council for M.I.T. in the Bay Area and is a past Chairman of the AIMR Committee on Corporate Reporting for the computer and electronics industries.


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A Word About Risk: This Fund may invest its assets in common stocks of technology companies; the portfolio will normally represent at least three countries. The Fund may invest in non-U.S. companies and in emerging market companies. Concentrating assets in the technology sector, which tends to be more volatile than the overall stock market, may add additional risk compared to a diversified portfolio. Investing in non-U.S. securities may entail greater risk due to foreign economic and political developments; this risk may be enhanced when investing in emerging markets. This Fund may invest in IPOs and smaller companies, which may be more volatile than larger companies. IPOs are subject to risk in that the securities have no trading history and the price may be volatile.

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