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Richard F. Aster, Jr.		“We follow two cardinal rules: understand the longterm growth potential of the companies and pay attention to valuation. We believe that in the long term, earnings growth is the most important driver of stock performance.”		James H. England, Jr.
		Meridian Value Fund

Most research shows that it is very difficult to beat the market, but Meridian Value Fund has discovered one area that over time has done that. That is investing in temporarily broken growth companies because the market tends to discount those at an extreme level. Fund managers Rick Aster and James England tr y to capitalize on that opportunity using a value investing strategy with a focus on the long-term earnings growth potential of companies.