James Norris
Partner, fund manager
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Bear markets have been good for Norris.
The Cooke & Bieler Mid-Cap Value Fund co-managed by Norris gained 41 percent in 2000 and 25 percent in 2001, outpacing not only the S&P 500 but also mid-cap benchmarks such as the Russell Mid-Cap Value Index and the S&P Mid-Cap 400/Barra Value Index. So far this year, Norris' fund is down 5.8 percent, while benchmark indices have seen double-digit percentage losses.
Skeptics might point out that C&B Mid-Cap Value did poorly during the late '90s as the bull market climaxed. But that kind of market growth is an extreme anomaly. "I don't anticipate that will ever be repeated again to that magnitude," Norris told the Financial Times earlier this year.
At the end of the second quarter, the C&B Mid-Cap's largest holdings included clothing maker Tommy Hilfiger and office furniture manufacturer Steelcase.
Norris graduated from Guilford College with earned a degree in management.He recieved an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following graduate school, he spent almost 10 years with Sterling Capital Management before joining Cooke & Bieler in 1998.
Jonathan Murray
Senior Vice President, Investments
Legg Mason Wood Walker
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In addition to his job at Legg Mason, Murray is a daily financial commentator for WBAL Radio in Baltimore as well as the weekly financial commentator on WMAR TV. He writes the weekly Investing Column for the Baltimore Sun’s Web site, Sunspot.com. Murray is a lecturer for the Loyola College MBA program, the University of Maryland, for the Enoch Pratt Library Speakers Series and Johns Hopkins University. He is an Investment Advisory Representative, and a member of Legg Mason’s prestigious Chairman’s Council personally managing over $200 million in client assets.
From 1989 to 1994, Murray worked for Kidder, Peabody and Co. Prior to his investment career, Jonathan was assistant dean of admissions at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA.
Jonathan is a trustee at Dickinson and chairs the college's finance committee. He also serves on the advisory board of WJHU radio, a member of National Public Radio.
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