Northern Small Cap Value Fund (NOSGX – MF report) a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) was created in April 1994 and is managed by Northern Trust investments. NOSGX seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. NOSGX employs a highly structured, value-oriented approach. NOSGX invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in the equity securities of small capitalization companies. Although NOSGX primarily invests in the securities of U.S. issuers, it may make limited investments in the securities of foreign issuers either directly or indirectly (for example, through ADRs).

This Small Value product, as of the last filing, allocates their fund in two major groups; Small Value and Large Value. Further, as of the last filing, Northern Institutional Diversified Assets Portfolio, SYNNEX Corp. and Entertainment Property Trust were the top holdings for NOSGX.

The Northern Small Cap Value fund, managed by Northern, carries an expense ratio of 1%. Moreover, NOSGX requires a minimal initial investment of $2,500.

NOSGX has a history of positive total returns for over 10 years. Specifically, the fund's returns over the 3, 5 year benchmarks; 3 year 8.41% and 5 year 9.30%. To see how this fund performed compared in its category, and other #1 and #2 Ranked Mutual Funds, please click here.

NOSGX's performance, as of the last filing, when compared to funds in its category was in the top 10% in 1 year, top 22% over the past 3 years, and in the 15% over the past 5 years.