US Blue Chip Equity Fund

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Overview

Strategy

Fund Summary

Through fundamental analysis, we search for companies that can deliver strong growth in earnings and free cash flow on a durable basis. We want to invest in high-quality companies with leading market positions in fertile growth fields. We are attentive to valuations and aim to avoid overpaying for growth, while broadly diversifying the portfolio. The promotion of environmental and/or social characteristics is achieved through the fund's commitment to maintain at least 10% of the value of its portfolio invested in Sustainable Investments, as defined by the SFDR. Additionally, we apply a proprietary responsible screen (exclusion list). The manager is not constrained by the fund’s benchmark, which is used for performance comparison purposes only.

Performance - Net of Fees

31-Jul-2024 - Paul Greene, Portfolio Manager,

Most major US stock indices rose in July. As measured by various Russell indices, small-caps outperformed mid-caps and large-caps. Value fared better than growth across all market capitalisations. Within the S&P 500, the real estate sector performed best, followed by utilities and financials. Communication services and information technology fared worst and produced negative returns. Within the portfolio, our stock choices in the consumer discretionary sector detracted from relative performance, driven by our overweight exposure to a large e-commerce company whose shares fell amid a broader rotation away from large-cap technology companies during the month. An overweight position and unfavourable security selection in the information technology sector also hurt. Here, our holding in a leading software provider hindered returns as investors responded negatively to its quarterly earnings release, which included elevated capital expenditures and decelerating growth in its cloud computing segment. Similarly, our stock picks in health care dragged, led by our position in a pharmaceutical company whose shares were pressured amid a broader rotation into more value-oriented peers. No sectors materially contributed to relative returns during the month.

31-Jan-2024 - Paul Greene, Portfolio Manager,

From a positioning standpoint, we continue to refrain from taking a pronounced stance on macroeconomic implications, and instead, we are aiming for a balanced approach of ideas that can thrive if the skies continue to clear, as well as defensive positions that can provide downside support. Similarly, predicting election outcomes and subsequent market impacts is not an area of focus at this stage; however, as political agendas come into focus and the balance of political power crystalises, actionable idiosyncratic investment opportunities may present themselves.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

The Funds are sub-funds of the T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV, a Luxembourg investment company with variable capital which is registered with Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier and which qualifies as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”). Full details of the objectives, investment policies and risks are located in the prospectus which is available with the key investor information documents and/or key information document (KID) in English and in an official language of the jurisdictions in which the Funds are registered for public sale, together with the articles of incorporation and the annual and semi-annual reports (together “Fund Documents”). Any decision to invest should be made on the basis of the Fund Documents which are available free of charge from the local representative, local information/paying agent or from authorised distributors. They can also be found along with a summary of investor rights in English at www.troweprice.com. The Management Company reserves the right to terminate marketing arrangements.

Hedged share classes (denoted by 'h') utilise investment techniques to mitigate currency risk between the underlying investment currency(ies) of the fund and the currency of the hedged share class. The costs of doing so will be borne by the share class and there is no guarantee that such hedging will be effective.

Before deciding to invest in the fund, you should read the offering document/prospectus (including its investment objectives, policies and any risk warnings) which are available and may be obtained from any appointed distributors.

The specific securities identified and described in this website do not represent all of the securities purchased, sold, or recommended for the sub-fund and no assumptions should be made that the securities identified and discussed were or will be profitable.

A full list of the currently issued Share Classes including Distributing, Hedged, and Accumulating Categories may be obtained, free of charge and upon request, from the registered office of the Company.

Benchmark: Investors may use the benchmark to compare the fund’s performance. The benchmark has been selected because it is similar to the investment universe used by the investment manager and therefore acts as an appropriate comparator. The investment manager is not constrained by any country, sector and/or individual security weightings relative to the benchmark and has complete freedom to invest in securities that do not form part of the benchmark.

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