Tobacco Shares Light Up Vice Fund
The Vice Fund has a hint of cheap cigarettes notoriety -- but there's nothing wrong with its returns: it earned 17.8 percent last year.
Co-portfolio manager Charles Norton is very specific about what goes into the fund. He offered his insights to CNBC.
"What we're finding opportunities on is really driven by global demand, that is there regardless of economic activity here in the U.S."
"We're finding opportunities in gaming, we're finding opportunities in aerospace defense, and we're finding opportunities in alcoholic beverages, globally," he told CNBC.
"Carolina Group is operating in a very strong fundamental backdrop," he said.
"It's a first-rate franchise, and there's also a restructuring play here. Carolina Group is going to be going from a tracking stock of Lorillard, which it is right now, to an actual independent legal entity, after which there will be a dividend increase and stock buybacks, as well."
Norton owns both Altria and Carolina Group through his fund.
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