BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund (LMAMX)
The investment seeks to provide positive returns independent of market cycles through a high level of income and capital appreciation. Under normal circumstances, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by taking a flexible, long and short global credit approach. It will rotate amongst the global credit opportunities (long or short) that the subadviser finds most attractive and navigate the credit quality spectrum throughout the different phases of the business cycle. The fund also has the flexibility to hedge or increase exposure to certain risks based on the subadviser's macroeconomic views. The fund is non-diversified.
Fund Info
US52471E8113
Dec 1, 2013
$1,000,000
Expense Ratio
LMAMX has a high expense ratio of 1.25%, indicating higher-than-average management fees.
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Performance
Performance Chart
The chart shows the growth of an initial investment of $10,000 in BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund, comparing it to the performance of the S&P 500 index or another benchmark. All prices have been adjusted for splits and dividends.
Returns By Period
BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund had a return of 2.01% year-to-date (YTD) and 7.28% in the last 12 months. Over the past 10 years, BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund had an annualized return of 2.70%, while the S&P 500 had an annualized return of 11.31%, indicating that BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund did not perform as well as the benchmark.
LMAMX
2.01%
0.82%
2.38%
7.28%
1.35%
2.70%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
4.46%
2.46%
9.31%
23.49%
13.03%
11.31%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of LMAMX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.78% | 2.01% | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 0.90% | 0.55% | 1.34% | -0.33% | 1.00% | 0.68% | 1.12% | 0.99% | -0.16% | -1.15% | 1.16% | -0.03% | 6.22% |
| 2023 | -0.31% | -0.93% | -1.35% | 0.86% | -0.85% | -1.50% | -0.44% | -0.11% | -1.09% | 0.57% | -0.23% | 2.51% | -2.89% |
| 2022 | 0.10% | -0.78% | -2.24% | 0.20% | -1.33% | 1.97% | -1.93% | 0.72% | 0.37% | -1.75% | 0.10% | 2.61% | -2.06% |
| 2021 | 1.38% | 1.66% | -0.11% | 0.88% | 0.77% | 0.39% | -0.10% | 0.29% | 0.04% | -0.19% | -0.48% | 0.40% | 5.01% |
| 2020 | 1.72% | 1.60% | -14.29% | -3.17% | 3.27% | 6.53% | 0.93% | 0.20% | 0.24% | -0.20% | 2.66% | 3.42% | 1.35% |
| 2019 | 0.98% | 0.29% | 0.63% | 0.58% | 1.16% | 0.54% | 0.19% | 1.24% | -0.05% | 0.47% | 0.09% | 0.28% | 6.60% |
| 2018 | 0.96% | -0.67% | 0.51% | 0.67% | -0.77% | 0.04% | 0.10% | 0.29% | -0.03% | -0.58% | -0.29% | -0.04% | 0.18% |
| 2017 | 2.32% | 0.69% | 0.80% | 0.79% | 1.08% | 0.58% | 1.94% | -0.67% | 0.58% | 0.10% | 0.19% | 0.62% | 9.36% |
| 2016 | -1.54% | -0.98% | 2.39% | 0.75% | -0.64% | 0.00% | 2.67% | 1.67% | 0.51% | 0.20% | -1.12% | 1.95% | 5.90% |
| 2015 | 1.74% | -0.16% | 0.16% | -0.32% | 0.00% | -1.85% | -0.93% | -0.92% | -1.01% | -1.83% | 0.07% | 2.29% | -2.80% |
| 2014 | 1.36% | 1.23% | 1.34% | 2.00% | 1.57% | 1.60% | -0.44% | 0.38% | 1.74% | -1.02% | 0.61% | -3.78% | 6.61% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
With an overall rank of 88, LMAMX is among the top 12% of mutual funds on our website when it comes to balancing risk and reward. Below is a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund (LMAMX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.
Dividends
Dividend History
BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund provided a 12.01% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $1.04 per share. The fund has been increasing its distributions for 2 consecutive years.
| Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $1.04 | $1.04 | $0.51 | $0.25 | $0.42 | $0.46 | $0.36 | $0.26 | $0.43 | $0.03 | $0.81 | $0.25 |
Dividend yield | 12.01% | 12.25% | 5.75% | 2.56% | 4.16% | 4.53% | 3.49% | 2.55% | 4.09% | 0.32% | 8.64% | 2.35% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||||||||||
| 2024 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.19 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.18 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.41 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.26 | $1.04 |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.16 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.09 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.11 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.15 | $0.51 |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.12 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.04 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.09 | $0.25 |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.13 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.10 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.09 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.10 | $0.42 |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.11 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.04 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.25 | $0.46 |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.07 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.08 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.17 | $0.36 |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.10 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.10 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $0.26 |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.15 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.10 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.06 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.11 | $0.43 |
| 2016 | $0.02 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.03 |
| 2015 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.02 | $0.59 | $0.81 |
| 2014 | $0.03 | $0.03 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.25 |
Drawdowns
Drawdowns Chart
The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.
Worst Drawdowns
The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.
The maximum drawdown for the BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund was 20.51%, occurring on Apr 9, 2020. Recovery took 271 trading sessions.
The current BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund drawdown is 0.12%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -20.51% | Mar 10, 2020 | 23 | Apr 9, 2020 | 271 | May 7, 2021 | 294 |
| -10.76% | Oct 13, 2014 | 337 | Feb 12, 2016 | 240 | Jan 26, 2017 | 577 |
| -8.49% | Jan 26, 2022 | 428 | Oct 9, 2023 | 218 | Aug 21, 2024 | 646 |
| -2.13% | Apr 19, 2018 | 171 | Dec 20, 2018 | 65 | Mar 27, 2019 | 236 |
| -2.08% | Sep 24, 2024 | 11 | Oct 8, 2024 | 46 | Dec 12, 2024 | 57 |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
The current BrandywineGLOBAL - Alternative Credit Fund volatility is 0.49%, representing the average percentage change in the investments's value, either up or down over the past month. The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.