Dennis Delafield – The Veteran Opportunist

A Rich Family Heritage

Dennis Delafield

Dennis Delafield

Dennis Delafield has a very rich family heritage. His ancestors were one of the largest original landowners in New York State, allowing them access to George Washington and John Adams. His great uncle, Chancellor Robert Livingston helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase.

Dennis has been managing money since 1957 and he has worked side by side with his co-manager, Vince Sellecchia, since 1980. His vast level of experience in both bull and bear markets is just one of the factors that qualifies Dennis as a Money Master. He believes his skill as a stock analyst has been the key to achieving a long-term track record of success. Rather than be boxed into a particular category, Dennis likes to invest where he finds the best opportunity. Over the last few years, this has been mostly in the stock of small and medium sized companies.

Controlling risk is a priority for Dennis and his team. He states that: “The first principle of winning is not to lose. We never worry about what we don’t make, we worry about what we might lose.” .

Dennis Delafield's Scorecard

These five criteria contribute to the selection process which helped us to choose Dennis Delafield as one of our select group of Money Masters.

1 Manager Tenure Check!
2 Performance Results Check!
3 Style Consistency Check!
4 Regulatory Compliance Check!
5 Availability Check!

The fund we are investing in to gain access to Money Master Dennis Delafield is:

Fund Name: Delafield Fund
Fund Symbol: DEFIX
Fund Summary:

The fund is driven by bottom-up analysis with an emphasis on uncovering special situations and undervalued investments. The fund is managed in a tax-efficient manner and absolute returns oriented.

Delafield Asset Management Funds
  • Founded by J. Dennis Delafield in 1980, joined Capital Management Group of RTAM in 1997.
  • More than $1.3 billion assets under management.
  • Delafield fund Managers have combined experience of more than 80 years and have worked together since 1980.
  • Distributed by Natixis Global Asset Management, one of the 15 largest Investment management firms in the world with $890 billion in assets.

* Notes: The 10-year average return shown for DEFIX is for the 10-year period 01/01/00 - 12/31/09. The average was calculated by adding the results for the 10 consecutive calendar years shown and dividing that result by 10.

The 10-year average return and 10 individual annual performance results are shown with all dividends and gains reinvested and are net of all fund fees. All fund expenses have already been deducted from the percentage results shown.

Source for Calendar year results: Zephyr StyleADVISOR.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Actual future results will vary.

The Retirement Corporation of America (RCA) is under no obligation to use featured managers or funds and will change managers should they fail to meet our selection criteria.

Information pertaining to RCA's advisory operations, services and fees is set forth in RCA's current disclosure statement (copy available upon request from RCA).