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What grade does VCRAX get?
Morningstar rates funds on what they returned. We grade them on where their money sits today: how much of the book overlaps with the converged buys of the top specialist stock pickers.
Fundprints Fund Grade · as of 2026-09-01
NYLI CBRE Global Infrastructure Class A
#144 of 440 graded active funds · blend · mid segment peer group
The point · specialist footprint
VCRAX puts less of its book behind proven specialists than 72% of graded funds.
Bottom 20%
● Bottom 40%
Middle
Top 40%
Top 20%
That has mattered: over the past 2.7 years, funds with this little specialist backing trailed top-rung funds by about 3.8 points per quarter and beat the S&P in only 22% of fund-quarters. If it also charges an active fee, the higher-graded alternatives deserve a look.
2,825 graded funds · 2.7 years of filings, measured as they were published · evidence, not advice
The grade scores this fund's specialist share — the slice that overlaps what the top 1% of proven funds are building. We ignore index ballast and names outside our edge on purpose: that slice is small, and it's what decides the outcome.
Conviction exposure
5.2%
of the book in specialist-converged names
Late-stage weight
35.4%
of the book in Crowded or Fading names
Active share
98%
how far it strays from the index
The best grades have beaten the worst by about +5% a year since we began grading. The gap held in 9 out of 10 months. Measured on filings as they were published, no hindsight.
Inside the book — top names by stage · as of 2026-09-09
We email you the day it crosses 50% crowded, and where you stand every month.
Graded monthly from point-in-time filings. A description of where the money sits, not a recommendation. Evidence, not advice.
The read · what to do with it
NYLI CBRE Global Infrastructure Class A earns a B grade and ranks 144 of 440 graded funds, with specialists holding a modest 5.2% share. The early story here is XEL and PPL, where proven specialists are actively building positions. Watch the other side though, ATO, WEC, SO, and AMT are all fading, together representing real weight.
→ Monitor ATO, WEC, SO, and AMT closely, specialists are leaving all four positions which total roughly 14% of the fund.
→ Compare this fund against higher graded options in the same fund family before adding new money, given the notable fading weight.
Support leaving these positions
Same family, higher grade
Read from today's disclosed book. Evidence, not advice.
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The specialists — not the whales — are already positioned for what comes next. Stop finding out last.
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