Jacquelyne J. Cavanaugh

Portfolio Manager, Analyst

Ms. Cavanaugh is a Portfolio Manager and an Analyst in the Equity Research group, focusing on the global financial and U.S. health-care sectors. She is a Portfolio Manager of Putnam Focused Equity Fund and Putnam Research Fund. As an Analyst, Ms. Cavanaugh is responsible for conducting fundamental analysis, developing insights on material sustainability issues, assessing valuations, and making buy/sell recommendations for companies in the global investment banking, global brokerage and insurance, alternative asset management, and managed care industries. She joined Putnam in 2011 and has been in the investment industry since 1995.

Mutual Funds

Fact sheet Annual Semi annual Compare
Focused Equity Fund
3-year Morningstar RatingTM among 1130 funds in the Large Growth category.
Research Fund
Overall Morningstar RatingTM among 1226 funds in the Large Blend category.
10-year Morningstar RatingTM among 822 funds in the Large Blend category.
5-year Morningstar RatingTM among 1120 funds in the Large Blend category.

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