What she manages MFS Investment Management's $6 billion Capital Opportunities Fun.

The route that took her there Colby economics, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, the Federal Reserve Bank, Harvard Management Co.

Her strategy for evaluating a stock Relative value how a stock is trading relative to its history, peers and growth prospects.

Why she sells a stock The valuation makes her uneasy or there's a change in the stock's fundamentals.

How she changed her fund's strategy when she took over Diversification."I think my No. 1 position in the fund is like a 3 percent weighting. I don't think one stock is good enough to be 12 percent of any fund. But that is just me."

What Morningstar Inc. said about her"The fund's success owes much to Shaughnessy's distinctive strategy. Although its occasionally large stakes overseas could spike volatility, there's reason to believe this fund will deliver."