N-CSRS 1 pf-ncsrs.htm PROSPECTOR FUNDS SEMIANNUAL 6-30-08 pf-ncsrs.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES


Investment Company Act file number 811-22077


Prospector Funds, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


370 Church St., Guilford, CT 06437
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


Prospector Partners Asset Management, LLC, 370 Church St., Guilford, CT 06437
(Name and address of agent for service)


(203) 458-1500
Registrant's telephone number, including area code


Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2008


Date of reporting period:  June 30, 2008

 
 

 

Item 1. Report to Stockholders.

 
 
 
PROSPECTOR CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
PROSPECTOR OPPORTUNITY FUND




SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 
www.prospectorfunds.com
JUNE 30, 2008
 
 
 

 
PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

JULY 31, 2008

To the Shareholders and Directors of Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund and Prospector Opportunity Fund:
 
Edifice Wrecks – a plagiarized pun perhaps, but oh so perfect a phrase.  Bear Stearns is gone and it’s a good bet that other financial institutions may follow.  Gargantuan write-offs, $400 billion so far, have rocked Citigroup, UBS, AIG, Lehman, Merrill and numerous others. Most if not all of these companies should survive, but with new management teams and less hubris. Quick, decisive and unprecedented action by the Fed and other regulators seems to have prevented the crisis from becoming a full-blown panic, but at what long-term cost?  The money created likely won’t help the twin budget and trade deficits nor strengthen the dollar.  Then there’s increased moral hazard that comes from bailing out the leaky ships.
 
Beyond short-term trading issues, psychological and otherwise, there is the critical question of permanent loss.  Forced selling of positions below cost – whether infamous subprime and related structured product paper or leveraged buyout loan paper –­ is only part of the equation.  Debt money was readily available and cheap … it was hard to resist the lure of excessive leverage. Now, as losses are realized or as positions are marked down that same leverage must be unwound.  Often, enterprise survival has required raising equity at fire sale prices, permanently impairing existing shareholders. Add in the fact financials were bid to a robust 22% of the S&P 500, and you have got serious risk.  The Fed’s proactive response to the situation and the industry’s generally honest financial reporting (so far no Enrons) are only a minimal offset.  Regardless, a final summing up won’t be possible for some time.
 
This bear market’s decline probably won’t warrant mention alongside the South Sea Bubble of 1720, the Rich Man’s Panic of 1907, the Crash of 1929, or perhaps even the Tech Wreck of 2000. However, it is unique. Yesteryear’s great crashes coincided with some benefit to society – the creation of paper money, the post quake reconstruction of San Francisco, the invention of the automobile and the radio, or the Internet’s flowering. Unhappily, the current bear market appears to display no such obvious redeeming qualities. This bear broke up a raucous party featuring rampant speculation and over-consumption; it also endangered the very institutions our political establishment uses to manage the domestic economy.  Large banks, brokerage houses, and Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) have been put at risk.  Rating agencies long considered sacrosanct are tainted. Hope you enjoyed the binge…it seems the bill has arrived.
 
Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund Highlights
 
With the S&P 500 down nearly 12% in the first half of 2008, ending June 30th, we are pleased with our slightly positive fund performance for the same period. It’s one thing to try to swim upstream; it’s more difficult to proceed against an overpowering current. How did we do it? Most importantly, we underweighted the financial sector and had zero exposure to its big disasters --- no big money center or investment banks, and no credit enhancers. In fact, only three financials, Berkshire Hathaway, Cincinnati Financial and Charter Financial made our “Hall of Shame” as biggest detractors from six month performance. These three were down 15%, 34% and 33% respectively.
 
Our “Hall of Fame” was dominated by energy holdings.  Six of the top ten positive contributors to portfolio performance were oil and gas producers. Most of these were small holdings and achieved their impact through outstanding appreciation. With hindsight we should have owned bigger positions, but a possible crude oil price decline has made us cautious.  Recently, we have been swapping our energy winners for group laggards while modestly trimming aggregate exposure.
 
 
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Beyond a near market weighting in energy, several other portfolio positioning aspects deserve mention. Specifically, Mirant continues as our largest holding. It and Calpine comprise our key electric power investments and represent about 11 percent of our assets.  We continue to think potential demand/price increases and capital management opportunities make these outstanding investments.
 
Four gold mining securities represent an unusually large 9 percent of the portfolio.  In aggregate, these have been profitable holdings, but disappointing given gold’s appreciation.  Beyond catch-up, gold mines appear attractive (at least for “gold bugs”) as to their doomsday perception of being “safe havens” and for their historical tendency to rise at least modestly in both bear markets and inflationary periods.
 
Health care/pharmaceuticals continue to make up about 10 percent of the portfolio. These enterprises’ business models have been resistant to economic downturns. The likely recession, along with the new Presidential regime’s possible policy shifts, should soon prove or disprove our positioning.  Convertibles, with their inherent downside protection, remain our preferred approach to investing in this group.
 
Prospector Opportunity Fund Highlights
 
We grudgingly take solace with our modest negative fund performance in the first half of 2008, ending June 30th, as the Russell 2000 and the Russell Midcap indices, our benchmarks, fared considerably worse.  The Prospector Opportunity Fund outperformed despite being overweighted in financials, by far the worst performing sector of the market.  Importantly we achieved this by avoiding the highly leveraged credit sensitive institutions such as banks, brokers, and financial guarantors who have been hit particularly hard.  In fact, only one financial service company, Invesco – the investment management company, made our list of five largest detractors from performance.  We like to own overcapitalized financial institutions with straightforward business models that sell at discounts to tangible book value.  Property & casualty companies such as Axis Capital and The Hanover Group, and Banks such as Oritani Financial and Fox Chase Bancorp fit the bill.
 
The greatest contributors to Prospector Opportunity Fund performance in the first half of 2008 were energy companies such as Encore Acquisition, Cimarex Energy, Hugoton Royalty Trust, and San Juan Basin Royalty Trust.  The portfolio has a roughly 10% weighting in these types of energy securities.
 
Another major industry bet in the portfolio is the utility sector.  Key names are Unisource and Sierra Pacific.  Since World War II, U.S. electricity demand has moved steadily upward; the few annual declines caused by recessions and abnormal weather have been modest.
 
Outlook
 
It’s a lot easier to find similarities between today and a past period -- “analogy forecasting” rather than build an outlook from scratch. So…we think the environment similar to the late 1970’s.  High energy and commodity prices generally, subpar economic growth, and the hangover of a correcting overvalued stock market – it looks very familiar. Anticipate, in a word: stagflation.  Unfortunately it’s difficult to see how Fund Shareholders will be advantaged by this forecast; too many others have the same conclusion.  What should work, however, is the basic blocking and tackling that our organization brings to bear analyzing individual securities.
 
A hallmark of the steady growth Greenspan years was an almost continuous series of industry corrections, largely isolated from one another.  Today’s bank problem is unlikely to fit this pattern. This industry has a special role in our economic system. Money is ubiquitous; even if a corporation is self financed (and many aren’t) it’s a cinch that plenty of customers or suppliers will be hamstrung by tight/expensive financing.  From our experience with
 
 
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cycles we expect that today’s necessary deleveraging will lead to tomorrow’s contraction of real economic activity. There may be benefits from such a contraction; there may likely be even more obviously, pain.
 
Pain, of course, often means lower stock prices. But how much lower?  Markets anticipate and with the broad averages already down 20% from recent highs we suspect moderate buying may be more sensible than selling.  We continue to do just that. Our philosophy, process and focus have always led us to attractive value situations that should in turn generate solid performance.
 
Respectfully submitted,
 
 
     
John D. Gillespie
Richard P. Howard
Kevin R. O’Brien

 
Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results.  Short-term performance, in particular, is not a good indication of the fund’s performance, and an investment should not be made based solely on returns.
 
Opinions expressed are those of the Funds and are subject to change, are not guaranteed, and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.  Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise.  This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities.  The Funds invest in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods.  The Funds invest in smaller and mid-cap companies, which involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility.  The Funds may hold restricted securities purchased through private placements.  Such securities can be difficult to sell without experiencing delays or additional costs. Derivatives involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments.  These risks are fully disclosed in the prospectus.
 
Investment performance reflects fee waivers in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.
 
The S&P 500 Index is a broad based unmanaged index of 500 stocks, which is widely recognized as representative of the equity market in general.  The Russell 2000 Index consists of the smallest 2,000 companies in a group of 3,000 U.S. companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by market capitalization.  The Russell Midcap Index measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.  The Russell Midcap Index is a subset of the Russell 1000® Index.  It includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.  The Russell Midcap Index represents approximately 31% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000 companies.  You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
Book value is the net asset value of a company, calculated by subtracting total liabilities from total assets.
 
Fund holdings and/or security allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.  Please see the Schedule of Investments section in this report for a full listing of the Funds holdings.
 
Prospector Funds, Inc. are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC. (08/08)
 
 
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Capital Appreciation Fund
 
 
 
The chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000.  Performance reflects waivers of fee and operating expenses in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.  Past performance is not predictive of future performance.  Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed maybe worth more or less than their original cost. Performance assumes the reinvestment of capital gains and income distributions.  The performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Rates of Return (%)
   
Since Inception(1) to
   
        June 30, 2008       
Capital Appreciation Fund
 
   0.68%
S&P 500 Index(2)
 
-15.10%
 
(1)
September 28, 2007
(2)
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) is an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index generally representative of the U.S. market for large capitalization stocks.  This Index cannot be invested in directly.

 
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Opportunity Fund
 
 
The chart assumes an initial investment of $10,000.  Performance reflects waivers of fee and operating expenses in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.  Past performance is not predictive of future performance.  Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so that your shares, when redeemed maybe worth more or less than their original cost. Performance assumes the reinvestment of capital gains and income distributions.  The performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
Rates of Return (%)
   
Since Inception(1) to
   
      June 30, 2008     
Opportunity Fund
 
  -1.57%
Russell 2000 Index(2)
 
-14.43%
Russell Midcap Index(3)
 
-11.08%
 
(1)
September 28, 2007
(2)
An unmanaged small-cap index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index.
(3)
An unmanaged mid-cap index that measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000 Index.

 
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EXPENSE EXAMPLE
JUNE 30, 2008
 
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include but are not limited to, redemption fees, wire transfer fees, maintenance fee (IRA accounts), and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008).
 
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. Although the Fund charges no sales load or transaction fees, you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund’s transfer agent. The example below includes, but is not limited to, management fees, shareholder servicing fees and other Fund expenses. However, the example below does not include portfolio trading commissions and related expenses, interest expense and other extraordinary expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting principles. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
     
Expenses Paid
 
Beginning Account
Ending Account
During Period(1)
 
   Value (01/01/08)  
Value (06/30/08)
(01/01/08 to 06/30/08)
Capital Appreciation Actual(2)
$1,000.00
$1,010.00
$7.50
Capital Appreciation Hypothetical
     
  (5% return before expenses)
 1,000.00
 1,017.40
 7.52
 
Opportunity Actual(2)
 1,000.00
   983.30
 7.40
Opportunity Hypothetical
     
  (5% return before expenses)
 1,000.00
 1,017.40
 7.52
 
(1)
Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio for the most recent six-month period of 1.50% and 1.50% for Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
(2)
Based on the actual returns for the six-month period ended June 30, 2008 of 1.00% and -1.67% for Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund, respectively.

 
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SECTOR ALLOCATION (% OF NET ASSETS)
AS OF JUNE 30, 2008(1)(2)
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
 


  TOP 10 HOLDINGS (% OF NET ASSETS)
  AS OF JUNE 30, 2008(1)(3)
  Capital Appreciation Fund
Mirant
7.6%
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours
3.9%
Medtronic, 1.500%, 04/15/2011
3.6%
Calpine
3.4%
Barrick Gold
3.1%
Post Properties
3.0%
Newmont Mining
2.8%
Amgen, 0.125%, 02/01/2011
2.5%
Petro - Canada
2.3%
Berkshire Hathaway, Class B
2.1%
(1)
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
(2)
Sector allocation includes all investment types.
(3)
AIM Short-Term Treasury Portfolio excluded from top 10 holdings.
 
 
 
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SECTOR ALLOCATION (% OF NET ASSETS)
AS OF JUNE 30, 2008(1)(2)
 
Opportunity Fund
 


TOP 10 HOLDINGS (% OF NET ASSETS)
AS OF JUNE 30, 2008(1)(3)
Opportunity Fund
UST
2.5%
Newmont Mining
2.5%
Mirant
2.3%
Unisource Energy
2.2%
Hugoton Royalty Trust
2.2%
Calpine
2.1%
Cimarex Energy
2.1%
CMS Energy
1.9%
Sierra Pacific Resources
1.8%
Lancashire Holdings
1.8%
(1)
Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.
(2)
Sector allocation includes all investment types.
(3)
AIM Short-Term Treasury Portfolio excluded from top 10 holdings.
 

 
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED)
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 65.3%
 
 
       
 
Banks – 1.6%
           
Capitol Federal Financial
    2,500     $ 94,025  
Charter Financial
    2,800       67,200  
Fox Chase Bancorp*
    200       2,052  
Investors Bancorp*
    2,000       26,120  
Oritani Financial*
    1,200       19,200  
Rockville Financial
    1,500       18,840  
Roma Financial
    1,400       18,340  
Wauwatosa Holdings*
    3,200       33,984  
              279,761  
Chemicals – 4.0%
               
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours
    15,700       673,373  
Solutia*
    100       1,282  
              674,655  
Consumer Discretionary – 4.7%
               
E.W. Scripps, Class A
    2,500       103,850  
Fortune Brands
    1,500       93,615  
H&R Block
    10,400       222,560  
Meredith
    9,400       265,926  
New York Times, Class A
    5,300       81,567  
Walt Disney
    1,100       34,320  
              801,838  
Consumer Staples – 2.6%
               
Coca-Cola
    2,200       114,356  
Coca-Cola Enterprises
    1,400       24,220  
Hershey
    1,800       59,004  
SUPERVALU
    500       15,445  
Tootsie Roll Industries
    7,505       188,601  
Viterra*
    3,000       41,188  
              442,814  
Energy – 12.1%
               
Chevron
    300       29,739  
Cimarex Energy
    4,800       334,416  
Clayton Williams Energy*
    400       43,980  
ConocoPhillips
    700       66,073  
El Paso
    2,800       60,872  
Encore Acquisition*
    2,200       165,418  
 
See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Capital Appreciation Fund – Continued
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 65.3% (CONTINUED)
           
 
Energy – 12.1% (Continued)
           
Hess
    2,800     $ 353,332  
Marathon Oil
    2,400       124,488  
McMoRan Exploration*
    500       13,760  
Nexen
    900       35,775  
Parker Drilling*
    9,500       95,095  
Petro – Canada
    7,000       390,250  
Plains Exploration & Production*
    2,635       192,276  
Talisman Energy
    7,500       165,975  
              2,071,449  
Healthcare – 1.3%
               
Pfizer
    12,700       221,869  
 
Industrials – 0.3%
               
Tyco International
    1,200       48,048  
 
Information Technology – 2.5%
               
Automatic Data Processing
    5,000       209,500  
Xerox
    15,500       210,180  
              419,680  
Insurance – 5.2%
               
Berkshire Hathaway, Class B*
    90       361,080  
Cincinnati Financial
    3,000       76,200  
Employers Holdings
    4,400       91,080  
Loews
    2,600       121,940  
Marsh & McLennan
    1,300       34,515  
Max Capital Group
    1,000       21,330  
Platinum Underwriters Holdings
    1,200       39,132  
State Auto Financial
    6,300       150,759  
              896,036  
Metals & Mining – 9.4%
               
Alcoa
    6,500       231,530  
Barrick Gold
    11,800       536,900  
Commercial Metals
    100       3,770  
Gold Fields – ADR
    20,900       264,385  
Newmont Mining
    9,300       485,088  
Norsk Hydro – ADR
    3,500       51,125  
Northgate Minerals*
    15,000       41,250  
              1,614,048  
 
See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Capital Appreciation Fund – Continued
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 65.3% (CONTINUED)
           
 
Paper & Forest Products – 2.7%
           
Domtar*
    25,300     $ 137,885  
Fraser Papers*
    2,500       4,707  
Graphic Packaging*
    12,900       26,058  
International Paper
    2,000       46,600  
MeadWestvaco
    600       14,304  
Neenah Paper
    2,900       48,459  
TimberWest Forest
    13,000       175,297  
              453,310  
Real Estate – 3.3%
               
Post Properties
    17,300       514,675  
Thomas Properties Group
    5,400       53,136  
              567,811  
Utilities – 15.6%
               
Calpine*
    25,488       575,009  
Calpine – Escrow Shares*
    600,000       153,000  
El Paso Electric*
    3,000       59,400  
Mirant*
    33,000       1,291,950  
MMC Energy*
    3,000       6,720  
NorthWestern
    3,000       76,260  
Sierra Pacific Resources
    13,000       165,230  
Unisource Energy
    11,100       344,211  
              2,671,780  
Total Common Stocks
               
  (Cost $11,289,721)
            11,163,099  
                 
   
Par
         
CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS – 20.9%
               
AMR, 4.500%, 02/15/2024
  $ 75,000       55,781  
Amdocs, 0.500%, 03/15/2024
    250,000       245,000  
Amgen, 0.125%, 02/01/2011
    475,000       431,062  
Anglogold Ashanti, 2.375%, 02/27/2009
    300,000       294,600  
Archer Daniels, 0.875%, 02/15/2014
    150,000       150,937  
Carnival, 0.500%, 04/29/2033
    125,000       79,375  
CMS Energy, 2.875%, 12/01/2024
    25,000       29,469  
Conseco, 3.500%, 09/30/2035
    100,000       81,000  
Dominion Resources, Series C, 2.125%, 12/15/2023
    25,000       32,062  

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Capital Appreciation Fund – Continued
 
Description
 
Par
   
Value
 
CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS – 20.9% (Continued)
           
Eastman Kodak, 3.375%, 10/15/2033
  $ 275,000     $ 259,187  
Electronic Data Systems, 3.875%, 07/15/2023
    175,000       174,563  
ERP Operating, 3.850%, 08/15/2026
    150,000       141,900  
JetBlue Airways, 3.750%, 03/15/2035
    50,000       31,750  
Medtronic, 1.500%, 04/15/2011
    575,000       610,938  
Millipore, 3.750%, 06/01/2026
    125,000       125,781  
NovaGold Resources, 5.500%, 05/01/2015
    50,000       49,938  
Prudential Financial, 0.386%, 12/12/2036 (a)
    75,000       73,050  
St Jude Medical, 1.220%, 12/15/2008
    175,000       173,250  
UAL, 5.000%, 02/01/2021
    125,000       55,938  
Unisource Energy, 4.500%, 03/01/2035
    100,000       96,875  
Wyeth, 3.581%, 01/15/2024 (a)
    350,000       357,420  
YRC Worldwide, 3.375%, 11/25/2023
    25,000       18,250  
Total Convertible Corporate Bonds
               
  (Cost $3,688,904)
            3,568,126  
                 
   
Shares
         
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK – 0.0%
               
Energy – 0.0%
               
El Paso Energy Capital Trust
               
  (Cost $8,244)
    200       8,200  
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT – 12.0%
               
AIM Short-Term Treasury Portfolio
               
  (Cost $2,054,249)
    2,054,249       2,054,249  
 
Total Investments – 98.2%
               
  (Cost $17,041,118)
            16,793,674  
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net – 1.8%
            304,816  
Total Net Assets – 100.0%
          $ 17,098,490  
 
*
Non-income producing security.
(a)
Variable rate security at June 30, 2008.
ADR – American Depository Receipt
See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED)
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Opportunity Fund
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 81.2%
           
 
Banks – 9.2%
           
Abington Bancorp
    11,300     $ 103,056  
Brooklyn Federal Bancorp
    6,600       79,530  
Charter Financial
    1,040       24,960  
Chicopee Bancorp*
    4,100       52,685  
Comerica
    200       5,126  
Danvers Bancorp*
    6,000       66,000  
ESSA Bancorp
    4,100       51,332  
Fox Chase Bancorp*
    10,000       102,600  
Hampden Bancorp
    4,300       43,086  
Oritani Financial*
    7,100       113,600  
PacWest Bancorp
    1,800       26,784  
Roma Financial
    5,200       68,120  
State Bancorp
    2,600       32,500  
UnionBanCal
    1,800       72,756  
United Financial Bancorp
    2,100       23,457  
ViewPoint Financial Group
    1,000       14,720  
Westfield Financial
    7,100       64,255  
              944,567  
Consumer Discretionary – 3.7%
               
AFC Enterprises*
    9,400       75,106  
American Eagle Outfitters
    1,400       19,082  
Gentex
    7,000       101,080  
M.D.C. Holdings
    1,000       39,060  
Mohawk Industries*
    1,700       108,970  
NVR*
    75       37,506  
              380,804  
Consumer Staples – 9.1%
               
Church & Dwight
    3,050       171,867  
Hansen Natural*
    2,300       66,286  
Heineken Holding
    3,300       151,403  
Hershey
    4,860       159,311  
Tootsie Roll Industries
    1,636       41,113  
UST
    4,800       262,128  
Viterra*
    6,600       90,615  
              942,723  
 
See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Opportunity Fund – Continued
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 81.2% (CONTINUED)
           
 
Diversified Financials – 4.0%
           
Affiliated Managers Group*
    500     $ 45,030  
AmeriCredit*
    2,900       24,998  
Cowen Group*
    4,300       33,196  
Fifth Street Finance*
    3,500       36,015  
Invesco
    6,800       163,064  
Jefferies Group
    2,200       37,004  
Leucadia National
    1,500       70,410  
              409,717  
Energy – 9.8%
               
Cimarex Energy
    3,100       215,977  
Encore Acquisition*
    2,300       172,937  
Hugoton Royalty Trust
    6,100       225,700  
Parker Drilling*
    5,200       52,052  
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust
    3,700       171,162  
Talisman Energy
    7,600       168,188  
              1,006,016  
Healthcare – 2.2%
               
CIGNA
    4,000       141,560  
WellCare Health Plans*
    2,400       86,760  
              228,320  
Industrials – 2.6%
               
Armstrong World Industries
    1,600       46,752  
Ceradyne*
    1,100       37,730  
School Specialty*
    2,300       68,379  
Toro
    3,300       109,791  
              262,652  
Information Technology – 7.4%
               
CACI International*
    3,440       157,449  
NCR*
    1,100       27,720  
NetApp*
    4,100       88,806  
Novellus Systems*
    4,400       93,236  
SAIC*
    8,600       178,966  
Symantec*
    5,600       108,360  
Zebra Technologies*
    3,400       110,976  
              765,513  

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Opportunity Fund – Continued
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 81.2% (CONTINUED)
           
 
Insurance – 11.8%
           
AON
    1,200     $ 55,128  
Arch Capital Group*
    900       59,688  
Arthur J. Gallagher & Company
    1,400       33,740  
Assurant
    1,200       79,152  
Axis Capital Holdings
    3,500       104,335  
Cincinnati Financial
    1,600       40,640  
FBL Financial Group, Class A
    2,700       53,676  
Hanover Insurance Group
    2,400       102,000  
Investors Title
    600       29,184  
Lancashire Holdings
    29,800       181,038  
Max Capital Group
    1,800       38,394  
Platinum Underwriters Holdings
    2,800       91,308  
Progressive
    2,800       52,416  
Selective Insurance Group
    1,700       31,892  
Validus Holdings
    1,500       31,875  
W.R. Berkley
    1,300       31,408  
Wesco Financial Group
    227       86,714  
Zenith National Insurance
    3,200       112,512  
              1,215,100  
Materials – 0.7%
               
Pactiv*
    3,600       76,428  
 
Metals & Mining – 3.6%
               
IAMGOLD
    11,600       70,180  
Kinross Gold
    1,800       42,498  
Newmont Mining
    4,900       255,584  
              368,262  
Paper & Forest Products – 1.2%
               
Domtar*
    9,100       49,595  
Neenah Paper
    800       13,368  
Timberwest Forest
    4,700       63,376  
              126,339  
Real Estate – 2.2%
               
Post Properties
    3,400       101,150  
Thomas Properties Group
    13,100       128,904  
              230,054  

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Opportunity Fund – Continued
 
Description
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS – 81.2% (CONTINUED)
           
 
Utilities – 13.7%
           
American Water Works*
    3,600     $ 79,848  
Calpine*
    9,778       220,591  
Calpine, Escrow Shares*
    125,000       31,875  
CMS Energy
    12,800       190,720  
DPL
    2,200       58,036  
Dynegy*
    2,300       19,665  
Mirant*
    6,100       238,815  
NorthWestern
    6,100       155,062  
Sierra Pacific Resources
    15,000       190,650  
Unisource Energy
    7,400       229,474  
              1,414,736  
Total Common Stocks
               
  (Cost $8,695,926)
            8,371,231  
                 
Short-Term Investment – 18.8%
               
AIM Short-Term Treasury Portfolio
               
  (Cost $1,933,436)
    1,933,436       1,933,436  
 
Total Investments – 100.0%
               
  (Cost $10,629,362)
            10,304,667  
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net – 0.0%
            2,365  
Total Net Assets – 100.0%
          $ 10,307,032  

*  Non-income producing security.
ADR – American Depository Receipt
See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (UNAUDITED)
JUNE 30, 2008
 
   
Capital Appreciation Fund
   
Opportunity Fund
 
ASSETS:
           
Investments, at market value
           
  (Cost $17,041,118 and $10,629,362 respectively)
  $ 16,793,674     $ 10,304,667  
Cash
    56       168  
Receivable for investment securities sold
          6,940  
Receivable for dividends and interest
    45,290       12,672  
Receivable for capital shares sold
    401,696       175,823  
Receivable for adviser reimbursements
    26,179       24,673  
Offering costs
    21,440       21,440  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    9,765       9,765  
Total assets
    17,298,100       10,556,148  
                 
LIABILITIES:
               
Payable for investment securities purchased
    98,953       153,745  
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    39        
Payable to adviser
    35,942       31,349  
Accrued distribution fees
    7,723       4,286  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    56,953       59,736  
Total liabilities
    199,610       249,116  
                 
NET ASSETS
  $ 17,098,490     $ 10,307,032  
                 
COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS:
               
Portfolio capital
  $ 17,147,028     $ 10,606,581  
Undistributed net investment income
    18,207       26,794  
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments
    180,748       (1,633 )
Net unrealized depreciation of investments
    (247,493 )     (324,710 )
Total net assets
  $ 17,098,490     $ 10,307,032  
                 
CAPITAL STOCK, $0.0001 par value
               
Authorized
    500,000,000       500,000,000  
Issued and outstanding
    1,133,141       700,712  
                 
NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE,
               
  AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE
  $ 15.09     $ 14.71  

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2008
 
   
Capital Appreciation Fund
   
Opportunity Fund
 
INVESTMENT INCOME:
           
Interest income
  $ 27,957     $ 8,437  
Dividend income
    71,801       68,601  
Less: Foreign taxes withheld
    (1,735 )     (745 )
Total investment income
    98,023       76,293  
                 
EXPENSES:
               
Investment advisory fees
    58,531       36,299  
Offering costs
    42,580       42,580  
Directors’ fees
    28,803       21,714  
Administration fees
    21,637       21,542  
Fund accounting fees
    18,601       18,003  
Legal fees
    14,196       10,650  
Transfer agent fees
    14,110       12,556  
Distribution fees
    13,303       8,250  
Audit fees
    12,510       12,510  
Other expenses
    6,755       6,944  
Registration fees
    6,050       6,036  
Custodian fees
    5,244       5,536  
Postage and printing fees
    2,768       2,107  
Total expenses
    245,088       204,727  
Less: Fee waivers and expense reimbursements
    (165,272 )     (155,228 )
Total net expenses
    79,816       49,499  
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
    18,207       26,794  
                 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES):
               
Net realized gain on investments
    159,718       14,709  
Net change in unrealized depreciation of investments
    (183,000 )     (290,436 )
Net loss on investments
    (23,282 )     (275,727 )
                 
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS
               
  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
  $ (5,075 )   $ (248,933 )

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 
   
Capital Appreciation Fund
 
   
 
   
For the period
 
   
Six Months Ended
   
September 28, 2007(1)
 
   
June 30, 2008
   
to
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
December 31, 2007
 
OPERATIONS:
           
Net investment income
  $ 18,207     $ 6,348  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
    159,718       21,504  
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments
    (183,000 )     (64,493 )
Net decrease resulting from operations
    (5,075 )     (36,641 )
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
               
Proceeds from shares sold
    9,054,792       8,155,359  
Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions
          6,376  
Payments for shares redeemed
    (119,224 )     (285 )
Net increase from capital share transactions
    8,935,568       8,161,450  
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS PAID FROM:
               
Net investment income
          (6,822 )
Net realized gains
           
Total distributions to shareholders
          (6,822 )
                 
TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
    8,930,493       8,117,987  
                 
NET ASSETS:
               
Beginning of period
    8,167,997       50,010  
End of period (including undistributed net investment
               
  income of $18,207 and $26,794, respectively)
  $ 17,098,490     $ 8,167,997  
                 
TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES:
               
Shares sold
    594,307       542,839  
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
          426  
Shares redeemed
    (7,747 )     (18 )
Net increase
    586,560       543,247  

(1)  Inception date of the fund.
See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   
Opportunity Fund
 
         
For the period
 
   
Six Months Ended
   
September 28, 2007(1)
 
   
June 30, 2008
   
to
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
December 31, 2007
 
OPERATIONS:
           
Net investment income
  $ 26,794     $ 8,817  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
    14,709       (5,978 )
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments
    (290,436 )     (34,274 )
Net decrease resulting from operations
    (248,933 )     (31,435 )
                 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
               
Proceeds from shares sold
    4,672,818       5,877,349  
Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions
          20,839  
Payments for shares redeemed
    (12,584 )     (195 )
Net increase from capital share transactions
    4,660,234       5,897,993  
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS PAID FROM:
               
Net investment income
          (9,168 )
Net realized gains
          (11,669 )
Total distributions to shareholders
          (20,837 )
                 
TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
    4,411,301       5,845,721  
                 
NET ASSETS:
               
Beginning of period
    5,895,731       50,010  
End of period (including undistributed net investment
               
  income of $18,207 and $26,794, respectively)
  $ 10,307,032     $ 5,895,731  
                 
TRANSACTIONS IN SHARES:
               
Shares sold
    307,343       389,481  
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
          1,392  
Shares redeemed
    (825 )     (13 )
Net increase
    306,518       390,860  

(1)  Inception date of the fund.

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
   
Capital Appreciation Fund
 
   
Six Months Ended
   
September 28, 2007(1)
 
   
June 30, 2008
   
through
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
December 31, 2007
 
For a Fund share outstanding throughout the period
           
             
NET ASSET VALUE:
           
Beginning of period
  $ 14.94     $ 15.00  
                 
OPERATIONS:
               
Net investment income
    0.02       0.01  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
    0.13       (0.06 )
Total from operations
    0.15       (0.05 )
                 
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
               
From net investment income
          (0.01 )
From net realized gains
           
Total distributions
          (0.01 )
                 
NET ASSET VALUE:
               
End of period
  $ 15.09     $ 14.94  
                 
TOTAL RETURN
    1.00 %(2)     (0.32 )%(2)
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 17,098     $ 8,168  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
               
Before expense reimbursement
    4.61 %(3)     11.28 %(3)
After expense reimbursement
    1.50 %(3)     1.50 %(3)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:
               
Before expense reimbursement
    (2.77 )%(3)     (9.38 )%(3)
After expense reimbursement
    0.34 %(3)     0.40 %(3)
Portfolio turnover rate
    6 %(2)     5 %(2)

(1)  Inception date of the fund.
(2)  Not annualized.
(3)  Annualized.

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
 
   
Opportunity Fund
 
   
Six Months Ended
   
September 28, 2007(1)
 
   
June 30, 2008
   
through
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
December 31, 2007
 
For a Fund share outstanding throughout the period
           
             
NET ASSET VALUE:
           
Beginning of period
  $ 14.96     $ 15.00  
                 
OPERATIONS:
               
Net investment income
    0.04       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments
    (0.29 )     (0.01 )
Total from operations
    (0.25 )     0.01  
                 
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:
               
From net investment income
          (0.02 )
From net realized gains
          (0.03 )
Total distributions
          (0.05 )
                 
NET ASSET VALUE:
               
End of period
  $ 14.71     $ 14.96  
                 
TOTAL RETURN
    (1.67 )%(2)     0.11 %(2)
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:
               
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)
  $ 10,307     $ 5,896  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
               
Before expense reimbursement
    6.20 %(3)     14.50 %(3)
After expense reimbursement
    1.50 %(3)     1.50 %(3)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:
               
Before expense reimbursement
    (3.89 )%(3)     (12.27 )%(3)
After expense reimbursement
    0.81 %(3)     0.73 %(3)
Portfolio turnover rate
    21 %(2)     18 %(2)
                 
(1)  Inception date of the fund.
(2)  Not annualized.
(3)  Annualized.
See Notes to the Financial Statements

 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
JUNE 30, 2008
 
1.  ORGANIZATION
 
Prospector Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”) was organized as a Maryland corporation on June 6, 2007 and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, as an open-end diversified management investment company.  The Corporation issues its shares in series, each series representing a distinct portfolio with its own investment objectives and policies.  There are two series presently authorized, the Prospector Capital Appreciation Fund and the Prospector Opportunity Fund (individually a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”).  The Funds commenced operations on September 28, 2007.
 
2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund:
 
Security Valuation – Portfolio securities which are traded on an exchange are valued at the last sales price reported by the exchange on which the securities are primarily traded on the day of valuation.  If there are no sales on a given day for securities traded on an exchange or for securities not traded or dealt on any securities exchange for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available, the latest bid quotation will be used.  Debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued on an amortized cost basis, which involves valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating rates on the market value of the instrument.  Any securities or other assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by Prospector Partners Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Investment Manager”) pursuant to procedures established under the general supervision and responsibility of the Funds’ Board of Directors.
 
The Funds adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (FAS 157), on January 1, 2008.  FAS 157 requires the Funds to classify its securities based on valuation method, using the following levels:
 
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
 
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
 
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of June 30, 2008:
 
   
Capital Appreciation Fund
   
Opportunity Fund
 
   
 
   
Other
         
Other
 
   
Investments
   
Financial
   
Investments
   
Financial
 
Description
 
in Securities
   
Instruments*
   
in Securities
   
Instruments*
 
Level 1 – Quoted prices
  $ 13,072,548     $     $ 10,272,792     $  
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs
    3,568,126                    
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs
    153,000             31,875        
Total
  $ 16,793,674     $     $ 10,304,667     $  
 
*
Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.
 
 
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value.
 
   
Capital
   
Opportunity
 
   
Appreciation Fund
   
Fund
 
   
Investments
   
Investments
 
   
in Securities
   
in Securities
 
Balance as of 12/31/2007
  $     $  
Accrued discounts/ premiums
           
Realized gain (loss)
           
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
    44,718       14,258  
Net purchases (sales)
           
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
    108,282       17,617  
Balance as of  06/30/2008
  $ 153,000     $ 31,875  
 
Distributions to Shareholders – Dividends from net investment income and distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, will be declared and paid at least annually.  The character of distributions made during the period from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from the characterization for federal income tax purposes due to differences in the recognition of income, expense and gain items for financial statement and tax purposes.  All short-term capital gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
 
Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Federal Income Taxes – The Funds intend to meet the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all net taxable investment income and net realized gains to shareholders in a manner which results in no tax cost to the Funds.  Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required.  The Funds recognize uncertain tax positions consistent with FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes.”  As of June 30, 2008, there were no such uncertainties recognized in the accompanying financial statements.
 
Foreign Currency Translation – The books and records relating to the Funds’ non-U.S. dollar denominated investments are maintained in U.S. dollars on the following bases:  (1) market value of investment securities, assets, and liabilities are translated at the current rate of exchange; and (2) purchases and sales of investment securities, income, and expenses are translated at the relevant rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.  The Funds do not isolate the portion of gains and losses on investments in equity securities that is due to changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities.  The Funds report certain foreign currency-related transactions as components of realized gains for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.
 
Expenses – Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based on relative net assets or another appropriate basis.  
 
 
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
Offering costs for each Fund are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the first twelve months after commencement of operations of the Funds.
 
Other – Investment and shareholder transactions are recorded on the trade date.  Each Fund determines the gain or loss realized from the investment transactions on the basis of identified cost.  Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date.  Interest income, including amortization of bond premium and discount, is recognized on an accrual basis.
 
3.  INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2008, purchases of securities and proceeds from sales of securities, other than temporary investments in short-term securities, were as follows:
 
               
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
              $ 8,148,067     $ 571,535  
Opportunity Fund
                4,701,762       1,279,704  
There were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities.
                           
                             
The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held by the Funds and the total cost of securities for federal income tax purposes at June 30, 2008, were as follows:
 
                             
   
Aggregate
   
Aggregate
           
Federal
 
   
Gross
   
Gross
           
Income
 
   
Appreciation
   
Depreciation
   
Net
   
Tax Cost
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
  $ 783,885     $ (1,031,329 )   $ (247,444 )   $ 17,041,118  
Opportunity Fund
    485,956       (810,651 )     (324,695 )     10,629,362  
                                 
At December 31, 2007, the Funds’ most recently completed fiscal year-end, components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax-basis were as follows:
 
                                 
   
Undistributed
   
Other
           
Total
 
   
Ordinary
   
Accumulated
   
Unrealized
   
Accumulated
 
   
Income
   
Losses
   
Depreciation
   
Earnings (Deficit)
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
  $ 21,080     $     $ (64,543 )   $ (43,463 )
Opportunity Fund
          (15,648 )     (34,968 )     (50,616 )
 
As of December 31, 2007, the Funds did not have any accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers.  As of December 31, 2007, Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund had $0 and $15,468, respectively, of deferred, on a tax basis, post-October losses.
 
There were no distributions paid during the six months ended June 30, 2008.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal period ended December 31, 2007 were as follows:

   
Ordinary
   
Long Term
       
   
Income
   
Capital Gains
   
Total
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
  $ 6,822     $     $ 6,822  
Opportunity Fund
    20,837             20,837  
 
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
4.  AGREEMENTS
 
The Funds have entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser, with whom certain directors and officers of the Corporation are affiliated, to furnish investment advisory services to the Funds.  Pursuant to this Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive a fee, calculated daily and payable monthly, at the annual rate of 1.10% as applied to each Fund’s daily net assets.
 
The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive, through September 28, 2010 its management fee and/or reimburse each Fund’s other expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that each Fund’s operating expenses do not exceed 1.50% of its average daily net assets.  Any such waiver or reimbursement may be subject to later adjustment to allow the Adviser to recoup amounts waived or reimbursed to the extent actual fees and expenses for a fiscal year are less than the respective expense cap limitations, provided, however, that the Adviser shall only be entitled to recoup such amounts for a period of three years from the date such amount was waived or reimbursed.  Waived/reimbursed fees and expenses subject to potential recovery by year of expiration are as follows:
 
   
12/31/2011
   
12/31/2010
 
Capital Appreciation Fund
  $ 165,272     $ 156,132  
Opportunity Fund
    155,228       156,522  
 
As of June 30, 2008, it was possible, but not probable, those amounts would be recovered by the Adviser.  At the end of each fiscal year in the future, the Funds will continue to assess the potential recovery of waived/reimbursed fees and expenses for financial reporting purposes.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC (“Quasar”), a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, serves as distributor of the Funds’ shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Corporation. Each Fund’s shares are sold on a no-load basis and, therefore, Quasar receives no sales commission or sales load for providing services to the Funds.  The Corporation has adopted a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (the “12b-1 Plan”), which authorizes the Corporation to reimburse Quasar and certain financial intermediaries who assist in distributing each Fund’s shares or who provide shareholder services to Fund shareholders a distribution and/or shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets (computed on an annual basis). All or a portion of the fee may be used by the Funds or Quasar to pay the Fund’s distribution fees and costs of printing reports and prospectuses for potential investors and the costs of other distribution and shareholder services expenses.  During the six months ended June 30, 2008, the Capital Appreciation Fund and Opportunity Fund incurred expenses of $13,303 and $8,250, respectively, pursuant to the 12b-1 Plan.
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC serves as transfer agent, administrator and fund accountant for the Funds.  U.S. Bank, N.A. serves as custodian for the Funds.
 
5.  INDEMNIFICATIONS
 
The Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
JUNE 30, 2008
 
6.  NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“FAS 161”).  FAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about Funds’ derivative and hedging activities.  Funds are required to provide enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why the Funds use derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under FAS 133 and its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect the Funds’ financial position, financial performance, and cash flows.  FAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Funds do not expect FAS 161 to have a material impact on their financial statements.
 
 
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PROSPECTOR FUNDS, INC.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
JUNE 30, 2008
 
AVAILABILITY OF FUND PORTFOLIO INFORMATION
 
The Funds file complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.  For information on the Public Reference Room call 1-800-SEC-0330.  In addition, the Funds’ Form N-Q is available without charge upon request by calling 1-877-PFI-STOCK or 1-877-734-7862.
 
 
AVAILABILITY OF PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
 
A description of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-877-PFI-STOCK or 1-877-734-7862.  Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30, is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-877-PFI-STOCK or 1-877-734-7862, or (2) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
 
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DIRECTORS
John D. Gillespie
Harvey D. Hirsch
Joseph Klein III
Roy L. Nersesian
John T. Rossello, Jr.

INVESTMENT ADVISER
Prospector Partners Asset Management, LLC
370 Church Street
Guilford, CT  06437

DISTRIBUTOR
Quasar Distributors, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202

CUSTODIAN
U.S. Bank, N.A.
1555 North River Center Drive
Milwaukee, WI  53212

ADMINISTRATOR AND TRANSFER AGENT
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
Third Floor
615 E. Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP
220 South Sixth Street, Suite 1400
Minneapolis, MN  55402

LEGAL COUNSEL
Seward & Kissel LLP
One Battery Plaza
New York, NY  10004

 
 
 

 

 
This report should be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus.
 
The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the
Funds’ directors and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-877-PFI-STOCK.
 


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Note applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchases.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not Applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)  
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

(b)  
There were no significant changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a)  
(1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

(2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.

(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(b)  
Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Furnished herewith.

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant)  Prospector Funds, Inc.                                                                                                           

By (Signature and Title)*    /s/ John D. Gillespie
John D. Gillespie, President

Date  September 2, 2008                                                                

 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)*     /s/ John D. Gillespie
John D. Gillespie, President

Date  September 2, 2008

By (Signature and Title)*    /s/ Peter N. Perugini, Jr.
Peter N. Perugini, Jr., Treasurer

Date  September 2, 2008

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.