10 Questions With Legg Mason Bargain Hunter Lisa Rapuano

Maybe you know Lisa Rapuano's name and maybe you don't. You should, though.

A halo of deserved praise surrounds her boss Bill Miller, who manages the (LMVTX Quote)Legg Mason Value Trust fund, among others, and who is the only fund manager to top the S&P 500 over each of the past 11 years. But not much of that light is shed on his team, including Rapuano, who started covering tech stocks for him in 1994.

Talking With: Lisa Rapuano

Fund: (LMASX Quote)Legg Mason Special Investment

Managed Since: January 2001

Assets: $2.2 billion

YTD-Year Return: -0.9%/Beats 65% of Peers

1-Year Return: -5.2%/Beats 58% of Peers

Expense Ratio: 1.79% vs. 1.38% category avg.

Top Holdings: Republic Services Radian Group Symantec

Sources: Morningstar and Legg Mason. Returns through Feb. 3.

She helped him analyze some of his most controversial and successful picks, such as America Online in its unprofitable days. More recently she and her colleagues have cobbled together an idea of what Amazon.com(AMZN Quote) is worth; Legg Mason is now the online store's biggest bondholder and stockholder. She calls herself "Amazon girl." ...