Mutual Fund Insights: American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX)

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See American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

Last Trade: $7.91 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.08 (-1%)

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Fund Manager - Benjamin Z. Giele

Fund Manager Tenure: 2.0 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A+ (Score: 0.8)     (What does this score mean?)

Giele is a portfolio manager with American Century Investments, his employer since May 1998. Previously, he was an investment analyst with USAA Investment Management from June 1995 to May 1998. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst with Texas Commerce Investment Management from July 1992 to June 1995. Giele holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Benjamin Z. Giele

  

 What we like about American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX)

Data for American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) as of February 28, 2010

• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) is a new fund and has been performing well against its peers for both three-month and 1-year performance
• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 76.67% vs 72.24 % Small Value category average)
• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 4.21% vs 1.04 % Small Value category average)
• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 24.02, lower than category average of 25.56

  

 What we are cautious about American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX)

Data for American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) as of February 28, 2010

• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) management has been with American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund for only 2.0 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -0.72% vs -5.98 % Small Value category average)
• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 192.00% that is higher than the Small Value average of 84.10%. This could mean American Century Small Cap Value Adv is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• Even though American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$1.74B
01/2010	$388.61M
11/2009	$334.33M

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American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	4.97%	91.67%	0%	3.35%
06/2009	3.95%	92.63%	0.05%	3.37%
03/2009	2.29%	94.82%	0%	2.89%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in American Century Small Cap Value Adv Fund (ACSCX)

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30-Sep-09 iShares Russell 2000 Value Index [2.22%] iShares Russell 2000 Index [1.15%] Young Innovations, Inc. [1.12%] Parametric Technology Corporati [0.95%] HCC INSURANCE HLDGS [0.92%] Ares Capital Corporation [0.85%] IESI-BFC LTD [0.8%] Fulton Financial Corporation [0.72%] SYBASE INC [0.72%] Magellan Health Services, Inc. [0.71%]

30-Jun-09 iShares Russell 2000 Index [2.38%] iShares Russell 2000 Value Index [2.07%] Young Innovations, Inc. [1.34%] Parametric Technology Corporati [1.05%] HCC INSURANCE HLDGS [0.97%] DHT MARITIME, INC. [0.86%] W&T OFFSHORE, INC. [0.85%] Erie Indemnity Company [0.81%] E M C O R GROUP INC [0.71%] SYBASE INC [0.68%]

31-Mar-09 Aspen Ins Hldgs [3.16%] iShares Russell 2000 Index [1.57%] iShares Russell 2000 Value Index [1.5%] Parametric Technology Corporati [1.36%] Young Innovations, Inc. [1.25%] Ulticom, Inc. [1.12%] iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index [1.08%] DHT MARITIME, INC. [0.99%] Erie Indemnity Company [0.9%] Fulton Financial Corporation [0.84%]

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