Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F (ALFFX) Fund Ranking and Research

Ranking, Research and Recommendation of Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F (ALFFX) Fund

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Fund Manager - Robert I. Gerber

Fund Manager Information

Fund Manager Tenure: 13.6 years
Similar Funds: ALFAX  ALFBX  ALFCX  ALFQX  ALFRX  ALFYX 
Fund Family: Lord Abbett
Fund Category: Small Growth
Fund Performance: May 30, 2016
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.71)     (What does this score mean?)
Mr. Gerber joined Lord Abbett in 1997 from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. where he was a Shareholder and the Senior Portfolio Manager-Mortgage Group. His prior experience also includes serving as a Vice President of Fixed Income Research at the First Boston Corporation. Before his entry into the investment management business, Mr. Gerber had a career in academics, teaching economics at the State University of New York at Albany, Vassar College and Columbia University.  Get more insights on Robert I. Gerber

 

Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) Profile

Fund Profile and Description

Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund invests in other mutual funds rather than directly in portfolio securities like stocks, bonds and money market instruments. It allocates its assets primarily to domestic equity securities and, to a lesser extent, foreign and multinational equity securities, by investing in a weighted combination of other mutual funds managed by Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC that hold such instruments.

 

 What we like about Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F (ALFFX) Fund

Data for Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) as of May 30, 2016

• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) management has been with Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund for 13.6 years
• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) has good short-term performance (1-year return -7.16% vs -7.74% Small Growth category median performance)
• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 7.62% vs 6.86% Small Growth category median performance)
• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 7.34% vs 7.01% Small Growth category median performance)
• Asset base in Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) has been consistently increasing at a reasonable pace in the last 2 months. It shows investor confidence and market support
• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 8.24% vs Small Growth average of 63.11%. It is good that Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 13.64, lower than category average of 15.82
• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) has a lower expense ratio than its Small Growth average: 0.10% vs 1.31%

 What we are cautious about Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F (ALFFX) Fund

Data for Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) as of May 30, 2016

• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Even though Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.10% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F Fund (ALFFX) performance details as of May 30, 2016

 

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Compare with other top Small Growth category mutual funds

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Fund	Year to Date	1 Year	3 year	5 year
Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F	0.36	-7.16	7.62	7.34
Thrivent Small Cap Stock A (AASMX)	5.33	-2.12	8.13	6.23	Compare
Invesco Small Cap Growth A (GTSAX)	2.31	-6.34	9.44	9.20	Compare
Brown Advisory Small-Cap Growth Inv (BIASX)	1.44	1.96	10.71	9.36	Compare

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Compare with Small Growth category ETFs

Some Small Growth ETFs for your consideration

ETF	Year to Date	One Year	Three Year
First Trust Small Cap Gr AlphaDEX ETF (FYC)	2.08%	0.72%	8.41%
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth (IJT)	3.38%	0.39%	10.55%
SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG)	3.30%	0.18%	10.49%
Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (VIOG)	2.78%	0.08%	10.38%
Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (VBK)	0	0	0

 

Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F (ALFFX) Fund Net Asset

Track net asset change of Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F fund (ALFFX)

Date	Net Asset
05/2016	$1.17B
03/2016	$1.16B
02/2016	$1.09B

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Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F (ALFFX) Fund Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F fund (ALFFX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
03/2016	2.61%	96.94%	0%	0.45%
12/2015	3.11%	96.72%	0%	0.17%
09/2015	0%	0%	0%	0%

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Top 10 Holdings in Lord Abbett Alpha Strategy F (ALFFX) Fund

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Mar 30, 2016 Lord Abbett Small Cap Value I [20.4%] Lord Abbett Value Opportunities I [20.34%] Lord Abbett International Opp I [20.24%] Lord Abbett Developing Growth I [19.17%] Lord Abbett Micro Cap Value I [10.45%] Lord Abbett Micro Cap Growth I [9.43%]

Dec 30, 2015 Lord Abbett International Opp I [20.44%] Lord Abbett Small Cap Value I [20.22%] Lord Abbett Value Opportunities I [20.17%] Lord Abbett Developing Growth I [19.29%] Lord Abbett Micro Cap Value I [10.26%] Lord Abbett Micro Cap Growth I [9.61%]

Sep 29, 2015

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