Mutual Fund Insights: Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX)

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See Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) performance details as of October 31, 2009

  

Last Trade: $20.62 on 11/20/2009, Change: -0.06 (-0.29%)

  

Fund Manager - Nicholas Kaiser

Fund Manager Tenure: 15.8 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A+ (Score: 0.8)     (What does this score mean?)

Nicholas Kaiser is the controlling shareowner of Saturna Capital Corporation. Nicholas Kaiser is also a trustee and president of Amana Mutual Funds Trust. Previously, Nicholas Kaiser spent 14 years as president of Unified Management Corporation. Nicholas Kaiser is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the International Association for Financial Planning, and Nicholas Kaiser serves on several committees for the Investment Company Institute. Nicholas Kaiser holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

  

Performance	Management Fee	Turnover rate
AMAGX: 17.77% , -0.60% , 8.12% Category Average: 15.35% , -4.95% , 0.99%	AMAGX: 1.31% Category Average: 1.33%	AMAGX: 6.00% Category Average: 110.55%

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 What we like about Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX)

Data for Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) as of October 31, 2009

• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) management has been with Amana Trust Growth Fund for 15.8 years
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 17.77% vs 15.35% Large Growth category average)
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -0.60% vs -4.95% Large Growth category average)
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 8.12% vs 0.99% Large Growth category average)
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 6.00% vs Large Growth average of 110.55%. It is good that Amana Trust Growth management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 15.84, lower than category average of 20.84
• Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) has a lower management fee than its Large Growth average: 1.31% vs 1.33%

  

 What we are cautious about Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX)

Data for Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) as of October 31, 2009

• Even though Amana Trust Growth Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

  

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Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
10/2009	$1.38B
09/2009	$1.32B
08/2009	$1.24B

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Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	18.91%	81.09%	0%	0%
08/2009	17.3%	82.71%	0%	0%
06/2009	18.17%	81.84%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Amana Trust Growth Fund (AMAGX)

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30-Sep-09 Apple Inc. [2.81%] HUMANA INC [1.84%] NOVARTIS AG ADS [1.81%] HEWLETT PACKARD CO [1.79%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [1.78%] Amazon.com, Inc. [1.77%] Google Inc. [1.69%] PEPSICO INC [1.64%] Intel Corporation [1.63%] AGILENT TECH INC [1.58%]

31-Aug-09 Apple Inc. [2.71%] HUMANA INC [1.87%] HEWLETT PACKARD CO [1.81%] Intel Corporation [1.8%] NOVARTIS AG ADS [1.78%] Oracle Corporation [1.76%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [1.74%] PEPSICO INC [1.69%] Google Inc. [1.67%] CVS CAREMARK CP [1.66%]

30-Jun-09 Apple Inc. [2.56%] Oracle Corporation [1.93%] Amazon.com, Inc. [1.88%] PEPSICO INC [1.83%] NOVARTIS AG ADS [1.74%] HEWLETT PACKARD CO [1.74%] POTASH CP SASKATCHEW [1.67%] JOHNSON AND JOHNS DC [1.66%] QUALCOMM Incorporated [1.63%] Anglo American PLC ADR [1.58%]

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