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Mutual Fund Insights: Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX)

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See Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

Last Trade: $9.57 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.05 (-0.52%)

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Fund Manager - Timothy Schwartz

Fund Manager Tenure: 3.9 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: D (Score: 0.49) (What does this score mean?)

Timothy Schwartz joined the adviser in 1998 and currently serves as vice president and treasurer. Get more insights on Timothy Schwartz

What we like about Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX)

Data for Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) as of February 28, 2010

Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) management has been with Ave Maria Opportunity Fund for 3.9 years
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 22.74, lower than category average of 25.44
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) has a lower management fee than its Small Blend average: 1.25% vs 1.53%
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

What we are cautious about Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX)

Data for Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) as of February 28, 2010

Ave Maria Opportunity Fund is a focused fund with 38.69% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 66.31% vs 67.42 % Small Blend category average)
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -4.59% vs -6.15 % Small Blend category average)
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) is less safe compared to its Small Blend peers
Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 113.00% that is higher than the Small Blend average of 97.63%. This could mean Ave Maria Opportunity is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees

See Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

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Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) Net Asset

Track net asset change of Ave Maria Opportunity fund (AVESX)

Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$17.80M
01/2010	$17.28M
11/2009	$16.07M

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Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of Ave Maria Opportunity fund (AVESX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
01/2010	26.75%	69.12%	0.3%	3.84%
10/2009	21.06%	75.78%	0%	3.16%
09/2009	20.26%	76.71%	0%	3.03%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Ave Maria Opportunity Fund (AVESX)

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31-Jan-10

Sysco Corporation Common Stock [4.55%]
[4.55%]
Federated US Treasury Cash Reserves I [4.55%]
Nintendo Company, Ltd. ADR [4.45%]
Sysco Corporation [4.06%]
Federated Investors, Inc. Commo [3.84%]
Federated Investors, Inc. B [3.68%]
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. [3.08%]
Stryker Corporation Common Stoc [3.01%]
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Co [2.92%]

31-Oct-09

Federated Govt Obligs Tx-Mgd Instl [4.71%]
Federated Treasury Obligs Instl [4.71%]
Federated US Treasury Cash Reserves I [4.71%]
Nintendo Company, Ltd. ADR [4.08%]
SYSCO CP [3.44%]
FEDERATED INV INC [3.41%]
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. [3.36%]
SPDR Gold Shares [3.16%]
ROCKWELL COLLINS INC [3.11%]
STRYKER CP [2.99%]

30-Sep-09

Federated US Treasury Cash Reserves I [4.69%]
Federated Govt Obligs Tx-Mgd Instl [4.69%]
Federated Treasury Obligs Instl [4.69%]
Nintendo Company, Ltd. ADR [4.08%]
FEDERATED INV INC [3.41%]
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. [3.3%]
SYSCO CP [3.21%]
ROCKWELL COLLINS INC [3.12%]
SPDR Gold Shares [3.03%]
STRYKER CP [2.94%]

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