Mutual Fund Insights: BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX)

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See BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $9.11 on 3/12/2010, Change: +0.01 (0.11%)

  

Fund Manager - Philip Green

Fund Manager Tenure: 2.9 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: D (Score: 0.49)     (What does this score mean?)

Green joined BlackRock following the merger with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) in 2006. At MLIM, he was responsible for asset allocation and a number of quantitative equity strategies with the Quantitative Advisors group. Prior to joining MLIM in 1999, he was a senior portfolio manager at Bankers Trust Company and led the global asset allocation and managed futures groups. Earlier, he led the currency overlay group.  Get more insights on Philip Green

  

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Data for BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) as of January 31, 2010

  

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Data for BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) as of January 31, 2010

• BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) management has been with BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund for only 2.9 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 29.67% vs 33.34% Target Date 2021-2025 category average)
• BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 54.00% that is higher than the Target Date 2021-2025 average of 35.56%. This could mean BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) has a higher management fee of 1.22% than its Target Date 2021-2025 average of 0.58%
• BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) carries a 5.25% load

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BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) Net Asset

Track net asset change of BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A fund (BAPDX)

Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$3.92M
11/2009	$2.57M
10/2009	$2.35M

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BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A fund (BAPDX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
10/2009	15.53%	58.6%	24.35%	1.53%
07/2009	14.01%	58.9%	24.17%	2.92%
04/2009	11.3%	65.98%	33.59%	1.96%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared 2025 Inv A Fund (BAPDX)

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31-Oct-09 BlackRock Total Return BlackRock [22.64%] BlackRock Basic Value A [17.34%] BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity I [15.76%] BlackRock Large Cap Core A [15.36%] BlackRock Capital Appreciation Instl [10.2%] BlackRock Small Cap Core Inst [7.32%] BlackRock International Opp Instl [4.9%] BlackRock Glbl Emerging Mkts I [3.78%] BlackRock Inflation Prted Bd BlackRock [2.71%] N/A [0%]

31-Jul-09 BlackRock Total Return BlackRock [22.41%] BlackRock Basic Value A [17.17%] BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity I [15.79%] BlackRock Large Cap Core A [15.5%] BlackRock Capital Appreciation Instl [10.23%] BlackRock Small Cap Core Inst [7.61%] BlackRock Glbl Emerging Mkts I [5.22%] BlackRock International Opp Instl [3.37%] BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Black [2.69%] N/A [0%]

30-Apr-09 BlackRock Total Return BlackRock [24.2%] BlackRock Large Cap Core A [15.58%] BlackRock Basic Value A [14.69%] BlackRock Capital Appreciation Instl [14.5%] BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity I [14.07%] BlackRock Small Cap Core Inst [5.89%] BlackRock Glbl Emerging Mkts I [3.87%] BlackRock International Opp Instl [2.96%] BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Black [2.74%] BlackRock High Yield Bond BlackRock [1.51%]

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