Mutual Fund Insights: American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX)

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See American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $10.81 on 3/18/2010, Change: -0.01 (-0.09%)

  

Fund Manager - Robert V. Gahagan

Fund Manager Tenure: 8.3 years   [Similar Funds: BGNMX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.73)     (What does this score mean?)

Gahagan is a vice president and portfolio manager for American Century Investments, his employer since 1983. Prior to that, he was a law clerk at Kuraner & Schwegler law firm. Gahagan is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.  Get more insights on Robert V. Gahagan

  

 What we like about American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX)

Data for American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) as of January 31, 2010

• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) management has been with American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund for 8.3 years
• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 6.63% vs 5.79% Intermediate Government category average)
• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 5.07% vs 4.42% Intermediate Government category average)
• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 3.41, lower than category average of 4.17
• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) has a lower management fee than its Intermediate Government average: 0.79% vs 1.01%

  

 What we are cautious about American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX)

Data for American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) as of January 31, 2010

• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund is a focused fund with 39.60% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 6.74% vs 6.76% Intermediate Government category average)
• American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Even though American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$176.63M
11/2009	$178.31M
10/2009	$171.66M

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American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	6.16%	0%	93.84%	0%
06/2009	4.13%	0%	95.87%	0%
03/2009	3.92%	0%	96.08%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in American Century Ginnie Mae Adv Fund (BGNAX)

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30-Sep-09 GNMA [7.76%] GNMA [5.29%] GNMA 5.5% [5%] GNMA [4.04%] GNMA 5.5% [3.97%] GNMA 4.5% [3.47%] GNMA 5.5% [2.73%] GNMA 5.5% [2.58%] GNMA [2.49%] GNMA [2.27%]

30-Jun-09 GNMA [5.77%] GNMA 5.5% [5.42%] GNMA [4.58%] GNMA 5.5% [4.32%] GNMA [3.57%] GNMA 4.5% [3.57%] GNMA 5.5% [2.91%] GNMA [2.85%] GNMA 5.5% [2.84%] GNMA [2.3%]

31-Mar-09 GNMA [6.01%] GNMA 5.5% [5.65%] GNMA [4.81%] GNMA [4.58%] GNMA 5.5% [4.51%] GNMA [3.48%] GNMA [3.23%] GNMA 6% [2.37%] GNMA 6% [2.37%] GNMA 5.5% [2.3%]

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