Mutual Fund Insights: Delafield Fund (DEFIX)

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Last Trade: $22.28 on 11/20/2009, Change: -0.05 (-0.22%)

  

Fund Manager - J. Dennis Delafield

Fund Manager Tenure: 16.0 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.79)     (What does this score mean?)

J. Dennis Delafield is a Managing Director and a Portfolio Manager/Analyst of Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. Prior to Tocqueville, J. Dennis Delafield held executive positions at Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC, Delafield Asset Management, Inc. and David J. Greene & Company. J. Dennis Delafield holds a BA from Princeton University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

  

Performance	Management Fee	Turnover rate
DEFIX: 29.71% , -1.08% , 5.42% Category Average: 17.86% , -6.76% , 1.68%	DEFIX: 1.49% Category Average: 1.36%	DEFIX: 81.00% Category Average: 91.15%

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 What we like about Delafield Fund (DEFIX)

Data for Delafield Fund (DEFIX) as of October 31, 2009

• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) management has been with Delafield Fund for 16.0 years
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 29.71% vs 17.86% Mid-Cap Value category average)
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -1.08% vs -6.76% Mid-Cap Value category average)
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 5.42% vs 1.68% Mid-Cap Value category average)
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 81.00% vs Mid-Cap Value average of 91.15%. It is good that Delafield management does not trade extensively for its return.

  

 What we are cautious about Delafield Fund (DEFIX)

Data for Delafield Fund (DEFIX) as of October 31, 2009

• Delafield Fund is a focused fund with 42.04% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 28.56 that is higher than category average of 23.68
• Delafield Fund (DEFIX) has a higher management fee of 1.49% than its Mid-Cap Value average of 1.36%
• Even though Delafield Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

  

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Delafield Fund (DEFIX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
10/2009	$636.81M
09/2009	$603.91M
08/2009	$554.17M

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Delafield Fund (DEFIX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
06/2009	18.33%	78.35%	3.32%	0%
03/2009	13.87%	84.01%	1.9%	0.22%
09/2008	19.69%	80.31%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Delafield Fund (DEFIX)

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30-Jun-09 Dif Mmkt Cl 2 - 0.45% 07/01/2009 [18.33%] Flextronics International Ltd. [4.02%] THERMO FISHER SCIENT [3.7%] CHECKPOINT SYSTMS SC [3.16%] ACUITY BRANDS INC [2.18%] BARNES GP INC [2.16%] F M C CP [2.14%] VISHAY INTERTECH [2.12%] ASHLAND INC (NEW) [2.12%] SOUTHERN UNION CO [2.11%]

31-Mar-09 Flextronics International Ltd. [4.6%] CHECKPOINT SYSTMS SC [2.86%] ACUITY BRANDS INC [2.51%] SOUTHERN UNION CO [2.51%] HONEYWELL INTL INC [2.42%] KENNAMETAL INC [2.37%] BARNES GP INC [2.32%] STANLEY WORKS THE [2.32%] ALBANY INTL CP CL A [2.16%] EASTMAN CHEM CO [2.02%]

30-Sep-08 Flextronics International Ltd. [5.12%] ASHLAND INC (NEW) [2.88%] ALBANY INTL CP CL A [2.79%] ACUITY BRANDS INC [2.73%] CYTEC IND INC [2.55%] HERCULES INC [2.52%] CHECKPOINT SYSTMS SC [2.32%] KENNAMETAL INC [2.31%] HONEYWELL INTL INC [2.3%] VISHAY INTERTECH [2.25%]

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