Mutual Fund Insights: Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX)

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See Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $67.44 on 3/18/2010, Change: +0.13 (0.19%)

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Fund Manager - John A. Gunn

Fund Manager Tenure: 33.2 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.51)     (What does this score mean?)

Gunn is president and chief investment officer with Dodge & Cox, his employer since 1972. Gunn is a Chartered Investment Counselor. Gunn is a former member of the board of governors of the Association for Investment Management & Research.  Get more insights on John A. Gunn

  

 What we like about Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX)

Data for Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) as of January 31, 2010

• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) management has been with Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund for 33.2 years
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 35.65% vs 27.80% Moderate Allocation category average)
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 27.00% vs Moderate Allocation average of 87.10%. It is good that Dodge & Cox Balanced management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) has a lower management fee than its Moderate Allocation average: 0.53% vs 1.02%
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX)

Data for Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) as of January 31, 2010

• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -5.38% vs -2.95% Moderate Allocation category average)
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return 1.08% vs 1.92% Moderate Allocation category average)
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) is less safe compared to its Moderate Allocation peers
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of -4.87 is worse than category average of -3.13, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.31
• Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 18.54 that is higher than category average of 14.84

See Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$14.84B
11/2009	$15.37B
10/2009	$14.89B

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Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	1.78%	72.16%	23.66%	2.4%
06/2009	1.92%	70.51%	26.92%	0.65%
03/2009	3.8%	66.28%	29.76%	0.16%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX)

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30-Sep-09 HEWLETT PACKARD CO [3.79%] NOVARTIS AG ADS [2.52%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [2.44%] MOTOROLA INC [2.4%] SCHLUMBERGER LTD [2.38%] Comcast Corporation [2.32%] CAPITAL ONE FINANCIA [2.16%] MERCK CO INC [2.14%] GEN ELECTRIC CO [2.1%] GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC [2.07%]

30-Jun-09 HEWLETT PACKARD CO [3.52%] Comcast Corporation [2.44%] SCHLUMBERGER LTD [2.42%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [2.39%] NOVARTIS AG ADS [2.37%] Amgen Inc. [2.15%] MOTOROLA INC [2.14%] GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC [2.08%] MERCK CO INC [2.04%] WELLPOINT INC. [2.03%]

31-Mar-09 HEWLETT PACKARD CO [3.67%] Comcast Corporation [3.38%] NOVARTIS AG ADS [2.5%] Amgen Inc. [2.35%] WELLPOINT INC. [2.22%] GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC [2.07%] SCHLUMBERGER LTD [2.06%] OCCIDENTAL PET [1.88%] TIME WARNER INC NEW [1.68%] CARDINAL HEALTH INC [1.67%]

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