Mutual Fund Insights: Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX)

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See Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $16.40 on 3/18/2010, Change: -0.03 (-0.18%)

  

Fund Manager - Robert Bayston

Fund Manager Tenure: 1.9 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: N/A (Score: *manager is new*)     (What does this score mean?)

Bayston has been employed by Dreyfus since September 2001. He is also a portfolio manager responsible for TIPS and derivatives strategies with Standish Mellon. Bayston joined Standish Melon in 1991.  Get more insights on Robert Bayston

  

 What we like about Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX)

Data for Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) as of January 31, 2010

• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) is a new fund and has been performing well against its peers for both three-month and 1-year performance
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) has good short-term performance (1-year return -2.25% vs -4.33% Long Government category average)
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 4.69% vs 4.22% Long Government category average)
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 114.41% vs Long Government average of 659.29%. It is good that Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 12.9, lower than category average of 16.16
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) has a lower management fee than its Long Government average: 0.65% vs 0.94%
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX)

Data for Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) as of January 31, 2010

• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) management has been with Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund for only 1.9 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund is a focused fund with 99.51% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return 6.45% vs 6.78% Long Government category average)
• Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below

See Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$67.74M
11/2009	$73.11M
10/2009	$72.27M

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Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term fund (DRGBX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
11/2009	7.27%	0%	92.73%	0%
10/2009	7.59%	0%	92.41%	0%
08/2009	16.37%	0%	83.63%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Dreyfus US Treasury Long-Term Fund (DRGBX)

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30-Nov-09 US Treasury Bond 4.75% [16.51%] US Treasury Bond 5.25% [15.29%] US Treasury Bond 5.5% [15.16%] US Treasury Bond 4.5% [12.42%] US Treasury Bond 7.625% [10.69%] US Treasury Bond 6.25% [10.64%] US Treasury Bond 8% [5.06%] US LONG BOND (CBT) [4.95%] Resolution Fdg Fed Bk Prin Stp [4.62%] US Treasury Bond 4.25% [4.17%]

31-Oct-09 US Treasury Bond 4.75% [16.46%] US Treasury Bond 6.125% [15.46%] US Treasury Bond 5.25% [14.94%] US Treasury Bond 4.5% [12.36%] US Treasury Bond 7.625% [11.3%] US Treasury Bond 6.25% [10.25%] US Treasury Bond 8% [5.58%] Resolution Fdg Fed Bk Prin Stp [4.62%] US LONG BOND (CBT) [3.77%] US Treasury Bond 4.25% [3.56%]

31-Aug-09 U.S. TREAS 10YR NOTE [20.1%] U.S. 5 YR T NOTE [17.27%] US Treasury Bond 4.75% [16.13%] US Treasury Bond 6.125% [15.28%] US Treasury Bond 5.25% [14.75%] US Treasury Bond 7.625% [11.4%] US Treasury Bond 6.25% [10.13%] US Treasury Bond 4.5% [7.99%] US Treasury Bond 8% [7.75%] Resolution Fdg Fed Bk Prin Stp [5.12%]

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