Mutual Fund Insights: Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX)

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Last Trade: $17.73 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.11 (-0.62%)

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Fund Manager - Brian W. Lester

Fund Manager Tenure: 7.7 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: B (Score: 0.66)     (What does this score mean?)

Brian W. Lester joined Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc. in 1989. Brian W. Lester holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Brian W. Lester

  

 What we like about Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX)

Data for Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) as of February 28, 2010

• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) management has been with Manning & Napier Equity Fund for 7.7 years
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 3.87% vs 0.31 % Large Blend category average)
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 50.00% vs Large Blend average of 79.86%. It is good that Manning & Napier Equity management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) has a lower management fee than its Large Blend average: 1.05% vs 1.11%
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX)

Data for Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) as of February 28, 2010

• Manning & Napier Equity Fund is a focused fund with 30.31% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 46.21% vs 53.54 % Large Blend category average)
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -4.26% vs -5.77 % Large Blend category average)
• Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 21.93 that is higher than category average of 20.62

See Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$1.12B
01/2010	$1.12B
11/2009	$1.08B

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Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
10/2009	5.73%	94.27%	0%	0%
09/2009	6.47%	93.53%	0%	0%
08/2009	9.09%	90.91%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Manning & Napier Equity Fund (EXEYX)

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31-Oct-09 Google Inc. [4.43%] Microsoft Corporation [3.51%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [3.1%] SOUTHWEST AIRLINES [2.99%] WALT DISNEY-DISNEY C [2.97%] HESS CP [2.63%] BANK OF NY MELLON CP [2.52%] AMER EXPRESS INC [2.39%] Electronic Arts Inc. [2.31%] E M C CP [2.23%]

30-Sep-09 Google Inc. [4.14%] SOUTHWEST AIRLINES [3.46%] Microsoft Corporation [3.31%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [3.22%] WALT DISNEY-DISNEY C [3.01%] HESS CP [2.6%] Electronic Arts Inc. [2.44%] AMER EXPRESS INC [2.35%] E M C CP [2.34%] SEI Investments Company [2.32%]

31-Aug-09 Google Inc. [4.58%] Microsoft Corporation [3.95%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [3.93%] E M C CP [3.15%] CARNIVAL CORP [3.14%] SOUTHWEST AIRLINES [3.02%] AMER EXPRESS INC [2.89%] WALT DISNEY-DISNEY C [2.81%] SEI Investments Company [2.76%] QUEST DIAGNOSTC [2.53%]

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