Mutual Fund Insights: FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX)

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Last Trade: $9.95 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.05 (-0.5%)

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Fund Manager - Gary T. Schoen

Fund Manager Tenure: 4.2 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: D (Score: 0.49)     (What does this score mean?)

Schoen serves as a portfolio manager for Frontier Investment Management Company. He focuses on equity and fixed income research, portfolio strategy and is a voting member of the investment committee. Prior to joining Frontier Investment Management Company in 1994, Schoen spent ten years in the capital markets division of a large regional bank and a privately held securities firm. Schoen holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Gary T. Schoen

  

 What we like about FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX)

Data for FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) as of January 31, 2010

• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) management has been with FIMCO Select Fund for 4.2 years
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -6.85% vs -7.17% Large Blend category average)
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 17.71, lower than category average of 20.52
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX)

Data for FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) as of January 31, 2010

• FIMCO Select Fund is a focused fund with 49.82% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 26.18% vs 34.15% Large Blend category average)
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) is less safe compared to its Large Blend peers
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of -1.3 is worse than category average of 0.23, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.42
• FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) has a higher management fee of 1.50% than its Large Blend average of 1.10%

See FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$14.38M
11/2009	$14.94M
10/2009	$14.62M

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FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	20.3%	79.66%	0%	0.04%
06/2009	17.01%	82.82%	0%	0.17%
03/2009	20.53%	79.46%	0%	0.01%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in FIMCO Select Fund (FMCOX)

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30-Sep-09 Fidelity Instl MM Fds Money Market Sel [9.21%] Berkshire Hathaway Inc. B [6.81%] WAL MART STORES [6.7%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [6.15%] Microsoft Corporation [5.19%] COCA COLA CO THE [4.84%] JOHNSON AND JOHNS DC [4.44%] DOW CHEMICAL [3.83%] CENTURYTEL INC [3.54%] WESTERN UNION COMPAN [3.52%]

30-Jun-09 WAL MART STORES [7.35%] Berkshire Hathaway Inc. B [6.6%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [5.89%] CENTURYTEL INC [5.44%] Microsoft Corporation [5.3%] Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR [4.88%] COCA COLA CO THE [4.81%] JOHNSON AND JOHNS DC [4.61%] WESTERN UNION COMPAN [3.39%] Oracle Corporation [3.35%]

31-Mar-09 WAL MART STORES [8.96%] Berkshire Hathaway Inc. B [7.28%] COCA COLA CO THE [4.99%] JOHNSON AND JOHNS DC [4.84%] Microsoft Corporation [4.64%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [3.92%] CENTURYTEL INC [3.73%] MARKEL CP HLDG CO [3.63%] Penn National Gaming, Inc. [3.42%] Oracle Corporation [3.2%]

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