Mutual Fund Insights: Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX)

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Last Trade: $13.30 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.10 (-0.75%)

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Fund Manager - Christopher J. Marangi

Fund Manager Tenure: 2.5 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: B (Score: 0.6)     (What does this score mean?)

Christopher J. Marangi serves as the associate portfolio manager of the Gabelli Value fund. Previously Christopher J. Marangi served as a research analyst at Gabelli, his employer since 2003. Prior to that, Marangi worked for Wellspring Capital Management and J.P. Morgan & Co.  Get more insights on Christopher J. Marangi

  

 What we like about Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX)

Data for Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) as of February 28, 2010

• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 70.91% vs 65.14 % Mid-Cap Blend category average)
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -6.43% vs -5.22 % Mid-Cap Blend category average)
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 4.00% vs Mid-Cap Blend average of 98.84%. It is good that Gabelli Value A management does not trade extensively for its return.

  

 What we are cautious about Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX)

Data for Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) as of February 28, 2010

• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) management has been with Gabelli Value A Fund for only 2.5 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• Gabelli Value A Fund is a focused fund with 39.24% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return 0.30% vs 1.65 % Mid-Cap Blend category average)
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) is less safe compared to its Mid-Cap Blend peers
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 1.97 is worse than category average of 2.24, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.19
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 26 that is higher than category average of 24.26
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) has a higher management fee of 1.41% than its Mid-Cap Blend average of 1.38%
• Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) carries a 5.75% load

See Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$439.32M
01/2010	$425.54M
11/2009	$449.85M

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Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	0%	100%	0%	0%
06/2009	0%	100%	0%	0%
03/2009	0%	100%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Gabelli Value A Fund (GABVX)

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30-Sep-09 CABLEVISION SYSTEM [7%] VIACOM INC CL A [5.87%] Liberty Media Corporation [4.51%] NEWMONT MIN CP (HLDG [4.23%] Swedish Match AB [4.21%] BARRICK GOLD CP [2.81%] TELEPHONE + DATA SYS [2.63%] DIAGEO PLC ADS NEW [2.6%] HONEYWELL INTL INC [2.5%] CBS Corporation A [2.35%]

30-Jun-09 CABLEVISION SYSTEM [6.96%] VIACOM INC CL A [5.59%] Liberty Media Corporation [4.77%] NEWMONT MIN CP (HLDG [4.62%] Swedish Match AB [3.98%] BARRICK GOLD CP [3.41%] DIAGEO PLC ADS NEW [2.87%] TELEPHONE + DATA SYS [2.82%] ROGERS COMMUN CL B [2.51%] HONEYWELL INTL INC [2.47%]

31-Mar-09 Newmont Mining Corp. (Holding C [6.06%] Cablevision Systems Corp. [5.73%] Viacom Inc (New) [5.21%] Liberty Media Corporation [4.31%] Swedish Match [4.2%] Barrick Gold Corp. [4.04%] Telephone and Data Systems, Inc [3.13%] Diageo Plc [2.65%] Honeywell International, Inc. [2.64%] Rogers Communications Inc. [2.63%]

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