Mutual Fund Insights: Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX)

In-depth Analysis of Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX)

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See Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $11.06 on 3/15/2010, Change: -0.07 (-0.63%)

  

Fund Manager - Daniel Maguire

Fund Manager Tenure: 4.2 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.54)     (What does this score mean?)

Maguire is assistant vice president and equity research analyst of Wellington Management. He joined the firm as an investment professional in 2004. Maguire has been involved in portfolio management and securities analysis for the fund since January 2006 and for the firm for the past three years. Prior to joining the firm, Maguire was an equity analyst at Insight Investment Management in the UK (2003-2004) and at HSBC Investment Bank (2000-2003). Maguire holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Daniel Maguire

  

 What we like about Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX)

Data for Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) as of January 31, 2010

• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) management has been with Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund for 4.2 years
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -6.91% vs -6.98% Foreign Small/Mid Value category average)
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 4.06% vs 3.78% Foreign Small/Mid Value category average)
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 26.35, lower than category average of 26.68
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) has a lower management fee than its Foreign Small/Mid Value average: 1.14% vs 1.50%

  

 What we are cautious about Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX)

Data for Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) as of January 31, 2010

• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 46.18% vs 53.79% Foreign Small/Mid Value category average)
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) is less safe compared to its Foreign Small/Mid Value peers
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 98.00% that is higher than the Foreign Small/Mid Value average of 65.23%. This could mean Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 1.85 is worse than category average of 1.93, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.21
• Even though Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$44.16M
11/2009	$46.75M
10/2009	$46.56M

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Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	0.3%	99%	0%	0.7%
08/2009	0.09%	99.13%	0%	0.78%
06/2009	3.28%	96.7%	0%	0.02%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Hartford Intl Small Company HLS IB Fund (HBISX)

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30-Sep-09 [1.71%] Square Enix Hldgs Co Ltd [1.6%] Shionogi & Co., Ltd. [1.48%] Dufry AG [1.37%] Swedish Match AB [1.21%] Osaka Securities Exchange [1.2%] S?chilienne-Sidec [1.2%] STARWOOD HOTELS&RES [1.1%] MegaStudy [1.09%]

31-Aug-09 Dufry AG [2.83%] STARWOOD HOTELS&RES [1.63%] Shionogi & Co., Ltd. [1.6%] [1.53%] SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS [1.41%] Karoon Gas Australia Ltd [1.34%] Osaka Securities Exchange [1.27%] S?chilienne-Sidec [1.23%] Swedish Match AB [1.21%]

30-Jun-09 Dufry AG [3.07%] Shionogi & Co., Ltd. [1.75%] SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS [1.71%] KODIAK OIL [1.6%] Swedish Match AB [1.44%] Karoon Gas Australia Ltd [1.33%] [1.29%] S?chilienne-Sidec [1.19%] Osaka Securities Exchange [1.13%] Bureau Veritas SA [1.11%]

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