Mutual Fund Insights: Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX)

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Fund Manager - Neil J. Hennessy

Fund Manager Tenure: 11.6 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.55)     (What does this score mean?)

Mr. Hennessy serves as Chief Investment Officer to the Funds, and has been the President and a Director of the Hennessy Advisors, Inc., since its organization in 1989.  Get more insights on Neil J. Hennessy

  

 What we like about Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX)

Data for Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) as of January 31, 2010

• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) management has been with Hennessy Total Return Fund for 11.6 years
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -7.77% vs -8.60% Large Value category average)
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return -0.14% vs -0.19% Large Value category average)
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 41.00% vs Large Value average of 69.44%. It is good that Hennessy Total Return management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 18.21, lower than category average of 20.74
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) has a lower management fee than its Large Value average: 1.20% vs 1.28%

  

 What we are cautious about Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX)

Data for Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) as of January 31, 2010

• Hennessy Total Return Fund is a focused fund with 60.37% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 29.92% vs 32.89% Large Value category average)
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) is less safe compared to its Large Value peers
• Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of -2.12 is worse than category average of -1.25, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.46
• Even though Hennessy Total Return Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.15% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

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Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$52.78M
11/2009	$54.65M
10/2009	$52.40M

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Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	42.36%	57.64%	0%	0%
03/2009	46.24%	53.76%	0%	0%
12/2008	44.18%	55.82%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Hennessy Total Return Fund (HDOGX)

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30-Sep-09 DU PONT E I DE NEM [7.4%] AT&T INC. [6.83%] CATERPILLAR INC [6.79%] PFIZER INC [6.61%] VERIZON COMMUN [6.58%] MERCK CO INC [5.85%] ALCOA INC [4.43%] KRAFT FOODS INC [4.19%] BOEING CO [4.1%] AMER EXPRESS INC [3.89%]

31-Mar-09 VERIZON COMMUN [10.21%] AT&T INC. [9.2%] PFIZER INC [8.26%] MERCK CO INC [7.68%] DU PONT E I DE NEM [6.85%] GEN ELECTRIC CO [5.11%] JP MORGAN CHASE CO [4.87%] ALCOA INC [3.79%] CATERPILLAR INC [2.85%] HOME DEPOT INC [2.79%]

31-Dec-08 VERIZON COMMUN [10.01%] PFIZER INC [9.13%] AT&T INC. [8.84%] MERCK CO INC [7.37%] GEN ELECTRIC CO [6.1%] DU PONT E I DE NEM [6.08%] JP MORGAN CHASE CO [5.33%] BK OF AMERICA CP [4.49%] ALCOA INC [3.02%] HOME DEPOT INC [3.02%]

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