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Mutual Fund Insights: ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX)

In-depth Analysis of ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX)

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See ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

    Last Trade: $9.41 on 3/11/2010, Change: +0.03 (0.32%)
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Fund Manager - Zach Jonson

Fund Manager Tenure: 3.1 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: B (Score: 0.67)     (What does this score mean?)
Jonson is an assistant portfolio manager and a member of ICONs Investment Committee. He joined ICON in 2003 as a Reconciliation and Performance Specialist. He became a research analyst in 2006 and was promoted to assistant portfolio manager in 2007. Jonson holds an NASD Series 7 registration. Prior to joining ICON, Jonson was employed by the University of Colorado as an administrative assistant in the office of student employment.  Get more insights on Zach Jonson

  

What we like about ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) What we like about ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX)

Data for ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) as of January 31, 2010

  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) management has been with ICON Materials Fund for 3.1 years
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -5.02% vs -6.52% Mid-Cap Blend category average)
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 4.83% vs 1.32% Mid-Cap Blend category average)
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

What we are cautious about ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) What we are cautious about ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX)

Data for ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) as of January 31, 2010

  • ICON Materials Fund is a focused fund with 48.17% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 39.31% vs 42.02% Mid-Cap Blend category average)
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 134.88% that is higher than the Mid-Cap Blend average of 91.38%. This could mean ICON Materials is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 28.54 that is higher than category average of 24.11
  • ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) has a higher management fee of 1.40% than its Mid-Cap Blend average of 1.38%
See ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) Net Asset

Track net asset change of ICON Materials fund (ICBMX)

DateNet Asset
01/2010$85.62M
11/2009$93.33M
10/2009$82.98M
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ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX) Portfolio Allocation

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DateCashStockBondOther
09/20092.38%97.62%0%0%
06/20091.43%98.57%0%0%
03/20090%100%0%0%
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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in ICON Materials Fund (ICBMX)

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30-Sep-09
DU PONT E I DE NEM [8.2%]
PRAXAIR INC [5.64%]
FREEPORT MCMORAN B [5.47%]
AIR PRODUCTS CHEM [5.36%]
DOW CHEMICAL [4.56%]
LUBRIZOL CP [4.56%]
NUCOR CP [4.5%]
MONSANTO COMPANY [4.11%]
ECOLAB INC [3.19%]
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation [2.58%]

30-Jun-09
MONSANTO COMPANY [14.34%]
DU PONT E I DE NEM [7.65%]
DOW CHEMICAL [6.13%]
PRAXAIR INC [5.75%]
NUCOR CP [4.98%]
AIR PRODUCTS CHEM [4.82%]
LUBRIZOL CP [3.53%]
POTASH CP SASKATCHEW [2.9%]
NAVIOS MARITIME [2.37%]
CF IND HLDGS INC [2.31%]

31-Mar-09
Monsanto Co. (New) [19.92%]
Newmont Mining Corp. (Holding C [6.51%]
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. [5.78%]
Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours & Co [5.73%]
Nucor Corp. [4.9%]
Lubrizol Corp [3.49%]
Airgas Inc. [3.47%]
CF Industries Holdings Inc [3.04%]
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan In [2.77%]
International Flavors & Fragran [2.61%]
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