Mutual Fund Insights: ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX)

In-depth Analysis of ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX)

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See ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $7.73 on 3/18/2010, Change: +0.04 (0.52%)

  

Fund Manager - Robert Straus

Fund Manager Tenure: 7.1 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.5)     (What does this score mean?)

Straus is a portfolio manager and a member of ICON's Investment Committee. Previously, he was employed by ICON as its Head Trader from 1996 to 1999 and rejoined ICON in 2001 as an assistant portfolio manager. In 2002, he was appointed portfolio manager. Prior to ICON, he was a senior equity trader with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in 2000 and a partner with Integral Asset Management, LLC from 1999 to 2000.  Get more insights on Robert Straus

  

 What we like about ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX)

Data for ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) as of January 31, 2010

• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) management has been with ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund for 7.1 years
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 61.00% vs 47.88% Consumer Discretionary category average)
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -10.11% vs -10.35% Consumer Discretionary category average)
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 200.23% vs Consumer Discretionary average of 415.97%. It is good that ICON Consumer Discretionary management does not trade extensively for its return.
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX)

Data for ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) as of January 31, 2010

• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund is a focused fund with 43.03% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return -3.37% vs -2.50% Consumer Discretionary category average)
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 25.42 that is higher than category average of 25.15
• ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) has a higher management fee of 1.63% than its Consumer Discretionary average of 1.60%

See ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$9.54M
11/2009	$14.29M
10/2009	$14.00M

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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of ICON Consumer Discretionary fund (ICCCX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	15.71%	84.3%	0%	0%
06/2009	5.17%	94.83%	0%	0%
03/2009	15.85%	84.15%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (ICCCX)

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30-Sep-09 TARGET CP [8.14%] T J X COS INC [8.02%] NIKE INC CL B [5.91%] STANLEY WORKS THE [4.46%] SNAP ON INC [3.52%] GUESS INC. [2.78%] WOLVERINE WORLDWIDE [2.76%] V F CP [2.62%] Tractor Supply Company [2.43%] Deckers Outdoor Corporation [2.39%]

30-Jun-09 T J X COS INC [8.04%] TARGET CP [6.8%] NIKE INC CL B [5.6%] GUESS INC. [5.1%] STANLEY WORKS THE [4.19%] Fossil, Inc. [3.9%] RYLAND GROUP INC [3.55%] LIMITED BRANDS INC [3.36%] WHIRLPOOL CP [3.28%] WOLVERINE WORLDWIDE [2.91%]

31-Mar-09 Target Corp [5.43%] Home Depot Inc [4.34%] Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. [4.12%] TJX Companies, Inc. (New) [3.76%] VF Corp. [3.43%] Nordstrom, Inc. [2.99%] Staples, Inc. [2.96%] Block (H & R), Inc. [2.94%] NIKE, Inc [2.31%]

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