Mutual Fund Insights: Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX)

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Last Trade: $33.18 on 3/17/2010, Change: +0.14 (0.42%)

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Fund Manager - Ronald Sachs

Fund Manager Tenure: 2.3 years   [Similar Funds: JDCRX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.76)     (What does this score mean?)

Sachs joined Janus in 1996 as a research analyst, and has acted as portfolio manager of other Janus-advised mutual funds since Juan 2000. Sachs holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Ronald Sachs

  

 What we like about Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX)

Data for Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) as of January 31, 2010

• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 39.38% vs 35.76% Large Growth category average)
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 0.59% vs -5.20% Large Growth category average)
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 6.68% vs 0.87% Large Growth category average)
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 22.00% vs Large Growth average of 109.93%. It is good that Janus Forty A management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) has a lower management fee than its Large Growth average: 1.05% vs 1.33%

  

 What we are cautious about Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX)

Data for Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) as of January 31, 2010

• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) management has been with Janus Forty A Fund for only 2.3 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• Janus Forty A Fund is a focused fund with 51.09% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 24.91 that is higher than category average of 21.28
• Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) carries a 5.75% load

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Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$931.60M
11/2009	$881.18M
10/2009	$1.41B

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Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	7.23%	92.77%	0%	0%
06/2009	8.54%	91.46%	0%	0%
03/2009	5.67%	94.33%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Janus Forty A Fund (JDCAX)

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30-Sep-09 Apple Inc. [8.11%] Research In Motion Limited [6.64%] Celgene Corporation [5.97%] Anheuser-Busch InBev SA [5.57%] Gilead Sciences, Inc. [5.53%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [5.23%] CVS CAREMARK CP [4.87%] Intuitive Surgical, Inc. [4.43%] Google Inc. [4.3%] Oracle Corporation [3.95%]

30-Jun-09 Apple Inc. [7.83%] Research in Motion, Ltd. [7.78%] Gilead Sciences, Inc. [6.31%] Celgene Corporation [5.8%] CVS CAREMARK CP [5.79%] Inbev [5%] Oracle Corporation [4.6%] ABB LTD [4.31%] Google Inc. [4.14%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [3.79%]

31-Mar-09 Gilead Sciences, Inc. [8.85%] Apple Inc. [7.36%] Research In Motion Limited [6.93%] CVS CAREMARK CP [6.36%] Oracle Corporation [5.45%] Celgene Corporation [4.91%] ABB, Ltd. [4.86%] Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa, Bruxelles [4.85%] Google Inc. [4.35%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [4.34%]

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