Mutual Fund Insights: BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX)

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See BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

Last Trade: $63.72 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.87 (-1.35%)

  

Fund Manager - William Landers

Fund Manager Tenure: 7.5 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.72)     (What does this score mean?)

William Landers is a managing director of and portfolio manager with BlackRock and has been a member of the Funds portfolio management team since 2002. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2006, Lander was a director of MLIM from 2004 to 2006, a vice president thereof from 2002 to 2004, and a portfolio manager therewith from 2001 to 2006. William Landers was a research analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1999 to 2001.  Get more insights on William Landers

  

 What we like about BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX)

Data for BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) as of February 28, 2010

• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) management has been with BlackRock Latin America I Fund for 7.5 years
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 125.15% vs 120.74 % Latin America Stock category average)
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 22.82% vs 19.26 % Latin America Stock category average)
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 50.00% vs Latin America Stock average of 143.15%. It is good that BlackRock Latin America I management does not trade extensively for its return.
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 39.1, lower than category average of 39.27
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) has a lower management fee than its Latin America Stock average: 1.35% vs 1.87%
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX)

Data for BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) as of February 28, 2010

• BlackRock Latin America I Fund is a focused fund with 55.02% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return 10.93% vs 6.53 % Latin America Stock category average)
• BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved

See BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$769.52M
01/2010	$133.26M
11/2009	$132.60M

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BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of BlackRock Latin America I fund (MALTX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
01/2010	2.52%	96.44%	0%	0.88%
10/2009	1.47%	96.7%	0%	1.83%
07/2009	1.87%	96.06%	0%	2.07%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in BlackRock Latin America I Fund (MALTX)

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31-Jan-10 [14.81%] Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA [8.78%] [8.7%] America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. A [6.76%] Companhia de Bebidas das Americ [4.04%] Banco Bradesco Sa American Depo [3.48%] Bradespar SA [2.21%] Grupo Televisa S.A. Common Stoc [2.18%] [2.1%] [1.96%]

31-Oct-09 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. [15.14%] ITAU UNIBANCO ADS [9.38%] Vale S.A. [8.66%] AMERICA MOVIL, S.A.B [6.53%] COMP DE BEBA AM ADS [4.25%] BANCO BRADESCO ADS [3.69%] Bradespar [2.42%] TELVISA S.A. [2.34%] Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais [1.85%] BMF Bovespa S.A. Bolsa Valores Merc Fut [1.8%]

31-Jul-09 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. [12.95%] ITAU UNIBANCO ADS [9.85%] AMERICA MOVIL, S.A.B [7.66%] Vale S.A. [7.66%] BANCO BRADESCO ADS [4%] COMP DE BEBA AM ADS [3.83%] Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais [2.9%] TELVISA S.A. [2.7%] Bradespar [2.3%] Wal-mart de Mexico S A B de C V [2.29%]

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