Mutual Fund Insights: Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX)

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Last Trade: $40.51 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.24 (-0.59%)

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Fund Manager - David A. Katz

Fund Manager Tenure: 13.7 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.55)     (What does this score mean?)

Katz is the president and chief investment officer of Matrix Asset Advisors, Inc. ("Matrix"). He is also a research analyst and portfolio manager for Matrix. He co-managed the Matrix Advisors Value Fund from 1996 to 1998. He became the sole portfolio manager in 1998 and has worked in this position until the present. After initially working at Management Asset Corporation (Westport, CT), he co-founded Value Matrix Management with John M. Gates in 1986.  Get more insights on David A. Katz

  

 What we like about Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX)

Data for Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) as of January 31, 2010

• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) management has been with Matrix Advisors Value Fund for 13.7 years
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 45.00% vs 34.15% Large Blend category average)
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 59.00% vs Large Blend average of 80.36%. It is good that Matrix Advisors Value management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX)

Data for Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) as of January 31, 2010

• Matrix Advisors Value Fund is a focused fund with 33.78% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -7.53% vs -7.17% Large Blend category average)
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return -0.72% vs 0.19% Large Blend category average)
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 24.06 that is higher than category average of 20.52

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Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$94.71M
11/2009	$97.61M
10/2009	$92.12M

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Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
10/2009	0.8%	99.2%	0%	0%
09/2009	0.3%	99.7%	0%	0%
08/2009	0.98%	99.02%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Matrix Advisors Value Fund (MAVFX)

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31-Oct-09 DEVON ENERGY CP (OK) [3.72%] Dell Inc. [3.55%] WALGREEN CO [3.53%] Microsoft Corporation [3.43%] JP MORGAN CHASE CO [3.4%] CONOCOPHILLIPS [3.39%] TYCO INTL LTD SWZ [3.39%] Staples, Inc. [3.34%] MORGAN STANLEY [3.33%] eBay Inc. [3.3%]

30-Sep-09 DEVON ENERGY CP (OK) [3.78%] MONSTER WORLDWIDE [3.69%] Dell Inc. [3.65%] eBay Inc. [3.54%] WALGREEN CO [3.53%] TYCO INTL LTD SWZ [3.51%] JP MORGAN CHASE CO [3.48%] BK OF AMERICA CP [3.39%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [3.37%] Staples, Inc. [3.36%]

31-Aug-09 Dell Inc. [3.88%] BK OF AMERICA CP [3.61%] MCGRAW HILL COS THE [3.58%] JP MORGAN CHASE CO [3.54%] DEVON ENERGY CP (OK) [3.53%] MONSTER WORLDWIDE [3.5%] eBay Inc. [3.47%] TYCO INTL LTD SWZ [3.3%] WALGREEN CO [3.27%] Cisco Systems, Inc. [3.26%]

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