Mutual Fund Insights: BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX)

In-depth Analysis of BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX)

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See BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $18.01 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.09 (-0.5%)

  

Fund Manager - Nicholas Scott

Fund Manager Tenure: 1.5 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: N/A (Score: *manager is new*)     (What does this score mean?)

Scott is managing director and chief investment officer for Asian Equities within the Portfolio Management Group at BlackRock. He joined BlackRock in January 2007. Before that, he was chief executive officer and chief investment officer for Prudential Asset Management, Hong Kong (?PAMHK?), and responsible for PAMHK?s overall business in Hong Kong and its investment business in Asia. Prior to joining PAMHK in April 2000, he was Head of Asian Pacific Equities in London with M&G Investment Management.  Get more insights on Nicholas Scott

  

 What we like about BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX)

Data for BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) as of January 31, 2010

• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -3.80% vs -4.20% Diversified Pacific/Asia category average)
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 24.11, lower than category average of 25.08

  

 What we are cautious about BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX)

Data for BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) as of January 31, 2010

• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) management has been with BlackRock Pacific B Fund for only 1.5 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 41.36% vs 44.76% Diversified Pacific/Asia category average)
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return 5.49% vs 5.69% Diversified Pacific/Asia category average)
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 86.00% that is higher than the Diversified Pacific/Asia average of 82.76%. This could mean BlackRock Pacific B is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 3.67 is worse than category average of 3.77, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.12
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) has a higher management fee of 1.93% than its Diversified Pacific/Asia average of 1.59%
• BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) carries a 4.5% load

See BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$10.83M
11/2009	$12.00M
10/2009	$11.83M

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BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	5.33%	94.67%	0%	0%
06/2009	2.51%	95.58%	0%	1.91%
03/2009	0%	0%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in BlackRock Pacific B Fund (MBPCX)

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30-Sep-09 Samsung Electronics [3.14%] BHP Billiton Limited [2.55%] Honda Motor Company [2.34%] ANZ Banking Group Ltd [2.04%] National Australia Bank Limited [1.96%] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing [1.94%] Japan Tobacco Inc. [1.92%] Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. [1.91%] Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [1.86%] Shinhan Financial Grp [1.82%]

30-Jun-09 Samsung Electronics [2.38%] BHP Billiton Limited [2.34%] Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. [2.32%] Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. [2.21%] Mitsubishi [1.96%] Honda Motor Company [1.83%] Kasikornbank [1.83%] Sony Corporation [1.79%] JFE Holdings, Inc. [1.72%] Japan Tobacco Inc. [1.71%]

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