Mutual Fund Insights: BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX)

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See BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $62.75 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.86 (-1.35%)

  

Fund Manager - William Landers

Fund Manager Tenure: 7.5 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: Mojo Master (Score: 0.85)     (What does this score mean?)

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. 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 A Fund (MDLTX)

Data for BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) as of January 31, 2010

• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) management has been with BlackRock Latin America A Fund for 7.5 years
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 99.78% vs 94.50% Latin America Stock category average)
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 8.32% vs 3.39% Latin America Stock category average)
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 24.31% vs 21.05% Latin America Stock category average)
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 50.00% vs Latin America Stock average of 108.14%. It is good that BlackRock Latin America A management does not trade extensively for its return.
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 39.07, lower than category average of 39.51
• BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) has a lower management fee than its Latin America Stock average: 1.57% vs 1.86%

  

 What we are cautious about BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX)

Data for BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) as of January 31, 2010

• BlackRock Latin America A Fund is a focused fund with 56.06% 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 A Fund (MDLTX) carries a 5.25% load

See BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$446.33M
11/2009	$549.64M
10/2009	$476.60M

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BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
10/2009	1.47%	96.7%	0%	1.83%
07/2009	1.87%	96.06%	0%	2.07%
04/2009	2.09%	96.72%	0%	1.19%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in BlackRock Latin America A Fund (MDLTX)

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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%]

30-Apr-09 Brazilian Petroleum Corporation [13.57%] Itau Unibanco Banco Multiplo S. [11.3%] America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. [8.77%] Vale (ADR) [8.63%] Banco Bradesco S.A. [4.54%] Companhia de Bebidas das Americ [4.48%] Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais [3.29%] Grupo Televisa, S.A. [2.84%] Bradespar [2.8%] Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreend e Par [1.68%]

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