Mutual Fund Insights: ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX)

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See ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $27.75 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.25 (-0.89%)

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Fund Manager - Steve Salopek

Fund Manager Tenure: 4.7 years   [Similar Funds: NSPAX  NSPCX  NSPIX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.74)     (What does this score mean?)

Salopek is a portfolio manager with ING Investment Management, his employer since June 2005. Prior to joining the firm, he was a portfolio manager with Banc One Investment Advisors from 1999 to 2004. Previously, Salopek was vice president and portfolio manager for Stein Roe & Farnham from 1996 to 1999, as well as an analyst with Banc One Investment Advisors from 1990 to 1996.  Get more insights on Steve Salopek

  

 What we like about ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX)

Data for ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) as of January 31, 2010

• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) management has been with ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund for 4.7 years
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -4.69% vs -6.96% Small Growth category average)
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 1.92% vs 0.25% Small Growth category average)
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 23.6, lower than category average of 24.84

  

 What we are cautious about ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX)

Data for ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) as of January 31, 2010

• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 35.26% vs 39.62% Small Growth category average)
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 178.00% that is higher than the Small Growth average of 131.92%. This could mean ING Small Cap Opportunities B is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) has a higher management fee of 2.26% than its Small Growth average of 1.60%
• ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) carries a 5% load

See ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$4.08M
11/2009	$4.46M
10/2009	$4.59M

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ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of ING Small Cap Opportunities B fund (NSPBX)

Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	1.89%	98.11%	0%	0%
06/2009	2.29%	97.71%	0%	0%
03/2009	3.81%	96.19%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in ING Small Cap Opportunities B Fund (NSPBX)

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30-Sep-09 ING Institutional Prime Money Market I [1.81%] SOLERA HOLDINGS INC [1.43%] BALLY TECHNOLOGIES [1.35%] HAEMONETICS CP [1.21%] HEALTHSOUTH CP [1.17%] Polycom, Inc. [1.16%] The Gymboree Corporation [1.11%] Omniture, Inc. [1.1%] STIFEL FINANCIAL CP [1.1%] Chattem, Inc. [1.1%]

30-Jun-09 ING Institutional Prime Money Market I [2.23%] OWENS AND MINOR INC [1.36%] SOLERA HOLDINGS INC [1.36%] BALLY TECHNOLOGIES [1.34%] HAEMONETICS CP [1.24%] Chattem, Inc. [1.23%] Gymboree Corporation (The) [1.2%] Comtech Telecommunications Corp [1.18%] Polycom, Inc. [1.14%] [1.14%]

31-Mar-09 SOLERA HOLDINGS INC [1.42%] Waste Connections, Inc. [1.38%] Aeropostale Inc [1.23%] iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index [1.18%] Owens & Minor, Inc. [1.09%] Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [1.04%] Curtiss-Wright Corp. [1.03%] Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc [1.01%] Chattem, Inc. [1.01%] Marvel Entertainment Inc [1%]

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