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Mutual Fund Insights: Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX)

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See Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

    Last Trade: $9.53 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.09 (-0.94%)
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Fund Manager - J. Dennis Delafield

Fund Manager Tenure: 6.6 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: E (Score: 0.31)     (What does this score mean?)
Delafield is a Managing Director and a Portfolio Manager/Analyst of Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. Prior to Tocqueville, he held executive positions at Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC, Delafield Asset Management, Inc. and David J. Greene & Company. He holds a BA from Princeton University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.  Get more insights on J. Dennis Delafield

  

What we like about Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) What we like about Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX)

Data for Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) as of January 31, 2010

  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) management has been with Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund for 6.6 years
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 48.26% vs 44.52% Small Value category average)

  

What we are cautious about Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) What we are cautious about Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX)

Data for Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) as of January 31, 2010

  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -10.48% vs -7.42% Small Value category average)
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return -2.44% vs 0.77% Small Value category average)
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) is less safe compared to its Small Value peers
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 0.2 is worse than category average of 2.27, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.34
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 27.11 that is higher than category average of 25.43
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) has a higher management fee of 2.50% than its Small Value average of 1.50%
  • Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) carries a 4% load
See Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) Net Asset

Track net asset change of Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B fund (OBSVX)

DateNet Asset
01/2010$1.04M
11/2009$1.02M
10/2009$1.00M
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Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) Portfolio Allocation

Track portfolio allocation change of Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B fund (OBSVX)

DateCashStockBondOther
09/20097.48%92.4%0.13%0%
06/20099.24%90.76%0%0%
03/20096.96%92.91%0%0.13%
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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX)

Discover what Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX) manager is buying

30-Sep-09
Flextronics International Ltd. [1.92%]
ETHAN ALLEN INTERIOR [1.71%]
ALBANY INTL CP CL A [1.44%]
SOUTHERN UNION CO [1.41%]
KENNAMETAL INC [1.25%]
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company [1.24%]
BARNES GP INC [1.19%]
COLLECTIVE BRANDS [1.18%]
ESTERLINE TECH CP [1.17%]
WESCO INTL INC [1.11%]

30-Jun-09
SOUTHERN UNION CO [1.55%]
Flextronics International Ltd. [1.55%]
CHECKPOINT SYSTMS SC [1.37%]
THERMO FISHER SCIENT [1.35%]
COLLECTIVE BRANDS [1.27%]
KENNAMETAL INC [1.23%]
ALBANY INTL CP CL A [1.18%]
EASTMAN CHEM CO [1.13%]
Suffolk Bancorp [1.08%]
ETHAN ALLEN INTERIOR [1.07%]

31-Mar-09
STURM RUGER AND CO [1.62%]
SOUTHERN UNION CO [1.56%]
3Com Corporation [1.49%]
Suffolk Bancorp [1.42%]
Flextronics International Ltd. [1.41%]
KENNAMETAL INC [1.35%]
EASTMAN CHEM CO [1.32%]
FOOT LOCKER INC [1.22%]
COLLECTIVE BRANDS [1.19%]
ETHAN ALLEN INTERIOR [1.17%]
Click here for Stock Holding Change Map in Delaware Optimum Small-Mid Cap Val B Fund (OBSVX)

  

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