Mutual Fund Insights: Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX)

In-depth Analysis of Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX)

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Last Trade: $11.51 on 3/17/2010, Change: -0.01 (-0.09%)

  

Fund Manager - Steve Kellner

Fund Manager Tenure: 10.6 years   [Similar Funds: PIFCX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.75)     (What does this score mean?)

Kellner is a managing director and portfolio manager with Prudential. Kellner joined Prudential Financial in 1986. Kellner holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Steve Kellner

  

 What we like about Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX)

Data for Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) as of January 31, 2010

• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) management has been with Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund for 10.6 years
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 12.51% vs 9.51% Short-Term Bond category average)
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 7.25% vs 3.73% Short-Term Bond category average)
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 5.44% vs 3.49% Short-Term Bond category average)
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 83.00% vs Short-Term Bond average of 109.82%. It is good that Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) has a lower management fee than its Short-Term Bond average: 0.61% vs 0.92%
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX)

Data for Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) as of January 31, 2010

• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) is less safe compared to its Short-Term Bond peers
• Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 3.99 that is higher than category average of 3.36

See Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$707.65M
11/2009	$621.22M
10/2009	$558.68M

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Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	13.06%	0%	86.83%	0.11%
08/2009	22.28%	0%	77.6%	0.12%
07/2009	24.4%	0%	75.44%	0.17%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX)

Discover what Dryden Short-Term Corporate Bd Z Fund (PIFZX) manager is buying

30-Sep-09 Dryden Core Invest [2.4%] United States Treas Nts 1% [1.48%] General Elec Cap Corp Mtn Be 5.9% [1.11%] Wells Fargo & Co New 5.25% [1.01%] Citigroup 5.5% [1%] Bank Amer Fdg Corp 7.38% [0.84%] United States Treas Nts 2.375% [0.81%] Cs First Boston Ny Brh Sr Mtn 5% [0.78%] Verizon Wireless Cap 144A 3.75% [0.76%] General Elec Cap 5.875% [0.75%]

31-Aug-09 Dryden Core Invest [2.59%] United States Treas Nts 1% [1.89%] General Elec Cap Corp Mtn Be 5.9% [1.27%] United States Treas Nts [1.13%] Cs First Boston Ny Brh Sr Mtn 5% [0.9%] Verizon Wireless Cap 144A 3.75% [0.88%] Deutsche Bk Ag 4.875% [0.75%] United States Treas Nts [0.75%] Altria Grp 7.75% [0.65%] TIME WARNER CABLE [0.63%]

31-Jul-09 Dryden Core Invest [2.45%] General Elec Cap Corp Mtn Be 5.9% [1.45%] Cs First Boston Ny Brh Sr Mtn 5% [1.02%] Verizon Wireless Cap 144A 3.75% [1%] Deutsche Bk Ag 4.875% [0.85%] Altria Grp 7.75% [0.74%] TIME WARNER CABLE [0.72%] Verizon New York 6.875% [0.7%] Goldman Sachs Group 5.25% [0.66%] HEWLETT PACKARD CO [0.66%]

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