Mutual Fund Insights: SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX)

In-depth Analysis of SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX)

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See SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

Last Trade: $15.09 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.12 (-0.79%)

  

Fund Manager - Karen E. Umland

Fund Manager Tenure: 10.6 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: D (Score: 0.47)     (What does this score mean?)

Karen E. Umland is a portfolio manager and vice president of Dimensional and a member of the Investment Committee, her employer since 1993. and has been responsible as portfolio manager for management of the international equity funds at Dimensional since 1998.  Get more insights on Karen E. Umland

  

 What we like about SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX)

Data for SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) as of February 28, 2010

• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) management has been with SA International Small Company Fund for 10.6 years
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -8.38% vs -7.49 % Foreign Small/Mid Value category average)
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 29.00% vs Foreign Small/Mid Value average of 50.98%. It is good that SA International Small Company management does not trade extensively for its return.
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 25.5, lower than category average of 26.66
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) has a lower management fee than its Foreign Small/Mid Value average: 1.10% vs 1.51%
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX)

Data for SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) as of February 28, 2010

• SA International Small Company Fund is a focused fund with 99.99% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 64.80% vs 67.46 % Foreign Small/Mid Value category average)
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return 2.19% vs 2.75 % Foreign Small/Mid Value category average)
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) is less safe compared to its Foreign Small/Mid Value peers
• SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 0.35 is worse than category average of 1.9, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.28

See SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$182.57M
01/2010	$182.63M
11/2009	$185.49M

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SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
01/2010	0.37%	99.47%	0%	0.16%
10/2009	0.18%	99.67%	0%	0.15%
09/2009	0.85%	98.89%	0%	0.26%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in SA International Small Company Fund (SAISX)

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31-Jan-10 DFA Intl Small Company I [99.99%] Price/Earnings [13.86%] 0.98 [0%] 0.45 [3.45%] Median Market Cap [1.84%] N/A [0%] 1.83 [0%] 9.08 [0%] 13.84 [0%] 2.47 [0%]

31-Oct-09 DFA Intl Small Company I [100.05%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%]

30-Sep-09 DFA Intl Small Company I [100%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%] N/A [0%]

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