Mutual Fund Insights: Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX)

In-depth Analysis of Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX)

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See Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

Last Trade: $9.50 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.01 (-0.11%)

  

Fund Manager - Shigeru Hirabayashi

Fund Manager Tenure: 1.4 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: N/A (Score: *manager is new*)     (What does this score mean?)

Shigeru Hirabayashi is the lead portfolio manager with NAM Tokyo. Shigeru Hirabayashi has been the Chief Fund Manager, Equity Investment Department of NAM Tokyo since 2003.  Get more insights on Shigeru Hirabayashi

  

 What we like about Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX)

Data for Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) as of February 28, 2010

• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return -9.95% vs -15.52 % Japan Stock category average)
• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 140.00% vs Japan Stock average of 185.46%. It is good that Nomura Partners The Japan S management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 20.64, lower than category average of 23.27
• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) has a lower management fee than its Japan Stock average: 1.75% vs 1.83%

  

 What we are cautious about Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX)

Data for Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) as of February 28, 2010

• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) management has been with Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund for only 1.4 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 36.66% vs 45.91 % Japan Stock category average)
• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return -2.31% vs -5.07 % Japan Stock category average)
• Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• Even though Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.08% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$181.67M
01/2010	$180.82M
11/2009	$181.20M

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Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	1.78%	97.17%	0%	1.05%
06/2009	2.51%	97.33%	0%	0.16%
03/2009	1.7%	195.8%	0%	0.4%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Nomura Partners The Japan S Fund (SJPNX)

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30-Sep-09 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [2.5%] East Japan Railway Co. [2.04%] Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. [1.99%] Panasonic Corp [1.98%] Nidec Corp [1.96%] Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. [1.95%] Canon, Inc. [1.87%] Honda Motor Company [1.74%] Kuraray Co., Ltd. [1.61%] Sumitomo Electric Industries [1.6%]

30-Jun-09 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. [3.1%] Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. [2.39%] East Japan Railway Co. [2.33%] Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [2.17%] Nintendo [2.02%] Kuraray Co., Ltd. [1.99%] Panasonic Corp [1.92%] The Sumitomo Trust & Banking [1.91%] Kubota Corporation [1.75%] NTT DoCoMo, Inc. [1.69%]

31-Mar-09 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. [3.26%] Nintendo [2.94%] Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [2.29%] Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. [2.29%] Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. [2.28%] East Japan Railway Co. [2.27%] Toyota Motor Corporation [1.95%] NTT DoCoMo, Inc. [1.92%] Kubota Corporation [1.69%] The Sumitomo Trust & Banking [1.58%]

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