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Mutual Fund Insights: Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX)

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See Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

    Last Trade: $38.32 on 3/11/2010, Change: +0.07 (0.18%)
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Fund Manager - Christopher Cullom Davis

Fund Manager Tenure: 15.3 years   [Similar Funds: SLADX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: B (Score: 0.64)     (What does this score mean?)
Christopher C. Davis ?Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst. Christopher Davis is a research analyst and Chair of the Portfolio Review Committee which oversees the management of the Davis Global, International and All-Cap strategies. Mr. Davis with Kenneth Feinberg is Portfolio Manager for all large cap equity and concentrated equity portfolios. Mr. Davis joined the firm in 1989 after working as a securities analyst. He received his M.A. from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.  Get more insights on Christopher Cullom Davis

  

What we like about Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) What we like about Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX)

Data for Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) as of January 31, 2010

  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) management has been with Selected American Shares S Fund for 15.3 years
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 41.67% vs 34.15% Large Blend category average)
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 0.53% vs 0.19% Large Blend category average)
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 18.00% vs Large Blend average of 80.36%. It is good that Selected American Shares S management does not trade extensively for its return.
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) has a lower management fee than its Large Blend average: 0.92% vs 1.10%

  

What we are cautious about Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) What we are cautious about Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX)

Data for Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) as of January 31, 2010

  • Selected American Shares S Fund is a focused fund with 35.06% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -7.33% vs -7.17% Large Blend category average)
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
  • Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 22.55 that is higher than category average of 20.52
  • Even though Selected American Shares S Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses
See Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) Net Asset

Track net asset change of Selected American Shares S fund (SLASX)

DateNet Asset
01/2010$4.29B
11/2009$4.73B
10/2009$4.51B
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Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX) Portfolio Allocation

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DateCashStockBondOther
09/20091.84%96.56%1.04%0.56%
06/20092.28%96.1%1.04%0.57%
03/20093.07%95.22%1.71%0%
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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Selected American Shares S Fund (SLASX)

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30-Sep-09
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. A [4.71%]
OCCIDENTAL PET [4.61%]
WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [4.25%]
Costco Wholesale Corporation [4.2%]
AMER EXPRESS INC [3.42%]
EOG RESOURCES INC [3.1%]
DEVON ENERGY CP (OK) [3.02%]
JP MORGAN CHASE CO [2.88%]
LOEWS CP [2.49%]
CVS CAREMARK CP [2.38%]

30-Jun-09
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. A [4.74%]
OCCIDENTAL PET [4.67%]
WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [4.14%]
Costco Wholesale Corporation [3.93%]
EOG RESOURCES INC [2.85%]
DEVON ENERGY CP (OK) [2.83%]
JP MORGAN CHASE CO [2.69%]
AMER EXPRESS INC [2.65%]
CVS CAREMARK CP [2.4%]
LOEWS CP [2.25%]

31-Mar-09
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. A [5.39%]
Costco Wholesale Corporation [4.7%]
Occidental Petroleum Corp [4.66%]
ConocoPhillips [3.41%]
EOG Resources, Inc. [2.87%]
Wells Fargo & Co. (New) [2.87%]
JPMorgan Chase & Co. [2.79%]
Devon Energy Corp. (New) [2.74%]
CVS Caremark Corporation [2.45%]
BANK OF NY MELLON CP [2.28%]
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