Mutual Fund Insights: Sextant International Fund (SSIFX)

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See Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

Last Trade: $14.42 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.11 (-0.76%)

  

Fund Manager - Nicholas Kaiser

Fund Manager Tenure: 14.5 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A+ (Score: 0.82)     (What does this score mean?)

Kaiser is the controlling shareowner of Saturna Capital Corporation. He is also a trustee and president of Amana Mutual Funds Trust. Previously, he spent 14 years as president of Unified Management Corporation. He is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the International Association for Financial Planning, and he serves on several committees for the Investment Company Institute. Kaiser holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Nicholas Kaiser

  

 What we like about Sextant International Fund (SSIFX)

Data for Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) as of February 28, 2010

• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) management has been with Sextant International Fund for 14.5 years
• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 0.78% vs -7.98 % Foreign Large Blend category average)
• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 7.25% vs 2.01 % Foreign Large Blend category average)
• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 2.00% vs Foreign Large Blend average of 105.58%. It is good that Sextant International management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 14.69, lower than category average of 24.89
• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) has a lower management fee than its Foreign Large Blend average: 1.13% vs 1.42%

  

 What we are cautious about Sextant International Fund (SSIFX)

Data for Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) as of February 28, 2010

• Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 31.44% vs 54.04 % Foreign Large Blend category average)
• Even though Sextant International Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) performance details as of February 28, 2010

  

  

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Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$106.10M
01/2010	$101.79M
11/2009	$95.91M

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Sextant International Fund (SSIFX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
01/2010	39.9%	60.1%	0%	0%
11/2009	34.47%	65.53%	0%	0%
09/2009	39.82%	60.17%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Sextant International Fund (SSIFX)

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31-Jan-10 TECK RESOURCES CL B [3.26%] LAN AIRLINES SA ADS [2.12%] TOTAL S.A. [1.71%] Teva Pharmaceutical Industries [1.69%] POTASH CP SASKATCHEW [1.68%] Infosys Technologies Limited [1.65%] VALE S.A. ADS [1.53%] CANADIAN PAC RAILWAY [1.49%] ENERSIS S A [1.48%] Anglo American PLC ADR [1.44%]

30-Nov-09 TECK RESOURCES CL B [3.64%] LAN AIRLINES SA ADS [2.1%] POTASH CP SASKATCHEW [2%] Lihir Gold, Limited [1.89%] BANCO SANTANDER ADR [1.83%] VALE S.A. ADS [1.8%] Anglo American PLC ADR [1.8%] Infosys Technologies Limited [1.7%] Teva Pharmaceutical Industries [1.66%] CANADIAN PAC RAILWAY [1.62%]

30-Sep-09 TECK RESOURCES CL B [3.09%] BANCO SANTANDER ADR [1.81%] Infosys Technologies Limited [1.74%] POTASH CP SASKATCHEW [1.72%] ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTEL [1.68%] CANADIAN PAC RAILWAY [1.68%] REPSOL YPF S.A. [1.67%] VALE S.A. ADS [1.56%] Lihir Gold, Limited [1.54%] LAN AIRLINES SA ADS [1.48%]

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