Mutual Fund Insights: Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX)

In-depth Analysis of Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX)

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See Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $59.21 on 3/18/2010, Change: -0.55 (-0.92%)

  

Fund Manager - John C. Hathaway

Fund Manager Tenure: 11.7 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: A (Score: 0.7)     (What does this score mean?)

Hathaway is a portfolio manager with Toqueville Asset Management. Prior to joining Toqueville in 1997, he spent eight years with the investment advisory firm David J. Greene, where he became a partner, then founded and managed Hudson Capital advisors, followed by nine years with Oak Hall Advisors as the chief investment officer. Hathaway holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on John C. Hathaway

  

 What we like about Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX)

Data for Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) as of January 31, 2010

• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) management has been with Tocqueville Gold Fund for 11.7 years
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 63.08% vs 35.27% Equity Precious Metals category average)
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 8.03% vs 5.52% Equity Precious Metals category average)
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 18.91% vs 16.14% Equity Precious Metals category average)
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 9.00% vs Equity Precious Metals average of 75.24%. It is good that Tocqueville Gold management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 43.26, lower than category average of 45.97
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) has a lower management fee than its Equity Precious Metals average: 1.44% vs 1.49%

  

 What we are cautious about Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX)

Data for Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) as of January 31, 2010

• Tocqueville Gold Fund is a focused fund with 53.01% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) is less safe compared to its Equity Precious Metals peers
• Even though Tocqueville Gold Fund carries no load, it does have a 0.25% of 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

See Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$1.05B
11/2009	$1.15B
10/2009	$937.42M

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Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	0.26%	87.91%	0%	11.82%
06/2009	0.04%	86.13%	0%	13.83%
03/2009	0.09%	84.36%	0%	15.55%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX)

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30-Sep-09 GOLD COIN [10.59%] IAMGOLD CORPORATION [6.39%] Randgold Resources Limited [6.24%] IVANHOE MINES LTD [6.15%] OSHKOSH CP [5.28%] GOLDCORP INC [5.05%] Franco-Nevada Corporation [4.04%] SILVER WHEATON CORP [3.69%] Andean Resources Limited [3.43%] Royal Gold, Inc. [3.38%]

30-Jun-09 GOLD COIN [12.45%] Randgold Resources Limited [7.55%] GOLDCORP INC [6.04%] IAMGOLD CORPORATION [5.96%] OSHKOSH CP [5.11%] Franco-Nevada Corporation [4.73%] NEWMONT MIN CP (HLDG [4.43%] Royal Gold, Inc. [3.95%] IVANHOE MINES LTD [3.4%] SILVER WHEATON CORP [3.32%]

31-Mar-09 GOLD COIN [13.82%] Randgold Resources Limited [7.99%] GOLDCORP INC [6.48%] IAMGOLD CORPORATION [5.68%] NEWMONT MIN CP (HLDG [5.42%] Franco-Nevada Corporation [4.76%] IVANHOE MINES LTD [4.23%] Royal Gold, Inc. [3.93%] Osisko Mining Corporation [3.83%] COMPANIA MIN BUEN [3.14%]

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