Mutual Fund Insights: USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX)

In-depth Analysis of USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX)

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Last Trade: $9.13 on 3/19/2010, Change: 0.00 (0%)

  

Fund Manager - R. Matthew Freund

Fund Manager Tenure: 7.8 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: B (Score: 0.68)     (What does this score mean?)

Freund is an assistant vice president and portfolio manager with United Services Automobile Association, his employer since 1994. He is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the San Antonio Financial Analysts Society, Inc. Freund holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on R. Matthew Freund

  

 What we like about USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX)

Data for USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) as of January 31, 2010

• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) management has been with USAA Short-Term Bond Fund for 7.8 years
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 14.34% vs 9.51% Short-Term Bond category average)
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 5.86% vs 3.73% Short-Term Bond category average)
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 4.95% vs 3.49% Short-Term Bond category average)
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 31.00% vs Short-Term Bond average of 109.82%. It is good that USAA Short-Term Bond management does not trade extensively for its return.
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 2.96, lower than category average of 3.36
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) has a lower management fee than its Short-Term Bond average: 0.72% vs 0.92%
• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX)

Data for USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) as of January 31, 2010

• USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) is less safe compared to its Short-Term Bond peers

See USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$1.32B
11/2009	$1.20B
10/2009	$1.12B

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USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
10/2009	4.99%	0%	94.55%	0.46%
07/2009	5.82%	0%	93.61%	0.57%
04/2009	8.69%	0%	95.08%	0.26%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in USAA Short-Term Bond Fund (USSBX)

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31-Oct-09 FNMA 5% [1.66%] FNMA 5.5% [0.97%] FNMA 5.5% [0.87%] Citigroup Fdg Inc Gtd Tlgp 1.875% [0.85%] Gmac 1.75% [0.85%] Citibank N A Fdic Gtd Tlgp 1.25% [0.85%] Johnson City Tenn Health & Edl Var Hosp [0.85%] Pfizer 4.45% [0.84%] FNMA 4.5% [0.81%] Wake Cnty N C Hsg Auth [0.79%]

31-Jul-09 FNMA 5% [2.37%] FNMA [1.32%] FNMA [1.1%] Arg Fdg 4.29% [1%] FNMA [1%] Washington St Hsg Fin Commn No Var Rev B [0.94%] FNMA 6% [0.9%] FNMA 5% [0.75%] FNMA 6% [0.73%] British Telecom 8.625% [0.7%]

30-Apr-09 FNMA 5% [3.15%] FNMA [1.7%] FNMA [1.31%] Brazos Riv Tex Hbr Nav Dist [1.27%] FNMA [1.23%] FNMA 6% [1.13%] FNMA 5% [1.11%] Arg Fdg 4.29% [1.09%] FNMA 6% [1.01%] FNMA 5.5% [0.81%]

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