Mutual Fund Insights: Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX)

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Last Trade: $14.79 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.13 (-0.87%)

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Fund Manager - Kent Gasaway

Fund Manager Tenure: 8.3 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: B (Score: 0.66)     (What does this score mean?)

Kent Gasaway is senior vice president and partner with Kornitzer Capital Management, his employer since 1991. Previously, Gasaway spent 10 years with Waddell & Reed Mutual Funds Group. Kent Gasaway holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.  Get more insights on Kent Gasaway

  

 What we like about Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX)

Data for Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) as of February 28, 2010

• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) management has been with Buffalo Mid Cap Fund for 8.3 years
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 65.42% vs 58.17 % Mid-Cap Growth category average)
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 4.18% vs 2.06 % Mid-Cap Growth category average)
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 17.00% vs Mid-Cap Growth average of 140.76%. It is good that Buffalo Mid Cap management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) has a lower management fee than its Mid-Cap Growth average: 1.02% vs 1.47%
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX)

Data for Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) as of February 28, 2010

• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund is a focused fund with 36.33% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -1.36% vs -4.00 % Mid-Cap Growth category average)
• Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 24.27 that is higher than category average of 23.95

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Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
02/2010	$413.14M
01/2010	$386.49M
11/2009	$370.90M

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Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	9.59%	90.41%	0%	0%
06/2009	8.6%	91.41%	0%	0%
03/2009	2.08%	97.92%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Buffalo Mid Cap Fund (BUFMX)

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30-Sep-09 Career Education Corporation [4.11%] Fidelity Instl MM Fds Government I [4.03%] ABERCROMBIE & FITCH [3.26%] I T T EDUCATION SVCS [3.19%] Pharmaceutical Product Developm [2.61%] RED HAT INC [2.6%] Shire plc [2.59%] RALPH LAUREN POLO CP [2.56%] Whole Foods Market, Inc. [2.55%]

30-Jun-09 Fidelity Instl MM Fds Government I [5.15%] Career Education Corporation [4.68%] NEUSTAR, INC. CL A [3.21%] Pharmaceutical Product Developm [3.1%] RED HAT INC [3.06%] I T T EDUCATION SVCS [2.94%] ABERCROMBIE & FITCH [2.68%] Shire plc [2.63%] Morningstar, Inc. [2.6%]

31-Mar-09 Career Education Corporation [6.38%] ITT Educational Services, Inc. [5.59%] Red Hat Inc [3.84%] Pharmaceutical Product Developm [3.6%] Neustar Inc [3.43%] Morningstar, Inc. [3.05%] Akamai Technologies, Inc. [2.98%] Shire plc [2.87%] Gentex Corporation [2.84%]

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