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FORBES.COM MUTUAL FUND AND ETF INSIGHTS
WEEK OF APRIL 14,
2008
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UMB SCOUT INTERNATIONAL (UMBWX)
Recommended by: Janet Brown, NoLoad Fund*X
Fund managers: James Moffett, Gary Anderson
UMB Scout International invests in a portfolio consisting primarily of equity securities either located outside the U.S. or whose primary business
is carried on outside the United States. Most of its holdings are large-cap growth stocks. The fund's top sector weightings include financial
services, health care and consumer staples. UMBWX has been run by portfolio manager James Moffett since 1993 and has beaten its benchmark handily
over that period. Janet Brown recently added the fund to her Monthly Upgrader Model Portfolio, which has returned 14.1% since its inception in March,
1998.
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Performance |
Top Holdings |
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YTD: -3.5% |
ABB Ltd. |
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1-Year: 6.7% |
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan |
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3-Year: 17.2.% |
CSL Ltd. |
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5-Year: 21.4% |
Brazilian Petroleum Corp. |
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10-Year: 9.1% |
Imperial Chemical |
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TOP PERFORMING PACIFIC REGION FUNDS
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Fund |
1-Year
Return
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3-Year
Return
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YTD
Return |
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T. Rowe Price New Asia (PRASX) |
20.3% |
29.4% |
-22.8% |
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Pacific Capital New Asia (PNAAX) |
20.0 |
25.5 |
-8.0 |
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Fidelity Southeast Asia (FSEAX) |
18.6 |
31.6 |
-16.2 |
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Guinn Atkinson Asia Focus (IASMX) |
16.4 |
25.2 |
-12.8 |
| Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia (FEAAX) |
16.3 |
28.3 |
-12.3 |
WORST PERFORMING PACIFIC REGION FUNDS
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Fund |
1-Year
Return |
3-Year
Return |
YTD
Return |
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Eaton Vance Asian Small Co (EVASX) |
-22.5% |
17.9% |
-24.5% |
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Commonwealth Aus/New Zealand (CNZLX) |
-0.9 |
-6.5 |
11.8 |
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Matthews Korea Fund (MAKOX) |
2.9 |
19.9 |
-13.6 |
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AIM Asia Pacific Growth (ASIBX) |
3.7 |
23.5 |
-13.2 |
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DFA Asia Pacific Small Company (DFRSX) |
4.4 |
22.6 |
-11.8 |
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Through 4/14/08. Source: Reuters
MONEY MARKET ASSETS (billions)
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Week of |
Total Net Assets |
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April 9 |
$3,536 |
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April 2 |
3,499 |
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March 26 |
3,506 |
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March 19 |
3,468 |
Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $37.00 billion to $3.536 trillion for the week ended April 9. Assets of retail money market
funds increased by $1.58 billion to $1.269 trillion. Taxable money market fund assets in the retail category decreased by $1.06 billion to $965.25
billion, and tax-exempt fund assets decreased by $2.65 billion to $303.86 billion.
Source: Investment Company Institute
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TOP PERFORMING NATURAL RESOURCES ETFs
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ETF |
1-Year
Return |
YTD
Return |
1-Month
Return |
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MacroShares Oil Up Tradable Shares (UCR) |
78.9% |
16.7% |
7.2% |
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United Shares Oil Fund (USO) |
73.8 |
18.1 |
7.3 |
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PowerShares DB Oil Index (DBO) |
60.4 |
19.9 |
7.3 |
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PowerShares DB Energy Index (DBE) |
53.9 |
19.8 |
7.9 |
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ProShares Ultra Oil & Gas (DIG) |
37.9 |
-3.9 |
17.6 |
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WORST PERFORMING NATURAL RESOURCES ETFs
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ETF |
1-Year
Return |
YTD
Return |
1-Month
Return |
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MacroShares Oil Down Tradable (DCR) |
-85.0% |
-65.5% |
-47.7% |
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PowerShares Progressive Energy (PUW) |
-0.5 |
-8.4 |
9.2 |
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PowerShares Water Resources (PHO) |
3.2 |
-9.1 |
6.4 |
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PowerShares Clean Energy (PBW) |
5.0 |
-25.3 |
9.5 |
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PowerShares Basic Materials (PRFM) |
5.6 |
-0.8 |
4.1 |
Data through 4/14/08. Source: Reuters.
LARGEST ETFS BY TOTAL NET ASSETS
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Fund |
Assets
(billions) |
1-Year
Return |
3-Year
Return |
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Vanguard Total Stock Mkt (VTI) |
$101.9 |
-6.0% |
6.7% |
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SPDR S&P Trust (SPY) |
82.3 |
-5.6 |
6.1 |
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Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) |
60.8 |
8.3 |
NA |
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iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) |
45.4 |
-4.3 |
13.0 |
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Vanguard European Stock (VGK) |
33.9 |
-1.8 |
14.5 |
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Performance data through 4/10/08. Source: Morningstar.com
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Management
First Dividend Stocks
Richard Helm, manager of the Cohen & Steers Dividend Value Fund, looks for dividend darlings in the rough.
Joshua Lipton
These are wild times on Wall Street, and many investors are understandably
seeking shelter. Suddenly, dividend stocks are all the rage among everyday investors. And with good reason: A number of studies have shown that
dividend stocks outperform non-dividend payers over the long haul, with less risk. One mutual fund company known for income investing is New York's
Cohen & Steers. Its relatively new Cohen & Steers Dividend Value Fund, which is run by portfolio manager Richard Helm, generated an
annualized total return of 9.15%, beating his benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value index, by 3.22 percentage points. Forbes.com recently spoke to Helm
about his strategy for this fund, his top picks right now and why investors should be worried about what some of the presidential candidates are
saying on the campaign trail.
Click here for the interview
and get Helm's top 10 picks.
Stay On Target
Target date retirement funds
are all the rage. But some of them will take years off your life.
Michael Maiello and Evan
Hessel
The hot flavor in the fund world these days is the target date portfolio. Such a fund offers automatic asset rebalancing as
investors age, with a specific date when the fund ends. The product rests on two assumptions. One is that the appropriate allocation to equities
declines, in a neat linear fashion, with your age. The other is that, come retirement day, you will want the entirety of your 401(k) delivered to you
in cash. Both assumptions are questionable. But that doesn't stop target funds from being immensely popular.
Click here to learn more and to get 4 best and worst target funds.
Steady Ned Feels Good About
Growth
Recession or not, T. Rowe Price manager Ned Notzon sees stocks coming alive in the second half of 2008.
Joshua Lipton
One strategy for jittery investors in a tough market is to stay broadly diversified across sectors,
asset classes and geography. Mutual funds are usually a good bet to fit the bill for diversification, but you generally have to buy a few to achieve
good diversification of your holdings. Another way is to invest in a so-called "fund of funds." T. Rowe Price manager Ned Notzon runs two such funds:
Spectrum Growth and Spectrum Income. These funds invest in other T. Rowe stock or bond funds and both have enviable long-term records. Forbes.com
recently checked in with him to chat about the relative appeal of different asset classes and how an investor might put together a portfolio in this
market.
Click here for the interview and find out
which sectors Notzon is betting on during this turbulent market.
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