Fund Research for AllianceBern Global Thematic Gr A (ALTFX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Mar 01, 1982
    Category: World Stock
    Overall Risk: Above Average
    Fund Family: AllianceBernstein
    Return Since Inception: 12.24%
    YTD Return: 51.96%
    Yield (TTM): 0.00%
    Net Assets: 854.81 M
    Morningstar Rating:
    2 of 5

    The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund pursues opportunistic growth by investing in a global universe of companies in multiple industries that may benefit from innovation. It invests in securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies from multiple industry sectors in an attempt to maximize opportunity, which should also tend to reduce risk. The fund also uses a "bottom-up" analysis of individual companies that focuses on prospective earning growth, valuation and quality of company management. The fund normally invests in about 60-80 companies.

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    Size
    Average Market Cap $15,016 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 43.22%
    Large 33.05%
    Medium 17.85%
    Small 4.72%
    Micro 1.16%
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/24/2009    		 Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any)

  • Fund Performance

    10 year Growth Chart
    Growth of $10,000 from 12/31/1998 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 51.96% 73.07% -0.33% 2.95% -3.97% 12.24%
    +/- Category 18.76% 27.17% 3.81% -0.37% -6.42% —
    +/- MSCI EAFE NR USD — — — — 2.04% —

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 36.60% 29.18% -2.30% 2.20% -4.38% 12.06%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 41.65% 8.99% -0.26% 3.91% -3.19% 12.25%
    Fund and Category YTD, 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 11/24/2009
    Index YTD,1yr, 3ys and 5yr Returns as of 11/24/2009 10 yr and Since Inception Returns as of 10/31/2009
    Inception Date: 03/01/1982
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 19.83%
    Service 36.40%
    Manufacturing 39.88%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash — 0.99% 0.99%
    Stocks — 96.11% 96.11%
    Bonds — 0.00% 0.00%
    Other — 0.00% 0.00%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 — 56.24% 56.24%
    Data as of 09/30/2009 Data as of 09/30/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Sector Country Net Assets
    = OCCIDENTAL PETE CORP DEL (OXY) Energy USA 1.95%
    - RIO TINTO ORD 10P (RIO) Industrial Materials GBR 1.85%
    - ILLUMINA INC (ILMN) Healthcare USA 1.77%
    - Impala Platinum Holdings (IMP) Industrial Materials ZAF 1.71%
    - TOYOTA MOTOR CORP (TM) Consumer Goods JPN 1.69%
    + China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (836) Energy HKG 1.68%
    = SHAW GROUP INC (SHAW) Industrial Materials USA 1.67%
    = DENBURY RES INC (DNR) Energy USA 1.64%
    = QUALCOMM INC (QCOM) Telecom USA 1.55%
    = SCHLUMBERGER LTD (SLB) Energy USA 1.54%
    + Increase - Decrease = No change * New since last portfolio
    Top 10 holdings account for the fund's short positions (if any). Net short positions appear shaded.
    Data as of 08/31/2009
    View Fund Portfolio

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial 4.25%
    Deferred —
    Taken from prospectus dated 11/02/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 1.70%
    Taken from annual report dated 07/31/2009

  • Fund Management

    Catherine Wood
    Start Date: 11/03/2008
    Wood is senior vice president and portfolio manager with Alliance Capital. Wood Joint Alliance Capital in 2001 from Tupelo Capital Management where she was a General Partner. Prior to that, Wood worked for 18 years with Jennison Associates as a director and portfolio manager.
    Robert Scheetz
    Start Date: 11/02/2009
    Scheetz is senior vice president and senior portfolio manger with AllianceBernstein L.P. He joined the firm in 1996.
    Amy Raskin
    Start Date: 11/03/2008
    Raskin, senior vice president of the Adviser, with which she has been associated in a substantially similar capacity to her current position since prior to 2004. She is also Director of Research on Strategic Change since 2006 and Director of Early Stage Growth Unit since 2008..
    Lisa Shalett
    Start Date: 11/03/2008
    Shalett, executive vice president of AllianceBernstein and Global Head of Alliance Growth Equities since January 2008.He joined the management team of Alliance Growth Equities as the Global Research Director in February 2007. He was an executive vice president of AllianceBernstein since November 2002, joined AllianceBernstein in 1995.
    Vadim Zlotnikov
    Start Date: 11/03/2008
    Vadim Zlotnikov is an Executive Vice President of AllianceBernstein L.P., with which he has been associated since prior to 2003.