Fund Research for Ancora Special Opportunity C (ANSCX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Jan 05, 2004
    Category: Small Value
    Overall Risk: Above Average
    Fund Family: Ancora
    Return Since Inception: 1.50%
    YTD Return: 73.95%
    Yield (TTM): 0.61%
    Net Assets: 4.45 M
    Morningstar Rating:
    2 of 5

    The investment seeks a high total return. The fund invests at least 80% of the assets in publicly traded equity securities of such companies (such as common stock, preferred stock and securities convertible into common or preferred stock).It may invest up to 100% of assets in cash or cash equivalents, high-quality, short-term debt securities, money market instruments and money market mutual funds.

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    Size
    Average Market Cap $55 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 0.00%
    Large 0.00%
    Medium 0.00%
    Small 16.18%
    Micro 83.82%
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/23/2009    		 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 01/31/2004 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 73.95% 108.85% -3.67% -0.28% — 1.50%
    +/- Category 48.00% 54.55% 3.46% -1.05% — —
    +/- S&P 500 TR 50.43% 60.05% 2.23% -0.96% -0.95% —

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 72.69% 46.23% -3.14% 0.76% — 1.50%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 84.45% 22.29% 0.28% 2.69% — 2.69%
    Fund and Category YTD, 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 11/23/2009
    Index YTD,1yr, 3ys and 5yr Returns as of 11/23/2009 10 yr and Since Inception Returns as of 10/31/2009
    Inception Date: 01/05/2004
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
    View Total Returns

  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 19.72%
    Service 30.16%
    Manufacturing 14.30%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 0.00% 17.76% 17.76%
    Stocks 0.00% 79.80% 79.80%
    Bonds 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Other 0.00% 2.88% 2.88%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Data as of 03/31/2009 Data as of 03/31/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    * First American Funds Institutional Class Y, 0.08% — — — 17.76%
    + REMEC INC (REMC) Telecom — 46.67% 8.16%
    * John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend — — — 6.25%
    * HEALTH MGMT ASSOC INC NEW (HMA) Healthcare 10.28 258.10% 6.08%
    - Gevity Hr, Inc. (GVHR) Business Services — 170.86% 5.58%
    + MACE SEC INTL INC (MACE) Industrial Materials — 11.26% 5.16%
    * Lsi Logic — — — 5.01%
    * Nicholas Applegate Fund — — — 4.35%
    + AMERISERV FINL INC (ASRV) Financial Services — -17.09% 4.33%
    * ADAPTEC INC (ADPT) Hardware — -0.91% 3.68%
    + 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.
    P/E as of 11/24/2009
    All other data as of 03/31/2009
    View Fund Portfolio

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial —
    Deferred —
    Taken from prospectus dated 04/29/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 2.47%
    Taken from annual report dated 12/31/2008

  • Fund Management

    Richard A. Barone
    Start Date: 01/05/2004
    Barone became chairman of the Maxus Investment Group in 1973. Previously, he spent six years as vice president of J.N. Russell. Barone is also a financial principal with the National Association of Security Dealers.
    Denis J. Amato
    Start Date: 12/30/2006
    Amato has been the co-portfolio manager of the Fifth Third Small Cap Value Fund. He is currently a Director of Value Strategies and Senior Vice President of Fifth Third Asset Management, Inc. and Fifth Third Securities, Inc. since 2000. From 1991 to 2000, he was Chief Investment Officer of Maxus Asset Management.