Fund Research for Flex-funds Defensive Balanced (FLDFX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Jan 31, 2006
    Category: Conservative Allocation
    Overall Risk: Above Average
    Fund Family: Flex-funds
    Return Since Inception: -2.13%
    YTD Return: 12.85%
    Yield (TTM): 0.85%
    Net Assets: 46.07 M
    Morningstar Rating:
    1 of 5
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/30/2009
    The investment seeks growth of capital. The fund primarily invests in both growth funds, as well as in fixed income securities and mutual funds investing in fixed income securities and other debt instruments. It always invests at least 30%, and may invest up to 70%, of its assets primarily in equity mutual funds (“underlying funds”) investing in common stocks. In the underlying funds, current income will usually be of secondary importance. The Adviser overweights mutual fund types that it believes represent above average market potential relative to market risk.

    Stock Holdings


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    Size
    Average Market Cap $14,725.00 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 35.46%
    Large 27.47%
    Medium 24.17%
    Small 10.23%
    Micro 2.67%

    Bond Holdings


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    Details
    Average Eff Duration
    Average Eff Maturity
    Average Credit Quality
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    Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any) 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 01/31/2006 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 12.85% 15.66% -2.96% -2.13%
    +/- Category -6.87% -8.03% -3.33%
    +/- Morningstar Moderate Target Risk 4.76%

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 9.41% 8.90% -3.33% -2.13%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 11.45% 3.16% -1.76% -1.69%
  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 9.89%
    Service 22.05%
    Manufacturing 20.85%
    Bond Quality
    AAA
    AA
    A
    BBB
    BB
    B
    Below B
    Not Rated

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 0.20% 16.40% 16.21%
    Stocks 0.08% 53.22% 53.14%
    Bonds 0.00% 29.52% 29.52%
    Other 0.00% 0.72% 0.72%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)
    0.08% 12.74% 12.66%
    Data as of 10/31/2009 Data as of 10/31/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Stock Holdings Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    The stock holdings of FLDFX are not amongst the fund's top 10 holdings.
    Bond & Other Holdings Maturity Date Total Holdings Value of Holdings Net Assets
    - Flex-funds Money Market Institutional 12/31/2020 3 M 3 M 6.31%
    = Fairholme 77,661.00 2.18 M 4.58%
    = FFCB 01/28/2013 2 M 2 M 4.21%
    = FNMA 02/06/2013 2 M 2 M 4.21%
    + Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR 77,225.00 1.97 M 4.13%
    = Nuveen Tradewinds Value Opportunities A 63,801.00 1.81 M 3.80%
    + PowerShares QQQ 39,200.00 1.66 M 3.48%
    = Janus Forty S 54,701.00 1.65 M 3.47%
    + Perkins Mid Cap Value S 85,631.00 1.63 M 3.43%
    + Janus Short-Term Bond J 530,546.00 1.62 M 3.41%
    + 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 11/30/2009
    All other data as of 09/30/2009

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial
    Deferred
    Taken from prospectus dated 04/30/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 1.55%
    Taken from annual report dated 12/31/2008

  • Fund Management