Fund Research for Goldman Sachs Core Plus Fixed Income A (GSFAX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Nov 30, 2006
    Category: Intermediate-Term Bond
    Overall Risk: —
    Fund Family: Goldman Sachs
    Return Since Inception: 5.02%
    YTD Return: 14.58%
    Yield (TTM): 3.88%
    Net Assets: 57.08 M
    Morningstar Rating: —
    The investment seeks a total return consisting of capital appreciation and income that exceeds the total return of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond index. The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in fixed-income securities, including U.S. government securities, corporate debt securities, privately issued mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, high yield non-investment grade securities and fixed income securities of issuers located in emerging countries.

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    Details
    Average Eff Duration 3.72 Yrs
    Average Eff Maturity —
    Average Credit Quality AA
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/27/2009    		 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 11/30/2006 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 14.58% 19.99% — — — 5.02%
    +/- Category -0.26% 1.09% — — — —
    +/- Barclays US Aggregate Bond TR USD — — — — 6.31% —

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 9.76% 16.01% — — — 3.66%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 8.25% 8.92% — — — 3.26%
    Fund and Category YTD, 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 11/27/2009
    Index YTD,1yr, 3ys and 5yr Returns as of 11/27/2009 10 yr and Since Inception Returns as of 10/31/2009
    Inception Date: 11/30/2006
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
    View Total Returns

  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    US Government 41.05%
    Mortgage 27.77%
    Credit 19.34%
    Foreign 9.62%
    Cash 12.57%
    Bond Quality
    AAA 78.50%
    AA 3.10%
    A 6.20%
    BBB 10.40%
    BB 1.42%
    B 0.31%
    Below B 0.00%
    Not Rated 0.07%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 2.17% 12.57% 10.40%
    Stocks 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Bonds 33.83% 122.50% 88.69%
    Other 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
    Data as of 03/31/2009 Data as of 09/30/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Maturity Date Total Holdings Value of Holdings Net Assets
    * US Treasury Bond (Fut) 09/30/2009 13.3 M 14.98 M 11.00%
    + 90day Eurodollar (Fut) 12/14/2009 14.5 M 14.37 M 10.55%
    = Cx000782 Cds Usd R V 00mevent 12/20/2013 7 M 7.05 M 5.18%
    = Cx000782 Cds Usd P F 1.50000 — 7 M -7 M 5.14%
    - FNMA 08/01/2020 4.12 M 4.3 M 3.16%
    * FNMA 07/12/2037 4 M 4.18 M 3.07%
    * Gs + Co Joint Acct Ii Repo 07/01/2009 3.5 M 3.5 M 2.57%
    = EuroDollar (Fut) 03/15/2010 3.25 M -3.21 M 2.36%
    * US Treasury Bond (Fut) 09/21/2009 2.4 M -2.62 M 1.93%
    * Euro BOBL (Fut) 09/08/2009 1.6 M -2.59 M 1.90%
    + Increase - Decrease = No change * New since last portfolio
    Data as of 06/30/2009
    Top 10 holdings account for the fund's short positions (if any). Net short positions appear shaded.
    View Fund Portfolio

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial 3.75%
    Deferred —
    Taken from prospectus dated 07/29/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 0.75%
    Taken from annual report dated 03/31/2009

  • Fund Management