Fund Research for Target Moderate Allocation B (DMGBX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Nov 18, 1998
    Category: Moderate Allocation
    Overall Risk: Above Average
    Fund Family: Target Program
    Return Since Inception: 3.08%
    YTD Return: 18.79%
    Yield (TTM): 1.43%
    Net Assets: 65.5 M
    Morningstar Rating:
    3 of 5
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/20/2009
    The investment seeks capital appreciation and a reasonable level of current income. The fund normally may each invest up to 30% of its total assets in non-U.S. dollar denominated foreign debt obligations, and up to 15% of its total assets in securities and instruments that are economically tied to emerging countries, including (but not limited to) Brady Bonds. In the fixed income segments, foreign currency exposure (from non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities or currencies) normally will be limited to 20% of the Fund’s total assets.

    Stock Holdings


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    Size
    Average Market Cap $26,836.70 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 44.07%
    Large 39.57%
    Medium 11.94%
    Small 3.90%
    Micro 0.52%

    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 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 18.79% 35.28% -3.02% 1.76% 2.37% 3.08%
    +/- Category -4.59% -1.92% -1.06% -0.54% -0.12%
    +/- 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) 9.89% 7.31% -4.53% 1.44% 2.37% 3.08%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 11.23% -4.92% -3.38% 2.07% 2.78% 3.21%
  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 13.36%
    Service 31.69%
    Manufacturing 23.27%
    Bond Quality
    AAA
    AA
    A
    BBB
    BB
    B
    Below B
    Not Rated

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 0.41% 5.83% 5.42%
    Stocks 0.00% 68.56% 68.56%
    Bonds 21.39% 45.92% 24.54%
    Other 0.00% 0.07% 0.07%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)
    0.00% 16.59% 16.59%
    Data as of 07/31/2009 Data as of 07/31/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Stock Holdings Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    - JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM) Financial Services 35.77 37.11% 1.60%
    - APPLE INC (AAPL) Hardware 32.73 121.15% 1.19%
    + MCDONALDS CORP (MCD) Consumer Services 16.53 -2.33% 1.13%
    Bond & Other Holdings Maturity Date Total Holdings Value of Holdings Net Assets
    * FNMA 08/14/2037 11.5 M -12.05 M 4.44%
    - FNMA 5% 11/01/2033 7.23 M 7.43 M 2.74%
    - Dryden Core Investment MMkt 6.86 M 6.86 M 2.53%
    * Us Mtge Repo .22% 08/03/09 08/03/2009 5.5 M 5.5 M 2.03%
    * FNMA 11/01/2038 3.32 M 3.45 M 1.27%
    - FNMA 05/01/2038 2.75 M 2.86 M 1.05%
    = MERRILL LYNCH 04/25/2018 2.8 M 2.82 M 1.04%
    + 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 11/23/2009
    All other data as of 07/31/2009

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial
    Deferred 5.00%
    Taken from prospectus dated 10/01/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 2.23%
    Taken from annual report dated 07/31/2009

  • Fund Management

    George H. Davis
    Start Date: 04/30/2005
    Davis is a principal and portfolio manager and chief executive officer of Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management LLC. He joined the firm in 1988 as a portfolio manager and analyst.
    William V. Fries
    Start Date: 04/13/2005
    Fries is managing director and portfolio manager with Thornburg Management Company, his employer since 1995. Prior to joining the firm, Fries served as vice president with USAA Investment Management Company. Previously, he worked as a securities analyst for DeHaven & Townsend, Crouster & Bodine from 1969 to 1974. Fries also worked as an investment officer for Fidelity Bank, and as a securities analyst for Girard Bank. Fries holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Thomas F. Marsico
    Start Date: 06/28/2005
    Portfolio Manager, Tom Marsico is the Chief Financial Officer of Marsico Capital Management and manages a sleeve of the Counsel Select America Fund. Mr. Marsico has over 20 years of experience as a securities analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to forming Marsico Capital Management, Mr. Marsico served as the portfolio manager for the Janus Twenty Fund and the Janus Growth and Income Fund. Marsico has served with the fund since December 1997.
    Stephen Pesek
    Start Date: 12/15/2008
    Pesek is senior vice president and portfolio manager with MFS Investment Management. He joined the firm in 1994 as an industry specialist following the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and electronics industries. He became a portfolio manager in 1996 and senior vice president in 1999. Previously, he worked for seven years with a major investment management firm as an equity analyst. Pesek holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Ben J. Fischer
    Start Date: 12/16/2005
    Ben Fischer is a founding partner and managing director of NFJ. He has over 39 years of experience in portfolio management, investment analysis and research. Prior to founding NFJ in 1989, he was chief investment officer (institutional and fixed income), senior vice president and senior portfolio manager at NationsBank which he joined in 1971. Fischer holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Josef Lakonishok
    Start Date: 04/13/2005
    Lakonishok has served as chief executive officer, CIO, partner and portfolio manager for LSV Asset Management since its founding in 1994. He serves as a William G. Karnes professor of finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
    Paul A. Magnuson
    Start Date: 12/16/2005
    Magnus is a senior research analyst and a portfolio manager with over 22 years of experience in equity analysis and portfolio management. Prior to joining NFJ Investment Group in 1992, he was an assistant vice president at NationsBank which he joined in 1985. Within the trust investment quantitative services group, he managed structured investment strategies and performed qualitative equity risk analysis on domestic and international portfolios.
    Sheldon J. Lieberman
    Start Date: 04/13/2005
    Lieberman is a principal and portfolio manager of Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management LLC. He joined the firm in 1994 as a portfolio manager and analyst.
    Chris P. Dialynas
    Start Date: 05/31/2000
    Dialynas is a managing director, portfolio manager, and a senior member of PIMCOs investment strategy group. He joined PIMCO in 1980.
    Bert L. Boksen
    Start Date: 07/15/2008
    Bert has 30 years of investment experience and is responsible for the management of Small and Mid Cap Growth portfolios. Before joining Eagle in 1995, Bert served at Raymond James & Associates as Chief Investment Officer and as Chairman of the Raymond James Focus List Committee. Prior to his tenure at Raymond James & Associates, Bert was an analyst for Standard & Poor’s. He earned his B.A. from City College of New York in 1970 and his M.B.A. from St. John's University in 1977.
    David E. Green
    Start Date: 02/23/2007
    Green serves as principal and portfolio manager with Hotchkis and Wiley, his employer since 1996. Previously, he worked with both Prudential Investment Corporation and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the New York Society of Security Analysts. Green holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Stanley Majcher
    Start Date: 04/30/2005
    Majcher serves as principal and portfolio manager with Hotchkis and Wiley, his employer since 1996. Prior to that, between, 1994 to 1996, he worked at Merrill Lynch as an investment banking analyst. Majcher holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Paul E. Viera
    Start Date: 12/20/2001
    Viera is the founder of Earnest Partners. Prior to joining EARNEST, he served as a global partner and portfolio manager with INVESCO Capital Management from 1991 to 1998. Previously, Viera was a vice president at Bankers Trust in both New York and London. He is a member of the Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts.
    Michael R. Mach
    Start Date: 12/15/2008
    Mach is a vice president of Eaton Vance and BMR. He has been an Eaton Vance portfolio manager since December 1999. Previously, Mach was a managing director and senior analyst for Robertson Stephens (1998-1999) as well as Piper Jaffray. He was also a senior vice president at Putnam Investments. Mach is a member of the Boston Security Analyst Society.
    Chris D. Wallis
    Start Date: 07/11/2005
    Chris D. Wallis joined Vaughan Nelson in 1999 and has more than 17 years of investment experience. He was previously employed by Simmons & Company International and by Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. Mr. Wallis received a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
    Scott J. Weber
    Start Date: 07/11/2005
    Weber has co-managed the Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund since April 2004. Mr. Weber, a Portfolio Manager of Vaughan Nelson, joined the firm in 2003. Prior to joining Vaughan Nelson he was a Vice President from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Associate from 2000 to 2001 of RBC Capital Markets. Mr. Weber received a B.S. from the University of the South and an M.B.A. from Tulane University. He has over twelve years of investment management and financial analysis experience.
    Menno Vermeulen
    Start Date: 04/13/2005
    Vermeulen has served as a portfolio manager and senior quantitative analyst with LSV Asset Management since 1995 and a partner since 1998. Prior to joining LSV, Vermeulen served with ABP Investments. Vermeulen holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Jeffrey S. Partenheimer
    Start Date: 03/15/2007
    Partenheimer is a managing director and portfolio manager with NFJ Investment Group. He has over 20 years' experience in financial analysis, portfolio management and large corporate finance. Prior to joining NFJ in 1999, he spent 10 years in commercial banking and four years as a treasury director for a major telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Partenheimer holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and the Certified Public Accountant designations.
    Patricia McKenna
    Start Date: 04/30/2005
    McKenna joined Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management in 1995 as an equity portfolio manager. Prior to joining the firm, McKenna was an equity analyst at Trust Company of the West. Before entering the field of investment management, McKenna worked for five years in corporate finance at Bankers Trust and then at Fieldstone Private Capital Group. McKenna holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Wendy Trevisani
    Start Date: 04/13/2005
    Trevisani is a managing director and portfolio manager with Thornburg Investment Management, her employer since March 1999. Previously, she served as an institutional sales representative for Solomon Smith Barney in both New York and London.
    Puneet Mansharamani
    Start Date: 01/01/2006
    Mansharamani is a partner and portfolio manager of LSV. He has previously served as a quantitative analyst of LSV since 2000 and a Partner and Portfolio Manager since 2006. Mansharamani holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Lei Wang
    Start Date: 02/01/2006
    Wang joined Thornburg Investment Management in 2004 as an associate portfolio manager. Prior to joining Thornburg, he served as a research analyst at Enso Capital Management LLC in New York City. Wang has also worked as a Financial Associate at Deutsche Bank in both London and New York City. Previously, he was an analyst with The People's Bank of China (China's central bank) in Shanghai, China. Wang holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Thomas W. Oliver
    Start Date: 10/01/2008
    Mr. Oliver has over 10 years of experience in accounting, reporting, and financial analysis. Prior to joining NFJ Investment Group in 2005, Mr. Oliver was a manager of corporate reporting at Perot Systems Corporation which he joined in 1999. He began his career as an auditor with Deloitte & Touche in 1995. Mr. Oliver received his BBA and MBA degrees from the University of Texas in 1995 and 2005, respectively.
    Eric Mintz
    Start Date: 07/15/2008
    Mintz has been Assistant Portfolio Manager since 2008 and Senior Research Analyst at Eagle since 2005. He served as Vice President of equity research for the Oakmont Corporation from 1999 to 2005. Mintz holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.