1. Measurement of Mutual Funds
By Total Return Income + Capital Gain +/- Price Change Initial Investment
Versus Return of Peer Groups
By broad or narrow categories of fund investments
By investment objective
By investment style based on historical holdings (general equity funds)
Versus Return of an Index
May be broad or focus on particular region or country
“Theoretical” index return does not include expenses that would be involved if an actual portfolio

2. Types of Mutual Funds

3. Distribution of Mutual Funds by Assets, July 2007
Source: Investment Company Institute (ICI)

4. Money Market Fund
MONEY MARKET FUNDS: Invests in high quality, low risk, short-term debt securities (T-bills, banker’s acceptance, negotiable CD’s, etc.).
Low risk of default and high liquidity. Managers are limited to buying short-term securities rated investment grade by Moody’s and S&P.
Attempts to maintain NAV of the fund at $1 per share; achieve this by purchasing debt securities that are trading at a discount to their face value.

5. Money Market Fund Interest accrues daily
Money market funds are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government. Funds are not insured by the FDIC.
Like other securities, MMF are insured by Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). SIPC is a government sponsored private corporation that provides limited protection (up to $100,000) for customer if their broker/dealer goes bankrupt.

6. Money Market Fund Five Basic Types Of Money Market Funds:
1.GOV’T SECURITIES MONEY MARKET FUNDS
Invests in T-bills, T-notes, and agency securities;
90 days or less to maturity;
Income earned is subject to federal income tax but may be exempt from state and local taxes;
Considered to be the safest type of MMF.

7. Money Market Fund 2. U.S. TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND
Invests only in U.S. government securities issued directly by the U.S. Treasury with short term maturity;
Agency securities are not included;
Income earned is subject to federal taxes, but exempt from state and local taxes.

8. Money Market Fund 3. TAXABLE MONEY MARKET FUND
Invests in bank obligations such as, negotiable CDs, short-term debt obligations traded between institutions. Agency securities are not included;
Income earned is subject to federal , state and local taxes.

9. Money Market Fund 4. NATIONAL TAX EXEMPT MONEY MARKET FUND
75% of its assets is invested in high quality debt securities issued by municipality.
90 days or less to maturity;
Income earned is exempt from federal income taxes, but is subject to state and local taxes;

10. Money Market Fund 5. SINGLE STAT, DOUBLE TAX EXEMPT MONEY MARKET FUND
Invests in municipal securities issued by a single state;
Income earned is exempt from federal and state taxes, but may be subject to local taxes.

11. Bond Funds
Definition: Bond funds invest primarily in debt securities with maturities of different lengths (generally >1 year)
Taxable bond funds
U.S. Treasury or government agency
High-grade corporate
High-yield (sometimes called “junk”)
Asset-backed
Global or foreign
Tax-free bond funds
National municipal
State municipal
Various types of stock funds, which vary by the types of securities in the portfolio.
Q: WHAT KIND OF RISK WOULD BE ALLEVIATED BY the DIVERSIFICATION OFFERED BY STOCK FUNDS? (A: Alpha)
You can diversify by investing in different types of domestic stocks, or going abroad.
Q: DIFFERENT TYPES OF STOCK FUNDS CAN BE GROUPED BY WHAT KIND OF RISK? (A: Beta)
Going from more conservative to more aggressive, or from lower-beta to higher-beta, there are three major types of funds
Growth and Income, Broadly diversified, and Sector.

12. Types of Bond Funds

13. Types of Bond Funds

14. Stock Funds
Definition: Stock funds invest primarily in equities (common and preferred stock)
Domestic (U.S.) funds
From value to growth
From micro-cap to large-cap
Sector
Theme
International/World funds
Global
International (non-U.S.)
Regional and country
Various types of stock funds, which vary by the types of securities in the portfolio.
Q: WHAT KIND OF RISK WOULD BE ALLEVIATED BY the DIVERSIFICATION OFFERED BY STOCK FUNDS? (A: Alpha)
You can diversify by investing in different types of domestic stocks, or going abroad.
Q: DIFFERENT TYPES OF STOCK FUNDS CAN BE GROUPED BY WHAT KIND OF RISK? (A: Beta)
Going from more conservative to more aggressive, or from lower-beta to higher-beta, there are three major types of funds
Growth and Income, Broadly diversified, and Sector.

15. Equity Fund Objectives

16. Competitive Universes for Stock Funds
For all equity funds
Morningstar sets broad categories and assigns star ratings within categories
Morningstar sets narrower peer groups and assigns category ratings within each group
Lipper categorizes fund around standard investment objectives for return comparisons
Primarily for U.S. general equity funds—based on historical holdings
Morningstar uses style boxes to rank funds
Lipper uses style classifications to rank funds

17. U.S. General Equity Funds Investment Style Classification Schemes
Morningstar StyleMapSM
Lipper Style Box Classifications
Reprinted with permission.

18. Morningstar StyleMap
Market Cap – weighted median market cap of fund’s holdings
Styles are based on: P/E, P/Book and dividend yield (D/P)
Growth : High P/E, high P/B, and low D/P.
Value : Low P/E, low P/B, and high D/P
Blend : Mix of growth and value; falls middle of growth/value scale
Historical Vs. Current style.

19. Lipper Style Box
“Old” system: Investment objective and market cap measured at the time fund purchased securities
“New” System: considers actual fund holding regardless of objectives
Classifies funds by analyzing financial characte-ristics of fund’s holdings at 3 different dates
Most recent portfolio (weighted 60%)
One year prior fiscal year (weighted 30%)
Two year prior fiscal year (weighted 10%)

20. Lipper Style Box Classifies funds as Value, Growth and Core
Examines P/E, P/B, and Sales growth
“Supper group”: all styles for a particular capitalization
Differences between Morningstar and Lipper
Multi cap and supergroup in Lipper
Market cap – Morning star uses 5000 stock index; Lipper S&P SuperComposite 1500 index

21. Hybrid Funds Hybrid Funds: Invest in both stocks and bonds,
May also invest in convertible bonds and preferred stocks,
Generally less risky than the stock funds; may provide better return than the bond funds
The level of risk depends on the mix of stocks and bonds,
Appropriate for conservative investors.

22. Hybrid Funds
Three types of Hybrid Funds:

23. Asset Allocation
Asset Allocation: Purpose is to put assets together in such a way as to maximize return at a level of risk consistent with investor’s objectives.
Process involves 4 key elements:
1) Investors need to determine the assets that are eligible for the portfolio.
2) Necessary to determine E(R) for these eligible assets over a holding period.

24. Asset Allocation
3) Once returns have been estimated and risk accessed, optimization technique is used.
4) Choose portfolio from efficient frontier, provides maximum return, minimal risk.

25. Approaches to Asset Allocation
Fixed Weight: Fixed percentage of the portfolio
to each asset category – 3 to 5 in total. Fixed
does not mean equal weight.
Common Stock 30%
Bonds 50
Foreign Securities 15
Short term Securities 5
Allocation does not change over time, may be adjusted after a major market move to keep the desired fixed allocation

26. Asset Allocation
Flexible Weight - also known as strategic asset allocation: Weight changes on the basis of market analysis. Favorable domestic inflation forecast compared to foreign may result in revised allocation.
Common Stock 30% to 45%
Bonds 50 to 40
Foreign Securities 15 to 10
Short term Securities 5 to 5
Weights are changed to capture greater returns in changing market.

27. Asset Allocation
Tactical Asset Allocation: Form of market timing that uses stock index futures and bond futures to change a portfolio’s asset allocation.
Stocks are forecasted to be less attractive than bonds, sell stock index futures and buy bond futures.

28. Asset Allocation
Bonds are forecasted to be less attractive than stocks, buy stock index futures and sell bond futures.
Requires sophisticated technique, large portfolio, quantitative modeling.
Appropriate for large institutional investors.

29. Balanced Fund
Balanced fund: Preservation of capital is the main objective
Each fund sets its own fixed allocation percentage and discloses them in the investment objective,
Traditional balanced fund allocation:
60 % stock; 40% bond bond;
Other allocations scheme may be: 555% stock; 35% bond; and 10% cash equivalent.
Rarely the leading performers not the worst performer.

30. Convertible Securities Fund
Invests in corporate bonds and preferred stocks that can be converted into common stocks
The majority of the bond and preferred stock are investment grade securities
Small percentage may be invested in nonconvertible corporate bonds, U. S. government securities, foreign securities, and common stocks,
Fund is not well known or popular; difficult to understand how the underlying instruments work.

31. Active versus Passive Management
Actively managed funds
Goal is to outperform a benchmark index
Managers attempt to add value through security selection and/or sector weighting
Passively managed funds
Goal is to match the return of an index
Managers may purchase all component securities of an index or a representative sample

32. Active versus Passive Management (cont.)
Which is better?
There is much academic debate, with evidence on both sides
EMH adherents and some studies argue that active managers do not outperform over the long-term and that higher fees wipe out any difference
Supporters of active management and some studies argue better success over shorter time periods, in less liquid markets, in “broad” markets, and with very talented fund managers

33. Alternatives to Mutual Funds
Alternatives to equity index funds
Unit investment trusts (UITs)
Exchange-traded funds
Pooled vehicles primarily for high-net-worth clients
Hedge funds
Common trust funds