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1.
Sector weightings in a fund tell you what?
What industries your manager favors. If a fund has 50% of its portfolio in the technology sector, for example, half of its performance will be determined by the strength or weakness of that one sector.
2.
In the Morningstar style box, all the small-cap funds are the same size.
False. The funds vary dramatically in market capitalization; therefore, you should examine the size of each.
3.
A fund's turnover rate tells you how frequently the manager trades the portfolio.
True. Buy-and-hold managers will have lower turnover rates than managers who buy and sell stocks on short-term factors.
4.
A fund's number of holdings tells you how much sector risk a fund is taking on.
False. The number of holdings tells you how much per-issue risk a fund is taking on.
5.
Price/earnings multiples tell you what?
How much price risk a fund is taking on. The greater a fund's price/earnings multiple, the greater its price risk.
