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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.
The large differences in size among funds in the "small-cap" section of the Morningstar style box mean that _______.
Some will outperform others at times. Some funds will perform better than others during market conditions that favor the companies they hold.
3.
A fund's number of holdings tells you how much per-issue risk a fund is taking on.
True. Funds with fewer holdings are more vulnerable to troubles in one or two stocks than funds with more holdings are. Sector weightings reveal a fund's sector risk, while P/E and P/B ratios relative to a fund's peers reflect price risk.
4.
Which stock fund is likely the most volatile?
A fund with a P/E of 35, 25 holdings, and a 200% turnover rate. The last fund is taking on more price risk (its P/E is higher than the other funds' P/E) and per-issue risk than the others (its number of holdings is smaller), and it is trading more aggressively.
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A fund's turnover rate tells you what?
How frequently the manager trades the portfolio. Buy-and-hold managers will have lower turnover rates than managers who buy and sell stocks on short-term factors.
