Janus Venture Fund

The Janus Venture Fund (JAVTX) looks to invest in high quality small cap companies that show a potential for long term growth. The businesses that look attractive should have recurring and repeated revenue streams for an attractive risk to return profile. This portfolio is very diverse and is for long term investors.

Will Bales has been the fund manager since 1997. He has collected a total of 110 different company stocks as part of this portfolio. 84.3% of these are domestic, with 15.24% of foreign origin. The top ten holding account is 26.17% of the fund’s total assets. The annual turnover rate is 40%.

The sectors this fund has investments in are Consumer Non-Cyclical at 40.34%, Technology at 17.70%, Consumer Cyclical at 14.01%, Communications at 13.33%, Industrials at 9.00%, Financial at 3.70%, Energy at 1.17%, and Diversified at 0.28%.

The one year performance of this fund is a return of 50.88% as of April 30, 2010. The 5 year return is at 6.17%. The YTD performance as of May 27, 2010 is 4.26%.

The minimal amount to invest in the fund is $2500 and the fund’s expense ratio is at 0.93%. The volatility measures of this fund are a beta at 1.03, the R squared at 0.92, and a standard deviation of 27.30. This is considered an above average risk with average return, with a 2 star rating from Morningstar.

This choice of Janus mutual funds for the investor is good for diversification of one’s portfolio. The Janus Venture Fund (JAVTX) is solid for long term investment for those that like a little risk.
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