Dunham Emerging Markets Fund Manager Performance Evaluation

DAEMX Fund  USD 13.19  0.14  1.07%   
The fund shows a Beta (market volatility) of 0.12, which means not very significant fluctuations relative to the market. As returns on the market increase, Dunham Emerging's returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding Dunham Emerging is expected to be smaller as well.

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Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Dunham Emerging Markets are ranked lower than 9 (%) of all funds and portfolios of funds over the last 90 days. In spite of fairly strong primary indicators, Dunham Emerging is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.
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Expense Ratio Date1st of March 2023
Expense Ratio1.4200
  

Dunham Emerging Relative Risk vs. Return Landscape

If you would invest  1,248  in Dunham Emerging Markets on January 28, 2024 and sell it today you would earn a total of  71.00  from holding Dunham Emerging Markets or generate 5.69% return on investment over 90 days. Dunham Emerging Markets is currently producing 0.0909% returns and takes up 0.7889% volatility of returns over 90 trading days. Put another way, 6% of traded mutual funds are less volatile than Dunham, and 99% of all traded equity instruments are likely to generate higher returns over the next 90 trading days.
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Assuming the 90 days horizon Dunham Emerging is expected to generate 1.25 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 1.25 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about 0.12 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE Composite is currently generating roughly 0.11 per unit of risk.

Dunham Emerging Current Valuation

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Please note that Dunham Emerging's price fluctuation is very steady at this time. At this time, the entity appears to be fairly valued. Dunham Emerging Markets shows a prevailing Real Value of $13.11 per share. The current price of the fund is $13.19. We determine the value of Dunham Emerging Markets from reviewing fund fundamentals and technical indicators as well as its Probability Of Bankruptcy. In general, we advise acquiring undervalued mutual funds and dropping overvalued mutual funds since, at some point, mutual fund prices and their ongoing real values will submerge.
Our valuation method for Dunham Emerging Markets is useful when determining the fair value of the Dunham mutual fund, which is usually determined by what a typical buyer is willing to pay for full or partial control of Dunham Emerging. Since Dunham Emerging is currently traded on the exchange, buyers and sellers on that exchange determine the market value of Dunham Mutual Fund. However, Dunham Emerging's intrinsic value may or may not be the same as its current market price, in which case there is an opportunity to profit from the mispricing, assuming the market price will eventually merge with its intrinsic value.
Historical Market  13.19 Real  13.11 Hype  13.19
The real value of Dunham Mutual Fund, also known as its intrinsic value, is the underlying worth of Dunham Emerging Markets Mutual Fund, which is reflected in its stock price. It is based on Dunham Emerging's financial performance, assets, liabilities, growth prospects, management team, or industry conditions. The intrinsic value of Dunham Emerging's stock can be calculated using various methods such as discounted cash flow analysis, price-to-earnings ratio, or price-to-book ratio. That value may differ from its current market price, which is determined by supply and demand factors such as investor sentiment, market trends, news, and other external factors that may influence Dunham Emerging's stock price. It is important to note that the real value of any stock may change over time based on changes in the company's performance.
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Estimating the potential upside or downside of Dunham Emerging Markets helps investors to forecast how Dunham mutual fund's addition to their portfolios will impact the overall performance. We also use other valuation drivers to help us estimate the true value of Dunham Emerging more accurately as focusing exclusively on Dunham Emerging's fundamentals will not take into account other important factors:
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Dunham Emerging Market Risk Analysis

Today, many novice investors tend to focus exclusively on investment returns with little concern for Dunham Emerging's investment risk. Standard deviation is the most common way to measure market volatility of mutual funds, such as Dunham Emerging Markets, and traders can use it to determine the average amount a Dunham Emerging's price has deviated from the expected return over a period of time. It is calculated by determining the expected price for the established period and then subtracting this figure from each price point. The differences are then squared, summed, and averaged to produce the variance.

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91% of assets perform better
Based on monthly moving average Dunham Emerging is performing at about 9% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of Dunham Emerging by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.

Dunham Emerging Fundamentals Growth

Dunham Mutual Fund prices reflect investors' perceptions of the future prospects and financial health of Dunham Emerging, and Dunham Emerging fundamentals are critical determinants of its market performance. Overall, investors pay close attention to revenue and earnings growth, profit margins, and debt levels. These fundamentals can have a significant impact on Dunham Mutual Fund performance.

About Dunham Emerging Performance

To evaluate Dunham Emerging Markets Mutual Fund as a possible investment, you need to clearly understand its upside potential, downside risk, and overall future performance outlook. You may be satisfied when Dunham Emerging generates a 15% return over the last few months, but what if the market is generating 25% over the same period? In this case, it makes sense to compare Dunham Mutual Fund's performance with different market indexes, such as the Dow or NASDAQ Composite. These indexes can act as benchmarks that will help you to understand Dunham Emerging Markets market performance in a much more refined way. The Macroaxis performance score is an integer between 0 and 100 that represents Dunham's market performance from a risk-adjusted return perspective. Generally speaking, the higher the score, the better is overall performance as compared to other investors. The score is normalized against the average investing universe (the best we can interpret from the data available). Within this methodology, scores of individual equity instruments will always be inferior to the scores of portfolios of equities as portfolios typically diversify a lot of unsystematic risks away. The formula to derive the Macroaxis score bases on multiple unequally-weighted factors. For more information, refer to our portfolio performance evaluation section.
Please also refer to our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.
The fund invests primarily in emerging market equity securities traded on foreign stock exchanges. Under normal market conditions, it invests at least 80 percent of its assets in stock of companies that are organized in or maintain at least 50 percent of their assets in, or that derive at least 50 percent of their revenues from, emerging market countries.

Things to note about Dunham Emerging Markets performance evaluation

Checking the ongoing alerts about Dunham Emerging for important developments is a great way to find new opportunities for your next move. Mutual Fund alerts and notifications screener for Dunham Emerging Markets help investors to be notified of important events, changes in technical or fundamental conditions, and significant headlines that can affect investment decisions.
The fund generated three year return of -9.0%
Dunham Emerging Markets retains 97.31% of its assets under management (AUM) in equities
Evaluating Dunham Emerging's performance can involve analyzing a variety of financial metrics and factors. Some of the key considerations to evaluate Dunham Emerging's mutual fund performance include:
  • Analyzing Dunham Emerging's financial statements, including its income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, helps in understanding its overall financial health and growth potential.
  • Getting a closer look at valuation ratios like price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, price-to-sales (P/S) ratio, and price-to-book (P/B) ratio help in understanding whether Dunham Emerging's stock is overvalued or undervalued compared to its peers.
  • Examining Dunham Emerging's industry or sector and how it is performing can give you an idea of its growth potential and how it is positioned relative to its competitors.
  • Evaluating Dunham Emerging's management team can have a significant impact on its success or failure. Reviewing the track record and experience of Dunham Emerging's management team can help you assess the Mutual Fund's leadership.
  • Pay attention to analyst opinions and ratings of Dunham Emerging's mutual fund. These opinions can provide insight into Dunham Emerging's potential for growth and whether the stock is currently undervalued or overvalued.
It's essential to remember that evaluating Dunham Emerging's mutual fund performance is not an exact science, and many factors can impact Dunham Emerging's mutual fund market price. Therefore, it's also important to diversify your portfolio and not rely solely on one company or stock for your investments.
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Dunham Emerging Markets. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in population.
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Dunham Emerging's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Dunham Emerging is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Dunham Emerging's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.