Monday, May 21, 2012

VF Corp. 401k (RSP) Plan PSDS Scan 12-31-2011




The VF Corp. 401k Plan trustee is Fidelity and the SEC 11-k report provides investment options at the category level only. The scan uses the following Fidelity index mutual fund options and company stock VFC.

Company stock         VFC

Mutual Funds 

FSTMX...................Total Market Index
FSIIX.......................International Index
FBIDX.....................US Bond Index
FIBIX......................Intermediate Treasury Bond Index
FUSEX....................S&P 500 Index
FFFAX....................Target Date Retirement Income Fund
FFFDX....................Target Date 2020 Fund
FGOVX...................US Government Income Fund
FRTXX....................Retirement Money Market Fund

Keep in mind my focus is on employees near or in their retirement years, The 5yr covariance matrix for this portfolio indicates the Balanced portfolio 5yr STD was reduced (not increased) from 2.74% to 1.80% as a result of diversification provided in large part by company stock VFC. It is the only equity option in the Balanced portfolio for this 5yr period 2007-2011. Interesting.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

YUM! BRANDS 401k Plan PSDS Scan 12-31-2011

The YUM! BRANDS 401k Plan trustee is State Street and the record keeper is ING who maintains a Web site for employees with current market data for the Plan investment options. In the scan they are;

Ten Retirement Funds from AllianceBernstein

YUM Retirement Fund 2010          LTDIX
YUM Retirement Fund 2015          LTEIX
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YUM Retirement Fund 2055          LTWAX

7 Core Funds

Stable Value Fund Invesco             SVF.inv
Bond Market Index Fund               SSBMX
Large Company Index Fund           SVSPX
Mid-Sized Company Index Fund    IJH
Small Company Index Fund            IWM
International Index Fund                 SSAIX
Yum! Stock Fund                           YUM



Only one Retiremet Fund 2010 is in the scan and it is the only one with a positive 5yr return.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Mead Johnson Nutrition 401k PSDS Scan 12-31-2011



Mead Johnson Nutrition company stock MJN was represented by XPH in the scan.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

RJF IRA PSDS Scan Release R12.6.3


The PSDS scanner algorithm in Release R12.6.3 was upgraded to better image scans in general but especially scans that have the STD and PSR data computed using the portfolio covariance matrix for all the portfolios in the scan. The changes are basically refocusing the image for scans with and without covariance matrix data used to compute the STD and PSR for the cloud of portfolio points.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Kansas City Southern 401k (PSP) PSDS Scan 12-31-2011



In late 2010 the trustee was changed to Fidelity and all Plans consolidated in a Master Trust.