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John Hancock Classic Value Fund Review

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John Hancock Classic Value Fund

The John Hancock Classic Value Fund is a U .S stock mutual fund with an inception date of June 1996 . The Fund is located in the large value fund category (investorguide , 2007 . Large value funds usually consist of value stocks or stocks that are deemed to be undervalued in price in the large , publicly-traded corporation category . The most recent holdings in the Classic Value Fund are Boeing , AON Corporation , Computer Associates , Cigna , Freddie Mac , Sara Lee , Hewlett

Packard , Citigroup Inc , Bell South , Wisconsin Energy , Wal-mart Stores , Inc , and Pfizer Inc (investorguide , 2007 . In the last two months , the Fund experienced high stock prices at the end of 2006 up to 28 .75 , but experienced a drop in early 2007 to 27 .50 . Today , the Classic Value Fund has only recovered to 27 .9 . Over the last year , the Fund has grown slowly and steadily from just under 25 to a high of 28 .75

The John Hancock Classic Value Fund is seeking long-term growth and invests 80 of its net assets in domestic equity securities (jhfunds 2007 . The risk assessment is medium as the value-investing style may under-perform other investing styles

According to Yahoo ! Finance , the Classic Value Fund is not currently a top ten performing fund . Currently the Classic Value ranks 203rd out of 1359 funds in the large value category (Yahoo ! Finance , 2007 . Yet when looking at the five year returns , the Classic Value ranks 14th overall (Yahoo ! Finance , 2007 . The five year ranking is essential to consider because the fund is seeking long-term , steady growth

Compared to other mutual fund sectors , the value funds do not show as high returns as high risk , rapid growth funds in short-term time frames Long-term results are medium to high return for value funds . Compared to value funds , some sectors do better , some worse , depending on the market at the time and which sectors are being affected either negatively or positively

References

Investorguide , 2007 . John Hancock Classic Value A Quote Overview Accessed from HYPERLINK "http /www .investorguide .com /mutual-fund .cgi ?symbol PZFVX http /www .investorguide .com /mutual-fund .cgi ?symbol PZFVX on January 19 , 2007

Jhfunds , 2007 . Classic Value Fund PZFVX . Accessed form HYPERLINK http /www .jhfunds .com /Fund /Overview .aspx ?ProductType MutualFund FundID 3450 0 ClassCode A BackToFundTableType Price http /www .jhfunds .com /Fund /Overview .aspx ?ProductType MutualFund FundID 3450 0 ClassCode A BackToFundTableType Price on January 19 , 2007

Yahoo ! Finance , 2007 . JHancock Classic Value A Performance . Accessed from HYPERLINK "http /finance .yahoo .com /q /pm ?s PZFVX http /finance .yahoo .com /q /pm ?s PZFVX on January 19 , 2007

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