Hennessy Select SPARX Japan Instl  SPARX
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Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Japan Stock Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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   Large
   Growth
  
  
As of 2009-09-30
Day Change
$ 0.10
  
NAV (2009-11-20)
$ 11.23
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-20)
6.14%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
48
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Hennessy Select SPARX Japan Instl
(from 2003-10-31 to 2009-10-31) Category: Japan Stock
Index: MSCI EAFE NR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-20
Inception date: 2003-10-31 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-20
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 6.14 25.76 -11.18 -2.27 --- 3.92
+/- Category 1.51 13.79 4.19 1.31 --- ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NR USD -23.47 -26.92 -6.43 -6.53 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 13.23 2.04 -10.81 -0.26 --- 4.80
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 8.13 17.37 -12.73 -1.09 --- 3.92
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 17.23 -12.76 -1.63 --- ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 11.28 -10.60 -1.12 --- ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 30 funds), (5 yrs : out of 20 funds), (10 yrs : out of funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 1.08
Software 0.00
Hardware 1.00
Media 0.08
Telecommunications 0.00
Service 39.15
Healthcare 7.45
Consumer Services 16.73
Business Services 11.01
Financial Services 3.95
Manufacturing 59.77
Consumer Goods 39.94
Industrial Materials 19.84
Energy 0.00
Utilities 0.00
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 2.9
Stocks 97.1
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 97.1
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 40 Turnover % 35
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 54.97 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
Keyence Corp Japan 7.13
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp Japan 6.33
MISUMI Grp Japan 6.10
Uni-Charm Corp Japan 5.97
Asics Corp Japan 5.91
Mitsubishi Japan 5.69
Kao Corporation Japan 5.23
Ryohin Keikaku Co Ltd Japan 4.46
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Japan 4.36
Marubeni Corporation Japan 3.79
Data through 2009-09-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 2003-10-31
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Shuhei Abe  (2003-10-31)
Abe began SPARX Group in 1989 with the establishment of SPARX Japan. He founded SPARX USA in 1994 and has been a portfolio manager of the fund since its inception. Abe began his career as an analyst for Nomura Research Institute (Japan), where he worked until 1982. From 1982 to 1985, he worked in Japanese equity sales for Nomura Securities International (New York). In 1985, he formed Abe Capital Research where he managed Japanese equity investments for U.S. and European investors.
Masakazu Takeda  (2006-11-01)
Takeda is an analyst and fund manager of SPARX Japan, which he joined in 1999. Prior to joining SPARX Japan, he was employed by the Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (currently Shinsei Bank) and LTCB Warburg (now UBS Securities).
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-02-27)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.25
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-10-31)
Correspondence Information

360 Madison Avenue 22nd Floor
New York,  NY  10017
USA
Telephone:
800-632-1320
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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