The Korea Fund, Inc
RCM

EQUITY FUND PROFILE 
All data as of 07.31.10 
The Korea Fund Inc. (KF)
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Top Sectors
Consumer Disc.
19%
Information Tech.
18%
Financials
17%
Materials
14%
Industrials
11%
Consumer Staples
7%
Telecomm. Services
3%
Utilities
2%
Health Care
2%
Energy
1%
Statistics
Issues in Portfolio
43.00
P/E Ratio (forward)
10.03
P/B Ratio
1.48
Median Market Cap (bil)
3.76
Investment Breakdown
Equity
95.0%
Liquidity
5.0%
 
Country Breakdown
South Korea
96%
Risk
Beta
0.98
Standard Deviation
40.37
R2
0.96
Top Holdings  (as of 06.30.10 )
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (S.Korea)
12.54%
ORION CORP (S.Korea)
4.73%
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO (S.Korea)
4.49%
LOTTE SHOPPING CO LTD (S.Korea)
4.44%
LG CHEM LTD (S.Korea)
3.78%
SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD (S.Korea)
3.37%
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP CO LTD (S.Korea)
3.17%
HYUNDAI DEPARTMENT STORE (S.Korea)
3.11%
HOTEL SHILLA CO LTD (S.Korea)
3.04%
KOLON INDUSTRIES INC (S.Korea)
2.93%
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This information is unaudited and is intended for informational purposes only. This is not an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument. It is presented only to provide information on investment strategies and opportunities.

 

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through investment in Korean securities. An investment in the Fund involves risk, including loss of principal. Investing in non-U.S. securities entails additional risks, including political and economic risk and the risk of currency fluctuations, as well as lower liquidity. These risks, which can result in greater price volatility, will generally be enhanced in less diversified funds that concentrate investments in a particular geographic region.

 

The Fund is a closed-end exchange traded management investment company. This material is presented only to provide information and is not intended for trading purposes. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. After the initial public offering, shares are sold on the open market through a stock exchange, where shares may trade at a premium or a discount.

 

P/E is a ratio of security price to earnings per share. Typically, an undervalued security is characterized by a low P/E ratio, while an overvalued security is characterized by a high P/E ratio. P/B is a ratio of the current stock price to the book value. This is used to identify undervalued stocks. Standard deviation is an absolute measure of volatility measuring dispersion about an average which depicts how widely the returns varied over a certain period of time. The greater the degree of dispersion, the greater the risk.

 

R-squared measures the percentage of a portfolio's movements that are explained by movements in the overall market, represented by The Korea Stock Price Index (KOSPI). The measures of alpha and beta are most relevant when there is a close correlation between the two, as indicated by a high R-squared value. Beta measures the market related volatility of a portfolio, where the overall market is represented by KOSPI. The beta of the market is 1 by definition. A beta greater than 1 indicates that a portfolio's market risk is greater than the overall market's, while a beta less than 1 indicates a lower market risk. It is important to note that having a low market risk does not necessarily imply low volatility. A portfolio may have a low beta while experiencing volatility due to factors independent of the market.

 

RCM Capital Management LLC, is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors AG, and is a member of Munich-based Allianz Group. Allianz is a leading global financial services company. RCM Capital Management LLC serves as the Fund's investment manager, and the sub-adviser is RCM Asia Pacific Limited.