American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund

Fund information as of Wednesday, March 31, 2010


Fund Overview
Total Fund Assets:   $140.1 Million

Fund Classes: Institutional Y Investor
Inception Date: 7/31/2000 3/1/2010 10/1/2002
Fund NAV: $13.05 $13.04 $12.84
CUSIP: 02368A547 024524407 02368A448
Trading Symbol: AEMFX ACEYX AAEPX
 
Fund Classes
 

Institutional Class shares are for those who make the decisions about where your company's pension funds or corporate cash will be invested or for others with at least $250,000 to invest.
Investor Class shares are offered to individual investors, retirement accounts, plan sponsors, discount brokers or other organizations.
Y Class shares of the American Beacon Funds are offered primarily to retirement plans and advisors that require revenue sharing from the Funds.  The minimum investment per plan or advisor for this fund class is $100,000.

 
Investment Advisors
The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC 50.8%
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. 49.2%
 
Expense Ratios
 Gross Net1
Institutional 1.67% 1.35%
Investor 1.97% 1.79%
Y 1.77% 1.45%
1The net expense ratio is net of expense reimbursements that American Beacon Advisors has contractually agreed to maintain through February 28, 2011.
 
Investment Objective

A multi-manager Fund seeking long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in emerging market stocks.

 
Investment Style

The Fund’s sub-advisors pursue equity securities of issuers that are primarily listed on the trading market of an emerging market country; are headquartered in an emerging market country; or derive at least half of their revenues from operations in an emerging market country. The Fund’s investments may include common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into common stocks, and depositary receipts. American Beacon provides each sub-advisor with a limit of the maximum investment allowed in each emerging market country. Within those guidelines, each sub-advisor makes stock selection decisions based on their economic, market and company analyses.

 
 Total Returns
 QTRYTD1 YR3 YR*5 YR*10 YR*Since
Inception*
Institutional 1.64 1.64 80.13 3.71 14.19 N/A 11.58
Investor 1.50 1.50 79.46 3.34 13.83 N/A 11.31
Y 1.56 1.56 79.99 3.68 14.18 N/A 11.57
 
 Benchmarks
 QTRYTD1 YR3 YR*5 YR*10 YR*Since
Inception*
Lipper Emerging Markets Fund Index ** 3.08 3.08 84.53 2.66 13.87 9.08 11.27
MSCI Emerging Markets Index *** 2.41 2.41 81.08 5.16 15.65 N/A 12.00
                           

Performance shown is historical and may not be indicative of future returns. Investment returns and principal value will vary, and shares may be worth more or less at redemption than at original purchase. Performance shown is as of date indicated, and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.To obtain performance as of the most recent month end, click here. Please note that the recent growth rate in the stock market has helped to produce short-term returns that are not typical and may not continue in the future.

 
Lipper Rankings
 1 YR3 YR5 YR10 YR
Institutional 186 82 66 N/A
Investor 200 99 84 N/A
Y N/A N/A N/A N/A

# of Funds in the Category 378 248 182 0
 
Lipper Quartile
 1 YR3 YR5 YR10 YR
Institutional2nd2nd2ndN/A
Investor3rd2nd2ndN/A
YN/AN/AN/AN/A
 
Lipper is an independent rating service that ranks mutual funds in various categories by making comparative calculations using total returns.
 
Top Ten Country Weightings 
  
Hong Kong/China 16.9%
South Korea 14.8%
Brazil 13.8%
Taiwan 9.8%
India 9.7%
South Africa 9.0%
Russia 4.5%
Mexico 4.4%
Thailand 3.0%
Indonesia 2.8%
 
 
Asset Allocation
Equity 96.3%
Cash Equivalent 3.7%
 
Portfolio Statistics
Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E) 13.74
Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B) 1.88
Weighted Average Market Cap ($ bil) $28.5
5 Year Earnings Growth 13.41
  
3 Year Risk Summary:
  R2 0.98
  Alpha -1.34
  Beta 0.96
  Sharpe Ratio 0.05
  Standard Deviation 32.29
Dividend Yield
 
Top Ten Equity Holdings (%)
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 3.1%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. 2.7%
Vale S.A. 2.2%
China Mobile Ltd. 1.6%
America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. 1.6%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 1.5%
Itau Unibanco Banco Holding S.A. 1.5%
MTN Group Ltd. 1.4%
China Construction Bank Corp. 1.4%
LUKOIL Oil Co. 1.3%

Total Fund Holdings:   319

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, fees and expenses of any mutual fund carefully before investing. This and other information is available in the Fund's prospectus and summary prospectus. Please read the prospectus and summary prospectus carefully before investing.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
There is no guarantee that the investment objectives will be met. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Investing in foreign equities entails additional risk not associated with domestic equities, such as currency fluctuations, economic and political instability and differences in accounting standards. The risks of investing in foreign equities are heightened when investing in emerging markets. Performance shown prior to the 10/1/02 inception of the Investor Class is that of the Institutional Class. The returns have not been adjusted for any difference between the fees and expenses of the Investor Class and the historical fees and expenses of the Institutional Class. Because the Institutional Class had lower expenses, its performance was better than the Investor Class would have realized during the same period. A portion of the fees charged to the Investor Class of the Fund was waived through 2005. in 2004 and 2005 and recouped in 2006. Performance prior to waiving and recouping fees was different than the actual returns shown. Performance shown prior to the 3/1/10 inception of the Y Class is that of the Institutional Class. The returns have not been adjusted for any difference between the fees and expenses of the Y Class and the historical fees and expenses of the Institutional Class. Because the Institutional Class had lower expenses, its performance was better than the Y Class would have realized during the same period. A portion of the fees charged to the Fund has been waived. Performance prior to waiving fees was lower than the actual returns shown. * Annualized. ** The Lipper Emerging Markets Fund Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Emerging Markets Fund category. Lipper is an independent mutual fund research and ranking service. *** The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a market capitalization weighted index of companies that are representative of the market structure of developing countries in Latin American, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The P/E Ratio of a stock is calculated by dividing the current price by forecasted twelvemonth earnings per share. The P/B Ratio of a stock is calculated by dividing the current price by book value per share. R-squared (R2) is the percentage of the Fund’s three-year return that is explained by movements in its benchmark index. Alpha is a measure of the Fund’s expected performance versus the benchmark, adjusted for relative risk. Beta is a measure of the Fund’s volatility versus the benchmark. Sharpe Ratio is a measure of the Fund’s return per unit of total risk. Standard Deviation is a measure of the historical volatility of the Fund’s returns.

Distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC. American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Global Real Estate Fund are service marks of American Beacon Advisors, Inc.