JCUAX Performance — Absolute Return Currency Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2022-10-04

JCUAX returned −10.05% over one year to Jul 2022. The annualised 3-year return is +1.27%. The fund beat its Emerging Markets Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $104, against $91 for the category, and to $90 over one year, against $85. Volatility over the past three years was 9.40% a year. In the 12 months to Jul 2022 the fund lost a net $18.0M, and assets reached $530.31M.

JCUAX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Absolute Return Currency Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Emerging Markets Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodJCUAXCategory average
1 year (Aug 2021 – Jul 2022)$90$85
3 years (Aug 2019 – Jul 2022)$104$91

JCUAX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jul 2022, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year−10.05%
3 years (annualised)+1.27%

JCUAX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Absolute Return Currency Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2022 (Jan–Jul)−8.28%
2021−3.01%
2020+18.02%
2019 (Aug–Dec)−1.07%

JCUAX Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2022−0.1%−4.0%−5.1%+2.8%+0.1%+0.3%−2.4%—————
2021−0.3%−0.6%−1.3%+1.6%−0.3%+0.1%−0.3%−0.7%+1.1%+1.0%−3.3%0.0%
2020+0.8%+4.2%+11.4%−1.8%+1.1%+0.8%+3.5%−0.7%−0.6%−1.2%+0.2%−0.5%
2019———————0.0%−2.6%+2.7%−0.9%−0.2%

JCUAX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Aug 2019 – Jul 2022.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 9.40%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.34 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +11.39% (Mar 2020)
  • Worst month: −5.08% (Mar 2022)

JCUAX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Absolute Return Currency Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$18.0M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $136.9M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.88×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jul 2022$48.1M$7.5M$40.6M
Jun 2022$8.6M$30.6M−$22.0M
May 2022$4.1M$18.3M−$14.1M
Apr 2022$4.7M$14.3M−$9.5M
Mar 2022$18.7M$9.3M$9.3M
Feb 2022$5.0M$14.7M−$9.6M
Jan 2022$3.0M$9.6M−$6.6M
Dec 2021$6.8M$4.2M$2.5M
Nov 2021$19.4M$2.0M$17.4M
Oct 2021$5.5M$17.1M−$11.5M
Sep 2021$5.7M$10.5M−$4.8M
Aug 2021$7.3M$17.0M−$9.6M

JCUAX Assets Under Management

Net assets of Absolute Return Currency Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2022-07-31$530.31M
2022-04-30$535.12M
2022-01-31$579.91M
2021-10-31$586.59M
2021-07-31$603.50M
2021-04-30$469.84M
2021-01-31$377.79M
2020-10-31$350.33M
2020-07-31$345.02M
2020-04-30$391.06M
2020-01-31$507.11M
2019-10-31$898.99M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.