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Forward Eastern Europe Equities Fund

Investor Class

Overview
Updated as of:
May 1, 2008
 
 
 
 
 
Invests primarily in equity securities of companies in emerging European countries in order to achieve long-term growth of capital.
A strong bottom-up value bias
The active value-based methodology seeks to successfully identify and buy mispriced stocks
Seek investment candidates that have strong underlying value, implied growth and expertise
Country and sector weights are driven by stock selection
 
   
  Class: Investor
Change to: Institutional
   
Overview
Category: Foreign Growth
Ticker Symbol: FEEEX
CUSIP: 349913616
Benchmark: MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index
Inception: December 31, 2007
Net Assets: $5.2 Million
Load Fee: No Load
Gross Expense Ratio: 3.15%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.85%1
Minimum Investment
Initial: $4,000
Initial-eDelivery: $2,000
Initial-Automatic Investment Plan: $500
   
Statistics
Price/Book:* 2.45
Forward P/E:* 11.07
EPS Growth Rate:* 25.80%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* 11.73%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $47.0 Billion
Average Capitalization:* $21.0 Billion
Number of Holdings: 51
Annualized Turnover: 95.75%
1The Fund’s investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse other expenses until April 30, 2009, in amounts necessary to limit the Fund's operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends and extraordinary expenses) for the Investor Class shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund's average daily net assets) of 1.85%.

*Data refers to the Fund’s holdings and not to the Fund itself.

Price/Book Ratio and Price/Earnings Ratio represent equity securities within the Fund's portfolio, and are not intended to demonstrate Fund growth, income earned by the Fund, or distributions made by the Fund.

EPS Growth Rate represents current year consensus estimates weighed by distribution of the portfolio.

   
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