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Forward Banking and Finance Fund

Class A

Overview
Updated as of:
June 30, 2008
 
 
   
Invests in the stocks of community banks, insurance companies and other institutions related to the financial services industry
 
invests a minimum of 80% of Fund assets in stocks of companies primarily engaged in the banking or financial services industries
under normal circumstances, invests a minimum of 25% in banks and S&Ls and 25% in financial services
can invest in companies of various sizes, including smaller companies
focuses on common stocks that pay current dividends
  Class: A
Change to: Class C
   
PDF Fund Fact Sheet
Overview
Category: Specialty-Financial
Ticker Symbol: HSSAX
CUSIP: 29089R301
Benchmark: Russell 2000 Index
Inception: February 18, 1997
Net Assets: $54.6 Million
Load Fee: 5.75%
Dealer Concession:
5.00%1
Trail: 0.25%2
Gross Expense Ratio: 1.74%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.74%
Minimum Investment
Initial: $4,000
Initial–eDelivery: $2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:
$500
Statistics
Price/Book:* 1.65
Forward P/E:* 10.48
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $887 Million
Avg. Capitalization:* $797 Million
Beta: 0.71
R-Squared: 0.61
Number of Holdings: 80
Annualized Turnover: 60.40%

1Maximum concession allowed - see prospectus for more details.

2Additional maximum of 0.20% may be allowable under the Shareholder Services Plan.

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

Price/Book Ratio and Price/Earnings 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.

Beta is a measure of risk which shows the Fund’s volatility relative to its benchmark index.

R-Squared reflects the percentage of a Fund’s movements that are explained by movement in its benchmark index.

 
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