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Forward Banking and Finance Fund

Class C

Overview
Updated as of:
September 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: C
Change to: Class A
   
 
Overview
Category: Specialty-Financial
Ticker Symbol: HSSCX
CUSIP: 29089R400
Benchmark: Russell 2000 Index
Inception: July 1, 2000
Net Assets: $31.2 Million
Load Fee: No Load
Dealer Concession: 1.00%1,2
Trail: 1.00%3
Gross Expense Ratio: 2.39%
Net Expense Ratio: 2.39%
Minimum Investment
Initial: $4,000
Initial–eDelivery: $2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:
$500
Statistics
Price/Book:* 1.61
Forward P/E:* 13.86
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $1.1 Billion
Avg. Capitalization:* $1.0 Billion
Beta: 0.57
R-Squared: 0.31
Number of Holdings: 79
Annualized Turnover: 64.01%

1Maximum concession allowed. See prospectus for more details.

2Maximum deferred sales charge for shares held less than two years is 1.00%.

3Begins after 24th month.

*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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