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Forward Emerging Markets Fund

Institutional Class

Overview
Updated as of:
June 30, 2008
 
 
 
  Invests in companies in emerging markets that are undervalued and show strong fundamentals
 
approach to stock selection is bottom-up and value oriented
although there are clear risks to investing in emerging market equities, there is also considerable potential return
an active and disciplined investment style can help identify and profit from the many opportunities prevalent in emerging markets
the Fund's investment team is one of the larger emerging markets investment teams in the world and includes both country and sector specialists
  Class: Institutional
Change to: Investor
Change to: Class A
   
PDF Fund Fact Sheet
Overview
Category: Emerging Markets
Ticker Symbol: PTEMX
CUSIP: 349913814
Benchmark: MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Inception: October 4, 1995
Net Assets: $107.3 Million
Load Fee: No Load
Gross Expense Ratio: 1.84%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.39%1
Minimum Investment
Initial: $100,000
Statistics
Price/Book:* 3.51
Forward P/E:* 10.05
EPS Growth Rate:* 29.55%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* 0.00%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $63.4 Billion
Avg. Capitalization:* $33.5 Billion
Beta: 0.98
R-Squared: 0.97
Number of Holdings: 108
Annualized Turnover: 175.01%

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 Institutional Class shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.39%.

*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.

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

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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