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Forward Emerging Markets Fund

Class A

Portfolio
Updated as of:
September 30, 2008
 
 
 
  Active, value-based methodology to identify and invest in 70-100 companies in emerging markets
 
bottom-up, valuation-oriented investment management style
country and sector weightings are driven by stock selection
investment team actively reviews risk factors and investment exposures based on changing markets
 
 
Porfolio Holdings
Forward Funds provides investors access to each Fund’s full portfolio holdings (as of month-end) on the 21st day of the following month or if the 21st is not a business day, on the next following business day.
   
  These holdings may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio.
 
  Regional Allocation
 
 
These allocations may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio.
 
  Sector Allocation
 
 
These allocations may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio.
   
  Class: A
Change to: Investor
Change to: Institutional
   
Overview
Category: Emerging Markets
Ticker Symbol: FEMAX
CUSIP: 349913517
Benchmark: MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Inception: May 1, 2008
Net Assets: $2.1 Million
Load Fee: 5.75%
Dealer Concession: 5.00%1
Trail: 0.252
Gross Expense Ratio: 2.34%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.89%3
Minimum Investment
Initial: $100,000
Statistics
Price/Book:* 3.67
Forward P/E:* 9.61
EPS Growth Rate:* 19.36%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* 0.05%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $35.6 Billion
Avg. Capitalization:* $25.2 Billion
Number of Holdings: 100
Annualized Turnover: 188.08%
1Maximum concession allowed—see prospectus for more details.

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

3The 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 Class A shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.89%.

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

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

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.

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