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Forward Small Cap Equity Fund

Institutional Class

Portfolio
Updated as of:
June 30, 2008
 
 
 
  A portfolio usually consisting of 80 to 110 small company stocks
 
typically 90% or more of the fund will be invested in small cap stocks - companies whose market capitalizations are no larger than $2 billion at the time of initial purchase
stocks are not necessarily sold when they reach the $2 billion barrier, but they will be sold when they reach the portfolio manager's price target, when they are deemed overvalued or when there are better opportunities to pursue
the fund may overweight or underweight sectors and industries relative to its benchmark index based on analysis of the sectors, industries and companies themselves
the cash allocation will usually range from 0% to 10%, but could go as high as 15% in unusual market conditions
 
 
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.
 
  Sector Allocation
 
   
These allocations may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio.
  Class: Institutional
Change to: Investor
Change to: Class A
   
PDF Fund Fact Sheet
Overview
Category: Small Cap Blend
Ticker Symbol: FFHIX
CUSIP: 349913889
Benchmark: Russell 2000 Index
Inception: June 6, 2002
Net Assets: $202.1 Million
Load Fee: No Load
Gross Expense Ratio: 1.37%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.37%
Minimum Investment
Initial: $100,000
Statistics
Price/Book:* 2.65
Forward P/E:* 17.86
EPS Growth Rate:* 26.57%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* 25.83%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $2.1 Billion
Average Capitalization:* $1.9 Billion
Beta: 0.93
R-Squared: 0.89
Number of Holdings: 110
Annualized Turnover: 281.75%

*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 the Fund’s annual percentage growth rate of earnings per share over the trailing 3-year period.

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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