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Forward Progressive Real Estate

Investor Class

Portfolio
Updated as of:
June 30, 2008
 
 
 
  Investing in Equity Securities of Real-Estate Focused Companies
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Real Estate Operating Companies (REOCs) make up the majority of the portfolio
the Fund directs its investments toward those REITs and REOCs that pay higher dividends relative to the stock market as a whole
the Fund primarily invests in equity REITs which are REITs that own real estate and whose revenues come principally from rent
there are no limitations on the size of the companies in which the Fund may invest
 
 
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: Investor
Change to: Institutional
   
PDF Fund Fact Sheet
Overview
Category: Real Estate
Ticker Symbol: FFREX
CUSIP: 349913707
Benchmark: FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index
Inception: May 10, 1999
Net Assets: $34.5 Million
Load Fee: No Load
Gross Expense Ratio: 1.50%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.50%
Minimum Investment
Initial: $4,000
Initial–eDelivery: $2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:
$500
Statistics
Price/Book:* 1.7
Forward P/E:* 11.2
EPS Growth Rate:* 8.9%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* 58.0%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $6.2 Billion
Average Capitalization:* $4.2 Billion
Beta: 0.86
R-Squared: 0.97
Number of Holdings: 30
Annualized Turnover: 0.00%

*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 – 5 Year is an estimate of the Fund’s annual percentage growth rate of earnings per share over the next five-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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