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Forward Funds

Forward Banking and Finance Fund

Class A

Portfolio
Updated as of:
June 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
 
 
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: A
Change to: Class C
   
PDF Fund Fact Sheet
Overview
Category: Specialty-Financial
Ticker Symbol: HSSAX
CUSIP: 29089R301
Benchmark: Russell 2000 Index
Inception: February 18, 1997
Net Assets: $54.6 Million
Load Fee: 5.75%
Dealer Concession:
5.00%1
Trail: 0.25%2
Gross Expense Ratio: 1.74%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.74%
Minimum Investment
Initial: $4,000
Initial–eDelivery: $2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:
$500
Statistics
Price/Book:* 1.65
Forward P/E:* 10.48
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $887 Million
Avg. Capitalization:* $797 Million
Beta: 0.71
R-Squared: 0.61
Number of Holdings: 80
Annualized Turnover: 60.40%

1Maximum concession allowed - see prospectus for more details.

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

*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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