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Forward Emerging Markets Fund

Institutional Class

Portfolio
Updated as of:
June 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
  economic sectors
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: 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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