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Forward Asia Ex-Japan Equities Fund

Investor Class
Investment Strategy
Updated as of:
June 30, 2008
 
 
 
  Investment Process
  The fund utilizes a bottom-up stock selection process focusing on three main methods of analysis:
 
 
Industrials
Undervalued industrial capacity: buy companies valued below the median; no dependence on earnings projections
 
Financials
Screen for the world’s cheapest banking franchises with the strongest capital ratios1 and highest potential for profitability
 
Intellectual Property & Services
A balanced approach identifies the best opportunities through an objective combination of current valuations and implied future growth
 
The Liquidity Cycle Drives Market Valuations
Current liquidity conditions
Economic constraints on liquidity creation—now and in the future
Close monitoring of changing trends
 
1Capital ratios is a measure of a bank's capital strength used by U.S. regulatory agencies.
 
 
  Class: Investor
Change to: Institutional
   
Overview
Category: Foreign Growth
Ticker Symbol: FFAEX
CUSIP: 349913566
Benchmark: MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index
Inception: December 31, 2007
Net Assets: $2.9 Million
Load Fee: No Load
Gross Expense Ratio: 3.01%
Net Expense Ratio: 1.70%1
Minimum Investment
Initial: $4,000
Initial–eDelivery: $2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:
$500
Statistics
Price/Book:* 2.95
Forward P/E:* 12.61
EPS Growth Rate:* 12.35%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* -4.49%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* $48.6 Billion
Average Capitalization:* $25.0 Billion
Number of Holdings: 97
Annualized Turnover: 172.79%
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 the Investor Class shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.70%.

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

Price/Book Ratio and Price/Earnings Ratio 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 weighed by distribution of the portfolio.
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