Sierra Club Stock Fund

Investor Class

Investment Strategy

Updated as of:
June 30, 2008

The Sierra Club Stock Fund invests its assets in stocks (common, preferred and convertible securities), focusing on a combination of growth and value stocks. The Sierra Club Stock Fund is sub-advised by Forward Management, LLC.

Forward Management, LLC - Founded in San Francisco in 1998, Forward Management, LLC uses qualitative and fundamental analysis to assemble a diversified, equally weighted, large-cap portfolio of the 100 largest U.S. companies that have met the environmental and social criteria established by the Sierra Club.

		Class: Investor Change to: Class A

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Overview

Category:	Large Growth
Ticker Symbol:	SCFSX
CUSIP:	349913855
Benchmark:	S&P 500 Index
Inception:	October 1, 1998
Net Assets:	$27.5 Million
Load Fee:	No Load
Gross Expense Ratio:	1.54%
Net Expense Ratio:	1.54%

Minimum Investment

Initial:	$4,000
Initial–eDelivery:	$2,000
Initial–Automatic Investment Plan:	$500

Statistics

Price/Book:*	3.00
Price/Earnings:*	28.8
EPS Growth Rate:*	21.7%
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:*	17.56%
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:*	$27.3 Billion
Average Capitalization:*	$27.1 Billion
Beta:	1.12
R-Squared:	0.90
Number of Holdings:	100
Annualized Turnover:	50.95%

*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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The Sierra Club Mutual funds are professionally managed under the supervision of Forward Management, their independent Investment Advisor. the Funds may choose not to purchase or retain investments that may be profitable if the companies being considered are in conflict with the established environmental and social guidelines of the Sierra Club

Sierra Club® is a registered trademark of the Sierra Club.