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Fund Performance
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The performance quoted represents past performance, does not guarantee future results and current performance may be lower or higher than the data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained at www.forwardfunds.com.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity performance in the emerging markets of Europe and adjusted for the limitations imposed by the UCITS III (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) directive on funds incorporated in member states of the European Union. The UCITS III directive constrains the weight of any single group entity, as defined therein, at 10% of a fund’s total assets and the sum of the weights of all group entities representing more than 5% of the fund at 40% of the fund's total assets. Investors cannot invest directly in the index.
Foreign securities, especially emerging markets,
will involve additional risks including exchange rate fluctuations, social and political instability,
liquidity, greater volatility and less regulation.
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Growth of $10,000
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The chart above shows how a
hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund at its inception
would have performed versus an investment in the Fund's benchmark
index. The values indicate what $10,000 would have grown to over
the time period indicated. The hypothetical example does not represent
the returns of any particular investment. |
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Overview |
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| Category: |
Foreign Growth |
| Ticker Symbol: |
FEEEX |
| CUSIP: |
349913616 |
| Benchmark: |
MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index |
| Inception: |
December 31, 2007 |
| Net Assets: |
$3.1 Million |
| Load Fee: |
No Load |
| Gross Expense Ratio: |
3.15% |
| Net Expense Ratio: |
1.85%1 |
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Minimum Investment |
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| Initial: |
$4,000 |
| Initial-eDelivery: |
$2,000 |
| Initial-Automatic Investment Plan: |
$500 |
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Statistics |
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| Price/Book:* |
3.04 |
| Forward P/E:* |
9.71 |
| EPS Growth Rate:* |
27.88% |
| Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* |
9.25% |
| Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* |
$54.9 Billion |
| Average Capitalization:* |
$21.3 Billion |
| Number of Holdings: |
52 |
| Annualized Turnover: |
74.43% |
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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 1.85%.
*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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