Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

How to read fund tables

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Mutual fund names in bold are of fund families; indented names are of funds within those families; names that aren’t indented are of funds that don’t belong to those families.

The list shows:

1. Objective — The fund’s investment objective.

2. Total return/rank — Shows percent return over 12 months and five years. Other abbreviati­ons: NA - no informatio­n available; NE - Data in question; NN - fund does not wish to be tracked; NS - fund did not exist at the start date. 3. NAV — Net asset value per share.

4. Offer — Includes net asset value plus maximum sales charge, if any. FOOTNOTE DEFINITION­S: e — Ex-distributi­on f — Previous day’s quotation N.L. — No load p — Distributi­on costs apply, 12b-1 plan r — Redemption charge may apply. s — Stock split or dividend t — Footnotes p and r apply. x — Ex-dividend OBJECTIVES:

AB - Long-Term Bond

AU - Gold Oriented

BL - Balanced

EM - Emerging Markets

EI - Equity Income

EU - European Region

GL - Global Stock

GM - General Muni

GT - General U.S. Taxable

HB - Health/Biotech

HC - High Yield Taxable

HM - High Yield Municipal

IB - Intermedia­te Bond

IG - Intermedia­te U.S.

IL - Internatio­nal Stock (non-U.S.)

IM - Intermedia­te Muni

LC - Large-Cap Core

LG - Large-Cap Growth

LT - Latin American

LU - Long-Term U.S. LV - Large-Cap Value MC - Mid-Cap Core

MG - Mid-Cap Growth MP - Stock/Bond Blend MT - Mortgage

MV - Mid-Cap Value

NM - Insured Muni

NR - Natural Resources PR - Pacific Region

SB - Short-Term Bond

SC - Small-Cap Core

SE - Sector

SG - Small-Cap Growth SM - Short-Term Muni SP - S&P 500 Index

SQ - Specialty Diversifie­d Equity

SS - Single-State Municipal SU - Short-Term U.S.

SV - Small-Cap Value

TK - Science & Technology UT - Utility

XC - Multi-Cap Core

XG - Multi-Cap Growth XV - Multi-Cap Value WB - World Bond

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