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

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