Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
How to Read the Mutual Fund Tables
Name: Name of mutual fund and family. Obj: The fund’s objective group. Abbreviations listed below. NAV: Net asset value. Chg: Net change in price of NAV from previous day.
Rtn: The fund’s total return, or percent change in NAV for the time period shown, with dividends reinvested. If period longer than 1 year, return is annualized.
Rank: Fund’s letter grade compared with others in the same objective group; an A indicates fund performed in the top 20 percent; an E, in the bottom 20 percent.
Footnotes: b - Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d - Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f - front load (sales charges). m - Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee. NA p s - not available. - previous day´s net asset value. - fund split shares during the week. x - fund paid a distribution during the week.
Fund Objectives: AL: Allocation - 70-85% Equity, AM: BB: Multialternative, Commodities Broad Basket, BL: Bank Loan, BM: CA: CC: CD: Bear Market, Allocation - 30-50% Equity, Consumer Defense, Consumer Cyclical, CH: CI: CL: CR: CS: China Region, Intermediate-Term Bond, Long-Term Bond, Multicurrency, Short-Term Bond, CV: DP: EB: EE: Convertibles, Diversified Pacific/Asia, Emerging-Markets Bond, Equity Energy, EI: EM: ES: FA: India Equity, Diversified Emerging Markets, Europe Stock, Foreign Small/MidValue, FB: FF: FG: FQ: Foreign Large-Blend, Managed Futures, Foreign Large-Growth, Foreign Small/ Mid-Blend, FR: FV: FX: GI: Foreign Small/Mid-Growth, Foreign Large-Value, Single Currency, Intermediate Government, GL: GR: GS: HM: Long Government, Global Real Estate, Short Government, High-Yield Muni, HY: High-Yield Bond, IB: IC: ID: IE: World Bond, Trading-Inverse Commodities, Industrials, Trading-Inverse Equity, IH: IP: IS: JS: World Allocation, Inflation-Protected Bond, Trading-Miscellaneous, Japan Stock, LB: Large Blend, LC: LE: LG: Trading-Leveraged Commodities, Trading-Leveraged Equity, Large Growth, LO: Long-Short Equity, LP: LS: LV: MA: Energy Limited Partnership, Latin America Stock, Large Value, Allocation - 50-70% Equity, MB: MC: MF: Mid-Cap Blend, Muni California Long, Muni California Intermediate, MG: Mid-Cap Growth, MI: MJ: ML: Muni National Intermediate, Muni New Jersey, Muni National Long, MN: Muni New York Intermediate, MQ: MO: MP: Miscellaneous Region, Muni Ohio, Muni Pennsylvania, MR: Miscellaneous Sector, MS: MT: MU: MV: Muni National Short, Muni Massachusetts, Multisector Bond, Mid-Cap Value, MY: ND: NE: NT: Muni New York Long, Trading-Inverse Debt, Market Neutral, Nontraditional Bond, PJ: RI: RR: SB: Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stock, Target-Date Retirement, Preferred Stock, Small Blend, SC: Communications, SF: SG: SH: SI: Financial, Small Growth, Health, Muni Single State Intermediate, SL: Muni Single State Long, SM: SN: SP: SR: Muni Minnesota, Natural Resources, Equity Precious Metals, Real Estate, SS: ST: SU: SV: TA: Muni Single State Short, Technology, Utilities, Small Value, Target-Date 2000-2010, TD: TE: TG: TH: TI: Target-Date 2015, Target-Date 2020, Target-Date 2025, Target-Date 2030, Target-Date 2035, TJ: TK: TL: TN: Target-Date 2040, Target-Date 2045, Target-Date 2055, Target-Date 2050, TW: TV: UB: VD: Corporate Bond, Tactical Allocation, Ultrashort Bond, Trading-Leveraged Debt, VL: Stable Value, VO: WS: XM: XO: XQ: Volatility, World Stock, Allocation - 85+% Equity, Infrastructure, Target-Date 2060+, XR: XS: XP: Option Writing, Long-Short Credit, Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond, XY: Allocation - 15-30% Equity. Data based on NAVs reported to Morningstar by 6 p.m. Eastern.