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3 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
1
1
1
3
1
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Zacks Investment Research
2
(Buy)
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Standard & Poor's
3 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
E+
(Sell)
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#50 in Diversified Emerging Mkts
U.S. News evaluated 180 Diversified Emerging Mkts Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.
Performance
The fund has returned 13.77 percent over the past year, and 1.11 percent over the past three years.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 11.5% |
| 1 Year | 13.8% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 1.1% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
Summary
The investment seeks capital growth. The fund invests in securities with exposure to the returns of frontier markets. "Frontier markets" is often used to describe the markets of smaller, less accessible, but still investable, countries of the developing world. The advisor seeks exposure to frontier markets by attempting to approximate the country and industry allocations of the fund's benchmark, the MSCI Frontier Markets Index, and will primarily invest directly or indirectly in Structured Products, ETFs, ETNs, depositary receipts, and securities of companies in frontier market countries to obtain such exposure. It is non-diversified.
Fees
Fees are Low compared to funds in the same category.
Forward Frontier Strategy Fund has an expense ratio of 1.25 percent.
Risk
Risk is Low compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
