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2 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
3
3
2
4
1
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Zacks Investment Research
3
(Hold)
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Standard & Poor's
4 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
E+
(Sell)
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#88 in Foreign Large Blend
U.S. News evaluated 213 Foreign Large Blend 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 18.89 percent over the past year, 7.06 percent over the past three years, -1.42 percent over the past five years, and 8.66 percent over the past decade.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 9.6% |
| 1 Year | 18.9% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 7.1% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | -1.4% |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | 8.7% |
Summary
The investment seeks to match the performance of the MSCI Europe, Australasia and Far East Index as closely as possible before the deduction of fund expenses. The fund employs a "passive" management, or indexing, approach, designed to match approximately the performance of the MSCI EAFE Index before the deduction of fund expenses. It normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in a statistically selected sampling of equity securities of companies included in the MSCI EAFE Index. The MSCI EAFE Index includes securities of large-cap companies located in Europe, Australia and Asia (including the Far East).
Fees
Fees are Average compared to funds in the same category.
Nationwide International Index Fund has an expense ratio of 0.75 percent.
Risk
Risk is Average compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
