Laudus International MarketMasters Fund

Scorecard
4 / 5 Stars
Lipper
5 5 3 3 1
Zacks Investment Research
1 (Strong Buy)
Standard & Poor's
5 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
C (Hold)

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Performance

The fund has returned 19.48 percent over the past year, 10.60 percent over the past three years, 3.15 percent over the past five years, and 12.65 percent over the past decade.

Trailing Returns Updated 04.30.2013
Year to date 9.4%
1 Year 19.5%
3 Years (Annualized) 10.6%
5 Years (Annualized) 3.2%
10 Years (Annualized) 12.7%

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Summary

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund normally invests a substantial amount of its assets in equity securities of companies outside the United States. It expects to invest in companies across all market capitalization ranges. The fund typically focuses on developed markets, but may invest in companies from emerging markets as well. It may use derivatives, primarily futures contracts, to seek returns on the fund's otherwise uninvested cash assets. The fund may use futures contracts as a substitute for investing directly in an underlying asset or to increase returns. It may buy and sell portfolio securities actively.

Fees

Fees are Low compared to funds in the same category.
Laudus International MarketMasters Fund has an expense ratio of 1.37 percent.

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Risk

Risk is Average compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.

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