UBS U.S. Defensive Equity Fund

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1 / 5 Stars
Lipper
2 2 3 3 4
Zacks Investment Research
5 (Strong Sell)
Standard & Poor's
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TheStreet.com
D- (Sell)

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Performance

The fund has returned 16.16 percent over the past year, 8.68 percent over the past three years, and 2.41 percent over the past five years.

Trailing Returns Updated 04.30.2013
Year to date 13.7%
1 Year 16.2%
3 Years (Annualized) 8.7%
5 Years (Annualized) 2.4%
10 Years (Annualized) N/A

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Summary

The investment seeks to maximize total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity and/or equity-related instruments of US companies. It will generally invest in equity securities of large and mid capitalization companies but is permitted to invest up to 15% of its net assets in small capitalization companies. In addition, up to 20% of the fund's net assets may be invested in securities of foreign companies in developed countries, including long and short positions in foreign equity securities and securities with equity-like characteristics.

Fees

Fees are Above Average compared to funds in the same category.
UBS U.S. Defensive Equity Fund has an expense ratio of 1.50 percent.

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Risk

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

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