Principal Investment Strategies Sample Clauses
Principal Investment Strategies. Two different sub-advisers, Bridgeway Capital Management, Inc. (“Bridgeway”) and Rainier Investment Management, Inc. (“Rainier”), select investments for the Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund. Bridgeway and Rainier each manage about one-half of the Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund’s portfolio. State Farm Investment Management Corp. monitors the performance of the sub-advisers and the split of the portfolio between the sub-advisers. The principal investment strategies employed by Rainier are discussed below.
Principal Investment Strategies. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable U.S. stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks regularly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The Fund invests by sampling the Index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full Index in terms of key characteristics. These key characteristics include industry weightings and market capitalization, as well as certain financial measures such as price/earnings ratio and dividend yield. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or even long periods. You should expect the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range, like the fluctuations of the overall stock market. The Fund is subject to the following risks, which could affect the Fund’s performance: • Stock market risk, which is the chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. In addition, the Fund’s target index may, at times, become focused in stocks of a particular market sector, which would subject the Fund to proportionately higher exposure to the risks of that sector. • Index sampling risk, which is the chance that the securities selected for the Fund, in the aggregate, will not provide investment performance matching that of the Fund’s target index. Index sampling risk for the Fund should be low. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies located in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States.
Principal Investment Strategies. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index, a float- adjusted market- capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance of companies located in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States. As of October 31, 2017, the Index includes 5,902 stocks of companies located in 46 countries, and the largest markets covered in the Index were Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and China (which made up approximately 17%, 13%, 7%, 7%, 7%, and 6%, respectively, of the Index’s market capitalization). The Fund invests all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in its target index. An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or even long periods. You should expect the Fund’s share price and total return to fluctuate within a wide range. The Fund is subject to the following risks, which could affect the Fund’s performance: • Stock market risk, which is the chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Exhibit B – Mutual funds descriptions markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. The Fund’s investments in foreign stocks can be riskier than U.S. stock investments. Foreign stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. stocks. The prices of foreign stocks and the prices of U.S. stocks may move in opposite directions. In addition, the Fund’s target index may, at times, become focused in stocks of a particular market sector, which would subject the Fund to proportionately higher exposure to the risks of that sector. • Investment style risk, which is the chance that returns from non-U.S. small- and mid- capitalization stocks will trail returns from global stock markets. Historically, non-U.S. small- and mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than the large-cap stocks that dominate the global markets, and they often perform quite differently. • Country/regional risk, which is the chance that world events—such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters—will adversely affect the value of securities issued by companies in foreign countries or regions. Because the Fund may invest a large portion of its assets in sec...
Principal Investment Strategies. The U.S. Large Cap Value Portfolio pursues its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the U.S. Large Cap Value Series. The U.S. Large Cap Value Series purchases a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of large U.S. companies that the advisor determines to be value stocks. A company’s market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. In general, the higher the relative market capitalization of the U.S. large cap company, the greater its representation in the series. The advisor may adjust the representation in the series of an eligible company, or exclude a company, after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, size, value, profitability, and other factors that the advisor determines to be appropriate. The advisor may overweight certain stocks, including smaller companies, lower relative price (value) stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks within the large-cap value segment of the U.S. market. Securities are considered value stocks primarily because a company’s shares have a low price in relation to their book value. In assessing value, the advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. In assessing profitability, the advisor may consider different ratios, such as that of earnings or profits from operations relative to book value or assets. The criteria the advisor uses for assessing value or profitability are subject to change from time to time. The advisor may also adjust the representation in the series of an eligible company, or exclude a company, that the advisor believes to be negatively impacted by environmental, social or governance factors (including accounting practices and shareholder rights) to a greater degree relative to other issuers. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the U.S. Large Cap Value Series will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of large cap U.S. companies. As of the date of this prospectus, for purposes of the U.S. Large Cap Value Series, the advisor considers large cap companies to be companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the highest 90% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are larger than or equal to the 1,000th largest U.S. company, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization ...
Principal Investment Strategies. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 65% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of Fixed Income Instruments of varying maturities, which may be represented by forwards or derivatives such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. “
Principal Investment Strategies. Under normal conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities of issuers located in countries with developing capital markets. Equity securities consist primarily of common and preferred stocks and depositary receipts, and include securities
Principal Investment Strategies. The Jadwa GCC Equity Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Shariah-compliant companies listed on the GCC equity markets. It may also invest up to 25% of its assets in other Shariah-compliant equity funds in the GCC region. The Fund offers investors the ability to benefit from the strong potential growth in the GCC economies and capital markets by providing access to a wide range of equity investments The Fund Manager aims to achieve long-term capital growth with effective management, and a multi- strategy approach. The Fund portfolio is constructed utilizing a bottom-up approach to identify securities that are expected to generate long-term capital appreciation. The Fund Manager utilizes a combination of proprietary company research and third-party research to regularly assess market conditions and the individual securities in order to efficiently manage the Fund. The Fund shall invest not less than 50% of its net assets in equity securities listed on the stock markets of GCC countries and approved by the Fund’s Shariah committee.. During periods of perceived weak performance of equity markets, the Fund Manager may shift up to 50% of the Fund’s assets to short- term Murabaha placements. The Fund shall not invest more than 10% of its net assets in securities of any one issuer. However, where a listed company’s market value exceeds 10% of total market capitalization of the investable universe of all Shariah-compliant listed companies, the Fund Manager is permitted to hold such company’s shares up to the actual higher percentage. The investable universe of Shariah-compliant listed companies shall be reviewed and updated quarterly. The benchmark for measuring the Fund performance is the S&P GCC Composite Shariah (TR) Index.
Principal Investment Strategies. The fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds, which include all types of debt securities, such as: debt or debt-related securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or foreign governments, their agencies or instrumentalities; obligations of international or supranational entities; debt securities issued by U.S. or foreign corporate entities; zero coupon bonds; municipal bonds; mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities; and loan participation interests. The fund will generally seek to maintain a weighted average duration within 2.5 years (plus or minus) of the duration of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. As of December 31, 2019, the weighted average duration of the fund and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index were
Principal Investment Strategies. The fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in common stocks, with an emphasis on large-capitalization stocks that have a strong track record of paying dividends or that are believed to be undervalued. The fund typically employs a “value” approach in selecting investments. The fund’s in-house research team seeks companies that appear to be undervalued by various measures and may be temporarily out of favor but have good prospects for capital appreciation and dividend growth. In selecting investments, the fund’s investment adviser generally looks for companies in the aggregate with one or more of the following: • an established operating history; • above-average dividend yield relative to the broader equity market; • low price/earnings ratio relative to the broader equity market;
Principal Investment Strategies. Normally investing at least 80% of the fund’s assets in bonds included in the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. • Using statistical sampling techniques based on duration, maturity, interest rate sensitivity, security structure, and credit quality to attempt to replicate the returns of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index using a smaller number of securities. • Engaging in transactions that have a leveraging effect on the fund, including investments in derivatives – such as swaps (interest rate, total return, and credit default), options, and futures contracts – and forward-settling securities, to adjust the fund’s risk exposure. • Investing in Fidelity’s central funds (specialized investment vehicles used by Fidelity® funds to invest in particular security types or investment disciplines). An investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Unlike individual debt securities, which typically pay principal at maturity, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate. You could lose money by investing in the fund. (Based on the prospectus dated October 30, 2019) Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.025% After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements MainStay MacKay Total Return Bond Fund The fund seeks total return.