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433 California Street 11th Floor San Francisco CA 94104
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| Category: | Specialty-Financial | | Fund Family: | Forward Funds | | Net Assets: | 29.65M | | Year-to-Date Return: | -9.84% | | Yield: | 0.00% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 30-Jun-00 |
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Kenneth G. Mertz II
Lead Manager since
18-Feb-97 | | | Mertz is president of Emerald Mutual Fund Advisers Trust. Before joining Emerald, Mertz was the chief investment officer to the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System from 1985 to 1992. Prior to that he spent 10 years with Dauphin Deposit Bank during which time he became Vice President-Trust Investments. Mertz holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $4,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $4,000 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $500 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $100 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $100 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $50 |
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| The investment seeks long-term growth through capital appreciation. The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in a nondiversified portfolio of equity securities of companies principally engaged in the banking or financial services industries. It invests not less than 25% of total assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the banking industry and not less than 25% of total assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the financial services industry. The fund is nondiversified. |
| Last Dividend
(18-Dec-00):
| 0.12 | | Last Cap Gain
(7-Dec-07):
| 3.30 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 34.00% | | Average for Category:
| 165.81% |
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| Expense | HSSCX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 2.34%
| 1.68% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 0.75%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | 0.00%
| 5.21% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 1.00%
| 2.58% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$745 | $869 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$1,275 | $1,104 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$2,722 | $2,138 |
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