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The Fund’s sub-advisors pursue a value style of investing. They select stocks
that, in their opinion, have above-average earnings growth potential and are
also selling at a discount to the market. To determine a company’s growth
prospects, each of the Fund’s sub-advisors uses proprietary methods based upon a
combination of internal and external research and analysis of changing economic
trends. The value determination is based on each company’s financial profile,
including price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book value ratio, assets carried
below market value, financial strength, dividend yield, and growth expectations.
The Fund’s assets are invested primarily in stocks of U.S. companies with market
capitalizations between $1 billion and the market capitalizations of the largest
company in the Russell Midcap® Index at the time of investment. These may
consist of common and preferred stocks, convertible securities, U.S.
dollar-denominated American Depositary Receipts, and U.S. dollar-denominated
foreign stocks traded on U.S. exchanges. |