Investment Strategy
The fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, primarily from equity securities of smaller domestic companies. Using proprietary quantitative models to evaluate a broad range of stocks, the fund typically invests at least 80% of its assets in small-cap equity securities across a wide range of sectors, growth rates and valuations that appear to have favorable prospects for significant long-term capital appreciation. These models typically weigh many different variables, including the valuation of a stock versus the market or its peers; future earnings and sustainable growth prospects; and the price and volume trends of the stock. The fund seeks to add incremental return over its benchmark, while also managing its relative risk versus the index.Investment Expenses, Sales Charges, and Fees
Annual Operating Expense
Net Expense Ratio: 0.67%
Average Annual Total Returns
All average annual total returns are reported net of all fees and as of December 31 of the last full calendar year. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
| Year | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Since Inception (10/01/2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Returns |
26.52%
|
8.95%
|
13.06%
|
7.08%
|
11.01%
|
Impact of Expenses and Fees
The table below assumes the investor invests $10,000 on the first day of year one and that the original investment earns a continuous 5% return. In addition, it assumes the
investor reinvests all earnings, and makes no additional contributions. The 5% rate of return is hypothetical and used only to illustrate the respective impacts of different fee
amounts on each investment. It is not intended to predict future investment returns.
Calculations are done by the 403bCompare site in an effort to provide a standardized comparison of the impact of all fees associated with an investment option. This includes all
required 403(b) product-level fees, and investment-level fees. For more information on fees or expenses associated with a 403(b) product or investment option, please refer
fees located in Help & Resources .
| If Shares are Redeemed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of year |
1
|
5
|
10
|
15
|
20
|
| Total Fees and Charges |
$170
|
$480
|
$948
|
$1,526
|
$2,239
|
| If Shares are Not Redeemed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of year |
1
|
5
|
10
|
15
|
20
|
| Total Fees and Charges |
$170
|
$480
|
$948
|
$1,526
|
$2,239
|