Performance
Trailing returns
| 1 day | +0.33% |
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| 1 week | +0.33% |
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| 4 week | +1.11% |
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| 3 month | +1.20% |
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| YTD | +2.90% |
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| 1 year | +7.94% |
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| 3 years* | +6.61% |
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| 5 years* | +9.56% |
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| *annualized | |||||
| Best 3 month return | +20.93% | |
| Worst 3 month return | -12.56% |
Morningstar statistics
Morningstar category: Nontraditional Bond
| Return | Risk | Rating | |
| 3 years | Above Average | High |
 
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| 5 years | - | - | - |
| 10 years | - | - | - |
| Overall | Above Average | High |
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Key statistics
| Total assets | 809.49M | |
| Front load | - | |
| Deferred load | - | |
| Expense ratio | 1.99% | |
| Management fee | - | |
| Fund family | Forward Funds |
Asset allocation
| Cash | 0.30% | |
| Stocks | 0.00% | |
| Bonds | 99.19% | |
| Preferred | 0.21% | |
| Other | 0.30% |
Purchase information
| Initial | US$4,000 | |
| Additional | US$100 | |
| AIP Initial | US$500 | |
| AIP Additional | US$50 |
9.13+0.01(0.11%)
May 17, 4:00PM EDT
Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Description
The investment seeks to maximize total return (capital appreciation and income). The fund invests primarily in a portfolio of municipal bonds, corporate bonds, notes and other debentures, U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, sovereign debt, emerging markets debt, floating rate or zero coupon securities and non-convertible preferred securities that are actively traded in the public markets. It may also invest a substantial portion of its assets in interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, total return swaps, futures and options and other derivative instruments. The fund is non-diversified.
Fund filings (PDF) »
Fund filings (PDF) »
Asset managers:
Alan Hart (Started: Dec 29, 2006)
Guy Benstead (Started: Dec 29, 2006)
David Falk (Started: May 1, 2013)
Jeffrey Hudson (Started: May 1, 2013)
Alan Hart (Started: Dec 29, 2006)
Guy Benstead (Started: Dec 29, 2006)
David Falk (Started: May 1, 2013)
Jeffrey Hudson (Started: May 1, 2013)
Risk
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | ||
| Alpha* | 5.99 | 1.19 | - | - | |
| Beta* | 0.38 | 0.91 | - | - | |
| Mean annual return | 0.62 | 0.51 | - | - | |
| R-squared* | 3.59 | 12.86 | - | - | |
| Standard deviation | 3.90 | 6.13 | - | - | |
| Sharpe ratio | 1.88 | 0.98 | - | - | |
| * Against standard index | |||||
Top 10 holdings
| Security | Net Assets | |
| US Treasury Note 0.5% | 5.83% | |
| US Treasury Note 2% | 4.04% | |
| Tobacco Settlement Fing Corp N Asset 5% | 2.47% | |
| Puerto Rico Comwlth Aqueduct & Swr Re 6% | 2.29% | |
| Tobacco Settlement Auth | 2.25% | |
| North Tex Twy Auth 8.91% | 2.16% | |
| US Treasury Bond 3.125% | 2.10% | |
| California St Go Bds 7.55% | 1.97% | |
| California St Go Bds 7.3% | 1.90% | |
| Central Plains Engy Proj Neb Gas Proj 5% | 1.90% |