Investment Strategy
The Aston/Veredus Select Growth Fund employs a momentum-based, multi-cap growth process that selects the stocks of companies it believes are able to deliver sustainable and sequential positive earnings surprises relative to consensus earnings estimates.
Objective
The Fund seeks to provide capital appreciation.
Note: Growth stocks are generally more sensitive to market moves and thus may be more volatile than other stocks.
| Fund Overview |
| Inception Date |
12/31/2001 |
| Ticker |
AVSGX |
| Cusip |
00078H489 |
| Load |
None |
| Fund Statistics (as of
6/30/2008) |
| Expense Ratio |
1.31% |
| Minimum Investment |
$2,500 |
|
|
| Sector Breakdown (as of
7/31/2008) |
| Information Technology |
30.09% |
| Industrials |
20.44% |
| Energy |
18.02% |
| Health Care |
17.15% |
| Consumer Discretionary |
5.70% |
| Materials |
2.55% |
| Financials |
2.54% |
| Consumer Staples |
2.12% |
| Cash Equivalents & Other |
1.41% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of mutual funds will vary with market conditions, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Expense Ratio. A fund's cost of doing business, expressed as a percentage of its assets and disclosed in a prospectus.Turnover. The number of shares traded for a period as a percentage of the total shares in a portfolio or of an exchange.
Alpha. Measures the difference between a fund’s actual returns and its expected performance, given its level of risk.
Beta. The measure of risk which shows a fund’s volatility relative to an index.
R-Squared. The percentage of a fund’s movement that can be explained by movements in its benchmark index.
Standard Deviation. A statistical measure of the historical volatility of a mutual fund or portfolio, usually computed using 36 monthly returns. More generally, a measure of the extent to which numbers are spread around their average.
Sharpe Ratio. A risk-adjusted measure used to determine reward per unit of risk.