Investment Style
The Aston/SGA International Small-Mid Cap Fund uses a proprietary, bottom-up multi-factor quantitative model to build a diversified portfolio of non-US stocks with emphasis on those with market capitalizations less than $15 billion.
Objective
The Fund seeks to provide total return.
Note: Investing in foreign markets involves the risk of social and political instability, market illiquidity, and currency volatility. Small- and mid-cap stocks are considered riskier than large-cap stocks due to greater potential volatility and less liquidity.
| Fund Overview |
| Inception Date |
11/2/2007 |
| Ticker |
ASNMX |
| Cusip |
00080Y777 |
| Load |
None |
| Fund Statistics (as of
9/30/2008) |
|
|
$738,649.24 |
| Expense Ratio |
1.80% |
| Turnover |
70% |
| Weighted Average P/E |
7.52 |
| Weighted Average P/B |
1.20 |
| Median Market Capitalization (in millions) |
$1,837.80 |
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| Sector Breakdown (as of
10/31/2008) |
| Industrials |
20.72% |
| Consumer Discretionary |
16.19% |
| Financials |
13.92% |
| Materials |
10.19% |
| Health Care |
7.80% |
| Information Technology |
7.13% |
| Cash Equivalents & Other |
6.95% |
| Consumer Staples |
6.84% |
| Energy |
4.17% |
| Utilities |
3.12% |
| Telecommunication Services |
2.97% |
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.