Investment Style
The Aston/Smart Portfolios Fund uses a proprietary mathematical process to select ETFs across a wide variety of asset classes--including equities, fixed-income, international, and commodities. The goal is to create an optimal portfolio designed to produce returns in excess of its blended market benchmark with an equal or lesser amount of risk.
Objective
The Fund seeks to provide longterm capital appreciation.
Note: The Fund invests in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which are securities of other investment companies. An ETF seeks to track the performance of an index by holding all or a sampling of the securities from that index. An ETF may not be able to replicate an index exactly since returns may be reduced by transaction costs, expenses, and other factors.
| Fund Overview |
| Inception Date |
1/10/2008 |
| Ticker |
ASENX |
| Cusip |
00080Y769 |
| Load |
None |
| Fund Statistics (as of
9/30/2008) |
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$4,913,536.26 |
| Expense Ratio |
1.30% |
| Turnover |
459% |
| Minimum Investment |
$2,500 |
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| Sector Breakdown (as of
10/31/2008) |
| Domestic Equity |
35.27% |
| Domestic Fixed Income |
27.57% |
| International Equity |
16.87% |
| Cash Equivalents & Other |
9.34% |
| Real Estate |
6.79% |
| Commodities |
4.16% |
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.
ETF Risk:The Fund invests in ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) which are securities of other investment companies. An ETF seeks to track the performance of an index by holding all or a representative sampling of the securities that represent an index. An ETF may not be able to replicate an index exactly since returns may be reduced by transaction costs, expenses and other factors while the index has none. Investing in the Fund may result in higher costs than if investing directly in ETFs or mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds.
Small and Mid-Cap Company Risk: Investing in ETFs that own securities of small and mid-cap companies may involve greater risks than investing in securities of larger, more established issuers.