Industrials Sector Risk. The Fund’s investments are exposed
to issuers conducting business in the Industrials Sector. The Industrials Sector includes manufacturers and distributors of capital goods, such as aerospace
and defense, building projects, electrical equipment and machinery, and companies that offer construction and engineering services. The Industrials Sector also includes providers of commercial and professional services including printing, environmental and facilities services, office services and supplies, security and alarm services, human resource and employment services, research and consulting services, and transportation services. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the Industrials Sector. The prices of the securities of companies operating in the Industrials Sector may fluctuate due to the level and volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the dollar and economic conditions, import controls, worldwide competition, product liability claims, liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control devices. In addition, the products of companies operating in the Industrials Sector may face obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and the rapid introduction of new products.
Materials Sector Risk. The
Fund's investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the Materials Sector. The Materials Sector includes companies that manufacture chemicals,
construction materials, forest products, glass, paper and related packaging products, and metals, minerals and mining companies, including producers of steel. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the Materials Sector. The prices of the securities of companies operating in the Materials Sector may fluctuate widely due to fluctuations in supply and demand for basic materials, volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the U.S. dollar, import controls, world economic growth and competition, depletion of resources and energy conservation, liability for environmental damage, technological progress, and government regulations, including international political and economic developments, the environmental impact of energy and basic materials operations and tax and other governmental regulatory policies.
Shareholder Trading Risk—The Fund may be used as a tool for certain investors that employ trading strategies involving
frequent trading. Such trading strategies may lead to increased portfolio turnover in the Fund, higher transaction costs, and the possibility of increased
short-term capital gains (which will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them) and/or long-term capital gains. Large movements
of assets into and out of the Fund due to active or frequent trading also may adversely affect the Fund's ability to achieve its investment objective.
Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s
performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the
Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.
Trading Halt Risk—The Fund typically will hold futures contracts and short-term
options. The major exchanges on which these contracts are traded, such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, have established limits on how much the trading price of a futures contract or option may decline over various time periods within a day, and may halt trading in a contract that exceeds such limits. If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell certain securities, futures contracts or options. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to fully invest its assets, which could increase tracking error and adversely affect performance, and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.
Value Stocks Risk—Value stocks are subject
to the risk that the intrinsic value of the stock may never be realized by the market or that the price goes down.
The bar chart below shows the performance of the Class H shares of
the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The table below shows the
performance of the Class H shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based securities market index intended to represent the overall market (S&P 500® Index) and the Fund’s underlying index (S&P MidCap 400® Pure Value Index). The Fund does not seek to track the S&P