Nomura Partners The Japan S  SJPNX
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Japan Stock Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.10
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 8.96
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
5.91%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
185
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Nomura Partners The Japan S
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Japan Stock
Index: MSCI EAFE NR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1962-04-19 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 2.36 22.67 -9.04 -2.61 -2.63 ---
+/- Category -2.27 10.70 6.33 0.97 1.69 ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NR USD -27.25 -30.01 -4.29 -6.87 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 9.69 -2.34 -8.28 0.25 -1.37 ---
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 5.32 13.54 -9.96 -1.04 -2.63 ---
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 13.43 -9.99 -1.14 -3.60 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 8.80 -8.34 -0.93 -2.59 ---
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# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 30 funds), (5 yrs : out of 20 funds), (10 yrs : out of 16 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is closed to all investors, the maximum deferred sales fee is closed to all investors, and the maximum redemption sales fee is closed to all investors.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 10.98
Software 2.50
Hardware 3.69
Media 0.12
Telecommunications 4.67
Service 36.18
Healthcare 4.32
Consumer Services 7.81
Business Services 8.02
Financial Services 16.03
Manufacturing 52.84
Consumer Goods 24.65
Industrial Materials 26.27
Energy 0.51
Utilities 1.41
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 2.5
Stocks 97.3
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.2
Foreign Stocks 97.3
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 278 Turnover % 95
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 21.27 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. Japan 3.10
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Japan 2.39
East Japan Railway Co. Japan 2.33
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Japan 2.17
Nintendo Japan 2.02
Kuraray Co., Ltd. Japan 1.99
Panasonic Corp Japan 1.92
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Japan 1.91
Kubota Corporation Japan 1.75
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Japan 1.69
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1962-04-19
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Shigeru Hirabayashi  (2008-11-01)
Hirabayashi is the lead portfolio manager with NAM Tokyo. He has been the Chief Fund Manager, Equity Investment Department of NAM Tokyo since 2003.
Hitoshi Nagasawa  (2008-11-01)
Nagasawa has been a Senior Fund Manager, Equity Investment Department at NAM Tokyo since 2004 and was a Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Balance Investment Department at NAM Tokyo from 2003 to 2004.
Tomoyuki Takahashi  (2008-11-01)
Takahashi has been a Senior Fund Manager, Equity Investment Department at NAM Tokyo since 2006 and was a Senior Manager, Equity Investment Department from 2000 to 2006.
Kentaro Takayanagi  (2008-11-01)
Takayanagi has been a Senior Fund Manager, Equity Investment Department at NAM Tokyo since 2004 and was a Portfolio Manager/Fund Manager at NAM Tokyo from 2000 to 2004.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-07-19)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.63
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-09-30)
Correspondence Information
C/O State Street Bank And Trust Company
4 Copley Place, 5th Floor
Boston,  MA  02116
USA
Telephone:
800-535-2726
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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