Stratton Monthly Dividend REIT  STMDX
  Morningstar Report
Overall Morningstar
Rating™
What is this?
As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Real Estate 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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   Small
   Value
  
  
As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.22
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 19.83
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
21.41%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
67
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Stratton Monthly Dividend REIT
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Real Estate
Index: S&P 500 TR
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1980-05-30 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 23.25 85.69 -10.07 0.59 8.70 9.30
+/- Category 8.00 82.87 6.28 2.13 0.15 ---
+/- S&P 500 TR -0.27 36.89 -4.17 -0.09 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 23.61 -18.65 -8.38 1.57 9.07 9.50
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 17.98 9.74 -11.06 -0.18 8.70 9.30
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 7.13 -13.78 -3.01 5.67 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 5.88 -9.82 -0.87 6.22 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 232 funds), (5 yrs : out of 204 funds), (10 yrs : out of 99 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 1.50%.
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 1.87
Software 0.00
Hardware 0.00
Media 0.00
Telecommunications 1.87
Service 98.13
Healthcare 0.00
Consumer Services 0.00
Business Services 0.00
Financial Services 98.13
Manufacturing 0.00
Consumer Goods 0.00
Industrial Materials 0.00
Energy 0.00
Utilities 0.00
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 0.0
Stocks 100.0
Bonds 0.0
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 0.0
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 36 Turnover % 18
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % 7.09
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 47.60 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector P/E YTD
Return %		 % of Net
Assets
Universal Health Realty 33.56 1.28 5.93
National Retail Properties, Inc. 13.23 22.22 5.22
Liberty Property Trust 16.92 38.61 5.08
National Health Investors, Inc. 13.72 22.71 5.03
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 29.41 8.85 4.97
Mid-America Apartment Communities 62.11 29.12 4.84
Health Care REIT, Inc. 31.25 10.33 4.49
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. 28.17 21.03 4.36
UDR, Inc. --- 12.94 3.89
Highwoods Properties --- 16.12 3.79
Data through 2009-06-30
YTD Return through 2009-11-20
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1980-05-30
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
James A. Beers  (2000-03-31)
Beers has served as vice president of Stratton Management from 1997 to the present. Previously he served as a client services representative for FPS Services.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-09-30)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.00
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-12-31)
Correspondence Information
Plymouth Meeting Executive Campus
610 W Germantown Pike Ste 300
Plymouth Meeting,  PA  19462
USA
Telephone:
800-472-4266
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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