Eastern European Equity A Load Waived  VEEEX.LW
  Morningstar Report
Overall Morningstar
Rating™
What is this?
As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Europe Stock Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
Morningstar®
Style Box™
What is this?
   Large
   Growth
  
  
As of 2009-09-30
Day Change
$ -0.13
  
NAV (2009-11-20)
$ 23.08
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-20)
84.94%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
47
View Data Definitions
  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Eastern European Equity A Load Waived
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: Europe Stock
Index: MSCI EAFE NDTR_D
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-20
Inception date: 1996-02-15 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-20
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 84.94 93.95 4.18 11.61 14.93 8.52
+/- Category 45.50 59.38 9.91 6.28 11.03 ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NDTR_D 55.33 41.27 8.93 7.35 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 66.11 25.31 2.31 11.84 14.85 8.40
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 69.88 53.13 1.94 11.07 14.93 8.52
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 47.96 -0.60 9.41 14.06 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 33.16 0.47 8.75 13.05 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 18 funds), (5 yrs : out of 15 funds), (10 yrs : out of 10 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 none.
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 7.95
Software 0.00
Hardware 0.00
Media 0.00
Telecommunications 7.95
Service 18.88
Healthcare 0.00
Consumer Services 0.00
Business Services 0.00
Financial Services 18.88
Manufacturing 73.18
Consumer Goods 6.14
Industrial Materials 31.98
Energy 34.14
Utilities 0.91
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 0.1
Stocks 99.9
Bonds 0.1
Other 0.0
Foreign Stocks 99.5
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-09-30 Data through 2009-09-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 42 Turnover % 148
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 53.13 ending as of 2009-09-30
View Data Definitions
Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
NK Rosneft' OAO Russia 8.57
Ak Sberegatelny Bank Sberbank Russia 6.62
Lukoil Company ADR Russia 6.11
MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR Russia 5.84
Vimpel-Communications ADR Russia 4.88
Gazprom OAO (EDR) Russia 4.76
Mechel OAO ADR Russia 4.60
Evraz Grp SA (EDR) Russia 4.20
OAO Severstal GDR Russia 3.89
Oao Novatek GDR Russia 3.66
Data through 2009-09-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1996-02-15
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Pascal Curtet  (2008-08-01)
Curtet joined Vontobel Asset Management in June 2008 from Banque Morval, a Geneva-based Private Bank, where he was in charge of managing a Russian and Eastern European equity fund. Prior to Banque Morval he was a fund manager at Gerifonds/BCV in Lausanne, responsible for two emerging market equity funds. He started his career in 1991 as a credit analyst at UBS, Zurich, followed by assignments as a financial analyst and portfolio manager.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-05-01)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 2.25
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2007-12-31)
Correspondence Information
8730 Stony Point Parkway
Suite 205
Richmond,  VA  23235
Telephone:
800-527-9525
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
Show Data Definitions

© Copyright 2009 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. Morningstar, the Morningstar logo, Morningstar.com, Morningstar Tools are either trademark or service marks of Morningstar, Inc.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Returns will vary and shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold.