Strategy And Objective

The Funds investment objective is reasonable long-term capital appreciation with a prudent approach to protection of capital from undue risks. The Fund seeks to attain its objective by investing in a managed mix of equity and debt securities with 75% of assets invested in equity securities and 25% of its assets in debt or fixed income securities under normal circumstances. However, the Fund is flexibly managed so that the weighting in debt or fixed income securities may be heavier, depending on the investment advisers outlook. The fixed income securities the Fund invests in will generally have a maturity of 30 days to more than 30 years and may be of any credit quality. The Fund may not invest more than 35% of its total assets in below investment grade debt and fixed income securities, commonly referred to as junk bonds. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers of any size. The Fund may, from time to time, invest a significant portion of the Funds assets in a small number of companies, industries and/or sectors. Up to 25% of the Funds total assets may be invested in securities issued by companies within a single industry. The Fund may invest in securities of U.S. and foreign issuers. There is no limit on the extent to which the Fund may invest in foreign companies or be exposed to issuers from any particular country. The Funds investment adviser employs a flexible investment style and seeks to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. As a consequence of the Funds investment strategy, the Fund generally has a high rate of portfolio turnover.