Inception Dates

Global Fund Inception dates: A Shares 01/01/1979, C Shares 06/05/2000, I Shares 07/31/1998, R6 Shares 03/01/2017. Performance for periods prior to January 1, 2000 occurred while a prior portfolio manager of The Fund was affiliated with another firm. Inception date shown is when this prior portfolio manager assumed portfolio management responsibilities.

Overseas Fund Inception dates: A Shares 08/31/1993, C Shares 06/05/2000, I Shares 07/31/1998, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

U.S. Value Fund Inception dates: A Shares 09/04/2001 , C Shares 09/04/2001, I Shares 09/04/2001,R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Gold Fund Inception dates: A Shares 08/31/1993, C Shares 05/15/2003, I Shares 05/15/2003, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Global Income Builder Fund Inception dates: A Shares 05/01/2012, C Shares 05/01/2012, I Shares 05/01/2012, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

High Yield Municipal Fund Inception dates: A Shares 01/03/2012, C Shares 01/03/2012, I Shares 11/19/2007, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Rising Dividend Fund Inception dates: A Shares 11/20/1998, C Shares 03/02/1998, I Shares 03/08/2013, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Credit Opportunities Fund Inception dates: A Shares 10/02/2020, I Shares 09/15/2020, A2 Shares 05/31/2022.

Small Cap Opportunity Fund Inception dates: A Shares 07/01/2021, I Shares 04/27/2021, R6 Shares 07/01/2021.

Global Real Assets Fund Inception dates: A Shares 12/01/2021, I Shares 12/01/2021, R6 Shares 12/01/2021.

U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund Inception dates: A Shares 8/15/2022, I Shares 8/15/2022, R6 Shares 8/15/2022.

Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund Inception dates: A Shares 1/02/2024, I Shares 1/02/2024, R6 Shares 1/02/2024.

Risk Disclosures

All investments involve the risk of loss of principal.

There are risks associated with investing in securities of foreign countries, such as erratic market conditions, economic and political instability and fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

A principal risk of investing in value stocks is that the price of the security may not approach its anticipated value or may decline in value. “Value” investments, as a category, or entire industries or sectors associated with such investments, may lose favor with investors as compared to those that are more “growth” oriented.

Investment in gold and gold-related investments present certain risks, including political and economic risks affecting the price of gold and other precious metals like changes in U.S. or foreign tax, currency or mining laws, increased environmental costs, international monetary and political policies, economic conditions within an individual country, trade imbalances and trade or currency restrictions between countries. The price of gold, in turn, is likely to affect the market prices of securities of companies mining or processing gold, and accordingly, the value of investments in such securities may also be affected. Gold related investments as a group have not performed as well as the stock market in general during periods when the U.S. dollar is strong, inflation is low and general economic conditions are stable. In addition, returns on gold related investments have traditionally been more volatile than investments in broader equity or debt markets. Investment in gold and gold related investments may be speculative and may be subject to greater price volatility than investments in other assets and types of companies.

High yield securities (commonly known as "junk bonds") which are generally considered speculative because they may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit (including issuer default) and liquidity risk than investment grade securities and may be subject to greater volatility. The Funds invest in high yield securities that are non-investment grade. High yield, lower rated securities involve greater price volatility and present greater risks than high rated fixed income securities. High yield securities are rated lower than investment-grade securities because there is a greater possibility that the issuer may be unable to make interest and principal payments on those securities.

Investments in bonds are subject to interest-rate risk and can lose principal value when interest rates rise. Bonds are also subject to credit risk, in which the bond issuer may fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perception of the issuer's ability to make such payments may cause the price of that bond to decline. Recent market conditions and events, including a global public health crisis and actions taken by governments in response, may exacerbate these risks.

Bank loans are often less liquid than other types of debt instruments. There is no assurance that the liquidation of any collateral from a secured bank loan would satisfy the borrower's obligation, or that such collateral could be liquidated.

Income generation is not guaranteed. If dividend paying stocks in the Fund's portfolio stop paying or reduce dividends, The Fund's ability to generate income will be adversely affected.

Strategies whose investments are concentrated in a specific industry or sector may be subject to a higher degree of risk than funds whose investments are diversified and may not be suitable for all investors.

Benchmarks

One cannot invest directly in an index. Indices do not incur management fees or other operating expenses.

MSCI World: The MSCI World Index is a widely followed, unmanaged group of stocks from 23 developed markets and is not available for purchase. The index provides total returns in U.S. dollars with net dividends reinvested.

MSCI EAFE: The MSCI EAFE Index is an unmanaged total return index, reported in U.S. dollars, based on share prices and reinvested net dividends of companies from 21 countries and is not available for purchase.

Standard & Poor's 500 Index: Standard & Poor's 500 Index is a widely recognized unmanaged index including a representative sample of 500 leading companies in leading sectors of the U.S. economy and is not available for purchase. Although the Standard & Poor's 500 Index focuses on the large-cap segment of the market, with approximately 80% coverage of U.S. equities, it is also considered a proxy for the total market.

The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Bond Index is composed of fixed-rate, publicly issued, non-investment grade debt, is unmanaged, with dividends reinvested, and is not available for purchase.  The index includes both corporate and non-corporate sectors.  The corporate sectors are Industrial, Utility and Finance, which include both U.S. and non-U.S. corporations.  The index is presented here for comparison purposes only.

The FTSE Gold Mines Index Series is designed to reflect the performance of the world-wide market in the shares of companies, the revenues of which are primarily derived from the mining of gold.

The Bloomberg Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM passthroughs), ABS, and CMBS.

Composite index is a combination of equities or indexes intended to measure the overall market performance over time.

Composite Index - effective March 1, 2016 the Global Income Builder Fund is compared against a composite index, 60% of which consists of the MSCI World Index and 40% of which consists of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund believes this composite index provides a useful comparison against the performance of the Fund, which currently invests in both equity and fixed income securities.

Russell 2000® Index: The Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 2000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index and is not available for purchase.

Russell 2000® Value Index: Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of small-cap value segment of the US equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

S&P Municipal Yield Index is designed to measure the performance of high yield municipal bonds issued by U.S. states and territories or local governments or agencies, such that interest on the securities is exempt from U.S. federal income tax, but may be subject to the alternative minimum tax and to state and local income taxes

Consumer Price Index (Price) (CPI) measures the average change over time in prices paid by US consumers for a specific basket of goods and services. The core version of this index excludes more volatile food and energy prices.  A price-return index only measures price changes.

S&P Short Duration Municipal Yield Index, Municipal indices that track both the investment grade municipal bond market and the high yield municipal bond market in the duration ranges of: Short duration: 1 to 12 years maturity range and Long duration: 1 to 17 years maturity range.

Rising Dividend Information

Effective March 1, 2023, the Fund changed its name and principal investment strategy. Prior to August 14, 2020, the Fund pursued a different investment objective and principal investment strategy. Performance for the periods prior to March 1, 2023 and August 14, 2020 shown is based on the investment strategies utilized by the Fund at those times. In addition, effective August 17, 2020, the Fund is subject to different (generally lower) fees and expenses than previously.

The value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings may fluctuate in response to events specific to the companies or markets in which Rising Dividend Fund invests, as well as economic, political, or social events in the United States or abroad. Recent market conditions and events, including a global public health crisis and actions taken by governments in response, may exacerbate volatility. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may fluctuate in response to the risk that the prices of equity securities, including common stock, rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies, industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.

Investments in bonds are subject to interest-rate risk (including during periods of historically low interest rates) and can lose principal value when interest rates rise. Bonds are also subject to credit risk, in which the bond issuer may fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perception of the issuer’s ability to make such payments may cause the price of that bond to decline. Recent market conditions and events, including a global public health crisis and actions taken by governments in response, may exacerbate these risks.

The Fund is a non-diversified mutual fund, and as a result, an investment in Rising Dividend Fund may expose your money to greater risks than if you invest in a diversified fund.

Inception Dates

Global Fund Inception dates: A Shares 01/01/1979, C Shares 06/05/2000, I Shares 07/31/1998, R6 Shares 03/01/2017. Performance for periods prior to January 1, 2000 occurred while a prior portfolio manager of The Fund was affiliated with another firm. Inception date shown is when this prior portfolio manager assumed portfolio management responsibilities.

Overseas Fund Inception dates: A Shares 08/31/1993, C Shares 06/05/2000, I Shares 07/31/1998, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

U.S. Value Fund Inception dates: A Shares 09/04/2001 , C Shares 09/04/2001, I Shares 09/04/2001,R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Gold Fund Inception dates: A Shares 08/31/1993, C Shares 05/15/2003, I Shares 05/15/2003, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Global Income Builder Fund Inception dates: A Shares 05/01/2012, C Shares 05/01/2012, I Shares 05/01/2012, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Rising Dividend Fund Inception dates: A Shares 11/20/1998, C Shares 03/02/1998, I Shares 03/08/2013, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

High Yield Municipal Fund Inception dates: A Shares 01/03/2012, C Shares 01/03/2012, I Shares 11/19/2007, R6 Shares 03/01/2017.

Credit Opportunities Fund Inception dates: A Shares 10/02/2020, I Shares 09/15/2020, A2 Shares 05/31/2022.

Small Cap Opportunity Fund Inception dates: A Shares 07/01/2021, I Shares 04/27/2021, R6 Shares 07/01/2021.

Global Real Assets Fund Inception dates: A Shares 12/01/2021, I Shares 12/01/2021, R6 Shares 12/01/2021.

U.S. Smid Cap Opportunity Fund Inception dates: A Shares 08/15/2022, I Shares 08/15/2022, R6 Shares 08/15/2022.

Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund Inception dates: A Shares 1/02/2024, I Shares 1/02/2024, R6 Shares 1/02/2024.