Industry description
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital.
The fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase)in a diversified portfolio of equity investments in small-cap issuers. Small-cap issuers are issuers with public stock market capitalizations within the range of the market capitalizations of companies constituting the Russell 2000® Growth Index at the time of investment. It may invest up to 20% of its Net Assets in fixed income securities, such as government, corporate and bank debt obligations.