Industry description
The investment seeks total return through a flexible combination of capital appreciation and current income.
The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks to produce an overall blended equity portfolio consisting of various types of stocks that the subadviser believes offer the potential for capital growth and/or dividend income. Most of the stocks in which the fund invests are issued by large-capitalization companies. The subadviser employs a "bottom-up" approach to selecting securities, emphasizing those that the advisor believes to represent above-average potential for total return, based on fundamental research and analysis.