Homestead Short-Term Bond
4301 Wilson Blvdc/o National Rural Elec Cooperative AssoArlington VA 22203
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Phone: 800-258-3030
| Category: | Short-Term Bond | | Fund Family: | Homestead | | Net Assets: | 446.85M | | Year-to-Date Return: | 1.05% | | Yield: | 2.29% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | Nov 4, 1991 |
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Douglas G. Kern
Lead Manager since Nov 4, 1991 | | | Douglas Kern, CFA
Mr. Kern is a Senior Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager for RE Advisers. He received his BA in Business Administration and his MBA in Finance from Pennsylvania State University. He has been with NRECA since 1985. |
| Min Initial Investment: | 500 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | 200 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | 0 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | 0 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | 0 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | 0 |
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| The investment seeks current income while maintaining a low degree of share price fluctuation.
The fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in fixed-income securities with a dollar-weighted average maturity of three years or less and that are in the three highest credit categories. Principal investments normally are: corporate debt securities, U.S. Treasury securities, municipal bonds, securities issued by U.S. Government entities and instrumentalities, mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed securities and U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities of foreign issuers. |
| Last Dividend
(Apr 29, 2013)
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| 0.01 | | Last Cap Gain
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| 0.00 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
(May 15, 2013)
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| 44.00% | | Average for Category: | 166.66% |
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| Expense | HOSBX | Category Avg |
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| Annual Report Expense Ratio (net): | 0.76% | 0.83% | | Prospectus Net Expense Ratio: | 0.77% | N/A | | Prospectus Gross Expense Ratio: | 0.77% | N/A | | Max 12b1 Fee: | N/A | N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | N/A | 2.45% | | Max Deferred Sales Load:
| N/A | 1.93% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: | 246 | 358 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: | 428 | 561 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: | 954 | 1,170 |
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