MSOAX: Profile for MAINSTAY COMMON STOCK FUND CLAS

Fram, managing director of Madison Square. Prior to joining Madison Square?s predecessor organization in 2000, Mr. Fram was a portfolio manager and research strategist at Monitor Capital Advisors LLC. Prior, he was a quantitative equity research analyst at ITG, a leading technology based equity brokerage firm. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager for international equity derivatives at the Palladin Group, a hedge fund. Fram holds the Financial Chartered Analyst designation.

INVESTMENT INFORMATION

Min Initial Investment:	$25,000
Min Initial Investment, IRA:	$1,000
Min Initial Investment, AIP:	$500
Min Subsequent Investment:	$0
Min Subsequent Investment, IRA:	$50
Min Subsequent Investment, AIP:	$50

MSOAX can be purchased from 15 brokerages.

FUND SUMMARY

The investment seeks long-term growth of capital; income is secondary consideration. The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in common stocks. It normally invests in common stocks of well-established U.S. companies, primarily those with large capitalizations. The fund invests in companies with market capitalizations that, at the time of investment, are similar to companies in the S&P 500(R) index and the Russell 1000(R) index.

FUND OPERATIONS

Last Dividend (11-Dec-08):	0.10
Last Cap Gain (21-Nov-07):	1.14
Annual Holdings Turnover	YFT_NOT_APPLICABLE_ABBREVIATION
Average for Category:	70.87%

FEES & EXPENSES

Expense	MSOAX	Category Avg
Total Expense Ratio:	0.98%	1.09%
Max 12b1 Fee:	0.25%	N/A
Max Front End Sales Load:	5.50%	5.25%
Max Deferred Sales Load:	%	2.59%
3 Yr Expense Projection*:	$ 845	$774
5 Yr Expense Projection*:	$ 1,062	$1,287
10 Yr Expense Projection*:	$ 1,685	$2,366

* Per $10,000 invested

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