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American Funds Preservation Port A (PPVAX)

10.03 Up 0.01(0.10%) May 21


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American Funds Preservation Port A
Principal Funds IncPrincipal Financial Group 711 High StDes Moines, IA 50392
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Phone: 800-222-5852
Fund Overview 
Category:Large Value
Fund Family:Principal Funds
Net Assets:1.77B
Year-to-Date Return:5.53%
Yield:1.25%
Morningstar Rating:1 stars
Fund Inception Date:Jun 27, 2005
Morningstar Style Box 
Large Value
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Management Information 
Mariateresa D. Monaco
Lead Manager since Jun 1, 2009
Prior to joining PGI in 2005, she was a quantitative equity analyst at Fidelity Management and Research supporting a family of institutional equity funds.
Investment Information 
Min Initial Investment:1,000
Min Initial Investment, IRA:N/A
Min Initial Investment, AIP:100
Min Subsequent Investment:100
Min Subsequent Investment, IRA:N/A
Min Subsequent Investment, AIP:100
PPVAX can be purchased from 53 brokerages.

Fund Summary 
The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund generally invests at least 80% of assets in companies with large market capitalizations (those with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 1000 Value index) at the time of purchase. It invests primarily in undervalued equity securities of companies that it believes offer above-average potential for earnings growth.

Fund Operations 
Last Dividend (Dec 20, 2009) : 0.12
Last Cap Gain (Dec 5, 2007) : 0.93
Annual Holdings Turnover (Oct 5, 2010) : 98.70%
Average for Category:91.94%
Fees & Expenses 
ExpensePPVAXCategory Avg
Annual Report Expense Ratio (net):1.15%1.21%
Prospectus Net Expense Ratio:N/AN/A
Prospectus Gross Expense Ratio:N/AN/A
Max 12b1 Fee:0.25%N/A
Max Front End Sales Load:5.50%5.39%
Max Deferred Sales Load: N/A2.37%
3 Yr Expense Projection*:1,029533
5 Yr Expense Projection*:1,434833
10 Yr Expense Projection*:2,5631,678
* Per $10,000 invested