Principal Risks definition

Principal Risks means the key risks of the Company which include a broad range of risks such as market, credit, insurance and operational risks, excluding risks related to regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing risks, which are the responsibility of the Audit Committee.

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Principal Risks. Market Risk, Equity Risk, Small Cap Securities Risk, Growth Investing Style Risk, Investment Strategy Risk, Foreign Investments Risk, Currency Risk, Asset Allocation Risk, Volatility Risk and Sector Risk.

Principal Risks. Income risk, Manager risk, Credit risk. • ▇▇▇▇▇ Short-Term Bond 529 Portfolio – invests solely in the ▇▇▇▇▇ Short-Term Bond Fund.

Examples of Principal Risks in a sentence

• Principal Risks: Stock market risk, Investment style risk, Nondiversification risk, Sector risk.

• These risks are described and discussed later in the Prospectus under the headings "Investment Risks" and "Principal Risks Associated With The Fund." An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or any other government agency.

• Principal Risks The Fund is subject to the risks associated with the stock and bond markets, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.

• Before investing in the Common Shares, you should read the discussion of the principal risks of investing in the Fund in "Principal Risks of the Fund" in the accompanying Prospectus.

• Principal Risks: Industry concentration risk, Stock market risk, Interest rate risk, Investment style risk, Nondiversification risk.

• Principal Risks: Interest rate risk, Income risk, Prepayment risk, Extension risk, Call risk, Credit risk, Index sampling risk, Liquidity risk.

• Principal Risks: Industry concentration risk, Stock market risk, Asset concentration risk, Interest rate risk, Investment style risk, Nondiversification risk.

• The Underlying Index is market value weighted and the securities in the Underlying Index are updated on the last business day of each month Principal Risks of Investing — The Fund is subject to the risks of fixed income securities and U.S. treasury obligation risk as well as the risks and special considerations associated with investing in an index fund.

• Please see the Principal Risks of the Underlying Funds described in Appendix A.

• Fees & Expenses Investment Objective Principal Investment Strategies Principal Risks Equity Market Risk/Company Risk: Equity markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to, or investor perceptions of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, and other conditions.

More Definitions of Principal Risks

Principal Risks. Equity securities risk, industry/sector concentration risk, real estate securities risk, infrastructure-related risk, natural resources risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, foreign investing risk, allocation risk, derivatives risk, bank loan risk, inflation-linked investments risk, master limited partnership (MLP) risk, ETFs risk, fund of funds risk, affiliated fund risk, market volatility risk, currency rate risk, and redemption risk. The principal risks attributable to the underlying funds in which the Fund invests include equity real estate investment trust (REIT) securities risk, emerging market risk, sanctions risk, commodity and commodity-linked instruments risk, high-yield/high-risk fixed income securities (junk bonds) risk, income risk, large market capitalization companies risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, preferred stocks risk, short sales risk, small and medium market capitalization companies risk, and unrated fixed income securities risk. Investment Objective and Principal Strategies: The Fund seeks maximum long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in securities of companies that are tied economically to countries with emerging securities markets—that is, countries with securities markets that are, in the opinion of the portfolio managers, less sophisticated than more developed markets in terms of participation by investors, analyst coverage, liquidity and/or regulation. The Fund will normally invest primarily in companies located in the countries represented in the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (“Emerging Market Countries”), and have exposure to at least five Emerging Market Countries. The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in equity securities of companies located in China. The portfolio managers seek to invest in emerging markets equities which they believe are benefiting from change not yet fully reflected in the market. Members of the portfolio management team believe that behavioral biases of investors contribute to market inefficiencies. Their quantitative investment process begins with a proprietary investment-return forecasting model which combines behavioral factors (which seek to capitalize on human behavioral biases (i.e., systematic tendencies) from financial analysts, company management and investors), with intrinsic and valuation factors (which are e...

Principal Risks. Market volatility risk, issuer risk, equity securities risk, foreign investing risk, emerging markets risk, sanctions risk, focused investment risk, China-related risk, small and medium market capitalization companies risk, counterparty risk, credit risk, depositary receipts risk, derivatives risk, leverage risk, liquidity risk, portfolio turnover risk, preferred stocks risk and redemption risk.