(Also known as Mid Price) The price between the best price of the sellers for a trading unit of a given security and the best price of the buyer of a trading unit of a given security. The weighted average of the underlyings’ indicated annual dividend divided by price, expressed as a percentage. The actual earnings estimates for the underlying holdings are provided by FactSet Estimates and are used to calculate a mean 3-5 year EPS growth rate estimate. Foreign securities may be subject to higher volatility than U.S. securities, due to varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity.

• Four policymakers on the nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee unexpectedly voted in favor of lower borrowing costs, prompting financial markets to raise their bets on a cut as soon as March.
• These companies, often called “seniors,” generally have the largest market caps in the mining sector.
• This information is not intended to reflect a current or past recommendation concerning investments, investment strategies, or account types, advice of any kind, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or investment services.

Mutual Fund Performance

The main goal of the EMTA is to promote fair, efficient, and transparent markets and also to integrate emerging markets into global capital markets. The Emerging Markets Traders Association (EMTA) is the main trade group for emerging markets. The Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management provides useful information and academic research on emerging markets and their impact on the global economy. The blog provides relevant data and research on an emerging market to assist users in navigating the investment landscape.

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Foreign (non-U.S.) Securities may be subject to greater political, economic, environmental, credit and information risks. It can be found in the fund’s most recent prospectus. The fund’s total annual operating expense ratio. From Sectors and Smart Beta to Fixed Income, SPDR Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) give you wide access to diverse investment opportunities. The FTSE Global Resource Protection Select Index captures the performance Everestex review of stocks that tend to reduce the use of materials, energy, or water, and to find more eco-efficient solutions by improving supply chain management. Tracks companies that tend to reduce the use of materials, energy or water, and to find more eco-efficient solutions by improving supply chain management.

Top 10 Equity Holdings As Of 12-31-2025

The tax free funds may be exposed to risks related to a concentration of investments in a particular state or geographic area. The Bloomberg US Aggregate Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in United States Treasury debt securities and obligations of agencies and instrumentalities of the United States, including repurchase agreements collateralized with such securities. Under normal market conditions, the Near-Term Tax Free Fund invests at least 80 percent of its net assets in investment grade municipal securities whose interest is free from federal income tax, including the federal alternative minimum tax. Foreign and emerging market investing involves special risks such as currency fluctuation and less public disclosure, as well as economic and political risk. Figures include reinvestment of capital gains and dividends, but the performance does not include the effect of any direct fees described in the fund’s prospectus (e.g., short-term trading fees) which, if applicable, would lower your total returns.

Fund Performance

• If adopted, this would remove one of the factors that exacerbated price spikes in the recent past.
• It can be found in the fund’s most recent prospectus.
• The Market Potential Index (MPI), an indexing study conducted annually by MSU-CIBER, helps companies rank emerging markets on eight dimensions.
• While the shares of ETFs are tradable on secondary markets, they may not readily trade in all market conditions and may trade at significant discounts in periods of market stress.
• Over the longer term, we continue to value exposure to gold and precious metals for diversification benefits, especially in periods of heightened economic, financial market and geopolitical volatility.

(Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.) Investment-grade corporate bonds posted gains but lagged Treasuries as spreads widened slightly despite solid investor demand for new bond issuance. In related news, consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that U.S.-based employers announced over 108,000 job cuts in January, a 118% year-over-year increase and a 205% jump from the prior month. The Russell 1000 Value Index outpaced its growth counterpart by over 400 basis points (4.00 percentage points). I confirm that I am an institutional investor or investment consultant in the US and that I have read and agree to the above statements and am able to continue The site you are about to enter is intended for US institutional investors and investment consultants only.

• This site is the user’s source for news, analysis, and commentary on topics comprising economic policy, international economics, and global financial markets all with a main focus on the emerging world.
• Looking ahead, one key question that members can examine is developing and making better use of emergency reserves to reduce the impacts of short-term commodity price shocks.
• Meanwhile, lower prices for fossil fuels and other commodities may simply trigger another resource binge, especially in the large and growing developing countries.
• The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 star.
• Some experts argue that the recent trend has been caused by a combination of tight supply and demand shock from emerging economies.
• Policymakers said in a statement that the economy “remains resilient in a challenging global environment” and that inflation “should stabilize” at its 2% target in the medium term.

Our Funds

For the fourth quarter, the Near-Term Tax Free Fund returned 0.17%, underperforming its broad-based benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, which gained 1.56%. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Near-Term Tax Free Fund returned 3.47%, underperforming its broad based benchmark, the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index, which gained 4.25%. The fund’s benchmark is the Barclay’s Capital 3-Year Municipal Bond Index. The Near-Term Tax Free fund seeks current income that is exempt from federal income tax and also seeks preservation of capital. For the fourth quarter, the Global Resources Fund gained 18.45%, underperforming its broad-based benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, which returned 2.66%. Relative to the fund’s sub-benchmark, the S&P Global Natural Resources Index, which gained 28.86%, we outperformed.

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This information is not intended to reflect a current or past recommendation concerning investments, investment strategies, or account types, advice of any kind, or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or investment services. On the economics front, private survey data compiled by S&P Global indicated a modest uptick in China’s economic activity in January. Mainland Chinese stock markets ended the week lower as volatility in commodity markets and weakness in tech stocks weighed on major indexes.

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Investment markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund’s investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in securities markets. At the national level, developing countries should be urged to formulate clear policy incentives and government procurement rules in their resources sectors, which would create markets for environmentally sound products.

• The world remains only one or two bad food harvests away from another global crisis.
• These investments present risks resulting from changes in economic conditions of the region or issuer.
• It does not take into account any investor’s particular investment objectives, strategies, tax status or investment horizon.
• Resource-rich countries have been pushing aggressively for more control and a higher share of profits from their natural resources—especially projects in the extractive industries.
• After dire predictions of "peak" oil a decade ago, for example, rising energy prices spurred investment in new production.