| Ticker: | NOGEX |
| Manager: | Matthew Peron |
| Manager Since: | 03/11 |
| NAV (05/22/2013): | 17.76 |
| Objective: | Equity - Growth |
| Peer: | GR LB |
| Net Assets ($mil): | 155.15 |
| Inception: | 04/04/1994 |
The fund was incepted in April 1994 and is managed by Northern Trust Investments. The fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. The fund's approach is to identify strong, well-managed companies, with above average and consistent sales and earnings growth, good balance sheets, and attractive valuations relative to the market as a whole. The fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities. Although the fund primarily invests in the securities of U.S. issuers, it may invest, to a limited extent, in the securities of foreign issuers either directly or indirectly (for example, through ADRs). Dividends, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually.
| Stocks | 99.79% |
| Foreign Stocks | 3.53% |
| Cash | 0.00% |
| Bonds | 0.00% |
| Foreign Bonds | 0.00% |
| Preferred | 0.00% |
| Convertible | 0.00% |
| Other | 0.21% |
| Foreign Hedged | 0.00% |
| Large Growth | 53.90% |
| Large Value | 35.97% |
| Small Growth | 0.00% |
| Small Value | 0.00% |
| Foreign Stock | 53.90% |
| Emerging Market | 0.00% |
| Precious Metals | 0.00% |
| Intermediate Bond | 0.00% |
| High Yield Bond | 0.00% |
| Foreign Bond | 0.00% |
| Beta v. S&P 500 | 1.09 |
| Beta v. EAFE | -0.01 |
| Beta v. Barclays Agg Bond | -0.09 |
| Alpha 3 Yr | -2.45 |
| Alpha 5 Yr | 0.06 |
| R-Sq 3 Yr | 0.98 |
| R-Sq 5 Yr | 0.98 |
| Std Dev 3 Yr | 16.38 |
| Std Dev 5 Yr | 19.45 |
| Sharpe 3 Yr | 0.75 |
| Sharpe 5 Yr | 0.36 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.85 |
| % Max Load | NA |
| % Min Load | NA |
| % Deferred Load | NA |
| % Redemption | NA |
| % Max 12 B1 Fee | 0.00 |
| % Max Mgt Fee | 0.85 |
| Min Initial Investment | 2500 |
| Min Subsequent Investment | 50 |
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAV ($) | 14.85 | 15.97 | 15.85 | 16.13 | 14.62 | 9.15 | 11.92 | 13.63 | 13.22 | 15.62 | 17.76 |
| Total Return (%) | 24.99 | 8.08 | 5.87 | 9.76 | 3.81 | -36.62 | 31.70 | 15.14 | -2.22 | 19.62 | 8.64 |
| Annual Dividend Yield (%) | 0.13 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 0.51 | 0.81 | 1.45 | 0.83 | 0.63 | 0.75 | 1.15 | 1.08 |
| Relative Performance | |||||||||||
| Rel Performance-S&P500(%) | -36.93 | -27.84 | 9.84 | -60.29 | -16.85 | 3.83 | 52.81 | 0.78 | -43.25 | 36.35 | -40.95 |
| Rel Performance-Obj.Ret.(%) | -49.81 | -24.36 | -48.47 | -9.34 | -42.94 | 25.02 | -1.26 | -16.58 | 8.06 | 53.52 | -22.96 |
| Ret.Quintile vs Obj(1 is best) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Turnover, Yields, and Gains | |||||||||||
| Fund Assets Net($mil) | 744 | 729 | 732 | 601 | 605 | 229 | 159 | 152 | 123 | 155 | 155 |
| Annual Turnover (%) | 50.79 | 105.57 | 21.61 | 60.23 | 88.79 | 72.00 | 92.02 | 67.21 | 47.83 | 63.65 | 0.00 |
| Annual Dividend Paid ($) | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.04 |
| Annual Capital Gains Paid($) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.01 | 1.17 | 1.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1 Month | 3 Month | 6 Month | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | 15 Year | 20 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Return (through 05/13) | 1.13% | 3.98% | 9.59% | 8.64% | 12.70% | 10.94% | 5.29% | 6.90% | 3.59% | NA |
| Ret. Percentile vs. Obj. (1 is best) | 51 | 80 | 90 | 83 | 56 | 47 | 32 | 69 | 69 | NA |
| Average Price/Earnings | 28.11 |
| Average Price/Book | 4.04 |
| Average EPS Growth | 12.43 |
| Average Market Value | 113,189.00 |
| Name | Weight | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| APPLE INC | 5.03 | 14,496 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE + CO | 3.49 | 121,985 |
| EXXON MOBIL CORP | 3.46 | 61,458 |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC CO | 2.99 | 218,802 |
| CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 2.05 | 159,956 |
| PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL | 2.52 | 46,189 |
| CVS CAREMARK CORP | 2.10 | 66,620 |
| MERCK + CO. INC. | 2.07 | 77,729 |
| WELLS FARGO + CO | 2.60 | 116,673 |