Pricing & Performance: Ratings & Recognition
Morningstar Star Ratings
Morningstar, an industry leader in fund information and analysis, combines measures of a fund's sales load, performance, and risk to assign it a Morningstar Rating based on risk-adjusted returns.
Data sorted by Morningstar Overall Rating
Asset Allocation
| Fund | Morningstar Category | Overall | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
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| SAM Conservative Balanced A (Load Waived) | Conservative Allocation |  |
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| SAM Conservative Balanced A | Conservative Allocation |  |
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| SAM Flexible Income A (Load-Waived) | Conservative Allocation | |
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| SAM Flexible Income A | Conservative Allocation | |
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| SAM Strategic Growth A (Load-Waived) | Large Blend | |
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| SAM Strategic Growth A | Large Blend | |
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Large U.S. Equity
| Fund | Morningstar Category | Overall | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
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| Equity Income A (Load-Waived) | Large Value | |
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| Equity Income A | Large Value | |
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| Capital Appreciation (Load-Waived) | Large Blend | |
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| Capital Appreciation | Large Blend | |
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Small/Mid U. S. Equity
| Fund | Morningstar Category | Overall | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
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| MidCap Blend A (Load-Waived) | MidCap Blend | |
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| MidCap Blend A | MidCap Blend | |
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Specialty
| Fund | Morningstar Category | Overall | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
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| Global Diversified Income Fund A (Load-Waived) | World Allocation | |
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| Global Diversified Income Fund A | World Allocation | |
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Real Estate Securities
| Fund | Morningstar Category | Overall | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
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| Real Estate Securities Fund A (Load-Waived) | Real Estate | |
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| Real Estate Securities Fund A | Real Estate | |
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| Global Real Estate Securities Fund (Load-Waived) | Global Real Estate | |
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| Global Real Estate Securities Fund | Global Real Estate | |
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Fixed Income
| Fund | Morningstar Category | Overall | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year |
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| High Yield A (Load-Waived) | High Yield Bond | |
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| High Yield A | High Yield Bond | |
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| Income A (Load Waived) | Intermediate-Term Bond | |
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| Income A | Intermediate-Term Bond | |
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| Short-Term Income A (Load-Waived) | Short-Term Bond | |
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| Short-Term Income A | Short-Term Bond | |
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Not all investors are eligible to purchase shares at Net Asset Value (without a sales charge). Load-waived ratings apply only when investors are eligible to purchase shares without the sales charge or for existing shareholders who have already paid the sales charge. Unless indicated as "load-waived", ratings include a maximum sales charge. Consult a current prospectus for details on reduced/waived sales charges and breakpoints.
Ratings listed above are as of 12/31/2011. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Morningstar proprietary ratings reflect historical risk-adjusted performance for funds with at least a 3-year performance history and are subject to change every month. Morningstar Ratings (TM) are calculated from a fund's three-, five-, and ten-year average annual returns in excess of the 90-day U.S. Treasury bill returns, with appropriate fee adjustments, and a risk factor that reflects performance below the 90-day Treasury bill return. Within each asset class the top 10% of funds receive 5 stars (Highest); the next 22.5% receive 4 stars (Above Average); the middle 35% earn 3 stars (Average); the next 22.5% receive 2 stars (Below Average); and the bottom 10% get 1 star (Lowest). The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. Copyright 2012 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
The number of U.S.-domiciled funds tracked by Morningstar in the following categories for periods ended 12/31/2011 are as follows: the Conservative Allocation category consisted of 556 funds for the three-year period, 459 funds for the five-year period and 173 funds for the ten-year period;
the Large Blend category consisted of 1,580 funds for the three-year period, 1,376 funds for the five-year period, and 817 funds for the ten-year period;
the Large Value category consisted of 1,127 funds for the three-year period, 996 funds for the five-year period, and 571 funds for the ten-year period;
the High Yield Bond category consisted of 499 funds for the three-year period, 430 funds for the five-year period, and 291 funds for the ten-year period; the MidCap Blend category consisted of 378 funds for the three-year period, 312 funds for the five-year period, and 200 funds for the 10-year period;
the Real Estate category consisted of 212 funds for the three-year period, 192 funds for the five-year period, and 105 funds for the ten-year period;
the Short-Term Bond category consisted of 353 funds for the three-year period, 322 funds for the five-year period, and 179 funds for the ten-year period;
the Global Real Estate category consisted of 144 funds for the three-year period, 93 funds for the five-year period, and 21 funds for the ten-year period; the Intermediate-Term Bond category consisted of 1,018 funds for the three-year period, 873 funds for the five-year period, and 582 funds for the ten-year period; the World Allocation category consisted of 232 funds for the three-year period, 146 funds for the five-year period, and 79 funds for the ten-year period.
This document represents a limited selection of the Principal Funds & Portfolios that are rated by Morningstar. Many of our other Funds, Portfolios and share classes are also rated by Morningstar, but may not be rated as highly as the Funds included in this document.
© 2012 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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