Investment Risks - Tactical Dividend and Momentum Fund
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Nov. 26, 2025 |
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As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. An investment
in the Fund is not guaranteed to achieve its investment objective; is not a deposit with a bank; is not insured, endorsed or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency; and is subject to investment risks. As with any fund, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal. The value of your investment in the Fund, as well as the amount of return you receive
on your investment, may fluctuate significantly. You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may
not perform as well as other similar investments. The Fund is not intended to be a complete investment program but rather one component
of a diversified investment portfolio. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset value and performance. Each risk summarized below
is a principal risk of investing in the Fund and different risks may be more significant at different times depending upon market conditions
or other factors.
The
following describes the risks that the Fund bears directly or indirectly through its investments in ETFs.
| ● | Market
Risk. Overall market risk may affect the value of individual instruments in which the
Fund invests. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities markets will move down,
sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions and other factors,
which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Factors such as domestic and foreign
(non-U.S.) economic growth and market conditions, real or perceived adverse economic or political
conditions, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, recessions,
inflation, changes in interest rate levels, supply chain disruptions, sanctions, tariffs,
the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats, lack of liquidity in the
bond or other markets, volatility in the securities markets or adverse investor sentiment
and political events affect the securities markets. U.S. and foreign stock markets have experienced
periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the future. Securities
markets also may experience long periods of decline in value. A change in financial condition
or other event affecting a single issuer or market may adversely impact securities markets
as a whole. The value of assets or income from an investment may be worth less in the future
as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the
Fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the Fund’s distributions. When
the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases
in value and you could lose money. |
Local,
state, regional, national or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and could result in decreases to the Fund’s
net asset value. Political, geopolitical, natural and other events, including war, terrorism, trade disputes, government shutdowns, market
closures, natural and environmental disasters, epidemics, pandemics and other public health crises and related events and governments’
reactions to such events have led, and in the future may lead, to economic uncertainty, decreased economic activity, increased market
volatility and other disruptive effects on U.S. and global economies and markets. Such events may have significant adverse direct or
indirect effects on the Fund and its investments. For example, a widespread health crisis such as a global pandemic could cause substantial
market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, impact the ability to complete redemptions, and affect Fund performance.
A health crisis may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks. In addition, the increasing interconnectedness
of markets around the world may result in many markets being affected by events or conditions in a single country or region or events
affecting a single or small number of issuers.
| ● | Management
Risk. The Fund’s investment strategies may not result in an increase in the value
of your investment in the Fund or in overall performance equal to other similar investment
vehicles having investment strategies that are similar to those of the Fund. The Adviser
determines the intrinsic value of the securities the Fund holds and its assessment may be
incorrect, which may result in a decline in the value of Fund shares and failure to achieve
its investment objective. The Fund’s portfolio managers use qualitative analyses
and/or models. Any imperfections or limitations in such analyses or models could affect the
ability of the portfolio managers to implement strategies particularly in volatile markets.
In addition, the Fund’s tactical asset allocation strategy may be unsuccessful and
may cause the Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities while in a defensive position. |
| ● | Rules-Based
Strategy Risk. A rules-based investment strategy may not be successful on an ongoing
basis or could contain unknown errors. In addition, the data used may be inaccurate. or the
computer programming used to create a rules-based investment strategy might contain one or
more errors. Moreover, during periods of increased volatility or changing market conditions
the commonality of portfolio holdings and similarities between strategies of rules-based
managers may amplify losses. |
| ● | Sector
Risk. The risk that if the Fund invests a significant portion of its total assets in
certain issuers within the same economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political
development or natural or other event, including war, terrorism, natural and environmental
disasters, epidemics, pandemics and other public health crises, affecting that sector may
affect the value of the Fund’s investments more than if the Fund’s investments
were not so concentrated. Economic, legislative or regulatory developments may occur that
significantly affect an entire sector. This may cause the Fund’s NAV to fluctuate more
than that of a fund that does not focus in a particular sector. While the Fund may not concentrate
in any one industry, the Fund may invest without limitation in a particular sector. |
| ○ | Consumer
Discretionary Sector Risk. The consumer discretionary sector may be adversely affected by
changes in the worldwide economy, consumer spending, competition, demographics and consumer
preference, exploration and production spending. In addition, the impact of any epidemic,
pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively
affect the global economy and, in turn, negatively affect companies in the consumer discretionary
sector. |
| ○ | Financials
Sector Risk. Companies in the financials sector are often subject to extensive governmental
regulation and the potential for additional regulation, which may adversely affect the scope
of their activities, the prices they can charge, and the amounts of capital they must maintain.
In addition, in recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions and failures have
become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused significant losses to companies
in this sector. |
| ○ | Information
Technology Sector Risk. Companies in the information technology sector face intense competition,
both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on their profit margins.
Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product
lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Companies in the information technology
sector may face obsolescence and are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property
rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of
these companies. |
| ● | Cash
Positions Risk. The Fund may hold a significant position in cash and/or cash equivalent
securities. When the Fund’s investment in cash or cash equivalent securities increases,
the Fund may not participate in market advances or declines to the same extent that it would
if the Fund were more fully invested. |
| ● | Cybersecurity
Risk. There is risk to the Fund of an unauthorized breach and access to fund assets,
customer data (including private shareholder information), or proprietary information, or
the risk of an incident occurring that causes the Fund, the Fund’s investment adviser,
custodian, transfer agent, distributor and other service providers and financial intermediaries
(the “Service Providers”) to suffer data breaches, data corruption or lose
operational functionality. Successful cyber-attacks or other cyber-failures or events affecting
the Fund, or its Service Providers may adversely impact the Fund or its shareholders. |
| ● | Equity
Risk. Equity securities are susceptible to general market fluctuations and volatile increases
and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. Factors
that may influence the price of equity securities include developments affecting a specific
company or industry, or the changing economic, political or market conditions. |
| ○ | Dividend-Yielding
Companies Risk. A company that has historically paid regular dividends to shareholders
may decrease or eliminate dividend payments in the future, which could result in a decrease
in the value of the company’s stock and lower performance of the Fund. |
| ○ | Momentum
Investing Risk. An investment in securities with positive momentum entails investing
in securities that have had above-average recent returns. These securities may experience
greater price volatility than other equity securities, which may negatively impact the investment
performance of the Fund. |
| ● | Fixed
Income Securities Risk. Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risk, call
risk, prepayment and extension risk, credit risk, duration risk, and liquidity risk. In addition,
current market conditions may pose heightened risks for fixed income securities. When the
Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate
with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the
value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed
income securities with longer maturities or durations will increase or decrease more in response
to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Other risk factors include credit
risk (the debtor may default) and prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligation early,
reducing the amount of interest payments). These risks could affect the value of a particular
investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to
be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments. Moreover, new regulations
applicable to and changing business practices of financial intermediaries that make markets
in fixed income securities have resulted in less market making activity for certain fixed
income securities, which has reduced the liquidity and may increase the volatility for such
fixed income securities. The fixed-income securities market can be susceptible to increases
in volatility and decreases in liquidity. Liquidity may decline unpredictably in response
to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. For example, a general rise in interest
rates may cause investors to move out of fixed income securities on a large scale, which
could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed income securities and could also
result in increased redemptions for the Fund. Duration risk arises when holding long duration
and long maturity investments, which will magnify certain risks, including interest rate
risk and credit risk. Longer-term securities may be more sensitive to interest rate changes.
Given the recent, historically low interest rates and the potential for increases in those
rates, a heightened risk is posed by rising interest rates to longer-term fixed income securities.
Effective duration estimates price changes for relatively small changes in rates. If rates
rise significantly, effective duration may tend to understate the drop in a security’s
price. If rates drop significantly, effective duration may tend to overstate the rise in
a security’s price. |
| ● | Focus
Risk. To the extent the Fund invests a greater proportion of its assets in the securities
of a smaller number of issuers, the Fund may be subject to greater volatility with respect
to its investments than a fund that invests in a larger number of securities. |
| ● | High
Yield Risk. Investment in or exposure to high yield (lower rated or below investment
grade) debt instruments (also known as “junk bonds”) may involve greater levels
of interest rate, credit, liquidity and valuation risk than for higher rated instruments.
High yield debt instruments are considered predominantly speculative and are higher risk
than investment grade instruments with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to
make principal and interest payments and, therefore, such instruments generally involve greater
risk of default or price changes than higher rated debt instruments. An economic downturn
or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the value of these securities and
market for these securities and reduce market liquidity (liquidity risk). |
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Companies/Exchange-Traded Funds Risk. When the Fund invests in other investment companies,
including ETFs and closed-end funds, it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata
share of the other investment company’s operating expenses, including management fees
in addition to those paid by the Fund. The risk of owning an investment company (including
a closed-end fund or ETF) generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying investments
held by the investment company (including a closed-end fund or ETF). The Fund may also will
incur brokerage costs when it purchases and sells shares of investment companies. An exchange-traded
closed-end fund’s or an ETF’s shares could trade at a significant premium or
discount to its net asset value. |
| ● | Issuer-Specific
Risk. The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole
and may perform worse than the market as a whole. |
| ● | Large
Capitalization Risk. The risk that large cap companies may be unable to respond as quickly
as smaller companies to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer
tastes, and also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies,
especially during extended periods of economic expansion. |
| ● | Liquidity
Risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult
to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at
an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments
at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. In the past, in stressed
markets, certain types of securities suffered periods of illiquidity if disfavored by the
market. These risks may increase during periods of market turmoil, such as that experienced
in 2020 with COVID-19 and could have a negative effect on the Fund’s performance. |
| ● | Market
Events Risk. There has been increased volatility, depressed valuations, decreased liquidity
and heightened uncertainty in the financial markets during the past several years, including
what was experienced in 2020. These conditions may continue, recur, worsen or spread. The
U.S. government and the Federal Reserve, as well as certain foreign governments and central
banks, have taken steps to support financial markets, including by lowering interest rates
to historically low levels. This and other government intervention may not work as intended,
particularly if the efforts are perceived by investors as being unlikely to achieve the desired
results. The U.S. government and the Federal Reserve have recently reduced market support
activities, including by beginning to increase interest rates. Such reduction, including
interest rate increases, could negatively affect financial markets generally, increase market
volatility and reduce the value and liquidity of securities in which the Fund invests. Policy
and legislative changes in the United States and in other countries may also continue to
contribute to decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the financial markets. The
impact of these changes on the markets, and the practical implications for market participants,
may not be fully known for some time. |
| ● | Portfolio
Turnover Risk. The Fund may experience high portfolio turnover, including investments
made on a shorter-term basis, which may lead to increased Fund expenses that may result in
lower investment returns. A higher portfolio turnover may result in higher transactional
and brokerage costs. High portfolio turnover may also result in higher short-term capital
gains taxable to shareholders. |
| ● | Preferred
Stock Risk. The value of preferred stocks will fluctuate with changes in interest rates.
Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of preferred stock. Preferred
stocks are also subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that an issuer of preferred
stock will fail to make its dividend payments. Preferred stock prices tend to move more slowly
upwards than common stock prices. Convertible preferred stock tends to be more volatile than
non-convertible preferred stock, because its value is related to the price of the issuer’s
common stock as well as the dividends payable on the preferred stock. The value of preferred
stocks will usually react more strongly than bonds and other debt securities to actual or
perceived changes in issuer’s financial condition or prospects and may be less liquid
than common stocks. |
| ● | Securities
Lending Risk. The Fund may lend portfolio securities to institutions, such as banks and
certain broker-dealers. The risks associated with lending portfolio securities, as with other
extensions of secured credit, include, but are not limited to, possible delays in receiving
additional collateral or in the recovery of the securities loaned, possible loss of rights
in the collateral should the borrower fail financially, as well as risk of loss in the value
of the collateral or the value of the investments made with the collateral. In certain market
conditions, the portfolio of the Fund’s securities on loan may be significant and may
magnify the risk of such a loss or delay. |
| ● | Technology
Securities Risk. The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets directly or
indirectly in securities issued by technology companies. Securities of technology companies
may be subject to greater price volatility than securities of companies in other sectors.
These securities may fall in and out of favor with investors rapidly, which may cause sudden
selling and dramatically lower market prices. Technology securities also may be affected
adversely by changes in technology, consumer and business purchasing patterns, government
regulation and/or obsolete products or services. In addition, a rising interest rate
environment tends to negatively affect technology companies. |
| ● | Volatility
Risk. The Fund’s investments may appreciate or decrease significantly in value
over short periods of time. The value of an investment in the Fund’s portfolio
may fluctuate due to events or factors that affect markets generally or that affect a particular
investment, industry or sector. The value of an investment in the Fund’s portfolio
may also be more volatile than the market as a whole. This volatility may affect the Fund’s
net asset value per share, including by causing it to experience significant increases or
declines in value over short periods of time. Events or financial circumstances affecting
individual investments, industries or sectors may increase the volatility of the Fund. |
| ● | Underlying
Fund Risk. The risk that the Fund’s investment performance and its ability to achieve
its investment objective are directly related to the performance of the underlying funds
in which it invests. There can be no assurance that the underlying funds will achieve their
respective investment objectives. The Fund is subject to the risks of the underlying funds
in direct proportion to their allocation of its assets among the underlying funds. Additionally,
the fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an underlying
fund in which the Fund invests. |
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| ● | Market
Risk. Overall market risk may affect the value of individual instruments in which the
Fund invests. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities markets will move down,
sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions and other factors,
which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance. Factors such as domestic and foreign
(non-U.S.) economic growth and market conditions, real or perceived adverse economic or political
conditions, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, recessions,
inflation, changes in interest rate levels, supply chain disruptions, sanctions, tariffs,
the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats, lack of liquidity in the
bond or other markets, volatility in the securities markets or adverse investor sentiment
and political events affect the securities markets. U.S. and foreign stock markets have experienced
periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the future. Securities
markets also may experience long periods of decline in value. A change in financial condition
or other event affecting a single issuer or market may adversely impact securities markets
as a whole. The value of assets or income from an investment may be worth less in the future
as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the
Fund’s assets can decline as can the value of the Fund’s distributions. When
the value of the Fund’s investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases
in value and you could lose money. |
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| Management Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Management
Risk. The Fund’s investment strategies may not result in an increase in the value
of your investment in the Fund or in overall performance equal to other similar investment
vehicles having investment strategies that are similar to those of the Fund. The Adviser
determines the intrinsic value of the securities the Fund holds and its assessment may be
incorrect, which may result in a decline in the value of Fund shares and failure to achieve
its investment objective. The Fund’s portfolio managers use qualitative analyses
and/or models. Any imperfections or limitations in such analyses or models could affect the
ability of the portfolio managers to implement strategies particularly in volatile markets.
In addition, the Fund’s tactical asset allocation strategy may be unsuccessful and
may cause the Fund to miss attractive investment opportunities while in a defensive position. |
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| Rules-Based Strategy Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Rules-Based
Strategy Risk. A rules-based investment strategy may not be successful on an ongoing
basis or could contain unknown errors. In addition, the data used may be inaccurate. or the
computer programming used to create a rules-based investment strategy might contain one or
more errors. Moreover, during periods of increased volatility or changing market conditions
the commonality of portfolio holdings and similarities between strategies of rules-based
managers may amplify losses. |
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| Sector Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Sector
Risk. The risk that if the Fund invests a significant portion of its total assets in
certain issuers within the same economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political
development or natural or other event, including war, terrorism, natural and environmental
disasters, epidemics, pandemics and other public health crises, affecting that sector may
affect the value of the Fund’s investments more than if the Fund’s investments
were not so concentrated. Economic, legislative or regulatory developments may occur that
significantly affect an entire sector. This may cause the Fund’s NAV to fluctuate more
than that of a fund that does not focus in a particular sector. While the Fund may not concentrate
in any one industry, the Fund may invest without limitation in a particular sector. |
| ○ | Consumer
Discretionary Sector Risk. The consumer discretionary sector may be adversely affected by
changes in the worldwide economy, consumer spending, competition, demographics and consumer
preference, exploration and production spending. In addition, the impact of any epidemic,
pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively
affect the global economy and, in turn, negatively affect companies in the consumer discretionary
sector. |
| ○ | Financials
Sector Risk. Companies in the financials sector are often subject to extensive governmental
regulation and the potential for additional regulation, which may adversely affect the scope
of their activities, the prices they can charge, and the amounts of capital they must maintain.
In addition, in recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions and failures have
become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused significant losses to companies
in this sector. |
| ○ | Information
Technology Sector Risk. Companies in the information technology sector face intense competition,
both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on their profit margins.
Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product
lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Companies in the information technology
sector may face obsolescence and are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property
rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of
these companies. |
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| ○ | Consumer
Discretionary Sector Risk. The consumer discretionary sector may be adversely affected by
changes in the worldwide economy, consumer spending, competition, demographics and consumer
preference, exploration and production spending. In addition, the impact of any epidemic,
pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively
affect the global economy and, in turn, negatively affect companies in the consumer discretionary
sector. |
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| Financials Sector Risk [Member] |
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| ○ | Financials
Sector Risk. Companies in the financials sector are often subject to extensive governmental
regulation and the potential for additional regulation, which may adversely affect the scope
of their activities, the prices they can charge, and the amounts of capital they must maintain.
In addition, in recent years, cyber-attacks and technology malfunctions and failures have
become increasingly frequent in this sector and have caused significant losses to companies
in this sector. |
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| Information Technology Sector Risk [Member] |
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| ○ | Information
Technology Sector Risk. Companies in the information technology sector face intense competition,
both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on their profit margins.
Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product
lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Companies in the information technology
sector may face obsolescence and are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property
rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of
these companies. |
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| Cash Positions Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Cash
Positions Risk. The Fund may hold a significant position in cash and/or cash equivalent
securities. When the Fund’s investment in cash or cash equivalent securities increases,
the Fund may not participate in market advances or declines to the same extent that it would
if the Fund were more fully invested. |
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| Cybersecurity Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Cybersecurity
Risk. There is risk to the Fund of an unauthorized breach and access to fund assets,
customer data (including private shareholder information), or proprietary information, or
the risk of an incident occurring that causes the Fund, the Fund’s investment adviser,
custodian, transfer agent, distributor and other service providers and financial intermediaries
(the “Service Providers”) to suffer data breaches, data corruption or lose
operational functionality. Successful cyber-attacks or other cyber-failures or events affecting
the Fund, or its Service Providers may adversely impact the Fund or its shareholders. |
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| Equity Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Equity
Risk. Equity securities are susceptible to general market fluctuations and volatile increases
and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. Factors
that may influence the price of equity securities include developments affecting a specific
company or industry, or the changing economic, political or market conditions. |
| ○ | Dividend-Yielding
Companies Risk. A company that has historically paid regular dividends to shareholders
may decrease or eliminate dividend payments in the future, which could result in a decrease
in the value of the company’s stock and lower performance of the Fund. |
| ○ | Momentum
Investing Risk. An investment in securities with positive momentum entails investing
in securities that have had above-average recent returns. These securities may experience
greater price volatility than other equity securities, which may negatively impact the investment
performance of the Fund. |
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| Dividend-Yielding Companies Risk [Member] |
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| ○ | Dividend-Yielding
Companies Risk. A company that has historically paid regular dividends to shareholders
may decrease or eliminate dividend payments in the future, which could result in a decrease
in the value of the company’s stock and lower performance of the Fund. |
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| Momentum Investing Risk [Member] |
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| ○ | Momentum
Investing Risk. An investment in securities with positive momentum entails investing
in securities that have had above-average recent returns. These securities may experience
greater price volatility than other equity securities, which may negatively impact the investment
performance of the Fund. |
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| Fixed Income Securities Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Fixed
Income Securities Risk. Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risk, call
risk, prepayment and extension risk, credit risk, duration risk, and liquidity risk. In addition,
current market conditions may pose heightened risks for fixed income securities. When the
Fund invests in fixed income securities, the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate
with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the
value of fixed income securities owned by the Fund. In general, the market price of fixed
income securities with longer maturities or durations will increase or decrease more in response
to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Other risk factors include credit
risk (the debtor may default) and prepayment risk (the debtor may pay its obligation early,
reducing the amount of interest payments). These risks could affect the value of a particular
investment by the Fund, possibly causing the Fund’s share price and total return to
be reduced and fluctuate more than other types of investments. Moreover, new regulations
applicable to and changing business practices of financial intermediaries that make markets
in fixed income securities have resulted in less market making activity for certain fixed
income securities, which has reduced the liquidity and may increase the volatility for such
fixed income securities. The fixed-income securities market can be susceptible to increases
in volatility and decreases in liquidity. Liquidity may decline unpredictably in response
to overall economic conditions or credit tightening. For example, a general rise in interest
rates may cause investors to move out of fixed income securities on a large scale, which
could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed income securities and could also
result in increased redemptions for the Fund. Duration risk arises when holding long duration
and long maturity investments, which will magnify certain risks, including interest rate
risk and credit risk. Longer-term securities may be more sensitive to interest rate changes.
Given the recent, historically low interest rates and the potential for increases in those
rates, a heightened risk is posed by rising interest rates to longer-term fixed income securities.
Effective duration estimates price changes for relatively small changes in rates. If rates
rise significantly, effective duration may tend to understate the drop in a security’s
price. If rates drop significantly, effective duration may tend to overstate the rise in
a security’s price. |
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| Focus Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Focus
Risk. To the extent the Fund invests a greater proportion of its assets in the securities
of a smaller number of issuers, the Fund may be subject to greater volatility with respect
to its investments than a fund that invests in a larger number of securities. |
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| ● | High
Yield Risk. Investment in or exposure to high yield (lower rated or below investment
grade) debt instruments (also known as “junk bonds”) may involve greater levels
of interest rate, credit, liquidity and valuation risk than for higher rated instruments.
High yield debt instruments are considered predominantly speculative and are higher risk
than investment grade instruments with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to
make principal and interest payments and, therefore, such instruments generally involve greater
risk of default or price changes than higher rated debt instruments. An economic downturn
or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the value of these securities and
market for these securities and reduce market liquidity (liquidity risk). |
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| ● | Investment
Companies/Exchange-Traded Funds Risk. When the Fund invests in other investment companies,
including ETFs and closed-end funds, it will bear additional expenses based on its pro rata
share of the other investment company’s operating expenses, including management fees
in addition to those paid by the Fund. The risk of owning an investment company (including
a closed-end fund or ETF) generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying investments
held by the investment company (including a closed-end fund or ETF). The Fund may also will
incur brokerage costs when it purchases and sells shares of investment companies. An exchange-traded
closed-end fund’s or an ETF’s shares could trade at a significant premium or
discount to its net asset value. |
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| Issuer-Specific Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Issuer-Specific
Risk. The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole
and may perform worse than the market as a whole. |
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| Large Capitalization Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Large
Capitalization Risk. The risk that large cap companies may be unable to respond as quickly
as smaller companies to new competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer
tastes, and also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies,
especially during extended periods of economic expansion. |
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| Liquidity Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Liquidity
Risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would be difficult
to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such illiquid securities at
an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the Fund to dispose of other investments
at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. In the past, in stressed
markets, certain types of securities suffered periods of illiquidity if disfavored by the
market. These risks may increase during periods of market turmoil, such as that experienced
in 2020 with COVID-19 and could have a negative effect on the Fund’s performance. |
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| Market Events Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Market
Events Risk. There has been increased volatility, depressed valuations, decreased liquidity
and heightened uncertainty in the financial markets during the past several years, including
what was experienced in 2020. These conditions may continue, recur, worsen or spread. The
U.S. government and the Federal Reserve, as well as certain foreign governments and central
banks, have taken steps to support financial markets, including by lowering interest rates
to historically low levels. This and other government intervention may not work as intended,
particularly if the efforts are perceived by investors as being unlikely to achieve the desired
results. The U.S. government and the Federal Reserve have recently reduced market support
activities, including by beginning to increase interest rates. Such reduction, including
interest rate increases, could negatively affect financial markets generally, increase market
volatility and reduce the value and liquidity of securities in which the Fund invests. Policy
and legislative changes in the United States and in other countries may also continue to
contribute to decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the financial markets. The
impact of these changes on the markets, and the practical implications for market participants,
may not be fully known for some time. |
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| Portfolio Turnover Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Portfolio
Turnover Risk. The Fund may experience high portfolio turnover, including investments
made on a shorter-term basis, which may lead to increased Fund expenses that may result in
lower investment returns. A higher portfolio turnover may result in higher transactional
and brokerage costs. High portfolio turnover may also result in higher short-term capital
gains taxable to shareholders. |
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| Preferred Stock Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Preferred
Stock Risk. The value of preferred stocks will fluctuate with changes in interest rates.
Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of preferred stock. Preferred
stocks are also subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that an issuer of preferred
stock will fail to make its dividend payments. Preferred stock prices tend to move more slowly
upwards than common stock prices. Convertible preferred stock tends to be more volatile than
non-convertible preferred stock, because its value is related to the price of the issuer’s
common stock as well as the dividends payable on the preferred stock. The value of preferred
stocks will usually react more strongly than bonds and other debt securities to actual or
perceived changes in issuer’s financial condition or prospects and may be less liquid
than common stocks. |
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| Securities Lending Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Securities
Lending Risk. The Fund may lend portfolio securities to institutions, such as banks and
certain broker-dealers. The risks associated with lending portfolio securities, as with other
extensions of secured credit, include, but are not limited to, possible delays in receiving
additional collateral or in the recovery of the securities loaned, possible loss of rights
in the collateral should the borrower fail financially, as well as risk of loss in the value
of the collateral or the value of the investments made with the collateral. In certain market
conditions, the portfolio of the Fund’s securities on loan may be significant and may
magnify the risk of such a loss or delay. |
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| Technology Securities Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Technology
Securities Risk. The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets directly or
indirectly in securities issued by technology companies. Securities of technology companies
may be subject to greater price volatility than securities of companies in other sectors.
These securities may fall in and out of favor with investors rapidly, which may cause sudden
selling and dramatically lower market prices. Technology securities also may be affected
adversely by changes in technology, consumer and business purchasing patterns, government
regulation and/or obsolete products or services. In addition, a rising interest rate
environment tends to negatively affect technology companies. |
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| Volatility Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Volatility
Risk. The Fund’s investments may appreciate or decrease significantly in value
over short periods of time. The value of an investment in the Fund’s portfolio
may fluctuate due to events or factors that affect markets generally or that affect a particular
investment, industry or sector. The value of an investment in the Fund’s portfolio
may also be more volatile than the market as a whole. This volatility may affect the Fund’s
net asset value per share, including by causing it to experience significant increases or
declines in value over short periods of time. Events or financial circumstances affecting
individual investments, industries or sectors may increase the volatility of the Fund. |
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| Underlying Fund Risk [Member] |
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| ● | Underlying
Fund Risk. The risk that the Fund’s investment performance and its ability to achieve
its investment objective are directly related to the performance of the underlying funds
in which it invests. There can be no assurance that the underlying funds will achieve their
respective investment objectives. The Fund is subject to the risks of the underlying funds
in direct proportion to their allocation of its assets among the underlying funds. Additionally,
the fund will be indirectly exposed to the risks of the portfolio assets held by an underlying
fund in which the Fund invests. |
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