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For the Income Select List, CSIA generally includes no more than the two
most favorably evaluated funds in each asset category, except for the
intermediate-term bond category, which may feature up to five funds.
Upside and downside capture ratios: a measure of how much a fund moves in
comparison to the broad market when the market goes up or down.
Upside capture ratio: For the months in which the market return was
positive, what was the ratio of the fund’s returns to the market’s returns?
Upside capture of 110% means that in up markets, the fund went up 10%
more than the market did. For investors who are concerned with growth in
rising markets, looking for a fund with a high upside capture ratio (above
100%) can be useful.
Downside capture ratio: For the months in which the market return was
negative, what was the ratio of the fund’s returns to the market’s returns?
Downside capture of 110% means that in down markets, the fund went down
10% more than the market did. For investors who are concerned with
minimizing losses, looking for a fund with a low downside capture ratio
(below 100%) can be helpful.
Generally speaking, it’s good for a fund to have an upside capture ratio at
least as high as its downside capture ratio, and preferably higher. A fund
delivering 110% of the market’s positive returns but only 105% of the
negative returns means that the fund has delivered more of the market’s
upside than downside (which is desirable).
The “holy grail” for many investors is a fund with a low downside capture
ratio that has an upside capture ratio of 100% or more.
The absolute level of upside capture and downside capture can be important
as well, providing an overall indication of the fund’s risk relative to the market.
If both ratios are around 120%, it means that the fund has been more volatile
than the market (even if upside is higher than downside).
If both ratios are
around 80%, it means that the fund has been less volatile than the market.
As with most metrics, these ratios are backward looking (in this case, over
the past three years). Just because a fund has delivered a certain percentage
of the market’s returns in past up markets and down markets doesn’t mean
that it is guaranteed to do the same in future up or down markets.
In a three-year period with very few up months or very few down months, the
upside or downside capture ratio can be hard to measure.
These ratios provide no information about the fund’s overall returns and are
simply a measure of performance relative to the market in up periods and in
down periods.
Additional Important Information
More than 3,500 funds participate in the Mutual Fund OneSource® service.
Only these funds, including Schwab Affiliate Funds, are eligible for the Select
Lists. Schwab receives remuneration from fund companies, and/or their
affiliates, in the Mutual Fund OneSource service, including Schwab Affiliate
Funds, for record keeping, shareholder services and other administrative
services.
Schwab and its affiliates also receive fees from Schwab Affiliate
Funds for investment advisory and fund administration services. The
aggregate fees Schwab or its affiliates receive from Schwab Affiliate Funds
(see fund prospectuses for more details) are greater than the remuneration
Schwab receives from other fund companies participating in Schwab’s
Mutual Fund OneSource service. The amount of fees Schwab or its affiliates
receive from funds participating in the Mutual Fund OneSource service is not
considered in the Select Lists selection, nor does any fund pay Schwab to be
included in the Select Lists.
Eligible funds are selected based solely on the
quantitative and qualitative criteria described on pages 4 and 14.
Schwab Affiliate Funds include Schwab Funds and Laudus Funds. Schwab
Funds and Laudus Funds are advised by Charles Schwab Investment
Management, Inc. Schwab Funds and the Laudus MarketMasters Funds are
distributed by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
and Laudus Funds (except Laudus
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Investors should consider carefully information contained in the prospectus,
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Investment value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth
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available without loads or transaction fees when placed through schwab.com
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However, for each of these trades
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funds from the STR fee, including certain Schwab Funds, which may charge a
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available without transaction fees and reinstate fees on any funds.
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