IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Characteristic Definitions
Forward Dividend Yield (Portfolio): The portfolio's estimated annual dividend income over the next 12 months, expressed as a percentage of its current value. The calculation combines the forward dividend yields of the underlying holdings based on their portfolio weights. Actual dividends may differ from these estimates.
3-Year Realized Dividend Growth (Portfolio): The annualized growth in the portfolio's estimated dividend income over the past three years. The calculation uses historical portfolio returns and trailing four-quarter average indicated dividend yields to estimate dividend income at the beginning and end of the period .
Dividend Yield (Holdings): A company's annual dividend payments over the trailing 12 months, expressed as a percentage of its share price.
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Global Select Dividend benchmark comparison is presented using the iShares MSCI ACWI ETF as Advisory Research considers this ETF to parallel both associated risk and the investment style presented by the strategy. The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large and mid-capitalization developed and emerging market equities.
U.S. Select Dividend benchmark comparison is presented using the iShares Russell 1000 and Russell 1000 Value ETFs as Advisory Research considers these ETFs to parallel both associated risk and the investment style presented by the strategy. The iShares Russell 1000 ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities. The iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization U.S. equities that exhibit value characteristics.
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