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Pearl
Aggressive
Growth Fund
Performance
Comparison of change in
value of $10,000 investment in
Pearl Aggressive Growth Fund and its comparison indexes*
(as of March 31 each year -
with dividends
reinvested)

The
value of an investment in Pearl Aggressive Growth Fund
grew 2.51% in the past 12 months, 52.51% in the past 3 years,
and 187.93% in the 5
years through March 31, 2008.
Pearl Aggressive Growth Fund
outperformed all 3 comparison indexes during its
entire 6
3/4
year history as well as during the 1 year, 3 years,
and 5 years through
December 31, 2007.
All Pearl Funds performance figures are
net ― after deduction of
all expenses (all fees, transaction costs,
etc.), including all expenses of each Pearl Fund and all
expenses of the mutual funds in its portfolio.
Performance of
Pearl Aggressive Growth
Fund and Comparison Indexes:
Average Annual Total Returns *
for periods ended
December 31,
2007 |
1
year |
3
years |
5 years
|
6 1/2 years (since inception) |
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Pearl Aggressive Growth Fund |
+ 2.51% |
+ 15.11% |
+ 23.55% |
+ 12.91% |
|
Dow Jones Wilshire
5000 Index (Full Cap) |
- 5.82% |
+ 6.45% |
+ 12.49% |
+ 4.03% |
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MSCI
World Index |
- 3.25% |
+ 9.65% |
+ 15.96% |
+ 6.01% |
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Standard
& Poor’s 500 Index |
- 5.08% |
+ 5.85% |
+ 11.32% |
+ 3.50% |
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All total
returns include dividends reinvested. The returns do not
reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on
fund dividends or on redemption of fund shares. Likewise, the
total returns of indexes do not reflect the deduction of taxes
that an investor in stocks would pay on dividends or on sale of
stocks. Also, total returns of indexes do not reflect any
deduction for taxes, sales charges, commissions, fees, or
expenses. |
Performance is historical and does not guarantee future
results. Investment return and principal value of an
investment in the Fund will fluctuate and, when
redeemed, the investment may be worth more or less than
the investor’s cost.
The
Fund is no-load
―
no sales charge or commission. To help protect
long-term shareholders and discourage frequent trading
of Fund shares, a 2% redemption fee is charged if a
shareholder sells shares owned for 30 days or less.
The
Fund avoids transaction costs.
Pearl Aggressive Growth
Fund has never paid any sales charge,
commission, or redemption fee.
Limit on
Expenses.
Pearl Management Company, the Funds’
Manager, has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund
for all ordinary operating expenses (including
management and administrative fees) exceeding these
expense ratios: 0.98% of the Fund's
average net assets up to $100 million; 0.78%
in excess of $100 million. When the Manager has
reimbursed the Fund for expenses in excess of this
limit, the Manager may recover the reimbursed amounts,
for a period that does not exceed five years, to the
extent this can be done without exceeding the expense
limit. The
expense limit does not have an expiration date, and will
continue unless a change is approved by the Funds' Board
of Trustees. The Manager's
reimbursement of expenses that exceed the expense limit
lowers the expense ratio and increases the overall
return to investors.
All
investments involve risk. Even though
Pearl Aggressive Growth
Fund invests in
many mutual funds, that investment strategy cannot
eliminate risk.
The
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (Full Cap) is an unmanaged index that is
market-capitalization weighted, includes all
publicly-traded U.S. common stocks headquartered in the
U.S. with readily available price data, and is generally
representative of the performance of the average dollar
invested in U.S. common stocks. The MSCI World Index is
an unmanaged index that is market-capitalization
weighted and is generally representative of the
performance of the global (including U.S. and
international) market for common stocks. The Standard &
Poor’s (S & P) 500 Index is an unmanaged index of 500
stocks that is market-capitalization weighted and is
generally representative of the performance of larger
companies in the U.S.
Pearl Aggressive Growth Fund’s holdings
are not identical to any index. Therefore, the Fund's
performance will not mirror the returns of any
particular index. It is not possible to invest directly
in an index.
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