Stable Value Fund (Class 25bps)

Seeks to deliver intermediate-bond-like returns while seeking to maintain a stable net asset value

Highlights

Objective

The fund seeks to preserve principal and achieve high current income through a diversified portfolio of high-quality investment contracts.

Strategy and process

  • Stability Seeks to maintain the stability of a money market fund while offering returns similar to those of intermediate-term bonds.
  • Liquidity Liquidity, stability, and consistency are essential to the portfolio construction process, which emphasizes diversifying the sources of returns, industries, and issuers within the portfolio.
  • Diversification Utilizes multiple stable value investment options, including cash alternatives, traditional GICs, and wrapped, actively managed strategies.

Fund price and assets

Prior close 52-week high 52-week low Net assets and outstanding shares
Net asset value $1.00
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$1.00
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Fund facts as of 02/29/24

Total net assets
$16,561.75M
Turnover (fiscal year end)
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Dividend frequency
Monthly
Fiscal year-end
December
CUSIP / Fund code
74686Q207 / 5545
Inception date
02/28/91
25bps  
Category
Stable Value
Open to new investors
Ticker
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Management team

Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Manager, Director of Sustainable Investing
Portfolio Manager



Performance

  • Total return (%) as of 12/31/23

  • Annual performance as of 12/31/23

Annualized Total return (%) as of 12/31/23

Annualized performance 1 yr. 3 yrs. 5 yrs. 10 yrs.
At 25bps 3.32% 2.64% 2.56% 2.22%
ICE BofA US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index 5.01%2.15%1.88%1.25%

Data is historical. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. More recent returns may be higher or lower than those shown. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes. Performance data reflects the impact of the stated management fee. For the most recent month-end performance, please call your plan's toll-free number. 

Performance snapshot

  At 25bps  
1 mt. as of 02/29/24 0.29%
YTD as of 03/15/24 or prior close 0.77%

Lipper rankings are based on total return without sales charge relative to all share classes of funds with similar objectives as determined by Lipper. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Morningstar Ratings for the specific share classes only; other classes may have different performance characteristics.

The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a 3-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The Morningstar Rating does not include any adjustment for sales loads. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% 3-year rating for 36–59 months of total returns, 60% 5-year rating/40% 3-year rating for 60–119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% 5-year rating/20% 3-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent 3-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.

Some of Morningstar's proprietary calculations, including the Morningstar Rating™, are not customarily calculated based on adjusted historical returns. However, for new share classes/channels, Morningstar may calculate an extended performance Morningstar Rating that is based, in part, on adjusted historical (or "pre-inception") returns for periods prior to the inception of the share class of the fund shown herein ("Report Share Class").

The extended performance is calculated by creating a performance stream consisting of the Report Share Class and older share class(s). Morningstar adjusts the historical total returns of the older share class(es) of a fund to reflect higher expenses in the Report Share Class. Morningstar does not hypothetically adjust returns upwards for lower expenses.

The extended performance Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return is then calculated for 3-, 5-, and 10-year time periods and used to determine the extended performance Morningstar Rating. The extended performance Morningstar Rating for this fund does not affect the retail fund data published by Morningstar, as the bell curve distribution on which the ratings are based includes only funds with actual returns. The Overall Morningstar Rating for multi-share open-end funds will be either based on actual performance only or extended performance only. Once the share class turns three years old, the Overall Morningstar Rating will be based on actual ratings only. The Overall Morningstar Rating for multi-share variable annuities is based on a weighted average of any ratings that are available.

While the inclusion of pre-inception data, in the form of extended performance, can provide valuable insight into the probable long-term behavior of newer share classes of a fund, investors should be aware that an adjusted historical return can only provide an approximation of that behavior. For example, the fee structures of a retail share class will vary from that of an institutional share class, as retail shares tend to have higher operating expenses and sales charges. These adjusted historical returns are not actual returns. The underlying investments in the share classes used to calculate the pre-performance string will likely vary from the underlying investments held in the fund after inception. Calculation methodologies utilized by Morningstar may differ from those applied by other entities, including the fund itself.

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The up-market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has risen. The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager’s returns by the returns of the index during the up-market, and multiplying that factor by 100. The down-market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has dropped. The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager’s returns by the returns of the index during the down-market and multiplying that factor by 100.


Expenses

Expense ratio

Gross of fees 15bps 20bps 25bps 35bps 50bps 75bps 100bps
Total expense ratio 0.12% 0.27% 0.32% 0.37% 0.47% 0.62% 0.87% 1.12%
What you pay 0.12% 0.27% 0.32% 0.37% 0.47% 0.62% 0.87% 1.12%

The ICE BofA U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that seeks to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury bills available in the marketplace. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Consider these risks before investing: The fund seeks capital preservation, but there can be no assurances that it will achieve this goal. The fund’s returns will fluctuate with interest rates and market conditions. The fund is not insured or guaranteed by any governmental agency. Funds that invest in bonds are subject to certain risks including interest-rate risk, credit risk, and inflation risk. As interest rates rise, the prices of bonds fall. Long-term bonds are more exposed to interest-rate risk than short term bonds. Unlike bonds, bond funds have ongoing fees and expenses.

Lower-rated bonds may offer higher yields in return for more risk. Funds that invest in government securities are not guaranteed. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk. The use of derivatives involves additional risks, such as the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions and the potential failure of the other party to the instrument to meet its obligations. The fund may be exposed to risks associated with the providers of any wrap contracts (synthetic GICs) covering with the fund’s assets, including credit risk and capacity risk.

Our investment techniques, analyses, and judgments may not produce the outcome we intend. The investments we select for the fund may not perform as well as other securities that we do not select for the fund. We, or the fund’s other service providers, may experience disruptions or operating errors that could have a negative effect on the fund. You can lose money by investing in the fund. You can lose money by investing in the fund.