|
Prices
&
Performance
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PRICES AS OF THE CLOSE
OF TRADING
1/06/09
|
Fund Name
|
Ticker
|
Price
|
Change
|
|
Berwyn
Fund
|
BERWX
|
$18.65
|
+ .52
|
|
Berwyn
Income Fund
|
BERIX
|
$10.44
|
+ .09
|
|
Berwyn
Cornerstone Fund
|
BERCX
|
$10.01
|
+ .18
|
CURRENT PERFORMANCE
Total Returns*
as of December 31, 2008
(3, 5, 10 Year Returns, Annualized)
| Fund |
3
Mos |
1
Year |
3
Yrs |
5
Yrs |
10
Yrs |
Berwyn
Fund |
-24.46%
|
-27.09%
|
-9.17%
|
+0.65%
|
+6.12%
|
Berwyn
Income
Fund |
-8.09%
|
-10.19%
|
+1.40%
|
+2.79%
|
+5.94%
|
Berwyn
Cornerstone
|
-21.65%
|
-28.61%
|
-5.42%
|
-0.27%
|
N/A** |
Total Returns*
as of December 31, 2008
(3, 5, 10 Year Returns, Annualized)
| Fund |
Qtr.
|
1 Year
|
3 Yrs
|
5 Yrs
|
10 Yrs
|
Berwyn
Fund |
-24.46%
|
-27.09%
|
-9.17%
|
+0.65%
|
+6.12%
|
Berwyn
Income Fund |
-8.09%
|
-10.19%
|
+1.40%
|
+2.79%
|
+5.94%
|
Berwyn
Cornerstone
|
-21.65%
|
-28.61%
|
-5.42%
|
-0.27%
|
N/A**
|
| S&P5001 |
-21.94%
|
-37.00%
|
-8.35%
|
-2.19%
|
-1.38%
|
| S&P4002 |
-25.55%
|
-36.23%
|
-8.75%
|
-0.09%
|
+4.45%
|
| S&P6003 |
-25.17%
|
-31.07%
|
-7.50%
|
+0.88%
|
+5.18%
|
| RUSS4 |
-26.12%
|
-33.79%
|
-8.27%
|
-0.93%
|
+3.02%
|
| BIG
5 |
+5.65%
|
+7.02%
|
+6.17%
|
+5.10%
|
+5.85%
|
| MLHY6 |
-17.63%
|
-26.39%
|
-5.61%
|
-0.86%
|
+2.04%
|
Expense Ratios as of December 31, 2007
Berwyn
Fund |
Total 1.27%
Net 1.27%
|
Berwyn
Income Fund |
Total 0.70% Net
0.70%
|
Berwyn
Cornerstone
Fund
|
Total 2.52%
Net 2.00% ^
|
^
The Killen Group, Inc. (the Advisor) has contractually agreed to
waive all or a portion of its management fee in order to limit the
Berwyn Cornerstone Fund's ratio of expenses to average net assets
to 2.00%. In addition, the Advisor has voluntarily decided to reimburse
other operating expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to
maintain a ratio of expenses to average net assets of 2.00%. The
Advisor may, however, discontinue reimbursement of these expenses
at any time.
| * |
Past performance is not a guarantee of future
results. The investment return and principal value of an investment
will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be
worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may
be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
Total
returns include the reinvestment of all dividends, interest and
other distributions, compounded daily. Returns for The Berwyn Funds
are before taxes and net of all advisory and commission charges.
Three year, five year and ten year returns are annualized.
An investor should consider each fund's investment
objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. The fund's
prospectus contains this and other relevant information, and should
be read carefully before investing. A prospectus may be downloaded
from the Fund Literature page of this Web site, or by calling the
following toll-free number:
1-800-992-6757. |
** Fund inception
was 05/01/02.
| 1
S&P 500: |
Standard
& Poor's 500, an Index of the 500 largest companies as measured
by market capitalization. |
| 2 S&P 400: |
Standard
& Poor's 400, an Index designed to measure the performance of
400 selected companies with a mid-sized market
capitalization. |
| 3 S&P 600: |
Standard
& Poor's 600, an Index designed to measure the performance of
600 selected US stocks with a small market
capitalization. |
| 4 RUSS: |
Russell 2000, an
index of 2000 small cap companies. |
| 5 BIG: |
Citigroup
Broad Investment Grade Index, an Index reflecting the investment
grade bond market. |
| 6 MLHY: |
Merrill
Lynch High Yield Master II Index, an Index of all sectors of
the non-investment grade bond market. |
|
Selected
Market Indices:
Total
Year-to-Date
Returns
as of 12/31/08
| S&P
500 |
-37.00%
|
| S&P
400 |
-36.23%
|
| S&P
600 |
-31.07%
|
| RUSS |
-33.79%
|
| BIG |
+7.02%
|
| MLHY |
-26.39%
|
(See Footnotes Below Center
for Index
Descriptions)
|
