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H&W Portfolio Manager Stan Majcher shares his thoughts on oil & gas companies in the latest Barron’s energy roundtable

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Investing in small and medium-sized companies involves greater risks than those associated with investing in large company stocks. Please read the fund prospectus for a full list of fund risks. All investments contain risk and may lose value. Equities, bonds, and other asset classes have different risk profiles, which should be considered when investing.    

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Top ten holdings as of 6/30/24 as a % of the Fund’s net assets‌: ‌​​Kosmos Energy Ltd. 4.9%, APA Corp. 4.8%, Popular Inc. 4.4%, Ericsson 4.4%, Citizens Fin'l Group Inc. 4.2%, Fluor Corp. 3.6%, F5 Inc. 3.3%, Adient PLC 2.7%, State Street Corp. 2.7%, and CNO Financial Group Inc. 2.4%. Fund holdings and/or sector allocations are subject to change and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. References to other mutual funds or discussion of individual companies should not be considered an offer to buy or sell these securities.

The WilderHill Clean Energy Index is a modified equal weighted index comprised of companies that are publicly traded in the United States and that are engaged in the business of the advancement of cleaner energy and conservation. It is not possible to invest directly in an index; Earnings yield is earnings per share from the previous four quarters divided by the share price; Dividend yield is a measurement comparing a company's stock price to the dividend it pays investors; Earnings growth is not representative of the fund's future performance; Free cash flow represents the cash a company generates after accounting for cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets; Free cash flow yield is the ratio between the cash generated from the core operations of a company relative to its valuation; LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.

Past performance is not indicative of future performance.

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