Investment Strategy
| The Nuveen Moderate Allocation Fund* is designed to provide attractive long-term total return with a moderate risk profile. |
Who should invest
Investors Seeking:
| - Long-term total return
- Diversification across broad asset classes, including exposure to both U.S. and non-U.S. securities
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Fund Basics: Shares
Select Share Class:
A | B† | C | I† | R3
| Fund Symbol | NNSAX |
| Fund Cusip | 67064Y107 |
| Inception Date | 8/07/1996 |
| Latest NAV as of 11/20/2009 | $21.83 |
| Fund Symbol | NNSBX |
| Fund Cusip | 67064Y206 |
| Inception Date | 8/07/1996 |
| Latest NAV as of 11/20/2009 | $21.78 |
| Fund Symbol | NUVCX |
| Fund Cusip | 67064Y305 |
| Inception Date | 8/07/1996 |
| Latest NAV as of 11/20/2009 | $21.81 |
| Fund Symbol | NMATX |
| Fund Cusip | 67064Y388 |
| Inception Date | 8/04/2008 |
| Latest NAV as of 11/20/2009 | $21.82 |
| Fund Symbol | NNSRX |
| Fund Cusip | 67064Y404 |
| Inception Date | 8/07/1996 |
| Latest NAV as of 11/20/2009 | $21.85 |
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A Word On Risk
| The Fund is a 'fund of funds' that invests principally in shares of other registered investment companies, including open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (the Underlying Funds). The Fund invests principally in Underlying Funds within the Nuveen family of funds. Because the Funds assets are invested primarily in shares of the Underlying Funds, the Funds investment performance and risks are directly related to the investment performance and risks of the Underlying Funds. An investor should carefully consider the risks of the Underlying Funds. The Fund and the Underlying Funds have operating expenses, and you will bear not only your share of the Funds expenses, but also the Funds proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. An investment in the Fund is subject to equity market risk, or the risk that one or more stocks in the Underlying Funds may decline in value. This risk can be greater for small and medium market capitalization companies. The Underlying Funds investments in non-U.S. equities also presents the risk that non-U.S. securities will be more volatile than U.S. stocks due to such factors as adverse economic, currency, political, social or regulatory developments in a country. To the extent an Underlying Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in equity securities of companies in the same economic sector, such Underlying Fund is more susceptible to economic, political, regulatory and other occurrences influencing that sector. As with any mutual fund investment, loss of principal is a risk of investing in the Fund. |
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Portfolio Manager
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| Thomas M. Richards, CFA, a co-founder of NIS, is a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for NIS. Mr. Richards provides leadership in the application of asset allocation, asset liability modeling, manager structuring, alternative investment research and risk management methods to NIS's institutional investment clients. He has published a variety of articles in pension finance literature and has been a frequent speaker at investment conferences and seminars. He is a co-author of the chapter on Performance Evaluation in the textbook Managing Investment Portfolios. Mr. Richards serves as Chairman for the Research Foundation of the CFA Institute. | | | | John Simmons, CFA is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for NIS. Mr. Simmons previously served as a partner and senior consultant for NIS (formerly Richards & Tierney, Inc.). Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the Risk Management Support Group at Arthur Andersen, LLP where he helped design and enhance benchmarking tools. He also worked in equity research and analysis following his retirement from a career in professional baseball. Mr. Simmons earned a bachelors degree in English Literature (cum laude) and an MBA with an emphasis in financial trading and practice from Saint Xavier University. He is a director of the CFA Society of Chicago and a member of the CFA Institute, the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives’ Club of Chicago and the Association of Professional Ball Players of America. | |
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Effective May 1, 2008 Class B shares are only issued upon exchange of Class B shares
from another Nuveen Fund or for purposes of dividend reinvestment.
Effective December 31, 2008 the reinstatement privilege for Class B shares
will no longer be available. Effective May 1, 2008, Class R shares were
renamed Class I shares. See the Fund's prospectus for more information.
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| *Effective August 1, 2008, based upon the determination of the Fund's Board of Trustees and a shareholder vote, the Fund'’s sub-adviser and primary investment objective were changed. Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (formerly Richards & Tierney, Inc.) was appointed as the Fund'’s sub-adviser and the new investment objective is to provide attractive long-term total return with a moderate risk profile. The Fund also changed its name from Nuveen Balanced Stock and Bond Fund to the Nuveen Moderate Allocation Fund. See the prospectus for more information. |
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