Investment Funds You Can Choose

Balanced Funds

Fund offerings as of January 1, 2009

Core Balanced Funds		For a $10,000 Investment
		Fees		Result in 10 Years
Info Pop Ups*	Fund	Annual	Long-Term	Average	Downside	Upside
	FRS Select Conservative Balanced Fund (A10)	$10	$314	$13,500	$10,500	$16,200
	FRS Select Moderate Balanced Fund (A20)	$7	$220	$15,800	$9,700	$24,200
	FRS Select Aggressive Balanced Fund (A30)	$4	$109	$16,700	$9,100	$29,100

*Info Pop Ups Legend
	Fund Thumbnail (short summaries of each fund)
	Fund Scorecard (overall score, rankings, investment style and risk, historical performance, other statistics)
	Fund Profile (fees and expenses, investment strategies and risks, asset allocation, average annual returns, fund advisors, etc.)
	Fund Details (restrictions on transfers, philosophy, research process, security selection, portfolio construction, sell discipline, etc.)

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The Balanced Funds were designed by the FRS to provide you with a "One-Stop Shopping" investment alternative. These funds seek favorable long-term returns by keeping costs low and investing across multiple asset classes to diversify and control risk. So you're already diversified if you invest in a balanced fund!

The three Balanced Funds are designed to have different risk levels. The Conservative Balanced Fund is designed to have approximately as much risk as a core bond fund. The Moderate Balanced Fund is designed to have approximately as much risk as the average U.S. investor. The Aggressive Balanced Fund is designed to have a level of risk that puts it roughly mid-way between the Moderate Balanced Fund and the FRS Select U.S. Stock Market Index Fund.

The three Balanced Funds invest in various FRS investment funds in different proportions (institutional funds and mutual funds). Because the Balanced Funds are designed to keep their overall level of risk relatively steady over time, the proportions and specific funds included in each Balanced Fund may change over time. Financial Engines®, a federally registered investment advisor and fiduciary to the FRS, will periodically provide updated investment fund mixes to the FRS that they believe will provide the best trade-off between expected risk and return. Changes to the Balanced Funds will be posted on MyFRS.com.