United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-8056 |
Praxis Mutual Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
P.O. Box 483
Goshen, IN 46527
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Anthony Zacharski, Dechert LLP
200 Clarendon Street, 27th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800) 977-2947
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2011
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Annual Report
Praxis Mutual Funds | Class A | Class I |
Intermediate Income Fund | MIIAX | MIIIX |
Core Stock Fund | MMPAX | MMCSX |
International Fund | MPIAX | MPIIX |
International Index Fund | MPLAX | MPLIX |
Value Index Fund | MVIAX | MVIIX |
Growth Index Fund | MGNDX | MMDEX |
Small Cap Fund | MMSCX | MMSIX |
Praxis Genesis Portfolios | Class A | |
Conservative Portfolio | MCONX | |
Balanced Portfolio | MBAPX | |
Growth Portfolio | MGAFX |
Table of Contents
Message from the President | 4 |
Stewardship investing report | 6 |
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | |
Portfolio managers’ letter | 8 |
Performance review | 9 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 10 |
Praxis Core Stock Fund | |
Portfolio managers’ letter | 15 |
Performance review | 16 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 17 |
Praxis International Fund | |
Portfolio manager’s letter | 19 |
Performance review | 22 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 23 |
Praxis International Index Fund | |
Portfolio managers’ letter | 26 |
Performance review | 27 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 28 |
Praxis Value Index Fund | |
Portfolio manager’s letter | 37 |
Performance review | 38 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 39 |
Praxis Growth Index Fund | |
Portfolio manager’s letter | 43 |
Performance review | 44 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 45 |
Praxis Small Cap Fund | |
Portfolio manager’s letter | 49 |
Performance review | 50 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 51 |
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Table of Contents (continued)
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio | |
Portfolio manager’s letter | 53 |
Performance review | 54 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 55 |
Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio | |
Portfolio manager’s letter | 53 |
Performance review | 56 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 57 |
Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio | |
Portfolio manager’s letter | 53 |
Performance review | 58 |
Schedule of portfolio investments | 59 |
Financial Statements | |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities | 60 |
Statements of Operations | 63 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 66 |
Financial Highlights | 69 |
Notes to Financial Statements | 79 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 94 |
Additional Fund Information (unaudited) | 95 |
Management of the Trust (unaudited) | 105 |
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Message from the President
Dear Praxis shareholder:
While the U.S. economy seems to show signs of improvement, the constant volatility in the equities market and historically low interest rates made it very difficult for investors to feel confident about the future. If the past is any predictor of the future, at least in the short-term, there is little to assure us that volatility won’t be with us into the coming year.
Domestic equities, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, rose by 2.11 percent for the one year period ending December 31, 2011, following a gain of 15.09 percent for the prior year. The Praxis Core Stock Fund Class A Shares (without load) underperformed its benchmark and fell by -3.89 percent. Over the same period, the Class A Shares (without load) of the Praxis Value Index Fund fell by -3.58 percent and the Praxis Growth Index Fund (without load) rose by 1.12 percent. The Class A Shares (without load) of the Praxis Small Cap Fund rose by 5.63 percent and outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000, which fell by -4.18 percent. The developed international markets equity benchmark MSCI EAFE Index fell by -12.14 percent for the one-year period ending December 31, 2011. The Praxis International Fund Class A Shares (without load) underperformed its benchmark over the one year period and fell by -15.54 percent. A broader measure of international equity markets, the MSCI ACWI ex-US Index, which also includes emerging markets, fell -13,71 percent for the one-year period ending December 31, 2011. The Praxis International Index Fund Class A Shares (without load), which commenced operations on December 31, 2010, fell by -16.54 percent during 2011.
The Class A Shares of the Praxis Intermediate Income Fund (without load) posted a gain of 6.43 percent for the year ending December 31, 2011. While strong in absolute terms, the Fund’s performance lagged that of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index which rose 7.84 percent in 2011. The three-year annualized returns for Class A Shares (with load) of the Fund were 6.36 percent and five-year annualized returns were 5.59 percent.
We continue to be encouraged by the performance of the Praxis Genesis Portfolios, which we launched in 2010. These Portfolios utilize a “fund of funds” strategy that invests in a combination of other Praxis Mutual Funds rather than directly investing in individual stocks, bonds, or other securities. We currently offer three portfolios: The Conservative Portfolio (without load) returned 2.88 percent, the Balanced Portfolio (without load) returned -0.21 percent, and the Growth Portfolio (without load) returned -2.24 percent.
In 2011, our fund family changed its name to Praxis Mutual Funds. Formerly MMA Praxis Mutual Funds, the “MMA” portion of our name was eliminated to more closely conform to the name of the Praxis Mutual Funds’ adviser, Everence Capital Management. (The fund adviser changed its name from MMA Capital Management in November 2010 because its parent company changed its identity to Everence from MMA.)
Because shareholder advocacy is an important aspect of our stewardship investing philosophy and practice, Praxis has created a new outlet for your voice to be heard. Cell phones and other devices depend on minerals like tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold to work. Some of these minerals are mined in areas where adults and children are violently forced to work in the mines. You can encourage your cell phone provider to take notice and provide conflict-free phones, via an online email submission form available at www.praxismutualfunds.com. Additional information regarding this campaign can also be found in the stewardship investing report.
On the following pages, you will find portfolio managers’ letters and performance review for each of the Praxis Mutual Funds, as well as an update on our stewardship investing activities. The work we do on your behalf in company screening, shareholder advocacy and community development are reminders that you can have significant impact by the way you invest your dollars. I encourage you to read these letters for further expansion and explanation of factors that impacted performance and perspective on 2011.
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Message from the President (continued)
Thank you for being an investor with Praxis Mutual Funds. We are committed to helping you integrate your investments with the values important to you. As always, we strive to be responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us, and we are grateful for your support.
Sincerely,
David C. Gautsche
President
Praxis Mutual Funds are advised by Everence Capital Management and distributed through FINRA member BHIL Distributors Inc.
The views expressed are those of the President of the Praxis Mutual Funds as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
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Praxis stewardship investing report | Annual report to shareholders |
Praxis Mutual Funds engages a wide range of companies on a number of critical environmental, social and governance issues. Many of the efforts in 2011 focused on issues related to the scourge of modern slavery (human trafficking) and concerns of food and water safety and security.
Calling for conflict-free cell phones
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, miners – including children – are forced to work through the use of rape and violence. The reason for the oppression: the extraction of minerals (particularly tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold) essential in the manufacturing of our most common electronic devices, including cell phones. Sales of these so-called “conflict minerals” fuel the violence and instability in the country and region.
In November, Praxis launched a major campaign to encourage cellular service providers (namely, Verizon1, AT&T2, Sprint/Nextel3, T-Mobile4) to be an active and leading part of the effort to make conflict-free cell phones a reality. Individuals can visit www.everence.com/conflictminerals to send a message directly to their cellular service provider, encouraging them to be involved in finding solutions. The Web page also has educational information, a photo slideshow of conflict mineral mining, and links to more educational resources.
Praxis will begin dialogues with these companies in early 2012, to explore just how they can use their unique influence to help change the conflict mineral trade.
Wyndham signs anti-trafficking code
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation5 is the latest major hotel chain to take a stand against the commercial sexual exploitation of children by signing the Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct (“The Code”). Wyndham agreed to sign The Code after extended dialogue with members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, including Praxis Mutual Funds.
The Code, an industry-driven responsible tourism initiative in collaboration with ECPAT International, specifically focuses on the protection of children from sexual exploitation in the travel and tourism industries. While The Code has been signed by more than 1,000 travel industry members worldwide, Wyndham, one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, is only the fifth U.S. company to sign.
As a subscriber to The Code, Wyndham will implement policies that condemn child trafficking and provide training to help their employees identify and report trafficking activities. Wyndham will also raise awareness among its business partners and customers by including information about the issue and The Code through its website and meetings, and by annually reporting on its progress.
ConocoPhillips expands its human rights statement
The ConocoPhillips6 board has approved an addition to its human rights position statement, and now officially references the rights of indigenous peoples.
Praxis and other socially-concerned investors have been in conversation with ConocoPhillips for several years, focused primarily on the oil company’s operations in the Amazon rainforest. Indigenous groups in the Amazon can be negatively affected by resource development, including oil extraction, though they have no documented claim to their historic land and are not necessarily recognized by the nation-state in which their territory lies. By recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples, ConocoPhillips is required to take into consideration the engagement and consent of such communities in areas of operation.
ConocoPhillips states, “The Company’s approach to engagement with indigenous communities, in locations where they are an important stakeholder group for our operations, is consistent with the principles of the International Labour Organization Convention 169, concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.”
Ending child labor in the cocoa trade
In West Africa, tens of thousands of children are forced to work on cocoa plantations – particularly in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, the world’s top two cocoa exporting nations. Many of these children are smuggled in from extremely poor countries such as Mali and Burkina Faso. Since most cocoa beans come from hundreds of thousands of small farms and pass through three or more companies before reaching the major confectioners, documenting labor abuses and certifying ethical farms is difficult.
Social investors are working with the world’s largest chocolate companies to establish industry-wide solutions to the problem of forced labor and low pay on cocoa farms. Since 2009, Praxis Mutual Funds has been meeting with The Hershey Company7 to discuss its cocoa bean sourcing – specifically, how Hershey can encourage equitable pay for farmers and fair labor standards for workers.
Recently, with other socially concerned investors, Praxis organized an investor call with staff from CocoaLink, a new Hershey program meant to provide pertinent information and child labor awareness to Ghanian farmers through a cell phone network.
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Praxis stewardship investing report, continued | Annual report to shareholders |
After several months of communication, Kraft Foods8 – the world’s largest chocolate manufacturer – has agreed to a meeting with shareholders on these issues in January 2012.
Moving toward restoration
Praxis Mutual Funds, in partnership with Christian Brothers Investment Services, has lead engagement efforts with BP9 since the days immediately following the Gulf Oil spill in April 2010. Dialogue with company officials has not only focused on the restoration of the Gulf Coast environment and economy from the damage of 4.9 million barrels of spilled crude oil, but also on the restoration of the company’s reputation for operational safety and community “license to operate” in the U.S. and around the world.
Shareholders met twice in 2011 with BP senior executives. In May, a meeting with Mark Bly, BP executive vice president of safety and operational risk, and Bernard Looney, BP executive vice president of oil development, focused on progress in implementing the Bly Report – a new safety management program to address failings leading to the 2010 spill.
In October, the shareholder coalition met with Carl-Henrik Svanberg, BP chairman, along with Bly and Looney, for a review of progress in the Bly Report’s implementation and discussion of BP’s strategy on expanding its work with emerging markets and high-risk development projects. Shareholders were also able to pursue a number of governance concerns related to the board’s composition and oversight of safety and risk functions.
Strengthening consumer financial protection through the CFPB
Over seven years ago, Praxis Mutual Funds helped lead shareholder engagement of the credit card industry around increasingly abusive practices. These practices were contributing factors in the economic collapse in 2007, and were addressed in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010. This legislation also established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which combines disparate regulatory functions and adds new authority. It focuses on educating consumers, clarifying regulations, restricting abusive practices, enforcement and monitoring.
Praxis was an invited participant in a recent social investor roundtable with CFPB senior staff. The goal of the Bureau is to help the consumer finance marketplace work smoothly and equitably for both consumers and financial service providers. The CFPB also combines regulatory functions from seven different agencies to provide education and engagement, consumer response, research and rule-writing, supervision and enforcement functions. Investor participants were impressed at the level of the engagement and commitment of staff to many of the issues and values we’ve addressed over the years.
Mark Regier
Director of Stewardship Investing
1As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis Intermediate Income Fund had invested 0.2 percent of its assets and the Praxis Value Index Fund had invested 2.48 percent of its assets in Verizon.
2As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis Intermediate Income Fund had invested 0.53 percent of its assets and the Praxis Value Index Fund had invested 3.78 percent of its assets in AT&T.
3As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis Value Index Fund had invested 0.17 percent of its assets in Sprint/Nextel.
4As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis International Index Fund had invested 0.3 percent of its assets in Deutsche Telekom (which owns T-Mobile).
5As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis Value Index Fund had invested 0.18 percent of its assets in Wyndham.
6As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis Intermediate Income Fund had invested 0.45 percent of its assets and the Praxis Value Index Fund had invested 2.22 percent of its assets in ConocoPhillips.
7As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis Growth Index Fund had invested 0.25 percent of its assets in The Hershey Company.
8As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis Core Stock Fund had invested 2.19 percent of its assets and the Praxis Value Index Fund had invested 1.36 percent of its assets in Kraft Foods.
9As of Dec. 31, 2011, the Praxis International Fund had invested 1.32 percent of its assets and the Praxis International Index Fund had invested 1.14 percent of its assets in BP.
Fund holdings are subject to change. To obtain holdings as of the most previous quarter, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The views expressed are those of the Director of Stewardship Investing as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Intermediate Income Fund
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ letter (unaudited)
For the full year the Praxis Intermediate Income Fund’s Class A Shares (without load) return was 6.43 percent versus the Barclays Aggregate U.S. Bond Index, which generated a return of 7.84 percent.
The main reasons for the Fund’s underperformance versus its benchmark during the period were falling interest rates and the relative strength of U.S. Treasury bonds. Interest rates declined far more than we expected, and especially so with the August announcement by the Federal Reserve that it planned to keep the federal funds rate at “exceptionally low levels” through mid-2013. We were also somewhat surprised that interest rates fell after U.S. Treasuries were downgraded by Standard & Poor’s from AAA to AA+.
The portfolio began the year with an effective duration that was less than the benchmark and as interest rates fell further during the year, we continued to reduce the effective duration of the portfolio. Through the end of period, interest rates had not reversed and moved higher, which hurt the Fund’s relative performance in the second half of the year. The rally in Treasuries due to market concerns about the Euro also detracted from relative performance. Given the Fund’s mandate to not own U.S. Treasury securities, we expect performance to lag during periods when a flight to safety like this occurs.
Outlook
As we turn to 2012, our expectations for the U.S. economy and the outlook for interest rates are extraordinarily uncertain. The primary source of the uncertainty is Europe, where an increasingly dysfunctional currency (the Euro) and the political environment are driving the regional economy into a recession. If that was the end of the story, we would make a few adjustments and move on. But, the reality is that the European banking system is in very bad shape and the risk of a 2008-style financial meltdown is not out of the question. The dysfunction of the Eurozone is putting the global economic system in jeopardy. As a result, we expect to build in at least some hedges against the uncertainties that are present.
If it weren’t for the problems in Europe, the prospects for the U.S. would be roughly equivalent to 2011. We expect growth to remain weak, thanks to the drag from housing, and interest rates are likely to remain low. Heading into an election year, we expect little movement on policy issues since there is a standoff in Washington with regard to just about everything.
With the uncertainty about Europe, U.S. interest rates could go even lower if nothing is done about the situation. At a minimum, this will keep us cautious for a while. Even so, the market has priced in a lot of risk with corporate spreads at roughly the same levels that we saw back in the early 2000s in the wake of the Enron debacle. This suggests there still is some room for attractive returns in parts of the bond market that have more risk than Treasuries.
From a longer-term perspective, the yields in today’s market are very low. The Barclays Aggregate Index has a yield to maturity of only 2.33 percent and the 10-year U.S. Treasury note ended 2011 at a yield of 1.88 percent. To put things into perspective, Japan’s 10-year bond yields around 0.98 percent and the Swiss 10-year bond yields 0.74 percent, so U.S. Treasury rates can conceivably still go lower. On the other hand, an increase in perceived credit risk could counter this impulse and push yields higher. A good example is French 10-year government bonds, whose yields have widened 0.90 percent relative to the current U.S. Treasury 10-year note since July 4. This has largely been due to rising concerns about a credit downgrade for French government bonds. While investors greeted the downgrade of U.S. Treasury bonds in the summer by increasing their buying, it is not inconceivable that investors could also react to the increasing indebtedness of the U.S. Treasury by demanding higher yields.
Delmar King
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund Co-Portfolio Manager
Benjamin J. Bailey, CFA®
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund Co-Portfolio Manager
The views expressed are those of the portfolio managers as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Intermediate Income Fund
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/30/01 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 3.75%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/01 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Annualized | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Inception Date | One Year Ended | Three Year Ended | Five Year Ended | Ten Year Ended | Expense Ratio*** Gross / Net | |||||||||||||||||
Intermediate Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | 6.43 | % | 7.71 | % | 6.41 | % | 5.38 | % | 1.17 | % | 0.99 | % | ||||||||||
Class A * | 2.41 | % | 6.36 | % | 5.59 | % | 4.97 | % | ||||||||||||||
Class I ** | 5/1/06 | 6.98 | % | 8.11 | % | 6.75 | % | 5.55 | % | 0.59 | % | 0.59 | % | |||||||||
Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index1 | 7.84 | % | 6.77 | % | 6.50 | % | 5.78 | % |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A.
** Class I Share of this Fund was not in existence prior to 5/1/06. Class I Share performance calculated for any period prior to 5/1/06 is based on the performance of Class B Share since inception of 1/4/94 and has been adjusted to reflect differences in sales charges and expenses between the classes. The Class B Shares were exchanged into Class A Shares on August 17, 2009.
*** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A.
1 Barclay’s Capital Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Barclay’s Capital Government/Credit Index and the Barclay’s Capital Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | FAIR | ||||||
AMOUNT | VALUE | ||||||
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES—1.5% | |||||||
Cabela’s Master Credit Card Trust, 0.88%, | |||||||
6/17/19+(a) | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 1,006,217 | |||
GTP Acquisition Partners I LLC, 4.35%, | |||||||
6/15/16(a) | 800,000 | 796,595 | |||||
Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, 1.65%, | |||||||
2/15/17 | 1,000,000 | 1,015,342 | |||||
SBA Tower Trust, 4.25%, 4/15/15(a) | 750,000 | 771,025 | |||||
Trip Rail Master Funding LLC, 2.78%, | |||||||
7/15/41+(a) | 950,973 | 950,961 | |||||
TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES | 4,540,140 | ||||||
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATION—0.0%** | |||||||
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 4.50%, 9/25/34 | 50,839 | 50,908 | |||||
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES—6.3% | |||||||
Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial | |||||||
Mortgage, Inc., 5.12%, 7/11/43 | 193,070 | 194,136 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
4.52%, 11/11/41 | 19,643 | 19,644 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
4.67%, 6/11/41 | 1,000,000 | 1,075,666 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
4.95%, 2/11/41 | 103,984 | 103,974 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
5.12%, 2/11/41+ | 1,000,000 | 1,083,584 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
5.13%, 10/12/42+ | 605,540 | 605,306 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
5.54%, 9/11/41 | 2,000,000 | 2,226,614 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
5.61%, 6/11/50 | 899,864 | 930,766 | |||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, | |||||||
5.74%, 9/11/42+ | 1,000,000 | 1,150,417 | |||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., | |||||||
5.12%, 8/15/38+ | 622,602 | 626,815 | |||||
DBUBS Mortgage Trust, 3.74%, 11/10/46(a) | 736,990 | 771,896 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage | |||||||
Securities Corp., 4.63%, 3/15/46 | 262,694 | 265,932 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage | |||||||
Securities Corp., 4.90%, 10/15/42 | 1,000,000 | 1,008,558 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage | |||||||
Securities Corp., 4.92%, 10/15/42+ | 1,000,000 | 1,087,120 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage | |||||||
Securities Corp., 5.13%, 5/15/47 | 529,174 | 545,810 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage | |||||||
Securities Corp., 5.17%, 8/12/40+ | 772,647 | 789,251 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage | |||||||
Securities Corp., 5.40%, 5/15/45 | 2,000,000 | 2,203,416 | |||||
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, | |||||||
4.65%, 7/15/30 | 140,245 | 140,858 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I, 3.88%, 9/15/47(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,050,826 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I, 4.83%, 6/12/47 | 278,238 | 278,101 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I, 5.01%, 1/14/42 | 202,657 | 202,858 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I, 5.86%, 10/15/42+ | 281,463 | 289,467 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I, 5.81%, 8/12/41+ | 1,000,000 | 1,142,339 | |||||
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I, | |||||||
5.93%, 12/15/35 | 1,225,000 | 1,232,333 | |||||
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, | |||||||
5.04%, 3/15/42 | 314,521 | 325,477 | |||||
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE | |||||||
BACKED SECURITIES | 19,351,164 | ||||||
FOREIGN BONDS—1.1% | |||||||
Arab Republic of Egypt, 4.45%, 9/15/15 | $ | 2,000,000 | $ | 2,237,440 | |||
Province of Ontario, Canada, 4.10%, 6/16/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,074,535 | |||||
TOTAL FOREIGN BONDS | 3,311,975 | ||||||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—2.2% | |||||||
Cincinnati Ohio Water System Rev., | |||||||
6.46%, 12/01/34 | 600,000 | 678,072 | |||||
Columbus Multi-High School Building | |||||||
Corp. Rev., 6.45%, 1/15/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,089,490 | |||||
Fort Wayne International Airport Air Trade | |||||||
Center Building Corp., 4.25%, 7/15/16 | 500,000 | 529,780 | |||||
Houston Independent School District, | |||||||
6.17%, 2/15/34 | 1,000,000 | 1,108,480 | |||||
Indianapolis Public School Multi-School | |||||||
Building, 5.73%, 7/15/29 | 1,500,000 | 1,647,420 | |||||
LL&P Wind Energy, Inc. (XLCA), | |||||||
5.73%, 12/01/17(a) | 1,000,000 | 990,710 | |||||
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, | |||||||
5.84%, 7/01/30 | 800,000 | 882,056 | |||||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS | 6,926,008 | ||||||
CORPORATE BONDS—44.5% | |||||||
ADVERTISING—0.6% | |||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., | |||||||
10.00%, 7/15/17 | 750,000 | 856,875 | |||||
Omnicom Group, Inc., 6.25%, 7/15/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,139,951 | |||||
1,996,826 | |||||||
AUTO COMPONENTS—0.4% | |||||||
BorgWarner, Inc., 5.75%, 11/01/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,110,819 | |||||
BIOTECHNOLOGY—0.2% | |||||||
Biogen Idec, Inc., 6.00%, 3/01/13 | 500,000 | 525,723 | |||||
BROADCASTING & CABLE TV—0.6% | |||||||
Comcast Corp., 5.15%, 3/01/20 | 1,000,000 | 1,137,232 | |||||
DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV | |||||||
Financing Co., Inc., 7.63%, 5/15/16 | 750,000 | 795,937 | |||||
1,933,169 | |||||||
BUILDING PRODUCTS—0.4% | |||||||
Masco Corp., 6.13%, 10/03/16 | 500,000 | 513,101 | |||||
Owens Corning, 6.50%, 12/01/16 | 800,000 | 873,106 | |||||
1,386,207 | |||||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—0.6% | |||||||
BlackRock, Inc., 3.50%, 12/10/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,067,826 | |||||
Franklin Resources, Inc., 2.00%, 5/20/13 | 670,000 | 676,830 | |||||
1,744,656 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—0.7% | |||||||
Airgas, Inc., 3.25%, 10/01/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,028,845 | |||||
Ecolab, Inc., 3.00%, 12/08/16 | 500,000 | 517,205 | |||||
Nalco Co., 8.25%, 5/15/17 | 500,000 | 567,500 | |||||
2,113,550 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.8% | |||||||
ANZ National International Ltd., | |||||||
3.13%, 8/10/15(a) | 1,000,000 | 999,736 | |||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., | |||||||
5.13%, 8/27/13 | 830,000 | 883,092 | |||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, | |||||||
2.00%, 2/04/13(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,011,135 | |||||
State Street Corp., 7.35%, 6/15/26 | 1,000,000 | 1,299,941 | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.25%, 10/23/12 | 1,250,000 | 1,293,846 | |||||
5,487,750 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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PRINCIPAL | FAIR | ||||||
AMOUNT | VALUE | ||||||
CORPORATE BONDS—44.5%, continued | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.7% | |||||||
GATX Corp., 9.00%, 11/15/13 | $ | 944,431 | $ | 1,058,496 | |||
TTX Co., 4.90%, 3/01/15(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,079,120 | |||||
2,137,616 | |||||||
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—0.2% | |||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co., 3.30%, 12/09/16 | 500,000 | 510,552 | |||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—0.3% | |||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., | |||||||
6.60%, 4/15/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,053,688 | |||||
CONSUMER FINANCE—1.4% | |||||||
American Express Credit Corp., | |||||||
2.80%, 9/19/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,004,900 | |||||
American Honda Finance Corp., | |||||||
4.63%, 4/02/13(a) | 1,500,000 | 1,552,990 | |||||
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 7.00%, 4/15/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,075,000 | |||||
Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., | |||||||
3.88%, 3/15/16(a) | 150,000 | 155,387 | |||||
SLM Corp., 5.38%, 1/15/13 | 500,000 | 503,450 | |||||
4,291,727 | |||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—0.5% | |||||||
Bemis Co., Inc., 5.65%, 8/01/14 | 500,000 | 541,088 | |||||
Sealed Air Corp., 7.88%, 6/15/17 | 1,000,000 | 1,054,766 | |||||
1,595,854 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—3.3% | |||||||
Ally Financial, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/14 | 600,000 | 603,000 | |||||
Bank of America Corp., 4.50%, 4/01/15 | 500,000 | 482,493 | |||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.13%, 5/05/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,023,408 | |||||
ERAC USA Finance LLC, 5.90%, 11/15/15(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,107,405 | |||||
General Electric Capital Corp., | |||||||
6.15%, 8/07/37 | 1,000,000 | 1,093,888 | |||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., | |||||||
5.50%, 11/15/14 | 250,000 | 257,567 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.65%, 6/01/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,055,888 | |||||
Morgan Stanley, 5.63%, 9/23/19 | 1,500,000 | 1,389,119 | |||||
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., 4.00%, 1/15/15 | 750,000 | 768,509 | |||||
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance | |||||||
Corp., 10.38%, 11/01/18 | 780,000 | 1,122,228 | |||||
UBS AG, 3.88%, 1/15/15 | 1,000,000 | 997,250 | |||||
9,900,755 | |||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—4.4% | |||||||
AEP Texas North Co., 5.50%, 3/01/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,043,957 | |||||
Atlantic City Electric Co., 7.75%, 11/15/18 | 500,000 | 660,045 | |||||
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, | |||||||
7.00%, 3/01/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,124,059 | |||||
CMS Energy Corp., 4.25%, 9/30/15 | 600,000 | 606,419 | |||||
Consumers Energy Co., 6.70%, 9/15/19 | 625,000 | 791,556 | |||||
ITC Holdings Corp., 5.50%, 1/15/20(a) | 500,000 | 568,612 | |||||
MidAmerican Energy Co., 6.75%, 12/30/31 | 1,500,000 | 1,938,575 | |||||
Pennsylvania Electric Co., 5.20%, 4/01/20 | 500,000 | 559,499 | |||||
Portland General Electric Co., | |||||||
6.10%, 4/15/19 | 1,100,000 | 1,356,037 | |||||
Potomac Edison Co., 5.13%, 8/15/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,099,666 | |||||
Potomac Electric Power Co., | |||||||
6.50%, 11/15/37 | 1,000,000 | 1,348,233 | |||||
Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 6.74%, 6/15/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,232,925 | |||||
TransAlta Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/15 | 500,000 | 537,056 | |||||
TransAlta Corp., 6.65%, 5/15/18 | 500,000 | 578,233 | |||||
13,444,872 | |||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—0.2% | |||||||
Thomas & Betts Corp., 5.63%, 11/15/21 | $ | 500,000 | $ | 546,339 | |||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.2% | |||||||
Kroger Co., 7.50%, 1/15/14 | 500,000 | 558,790 | |||||
FOOD PRODUCTS—0.2% | |||||||
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., 4.95%, 8/15/20 | 500,000 | 509,704 | |||||
GAS UTILITIES—0.9% | |||||||
Indiana Gas Co., Inc., 6.55%, 6/30/28 | 250,000 | 297,411 | |||||
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., | |||||||
8.25%, 5/01/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,138,500 | |||||
National Fuel Gas Co., 6.50%, 4/15/18 | 500,000 | 566,613 | |||||
Sempra Energy, 6.50%, 6/01/16 | 600,000 | 699,900 | |||||
2,702,424 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—0.5% | |||||||
DENTSPLY International, Inc., | |||||||
2.75%, 8/15/16 | 570,000 | 575,470 | |||||
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., | |||||||
3.50%, 11/01/14 | 500,000 | 522,147 | |||||
Zimmer Holdings, Inc., 4.63%, 11/30/19 | 500,000 | 544,920 | |||||
1,642,537 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—0.8% | |||||||
Express Scripts, Inc., 6.25%, 6/15/14 | 550,000 | 599,465 | |||||
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, | |||||||
3.45%, 9/01/14 | 843,000 | 899,059 | |||||
Laboratory Corp of America Holdings, | |||||||
3.13%, 5/15/16 | 500,000 | 519,389 | |||||
McKesson Corp., 6.00%, 3/01/41 | 474,000 | 605,850 | |||||
2,623,763 | |||||||
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—0.3% | |||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., 5.75%, 8/15/15(a) | 750,000 | 803,155 | |||||
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—0.4% | |||||||
Snap-On, Inc., 4.25%, 1/15/18 | 500,000 | 537,869 | |||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., | |||||||
6.15%, 10/01/13 | 725,000 | 780,881 | |||||
1,318,750 | |||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—0.2% | |||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 3.35%, 12/15/15 | 500,000 | 520,889 | |||||
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—1.3% | |||||||
Cargill, Inc., 7.50%, 9/01/26(a) | 1,250,000 | 1,788,404 | |||||
Cooper U.S., Inc., 5.45%, 4/01/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,118,162 | |||||
Harsco Corp., 5.75%, 5/15/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,150,511 | |||||
4,057,077 | |||||||
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY—0.4% | |||||||
Valmont Industries, Inc., 6.63%, 4/20/20 | 1,000,000 | 1,157,436 | |||||
INSURANCE BROKERS—0.3% | |||||||
Willis North America, Inc., 5.63%, 7/15/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,061,858 | |||||
INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.5% | |||||||
AT&T, Inc., 4.95%, 1/15/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,042,219 | |||||
AT&T, Inc., 5.55%, 8/15/41 | 500,000 | 588,708 | |||||
Frontier Communications Corp., | |||||||
7.88%, 4/15/15 | 500,000 | 506,875 | |||||
GTE Corp., 6.84%, 4/15/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,197,817 | |||||
Qwest Corp., 6.75%, 12/01/21 | 476,000 | 518,840 | |||||
Verizon Communications, Inc., | |||||||
6.00%, 4/01/41 | 500,000 | 619,936 | |||||
4,474,395 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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PRINCIPAL | FAIR | ||||||
AMOUNT | VALUE | ||||||
CORPORATE BONDS—44.5%, continued | |||||||
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL—0.2% | |||||||
QVC, Inc., 7.13%, 4/15/17(a) | $ | 500,000 | $ | 530,000 | |||
IT SERVICES—1.8% | |||||||
Dun & Bradstreet Corp., 2.88%, 11/15/15 | 250,000 | 256,794 | |||||
Dun & Bradstreet Corp., 6.00%, 4/01/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,054,475 | |||||
Equifax, Inc., 4.45%, 12/01/14 | 1,110,000 | 1,169,948 | |||||
Fiserv, Inc., 3.13%, 10/01/15 | 250,000 | 256,101 | |||||
Fiserv, Inc., 3.13%, 6/15/16 | 666,000 | 678,117 | |||||
Moody’s Corp., 5.50%, 9/01/20 | 1,000,000 | 1,033,086 | |||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc., 5.80%, 5/01/21 | 960,000 | 1,033,434 | |||||
5,481,955 | |||||||
LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE—0.3% | |||||||
Ohio National Financial Services, Inc., | |||||||
6.35%, 4/01/13(a) | 355,000 | 370,917 | |||||
Prudential Financial, Inc., 4.75%, 4/01/14 | 641,000 | 675,806 | |||||
1,046,723 | |||||||
MACHINERY—0.2% | |||||||
Pall Corp., 5.00%, 6/15/20 | 500,000 | 566,029 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.9% | |||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp., 6.63%, 5/15/13 | 500,000 | 516,674 | |||||
Newcrest Finance Pty Ltd., | |||||||
4.45%, 11/15/21(a) | 1,000,000 | 986,370 | |||||
Teck Resources Ltd., 9.75%, 5/15/14 | 750,000 | 881,377 | |||||
Xstrata Canada Financial Corp., | |||||||
3.60%, 1/15/17(a) | 500,000 | 504,120 | |||||
2,888,541 | |||||||
MULTI-LINE INSURANCE—1.7% | |||||||
American International Group, Inc., | |||||||
4.25%, 9/15/14 | 750,000 | 728,346 | |||||
Horace Mann Educators Corp., | |||||||
6.85%, 4/15/16 | 750,000 | 807,643 | |||||
Kemper Corp., 6.00%, 11/30/15 | 800,000 | 837,022 | |||||
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., | |||||||
7.30%, 6/15/14(a) | 750,000 | 802,975 | |||||
MetLife, Inc., 4.75%, 2/08/21 | 500,000 | 540,897 | |||||
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, | |||||||
5.13%, 6/10/14(a) | 500,000 | 538,364 | |||||
Principal Life Global Funding I, | |||||||
6.25%, 2/15/12(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,006,338 | |||||
5,261,585 | |||||||
MULTILINE RETAIL—1.0% | |||||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 5.75%, 2/15/18 | 500,000 | 502,500 | |||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 1.50%, 10/25/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,015,700 | |||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 7.55%, 2/15/30 | 1,000,000 | 1,460,264 | |||||
2,978,464 | |||||||
OFFICE SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.2% | |||||||
Steelcase, Inc., 6.38%, 2/15/21 | 500,000 | 531,338 | |||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—2.0% | |||||||
ConocoPhillips Holding Co., 6.95%, 4/15/29 | 1,000,000 | 1,363,296 | |||||
Merey Sweeny LP, 8.85%, 12/18/19(a) | 682,304 | 783,749 | |||||
Motiva Enterprises LLC, 5.20%, 9/15/12(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,020,828 | |||||
Newfield Exploration Co., 7.13%, 5/15/18 | 500,000 | 533,750 | |||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co., | |||||||
5.88%, 7/15/16 | 500,000 | 544,146 | |||||
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. | |||||||
Ltd. III, 5.83%, 9/30/16(a) | 775,800 | 830,106 | |||||
Shell International Finance BV, | |||||||
4.00%, 3/21/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,074,840 | |||||
6,150,715 | |||||||
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—0.3% | |||||||
Domtar Corp., 9.50%, 8/01/16 | $ | 702,000 | $ | 842,400 | |||
PHARMACEUTICALS—1.2% | |||||||
Abbott Laboratories, 5.13%, 4/01/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,161,139 | |||||
Novartis Capital Corp., 4.13%, 2/10/14 | 1,250,000 | 1,337,404 | |||||
Roche Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 3/01/19(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,215,413 | |||||
3,713,956 | |||||||
PIPELINES—1.2% | |||||||
Enbridge Energy Partners LP, | |||||||
5.20%, 3/15/20 | 500,000 | 555,462 | |||||
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, | |||||||
3.70%, 6/01/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,048,376 | |||||
Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC, | |||||||
4.00%, 7/15/15(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,047,342 | |||||
Texas Gas Transmission LLC, | |||||||
4.60%, 6/01/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,065,154 | |||||
3,716,334 | |||||||
PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE—1.1% | |||||||
21st Century Insurance Group, | |||||||
5.90%, 12/15/13 | 973,000 | 998,992 | |||||
Markel Corp., 6.80%, 2/15/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,037,353 | |||||
Progressive Corp., 6.70%, 6/15/37+ | 500,000 | 505,000 | |||||
W.R.Berkley Corp., 6.15%, 8/15/19 | 710,000 | 747,676 | |||||
3,289,021 | |||||||
PUBLISHING—0.6% | |||||||
McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc., 5.38%, 11/15/12 | 1,000,000 | 1,039,746 | |||||
Washington Post Co., 7.25%, 2/01/19 | 575,000 | 670,903 | |||||
1,710,649 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS)—0.7% | |||||||
Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc., | |||||||
5.95%, 6/01/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,067,152 | |||||
ProLogis LP, 6.13%, 12/01/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,092,041 | |||||
2,159,193 | |||||||
ROAD & RAIL—0.5% | |||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, | |||||||
5.75%, 5/01/40 | 1,000,000 | 1,196,412 | |||||
CSX Transportation, Inc., | |||||||
8.38%, 10/15/14 | 440,202 | 501,232 | |||||
1,697,644 | |||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—1.0% | |||||||
Analog Devices, Inc., 5.00%, 7/01/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,091,405 | |||||
Applied Materials, Inc., 2.65%, 6/15/16 | 370,000 | 378,785 | |||||
Applied Materials, Inc., 7.13%, 10/15/17 | 500,000 | 606,079 | |||||
KLA-Tencor Corp., 6.90%, 5/01/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,153,153 | |||||
3,229,422 | |||||||
SOFT DRINKS—0.4% | |||||||
Bottling Group LLC, 5.13%, 1/15/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,166,661 | |||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—0.6% | |||||||
Ethan Allen Global, Inc., 5.38%, 10/01/15 | 500,000 | 498,066 | |||||
Home Depot, Inc., 5.95%, 4/01/41 | 1,000,000 | 1,290,192 | |||||
1,788,258 | |||||||
SUPRANATIONAL—2.0% | |||||||
Corporation Andina de Fomento, | |||||||
5.20%, 5/21/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,046,120 | |||||
Inter-American Development Bank, | |||||||
3.50%, 3/15/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,034,038 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | FAIR | ||||||
AMOUNT | VALUE | ||||||
CORPORATE BONDS—44.5%, continued | |||||||
SUPRANATIONAL—2.0%, continued | |||||||
Inter-American Development Bank, | |||||||
3.50%, 7/08/13 | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | 1,041,919 | |||
International Bank for Reconstruction & | |||||||
Development, 2.00%, 12/04/13 | 2,000,000 | 2,052,294 | |||||
International Finance Corp., 2.25%, 4/28/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,035,456 | |||||
6,209,827 | |||||||
TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTORS—0.2% | |||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc., 3.38%, 11/01/15 | 500,000 | 500,643 | |||||
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—0.3% | |||||||
Countrywide Financial Corp., 5.80%, 6/07/12 | 1,000,000 | 1,002,104 | |||||
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
Golden State Petroleum Transport Corp., | |||||||
8.04%, 2/01/19 | 784,382 | 759,070 | |||||
TRUCK MANUFACTURERS—0.3% | |||||||
PACCAR, Inc., 6.88%, 2/15/14 | 760,000 | 851,430 | |||||
TRUCKING—0.3% | |||||||
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc., | |||||||
3.38%, 9/15/15 | 1,000,000 | 1,013,422 | |||||
UTILITIES—1.6% | |||||||
Cedar Brakes II LLC, 9.88%, 9/01/13(a) | 728,208 | 762,587 | |||||
FPL Energy American Wind LLC, | |||||||
6.64%, 6/20/23(a) | 463,400 | 478,660 | |||||
FPL Energy National Wind LLC, | |||||||
5.61%, 3/10/24(a) | 141,304 | 145,792 | |||||
Harper Lake Solar Funding Corp., | |||||||
7.65%, 12/31/18(a) | 558,467 | 564,240 | |||||
Kiowa Power Partners LLC, | |||||||
4.81%, 12/30/13(a) | 711,082 | 634,049 | |||||
Midland Cogeneration Venture LP, | |||||||
6.00%, 3/15/25(a) | 670,000 | 681,867 | |||||
Salton Sea Funding Corp., 7.48%, 11/30/18 | 846,925 | 929,526 | |||||
SteelRiver Transmission Co. LLC, | |||||||
4.71%, 6/30/17(a) | 570,411 | 572,554 | |||||
4,769,275 | |||||||
WATER UTILITIES—0.4% | |||||||
American Water Capital Corp., | |||||||
6.09%, 10/15/17 | 1,000,000 | 1,163,246 | |||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS | 136,228,786 | ||||||
CORPORATE NOTES—1.1% | |||||||
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES—1.1% | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.52%, 12/15/12+(b) | 1,210,000 | 1,195,920 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/13+(b) | 977,500 | 968,634 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/14+(b) | 1,227,500 | 1,216,367 | |||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES | 3,380,921 | ||||||
INTEREST-ONLY BONDS—0.0%** | �� | ||||||
Freddie Mac REMICS, 5.00%, 4/15/29 | 421,431 | 3,215 | |||||
Government National Mortgage Association, | |||||||
0.70%, 4/16/27+ | 1,854,505 | 10,635 | |||||
TOTAL INTEREST-ONLY BONDS | 13,850 | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES—36.9% | |||||||
FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANK — 0.8% | |||||||
4.88%, 12/16/15 | 2,000,000 | 2,307,058 | |||||
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK — 6.5% | |||||||
3.38%, 6/12/20 | $ | 3,500,000 | $ | 3,822,850 | |||
3.88%, 6/14/13 | 300,000 | 315,242 | |||||
5.00%, 11/17/17 | 2,000,000 | 2,400,200 | |||||
5.00%, 12/10/21 | 2,625,000 | 3,209,425 | |||||
5.50%, 7/15/36 | 7,820,000 | 10,143,377 | |||||
19,891,094 | |||||||
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP. — 12.6% | |||||||
2.48%, 5/01/34+ | 340,879 | 359,486 | |||||
2.48%, 5/01/34+ | 199,131 | 210,000 | |||||
3.75%, 3/27/19 | 1,700,000 | 1,940,603 | |||||
4.00%, 10/01/25 | 1,440,920 | 1,512,701 | |||||
4.50%, 6/01/18 | 558,602 | 594,290 | |||||
4.50%, 10/01/35 | 2,120,735 | 2,253,143 | |||||
4.50%, 6/01/39 | 2,225,003 | 2,359,748 | |||||
4.50%, 7/01/39 | 2,583,566 | 2,740,025 | |||||
4.50%, 11/01/39 | 2,759,526 | 2,926,641 | |||||
4.50%, 9/01/40 | 3,215,199 | 3,408,905 | |||||
4.88%, 6/13/18 | 1,700,000 | 2,048,366 | |||||
5.00%, 4/01/19 | 395,913 | 426,756 | |||||
5.00%, 12/01/21 | 769,867 | 828,640 | |||||
5.00%, 2/15/32 | 869,852 | 896,069 | |||||
5.00%, 7/01/35 | 864,233 | 929,891 | |||||
5.00%, 6/01/39 | 3,771,885 | 4,057,267 | |||||
5.50%, 7/18/16 | 3,500,000 | 4,173,775 | |||||
5.50%, 4/01/22 | 460,582 | 498,622 | |||||
5.50%, 11/01/33 | 403,916 | 440,219 | |||||
5.50%, 3/01/36 | 569,425 | 619,892 | |||||
5.50%, 6/01/36 | 862,073 | 937,535 | |||||
5.50%, 12/01/36 | 840,280 | 913,834 | |||||
6.00%, 9/01/17 | 337,626 | 366,153 | |||||
6.00%, 4/01/27 | 910,575 | 1,000,384 | |||||
6.00%, 6/01/36 | 579,727 | 636,905 | |||||
6.00%, 8/01/37 | 493,452 | 542,121 | |||||
7.00%, 2/01/30 | 256,506 | 291,785 | |||||
7.00%, 3/01/31 | 183,440 | 208,669 | |||||
7.50%, 7/01/30 | 441,257 | 508,838 | |||||
38,631,263 | |||||||
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION — 13.6% | |||||||
1.25%, 8/20/13 | 1,103,000 | 1,118,438 | |||||
1.83%, 2/01/34+ | 197,059 | 197,694 | |||||
2.40%, 6/01/33+ | 86,026 | 87,105 | |||||
2.46%, 5/01/34+ | 261,195 | 274,873 | |||||
3.50%, 7/01/20 | 1,740,945 | 1,823,047 | |||||
3.50%, 10/01/25 | 1,116,388 | 1,168,493 | |||||
3.50%, 2/01/41 | 2,859,965 | 2,943,890 | |||||
4.00%, 1/01/41 | 2,716,324 | 2,856,028 | |||||
4.13%, 4/15/14 | 900,000 | 973,848 | |||||
4.38%, 10/15/15 | 4,700,000 | 5,310,948 | |||||
4.50%, 9/01/40 | 2,076,275 | 2,211,191 | |||||
4.50%, 10/01/40 | 2,058,279 | 2,190,694 | |||||
5.00%, 4/15/15 | 5,500,000 | 6,254,441 | |||||
5.00%, 2/13/17 | 1,800,000 | 2,125,712 | |||||
5.00%, 7/01/18 | 325,134 | 350,565 | |||||
5.00%, 9/01/18 | 452,492 | 487,885 | |||||
5.00%, 4/01/25 | 682,274 | 745,941 | |||||
5.00%, 7/01/25 | 587,423 | 640,037 | |||||
5.00%, 10/01/25 | 736,049 | 801,974 | |||||
5.00%, 10/01/35 | 1,158,107 | 1,254,235 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | |||||||
AMOUNT/ | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES—36.9%, continued | |||||||
FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION — 13.6%, continued | |||||||
5.50%, 6/01/22 | $ | 583,367 | $ | 634,465 | |||
5.50%, 11/01/25 | 197 | 216 | |||||
5.50%, 2/01/34 | 400,564 | 437,756 | |||||
5.50%, 1/01/35 | 834,986 | 912,513 | |||||
5.50%, 10/01/35 | 1,305,348 | 1,426,547 | |||||
5.50%, 6/01/36 | 501,579 | 548,150 | |||||
5.50%, 11/01/36 | 774,283 | 846,174 | |||||
5.52%, 5/01/37+ | 573,991 | 611,354 | |||||
6.00%, 10/01/33 | 239,489 | 263,821 | |||||
6.00%, 11/01/34 | 862,496 | 950,124 | |||||
6.00%, 10/01/35 | 525,517 | 578,908 | |||||
6.00%, 6/01/36 | 500,405 | 551,245 | |||||
7.00%, 7/01/15 | 2,562 | 2,753 | |||||
7.00%, 11/01/19 | 29,828 | 33,793 | |||||
7.00%, 11/01/19 | 45,029 | 51,037 | |||||
8.50%, 9/01/26 | 168,240 | 201,568 | |||||
41,867,463 | |||||||
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION — 0.4% | |||||||
2.50%, 1/20/34+ | 134,470 | 139,226 | |||||
5.50%, 10/20/38 | 596,656 | 653,432 | |||||
6.50%, 11/20/38 | 117,717 | 126,448 | |||||
6.75%, 4/15/16 | 38,474 | 42,374 | |||||
7.00%, 12/20/30 | 64,421 | 74,886 | |||||
7.00%, 10/20/31 | 43,777 | 50,888 | |||||
7.00%, 3/20/32 | 135,216 | 157,180 | |||||
1,244,434 | |||||||
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION — 0.2% | |||||||
0.60%, 2/25/32+ | 506,080 | 505,853 | |||||
1.00%, 9/25/18+ | 31,497 | 31,684 | |||||
537,537 | |||||||
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND | |||||||
URBAN DEVELOPMENT — 0.5% | |||||||
1.80%, 8/01/14 | 1,440,000 | 1,484,359 | |||||
FDIC GUARANTEED(c)—2.3% | |||||||
Citibank NA, 1.75%, 12/28/12 | 7,000,000 | 7,106,988 | |||||
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | 113,070,196 | ||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANY—1.2% | |||||||
MUTUAL FUND—1.2% | |||||||
Pax World High Yield Bond Fund, Individual | |||||||
Investor Class | 530,984 | 3,801,844 | |||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENT—3.9% | |||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANY—3.9% | |||||||
JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market | |||||||
Fund, Agency Shares | 11,963,129 | 11,963,129 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* | |||||||
$285,753,152)—98.7% | $ | 302,638,921 | |||||
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 1.3% | 4,078,270 | ||||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 306,717,191 |
+ | Variable rate security. Rates presented are the rates in effect at December 31, 2011. |
(a) | 144a security is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. These securities were deemed liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2011, these securities were valued at $28,880,445 or 9.4% of net assets. |
(b) | Represents affiliated restricted security as to resale to shareholders and is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have been deemed illiquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees: |
Acquisition | ||||||||||
Security | Yield | Shares | Date | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.52 | % | 1,210,000 | 12/2009 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 977,500 | 12/2009 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 1,227,500 | 12/2009 |
At December 31, 2011, these securities had an aggregate market value of $3,380,921, representing 1.1% of net assets. | |
(c) | Securities are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) under its Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP). Under this program, the FDIC guarantees, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, the payment of principal and interest. The expiration of the FDIC’s guarantee is the earlier of the maturity date of the debt or June 30, 2012. |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1%. |
FDIC | — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
REMICS | — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits |
Rev. | — Revenue |
XLCA | — XL Capital Assurance, Inc. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
14
Praxis Core Stock Fund
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ letter (unaudited)
For the year ending December 31, 2011, Praxis Core Stock Fund Class A Shares (without load) returned -3.89 percent, underperforming its benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (“Index”), which returned 2.11 percent.
Factors effecting the Fund’s performance
The sectors within the Index that turned in the weakest performance over the year were financials and materials. The sectors that turned in the strongest performance over the year were utilities, consumer staples and health care.
Material companies were the most important detractor from performance on both an absolute basis and relative to the Index. The Fund’s material companies underperformed the corresponding sector within the Index (down 38 percent versus down 10 percent for the Index) and had a higher relative average weighting (6 percent versus 4 percent for the Index) in this weaker performing sector. Sino-Forest and Sealed Air were among the most important detractors from performance.
The Fund had more invested in financial companies than in any other sector, and they were the second most important detractor from absolute performance. The Fund’s financial companies outperformed the corresponding sector within the Index (down 9 percent versus down 17 percent for the Index), but had a higher relative average weighting (28 percent versus 15 percent for the Index) in this weaker performing sector. American Express was among the most important contributors to performance. Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo and Julius Baer were among the most important detractors from performance.
Energy companies were important detractors from performance on both an absolute basis and relative to the Index. The Fund’s energy companies significantly underperformed the corresponding sector within the Index (down 12 percent versus up 5 percent for the Index) and had a lower relative average weighting (11 percent versus 13 percent for the Index). Devon Energy, Canadian Natural Resources and Transocean were among the most important detractors from performance.
Consumer staple companies were the most important contributor to performance, both on an absolute basis and relative to the Index. The Fund’s consumer staple companies outperformed the corresponding sector within the Index (up 16 percent versus up 14 percent for the Index), and also benefited by having a higher relative average weighting (19 percent versus 11 percent for the Index) in this stronger performing sector. Costco Wholesale, CVS Caremark, Kraft Foods and Unilever were among the most important contributors to performance.
The Fund held approximately 17 percent of its assets in foreign companies (including American Depositary Receipts) at December 31, 2011. As a whole, these companies underperformed the domestic companies held by the Fund.
As of December 31, 2011, three companies had dropped out of the Fund’s top 10 holdings from the end of 2010. This is consistent with our low-turnover strategy. Procter & Gamble, Devon Energy and Loews were replaced among the top 10 holdings by Bank of New York Mellon, Iron Mountain and Johnson & Johnson.
Christopher C. Davis
Praxis Core Stock Fund Portfolio Manager
CEO of Davis Advisors
Kenneth C. Feinberg
Praxis Core Stock Fund Portfolio Manager
Davis Advisors
The views expressed are those of the portfolio managers as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Core Stock Fund
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/30/01 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/01 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Annualized | ||||||||||||||||||||||
One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | ||||||||||||||||||
Inception | Year | Year | Year | Year | Ratio*** | |||||||||||||||||
Date | Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | Gross / Net | |||||||||||||||||
Core Stock | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | -3.89% | 11.40% | -4.01% | -0.10% | 1.74 | % | 1.74 | % | ||||||||||||||
Class A * | -8.95% | 9.41% | -5.03% | -0.64% | ||||||||||||||||||
Class I ** | 5/1/06 | -3.18% | 12.07% | -3.51% | 0.19% | 0.94 | % | 0.94 | % | |||||||||||||
S&P 500 Index1 | 2.11% | 14.11% | -0.25% | 2.92% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A.
** Class I Share of this Fund was not in existence prior to 5/1/06. Class I Share performance calculated for any period prior to 5/1/06 is based on the performance of Class B Share since inception of 1/4/94 and has been adjusted to reflect differences in sales charges and expenses between the classes. The Class B Shares were exchanged into Class A Shares on August 17, 2009.
*** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A.
1 The S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index (the “S&P 500 Index”) is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of 500 selected common stocks, most of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Core Stock Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—97.4% | |||||||
AUTOMOBILES—0.5% | |||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 19,500 | $ | 757,965 | ||||
BEVERAGES—1.5% | |||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 30,430 | 2,129,187 | |||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—7.6% | |||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 14,500 | 719,780 | |||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 300,900 | 5,990,919 | |||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 53,090 | 597,793 | |||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 5,660 | 511,834 | |||||
Julius Baer Group Ltd.(Switzerland)(a) | 78,120 | 3,055,604 | |||||
10,875,930 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—2.1% | |||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 8,980 | 765,006 | |||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 12,130 | 701,236 | |||||
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, Inc.(Canada) | 22,361 | 923,062 | |||||
Praxair, Inc. | 5,200 | 555,880 | |||||
2,945,184 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—5.4% | |||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 278,258 | 7,668,790 | |||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—3.3% | |||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 151,400 | 4,663,120 | |||||
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—0.7% | |||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 37,550 | 967,288 | |||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—0.4% | |||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 6,650 | 501,477 | |||||
CONSUMER FINANCE—5.0% | |||||||
American Express Co. | 152,000 | 7,169,840 | |||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—0.4% | |||||||
Sealed Air Corp. | 36,600 | 629,886 | |||||
DISTRIBUTORS—0.3% | |||||||
Li & Fung Ltd.(Hong Kong) | 245,000 | 453,622 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 990 | 241,233 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 7,050 | 234,413 | |||||
475,646 | |||||||
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—0.5% | |||||||
Transocean Ltd.(Switzerland) | 18,955 | 727,682 | |||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—12.6% | |||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 126,600 | 10,548,312 | |||||
CVS Caremark Corp. | 183,822 | 7,496,261 | |||||
18,044,573 | |||||||
FOOD PRODUCTS—4.3% | |||||||
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A | 83,900 | 3,134,504 | |||||
Unilever NV - NY Registry Shares | |||||||
(Netherlands) | 88,300 | 3,034,871 | |||||
6,169,375 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—0.7% | |||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 8,560 | 423,549 | |||||
Becton Dickinson and Co. | 7,510 | 561,147 | |||||
984,696 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—1.7% | |||||||
Express Scripts, Inc.(a) | 55,820 | $ | 2,494,596 | ||||
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—0.2% | |||||||
Hunter Douglas NV(Netherlands) | 8,300 | 311,741 | |||||
INSURANCE—9.6% | |||||||
ACE Ltd.(Switzerland) | 13,240 | 928,389 | |||||
AON Corp. | 4,600 | 215,280 | |||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A(a) | 25 | 2,868,875 | |||||
Everest Re Group Ltd.(Bermuda) | 2,240 | 188,362 | |||||
Loews Corp. | 110,600 | 4,164,090 | |||||
Markel Corp.(a) | 480 | 199,042 | |||||
Progressive Corp. | 166,050 | 3,239,635 | |||||
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. | 34,343 | 1,879,592 | |||||
13,683,265 | |||||||
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL—1.3% | |||||||
Expedia, Inc. | 14,395 | 417,743 | |||||
Liberty Interactive Corp., Series A(a) | 38,475 | 623,872 | |||||
NetFlix, Inc.(a) | 6,910 | 478,794 | |||||
TripAdvisor, Inc.(a) | 14,395 | 362,898 | |||||
1,883,307 | |||||||
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—6.0% | |||||||
Google, Inc., Class A(a) | 13,200 | 8,525,880 | |||||
IT SERVICES—0.5% | |||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 6,370 | 646,746 | |||||
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc.(a) | 11,800 | 412,174 | |||||
MACHINERY—0.3% | |||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 12,330 | 462,005 | |||||
MARINE—1.0% | |||||||
China Shipping Development Co. Ltd., | |||||||
Class H(China) | 406,000 | 253,534 | |||||
Kuehne + Nagel International | |||||||
AG(Switzerland) | 10,900 | 1,224,263 | |||||
1,477,797 | |||||||
MEDIA—1.6% | |||||||
Grupo Televisa SAB, ADR(Mexico) | 15,180 | 319,691 | |||||
Walt Disney Co. | 51,930 | 1,947,375 | |||||
2,267,066 | |||||||
METALS & MINING—1.2% | |||||||
BHP Billiton plc(United Kingdom) | 30,400 | 886,390 | |||||
Rio Tinto plc(United Kingdom) | 16,500 | 800,766 | |||||
1,687,156 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—7.8% | |||||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.(Canada) | 109,600 | 4,095,752 | |||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 21,200 | 1,314,400 | |||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 49,700 | 4,895,947 | |||||
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes | |||||||
SA(Brazil)(a) | 120,500 | 879,887 | |||||
11,185,986 | |||||||
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—0.1% | |||||||
Sino-Forest Corp.(Canada)(a) (b) | 111,360 | 76,838 | |||||
PERSONAL PRODUCTS—0.2% | |||||||
Natura Cosmeticos SA(Brazil) | 12,200 | 237,165 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Core Stock Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | |||||||
AMOUNT/ | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—97.4%, continued | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—11.0% | |||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 66,100 | $ | 4,334,838 | ||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 223,916 | 8,441,633 | |||||
Roche Holding AG(Switzerland) | 17,700 | 2,999,936 | |||||
15,776,407 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT—1.7% | |||||||
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A | |||||||
(Canada) | 39,900 | 1,096,452 | |||||
Hang Lung Group Ltd.(Hong Kong) | 231,000 | 1,265,554 | |||||
2,362,006 | |||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—1.5% | |||||||
Intel Corp. | 16,720 | 405,460 | |||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 61,580 | 1,792,594 | |||||
2,198,054 | |||||||
SOFTWARE—1.5% | |||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 66,900 | 824,208 | |||||
Microsoft Corp. | 42,280 | 1,097,589 | |||||
Oracle Corp. | 10,700 | 274,455 | |||||
2,196,252 | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—2.9% | |||||||
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a) | 59,670 | 3,459,070 | |||||
CarMax, Inc.(a) | 23,800 | 725,424 | |||||
4,184,494 | |||||||
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE—1.2% | |||||||
China Merchants Holdings International | |||||||
Co. Ltd.(Hong Kong) | 579,794 | 1,683,408 | |||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
America Movil SAB de CV, Series L, | |||||||
ADR(Mexico) | 10,010 | 226,226 | |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 139,142,830 | ||||||
COMMERCIAL PAPER—1.5% | |||||||
Barclays US Funding Corp., 0.00%, 1/03/12 | $ | 2,227,000 | 2,226,962 | ||||
CORPORATE NOTES—1.3% | |||||||
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES—1.3% | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.52%, 12/15/12+(c) | 703,000 | 694,819 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/13+(c) | 566,000 | 560,867 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/14+(c) | 566,000 | 560,867 | |||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES | 1,816,553 | ||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENT—0.0%** | |||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANY—0.0%** | |||||||
JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market | |||||||
Fund, Agency Shares | 1,952 | 1,952 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $125,688,495)—100.2% | $ | 143,188,297 | |||||
Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.2)% | (285,831 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 142,902,466 |
+ | Variable rate security. Rates presented are the rates in effect at December 31, 2011. |
(a) | Non-income producing securities. |
(b) | Fair valued security. |
(c) | Represents affiliated restricted security as to resale to shareholders and is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have been deemed illiquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees: |
Acquisition | ||||||||||
Security | Yield | Shares | Date | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.52 | % | 703,000 | 12/2009 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 566,000 | 12/2009 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 566,000 | 12/2009 |
At December 31, 2011, these securities had an aggregate market value of $1,816,553, representing 1.3% of net assets. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1%. |
ADR | — American Depositary Receipt |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
18
Praxis International Fund
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s letter (unaudited)
Last year proved to be a difficult year for international equity markets, as the MSCI EAFE Index fell -12.14 percent. Sovereign debt concerns in Europe dominated much of the year. European bank stocks led the way down, reflecting both their direct exposure to such countries as Greece and Portugal, as well as higher funding costs and concerns about the need to meet tough new capital requirements. In the face of a hesitant response among European policy makers, sovereign bond yields soared, and bank funding became increasingly difficult. It was an exceptionally volatile year across most asset classes, including stocks, bonds and exchange rates. Reflecting these uncertainties, economic growth slowed and earnings projections were revised downwards. The Asia-Pacific region faced lower growth as well. Japan was hit by the effects of the tsunami early in the year, while policy tightening and slower export growth dampened Chinese economic prospects. The year ended on a more promising note, however. The MSCI EAFE Index was up 3.34 percent in the fourth quarter, and the Praxis International Fund Class A Shares (without load) gained 5.19 percent (with load -0.31 percent). The upturn appeared to reflect several factors. Pessimism and valuations had reached extreme levels in the third quarter. The U.S. economy displayed some resilience as well. And in Europe, the European Central Bank injected some $600 billion into the banking system via three-year loans, thereby greatly reducing concerns about access to funding. Although fiscal austerity has dampened growth in Europe; new governments and new economic plans in Italy and Spain provided hope that more deep-seated structural reforms, such as labor market liberalization, may help raise longer-term growth prospects.
Contributors to performance
In a year of negative absolute returns, cash, averaging 5.5 percent of assets during the period, contributed strongest towards relative performance. The portfolio also benefitted from stock outperformance within information technology, telecommunication services and consumer discretionary. Within information technology, NetEase.com, the China-based Internet video game company benefitted from a strong pipeline of new games that were launched in China in 2011. These included several in-house developed games and blockbuster titles that NetEase licensed from Activision Blizzard for operation in the China market. The company consistently beat earnings estimates and was given a premium valuation in the market for its growth, pipeline visibility, and portfolio of very successful titles. ASML, a market leader in lithography semiconductor capital equipment, also contributed positively in the sector. Shares of the company benefitted from expectations that equipment orders bottomed in the third quarter and an improved outlook for semiconductor capital spending in 2012 as semiconductor manufacturers invest in new technology to improve productivity and reduce costs. Management’s strong track record of shareholder returns through dividends and share buybacks continued in 2011 providing additional support for the stock price.
Telecommunication services outperformed as a result of our exposure to Vodafone and Telenor. Vodafone benefitted from a number of factors in 2011, including improved performance of its jointly owned U.S. asset, Verizon Wireless, and Vodafone Germany due to the launch of the iPhone in these markets. The company also sold several non-core assets to reduce debt and increase shareholder returns. Lastly, Verizon Wireless announced a dividend of $10 billion in 2012 to its two shareholders, Verizon and Vodafone. Management intends to use its 4 percent share to further pay down debt and issue a special dividend increasing the company’s fiscal year 2012 shareholder return yield to 12 percent. Also within the sector, Norwegian-based telecom provider Telenor benefitted from strong revenue and EBITDA growth due to its emerging markets assets in Asia, allowing management to upgrade guidance for 2011. In addition, the stock price has benefitted from management’s turnaround of its loss making India business unit and a renewed emphasis on boosting cash flows and shareholder returns through increased dividend and share buybacks.
Outperformance within Consumer discretionary was primarily attributed to Korean-based auto manufacturer Hyundai Motor. During the year, the company benefitted from competitor supply shortages and improved pricing in the market. Hyundai’s new models such as the Sonata and the Elantra also proved successful in the marketplace, allowing for continued earnings improvement. Although we believe the company remains attractively valued, the position was eliminated from the portfolio due to its inclusion in the socially responsible restricted list.
Geographically, stock outperformance translated into gains within emerging markets, particularly within China and South Korea.
Detractors from performance
Detractors were primarily attributed to stock selection within consumer staples, industrials and materials. Metro AG, the German-based supermarket operator, led underperformance within consumer staples as consumer sentiment in Germany and the remainder of Europe suffered throughout the year. We believed the company’s diversified portfolio with exposure to cash and carry,
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Portfolio Manager’s letter (unaudited), continued
hypermarkets, department stores and real estate management services would hold up relatively well in a potentially weak economic environment. However, the stock performed poorly throughout the year and was eliminated from the portfolio before management reduced earnings guidance in the fourth quarter.
Within industrials, exposure to professional staffing companies led to underperformance. Randstad and USG People are pan-European staffing companies with higher exposure to their Netherlands home market. The Dutch market, traditionally a late cycle market, lagged in recovery this cycle relative to other European markets. Austerity also adversely impacted results. This added to pressure on estimates for both companies and affected stock performance in the middle of the year. In the second half of the year, staffing stocks saw a sharp sell off on the back of recession fears in Europe given the cyclical nature of their earnings, despite relatively stable operating performance. USG People is currently trading close to previous cycle lows, pricing in significant deterioration of earnings, and Randstad is trading close to the lower end of its valuation range. As a result, we see significant potential for returns over the cycle in both names.
Lastly, performance within materials was negatively impacted by our position in Canadian miner, Teck Resources. Mining names came under pressure along with commodities globally in the second half of the year on concerns over recession risks in the developed world and a slowdown in China. Partially offsetting stock underperformance, we moved to an underweight position within the materials sector during the second half of the year and continued to reduce our exposure given weakening fundamentals. Additionally, Teck Resources was adversely impacted by production disruptions due to strikes and lower operational results relative to its targets.
Geographically, underperformance attributed to GAME Group and Teck Resources, mentioned above, led to weak results within the United Kingdom and Canada, respectively. GAME group shares suffered during the year as the company was negatively impacted by the weak video game market in the U.K. and Europe. Also, management was forced to twice lower their fiscal year 2011 sales and gross profit margin guidance due to increased pricing competition.
Manager outlook
Moving into 2012, markets remain unsettled. Indeed, the year that we are now entering is likely to prove critical in determining the outcome of many of the risk factors that markets have been grappling with during 2011.
Outcomes related to the viability of the Eurozone, the sustainability of Chinese growth rates and the political direction of the United States will all be major factors affecting investor confidence in 2012. The year is also starting off with a general weakening of global growth, particularly in Europe and continued fears in both bond and equity markets. Financials continue to deleverage globally and are suffering from high funding costs, a lack of sources for capital, a challenging operating environment and a harsh regulatory environment. The situation of the financial sector is another hurdle to spurring global gross domestic product growth. On the positive side, the injection of $600 billion in three year loans by the European Central Bank has helped to increase liquidity within the euro banking system.
The most significant dilemmas are still found at the sovereign level where combined goals of fiscal austerity and growth are at odds. This friction is most clearly manifested with the Eurozone periphery and most noticeably in Greece. Indeed, for Greece the math simply does not add up and the country will need to reschedule its debt load. The question is whether this will be done with assistance of Eurozone members, or through a unilateral disorderly default. However, questions have arisen for other countries such as Spain, Italy and even France. All of these will need to be resolved during 2012 for markets to be able to function normally again. A two-pronged solution will ultimately be required, providing fiscal adjustment on the one hand, with a much more active and explicit European Central Bank sovereign bond buying program. We believe that once decisive action is implemented by the European Central Bank, market fears will calm. At this point, this looks like the only viable solution to keeping the Eurozone intact. A disorderly breakup of the Eurozone would be a negative event of cataclysmic proportions, and we view it as a small probability. If it did occur, we would experience extreme disruptions in bond, equity and currency markets, which would make the volatility and downturn we experienced in 2008 look like a good year. China’s performance will be another significant input for equity outcomes and global gross domestic product growth in 2012. China has been fine tuning its centrally planned economic model for several years. As time goes on, and as the economy becomes larger and more interrelated, central planning becomes more difficult. Policymakers will
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Portfolio Manager’s letter (unaudited), continued
require almost surgical precision to manage several aspects of the economy including a deflating property bubble, the taming of growth in lending while ensuring the continued liquidity and solvency of the banks, and the transition from a heavily export based economy. The bottom line is that we would like to see China continuing to grow in excess of 8 percent, a feat that is increasingly difficult to achieve.
Equities are inexpensive relative to virtually any other investment and fairly inexpensive relative to their own history. We are facing a very high equity risk premium in an environment of low borrowing costs, healthy balance sheets, lean corporate operations and high profitability. As a result, companies are in pretty good shape to face upcoming turbulence if it comes. If the difficult challenges we face this year are overcome successfully, we could see a very strong wave of corporate investing which could raise rates of capital expenditures, hiring, and mergers and acquisitions. We seem to be far off from that as confidence has been eroded in every area of the economy: consumers, corporations and investors. Nevertheless, it generally pays to buy equities when they are inexpensive and unpopular, and we definitely fulfill that condition. It is also interesting to see that long term investors, such as Warren Buffett, have stepped up and increased equity purchases significantly during 2011. Indeed, we are seeing some very attractive equity valuations virtually across the globe, including Europe and China. Ultimately we think this will bode well for returns in the strategy, although we believe market turbulence is likely to persist.
Francis Claró, CFA®
Praxis International Fund Portfolio Manager
Wells Capital Management
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/30/01 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/01 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Annualized | ||||||||||||||||||||||
One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | ||||||||||||||||||
Inception | Year | Year | Year | Year | Ratio*** | |||||||||||||||||
Date | Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | Gross / Net | |||||||||||||||||
International Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | -15.54% | 2.83% | -6.30% | 1.41% | 2.12 | % | 2.12 | % | ||||||||||||||
Class A * | -19.96% | 0.99% | -7.31% | 0.87% | ||||||||||||||||||
Class I ** | 5/1/06 | -14.78% | 3.62% | -5.75% | 1.75% | 1.13 | % | 1.13 | % | |||||||||||||
MSCI EAFE Index1 | -12.14% | 7.65% | -4.72% | 4.67% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A.
** Class I Share of this Fund was not in existence prior to 5/1/06. Class I Share performance calculated for any period prior to 5/1/06 is based on the performance of Class B Share since inception of 1/4/94 and has been adjusted to reflect differences in sales charges and expenses between the classes. The Class B Shares were exchanged into Class A Shares on August 17, 2009.
*** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A.
1 The MSCI EAFE Index is a widely recognized, unmanaged index composed of a sample of companies’ representative of the developed markets throughout the world, excluding the United States and Canada.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis International Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—96.1% | |||||||
ARGENTINA—1.2% | |||||||
ENERGY—0.4% | |||||||
YPF SA- ADR | 5,590 | $ | 193,861 | ||||
REAL ESTATE—0.8% | |||||||
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones | |||||||
SA- ADR | 43,108 | 447,030 | |||||
640,891 | |||||||
AUSTRALIA—3.7% | |||||||
BANKS—2.1% | |||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 13,781 | 693,766 | |||||
Westpac Banking Corp. | 20,835 | 426,201 | |||||
1,119,967 | |||||||
INSURANCE—0.5% | |||||||
AMP Ltd. | 68,509 | 285,189 | |||||
MATERIALS—1.1% | |||||||
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | 19,747 | 597,838 | |||||
2,002,994 | |||||||
CANADA—4.0% | |||||||
ENERGY—2.2% | |||||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 17,824 | 667,471 | |||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 18,485 | 533,094 | |||||
1,200,565 | |||||||
MATERIALS—0.7% | |||||||
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B | 10,287 | 362,607 | |||||
REAL ESTATE—1.1% | |||||||
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 21,504 | 590,930 | |||||
2,154,102 | |||||||
CHILE—0.8% | |||||||
MATERIALS—0.8% | |||||||
Antofagasta plc | 23,901 | 450,987 | |||||
CHINA—5.6% | |||||||
CAPITAL GOODS—2.3% | |||||||
Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd., Class H | 2,713,000 | 1,254,046 | |||||
SOFTWARE & SERVICES—2.4% | |||||||
Baidu, Inc.- ADR (a) | 3,761 | 438,043 | |||||
Sina Corp. (a) | 8,799 | 457,548 | |||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 19,100 | 383,889 | |||||
1,279,480 | |||||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT—0.9% | |||||||
ZTE Corp., Class H | 165,000 | 517,311 | |||||
3,050,837 | |||||||
FRANCE—5.6% | |||||||
BANKS—0.2% | |||||||
BNP Paribas SA | 3,315 | 130,215 | |||||
CAPITAL GOODS—0.4% | |||||||
Cie de Saint-Gobain | 5,655 | 217,118 | |||||
ENERGY—2.0% | |||||||
Technip SA | 11,411 | 1,072,502 | |||||
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO—1.7% | |||||||
Danone SA | 14,888 | 935,885 | |||||
MEDIA—0.4% | |||||||
Publicis Groupe SA | 4,200 | $ | 193,217 | ||||
RETAILING—0.9% | |||||||
PPR | 3,320 | 475,453 | |||||
3,024,390 | |||||||
GERMANY—9.2% | |||||||
CAPITAL GOODS—0.7% | |||||||
Hochtief AG | 6,341 | 366,805 | |||||
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL—0.8% | |||||||
Adidas AG | 6,765 | 440,056 | |||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—2.4% | |||||||
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA | 14,167 | 1,310,632 | |||||
INSURANCE—1.9% | |||||||
Allianz SE | 6,414 | 613,550 | |||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs | |||||||
Gesellschaft AG | 3,481 | 427,011 | |||||
1,040,561 | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS & BIOTECHNOLOGY—1.8% | |||||||
Bayer AG | 15,351 | 981,481 | |||||
SOFTWARE & SERVICES—1.1% | |||||||
SAP AG | 10,760 | 568,882 | |||||
UTILITIES—0.5% | |||||||
E.ON AG | 12,845 | 277,133 | |||||
4,985,550 | |||||||
HONG KONG—1.5% | |||||||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.5% | |||||||
China Mobile Ltd.- ADR | 17,352 | 841,398 | |||||
ISRAEL—1.4% | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS & BIOTECHNOLOGY—0.7% | |||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.- ADR | 8,834 | 356,540 | |||||
SOFTWARE & SERVICES—0.7% | |||||||
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a) | 7,739 | 406,607 | |||||
763,147 | |||||||
ITALY—1.3% | |||||||
ENERGY—1.3% | |||||||
ENI SpA | 32,952 | 682,796 | |||||
JAPAN—11.5% | |||||||
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS—4.6% | |||||||
Isuzu Motors Ltd. | 186,000 | 860,284 | |||||
Toyota Motor Corp. | 49,700 | 1,656,236 | |||||
2,516,520 | |||||||
BANKS—2.1% | |||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 151,100 | 641,934 | |||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 17,100 | 476,321 | |||||
1,118,255 | |||||||
CAPITAL GOODS—0.5% | |||||||
Makita Corp. | 9,000 | 291,269 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.9% | |||||||
NKSJ Holdings, Inc. | 24,850 | 487,508 | |||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—0.7% | |||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. | 7,300 | 371,307 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis International Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—96.1%, continued | |||||||
JAPAN—11.5%, continued | |||||||
SOFTWARE & SERVICES—1.4% | |||||||
Nintendo Co. Ltd. | 3,500 | $ | 482,006 | ||||
Yahoo! Japan Corp. | 866 | 278,916 | |||||
760,922 | |||||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT—1.3% | |||||||
Canon, Inc. | 15,500 | 686,696 | |||||
6,232,477 | |||||||
NETHERLANDS—4.9% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES—1.0% | |||||||
USG People NV | 68,149 | 565,374 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS—0.4% | |||||||
ING Groep NV, CVA (a) | 27,372 | 196,970 | |||||
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO—2.0% | |||||||
Unilever NV, CVA | 31,395 | 1,079,618 | |||||
MATERIALS—0.4% | |||||||
New World Resources plc, Class A | 32,899 | 226,287 | |||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR | |||||||
EQUIPMENT—1.1% | |||||||
ASML Holding NV | 14,382 | 604,486 | |||||
2,672,735 | |||||||
NORWAY—2.3% | |||||||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—2.3% | |||||||
Telenor ASA | 74,577 | 1,223,238 | |||||
SINGAPORE—0.7% | |||||||
BANKS—0.7% | |||||||
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 40,000 | 355,268 | |||||
SPAIN—3.8% | |||||||
BANKS—0.4% | |||||||
Banco Santander SA | 27,700 | 210,444 | |||||
ENERGY—2.6% | |||||||
Repsol YPF SA | 45,860 | 1,408,774 | |||||
RETAILING—0.8% | |||||||
Inditex SA | 5,301 | 434,153 | |||||
2,053,371 | |||||||
SWEDEN—0.8% | |||||||
BANKS—0.8% | |||||||
Swedbank AB, Series A | 32,438 | 420,201 | |||||
SWITZERLAND—10.1% | |||||||
CAPITAL GOODS—0.7% | |||||||
ABB Ltd. (a) | 21,028 | 395,800 | |||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.3% | |||||||
Adecco SA (a) | 3,974 | 166,483 | |||||
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL—1.6% | |||||||
Swatch Group AG | 2,236 | 836,744 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS—0.9% | |||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG (a) | 12,089 | 284,046 | |||||
UBS AG (a) | 18,217 | 216,827 | |||||
500,873 | |||||||
INSURANCE—1.4% | |||||||
Zurich Financial Services AG (a) | 3,343 | $ | 756,295 | ||||
PHARMACEUTICALS & BIOTECHNOLOGY—5.2% | |||||||
Novartis AG | 24,128 | 1,379,403 | |||||
Roche Holding AG | 8,507 | 1,441,834 | |||||
2,821,237 | |||||||
5,477,432 | |||||||
UNITED KINGDOM—27.7% | |||||||
BANKS—4.3% | |||||||
Barclays plc | 112,877 | 308,612 | |||||
HSBC Holdings plc | 153,872 | 1,173,429 | |||||
Standard Chartered plc | 38,819 | 849,428 | |||||
2,331,469 | |||||||
CAPITAL GOODS—2.1% | |||||||
Ashtead Group plc | 171,534 | 602,047 | |||||
Travis Perkins plc | 42,450 | 524,432 | |||||
1,126,479 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—1.7% | |||||||
Experian plc | 48,793 | 663,415 | |||||
Intertek Group plc | 8,421 | 266,133 | |||||
929,548 | |||||||
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL—2.2% | |||||||
Burberry Group plc | 31,806 | 585,327 | |||||
Persimmon plc | 86,643 | 632,416 | |||||
1,217,743 | |||||||
ENERGY—5.9% | |||||||
BG Group plc | 40,384 | 863,291 | |||||
BP plc | 99,224 | 709,607 | |||||
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A | 43,968 | 1,618,973 | |||||
3,191,871 | |||||||
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—0.6% | |||||||
Subsea 7 SA (a) | 17,896 | 332,136 | |||||
MATERIALS—3.6% | |||||||
BHP Billiton plc | 24,496 | 714,244 | |||||
Rio Tinto plc | 8,643 | 419,456 | |||||
Xstrata plc | 51,970 | 789,338 | |||||
1,923,038 | |||||||
MEDIA—0.9% | |||||||
WPP plc | 45,956 | 482,102 | |||||
PHARMACEUTICALS & BIOTECHNOLOGY—2.0% | |||||||
GlaxoSmithKline plc | 48,007 | 1,097,075 | |||||
RETAILING—0.9% | |||||||
Kingfisher plc | 121,133 | 471,616 | |||||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—3.5% | |||||||
Vodafone Group plc | 673,471 | 1,871,116 | |||||
14,974,193 | |||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 52,006,007 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis International Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | |||||||
AMOUNT/ | FAIR | ||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
CORPORATE NOTES—1.6% | |||||||
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES—1.6% | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.52%, 12/15/12+(b) | $ | 343,000 | $ | 339,009 | |||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/13+(b) | 256,000 | 253,678 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/14+(b) | 256,000 | 253,678 | |||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES | 846,365 | ||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENT—1.5% | |||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANY—1.5% | |||||||
JPMorgan U.S. Government Money | |||||||
Market Fund, Agency Shares | 828,235 | 828,235 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* | |||||||
$48,237,735)—99.2% | $ | 53,680,607 | |||||
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.8% | 364,588 | ||||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 54,045,195 |
+ | Variable rate security. Rates presented are the rates in effect at December 31, 2011. |
(a) | Non-income producing securities. |
(b) | Represents affiliated restricted security as to resale to shareholders and is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have been deemed illiquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees: |
Acquisition | ||||||||||
Security | Yield | Shares | Date | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.52 | % | 343,000 | 12/2009 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 256,000 | 12/2009 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 256,000 | 12/2009 |
At December 31, 2011, these securities had an aggregate market value of $846,365, representing 1.6% of net assets. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
ADR | — American Depositary Receipt |
CVA | — Dutch Certificate |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis International Index Fund
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Managers’ letter (unaudited)
The past year proved to be yet another volatile year for global equity markets. Foreign developed and emerging markets were relatively flat for the first seven months of the year. In August, once the European debt crisis began to unfold, the markets started to tumble, reflecting a diminished appetite by investors for risky assets.
With weak markets as backdrop, the Fund’s Class A shares (without load) lost 16.54 percent during the one year period ended December 31, 2011. The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index, the Fund’s benchmark, finished the year with a negative 13.71 percent return.
The Praxis International Index Fund seeks to generate performance that reflects the performance of both foreign developed and emerging equity markets, as measured by the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index. The portfolio is constructed using optimization techniques to have characteristics similar to the target benchmark index. Limitations due to the screens and the lower number of holdings versus the benchmark are expected to cause the Fund’s performance to deviate from the benchmark over short periods of time, but the goal over long periods of time is for the fund to perform in line with the benchmark before fees.
During the period, the Fund underperformed its index by 2.83 percent net of fees and 1.18 percent gross of fees. The 1.18 percent underperformance can be explained by slightly different weights versus the benchmark in industries, such as a lower weighting in food and tobacco as well as risk factors, such as a slight emphasis on lower momentum stocks versus the benchmark. In addition, stock-specific risk not explained by industries or factors contributed to a little more than half of the total underperformance gross of fees. Given the limitations previously identified, the results were consistent with forecasted tracking error, a measure of variability of returns relative to the benchmark.
Ran Lesham
Praxis International Index Fund Portfolio Manager
Aperio Group LLC
Patrick Geddes
Praxis International Index Fund Portfolio Manager
Aperio Group LLC
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis International Index Fund
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/10 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/10 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
One | One | Expense | |||||||||||
Inception | Year | Ratio** | |||||||||||
Date | Ended | Gross / Net | |||||||||||
International Index Fund | |||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/10 | -16.54% | 1.67 | % | 1.65 | % | |||||||
Class A * | 12/31/10 | -20.89% | |||||||||||
Class I | 12/31/10 | -16.05% | 0.96 | % | 0.96 | % | |||||||
MSCI All Country World Index ex-US1 | -13.71% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A.
1 The MSCI All Country World Index ex-US is a market-capitalization-weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S. based companies. The index includes both developed and emerging markets.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7% | |||||||
ARGENTINA—0.1% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.1% | |||||||
Banco Macro SA- ADR | 94 | $ | 1,833 | ||||
BBVA Banco Frances SA- ADR | 8,475 | 41,273 | |||||
43,106 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.0%** | |||||||
Telecom Argentina SA- ADR | 1,459 | 26,087 | |||||
69,193 | |||||||
AUSTRALIA—5.4% | |||||||
BANKS—0.2% | |||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 2,579 | 129,832 | |||||
BIOTECHNOLOGY—0.2% | |||||||
CSL Ltd. | 2,163 | 70,794 | |||||
CSL Ltd.- ADR | 3,812 | 62,059 | |||||
132,853 | |||||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—0.1% | |||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. | 463 | 11,266 | |||||
Macquarie Group Ltd.- ADR | 1,947 | 47,312 | |||||
58,578 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—0.1% | |||||||
Orica Ltd. | 1,786 | 44,280 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.9% | |||||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group | |||||||
Ltd.- ADR | 19,766 | 411,528 | |||||
National Australia Bank Ltd.- ADR | 17,077 | 408,653 | |||||
Westpac Banking Corp.- ADR | 4,270 | 437,248 | |||||
1,257,429 | |||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—0.2% | |||||||
Amcor Ltd. | 3,344 | 24,660 | |||||
Amcor Ltd.- ADR | 3,211 | 94,724 | |||||
119,384 | |||||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.1% | |||||||
Woolworths Ltd. | 3,078 | 79,019 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.1% | |||||||
Suncorp Group Ltd. | 5,969 | 51,161 | |||||
METALS & MINING—2.1% | |||||||
Alumina Ltd.- ADR | 30,755 | 141,781 | |||||
BHP Billiton Ltd.- ADR | 15,356 | 1,084,594 | |||||
Newcrest Mining Ltd.- ADR | 6,768 | 205,138 | |||||
1,431,513 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.4% | |||||||
Origin Energy Ltd. | 4,010 | 54,713 | |||||
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. | 2,190 | 68,587 | |||||
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.- ADR | 5,045 | 158,413 | |||||
281,713 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS)—0.0%** | |||||||
Westfield Group REIT | 4,207 | 33,606 | |||||
3,619,368 | |||||||
AUSTRIA—0.1% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.1% | |||||||
Erste Group Bank AG | 757 | 13,381 | |||||
Erste Group Bank AG- ADR | 6,494 | 56,173 | |||||
69,554 | |||||||
BELGIUM—0.3% | |||||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.3% | |||||||
Delhaize Group SA- ADR | 3,820 | $ | 214,913 | ||||
BRAZIL—3.6% | |||||||
BANKS—0.4% | |||||||
Banco Bradesco SA- ADR | 14,911 | 248,716 | |||||
CHEMICALS—0.1% | |||||||
Braskem SA- ADR | 4,460 | 62,886 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.4% | |||||||
Banco do Brasil SA- ADR | 3,372 | 42,487 | |||||
Itau Unibanco Holding SA- ADR | 13,110 | 243,322 | |||||
285,809 | |||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—0.5% | |||||||
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais- ADR | 10,490 | 186,617 | |||||
Cia Paranaense de Energia- ADR | 3,096 | 64,954 | |||||
CPFL Energia SA- ADR | 3,666 | 103,418 | |||||
354,989 | |||||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.2% | |||||||
Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo | |||||||
Pao de Acucar- ADR | 4,117 | 149,982 | |||||
FOOD PRODUCTS—0.3% | |||||||
BRF - Brasil Foods SA- ADR | 10,945 | 213,975 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.7% | |||||||
Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA- ADR | 3,783 | 30,945 | |||||
Gerdau SA- ADR | 3,330 | 26,008 | |||||
Vale SA- ADR | 17,525 | 375,911 | |||||
432,864 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.8% | |||||||
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes | |||||||
SA- ADR (a) | 9,914 | 72,273 | |||||
Petroleo Brasileiro SA- ADR | 15,443 | 383,758 | |||||
Ultrapar Participacoes SA- ADR | 5,554 | 95,529 | |||||
551,560 | |||||||
WATER UTILITIES—0.2% | |||||||
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado | |||||||
de Sao Paulo- ADR (a) | 1,622 | 90,264 | |||||
2,391,045 | |||||||
CANADA—8.4% | |||||||
AUTO COMPONENTS—0.2% | |||||||
Magna International, Inc. | 3,617 | 120,482 | |||||
CHEMICALS—0.8% | |||||||
Agrium, Inc. | 2,526 | 169,520 | |||||
Methanex Corp. | 3,910 | 89,226 | |||||
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, Inc. | 6,056 | 249,992 | |||||
508,738 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—2.0% | |||||||
Bank of Montreal | 4,663 | 255,579 | |||||
Bank of Nova Scotia | 4,462 | 222,252 | |||||
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | 1,803 | 130,483 | |||||
Royal Bank of Canada | 6,893 | 351,267 | |||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 4,675 | 349,737 | |||||
1,309,318 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.0%** | |||||||
Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. | 790 | 15,476 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
CANADA—8.4%, continued | |||||||
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—0.3% | |||||||
Tim Hortons, Inc. | 3,707 | $ | 179,493 | ||||
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & | |||||||
ENERGY TRADERS—0.3% | |||||||
TransAlta Corp. | 10,165 | 209,602 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.3% | |||||||
Manulife Financial Corp. | 10,283 | 109,205 | |||||
Sun Life Financial, Inc. | 3,504 | 64,894 | |||||
174,099 | |||||||
MATERIALS—0.0%** | |||||||
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. | 912 | 33,124 | |||||
MEDIA—0.1% | |||||||
Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B | 4,332 | 86,077 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.9% | |||||||
Barrick Gold Corp. | 5,488 | 248,332 | |||||
Eldorado Gold Corp. | 6,382 | 87,497 | |||||
Kinross Gold Corp. | 4,398 | 50,137 | |||||
Taseko Mines Ltd. (a) | 7,158 | 19,542 | |||||
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B | 5,519 | 194,214 | |||||
Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc. (a) | 4,395 | 30,589 | |||||
630,311 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—2.3% | |||||||
Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (a) | 8,265 | 34,217 | |||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 7,690 | 287,375 | |||||
Cenovus Energy, Inc. | 8,298 | 275,494 | |||||
Enbridge, Inc. | 9,924 | 371,257 | |||||
Encana Corp. | 6,563 | 121,612 | |||||
Nexen, Inc. | 4,747 | 75,525 | |||||
Penn West Petroleum Ltd. | 1,667 | 33,007 | |||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 9,224 | 265,928 | |||||
Talisman Energy, Inc. | 8,318 | 106,054 | |||||
1,570,469 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT—0.4% | |||||||
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 10,492 | 288,320 | |||||
ROAD & RAIL—0.8% | |||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. | 4,449 | 349,514 | |||||
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | 2,299 | 155,573 | |||||
505,087 | |||||||
5,630,596 | |||||||
CHILE—0.6% | |||||||
AIRLINES—0.1% | |||||||
Lan Airlines SA- ADR | 3,234 | 75,158 | |||||
BEVERAGES—0.1% | |||||||
Embotelladora Andina SA, Class B- ADR | 2,340 | 60,910 | |||||
CHEMICALS—0.3% | |||||||
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile | |||||||
SA- ADR | 4,115 | 221,593 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.1% | |||||||
Corpbanca- ADR | 3,709 | 73,772 | |||||
431,433 | |||||||
CHINA—1.9% | |||||||
AIRLINES—0.2% | |||||||
China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd.- ADR (a) | 2,802 | $ | 49,764 | ||||
China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd.- ADR (a) | 3,560 | 90,602 | |||||
140,366 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—0.1% | |||||||
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical | |||||||
Co. Ltd.- ADR | 1,403 | 46,411 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.3% | |||||||
China Construction Bank Corp.- ADR | 16,143 | 225,033 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
China Telecom Corp. Ltd.- ADR | 2,843 | 162,421 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.6% | |||||||
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.- ADR | 10,166 | 375,837 | |||||
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd.- ADR | 12,651 | 254,791 | |||||
ROAD & RAIL—0.1% | |||||||
Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd.- ADR | 5,665 | 99,931 | |||||
1,304,790 | |||||||
COLOMBIA—0.6% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.2% | |||||||
BanColombia SA- ADR | 2,860 | 170,342 | |||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.4% | |||||||
Ecopetrol SA- ADR | 5,333 | 237,425 | |||||
407,767 | |||||||
DENMARK—0.7% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.1% | |||||||
Danske Bank A/S (a) | 3,457 | 43,910 | |||||
Danske Bank A/S- ADR (a) | 6,614 | 41,668 | |||||
85,578 | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.6% | |||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S- ADR | 3,470 | 399,952 | |||||
485,530 | |||||||
FINLAND—0.2% | |||||||
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—0.1% | |||||||
Nokia OYJ- ADR | 10,739 | 51,762 | |||||
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—0.1% | |||||||
Stora Enso OYJ- ADR | 11,880 | 70,567 | |||||
122,329 | |||||||
FRANCE—5.2% | |||||||
AUTO COMPONENTS—0.3% | |||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements | |||||||
Michelin- ADR | 6,835 | 80,106 | |||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements | |||||||
Michelin, Class B | 1,074 | 63,490 | |||||
Valeo SA- ADR | 2,914 | 57,639 | |||||
201,235 | |||||||
CAPITAL GOODS—0.1% | |||||||
Cie de Saint-Gobain | 1,071 | 41,120 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
FRANCE—5.2%, continued | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.6% | |||||||
BNP Paribas SA- ADR | 11,326 | $ | 222,556 | ||||
Credit Agricole SA | 5,199 | 29,337 | |||||
Societe Generale SA- ADR | 27,285 | 118,963 | |||||
370,856 | |||||||
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING—0.2% | |||||||
Bouygues SA | 956 | 30,122 | |||||
Vinci SA- ADR | 12,602 | 136,858 | |||||
166,980 | |||||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—0.1% | |||||||
Lafarge SA | 430 | 15,115 | |||||
Lafarge SA- ADR | 6,876 | 59,684 | |||||
74,799 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.0%** | |||||||
Credit Agricole SA- ADR | 11,953 | 32,751 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
France Telecom SA- ADR | 14,895 | 233,256 | |||||
Vivendi SA | 2,408 | 52,732 | |||||
285,988 | |||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—0.4% | |||||||
Schneider Electric SA | 914 | 48,122 | |||||
Schneider Electric SA- ADR | 18,000 | 189,180 | |||||
237,302 | |||||||
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—0.7% | |||||||
Cie Generale de Geophysique - Veritas- | |||||||
ADR (a) | 8,845 | 205,381 | |||||
Technip SA- ADR | 10,744 | 253,558 | |||||
458,939 | |||||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.3% | |||||||
Carrefour SA- ADR | 46,315 | 207,491 | |||||
FOOD PRODUCTS—0.7% | |||||||
Danone SA- ADR | 38,055 | 481,015 | |||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—0.1% | |||||||
Cie Generale d’Optique Essilor | |||||||
International SA | 900 | 63,541 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.3% | |||||||
AXA SA- ADR | 15,563 | 200,140 | |||||
MEDIA—0.2% | |||||||
Publicis Groupe SA- ADR | 5,226 | 119,519 | |||||
MULTI-UTILITIES—0.2% | |||||||
GDF Suez- ADR | 1,918 | 52,112 | |||||
Veolia Environnement SA- ADR | 6,669 | 73,693 | |||||
125,805 | |||||||
PERSONAL PRODUCTS—0.4% | |||||||
L’Oreal SA | 382 | 39,899 | |||||
L’Oreal SA- ADR | 11,470 | 238,920 | |||||
278,819 | |||||||
SOFTWARE—0.2% | |||||||
Dassault Systemes SA- ADR | 1,484 | 119,328 | |||||
3,465,628 | |||||||
GERMANY—5.7% | |||||||
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS—0.2% | |||||||
Deutsche Post AG | 8,337 | $ | 128,187 | ||||
AIRLINES—0.1% | |||||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG- ADR | 6,684 | 78,737 | |||||
AUTOMOBILES—0.5% | |||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG- ADR | 16,181 | 359,704 | |||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—0.3% | |||||||
Deutsche Bank AG | 6,317 | 239,162 | |||||
CHEMICALS—0.7% | |||||||
BASF SE- ADR | 7,020 | 489,505 | |||||
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL—0.1% | |||||||
Adidas AG | 717 | 46,640 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS—0.2% | |||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG (a) | 1,237 | 66,160 | |||||
Deutsche Boerse AG- ADR | 10,140 | 55,770 | |||||
121,930 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG- ADR | 17,448 | 199,779 | |||||
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—0.5% | |||||||
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA- ADR | 4,618 | 313,932 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.8% | |||||||
Allianz SE- ADR | 32,610 | 308,817 | |||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG- ADR | 12,150 | 149,202 | |||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs | |||||||
Gesellschaft AG | 763 | 93,596 | |||||
551,615 | |||||||
MACHINERY—0.2% | |||||||
MAN SE | 1,327 | 117,990 | |||||
MAN SE- ADR | 5,576 | 49,729 | |||||
167,719 | |||||||
MULTI-UTILITIES—0.1% | |||||||
RWE AG- ADR | 1,927 | 67,310 | |||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.5% | |||||||
Bayer AG- ADR | 4,941 | 315,236 | |||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR | |||||||
EQUIPMENT—0.1% | |||||||
Infineon Technologies AG- ADR | 5,899 | 44,301 | |||||
SOFTWARE—0.7% | |||||||
SAP AG- ADR | 8,579 | 454,258 | |||||
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—0.3% | |||||||
Adidas AG- ADR | 4,712 | 153,658 | |||||
Puma SE | 105 | 30,577 | |||||
184,235 | |||||||
TRUCKING—0.1% | |||||||
Deutsche Post AG- ADR | 3,960 | 61,063 | |||||
3,823,313 | |||||||
GREECE—0.1% | |||||||
BEVERAGES—0.1% | |||||||
Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. SA- ADR (a) | 3,160 | 52,582 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
HONG KONG—3.4% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.4% | |||||||
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. | 41,500 | $ | 98,318 | ||||
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.- ADR | 1,754 | 82,719 | |||||
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. | 4,200 | 49,833 | |||||
230,870 | |||||||
DISTRIBUTORS—0.1% | |||||||
Li & Fung Ltd. | 12,000 | 22,218 | |||||
Li & Fung Ltd.- ADR | 12,287 | 45,093 | |||||
67,311 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.6% | |||||||
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.- ADR | 18,054 | 381,481 | |||||
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—0.3% | |||||||
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. | 751 | 35,334 | |||||
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.- ADR | 3,366 | 159,919 | |||||
195,253 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT—1.0% | |||||||
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. | 11,000 | 31,300 | |||||
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. | 8,000 | 39,760 | |||||
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. | 11,000 | 137,879 | |||||
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.- ADR | 11,170 | 139,625 | |||||
Swire Pacific Ltd., Series A | 6,500 | 78,461 | |||||
Swire Pacific Ltd., Series A- ADR | 19,254 | 231,048 | |||||
Wharf Holdings Ltd. | 8,000 | 36,155 | |||||
694,228 | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—0.0%** | |||||||
Esprit Holdings Ltd. | 2,500 | 3,225 | |||||
Esprit Holdings Ltd.- ADR | 4,499 | 11,248 | |||||
14,473 | |||||||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.0% | |||||||
China Mobile Ltd.- ADR | 14,334 | 695,056 | |||||
2,278,672 | |||||||
HUNGARY—0.2% | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
Magyar Telekom Telecommunications plc- ADR | 11,582 | 122,769 | |||||
INDIA—1.8% | |||||||
BANKS—0.4% | |||||||
ICICI Bank Ltd.- ADR | 9,235 | 244,081 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.5% | |||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd.- ADR | 11,833 | 310,971 | |||||
IT SERVICES—0.5% | |||||||
Infosys Ltd.- ADR | 4,655 | 239,174 | |||||
Wipro Ltd.- ADR | 12,002 | 122,301 | |||||
361,475 | |||||||
METALS & MINING—0.2% | |||||||
Sterlite Industries India Ltd.- ADR | 23,169 | 160,561 | |||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.2% | |||||||
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.- ADR | 3,670 | 108,008 | |||||
1,185,096 | |||||||
INDONESIA—0.9% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.4% | |||||||
PT Bank Mandiri- ADR | 34,457 | 251,536 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk PT- ADR | 5,638 | $ | 173,312 | ||||
MACHINERY—0.3% | |||||||
United Tractors Tbk PT- ADR | 3,427 | 198,972 | |||||
623,820 | |||||||
IRELAND—1.3% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.3% | |||||||
Experian plc | 3,191 | 43,387 | |||||
Experian plc- ADR | 12,244 | 166,151 | |||||
209,538 | |||||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—0.2% | |||||||
CRH plc- ADR | 5,815 | 115,253 | |||||
MEDIA—0.2% | |||||||
WPP plc- ADR | 2,532 | 132,246 | |||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.6% | |||||||
Elan Corp. plc- ADR (a) | 10,509 | 144,394 | |||||
Shire plc- ADR | 2,266 | 235,437 | |||||
379,831 | |||||||
836,868 | |||||||
ISRAEL—0.6% | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.4% | |||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.- ADR | 6,936 | 279,937 | |||||
SOFTWARE—0.2% | |||||||
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a) | 2,576 | 135,343 | |||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.0%** | |||||||
Partner Communications Co. Ltd.- ADR | 993 | 8,778 | |||||
424,058 | |||||||
ITALY—1.3% | |||||||
BANKS—0.0%** | |||||||
UniCredit SpA | 1,478 | 12,281 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.1% | |||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | 4,425 | 7,411 | |||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA- ADR | 4,639 | 46,111 | |||||
53,522 | |||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—0.1% | |||||||
Enel SpA | 9,543 | 38,832 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.0%** | |||||||
Assicurazioni Generali SpA | 2,092 | 31,489 | |||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.8% | |||||||
ENI SpA- ADR | 12,492 | 515,545 | |||||
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—0.2% | |||||||
Luxottica Group SpA- ADR | 6,042 | 168,753 | |||||
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE—0.1% | |||||||
Atlantia SpA | 2,222 | 35,574 | |||||
855,996 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
JAPAN—14.5% | |||||||
AUTO COMPONENTS—0.4% | |||||||
Bridgestone Corp. | 1,656 | $ | 37,544 | ||||
Bridgestone Corp.- ADR | 426 | 19,170 | |||||
Denso Corp. | 4,700 | 129,819 | |||||
Denso Corp.- ADR | 6,048 | 82,676 | |||||
269,209 | |||||||
AUTOMOBILES—2.1% | |||||||
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.- ADR | 17,326 | 529,309 | |||||
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.- ADR | 15,548 | 276,444 | |||||
Toyota Motor Corp.- ADR | 8,625 | 570,371 | |||||
1,376,124 | |||||||
BUILDING PRODUCTS—0.2% | |||||||
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. | 3,000 | 25,179 | |||||
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.- ADR | 16,078 | 132,804 | |||||
157,983 | |||||||
CAPITAL GOODS—0.2% | |||||||
Makita Corp. | 600 | 19,418 | |||||
Makita Corp.- ADR | 3,753 | 121,410 | |||||
140,828 | |||||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—0.3% | |||||||
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. | 16,000 | 49,890 | |||||
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.- ADR | 27,761 | 87,169 | |||||
Nomura Holdings, Inc.- ADR | 26,917 | 80,213 | |||||
217,272 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—0.3% | |||||||
Nitto Denko Corp. | 500 | 17,890 | |||||
Nitto Denko Corp.- ADR | 2,830 | 100,550 | |||||
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. | 800 | 39,392 | |||||
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. | 7,000 | 25,555 | |||||
Toray Industries, Inc. | 6,000 | 42,952 | |||||
226,339 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.4% | |||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.- ADR | 114,193 | 478,469 | |||||
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.- ADR | 37,946 | 101,695 | |||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.- ADR | 53,820 | 296,548 | |||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 2,980 | 8,750 | |||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.- ADR | 9,732 | 27,639 | |||||
913,101 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.7% | |||||||
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. | 50,000 | 480,707 | |||||
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.- ADR | 37 | 350 | |||||
481,057 | |||||||
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—0.1% | |||||||
Fujitsu Ltd. | 2,000 | 10,394 | |||||
Fujitsu Ltd.- ADR | 1,240 | 32,054 | |||||
Seiko Epson Corp. | 600 | 7,974 | |||||
Seiko Epson Corp.- ADR | 5,156 | 33,617 | |||||
84,039 | |||||||
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING—0.1% | |||||||
JGC Corp. | 2,000 | 48,019 | |||||
Obayashi Corp. | 9,000 | 39,989 | |||||
88,008 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
ORIX Corp. | 230 | 19,005 | |||||
ORIX Corp.- ADR | 4,868 | 199,344 | |||||
218,349 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.- ADR | 8,468 | $ | 214,494 | ||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—0.1% | |||||||
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. | 1,800 | 33,605 | |||||
Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. | 2,200 | 21,123 | |||||
Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (a) | 2,400 | 5,706 | |||||
60,434 | |||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—0.4% | |||||||
Nidec Corp.- ADR | 10,848 | 234,100 | |||||
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS—0.5% | |||||||
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.- ADR | 3,926 | 91,319 | |||||
Hoya Corp. | 2,800 | 60,314 | |||||
Hoya Corp.- ADR | 1,734 | 37,420 | |||||
Kyocera Corp. | 700 | 56,295 | |||||
Kyocera Corp.- ADR | 620 | 49,482 | |||||
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 500 | 25,692 | |||||
320,522 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—0.0%** | |||||||
Terumo Corp. | 600 | 28,258 | |||||
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—0.9% | |||||||
Panasonic Corp.- ADR | 18,555 | 155,676 | |||||
Sekisui House Ltd. | 2,000 | 17,747 | |||||
Sekisui House Ltd.- ADR | 12,610 | 109,833 | |||||
Sharp Corp. | 10,000 | 87,437 | |||||
Sharp Corp.- ADR | 3,930 | 34,270 | |||||
Sony Corp.- ADR | 12,560 | 226,582 | |||||
631,545 | |||||||
INSURANCE—0.3% | |||||||
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings- ADR | 15,706 | 142,768 | |||||
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.- ADR | 1,609 | 35,398 | |||||
178,166 | |||||||
INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
KDDI Corp.- ADR | 9,600 | 154,560 | |||||
MACHINERY—1.1% | |||||||
FANUC Corp.- ADR | 18,354 | 464,356 | |||||
Kubota Corp.- ADR | 5,155 | 214,242 | |||||
SMC Corp. | 300 | 48,409 | |||||
727,007 | |||||||
MARINE—0.1% | |||||||
Nippon Yusen KK- ADR | 7,243 | 37,301 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.1% | |||||||
Nippon Steel Corp. | 13,000 | 32,428 | |||||
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. | 4,000 | 51,397 | |||||
83,825 | |||||||
OFFICE ELECTRONICS—0.5% | |||||||
Canon, Inc.- ADR | 7,331 | 322,857 | |||||
PERSONAL PRODUCTS—0.7% | |||||||
Kao Corp.- ADR | 10,519 | 286,117 | |||||
Shiseido Co. Ltd.- ADR | 10,527 | 190,854 | |||||
476,971 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
JAPAN—14.5%, continued | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.8% | |||||||
Astellas Pharma, Inc. | 2,600 | $ | 105,730 | ||||
Astellas Pharma, Inc.- ADR | 2,174 | 87,764 | |||||
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. | 1,700 | 33,704 | |||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 2,100 | 92,218 | |||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.- ADR | 10,224 | 225,439 | |||||
544,855 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT—0.7% | |||||||
Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.- ADR | 1,547 | 183,025 | |||||
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. | 7,000 | 104,586 | |||||
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.- ADR | 7,140 | 106,315 | |||||
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. | 2,000 | 29,154 | |||||
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. | 2,000 | 35,027 | |||||
458,107 | |||||||
ROAD & RAIL—0.5% | |||||||
Central Japan Railway Co. | 5 | 42,224 | |||||
East Japan Railway Co. | 290 | 18,462 | |||||
East Japan Railway Co.- ADR | 21,954 | 229,419 | |||||
Keikyu Corp. | 5,000 | 44,888 | |||||
334,993 | |||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR | |||||||
EQUIPMENT—0.0%** | |||||||
Advantest Corp.- ADR | 323 | 3,056 | |||||
Rohm Co. Ltd.- ADR | 602 | 13,870 | |||||
16,926 | |||||||
SOFTWARE—0.1% | |||||||
Nintendo Co. Ltd.- ADR | 4,016 | 68,031 | |||||
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT—0.1% | |||||||
TDK Corp. | 200 | 8,861 | |||||
TDK Corp.- ADR | 576 | 25,309 | |||||
34,170 | |||||||
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—0.2% | |||||||
Wacoal Holdings Corp.- ADR | 2,019 | 131,881 | |||||
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—0.4% | |||||||
Mitsui & Co. Ltd.- ADR | 800 | 247,600 | |||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.- ADR | 11,000 | 201,850 | |||||
Softbank Corp. | 1,300 | 38,289 | |||||
240,139 | |||||||
9,719,051 | |||||||
JERSEY—0.2% | |||||||
METALS & MINING—0.2% | |||||||
Randgold Resources Ltd.- ADR | 1,091 | 111,391 | |||||
MEXICO—1.6% | |||||||
BEVERAGES—0.3% | |||||||
Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV- ADR | 1,960 | 186,611 | |||||
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING—0.0%** | |||||||
Empresas ICA SAB de CV- ADR (a) | 5,565 | 26,601 | |||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—0.1% | |||||||
Cemex SAB de CV- ADR (a) | 14,990 | 80,796 | |||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.3% | |||||||
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV- ADR | 6,638 | 181,815 | |||||
MEDIA—0.3% | |||||||
Grupo Televisa SAB- ADR | 8,430 | $ | 177,536 | ||||
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE—0.2% | |||||||
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV- ADR | 2,949 | 99,558 | |||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
America Movil SAB de CV, Series L- ADR | 12,573 | 284,150 | |||||
1,037,067 | |||||||
NETHERLANDS—4.4% | |||||||
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS—0.0%** | |||||||
PostNL NV | 667 | 2,124 | |||||
PostNL NV- ADR | 1,500 | 4,755 | |||||
TNT Express NV | 667 | 4,984 | |||||
TNT Express NV- ADR | 1,509 | 11,106 | |||||
22,969 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—0.2% | |||||||
Akzo Nobel NV- ADR | 2,998 | 144,803 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
ING Groep NV- ADR (a) | 26,134 | 187,381 | |||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.3% | |||||||
Koninklijke Ahold NV- ADR | 17,207 | 231,434 | |||||
FOOD PRODUCTS—0.3% | |||||||
Unilever NV - NY Registry Shares | 5,040 | 173,225 | |||||
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—0.4% | |||||||
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV | 13,992 | 293,132 | |||||
INSURANCE—0.1% | |||||||
Aegon NV (a) | 17,021 | 68,424 | |||||
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
QIAGEN NV (a) | 12,181 | 168,220 | |||||
MEDIA—0.1% | |||||||
Wolters Kluwer NV | 954 | 16,490 | |||||
Wolters Kluwer NV- ADR | 4,559 | 78,050 | |||||
94,540 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—2.2% | |||||||
Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A- ADR | 19,665 | 1,437,315 | |||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR | |||||||
EQUIPMENT—0.2% | |||||||
ASML Holding NV - NY Registry Shares | 2,915 | 121,818 | |||||
2,943,261 | |||||||
NORWAY—1.1% | |||||||
CHEMICALS—0.3% | |||||||
Yara International ASA- ADR | 4,876 | 194,309 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.2% | |||||||
Norsk Hydro ASA | 13,975 | 64,818 | |||||
Norsk Hydro ASA- ADR | 13,201 | 60,065 | |||||
124,883 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.6% | |||||||
Statoil ASA- ADR | 16,927 | 433,500 | |||||
752,692 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
PERU—0.2% | |||||||
METALS & MINING—0.2% | |||||||
Cia de Minas Buenaventura SA- ADR | 3,621 | $ | 138,829 | ||||
PORTUGAL—0.1% | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.1% | |||||||
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA- ADR | 11,106 | 64,082 | |||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—0.0%** | |||||||
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA | 10,966 | 33,935 | |||||
98,017 | |||||||
RUSSIA—0.7% | |||||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.7% | |||||||
Mobile Telesystems OJSC- ADR | 30,270 | 444,364 | |||||
SINGAPORE—2.0% | |||||||
BANKS—0.1% | |||||||
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 6,656 | 59,117 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.1% | |||||||
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.- ADR | 9,299 | 329,371 | |||||
United Overseas Bank Ltd. | 5,187 | 61,066 | |||||
United Overseas Bank Ltd.- ADR | 14,915 | 351,397 | |||||
741,834 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION | |||||||
SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. | 24,000 | 57,176 | |||||
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.- ADR | 5,834 | 139,374 | |||||
196,550 | |||||||
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—0.5% | |||||||
Keppel Corp. Ltd.- ADR | 25,160 | 358,278 | |||||
1,355,779 | |||||||
SOUTH AFRICA—2.0% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.2% | �� | ||||||
Standard Bank Group Ltd.- ADR | 5,847 | 143,778 | |||||
METALS & MINING—1.0% | |||||||
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.- ADR | 6,543 | 277,750 | |||||
Gold Fields Ltd.- ADR | 5,538 | 84,455 | |||||
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.- ADR | 15,958 | 185,751 | |||||
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.- ADR | 4,489 | 92,518 | |||||
640,474 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.4% | |||||||
Sasol Ltd.- ADR | 6,092 | 288,761 | |||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
MTN Group Ltd.- ADR | 13,825 | 244,702 | |||||
1,317,715 | |||||||
SOUTH KOREA—2.7% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.2% | |||||||
KB Financial Group, Inc.- ADR | 9,707 | 304,218 | |||||
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.- ADR | 4,718 | 321,815 | |||||
Woori Finance Holdings Co. Ltd.- ADR | 6,203 | 151,477 | |||||
777,510 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
KT Corp.- ADR | 12,858 | 201,099 | |||||
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS | |||||||
& COMPONENTS—0.3% | |||||||
LG Display Co. Ltd.- ADR | 16,866 | 177,599 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.5% | |||||||
POSCO- ADR | 4,454 | $ | 365,673 | ||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.- ADR | 21,403 | 291,295 | |||||
1,813,176 | |||||||
SPAIN—2.7% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.0% | |||||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA- ADR | 30,234 | 259,105 | |||||
Banco Santander SA- ADR | 53,071 | 399,094 | |||||
658,199 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.7% | |||||||
Telefonica SA- ADR | 25,429 | 437,125 | |||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—0.3% | |||||||
Iberdrola SA- ADR | 8,213 | 197,933 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.0%** | |||||||
Acerinox SA | 2,098 | 26,909 | |||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.6% | |||||||
Repsol YPF SA- ADR | 13,760 | 419,818 | |||||
RETAILING—0.1% | |||||||
Inditex SA | 678 | 55,528 | |||||
1,795,512 | |||||||
SWEDEN—1.7% | |||||||
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—0.4% | |||||||
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson- ADR | 24,127 | 244,406 | |||||
MACHINERY—0.8% | |||||||
Atlas Copco AB- ADR | 7,261 | 155,748 | |||||
Atlas Copco AB, Class A | 7,174 | 154,278 | |||||
Sandvik AB | 7,901 | 96,954 | |||||
Sandvik AB- ADR | 9,009 | 109,910 | |||||
516,890 | |||||||
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—0.1% | |||||||
Svenska Cellulosa AB, Class B | 4,800 | 71,142 | |||||
RETAILING—0.1% | |||||||
Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), Class B | 1,624 | 52,222 | |||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—0.3% | |||||||
Hennes & Mauritz AB- ADR | 38,425 | 244,383 | |||||
1,129,043 | |||||||
SWITZERLAND—6.6% | |||||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—0.9% | |||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG- ADR | 9,044 | 212,353 | |||||
Julius Baer Group Ltd. (a) | 936 | 36,611 | |||||
UBS AG (a) | 30,219 | 357,491 | |||||
606,455 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—0.5% | |||||||
Syngenta AG- ADR (a) | 6,200 | 365,428 | |||||
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—0.1% | |||||||
Logitech International SA (a) | 6,216 | 48,360 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
Swisscom AG- ADR | 4,870 | 184,670 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
SWITZERLAND—6.6%, continued | |||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—0.9% | |||||||
ABB Ltd.- ADR (a) | 33,319 | $ | 627,397 | ||||
INSURANCE—0.7% | |||||||
Swiss Re AG (a) | 2,040 | 103,965 | |||||
Zurich Financial Services AG- ADR (a) | 15,220 | 345,190 | |||||
449,155 | |||||||
METALS & MINING—0.5% | |||||||
Xstrata plc- ADR | 106,960 | 316,602 | |||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—2.4% | |||||||
Novartis AG- ADR | 16,695 | 954,453 | |||||
Roche Holding AG- ADR | 15,944 | 678,417 | |||||
1,632,870 | |||||||
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES—0.0%** | |||||||
Adecco SA (a) | 710 | 29,744 | |||||
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—0.3% | |||||||
Wolseley plc | 581 | 19,237 | |||||
Wolseley plc- ADR | 45,040 | 146,380 | |||||
165,617 | |||||||
4,426,298 | |||||||
TAIWAN—2.3% | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.1% | |||||||
Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.- ADR | 1,055 | 35,110 | |||||
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS | |||||||
& COMPONENTS—0.2% | |||||||
AU Optronics Corp.- ADR | 36,684 | 158,475 | |||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—2.0% | |||||||
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, | |||||||
Inc.- ADR | 57,229 | 248,374 | |||||
Siliconware Precision Industries Co.- ADR | 37,265 | 162,476 | |||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | |||||||
Co. Ltd.- ADR | 55,923 | 721,966 | |||||
United Microelectronics Corp.- ADR | 112,138 | 239,975 | |||||
1,372,791 | |||||||
1,566,376 | |||||||
TURKEY—0.2% | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—0.2% | |||||||
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS- ADR | 44,384 | 138,034 | |||||
UNITED KINGDOM—12.5% | |||||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—0.0%** | |||||||
Man Group plc | 3,940 | 7,691 | |||||
Man Group plc- ADR | 7,608 | 14,684 | |||||
22,375 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.3% | |||||||
Barclays plc- ADR | 10,131 | 111,340 | |||||
HSBC Holdings plc- ADR | 19,343 | 736,968 | |||||
Lloyds Banking Group plc- ADR (a) | 19,484 | 30,590 | |||||
878,898 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
BT Group plc- ADR | 3,811 | 112,958 | |||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—0.3% | |||||||
SSE plc- ADR | 10,880 | 218,579 | |||||
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—0.1% | |||||||
Subsea 7 SA- ADR (a) | 2,434 | $ | 45,297 | ||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—0.4% | |||||||
J Sainsbury plc | 4,806 | 22,608 | |||||
J Sainsbury plc- ADR | 11,869 | 221,357 | |||||
WM Morrison Supermarkets plc | 7,868 | 39,858 | |||||
283,823 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—0.2% | |||||||
Smith & Nephew plc- ADR | 2,331 | 112,238 | |||||
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—0.4% | |||||||
Carnival plc- ADR | 1,539 | 50,679 | |||||
Compass Group plc- ADR | 22,238 | 210,816 | |||||
261,495 | |||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—0.3% | |||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | 1,019 | 50,324 | |||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc- ADR | 16,130 | 158,719 | |||||
209,043 | |||||||
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & | |||||||
ENERGY TRADERS—0.2% | |||||||
International Power plc | 4,881 | 25,561 | |||||
International Power plc- ADR | 1,872 | 97,718 | |||||
123,279 | |||||||
INSURANCE—0.3% | |||||||
Aviva plc | 6,027 | 28,155 | |||||
Prudential plc- ADR | 9,831 | 194,064 | |||||
222,219 | |||||||
MATERIALS—0.1% | |||||||
Antofagasta plc | 3,335 | 62,928 | |||||
MEDIA—0.7% | |||||||
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc | 3,176 | 36,129 | |||||
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc- ADR | 2,267 | 102,672 | |||||
Pearson plc- ADR | 12,578 | 237,347 | |||||
Reed Elsevier plc- ADR | 3,719 | 119,901 | |||||
496,049 | |||||||
METALS & MINING—1.2% | |||||||
Antofagasta plc- ADR | 3,393 | 126,966 | |||||
Rio Tinto plc- ADR | 13,599 | 665,263 | |||||
792,229 | |||||||
MULTILINE RETAIL—0.1% | |||||||
Marks & Spencer Group plc- ADR | 6,941 | 66,078 | |||||
MULTI-UTILITIES—0.9% | |||||||
Centrica plc | 7,002 | 31,459 | |||||
Centrica plc- ADR | 6,310 | 112,444 | |||||
National Grid plc- ADR | 6,366 | 308,624 | |||||
United Utilities Group plc- ADR | 7,667 | 144,676 | |||||
597,203 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—2.3% | |||||||
BG Group plc- ADR | 5,385 | 576,195 | |||||
BP plc- ADR | 17,559 | 750,471 | |||||
Tullow Oil plc | 5,148 | 112,088 | |||||
Tullow Oil plc- ADR | 7,812 | 83,948 | |||||
1,522,702 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis International Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.7%, continued | |||||||
UNITED KINGDOM—12.5%, continued | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—1.8% | |||||||
AstraZeneca plc- ADR | 8,910 | $ | 412,444 | ||||
GlaxoSmithKline plc- ADR | 17,749 | 809,887 | |||||
1,222,331 | |||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR | |||||||
EQUIPMENT—0.2% | |||||||
ARM Holdings plc- ADR | 5,285 | 146,236 | |||||
SOFTWARE—0.1% | |||||||
Sage Group plc | 3,343 | 15,274 | |||||
Sage Group plc- ADR | 2,441 | 44,377 | |||||
59,651 | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—0.2% | |||||||
Kingfisher plc- ADR | 13,881 | 106,745 | |||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.2% | |||||||
Vodafone Group plc- ADR | 28,368 | 795,155 | |||||
8,357,511 | |||||||
UNITED STATES—0.8% | |||||||
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY—0.2% | |||||||
SXC Health Solutions Corp. (a) | 1,818 | 102,681 | |||||
MEDIA—0.1% | |||||||
Thomson Reuters Corp. | 2,653 | 70,755 | |||||
METALS & MINING—0.2% | |||||||
Sims Metal Management Ltd.- ADR | 10,460 | 134,411 | |||||
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT—0.3% | |||||||
Brookfield Office Properties, Inc. | 13,940 | 218,022 | |||||
525,869 | |||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $75,176,140)—98.7% | $ | 66,085,305 | |||||
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 1.3% | 857,633 | ||||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 66,942,938 |
(a) | Non-income producing securities. |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1%. |
ADR | — American Depositary Receipt |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
REIT | — Real Estate Investment Trust |
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Praxis Value Index Fund
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s letter (unaudited)
For nearly two years, U.S. equity markets have been on a rally that began in March 2009, when the most acute phases of the credit crisis came to an end. In 2011, however, stock indexes paused. Significant geopolitical events ranging from the Arab Spring to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe to the credit downgrade of the U.S. Treasury caused investors to seek safety. Despite the credit downgrade, billions of dollars flowed to U.S. Treasuries, driving rates lower during the year. Also, to the extent investors sought safety in their stock portfolios, strategies that favored larger, more stable, dividend paying companies generally performed better than broad equity market indexes.
The interconnectedness of the global economy and the effects this phenomenon has had on the increasing correlations between U.S. and international stocks over the last decade has been well documented. In 2011, however, the fates of U.S. and international stock markets diverged, with U.S. stocks delivering flat to modestly positive returns while many of the largest international equity indexes declined for the year.
In the U.S., value style of equity investing marginally underperformed the growth style during 2011. The Praxis Value Index Fund’s Class A shares (without load) declined 3.58 percent versus positive return of 1.24 percent its benchmark, the MSCI Prime Market Value Index. The Fund’s underpeformance can be attributed to strong performance from several companies excluded from the fund, particularly Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Pfizer that generated performance that outpaced the index. While less of an impact, the Fund’s overweight to major banks also detracted from performance, particularly during the first half of the year. By contrast, the Fund’s exclusion of mining company Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold contributed to performance.
Chad Horning, CFA®
Praxis Value Index Fund Manager
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Value Index Fund
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/30/01 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 12/31/01 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Annualized | ||||||||||||||||||||||
One | Three | Five | Ten | Expense | ||||||||||||||||||
Inception | Year | Year | Year | Year | Ratio*** | |||||||||||||||||
Date | Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | Gross / Net | |||||||||||||||||
Value Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | -3.58% | 10.27% | -5.61% | 0.86% | 1.38 | % | 1.38 | % | ||||||||||||||
Class A * | -8.64% | 8.32% | -6.62% | 0.31% | ||||||||||||||||||
Class I ** | 5/1/06 | -2.80% | 10.99% | -5.14% | 1.13% | 0.50 | % | 0.50 | % | |||||||||||||
MSCI US Prime Market Value Index1 | 1.24% | 11.50% | -2.32% | 3.80% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A.
** Class I Share of this Fund was not in existence prior to 5/1/06. Class I Share performance calculated for any period prior to 5/1/06 is based on the performance of Class B Share since inception of 5/1/01 and has been adjusted to reflect differences in sales charges and expenses between the classes. The Class B Shares were exchanged into Class A Shares on August 17, 2009.
*** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A.
1 The MSCI US Prime Market Value Index represents the value companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. (The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of large and medium capitalization companies in the US equity market). The MSCI US Prime Market Value Index is a subset of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Value Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.9% | |||||||
AIRLINES—0.5% | |||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a) | 10,780 | $ | 87,210 | ||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 10,063 | 86,139 | |||||
United Continental Holdings, Inc.(a) | 4,220 | 79,632 | |||||
252,981 | |||||||
AUTO COMPONENTS—0.3% | |||||||
Autoliv, Inc. | 1,478 | 79,058 | |||||
Lear Corp. | 1,715 | 68,257 | |||||
147,315 | |||||||
AUTOMOBILES—0.3% | |||||||
General Motors Co.(a) | 8,898 | 180,362 | |||||
BEVERAGES—0.3% | |||||||
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | 4,031 | 103,919 | |||||
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | 1,738 | 68,616 | |||||
172,535 | |||||||
BIOTECHNOLOGY—0.5% | |||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 4,057 | 260,500 | |||||
BUILDING PRODUCTS—0.1% | |||||||
Masco Corp. | 5,766 | 60,428 | |||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—3.5% | |||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 2,516 | 124,894 | |||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 14,747 | 293,613 | |||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 1,071 | 190,895 | |||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 5,731 | 518,254 | |||||
Invesco Ltd. | 6,002 | 120,580 | |||||
Legg Mason, Inc. | 2,963 | 71,260 | |||||
Morgan Stanley | 17,185 | 260,009 | |||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 1,790 | 55,419 | |||||
State Street Corp. | 5,540 | 223,318 | |||||
1,858,242 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—2.0% | |||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 983 | 83,742 | |||||
Airgas, Inc. | 1,048 | 81,828 | |||||
Ashland, Inc. | 1,112 | 63,562 | |||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 772 | 111,924 | |||||
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. | 9,887 | 452,627 | |||||
Huntsman Corp. | 5,701 | 57,010 | |||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 1,490 | 78,106 | |||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 3,478 | 113,000 | |||||
1,041,799 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—6.4% | |||||||
BB&T Corp. | 8,292 | 208,710 | |||||
CIT Group, Inc.(a) | 2,126 | 74,134 | |||||
Comerica, Inc. | 2,829 | 72,988 | |||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 11,090 | 141,065 | |||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 10,533 | 57,826 | |||||
KeyCorp | 12,151 | 93,441 | |||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 1,320 | 100,769 | |||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 6,056 | 349,250 | |||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 16,978 | 73,005 | |||||
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | 5,600 | 99,120 | |||||
U.S. Bancorp | 21,290 | 575,894 | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 55,454 | 1,528,312 | |||||
Zions Bancorp | 2,042 | 33,244 | |||||
3,407,758 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.8% | |||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. | 2,140 | $ | 61,375 | ||||
Pitney Bowes, Inc. | 3,859 | 71,546 | |||||
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. | 3,672 | 52,987 | |||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 6,946 | 227,204 | |||||
413,112 | |||||||
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—0.4% | |||||||
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,290 | 50,052 | |||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 3,976 | 184,049 | |||||
234,101 | |||||||
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—1.9% | |||||||
Dell, Inc.(a) | 11,287 | 165,129 | |||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 22,746 | 585,937 | |||||
SanDisk Corp.(a) | 1,270 | 62,497 | |||||
Seagate Technology plc | 5,352 | 87,773 | |||||
Western Digital Corp.(a) | 3,409 | 105,508 | |||||
1,006,844 | |||||||
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—0.2% | |||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 2,061 | 81,100 | |||||
CONSUMER FINANCE—0.9% | |||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 5,236 | 221,430 | |||||
Discover Financial Services | 6,193 | 148,632 | |||||
SLM Corp. | 6,152 | 82,437 | |||||
452,499 | |||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—0.3% | |||||||
Bemis Co., Inc. | 4,163 | 125,223 | |||||
Owens-Illinois, Inc.(a) | 2,366 | 45,853 | |||||
171,076 | |||||||
DISTRIBUTORS—0.3% | |||||||
Genuine Parts Co. | 2,370 | 145,044 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—0.1% | |||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 4,703 | 76,800 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—6.3% | |||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 113,071 | 628,675 | |||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 33,421 | 879,306 | |||||
CME Group, Inc., Class A | 694 | 169,107 | |||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 42,858 | 1,425,028 | |||||
Moody’s Corp. | 2,056 | 69,246 | |||||
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(a) | 2,172 | 53,236 | |||||
NYSE Euronext | 3,488 | 91,037 | |||||
3,315,635 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—7.1% | |||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 66,090 | 1,998,562 | |||||
CenturyLink, Inc. | 7,428 | 276,322 | |||||
Frontier Communications Corp. | 14,847 | 76,462 | |||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 32,653 | 1,310,038 | |||||
Windstream Corp. | 9,242 | 108,501 | |||||
3,769,885 | |||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—3.0% | |||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 6,857 | 150,854 | |||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 4,525 | 200,457 | |||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 5,890 | 358,583 | |||||
Northeast Utilities | 3,436 | 123,936 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Value Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.9%, continued | |||||||
ELECTRIC UTILITIES—3.0%, continued | |||||||
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | 5,153 | $ | 104,606 | ||||
PPL Corp. | 3,830 | 112,679 | |||||
Progress Energy, Inc. | 950 | 53,219 | |||||
Southern Co. | 10,416 | 482,157 | |||||
1,586,491 | |||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—0.2% | |||||||
Cooper Industries plc | 2,273 | 123,083 | |||||
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & | |||||||
COMPONENTS—1.0% | |||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a) | 1,980 | 74,072 | |||||
Corning, Inc. | 17,762 | 230,551 | |||||
Flextronics International Ltd.(a) | 9,429 | 53,368 | |||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 4,666 | 143,759 | |||||
501,750 | |||||||
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
Nabors Industries Ltd.(a) | 4,507 | 78,151 | |||||
Noble Corp.(a) | 1,933 | 58,415 | |||||
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 2,566 | 51,269 | |||||
187,835 | |||||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—1.4% | |||||||
CVS Caremark Corp. | 16,455 | 671,035 | |||||
Safeway, Inc. | 4,013 | 84,433 | |||||
755,468 | |||||||
FOOD PRODUCTS—2.8% | |||||||
ConAgra Foods, Inc. | 7,530 | 198,792 | |||||
H.J. Heinz Co. | 1,906 | 103,000 | |||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 2,434 | 71,292 | |||||
J. M. Smucker Co. | 1,238 | 96,774 | |||||
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A | 19,291 | 720,712 | |||||
McCormick & Co., Inc. | 2,169 | 109,361 | |||||
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.(a) | 690 | 58,995 | |||||
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 4,742 | 97,875 | |||||
1,456,801 | |||||||
GAS UTILITIES—0.1% | |||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 1,408 | 78,257 | |||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—1.7% | |||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 21,282 | 113,646 | |||||
CareFusion Corp.(a) | 2,330 | 59,205 | |||||
Covidien plc | 5,754 | 258,988 | |||||
Hologic, Inc.(a) | 4,950 | 86,675 | |||||
Medtronic, Inc. | 10,310 | 394,357 | |||||
912,871 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—1.9% | |||||||
Aetna, Inc. | 4,164 | 175,679 | |||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 4,105 | 166,704 | |||||
Cigna Corp. | 3,085 | 129,570 | |||||
Coventry Health Care, Inc.(a) | 2,032 | 61,712 | |||||
Humana, Inc. | 1,892 | 165,758 | |||||
WellPoint, Inc. | 4,257 | 282,026 | |||||
981,449 | |||||||
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—0.8% | |||||||
Carnival Corp. | 4,993 | 162,972 | |||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 1,878 | 85,599 | |||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a) | 1,486 | 55,933 | |||||
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | 2,582 | 97,677 | |||||
402,181 | |||||||
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—0.8% | |||||||
D.R. Horton, Inc. | 5,775 | $ | 72,823 | ||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 2,910 | 67,046 | |||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a) | 722 | 43,212 | |||||
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. | 4,509 | 72,820 | |||||
Toll Brothers, Inc.(a) | 3,106 | 63,424 | |||||
Whirlpool Corp. | 1,759 | 83,465 | |||||
402,790 | |||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—4.0% | |||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 2,046 | 93,625 | |||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 30,331 | 2,023,381 | |||||
2,117,006 | |||||||
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & | |||||||
ENERGY TRADERS—0.1% | |||||||
NRG Energy, Inc.(a) | 4,298 | 77,880 | |||||
INSURANCE—8.8% | |||||||
ACE Ltd. | 4,050 | 283,986 | |||||
Aflac, Inc. | 5,211 | 225,428 | |||||
Allstate Corp. | 6,829 | 187,183 | |||||
American International Group, Inc.(a) | 5,323 | 123,494 | |||||
AON Corp. | 2,267 | 106,096 | |||||
Assurant, Inc. | 2,380 | 97,723 | |||||
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 5,355 | 70,365 | |||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 7,101 | 541,806 | |||||
Chubb Corp. | 3,860 | 267,189 | |||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 922 | 28,084 | |||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 955 | 80,306 | |||||
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A | 3,675 | 58,543 | |||||
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(a) | 9,227 | 60,437 | |||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | 5,940 | 96,525 | |||||
Lincoln National Corp. | 4,385 | 85,157 | |||||
Loews Corp. | 3,484 | 131,173 | |||||
Markel Corp.(a) | 219 | 90,813 | |||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 6,770 | 214,067 | |||||
MetLife, Inc. | 12,042 | 375,469 | |||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 4,754 | 116,948 | |||||
Progressive Corp. | 7,694 | 150,110 | |||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 5,225 | 261,877 | |||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 1,255 | 93,334 | |||||
Torchmark Corp. | 2,383 | 103,398 | |||||
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. | 2,330 | 127,521 | |||||
Travelers Cos., Inc. | 4,849 | 286,915 | |||||
Unum Group | 4,968 | 104,676 | |||||
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. | 180 | 81,623 | |||||
Willis Group Holdings plc | 2,720 | 105,536 | |||||
XL Group plc | 4,703 | 92,978 | |||||
4,648,760 | |||||||
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL—0.2% | |||||||
Liberty Interactive Corp., Series A(a) | 7,606 | 123,331 | |||||
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
Yahoo!, Inc.(a) | 7,289 | 117,572 | |||||
IT SERVICES—0.3% | |||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 3,883 | 103,249 | |||||
Paychex, Inc. | 2,084 | 62,749 | |||||
165,998 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Value Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.9%, continued | |||||||
LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS—0.4% | |||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 1,817 | $ | 57,944 | ||||
Mattel, Inc. | 5,796 | 160,897 | |||||
218,841 | |||||||
MACHINERY—1.7% | |||||||
Dover Corp. | 1,882 | 109,250 | |||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 6,373 | 297,683 | |||||
Ingersoll-Rand plc | 4,972 | 151,497 | |||||
Parker Hannifin Corp. | 2,385 | 181,856 | |||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 2,321 | 156,900 | |||||
897,186 | |||||||
MEDIA—2.0% | |||||||
DISH Network Corp., Class A | 2,260 | 64,365 | |||||
Time Warner, Inc. | 12,812 | 463,026 | |||||
Walt Disney Co. | 13,426 | 503,475 | |||||
1,030,866 | |||||||
METALS & MINING—0.9% | |||||||
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | 1,169 | 72,887 | |||||
Nucor Corp. | 3,890 | 153,928 | |||||
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | 2,338 | 113,837 | |||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 3,833 | 50,404 | |||||
United States Steel Corp. | 2,781 | 73,585 | |||||
464,641 | |||||||
MULTILINE RETAIL—0.8% | |||||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc. | 2,635 | 92,620 | |||||
Macy’s, Inc. | 6,152 | 197,971 | |||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 2,610 | 129,743 | |||||
Sears Holdings Corp.(a) | 870 | 27,649 | |||||
447,983 | |||||||
MULTI-UTILITIES—2.6% | |||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 2,331 | 102,820 | |||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 6,705 | 134,704 | |||||
CMS Energy Corp. | 3,424 | 75,602 | |||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 3,801 | 235,776 | |||||
DTE Energy Co. | 3,860 | 210,177 | |||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 4,677 | 100,368 | |||||
NiSource, Inc. | 4,934 | 117,479 | |||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 1,140 | 64,649 | |||||
SCANA Corp. | 1,363 | 61,417 | |||||
Sempra Energy | 1,928 | 106,040 | |||||
Wisconsin Energy Corp. | 4,376 | 152,985 | |||||
1,362,017 | |||||||
OFFICE ELECTRONICS—0.3% | |||||||
Xerox Corp. | 18,621 | 148,223 | |||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—6.8% | |||||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | 2,993 | 228,456 | |||||
Apache Corp. | 4,551 | 412,229 | |||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 7,342 | 163,653 | |||||
Cimarex Energy Co. | 1,068 | 66,109 | |||||
ConocoPhillips | 16,095 | 1,172,843 | |||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 4,897 | 303,614 | |||||
Energen Corp. | 650 | 32,500 | |||||
Hess Corp. | 3,530 | 200,504 | |||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 8,847 | 258,952 | |||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 3,669 | 122,141 | |||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 2,385 | 132,940 | |||||
Newfield Exploration Co.(a) | 2,812 | 106,097 | |||||
Noble Energy, Inc. | 930 | $ | 87,783 | ||||
Southern Union Co. | 1,638 | 68,976 | |||||
Spectra Energy Corp. | 7,434 | 228,595 | |||||
3,585,392 | |||||||
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—0.5% | |||||||
International Paper Co. | 5,831 | 172,598 | |||||
MeadWestvaco Corp. | 2,902 | 86,915 | |||||
259,513 | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—11.0% | |||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 17,940 | 1,008,766 | |||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 21,356 | 752,586 | |||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 12,210 | 507,448 | |||||
Forest Laboratories, Inc.(a) | 2,965 | 89,721 | |||||
Johnson & Johnson | 30,523 | 2,001,698 | |||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 36,440 | 1,373,788 | |||||
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,413 | 85,260 | |||||
5,819,267 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS)—4.1% | |||||||
American Capital Agency Corp. | 1,776 | 49,870 | |||||
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | 10,507 | 167,692 | |||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 1,518 | 198,251 | |||||
Equity Residential | 2,432 | 138,697 | |||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 1,074 | 97,466 | |||||
HCP, Inc. | 5,514 | 228,445 | |||||
Health Care REIT, Inc. | 1,442 | 78,632 | |||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 5,451 | 80,511 | |||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 6,550 | 106,372 | |||||
Liberty Property Trust | 3,216 | 99,310 | |||||
Macerich Co. | 1,986 | 100,492 | |||||
Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. | 3,200 | 116,992 | |||||
ProLogis, Inc. | 4,972 | 142,149 | |||||
Rayonier, Inc. | 1,950 | 87,029 | |||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 1,634 | 61,471 | |||||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 1,136 | 75,703 | |||||
UDR, Inc. | 2,982 | 74,848 | |||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 2,270 | 174,472 | |||||
Weingarten Realty Investors | 3,339 | 72,857 | |||||
2,151,259 | |||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—4.3% | |||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 15,397 | 164,902 | |||||
Intel Corp. | 65,362 | 1,585,028 | |||||
KLA-Tencor Corp. | 2,395 | 115,559 | |||||
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 3,463 | 90,177 | |||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 2,894 | 106,007 | |||||
Micron Technology, Inc.(a) | 12,628 | 79,430 | |||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 4,128 | 120,166 | |||||
2,261,269 | |||||||
SOFTWARE—1.8% | |||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 32,220 | 836,431 | |||||
Synopsys, Inc.(a) | 3,565 | 96,968 | |||||
933,399 | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—1.2% | |||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 3,095 | 72,330 | |||||
GameStop Corp., Class A(a) | 2,804 | 67,661 | |||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 9,871 | 414,977 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Value Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | |||||||
AMOUNT/ | FAIR | ||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—98.9%, continued | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—1.2%, continued | |||||||
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp., | |||||||
Class A(a) (b) | 39 | $ | — | ||||
Staples, Inc. | 7,496 | 104,119 | |||||
659,087 | |||||||
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—0.2% | |||||||
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | 5,331 | 65,944 | |||||
People’s United Financial, Inc. | 4,388 | 56,386 | |||||
122,330 | |||||||
WATER UTILITIES—0.2% | |||||||
American Water Works Co., Inc. | 2,056 | 65,504 | |||||
Aqua America, Inc. | 2,869 | 63,262 | |||||
128,766 | |||||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
Sprint Nextel Corp.(a) | 39,309 | 91,983 | |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 52,269,561 | ||||||
PREFERRED STOCK—0.0%** | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—0.0%** | |||||||
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp., Perpetual, | |||||||
Series A - Zero Coupon (a) (b) | 39 | — | |||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS | — | ||||||
CORPORATE NOTES—1.1% | |||||||
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES—1.1% | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.52%, 12/15/12+(c) | $ | 175,000 | 172,964 | ||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/13+(c) | 192,500 | 190,754 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/14+(c) | 192,500 | 190,754 | |||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES | 554,472 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $51,301,616)—100.0% | $ | 52,824,033 | |||||
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.0% | 21,794 | ||||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 52,845,827 |
+ | Variable rate security. Rates presented are the rates in effect at December 31, 2011. |
(a) | Non-income producing securities. |
(b) | Fair valued securities. |
(c) | Represents affiliated restricted security as to resale to shareholders and is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have been deemed illiquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees: |
Acquisition | ||||||||||
Security | Yield | Shares | Date | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.52% | 175,000 | 12/2009 | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78% | 192,500 | 12/2009 | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78% | 192,500 | 12/2009 |
At December 31, 2011, these securities had an aggregate market value of $554,472, representing 1.1% of net assets. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
** | Amount rounds to less than 0.1%. |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
REIT | — Real Estate Investment Trust |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Growth Index Fund
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s letter (unaudited)
For nearly two years, U.S. equity markets have been on a rally that began in March 2009, when the most acute phases of the credit crisis came to an end. In 2011, however, stock indexes paused. Significant geopolitical events ranging from the Arab Spring to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe to the credit downgrade of the U.S. Treasury caused investors to seek safety. Despite the credit downgrade, billions of dollars flowed to U.S. Treasuries, driving rates lower during the year. Also, to the extent investors sought safety in their stock portfolios, strategies that favored larger, more stable, dividend paying companies generally performed better than broad equity market indexes.
The interconnectedness of the global economy and the effects this phenomenon has had on the increasing correlations between U.S. and international stocks over the last decade has been well documented. In 2011, however, the fates of U.S. and international stock markets diverged, with U.S. stocks delivering flat to modestly positive returns while many of the largest international equity indexes declined for the year.
The 1.12 percent return for the Praxis Growth Index Fund Class A Shares (without load) trailed the 1.96 percent return of its benchmark, the MSCI Prime Market Growth Index. The stewardship investing screens applied to the growth side of the market tend not to bind quite as tightly as on the value side, and as a result, the Praxis Growth Index Fund usually tracks its benchmark closer than the Praxis Value Index tracks its benchmark. For the period ending December 31, 2011, the Fund’s under-performance can be primarily attributed to the fees associated with managing the Fund.
Chad Horning, CFA®
Praxis Growth Index Fund Manager
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Growth Index Fund
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 5/1/07 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 5/1/07 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Annualized | |||||||||||||||||||
One | Three | Expense | |||||||||||||||||
Inception | Year | Year | Since | Ratio*** | |||||||||||||||
Date | Ended | Ended | Inception | Gross / Net | |||||||||||||||
Growth Index Fund | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | 5/1/07 | 1.12% | 15.44 | 0.06% | 2.68 | % | 1.10 | % | |||||||||||
Class A * | 5/1/07 | -4.22% | 13.38 | -1.08% | |||||||||||||||
Class I | 5/1/07 | 1.73% | 15.87 | 0.42% | 0.58 | % | 0.58 | % | |||||||||||
MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index1 | 1.96% | 17.72 | 1.58% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A.
1 The MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index represents the growth companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. (The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of large and medium capitalization companies in the US equity market). The MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index is a subset of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Growth Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—99.0% | |||||||
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS—1.9% | |||||||
C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 1,398 | $ | 97,552 | ||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 1,536 | 62,915 | |||||
FedEx Corp. | 2,084 | 174,035 | |||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 5,181 | 379,197 | |||||
713,699 | |||||||
AUTO COMPONENTS—0.6% | |||||||
BorgWarner, Inc.(a) | 812 | 51,757 | |||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a) | 2,001 | 28,354 | |||||
Johnson Controls, Inc. | 5,008 | 156,550 | |||||
236,661 | |||||||
AUTOMOBILES—0.9% | |||||||
Ford Motor Co.(a) | 24,509 | 263,717 | |||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 1,740 | 67,634 | |||||
331,351 | |||||||
BEVERAGES—4.7% | |||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 13,976 | 977,901 | |||||
Hansen Natural Corp.(a) | 654 | 60,259 | |||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 10,939 | 725,803 | |||||
1,763,963 | |||||||
BIOTECHNOLOGY—2.4% | |||||||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,530 | 109,395 | |||||
Amgen, Inc. | 3,835 | 246,245 | |||||
Biogen Idec, Inc.(a) | 553 | 60,858 | |||||
Celgene Corp.(a) | 3,239 | 218,957 | |||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a) | 4,987 | 204,118 | |||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,259 | 41,811 | |||||
881,384 | |||||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—1.5% | |||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(a) | 629 | 60,352 | |||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 6,954 | 78,302 | |||||
Eaton Vance Corp. | 2,701 | 63,851 | |||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 1,121 | 107,683 | |||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 1,751 | 69,445 | |||||
SEI Investments Co. | 2,882 | 50,003 | |||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 1,784 | 101,599 | |||||
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. | 1,312 | 20,533 | |||||
551,768 | |||||||
CHEMICALS—1.4% | |||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 797 | 67,896 | |||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 345 | 50,018 | |||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 1,868 | 107,989 | |||||
Praxair, Inc. | 2,111 | 225,666 | |||||
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. | 1,156 | 72,204 | |||||
523,773 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.4% | |||||||
Copart, Inc.(a) | 902 | 43,197 | |||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 1,622 | 49,957 | |||||
Stericycle, Inc.(a) | 729 | 56,804 | |||||
149,958 | |||||||
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—4.3% | |||||||
Acme Packet, Inc.(a) | 1,289 | 39,843 | |||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 39,715 | 718,047 | |||||
F5 Networks, Inc.(a) | 544 | 57,729 | |||||
Juniper Networks, Inc.(a) | 3,530 | 72,047 | |||||
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,317 | 89,900 | |||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 11,606 | $ | 634,848 | ||||
Riverbed Technology, Inc.(a) | 153 | 3,596 | |||||
1,616,010 | |||||||
COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—8.5% | |||||||
Apple, Inc.(a) | 6,350 | 2,571,750 | |||||
Dell, Inc.(a) | 7,540 | 110,310 | |||||
EMC Corp.(a) | 14,601 | 314,505 | |||||
NetApp, Inc.(a) | 2,370 | 85,960 | |||||
SanDisk Corp.(a) | 1,413 | 69,534 | |||||
3,152,059 | |||||||
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING—0.2% | |||||||
Fluor Corp. | 1,432 | 71,958 | |||||
CONSUMER FINANCE—1.1% | |||||||
American Express Co. | 8,747 | 412,596 | |||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—0.1% | |||||||
Crown Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,550 | 52,049 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—0.4% | |||||||
Apollo Group, Inc., Class A(a) | 871 | 46,921 | |||||
ITT Educational Services, Inc.(a) | 929 | 52,851 | |||||
Weight Watchers International, Inc. | 615 | 33,831 | |||||
133,603 | |||||||
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.2% | |||||||
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.(a) | 406 | 48,943 | |||||
Moody’s Corp. | 923 | 31,087 | |||||
80,030 | |||||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—1.4% | |||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 1,324 | 55,740 | |||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 5,506 | 256,525 | |||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 1,274 | 93,473 | |||||
Roper Industries, Inc. | 838 | 72,797 | |||||
Sensata Technologies Holding NV(a) | 1,455 | 38,238 | |||||
516,773 | |||||||
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS | |||||||
& COMPONENTS—0.4% | |||||||
Amphenol Corp., Class A | 1,690 | 76,709 | |||||
Trimble Navigation Ltd.(a) | 1,341 | 58,200 | |||||
134,909 | |||||||
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—1.7% | |||||||
Cameron International Corp.(a) | 1,770 | 87,066 | |||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | 731 | 40,395 | |||||
FMC Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,710 | 89,313 | |||||
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 838 | 48,906 | |||||
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | 3,619 | 246,056 | |||||
Noble Corp.(a) | 880 | 26,594 | |||||
Weatherford International Ltd.(a) | 5,139 | 75,235 | |||||
613,565 | |||||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—3.8% | |||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 3,149 | 262,375 | |||||
Kroger Co. | 4,956 | 120,034 | |||||
Walgreen Co. | 6,108 | 201,931 | |||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 12,494 | 746,641 | |||||
Whole Foods Market, Inc. | 1,082 | 75,286 | |||||
1,406,267 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Growth Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—99.0%, continued | |||||||
FOOD PRODUCTS—1.6% | |||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 4,304 | $ | 173,924 | ||||
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.(a) | 1,055 | 47,317 | |||||
H.J. Heinz Co. | 1,196 | 64,632 | |||||
Hershey Co. | 1,517 | 93,720 | |||||
Kellogg Co. | 1,539 | 77,827 | |||||
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. | 1,738 | 119,453 | |||||
576,873 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—2.5% | |||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 3,841 | 190,053 | |||||
Becton Dickinson and Co. | 1,404 | 104,907 | |||||
C.R. Bard, Inc. | 773 | 66,092 | |||||
DENTSPLY International, Inc. | 1,554 | 54,374 | |||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) | 825 | 58,327 | |||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a) | 269 | 124,550 | |||||
ResMed, Inc.(a) | 1,256 | 31,902 | |||||
St. Jude Medical, Inc. | 2,362 | 81,017 | |||||
Stryker Corp. | 2,340 | 116,321 | |||||
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a) | 811 | 54,442 | |||||
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(a) | 1,166 | 62,288 | |||||
944,273 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—3.2% | |||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 1,765 | 65,640 | |||||
DaVita, Inc.(a) | 733 | 55,569 | |||||
Express Scripts, Inc.(a) | 3,554 | 158,828 | |||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(a) | 841 | 54,186 | |||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a) | 706 | 60,695 | |||||
McKesson Corp. | 1,993 | 155,275 | |||||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.(a) | 2,804 | 156,743 | |||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 1,816 | 105,437 | |||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 7,601 | 385,219 | |||||
1,197,592 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY—0.2% | |||||||
Cerner Corp.(a) | 904 | 55,370 | |||||
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—3.9% | |||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a) | 213 | 71,939 | |||||
Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 2,248 | 65,574 | |||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 7,636 | 766,120 | |||||
Starbucks Corp. | 6,289 | 289,357 | |||||
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | 1,434 | 68,789 | |||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 3,227 | 190,425 | |||||
1,452,204 | |||||||
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—1.3% | |||||||
Clorox Co. | 1,525 | 101,504 | |||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 3,602 | 332,789 | |||||
Energizer Holdings, Inc.(a) | 736 | 57,025 | |||||
491,318 | |||||||
INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & | |||||||
ENERGY TRADERS—0.1% | |||||||
AES Corp.(a) | 4,097 | 48,508 | |||||
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—1.7% | |||||||
3M Co. | 5,600 | 457,688 | |||||
Tyco International Ltd. | 3,784 | 176,751 | |||||
634,439 | |||||||
INSURANCE—0.5% | |||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 2,189 | $ | 167,021 | ||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. | 1,455 | 32,926 | |||||
199,947 | |||||||
INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL—2.0% | |||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 2,820 | 488,142 | |||||
Expedia, Inc. | 805 | 23,361 | |||||
priceline.com, Inc.(a) | 458 | 214,211 | |||||
TripAdvisor, Inc.(a) | 805 | 20,294 | |||||
746,008 | |||||||
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—4.5% | |||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) | 1,478 | 47,710 | |||||
eBay, Inc.(a) | 7,408 | 224,685 | |||||
Google, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,866 | 1,205,249 | |||||
Rackspace Hosting, Inc.(a) | 802 | 34,494 | |||||
VeriSign, Inc. | 1,821 | 65,046 | |||||
Yahoo!, Inc.(a) | 6,175 | 99,603 | |||||
1,676,787 | |||||||
IT SERVICES—8.3% | |||||||
Accenture plc, Class A | 5,254 | 279,671 | |||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 3,773 | 203,780 | |||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., | |||||||
Class A(a) | 1,991 | 128,041 | |||||
Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 1,482 | 87,053 | |||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 8,224 | 1,512,229 | |||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 720 | 268,430 | |||||
Paychex, Inc. | 1,693 | 50,976 | |||||
Teradata Corp.(a) | 1,177 | 57,096 | |||||
VeriFone Systems, Inc.(a) | 727 | 25,823 | |||||
Visa, Inc., Class A | 3,476 | 352,918 | |||||
Western Union Co. | 6,068 | 110,802 | |||||
3,076,819 | |||||||
LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES—0.7% | |||||||
Covance, Inc.(a) | 419 | 19,157 | |||||
Life Technologies Corp.(a) | 1,718 | 66,847 | |||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(a) | 2,866 | 128,884 | |||||
Waters Corp.(a) | 650 | 48,133 | |||||
263,021 | |||||||
MACHINERY—1.1% | |||||||
AGCO Corp.(a) | 611 | 26,255 | |||||
Deere & Co. | 3,377 | 261,211 | |||||
Joy Global, Inc. | 746 | 55,927 | |||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 2,221 | 83,221 | |||||
426,614 | |||||||
MEDIA—5.3% | |||||||
Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A | 4,166 | 59,240 | |||||
CBS Corp., Class B | 4,258 | 115,562 | |||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 14,252 | 337,915 | |||||
Comcast Corp. - Special, Class A | 4,379 | 103,169 | |||||
DIRECTV, Class A(a) | 5,581 | 238,644 | |||||
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C(a) | 2,020 | 76,154 | |||||
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(a) | 2,442 | 100,049 | |||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | 4,104 | 39,932 | |||||
Liberty Global, Inc., Class A(a) | 856 | 35,122 | |||||
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Capital, Series A(a) | 1,300 | 101,465 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Growth Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—99.0%, continued | |||||||
MEDIA—5.3%, continued | |||||||
McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. | 1,927 | $ | 86,657 | ||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 1,958 | 87,288 | |||||
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.(a) | 28,051 | 51,053 | |||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc. | 2,448 | 155,619 | |||||
Viacom, Inc., Class B | 3,986 | 181,004 | |||||
Virgin Media, Inc. | 2,280 | 48,746 | |||||
Walt Disney Co. | 4,340 | 162,750 | |||||
1,980,369 | |||||||
METALS & MINING—0.2% | |||||||
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | 590 | 36,786 | |||||
Molycorp, Inc.(a) | 1,214 | 29,112 | |||||
65,898 | |||||||
MULTILINE RETAIL—1.3% | |||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(a) | 925 | 76,877 | |||||
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. | 952 | 54,892 | |||||
Kohl’s Corp. | 2,523 | 124,510 | |||||
Target Corp. | 4,561 | 233,615 | |||||
489,894 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—3.8% | |||||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | 3,354 | 256,011 | |||||
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. | 1,009 | 76,583 | |||||
Concho Resources, Inc.(a) | 654 | 61,313 | |||||
Denbury Resources, Inc.(a) | 2,865 | 43,262 | |||||
El Paso Corp. | 7,074 | 187,956 | |||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 1,873 | 184,509 | |||||
Noble Energy, Inc. | 598 | 56,445 | |||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 771 | 68,989 | |||||
QEP Resources, Inc. | 2,475 | 72,518 | |||||
Range Resources Corp. | 1,251 | 77,487 | |||||
SM Energy Co. | 263 | 19,225 | |||||
Southwestern Energy Co.(a) | 2,293 | 73,238 | |||||
Ultra Petroleum Corp.(a) | 1,269 | 37,600 | |||||
Whiting Petroleum Corp.(a) | 940 | 43,889 | |||||
Williams Cos., Inc. | 4,431 | 146,312 | |||||
1,405,337 | |||||||
PERSONAL PRODUCTS—0.6% | |||||||
Avon Products, Inc. | 2,561 | 44,741 | |||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A | 790 | 88,733 | |||||
Herbalife Ltd. | 1,365 | 70,529 | |||||
204,003 | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.9% | |||||||
Allergan, Inc./United States | 2,365 | 207,505 | |||||
Mylan, Inc.(a) | 2,727 | 58,521 | |||||
Perrigo Co. | 673 | 65,483 | |||||
331,509 | |||||||
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES—0.5% | |||||||
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. | 1,177 | 88,075 | |||||
IHS, Inc., Class A(a) | 404 | 34,809 | |||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 2,389 | 67,991 | |||||
190,875 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS)—2.2% | |||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 981 | 97,708 | |||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 2,962 | 43,749 | |||||
Public Storage | 1,186 | 159,469 | |||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 3,290 | $ | 424,213 | ||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 5,024 | 93,798 | |||||
818,937 | |||||||
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT—0.1% | |||||||
CBRE Group, Inc.(a) | 2,723 | 41,444 | |||||
ROAD & RAIL—1.2% | |||||||
CSX Corp. | 8,276 | 174,292 | |||||
Kansas City Southern(a) | 1,081 | 73,519 | |||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 2,750 | 200,365 | |||||
448,176 | |||||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—1.9% | |||||||
Altera Corp. | 2,067 | 76,686 | |||||
Analog Devices, Inc. | 2,349 | 84,047 | |||||
Atmel Corp.(a) | 7,573 | 61,341 | |||||
Avago Technologies Ltd. | 2,151 | 62,078 | |||||
Broadcom Corp., Class A(a) | 3,029 | 88,931 | |||||
Lam Research Corp.(a) | 772 | 28,579 | |||||
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.(a) | 3,343 | 46,301 | |||||
NVIDIA Corp.(a) | 3,354 | 46,487 | |||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 7,039 | 204,905 | |||||
699,355 | |||||||
SOFTWARE—7.0% | |||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 3,596 | 44,303 | |||||
Adobe Systems, Inc.(a) | 4,171 | 117,914 | |||||
Autodesk, Inc.(a) | 1,538 | 46,648 | |||||
BMC Software, Inc.(a) | 2,772 | 90,866 | |||||
Citrix Systems, Inc.(a) | 1,209 | 73,410 | |||||
Electronic Arts, Inc.(a) | 2,092 | 43,095 | |||||
Informatica Corp.(a) | 422 | 15,584 | |||||
Intuit, Inc. | 1,857 | 97,660 | |||||
Microsoft Corp. | 33,803 | 877,526 | |||||
Nuance Communications, Inc.(a) | 1,773 | 44,609 | |||||
Oracle Corp. | 29,309 | 751,776 | |||||
Red Hat, Inc.(a) | 1,450 | 59,870 | |||||
Rovi Corp.(a) | 3,423 | 84,137 | |||||
Salesforce.com, Inc.(a) | 802 | 81,371 | |||||
Symantec Corp.(a) | 4,563 | 71,411 | |||||
TIBCO Software, Inc.(a) | 1,238 | 29,601 | |||||
VMware, Inc., Class A(a) | 912 | 75,869 | |||||
2,605,650 | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—3.5% | |||||||
AutoZone, Inc.(a) | 224 | 72,793 | |||||
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.(a) | 1,559 | 90,375 | |||||
CarMax, Inc.(a) | 1,462 | 44,562 | |||||
Gap, Inc. | 3,188 | 59,137 | |||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 7,364 | 309,582 | |||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 8,739 | 221,796 | |||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | 964 | 77,072 | |||||
PetSmart, Inc. | 1,009 | 51,752 | |||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 1,804 | 85,744 | |||||
Tiffany & Co. | 949 | 62,881 | |||||
TJX Cos., Inc. | 3,125 | 201,719 | |||||
Tractor Supply Co. | 527 | 36,969 | |||||
1,314,382 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Growth Index Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | |||||||
AMOUNT/ | FAIR | ||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—99.0%, continued | |||||||
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—1.7% | |||||||
Coach, Inc. | 2,052 | $ | 125,254 | ||||
Fossil, Inc.(a) | 691 | 54,838 | |||||
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a) | 1,003 | 46,800 | |||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 2,474 | 238,419 | |||||
Ralph Lauren Corp. | 478 | 66,002 | |||||
VF Corp. | 733 | 93,084 | |||||
624,397 | |||||||
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—0.4% | |||||||
Fastenal Co. | 1,954 | 85,214 | |||||
W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 402 | 75,250 | |||||
160,464 | |||||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.9% | |||||||
American Tower Corp., Class A | 2,840 | 170,428 | |||||
Crown Castle International Corp.(a) | 1,874 | 83,955 | |||||
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.(a) | 4,654 | 40,397 | |||||
NII Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,438 | 51,930 | |||||
346,710 | |||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 36,859,549 | ||||||
CORPORATE NOTES—0.9% | |||||||
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT—0.9% | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.52%, 11/30/13+(b) | $ | 35,000 | 34,593 | ||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 11/30/13+(b) | 230,000 | 227,914 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/14+(b) | 75,000 | 74,320 | |||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES | 336,827 | ||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENT—0.2% | |||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANY—0.2% | |||||||
JPMorgan U.S. Government | |||||||
Money Market Fund, Agency Shares | 61,504 | 61,504 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $32,327,827)—100.1% | $ | 37,257,880 | |||||
Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.1)% | (51,274 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 37,206,606 |
+ | Variable rate security. Rates presented are the rates in effect at December 31, 2011. |
(a) | Non-income producing securities. |
(b) | Represents affiliated restricted security as to resale to shareholders and is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have been deemed illiquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees: |
Acquisition | ||||||||||
Security | Yield | Shares | Date | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.52 | % | 35,000 | 12/2010 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 230,000 | 12/2010 | ||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | % | 75,000 | 9/2011 |
At December 31, 2011, these securities had an aggregate market value of $336,827, representing 0.9% of net assets. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
plc | — Public Liability Company |
REIT | — Real Estate Investment Trust |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Small Cap Fund
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s letter (unaudited)
The Praxis Small Cap Fund A Shares (without load) gained 5.63 percent versus the Russell 2000’s decline of 4.18 percent in 2011. It was a challenging and volatile year for the market that saw a strikingly different phase and performance in each quarter. The first quarter saw solid market gains as a continuation of the global growth coming out of 2010. Second quarter’s consolidation wasn’t a surprise, but the third quarter’s bear-market correction caught most investors off guard as macro issues, namely the European sovereign debt crisis and our own debt ceiling stalemate, sent the markets reeling lower. October witnessed a sharp rebound, which resulted in a positive, double-digit return in the fourth quarter as the U.S. economy proved resilient to the global challenges. We believe the U.S. economy remains positioned for further growth.
The increased uncertainty and volatility of 2011 caused many investors to exit the markets, thus putting additional downward pressure on the markets. We believe this cautious sentiment on the markets, despite the recent rebound, should position us for positive returns in 2012 as continued economic growth, low interest rates and excess capital should support higher stock prices.
We are pleased with the absolute and relative returns generated in 2011. The majority of the Fund’s outperformance came from our stock selection, while our sector allocation decisions were a slight drag on our results. We remained optimistic about the underlying economic trends during the year and were underweight the defensive sectors, utilities and consumer staples, which proved to be the two best performing sectors in 2011. Stock selection was additive in most sectors, especially in the consumer discretionary, energy, financials and materials sectors, as our focus on high quality, best positioned companies was rewarded. Given our investment approach, it’s not uncommon for our strategy to perform well in challenging, volatile markets. The Fund also benefited from five of our portfolio companies being acquired in 2011, and we expect merger and acquisition activity to continue in 2012.
Our investment strategy is to identify competitively advantaged companies that generate strong financial returns with good reinvestment opportunities and purchase these stocks at attractive prices. We believe this strategy of investing in competitively advantaged companies with viable strategies to increase the value of their businesses will continue to be beneficial for our investors. Our goal is to generate returns over time that outperform the benchmark and to minimize the risk (volatility) of the portfolio.
The management of our investment process truly maximizes our internal, research-intensive investment process. By incorporating the total research capabilities of the firm, we are constantly identifying and analyzing companies that meet our stringent criteria. We believe our consistent investment disciplines have produced a winning investment strategy, and have us well positioned going forward.
J. Luther King, Jr., CFA®
Praxis Small Cap Fund Co-Portfolio Manager
Luther King Capital Management
Steven R. Purvis, CFA®
Praxis Small Cap Fund Co-Portfolio Manager
Luther King Capital Management
The views expressed are those of the portfolio managers as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Small Cap Fund
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 5/1/07 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 5/1/07 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
Annualized | |||||||||||||||||||
One | Three | Expense | |||||||||||||||||
Inception | Year | Year | Since | Ratio*** | |||||||||||||||
Date | Ended | Ended | Inception | Gross / Net | |||||||||||||||
Small Cap Fund | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | 5/1/07 | 5.63% | 21.78% | 1.07 | 2.80 | % | 1.70 | % | |||||||||||
Class A * | 5/1/07 | 0.10% | 19.62% | -0.08 | |||||||||||||||
Class I | 5/1/07 | 6.06% | 22.25% | 1.42 | 1.09 | % | 1.09 | % | |||||||||||
Russell 2000 Index1 | -4.18% | 15.63% | -0.63 |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A.
** Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A.
1 The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Small Cap Fund | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—93.8% | |||||||
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—1.7% | |||||||
Hexcel Corp.(a) | 47,475 | $ | 1,149,370 | ||||
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS—1.1% | |||||||
UTi Worldwide, Inc. | 56,800 | 754,872 | |||||
CAPITAL MARKETS—1.5% | |||||||
Greenhill & Co., Inc. | 27,825 | 1,011,995 | |||||
COMMERCIAL BANKS—5.5% | |||||||
Home Bancshares, Inc. | 24,075 | 623,783 | |||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 25,065 | 1,011,373 | |||||
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a) | 34,600 | 1,059,106 | |||||
Umpqua Holdings Corp. | 79,410 | 983,890 | |||||
3,678,152 | |||||||
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—0.5% | |||||||
Interface, Inc., Class A | 30,075 | 347,065 | |||||
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—4.2% | |||||||
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.(a) | 174,575 | 906,044 | |||||
Ciena Corp.(a) | 34,325 | 415,333 | |||||
Infinera Corp.(a) | 49,075 | 308,191 | |||||
Ixia(a) | 48,100 | 505,531 | |||||
Loral Space & Communications, Inc.(a) | 9,800 | 635,824 | |||||
2,770,923 | |||||||
CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—1.1% | |||||||
Silgan Holdings, Inc. | 18,250 | 705,180 | |||||
DISTRIBUTORS—0.8% | |||||||
LKQ Corp.(a) | 17,425 | 524,144 | |||||
DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—0.9% | |||||||
American Public Education, Inc.(a) | 13,475 | 583,198 | |||||
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—2.7% | |||||||
Belden, Inc. | 27,600 | 918,528 | |||||
Franklin Electric Co., Inc. | 21,025 | 915,849 | |||||
1,834,377 | |||||||
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS | |||||||
& COMPONENTS—2.9% | |||||||
Anixter International, Inc.(a) | 12,075 | 720,153 | |||||
National Instruments Corp. | 27,200 | 705,840 | |||||
Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc.(a) | 21,950 | 501,557 | |||||
1,927,550 | |||||||
ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—2.6% | |||||||
Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(a) | 13,025 | 518,265 | |||||
CARBO Ceramics, Inc. | 5,175 | 638,233 | |||||
Dril-Quip, Inc.(a) | 8,655 | 569,672 | |||||
1,726,170 | |||||||
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—1.3% | |||||||
Ruddick Corp. | 20,025 | 853,866 | |||||
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—4.6% | |||||||
Cyberonics, Inc.(a) | 9,625 | 322,437 | |||||
DexCom, Inc.(a) | 76,900 | 715,939 | |||||
Endologix, Inc.(a) | 49,700 | 570,556 | |||||
Zoll Medical Corp.(a) | 22,750 | 1,437,345 | |||||
3,046,277 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—7.5% | |||||||
Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.(a) | 18,190 | $ | 945,880 | ||||
Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A(a) | 46,365 | 341,710 | |||||
HMS Holdings Corp.(a) | 41,475 | 1,326,371 | |||||
MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc.(a) | 16,600 | 1,102,904 | |||||
PSS World Medical, Inc.(a) | 20,000 | 483,800 | |||||
Team Health Holdings, Inc.(a) | 35,500 | 783,485 | |||||
4,984,150 | |||||||
HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY—0.3% | |||||||
Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. | 3,550 | 181,440 | |||||
HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—0.3% | |||||||
Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.(a) | 4,250 | 223,253 | |||||
INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—1.1% | |||||||
Raven Industries, Inc. | 12,280 | 760,132 | |||||
INSURANCE—1.4% | |||||||
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. | 39,825 | 945,844 | |||||
INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—2.4% | |||||||
Active Network, Inc.(a) | 24,450 | 332,520 | |||||
LivePerson, Inc.(a) | 44,005 | 552,263 | |||||
LogMeIn, Inc.(a) | 18,425 | 710,284 | |||||
1,595,067 | |||||||
MACHINERY—8.6% | |||||||
Actuant Corp., Class A | 38,925 | 883,208 | |||||
Albany International Corp., Class A | 27,900 | 645,048 | |||||
Astec Industries, Inc.(a) | 25,275 | 814,108 | |||||
Chart Industries, Inc.(a) | 9,250 | 500,148 | |||||
CLARCOR, Inc. | 18,350 | 917,316 | |||||
Middleby Corp.(a) | 10,550 | 992,122 | |||||
Westport Innovations, Inc.(a) | 30,225 | 1,004,679 | |||||
5,756,629 | |||||||
MARINE—1.3% | |||||||
Kirby Corp.(a) | 13,025 | 857,566 | |||||
MEDIA—0.9% | |||||||
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. | 34,000 | 628,660 | |||||
METALS & MINING—3.2% | |||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 23,375 | 1,203,345 | |||||
Haynes International, Inc. | 17,050 | 930,930 | |||||
2,134,275 | |||||||
OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—7.1% | |||||||
Approach Resources, Inc.(a) | 42,750 | 1,257,278 | |||||
Gulfport Energy Corp.(a) | 27,585 | 812,378 | |||||
Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.(a) | 36,200 | 343,900 | |||||
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.(a) | 22,000 | 527,560 | |||||
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.(a) | 27,875 | 810,884 | |||||
Rosetta Resources, Inc.(a) | 22,075 | 960,262 | |||||
4,712,262 | |||||||
PHARMACEUTICALS—0.8% | |||||||
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.(a) | 15,800 | 545,574 | |||||
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES—1.4% | |||||||
Insperity, Inc. | 35,620 | 902,967 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments, continued | |
Praxis Small Cap Fund | December 31, 2011 |
PRINCIPAL | |||||||
AMOUNT/ | FAIR | ||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS—93.8%, continued | |||||||
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT—0.5% | |||||||
FirstService Corp.(a) | 12,788 | $ | 338,754 | ||||
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—1.2% | |||||||
Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a) | 51,365 | 814,135 | |||||
SOFTWARE—5.8% | |||||||
Aspen Technology, Inc.(a) | 57,500 | 997,625 | |||||
Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.(a) | 14,950 | 342,654 | |||||
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A(a) | 7,450 | 806,984 | |||||
NICE Systems Ltd., ADR(a) | 27,500 | 947,375 | |||||
Pegasystems, Inc. | 16,850 | 495,390 | |||||
TIBCO Software, Inc.(a) | 12,400 | 296,484 | |||||
3,886,512 | |||||||
SPECIALTY RETAIL—12.0% | |||||||
Bebe Stores, Inc. | 20,975 | 174,722 | |||||
DSW, Inc., Class A | 17,850 | 789,149 | |||||
Genesco, Inc.(a) | 14,675 | 906,034 | |||||
GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A(a) | 31,750 | 919,163 | |||||
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 24,475 | 1,267,805 | |||||
Hibbett Sports, Inc.(a) | 27,425 | 1,239,061 | |||||
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. | 23,400 | 907,686 | |||||
Select Comfort Corp.(a) | 30,825 | 668,594 | |||||
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A | 54,425 | 806,034 | |||||
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.(a) | 4,500 | 292,140 | |||||
7,970,388 | |||||||
TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—2.3% | |||||||
Crocs, Inc.(a) | 20,100 | 296,877 | |||||
Vera Bradley, Inc.(a) | 18,725 | 603,881 | |||||
Warnaco Group, Inc.(a) | 12,150 | 607,986 | |||||
1,508,744 | |||||||
THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—1.5% | |||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 87,485 | 1,009,577 | |||||
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—1.8% | |||||||
WESCO International, Inc.(a) | 22,875 | 1,212,604 | |||||
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.0% | |||||||
Leap Wireless International, Inc.(a) | 69,000 | 641,010 | |||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 62,522,682 | ||||||
CORPORATE NOTES—0.5% | |||||||
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES—0.5% | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.52%, 11/30/13+(b) | $ | 80,000 | 79,069 | ||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 11/30/13+(b) | 195,000 | 193,231 | |||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc., | |||||||
0.78%, 12/15/14+(b) | 75,000 | 74,320 | |||||
TOTAL CORPORATE NOTES | 346,620 | ||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENT—6.8% | |||||||
INVESTMENT COMPANY—6.8% | |||||||
JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market | |||||||
Fund, Agency Shares | 4,527,114 | 4,527,114 | |||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $56,823,331)—101.1% | $ | 67,396,416 | |||||
Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.1)% | (724,670 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 66,671,746 |
+ | Variable rate security. Rates presented are the rates in effect at December 31, 2011. | |
(a) | Non-income producing securities. | |
(b) | Represents affiliated restricted security as to resale to shareholders and is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have been deemed illiquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees: |
Security | Yield | Shares | Acquisition Date | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.52 | 80,000 | 12/2010 | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | 195,000 | 12/2010 | |||||||
Everence Community Investment, Inc. | 0.78 | 75,000 | 9/2011 |
At December 31, 2011, these securities had an aggregate market value of $346,620, representing 0.5% of net assets. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
ADR | — American Depositary Receipt |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Portfolios
Annual report to shareholders
Portfolio Manager’s letter (unaudited)
The year ending December 31, 2011, was marked by the volatility we have come to expect since the early days of the credit crisis that struck in 2008. U.S. equities, depending on the index, eked out positive returns, while international stocks, weighed down by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, struggled to move off of their lows reached at the end of the third quarter.
The year was a lesson in the value of investing in diversified portfolios. Bonds again provided a damper against weak U.S. small caps and international stocks. Bonds have continued to play this role longer than many had forecasted. And, in a reversal of recent trends, the correlation between the returns of U.S. stocks and international stocks was very low.
Europe’s troubles have been attracting attention across the globe, but U.S. equity markets bucked the negative sentiment, even though it may not have felt that way to many investors. With the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Index up during the period, it wasn’t just U.S. Treasuries that benefited from a flight to relative safety and stability. Investors have been lapping up large, stable U.S.-based companies whose strong balance sheets and global brands provided solace. By contrast, equity markets declined across the globe, with some prominent markets falling more than 10 percent for the year.
This divergence in returns between the U.S. and Europe is somewhat surprising on the surface given the interconnectedness global financial systems. Mitigating the concern about Europe has been a relatively consistent improvement in the U.S. economy. Recovery hasn’t been fast enough to reduce the unemployment rate quickly or to buoy consumer sentiment, but on the on ground, things have been improving.
U.S. bond markets, too, have signaled a global desire for safety. Investors seemed to thumb their noses at Standard and Poor’s downgrade of U.S. Treasuries late this summer, and instead flocked to the benchmark bonds to the point of driving yields for the shortest maturities to almost zero. Bond investors seem to be betraying a bit more fear about the state of the world than equity investors by their willingness to buy recently-downgraded paper with very little promise of future return.
During this period of risk aversion, conservative strategies generally outperformed more aggressive investment strategies, which played out in the returns of the Genesis portfolios. The Conservative Portfolio Class A Shares (without load) registered 2.88 percent for the period versus the 7.84 percent return of the Barclays Aggregate U.S. Bond Index, the Portfolio’s benchmark. While the Portfolio’s bond allocation performed relatively well compared to its benchmark, the Portfolio’s investments in international and small cap equities caused it to underperform the benchmark.
The Balanced Portfolio Class A Shares (without load) -0.21 percent return for the period slightly underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, which gained 1.03 percent. The Portfolio’s allocation to bonds, which performed well, was offset by its investments in small cap and international equities, which underperformed the benchmark.
The Growth Portfolio Class A Shares (without load) declined 2.24 percent during the period. The Portfolio’s heavier allocation to small cap and international equities caused it to trail the return of its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, which gained 1.03 percent.
The underlying investments in the Genesis Portfolios are the Praxis Mutual Funds, including six equity funds and one fixed income fund, which are held in proportions matching the risk profile of each of the Genesis Portfolios. We take a long-term approach in assigning weights to the various underlying Funds, relying on the premise that higher risk equity funds are expected to generate higher long term returns than lower risk fixed income investments. During the period, the allocation between the stocks and bonds for each of the Portfolios remained close to the long term targets we set at the inception of the Portfolios. These targets also determine the weights of the various indexes used in creating the composite benchmarks.
Chad Horning, CFA®
Praxis Growth Index Fund Manager
The views expressed are those of the portfolio manager as of December 31, 2011, are subject to change, and may differ from the views of other portfolio managers or the firm as a whole. These opinions are not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice. All data referenced are from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. Securities and sectors referenced should not be construed as a solicitation or recommendation or be used as the sole basis for any investment decision.
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Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/09 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 1/1/10 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. |
Annualized | ||||||||||||||||
Inception Date | One Year Ended | Since Inception | Expense Ratio** Gross / Net | |||||||||||||
Genesis Conservative Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/09 | 2.88% | 5.46% | 1.64 | % | 1.32 | % | |||||||||
Class A* | 12/31/09 | -2.52% | 2.68% | |||||||||||||
Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index1 | 7.84% | |||||||||||||||
Composite Benchmark2 | 4.74% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* | The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A. |
** | Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A. |
1 | Barclay’s Capital Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of the Barclay’s Capital Government/Credit Index and the Barclay’s Capital Mortgage-Backed Securities Index and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage-backed securities, and is intended to be generally representative of the bond market as a whole. |
2 | The Composite Benchmark is comprised of unmanaged indices that correspond to the Portfolio’s model allocation and consists of the Barclay’s Capital Aggregate Bond Index (70%), the MSCI EAFE Index (7.50%), the Russell 1000 Index (2.50%) and the Russell 2000 Index (20%). |
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
Mutual Funds — 100.1% | |||||||
Praxis Core Stock Fund, Class I (a) | 116,126 | $ | 1,417,900 | ||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund, Class I (a) | 70,312 | 700,304 | |||||
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund, Class I (a) | 925,435 | 9,809,613 | |||||
Praxis International Fund, Class I (a) | 55,674 | 523,332 | |||||
Praxis International Index Fund, Class I (a) | 62,958 | 520,663 | |||||
Praxis Small Cap Fund, Class I (a)(b) | 32,928 | 351,347 | |||||
Praxis Value Index Fund, Class I (a) | 95,047 | 714,750 | |||||
Total Mutual Funds | 14,037,909 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $13,586,225)—100.1% | $ | 14,037,909 | |||||
Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.1)% | (19,932 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 14,017,977 |
(a) | Affiliated fund. | |
(b) | Non-income producing securities. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/09 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 1/1/10 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. |
Annualized | ||||||||||||||||
Inception Date | One Year Ended | Since Inception | Expense Ratio** Gross / Net | |||||||||||||
Genesis Balanced Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/09 | -0.21 | 5.14 | 1.68 | % | 1.42 | % | |||||||||
Class A* | 12/31/09 | -5.45 | 2.36 | |||||||||||||
Russell 3000 Index1 | 1.03 | |||||||||||||||
Composite Benchmark2 | 1.71 |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* | The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A. |
** | Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A. |
1 | The Russell 3000 Index is a widely recognized unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index measuring the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization. |
2 | The Composite Benchmark is comprised of unmanaged indices that correspond to the Portfolio’s model allocation and consists of the Barclay’s Capital Aggregate Bond Index (40%), the MSCI EAFE Index (15%), the Russell 1000 Index (35%) and the Russell 2000 Index (10%). |
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
Mutual Funds — 100.1% | |||||||
Praxis Core Stock Fund, Class I (a) | 625,004 | $ | 7,631,295 | ||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund, Class I (a) | 283,780 | 2,826,444 | |||||
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund, Class I (a) | 1,422,067 | 15,073,907 | |||||
Praxis International Fund, Class I (a) | 299,419 | 2,814,541 | |||||
Praxis International Index Fund, Class I (a) | 338,750 | 2,801,466 | |||||
Praxis Small Cap Fund, Class I (a)(b) | 355,181 | 3,789,779 | |||||
Praxis Value Index Fund, Class I (a) | 383,348 | 2,882,777 | |||||
Total Mutual Funds | 37,820,209 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $36,105,106)—100.1% | $ | 37,820,209 | |||||
Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.1)% | (50,156 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 37,770,053 |
(a) | Affiliated fund. | |
(b) | Non-income producing securities. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio
Performance Review
Growth of $10,000 investment from 12/31/09 to 12/31/11 |
This chart represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A Shares (adjusted for the maximum sales charge of 5.25%) of the Fund and Index from 1/1/10 to 12/31/11, and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. |
Annualized | ||||||||||||||||
Inception Date | One Year Ended | Since Inception | Expense Ratio** Gross / Net | |||||||||||||
Genesis Growth Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A (Without Load) | 12/31/09 | -2.24% | 4.90% | 2.00 | % | 1.49 | % | |||||||||
Class A* | 12/31/09 | -7.37% | 2.13% | |||||||||||||
Russell 3000 Index1 | 1.03% | |||||||||||||||
Composite Benchmark2 | -0.31% |
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. These performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please visit www.praxismutualfunds.com.
The total returns shown reflect any expenses that were contractually or voluntarily reduced, reimbursed or paid by any party during the periods presented. In such instances, and without this activity, the total returns would have been lower.
* | The total return figures shown reflect the maximum sales charge applicable to Class A. |
** | Reflects the expense ratios as reported in the Prospectus dated May 1, 2011. Contractual fee waivers are in effect from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012 for Class A. |
1 | The Russell 3000 Index is a widely recognized unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index measuring the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization. |
2 | The Composite Benchmark is comprised of unmanaged indices that correspond to the Portfolio’s model allocation and consists of the Barclay’s Capital Aggregate Bond Index (20%), the MSCI EAFE Index (20%), the Russell 1000 Index (45%) and the Russell 2000 Index (15%). |
The above index is for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of these services. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in its underlying securities.
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Schedule of Portfolio Investments | |
Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio | December 31, 2011 |
FAIR | |||||||
SHARES | VALUE | ||||||
Mutual Funds — 100.0% | |||||||
Praxis Core Stock Fund, Class I (a) | 616,849 | $ | 7,531,732 | ||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund, Class I (a) | 298,726 | 2,975,312 | |||||
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund, Class I (a) | 561,230 | 5,949,041 | |||||
Praxis International Fund, Class I (a) | 315,244 | 2,963,298 | |||||
Praxis International Index Fund, Class I (a) | 356,721 | 2,950,085 | |||||
Praxis Small Cap Fund, Class I (a)(b) | 420,674 | 4,488,594 | |||||
Praxis Value Index Fund, Class I (a) | 403,631 | 3,035,306 | |||||
Total Mutual Funds | 29,893,368 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Cost* $28,278,517)—100.0% | $ | 29,893,368 | |||||
Liabilities in excess of other assets — 0.0% | (10,921 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS—100% | $ | 29,882,447 |
(a) | Affiliated fund. | |
(b) | Non-income producing securities. | |
* | Represents cost for financial reporting purposes. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of assets & liabilities
December 31, 2011
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | Praxis Core Stock Fund | Praxis International Fund | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||
Total investment securities, at cost | $ | 285,753,152 | $ | 125,688,495 | $ | 48,237,735 | ||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at fair value | $ | 299,258,000 | $ | 141,371,744 | $ | 52,834,242 | ||||
Investments in affiliates, at fair value | 3,380,921 | 1,816,553 | 846,365 | |||||||
Total investment securities, at fair value | 302,638,921 | 143,188,297 | 53,680,607 | |||||||
Cash | 110,033 | — | — | |||||||
Foreign currency, at fair value (cost $68,850) | — | — | 69,573 | |||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 1,659 | 1,306,274 | — | |||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 2,401,595 | 132,060 | 73,627 | |||||||
Receivable for dividends and interest | 2,638,422 | 220,283 | 112,222 | |||||||
Receivable for tax reclaims | — | 46,212 | 330,863 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses | 1,829 | 1,995 | 976 | |||||||
Total Assets | 307,792,459 | 144,895,121 | 54,267,868 | |||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 835,236 | 1,779,460 | 73,294 | |||||||
Unrealized depreciation on foreign forward currency exchange contracts | — | — | 31,335 | |||||||
Accrued expenses and other payables: | ||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 107,867 | 89,939 | 42,517 | |||||||
Administration fees | 24,428 | 12,397 | 4,735 | |||||||
Compliance service fees | 6,797 | 3,297 | 1,872 | |||||||
Distribution fees | 14,112 | 18,739 | 6,574 | |||||||
Other | 86,828 | 88,823 | 62,346 | |||||||
Total Liabilities | 1,075,268 | 1,992,655 | 222,673 | |||||||
Net Assets | $ | 306,717,191 | $ | 142,902,466 | $ | 54,045,195 | ||||
Components of Net Assets | ||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 289,794,505 | 171,196,636 | 62,986,963 | ||||||
Accumulated net investment income (loss) | — | (106,586 | ) | 675,715 | ||||||
Accumulated net realized gains (losses) | ||||||||||
on investments and foreign currency transactions | 36,917 | (45,691,163 | ) | (15,052,130 | ) | |||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | ||||||||||
on investments and foreign currency translations | 16,885,769 | 17,503,579 | 5,434,647 | |||||||
Net Assets | $ | 306,717,191 | $ | 142,902,466 | $ | 54,045,195 | ||||
Pricing of Class A Shares | ||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class A shares | $ | 72,105,614 | $ | 48,108,710 | $ | 20,656,786 | ||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 6,780,883 | 3,972,713 | 2,226,261 | |||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share | $ | 10.63 | $ | 12.11 | $ | 9.28 | ||||
Maximum sales charge | 3.75 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | ||||
Maximum offering price per share [(100%/(100%-Maximum Sales Charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent] | $ | 11.04 | $ | 12.78 | $ | 9.79 | ||||
Pricing of Class I Shares | ||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class I shares | $ | 234,611,577 | $ | 94,793,756 | $ | 33,388,409 | ||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 22,137,701 | 7,764,342 | 3,558,417 | |||||||
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | $ | 10.60 | $ | 12.21 | $ | 9.38 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of assets & liabilities, continued
December 31, 2011
Praxis International Index Fund | Praxis Value Index Fund | Praxis Growth Index Fund | Praxis Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||||
Total investment securities, at cost | $ | 75,176,140 | $ | 51,301,616 | $ | 32,327,827 | $ | 56,823,331 | |||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at fair value | $ | 66,085,305 | $ | 52,269,561 | $ | 36,921,053 | $ | 67,049,796 | |||||
Investments in affiliates, at fair value | — | 554,472 | 336,827 | 346,620 | |||||||||
Total investment securities, at fair value | 66,085,305 | 52,824,033 | 37,257,880 | 67,396,416 | |||||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 500,816 | 349,742 | 99,272 | — | |||||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 477,317 | 45,342 | 65,302 | 120,648 | |||||||||
Receivable for dividends and interest | 156,735 | 84,325 | 32,346 | 24,625 | |||||||||
Receivable for tax reclaims | 1,342 | — | — | — | |||||||||
Prepaid expenses | 9,488 | 2,572 | 1,931 | 976 | |||||||||
Total Assets | 67,231,003 | 53,306,014 | 37,456,731 | 67,542,665 | |||||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||||
Bank overdraft | 152,639 | 151,367 | — | — | |||||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 90,971 | 235,461 | 224,316 | 804,450 | |||||||||
Accrued expenses and other payables: | |||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 22,471 | 13,294 | 8,654 | 47,953 | |||||||||
Administration fees | 5,270 | 4,510 | 2,845 | 6,895 | |||||||||
Compliance service fees | 822 | 1,156 | 688 | 815 | |||||||||
Distribution fees | 506 | 12,711 | 716 | 1,195 | |||||||||
Other | 15,386 | 41,688 | 12,906 | 9,611 | |||||||||
Total Liabilities | 288,065 | 460,187 | 250,125 | 870,919 | |||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 66,942,938 | $ | 52,845,827 | $ | 37,206,606 | $ | 66,671,746 | |||||
Components of Net Assets | |||||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 76,383,064 | $ | 66,247,904 | 35,746,793 | 58,884,190 | |||||||
Accumulated net investment income (loss) | (14,776 | ) | 860,529 | — | — | ||||||||
Accumulated net realized gains (losses) | |||||||||||||
on investments and foreign currency transactions | (334,419 | ) | (15,785,023 | ) | (3,470,240 | ) | (2,785,529 | ) | |||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | |||||||||||||
on investments | (9,090,931 | ) | 1,522,417 | 4,930,053 | 10,573,085 | ||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 66,942,938 | $ | 52,845,827 | $ | 37,206,606 | $ | 66,671,746 | |||||
Pricing of Class A Shares | |||||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class A shares | $ | 2,362,655 | $ | 20,775,501 | $ | 3,363,197 | $ | 5,541,343 | |||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 286,419 | 2,744,262 | 337,681 | 527,250 | |||||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share | $ | 8.25 | $ | 7.57 | $ | 9.96 | $ | 10.51 | |||||
Maximum sales charge | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | |||||
Maximum offering price per share [(100%/(100%-Maximum Sales Charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent] | $ | 8.71 | $ | 7.99 | $ | 10.51 | $ | 11.09 | |||||
Pricing of Class I Shares | |||||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class I shares | $ | 64,580,283 | $ | 32,070,326 | $ | 33,843,409 | $ | 61,130,403 | |||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 7,806,569 | 4,267,257 | 3,397,611 | 5,728,516 | |||||||||
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share | $ | 8.27 | $ | 7.52 | $ | 9.96 | $ | 10.67 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of assets & liabilities, continued
December 31, 2011
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio | Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio | Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||
Investments in affiliates, at cost | $ | 13,586,225 | $ | 36,105,106 | $ | 28,278,517 | ||||
Investments in affiliates, at fair value | $ | 14,037,909 | $ | 37,820,209 | $ | 29,893,368 | ||||
Cash | 6,365 | — | 27,287 | |||||||
Receivable for investments sold | 5,029 | 3,821 | 972 | |||||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 107,771 | 284,782 | 221,826 | |||||||
Due from adviser | — | 81 | 1,777 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses | 704 | 1,147 | 1,350 | |||||||
Total Assets | 14,157,778 | 38,110,040 | 30,146,580 | |||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||
Bank overdraft | — | 171 | — | |||||||
Dividend payable | 108,325 | 283,339 | 222,728 | |||||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 12,219 | 17,552 | 71 | |||||||
Accrued expenses and other payables: | ||||||||||
Compliance service fees | 30 | 81 | 70 | |||||||
Distribution fees | 2,900 | 6,127 | 4,713 | |||||||
Other | 16,327 | 32,717 | 36,551 | |||||||
Total Liabilities | 139,801 | 339,987 | 264,133 | |||||||
Net Assets | $ | 14,017,977 | $ | 37,770,053 | $ | 29,882,447 | ||||
Components of Net Assets | ||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 13,532,995 | $ | 36,065,999 | $ | 28,320,423 | ||||
Accumulated net investment income (loss) | (1,157 | ) | (2,013 | ) | (1,000 | ) | ||||
Accumulated net realized gains (losses) on investments in affiliates | 34,455 | (9,036 | ) | (51,827 | ) | |||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in affiliates | 451,684 | 1,715,103 | 1,614,851 | |||||||
Net Assets | $ | 14,017,977 | $ | 37,770,053 | $ | 29,882,447 | ||||
Pricing of Class A Shares | ||||||||||
Net assets attributable to Class A shares | $ | 14,017,977 | $ | 37,770,053 | $ | 29,882,447 | ||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) | 1,334,430 | 3,555,590 | 2,797,292 | |||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share | $ | 10.50 | $ | 10.62 | $ | 10.68 | ||||
Maximum sales charge | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | 5.25 | % | ||||
Maximum offering price per share [(100%/(100%-Maximum Sales Charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent] | $ | 11.08 | $ | 11.21 | $ | 11.27 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of operations
For the year ended December 31, 2011
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | Praxis Core Stock Fund | Praxis International Fund | ||||||||
Investment Income | ||||||||||
Dividends | $ | 289,191 | $ | 2,812,623 | $ | 2,192,153 | ||||
Foreign tax withholding | — | (48,183 | ) | (167,036 | ) | |||||
Interest | 12,206,211 | 4,577 | — | |||||||
Interest from affiliates | 19,277 | 13,245 | 6,354 | |||||||
Total Investment Income | 12,514,679 | 2,782,262 | 2,031,471 | |||||||
Expenses | ||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 1,204,917 | 1,170,394 | 674,663 | |||||||
Administration fees | 151,681 | 79,887 | 37,617 | |||||||
Distribution fees - Class A | 174,463 | 142,968 | 67,898 | |||||||
Transfer agent fees - Class A | 117,235 | 154,706 | 99,313 | |||||||
Transfer agent fees - Class I | 1,991 | 600 | 825 | |||||||
Compliance service fees | 72,208 | 38,070 | 14,282 | |||||||
Registration fees - Class A | 29,096 | 32,150 | 28,547 | |||||||
Registration fees - Class I | 474 | 250 | 1,183 | |||||||
Shareholder report printing fees - Class A | 26,107 | 44,577 | 28,332 | |||||||
Professional fees | 145,378 | 74,420 | 26,467 | |||||||
Custodian fees | 23,313 | 33,429 | 74,297 | |||||||
Trustees’ fees and expenses | 49,195 | 26,400 | 12,616 | |||||||
Other expenses | 72,976 | 38,227 | 6,104 | |||||||
Total Expenses Before Reductions | 2,069,034 | 1,836,078 | 1,072,144 | |||||||
Expenses waived by Investment Adviser | (83,384 | ) | — | — | ||||||
Net Expenses | 1,985,650 | 1,836,078 | 1,072,144 | |||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) | 10,529,029 | 946,184 | 959,327 | |||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments | 3,529,389 | 3,037,838 | 5,220,933 | |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions | — | (7,224 | ) | (164,207 | ) | |||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments | 5,852,350 | (9,680,764 | ) | (16,953,277 | ) | |||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency translations | — | (601 | ) | (59,666 | ) | |||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments | ||||||||||
and Foreign Currency Transactions | 9,381,739 | (6,650,751 | ) | (11,956,217 | ) | |||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | $ | 19,910,768 | $ | (5,704,567 | ) | $ | (10,996,890 | ) |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of operations, continued
For the year ended December 31, 2011
Praxis International Index Fund | Praxis Value Index Fund | Praxis Growth Index Fund | Praxis Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||
Investment Income | |||||||||||||
Dividends | $ | 1,380,297 | $ | 1,433,022 | $ | 442,721 | $ | 242,885 | |||||
Foreign tax withholding | (30,469 | ) | (671 | ) | (1,606 | ) | (247 | ) | |||||
Interest from affiliates | — | 4,562 | 1,649 | 1,612 | |||||||||
Total Investment Income | 1,349,828 | 1,436,913 | 442,764 | 244,250 | |||||||||
Expenses | |||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 260,180 | 171,148 | 106,593 | 344,374 | |||||||||
Administration fees | 21,292 | 28,280 | 17,767 | 21,953 | |||||||||
Distribution fees - Class A | 2,173 | 59,809 | 8,356 | 13,237 | |||||||||
Transfer agent fees - Class A | 5,763 | 85,150 | 16,065 | 18,096 | |||||||||
Transfer agent fees - Class I | 4,977 | 1,285 | 1,481 | 1,519 | |||||||||
Compliance service fees | 10,326 | 18,037 | 8,287 | 9,738 | |||||||||
Registration fees - Class A | 22,388 | 22,796 | 17,791 | 18,966 | |||||||||
Registration fees - Class I | 49 | 56 | 3,706 | 3,529 | |||||||||
Shareholder report printing fees - Class A | 2,872 | 21,482 | 5,507 | 7,232 | |||||||||
Shareholder report printing fees - Class I | 2,231 | 98 | 150 | 37 | |||||||||
Professional fees | 24,322 | 34,119 | 22,603 | 20,606 | |||||||||
Custodian fees | 20,246 | 5,306 | 3,794 | 8,923 | |||||||||
Trustees’ fees and expenses | 6,180 | 10,355 | 5,959 | 6,247 | |||||||||
Other expenses | 26,116 | 21,526 | 9,274 | 6,929 | |||||||||
Total Expenses Before Reductions | 409,115 | 479,447 | 227,333 | 481,386 | |||||||||
Expenses waived by Investment Adviser | (27,509 | ) | — | (30,195 | ) | (24,721 | ) | ||||||
Net Expenses | 381,606 | 479,447 | 197,138 | 456,665 | |||||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) | 968,222 | 957,466 | 245,626 | (212,415 | ) | ||||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments | |||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments | (338,353 | ) | 1,419,699 | (410,056 | ) | 2,306,507 | |||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments | (9,090,931 | ) | (4,040,891 | ) | 709,605 | 2,495,223 | |||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments | (9,429,284 | ) | (2,621,192 | ) | 299,549 | 4,801,730 | |||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | $ | (8,461,062 | ) | $ | (1,663,726 | ) | $ | 545,175 | $ | 4,589,315 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of operations, continued
For the year ended December 31, 2011
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio | Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio | Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio | ||||||||
Investment Income | ||||||||||
Dividends from affiliates | $ | 394,528 | $ | 733,547 | $ | 405,472 | ||||
Expenses | ||||||||||
Investment advisory fees | 6,756 | 18,396 | 14,560 | |||||||
Administration fees | 4,061 | 11,200 | 12,966 | |||||||
Distribution fees | 33,782 | 91,979 | 72,796 | |||||||
Transfer agent fees | 27,653 | 83,761 | 106,090 | |||||||
Compliance service fees | 371 | 897 | 682 | |||||||
Registration fees | 17,426 | 19,799 | 18,121 | |||||||
Shareholder report printing fees | 6,000 | 20,230 | 19,284 | |||||||
Professional fees | 6,203 | 7,479 | 7,108 | |||||||
Trustee fees and expenses | 321 | 772 | 583 | |||||||
Other expenses | 2,340 | 6,773 | 7,876 | |||||||
Total Expenses Before Reductions | 104,913 | 261,286 | 260,066 | |||||||
Expenses waived/reimbursed by Investment Adviser | (22,806 | ) | (37,883 | ) | (83,266 | ) | ||||
Net Expenses | 82,107 | 223,403 | 176,800 | |||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) | 312,421 | 510,144 | 228,672 | |||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments | ||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments in affiliates | 29,679 | 154,246 | 196,197 | |||||||
Distribution of realized gains received from affiliates | 97,292 | 149,291 | 58,915 | |||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments in affiliates | (63,696 | ) | (976,321 | ) | (1,261,194 | ) | ||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments in affiliates | 63,275 | (672,784 | ) | (1,006,082 | ) | |||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | $ | 375,696 | $ | (162,640 | ) | $ | (777,410 | ) |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of changes in net assets
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | Praxis Core Stock Fund | Praxis International Fund | |||||||||||||||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||
From Operations | |||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 10,529,029 | $ | 10,295,310 | $ | 946,184 | $ | 558,463 | $ | 959,327 | $ | 349,601 | |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments | 3,529,389 | 2,184,059 | 3,030,614 | 2,054,066 | 5,056,726 | 4,372,140 | |||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)on investments and foreign currency translations | 5,852,350 | 4,100,541 | (9,681,365 | ) | 16,944,220 | (17,012,943 | ) | 6,848,343 | |||||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | 19,910,768 | 16,579,910 | (5,704,567 | ) | 19,556,749 | (10,996,890 | ) | 11,570,084 | |||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | |||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (2,329,750 | ) | (2,422,822 | ) | — | — | (112,539 | ) | (70,839 | ) | |||||||||
Class I | (8,662,057 | ) | (8,000,422 | ) | (450,728 | ) | (933,114 | ) | (179,417 | ) | (856,430 | ) | |||||||
From net realized gains | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (716,002 | ) | (237,301 | ) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Class I | (2,313,692 | ) | (801,163 | ) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Distributions to Shareholders | (14,021,501 | ) | (11,461,708 | ) | (450,728 | ) | (933,114 | ) | (291,956 | ) | (927,269 | ) | |||||||
Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | 4,428,533 | 40,311,187 | (23,319,101 | ) | (41,143,871 | ) | (34,493,973 | ) | (4,022,253 | ) | |||||||||
Change in Net Assets | 10,317,800 | 45,429,389 | (29,474,396 | ) | (22,520,236 | ) | (45,782,819 | ) | 6,620,562 | ||||||||||
Net Assets | |||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 296,399,391 | 250,970,002 | 172,376,862 | 194,897,098 | 99,828,014 | 93,207,452 | |||||||||||||
End of period | $ | 306,717,191 | $ | 296,399,391 | $ | 142,902,466 | $ | 172,376,862 | $ | 54,045,195 | $ | 99,828,014 | |||||||
Accumulated Net Investment Income (Loss) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (106,586 | ) | $ | (594,918 | ) | $ | 675,715 | $ | 172,551 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of changes in net assets, continued
Praxis International Index Fund | Praxis Value Index Fund | Praxis Growth Index Fund | Praxis Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Period Ended December 31, 2010 (a) | For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
From Operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 968,222 | $ | — | $ | 957,466 | $ | 957,250 | $ | 245,626 | $ | 158,403 | $ | (212,415 | ) | $ | (139,207 | ) | |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) from security transactions | (338,353 | ) | — | 1,419,699 | (962,043 | ) | (410,056 | ) | (405,208 | ) | 2,306,507 | 2,556,316 | |||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)on investments | (9,090,931 | ) | — | (4,040,891 | ) | 7,423,705 | 709,605 | 4,144,656 | 2,495,223 | 5,467,725 | |||||||||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | (8,461,062 | ) | — | (1,663,726 | ) | 7,418,912 | 545,175 | 3,897,851 | 4,589,315 | 7,884,834 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (26,943 | ) | — | (260,528 | ) | (272,240 | ) | (3,535 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
Class I | (958,603 | ) | — | (712,182 | ) | (655,340 | ) | (240,262 | ) | (172,241 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Distributions to Shareholders | (985,546 | ) | — | (972,710 | ) | (927,580 | ) | (243,797 | ) | (172,241 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | 76,369,546 | 20,000 | (723,767 | ) | (12,168,388 | ) | 4,592,806 | 7,303,087 | 33,157,639 | (1,487,604 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets | 66,922,938 | 20,000 | (3,360,203 | ) | (5,677,056 | ) | 4,894,184 | 11,028,697 | 37,746,954 | 6,397,230 | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 20,000 | — | 56,206,030 | 61,883,086 | 32,312,422 | 21,283,725 | 28,924,792 | 22,527,562 | |||||||||||||||||
End of period | $ | 66,942,938 | $ | 20,000 | $ | 52,845,827 | $ | 56,206,030 | $ | 37,206,606 | $ | 32,312,422 | $ | 66,671,746 | $ | 28,924,792 | |||||||||
Accumulated Net Investment Income (Loss) | $ | (14,776 | ) | $ | — | $ | 860,529 | $ | 889,887 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — |
(a) Commenced operations on December 31, 2010.
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio | Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio | Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | For the Year Ended December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||
From Operations | |||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 312,421 | $ | 230,718 | $ | 510,144 | $ | 400,626 | $ | 228,672 | $ | 218,043 | |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments in affiliates | 29,679 | 13,841 | 154,246 | 53,989 | 196,197 | 51,859 | |||||||||||||
Distributions of realized gains by investment company affiliates | 97,292 | 31,183 | 149,291 | 47,420 | 58,915 | 18,422 | |||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in affiliates | (63,696 | ) | 515,380 | (976,321 | ) | 2,691,424 | (1,261,194 | ) | 2,876,045 | ||||||||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Operations | 375,696 | 791,122 | (162,640 | ) | 3,193,459 | (777,410 | ) | 3,164,369 | |||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | |||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (373,346 | ) | (233,151 | ) | (603,427 | ) | (405,913 | ) | (265,340 | ) | (221,272 | ) | |||||||
From net realized gains | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (78,557 | ) | — | (323,879 | ) | — | (341,941 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Change in Net Assets from Distributions to Shareholders | (451,903 | ) | (233,151 | ) | (927,306 | ) | (405,913 | ) | (607,281 | ) | (221,272 | ) | |||||||
Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | 1,399,508 | 12,136,705 | 4,677,562 | 31,394,891 | 4,594,275 | 23,729,766 | |||||||||||||
Change in Net Assets | 1,323,301 | 12,694,676 | 3,587,616 | 34,182,437 | 3,209,584 | 26,672,863 | |||||||||||||
Net Assets | |||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 12,694,676 | — | 34,182,437 | — | 26,672,863 | — | |||||||||||||
End of period | $ | 14,017,977 | $ | 12,694,676 | $ | 37,770,053 | $ | 34,182,437 | $ | 29,882,447 | $ | 26,672,863 | |||||||
Accumulated Net Investment Income (Loss) | $ | (1,157 | ) | $ | 28,131 | $ | (2,013 | ) | $ | 42,797 | $ | (1,000 | ) | $ | 16,611 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated.
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 (a) | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 10.43 | $ | 10.20 | $ | 9.62 | $ | 9.78 | $ | 9.66 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.41 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.56 | (0.16 | ) | 0.15 | ||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.99 | 0.29 | 0.56 | |||||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.35 | ) | (0.37 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.44 | ) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.11 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||
Total distributions | (0.46 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.44 | ) | ||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.63 | $ | 10.43 | $ | 10.20 | $ | 9.62 | $ | 9.78 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 6.43 | % | 6.26 | % | 10.49 | % | 3.09 | % | 5.91 | % | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 72,106 | $ | 67,259 | $ | 74,965 | $ | 49,693 | $ | 48,951 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.96 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.92 | % | 0.88 | % | 0.88 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 3.19 | % | 3.49 | % | 4.22 | % | 4.49 | % | 4.23 | % | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 1.08 | % | 1.16 | % | 1.27 | % | 1.21 | % | 1.27 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 36.12 | % | 26.75 | % | 28.56 | % | 25.46 | % | 29.22 | % |
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund - Class I
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 10.39 | $ | 10.17 | $ | 9.61 | $ | 9.77 | $ | 9.65 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.43 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)on investments | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.57 | (0.16 | ) | 0.15 | ||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.71 | 0.67 | 1.02 | 0.31 | 0.58 | |||||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.39 | ) | (0.41 | ) | (0.46 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (0.46 | ) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.11 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||
Total distributions | (0.50 | ) | (0.45 | ) | (0.46 | ) | (0.47 | ) | (0.46 | ) | ||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | — | — | — | — | (b) | — | ||||||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.60 | $ | 10.39 | $ | 10.17 | $ | 9.61 | $ | 9.77 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 6.98 | % | 6.60 | % | 10.79 | % | 5.21 | % | 6.18 | % | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 234,612 | $ | 229,140 | $ | 176,005 | $ | 153,332 | $ | 212,097 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.57 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.67 | % | 0.63 | % | 0.63 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 3.59 | % | 3.86 | % | 4.51 | % | 4.73 | % | 4.48 | % | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 0.57 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.72 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.77 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 36.12 | % | 26.75 | % | 28.56 | % | 25.46 | % | 29.22 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such expense reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | On August 17, 2009, Class B shares were exchanged for Class A shares. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights, continued
For a share outstanding throughout the year indicated.
Praxis Core Stock Fund - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 (a) | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 12.60 | $ | 11.30 | $ | 8.79 | $ | 14.87 | $ | 15.40 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | (0.01 | ) | (0.07 | ) | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.13 | |||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (0.48 | ) | 1.37 | 2.54 | (6.08 | ) | (0.24 | ) | ||||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.49 | ) | 1.30 | 2.55 | (6.03 | ) | (0.11 | ) | ||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | — | — | (0.04 | ) | (0.05 | ) | (0.14 | ) | ||||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | — | (0.28 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | — | — | (0.04 | ) | (0.05 | ) | (0.42 | ) | ||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 12.11 | $ | 12.60 | $ | 11.30 | $ | 8.79 | $ | 14.87 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (3.89 | )% | 11.50 | % | 29.00 | % | (40.64 | )% | (0.68 | )% | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 48,109 | $ | 65,185 | $ | 93,120 | $ | 55,151 | $ | 99,838 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.61 | % | 1.74 | % | 1.44 | % | 1.31 | % | 1.45 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 0.15 | % | (0.16 | )% | 0.15 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.81 | % | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 1.61 | % | 1.74 | % | 1.69 | % | 1.56 | % | 1.70 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 14.83 | % | 7.43 | % | 12.64 | % | 29.73 | % | 12.17 | % |
Praxis Core Stock Fund - Class I
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 12.67 | $ | 11.37 | $ | 8.84 | $ | 14.94 | $ | 15.45 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.20 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (0.51 | ) | 1.33 | 2.53 | (6.11 | ) | (0.24 | ) | ||||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.40 | ) | 1.41 | 2.59 | (6.02 | ) | (0.04 | ) | ||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.06 | ) | (0.11 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.08 | ) | (0.19 | ) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | — | (0.28 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.06 | ) | (0.11 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.08 | ) | (0.47 | ) | ||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | — | — | — | — | (b) | — | ||||||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 12.21 | $ | 12.67 | $ | 11.37 | $ | 8.84 | $ | 14.94 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (3.18 | )% | 12.38 | % | 29.35 | % | (40.43 | )% | (0.26 | )% | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 94,794 | $ | 107,192 | $ | 101,777 | $ | 90,820 | $ | 159,737 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.91 | % | 0.94 | % | 1.08 | % | 1.01 | % | 1.05 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.85 | % | 0.66 | % | 0.57 | % | 0.72 | % | 1.20 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 14.83 | % | 7.43 | % | 12.64 | % | 29.73 | % | 12.17 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such expense reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | On August 17, 2009, Class B shares were exchanged for Class A shares. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights, continued
For a share outstanding throughout the period indicated.
Praxis International Fund - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 (a) | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 11.04 | $ | 9.88 | $ | 8.61 | $ | 15.42 | $ | 14.23 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.10 | — | (b) | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.12 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (1.81 | ) | 1.19 | 1.19 | (6.44 | ) | 1.65 | |||||||||
Total from investment operations | (1.71 | ) | 1.19 | 1.27 | (6.28 | ) | 1.77 | |||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.05 | ) | (0.03 | ) | — | (0.15 | ) | (0.21 | ) | |||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | (0.36 | ) | (0.37 | ) | |||||||||
Tax return of capital | — | — | — | (0.02 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.05 | ) | (0.03 | ) | — | (0.53 | ) | (0.58 | ) | |||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 9.28 | $ | 11.04 | $ | 9.88 | $ | 8.61 | $ | 15.42 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (15.54 | )% | 12.20 | % | 14.75 | % | (41.01 | )% | 12.59 | % | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 20,657 | $ | 30,665 | $ | 41,158 | $ | 26,005 | $ | 50,709 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 2.01 | % | 2.11 | % | 1.70 | % | 1.67 | % | 1.72 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 0.76 | % | (0.20 | )% | 1.04 | % | 1.40 | % | 0.75 | % | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 2.01 | % | 2.11 | % | 1.98 | % | 1.92 | % | 1.97 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 88.27 | % | 72.01 | % | 194.23 | % | 148.65 | % | 59.13 | % |
Praxis International Fund - Class I
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 11.06 | $ | 9.91 | $ | 8.61 | $ | 15.39 | $ | 14.20 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.17 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (1.86 | ) | 1.24 | 1.16 | (6.38 | ) | 1.65 | |||||||||
Total from investment operations | (1.63 | ) | 1.29 | 1.30 | (6.23 | ) | 1.82 | |||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.05 | ) | (0.14 | ) | — | (0.17 | ) | (0.26 | ) | |||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | (0.36 | ) | (0.37 | ) | |||||||||
Tax return of capital | — | — | — | (0.02 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.05 | ) | (0.14 | ) | — | (0.55 | ) | (0.63 | ) | |||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 9.38 | $ | 11.06 | $ | 9.91 | $ | 8.61 | $ | 15.39 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (14.78 | )% | 13.30 | % | 15.23 | % | (40.85 | )% | 13.02 | % | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 33,388 | $ | 69,163 | $ | 52,049 | $ | 48,830 | $ | 110,001 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.10 | % | 1.12 | % | �� | 1.39 | % | 1.32 | % | 1.31 | % | |||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | 1.58 | % | 0.71 | % | 1.56 | % | 1.47 | % | 1.13 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 88.27 | % | 72.01 | % | 194.23 | % | 148.65 | % | 59.13 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such expense reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | On August 17, 2009, Class B shares were exchanged for Class A shares. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis International Index Fund - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011(a) | ||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 10.00 | ||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||
Net investment income | 0.03 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (1.68 | ) | ||
Total from investment operations | (1.65 | ) | ||
Less distributions: | ||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.10 | ) | ||
Total distributions | (0.10 | ) | ||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | |||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 8.25 | ||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (16.54 | )% | ||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 2,363 | ||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.73 | % | ||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.89 | % | ||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 4.87 | % | ||
Portfolio turnover rate | 2.44 | % |
Praxis International Index Fund - Class I
Year Ended December 31, 2011(a) | ||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 10.00 | ||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||
Net investment income | 0.12 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (1.73 | ) | ||
Total from investment operations | (1.61 | ) | ||
Less distributions: | ||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.12 | ) | ||
Total distributions | (0.12 | ) | ||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 8.27 | ||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (16.05 | )% | ||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 64,580 | ||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.86 | % | ||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 2.25 | % | ||
Portfolio turnover rate | 2.44 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such expense reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | The Fund commenced operations of December 31, 2010, and commenced public offering and investment operations on January 3, 2011. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Value Index Fund - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009(a) | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 7.95 | $ | 7.09 | $ | 5.80 | $ | 10.12 | $ | 11.43 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.17 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (0.40 | ) | 0.81 | 1.21 | (4.21 | ) | (0.93 | ) | ||||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.28 | ) | 0.95 | 1.31 | (4.03 | ) | (0.76 | ) | ||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.10 | ) | (0.09 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.20 | ) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | (0.11 | ) | (0.35 | ) | |||||||||
Total distributions | (0.10 | ) | (0.09 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.55 | ) | ||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 7.57 | $ | 7.95 | $ | 7.09 | $ | 5.80 | $ | 10.12 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (3.58 | )% | 13.40 | % | 22.64 | % | (40.15 | )% | (6.66 | )% | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 20,776 | $ | 24,341 | $ | 30,983 | $ | 20,019 | $ | 28,209 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.32 | % | 1.38 | % | 1.01 | % | 0.97 | % | 0.90 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.19 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.96 | % | 2.35 | % | 1.87 | % | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 1.32 | % | 1.38 | % | 1.33 | % | 1.27 | % | 1.18 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 29.11 | % | 24.12 | % | 25.72 | % | 20.66 | % | 33.34 | % |
Praxis Value Index Fund - Class I
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 7.91 | $ | 7.05 | $ | 5.77 | $ | 10.07 | $ | 11.38 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.24 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | (0.37 | ) | 0.85 | 1.18 | (4.19 | ) | (0.97 | ) | ||||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.22 | ) | 1.02 | 1.32 | (3.99 | ) | (0.73 | ) | ||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.17 | ) | (0.16 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.20 | ) | (0.23 | ) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | (0.11 | ) | (0.35 | ) | |||||||||
Total distributions | (0.17 | ) | (0.16 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (0.58 | ) | ||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 7.52 | $ | 7.91 | $ | 7.05 | $ | 5.77 | $ | 10.07 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (2.80 | )% | 14.53 | % | 22.82 | % | (39.94 | )% | (6.46 | )% | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 32,070 | $ | 31,865 | $ | 30,900 | $ | 24,893 | $ | 29,843 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.49 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.65 | % | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 2.03 | % | 2.06 | % | 2.28 | % | 2.71 | % | 2.12 | % | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 0.49 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.68 | % | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 29.11 | % | 24.12 | % | 25.72 | % | 20.66 | % | 33.34 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced and/or reimbursed by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such activity had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. | |
(a) | On August 17, 2009, Class B shares were exchanged for Class A shares. | |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Growth Index Fund - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009(a) | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Period Ended December 31, 2007(e) | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 9.86 | $ | 8.71 | $ | 6.50 | $ | 10.40 | $ | 10.00 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.10 | 1.14 | 2.20 | (3.89 | ) | 0.38 | ||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.11 | 1.15 | 2.23 | (3.88 | ) | 0.40 | ||||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.01 | ) | — | (0.02 | ) | (0.02 | ) | — | ||||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | — | — | (b) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.01 | ) | — | (0.02 | ) | (0.02 | ) | — | (b) | |||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | — | (b) | — | (b) | — | — | (b) | — | (b) | |||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 9.96 | $ | 9.86 | $ | 8.71 | $ | 6.50 | $ | 10.40 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 1.12 | % | 13.20 | % | 34.38 | % | (37.34 | )% | 4.03 | %(c) | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 3,363 | $ | 2,911 | $ | 4,714 | $ | 2,504 | $ | 2,232 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.10 | % | 1.10 | % | 0.93 | % | 0.94 | % | 1.16 | %(d) | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.14 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.68 | %(d) | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 2.01 | % | 2.68 | % | 1.54 | % | 1.51 | % | 3.65 | %(d) | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 21.18 | % | 28.55 | % | 30.99 | % | 28.40 | % | 36.64 | %(c) |
Praxis Growth Index Fund - Class I
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Period Ended December 31, 2007(e) | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 9.86 | $ | 8.72 | $ | 6.51 | $ | 10.41 | $ | 10.00 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | — | (b) | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.10 | 1.15 | 2.20 | (3.90 | ) | 0.42 | ||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.17 | 1.20 | 2.24 | (3.86 | ) | 0.42 | ||||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.07 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.01 | ) | ||||||
Distributions from net realized gains | — | — | — | — | — | (b) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.07 | ) | (0.06 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.01 | ) | ||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 9.96 | $ | 9.86 | $ | 8.72 | $ | 6.51 | $ | 10.41 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 1.73 | % | 13.74 | % | 34.46 | % | (37.09 | )% | 4.18 | %(c) | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 33,843 | $ | 29,401 | $ | 16,570 | $ | 12,388 | $ | 24,203 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 0.50 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.81 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.82 | %(d) | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.75 | % | 0.70 | % | 0.54 | % | 0.45 | % | 0.34 | %(d) | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 0.50 | % | 0.58 | % | 0.87 | % | 0.73 | % | 2.41 | %(d) | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 21.18 | % | 28.55 | % | 30.99 | % | 28.40 | % | 36.64 | %(c) |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced and/or reimbursed by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such activity had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | On August 17, 2009, Class B shares were exchanged for Class A shares. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Not annualized. |
(d) | Annualized. |
(e) | For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Small Cap Fund - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009(a) | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Period Ended December 31, 2007(e) | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 9.95 | $ | 7.55 | $ | 5.82 | $ | 9.50 | $ | 10.00 | ||||||
Loss from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | (0.09 | ) | (0.11 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.03 | ) | — | (b) | ||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.64 | 2.51 | 1.77 | (3.65 | ) | (0.50 | ) | |||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.55 | 2.40 | 1.73 | (3.68 | ) | (0.50 | ) | |||||||||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees | 0.01 | — | (b) | — | (b) | — | (b) | — | (b) | |||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.51 | $ | 9.95 | $ | 7.55 | $ | 5.82 | $ | 9.50 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 5.63 | % | 31.79 | % | 29.73 | % | (38.74 | )% | (5.00 | )%(c) | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 5,541 | $ | 3,341 | $ | 4,227 | $ | 2,307 | $ | 1,398 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.71 | % | 1.69 | % | 1.49 | % | 1.46 | % | 1.65 | %(d) | ||||||
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets | (1.09 | )% | (1.08 | )% | (0.80 | )% | (0.52 | )% | (0.04 | )%(d) | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 2.17 | % | 2.79 | % | 2.34 | % | 2.20 | % | 3.78 | %(d) | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 67.48 | % | 84.26 | % | 60.33 | % | 64.37 | % | 30.37 | %(c) |
Praxis Small Cap Fund - Class I
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Period Ended December 31, 2007(e) | ||||||||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 10.06 | $ | 7.59 | $ | 5.84 | $ | 9.50 | $ | 10.00 | ||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | (0.03 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.02 | ) | 0.01 | |||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments | 0.64 | 2.51 | 1.79 | (3.64 | ) | (0.50 | ) | |||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.61 | 2.47 | 1.75 | (3.66 | ) | (0.49 | ) | |||||||||
Less distributions: | ||||||||||||||||
Dividends from net investment income | — | — | — | — | (0.01 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | — | — | — | — | (0.01 | ) | ||||||||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.67 | $ | 10.06 | $ | 7.59 | $ | 5.84 | $ | 9.50 | ||||||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 6.06 | % | 32.54 | % | 29.97 | % | (38.53 | )% | (4.91 | )%(c) | ||||||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 61,130 | $ | 25,584 | $ | 18,300 | $ | 15,392 | $ | 15,406 | ||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | 1.04 | % | 1.08 | % | 1.36 | % | 1.22 | % | 1.35 | %(d) | ||||||
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | (0.44 | )% | (0.46 | )% | (0.66 | )% | (0.29 | )% | 0.47 | %(d) | ||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets* | 1.04 | % | 1.08 | % | 1.53 | % | 1.27 | % | 2.18 | %(d) | ||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 67.48 | % | 84.26 | % | 60.33 | % | 64.37 | % | 30.37 | %(c) |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced and/or reimbursed by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such activity had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | On August 17, 2009, Class B shares were exchanged for Class A shares. |
(b) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | Not annualized. |
(d) | Annualized. |
(e) | For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010(a) | ||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 10.55 | $ | 10.00 | |||
Income from investment operations: | |||||||
Net investment income | 0.24 | 0.25 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments | 0.06 | 0.55 | |||||
Total from investment operations | 0.30 | 0.80 | |||||
Less distributions: | |||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.29 | ) | (0.25 | ) | |||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.06 | ) | — | ||||
Total distributions | (0.35 | ) | (0.25 | ) | |||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | — | |||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.50 | $ | 10.55 | |||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | 2.88 | % | 8.22 | % | |||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 14,018 | $ | 12,695 | |||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (c) | 0.61 | % | 0.65 | % | |||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (c) | 2.31 | % | 2.60 | % | |||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets (c)* | 0.78 | % | 0.97 | % | |||
Portfolio turnover rate | 15.03 | % | 10.08 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced and/or reimbursed by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such activity had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | For the period December 31, 2009 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2010. |
(b) | Amount rounds to less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | The ratios presented only reflect the direct income and expenses for the Fund, not the underlying funds in which they invest. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010(a) | ||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 10.91 | $ | 10.00 | |||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | |||||||
Net investment income | 0.15 | 0.16 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized losses on investments | (0.17 | ) | 0.91 | ||||
Total from investment operations | (0.02 | ) | 1.07 | ||||
Less distributions: | |||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.18 | ) | (0.16 | ) | |||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.09 | ) | — | ||||
Total distributions | (0.27 | ) | (0.16 | ) | |||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | — | |||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.62 | $ | 10.91 | |||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (0.21 | )% | 10.88 | % | |||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 37,770 | $ | 34,182 | |||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (c) | 0.61 | % | 0.64 | % | |||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (c) | 1.39 | % | 1.80 | % | |||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets (c)* | 0.71 | % | 0.90 | % | |||
Portfolio turnover rate | 15.11 | % | 7.84 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced and/or reimbursed by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such activity had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | For the period December 31, 2009 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2010. |
(b) | Amount rounds to less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | The ratios presented only reflect the direct income and expenses for the Fund, not the underlying funds in which they invest. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio - Class A
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010(a) | ||||||
Net asset value at beginning of period | $ | 11.15 | $ | 10.00 | |||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | |||||||
Net investment income | 0.08 | 0.10 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized losses on investments | (0.33 | ) | 1.15 | ||||
Total from investment operations | (0.25 | ) | 1.25 | ||||
Less distributions: | |||||||
Dividends from net investment income | (0.10 | ) | (0.10 | ) | |||
Distributions from net realized gains | (0.12 | ) | — | ||||
Total distributions | (0.22 | ) | (0.10 | ) | |||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (b) | — | — | |||||
Net asset value at end of period | $ | 10.68 | $ | 11.15 | |||
Total return (excludes sales charge) | (2.24 | )% | 12.65 | % | |||
Net assets at end of period (000s) | $ | 29,882 | $ | 26,673 | |||
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (c) | 0.61 | % | 0.64 | % | |||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (c) | 0.79 | % | 1.33 | % | |||
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets (c)* | 0.89 | % | 1.15 | % | |||
Portfolio turnover rate | 15.54 | % | 7.54 | % |
* | During the period, certain expenses were reduced and/or reimbursed by the Adviser and/or Distributor. If such activity had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated. |
(a) | For the period December 31, 2009 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2010. |
(b) | Amount rounds to less than $0.005 per share. |
(c) | The ratios presented only reflect the direct income and expenses for the Fund, not the underlying funds in which they invest. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
1. Organization:
The Praxis Mutual Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company established as a Delaware business trust under a Declaration of Trust dated September 27, 1993, as amended and restated December 1, 1993, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of December 31, 2011, the Trust consists of the Praxis Intermediate Income Fund, the Praxis Core Stock Fund, the Praxis International Fund, the Praxis International Index Fund, the Praxis Value Index Fund, the Praxis Growth Index Fund, and the Praxis Small Cap Fund, (individually a “Fund”, collectively “the Funds”), the Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio, the Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio, and the Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio, (individually a “Portfolio”, collectively “the Portfolios”). The Funds and Portfolios are also referred to individually as the Intermediate Income Fund, Core Stock Fund, International Fund, International Index Fund, Value Index Fund, Growth Index Fund, Small Cap Fund, Conservative Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, and Growth Portfolio in the financial statements. Each Fund and Portfolio is a diversified series of the Trust.
As of December 31, 2011, the Funds offer two classes of shares; Class A and Class I and the Portfolios offer Class A. Each class of shares in a Fund or Portfolio has identical rights and privileges except with respect to fees paid under the distribution and shareholder servicing agreements, certain other class specific expenses and income, voting rights on matters affecting a single class of shares and the exchange privileges of each class of shares. Class A has a maximum sales charge on purchases of 5.25 percent as a percentage of the original purchase price, except for the Intermediate Income Fund which is 3.75 percent.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Securities Valuation:
The Funds and Portfolios record their investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques used to determine fair value are further described below.
Securities generally are valued at market values determined on the basis of the latest available bid prices in the principal market (closing sales prices if the principal market is an exchange) in which such securities are normally traded. Investments in investment companies are valued at their respective net asset values as reported by such companies. The differences between the cost and market values of investments are reflected as either unrealized appreciation or depreciation.
The Funds use various independent pricing services to value most of their investments. A pricing service would normally consider such factors as yield, risk, quality, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, special circumstances and other factors it deems relevant in determining valuations of normal institutional trading units of debt securities and would not rely exclusively on quoted prices. When valuing foreign securities held by the Funds, certain pricing services might use computerized pricing models to systematically calculate adjustments to foreign security closing prices based on the latest market movements. Such pricing models utilize market data that has been obtained between the local market close and the NYSE close to compute adjustments to foreign security close prices. The methods used by the pricing service and the valuations so established will be reviewed by Everence Capital Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) under general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (e.g. an approved pricing service does not provide a price, certain stale prices or an event occurs that materially affects the furnished price) are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with consistently applied procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Short-term debt securities of sufficient credit quality maturing in less than 61 days are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The Portfolio’s investments in the underlying Funds (the “Underlying Funds”) are valued at the closing net asset value per share.
In certain circumstances, the Praxis Mutual Funds Valuation Procedures (“Valuation Procedures”) contemplate the Board’s delegation of the implementation of the Valuation Procedures to the Adviser. In valuing restricted securities under the Valuation Procedures, the Adviser will consider (but is not limited to) certain specific and general factors enumerated in the Valuation Procedures. The Valuation Procedures require that the Adviser report to the Board at each of its regular quarterly meetings regarding valuation of restricted securities and actions taken in connection with the Valuation Procedures.
The Pricing Committee of Everence Capital Management has established a policy and methodology, which was approved by the board, for pricing the Everence Community Investments notes held by the several of the Praxis funds. The methodology takes into consideration the fundamental quality of the notes, the nature and duration of restrictions on the disposition of the securities, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which these securities are purchased and sold. Accordingly, the committee applied discounts to the notes, for which there is not an active market, based on the credit quality, maturity, and liquidity characteristics of what the committee determined to be similar securities.
The valuation techniques described maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
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• | Level 1— | quoted prices in active markets for identical securities |
• | Level 2 — | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
• | Level 3 — | significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ and Portfolios’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, short-term debt securities of sufficient credit quality maturing in less than 61 days are valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the 1940 Act. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.
The aggregate value by input level, as of December 31, 2011, for each Fund’s and Portfolio’s investments, as well as a reconciliation of assets for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value, are as follows:
Praxis Intermediate Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Asset Backed Securities | $ | — | $ | 4,540,140 | $ | — | $ | 4,540,140 | |||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 50,908 | — | 50,908 | |||||||||
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities | — | 19,351,164 | — | 19,351,164 | |||||||||
Foreign Bonds | — | 3,311,975 | — | 3,311,975 | |||||||||
Municipal Bonds | — | 6,926,008 | — | 6,926,008 | |||||||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 136,228,786 | — | 136,228,786 | |||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | — | 3,380,921 | 3,380,921 | |||||||||
Interest-Only Bonds | — | 13,850 | — | 13,850 | |||||||||
U.S. Government Agencies | — | 113,070,196 | — | 113,070,196 | |||||||||
Investment Company | 3,801,844 | — | — | 3,801,844 | |||||||||
Short Term Investment | 11,963,129 | — | — | 11,963,129 | |||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 15,764,973 | $ | 283,493,027 | $ | 3,380,921 | $ | 302,638,921 |
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs for Investments in Securities were used to determine fair value:
Corporate Notes | ||||
Balance as of December 31, 2010 | $ | 2,803,207 | ||
Proceeds from Sales | — | |||
Cost of Purchases | 550,000 | |||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 27,714 | |||
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 3,380,921 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Praxis Core Stock Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 139,065,992 | $ | — | $ | 76,838 | $ | 139,142,830 | |||||
Commercial Paper | — | 2,226,962 | — | 2,226,962 | |||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | — | 1,816,553 | 1,816,553 | |||||||||
Short Term Investment | 1,952 | — | — | 1,952 | |||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 139,067,944 | $ | 2,226,962 | $ | 1,893,391 | $ | 143,188,297 |
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs for Investments in Securities were used to determine fair value:
Investments | Common Stock | Corporate Notes | Total | |||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2010 | $ | — | $ | 2,179,868 | $ | 2,179,868 | ||||
Proceeds from Sales | — | (400,000 | ) | (400,000 | ) | |||||
Cost of Purchases | — | — | — | |||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | — | 36,685 | 36,685 | |||||||
Transfer Into Level 3* | 76,838 | — | 76,838 | |||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 76,838 | $ | 1,816,553 | $ | 1,893,391 |
* | Common stock transfer from level 1 to 3 was Sino-Forest Corporation. This security halted trading and at December 31, 2011 was valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee. |
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There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Praxis International Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 52,006,007 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 52,006,007 | |||||
Short Term Investment | 828,235 | — | — | 828,235 | |||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | — | 846,365 | 846,365 | |||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 52,834,242 | $ | — | $ | 846,365 | $ | 53,680,607 |
Other Financial Instruments* | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Liabilities: | |||||||||||||
Foreign Forward Currency Exchange Contracts | $ | — | $ | (31,335 | ) | $ | — | $ | (31,335 | ) | |||
Total Other Financial Instruments | $ | — | $ | (31,335 | ) | $ | — | $ | (31,335 | ) |
* | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in total investments. Amounts shown represent unrealized appreciation/depreciation. |
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs for Investments in Securities were used to determine fair value:
Corporate Notes | ||||
Balance as of December 31, 2010 | $ | 1,079,513 | ||
Proceeds from Sales | (250,000 | ) | ||
Cost of Purchases | — | |||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 16,852 | |||
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 846,365 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Praxis International Index Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 66,085,305 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 66,085,305 | |||||
Total Investments | $ | 66,085,305 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 66,085,305 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Praxis Value Index Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 52,269,561 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 52,269,561 | |||||
Corporate Notes | — | — | 554,472 | 554,472 | |||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 52,269,561 | $ | — | $ | 554,472 | $ | 52,824,033 |
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs for Investments in Securities were used to determine fair value:
Corporate Notes | ||||
Balance as of December 31, 2010 | $ | 737,478 | ||
Proceeds from Sales | (200,000 | ) | ||
Cost of Purchases | — | |||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 16,994 | |||
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 554,472 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
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Praxis Growth Index Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 36,859,549 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 36,859,549 | |||||
Corporate Notes | — | — | 336,827 | 336,827 | |||||||||
Short Term Investment | 61,504 | — | — | 61,504 | |||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 36,921,053 | $ | — | $ | 336,827 | $ | 37,257,880 |
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs for Investments in Securities were used to determine fair value:
Corporate Notes | ||||
Balance as of December 31, 2010 | $ | 190,000 | ||
Proceeds from Sales | (190,000 | ) | ||
Cost of Purchases | 340,000 | |||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (3,173 | ) | ||
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 336,827 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Praxis Small Cap Fund Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 62,522,682 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 62,522,682 | |||||
Corporate Notes | — | — | 346,620 | 346,620 | |||||||||
Short Term Investment | 4,527,114 | — | — | 4,527,114 | |||||||||
Total Investments | $ | 67,049,796 | $ | — | $ | 346,620 | $ | 67,396,416 |
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs for Investments in Securities were used to determine fair value:
Corporate Notes | ||||
Balance as of December 31, 2010 | $ | 200,000 | ||
Proceeds from Sales | (200,000 | ) | ||
Cost of Purchases | 350,000 | |||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (3,380 | ) | ||
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | $ | 346,620 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | $ | 14,037,909 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 14,037,909 | |||||
Total Investments | $ | 14,037,909 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 14,037,909 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | $ | 37,820,209 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 37,820,209 | |||||
Total Investments | $ | 37,820,209 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 37,820,209 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
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Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Investments | |||||||||||||
Mutual Funds | $ | 29,893,368 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 29,893,368 | |||||
Total Investments | $ | 29,893,368 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 29,893,368 |
There were no significant transfers in and out of Levels 1, 2, or 3 during the year ended December 31, 2011.
The Trust determines significant transfers between fair value hierarchy levels at the reporting period end.
New accounting pronouncement:
In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820)— Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The update changes the wording used to describe the requirements in GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The update is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update’s adoption on the Funds’ and Portfolios’ financial statement disclosures.
Securities Transactions and Related Income:
Changes in holdings of portfolio securities are reflected in the Funds’ and Portfolios’ valuation no later than in the first business day following trade date. For financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date on the last business day of the reporting period. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are determined by comparing the identified cost of the security lot sold with the net sales proceeds. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the pro-rata amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Allocations:
Investment income earned, realized capital gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation for the Funds are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Class specific expenses are charged directly to the class incurring the expense. Common expenses, which are not attributable to a specific class, are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Expenses not directly billed to a Fund or Portfolio are allocated proportionally among all Funds and Portfolios daily in relation to net assets of each Fund or Portfolio or another reasonable measure.
The Portfolios invest in Underlying Funds and, as a result, the Portfolios indirectly pay a portion of the operating expenses, including management fees, of the Underlying Funds. These expenses are deducted from the Underlying Funds before their share prices are calculated and are represented as Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses (“AFFE”) in the Portfolios’ prospectus. A Portfolio’s actual indirect expenses vary depending on how the Portfolio’s assets are allocated among the underlying investments.
Risks associated with Foreign Securities and Currencies:
Investments in securities of foreign issuers carry certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in securities of domestic issuers. Such risks include adverse future political and economic developments and the possible imposition of exchange controls or other foreign governmental laws and restrictions. In addition, with respect to certain countries, there is the possibility of expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments which could adversely affect investments in those countries.
Certain countries may also impose substantial restrictions on investments on their capital markets by foreign entities, including restriction on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to the relevant nation’s interests. These factors may limit the investment opportunities available or result in lack of liquidity and high price volatility with respect to securities of issuers from developing countries.
Foreign Currency Translation:
The market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities of the Core Stock Fund, the International Index Fund and the International Fund denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate at the close of each business day. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars based at the exchange rate on the date of the transaction.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the
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amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from the changes in the value of assets and liabilities including investments in securities at the reporting period, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.
Community Development Investments:
The Board of Trustees has authorized the Funds to make certain types of community development investments. In connection with the community development investments, the Funds have received from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) an exemptive order that permits each Fund to invest a limited portion of its net assets in securities issued by an affiliate of the Adviser, Everence Community Investments, Inc. (“ECI”). ECI is a not-for-profit corporation that was organized specifically to promote community development investing and it seeks to fund its efforts primarily through the sale to investors of interests in certain investment pools that it has established (the “ECI-Notes”). Assets raised through offerings of ECI-Notes are then invested directly in non-profit and not-for-profit community development organizations. Each Fund, in accordance with guidelines established by the Board of Trustees and in compliance with the SEC’s exemptive order, would be permitted to invest up to 3 percent of its net assets in ECI-Notes. ECI-Notes have certain specific risk factors associated with them. These types of investments offer a rate of return below the prevailing market rate at acquisition and are considered illiquid, unrated and below-investment grade. They also involve a greater risk of default or price decline than investment-grade securities. However, these investments have been determined by the Adviser and the Board of Trustees as being a beneficial way to carry out each Fund’s goals for stewardship investing at the community level. In addition, these investments are valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. An application to amend the current exemptive order to allow certain changes to the terms of these investments is pending with the SEC.
Dividends and Distributions:
Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid monthly for the Intermediate Income Fund and the Portfolios. Dividends from net investment income are declared and paid annually for the Core Stock Fund, the International Fund, the International Index Fund, the Value Index Fund, the Growth Index Fund, and the Small Cap Fund. To the extent the Portfolios invest in the Intermediate Income Fund and receive dividends, they will be paid monthly. Distributions of realized gains from the Underlying Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date or when the Portfolios first learn of the dividend. Distributable net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually.
The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.
Federal Income Taxes:
It is each Fund’s and Portfolio’s policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to distribute timely all of its net investment company taxable income and net capital gains to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Under the applicable foreign tax law, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains earned on foreign investments at various rates. Where available, the Funds will file for claims on foreign taxes withheld.
Redemption Fees:
The Funds and Portfolios will charge a redemption fee of 2.00 percent of the total redemption amount if a shareholder sells or exchanges shares after holding them for less than 30 days subject to certain exceptions and limitations described in their prospectuses. Amounts charged are included in Paid in Capital Transactions as disclosed in Note 7 to the Financial Statements.
3. Derivative Financial Instruments:
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to an investment whose value is “derived” from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. The Trust may use derivative instruments for a variety of reasons, such as to attempt to protect a Fund against possible changes in the market value of its portfolio holdings or to manage a Fund’s foreign currency exposure or to generate potential gain. All of the Trust’s portfolio holdings, including derivative instruments, are marked-to-market each day with the change in value reflected in unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon disposition, a realized gain or loss is recognized accordingly, except when taking delivery of a security underlying a contract. In these instances, the recognition of gain or loss is postponed until the disposal of the security underlying the contract. Risk may arise as a result of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
Summarized below are specific types of derivative financial instruments used by the Trust.
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts:
The Funds may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of specific foreign currencies at a fixed price on a future date. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts for the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. The Funds may enter into
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forward contracts as a hedge against specific transactions or portfolio positions to protect against adverse currency movements. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date, at which time the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.
As of December 31, 2011, the International Fund had the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding as follows:
Settlement Date | To Receive/ To Deliver | Counterparty | Initial Value | Market Value | Net Unrealized Depreciation | |||||||||||
Contract to Buy | ||||||||||||||||
1/5/2012 | 1,130,000 | GBP Barclays | ||||||||||||||
Bank plc | 1,783,558 | 1,754,874 | $ | 28,684 | ||||||||||||
Contract to Sell | ||||||||||||||||
1/5/2012 | 1,130,000 | GBP Barclays | ||||||||||||||
Bank plc | 1,752,224 | 1,754,875 | 2,651 | |||||||||||||
$ | 31,335 |
GBP- British Pound
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities:
The following table is the summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2011:
International Fund
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations
for the year Ended December 31, 2011
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 | Location of Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives on the Statements of Operations | Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Deprecation) on Derivative | |||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | Net realized gains on foreign currency transactions, Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency translations | $ | (200,371) | $ | (31,335) |
The average monthly contract amount of the forward foreign currency contracts during the year ended December 31, 2011 are detailed in the table below:
Average | Average | ||||||
Contract | Contract | ||||||
Market Value – | Market Value – | ||||||
Fund | Short | Long | |||||
International Fund | $ | (1,398,959 | ) | $ | 2,567,377 |
4. Purchases and Sales of Securities:
Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term debt securities having maturities one year or less and U.S. Government Securities) for the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:
Purchases | Sales | ||||||
Intermediate Income Fund | $ | 104,763,126 | $ | 111,765,122 | |||
Core Stock Fund | 23,113,627 | 44,225,458 | |||||
International Fund | 63,550,994 | 94,957,693 | |||||
International Index Fund | 76,515,000 | 1,024,044 | |||||
Value Index Fund | 16,657,880 | 17,331,124 | |||||
Growth Index Fund | 12,226,200 | 7,514,943 | |||||
Small Cap Fund | 56,632,630 | 27,115,797 | |||||
Conservative Portfolio | 3,415,288 | 2,027,946 | |||||
Balanced Portfolio | 10,135,874 | 5,578,779 | |||||
Growth Portfolio | 8,880,203 | 4,549,301 |
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5. Investment Transactions with Affiliates:
The Adviser provides investment advisory services to the Funds and Portfolios. The Portfolios invest in the underlying Praxis Mutual Funds and therefore, the Underlying Funds are deemed affiliates, and the related activity in those investments were as follows:
For the year ended December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliate | Fair value at December 31, 2010 | Purchase Cost | Sales Proceeds | Realized Gain (Loss) | Dividend Income | Shares at December 31, 2011 | Fair value at December 31, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis Conservative Allocation Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Praxis Core Stock Fund | $ | 1,298,563 | $ | 287,676 | $ | 119,815 | $ | (4,876 | ) | $ | 6,619 | 116,126 | $ | 1,417,900 | ||||||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund | 640,325 | 113,965 | 59,907 | (1,505 | ) | 4,936 | 70,312 | 700,304 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | 8,803,625 | 1,995,130 | 1,177,265 | 92,750 | 356,741 | 925,435 | 9,809,613 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis International Fund | 962,105 | 160,606 | 525,350 | 47,187 | 2,808 | 55,674 | 523,332 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis International Index Fund | — | 656,456 | 44,506 | (4,038 | ) | 7,718 | 62,958 | 520,663 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Small Cap Fund | 325,498 | 46,721 | 41,195 | 403 | — | 32,928 | 351,347 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis Value Index Fund | 654,467 | 154,735 | 59,907 | (2,950 | ) | 15,706 | 95,047 | 714,750 | ||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 12,684,583 | $ | 126,971 | $ | 394,528 | $ | 14,037,909 |
For the year ended December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliate | Fair value at December 31, 2010 | Purchase Cost | Sales Proceeds | Realized Gain (Loss) | Dividend Income | Shares at December 31, 2011 | Fair value at December 31, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis Balanced Allocation Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Praxis Core Stock Fund | $ | 6,917,392 | $ | 1,370,662 | $ | 372,558 | $ | (24,738 | ) | $ | 35,620 | 625,004 | $ | 7,631,295 | ||||||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund | 2,558,882 | 429,241 | 184,787 | (5,586 | ) | 19,920 | 283,780 | 2,826,444 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | 13,402,811 | 3,078,834 | 1,700,106 | 147,383 | 558,046 | 1,422,067 | 15,073,907 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis International Fund | 5,124,809 | 788,151 | 2,690,681 | 220,722 | 15,101 | 299,419 | 2,814,541 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis International Index Fund | — | 3,454,258 | 139,709 | (17,829 | ) | 41,520 | 338,750 | 2,801,466 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Small Cap Fund | 3,465,970 | 461,981 | 351,228 | (5,438 | ) | — | 355,181 | 3,789,779 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Value Index Fund | 2,615,325 | 552,748 | 139,709 | (10,977 | ) | 63,340 | 383,348 | 2,882,777 | ||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 34,085,189 | $ | 303,537 | $ | 733,547 | $ | 37,820,209 |
For the year ended December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Affiliate | Fair value at December 31, 2010 | Purchase Cost | Sales Proceeds | Realized Gain (Loss) | Dividend Income | Shares at December 31, 2011 | Fair value at December 31, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis Growth Allocation Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Praxis Core Stock Fund | $ | 6,716,678 | $ | 1,345,004 | $ | 240,211 | $ | (18,093 | ) | $ | 35,139 | 616,849 | $ | 7,531,732 | ||||||||
Praxis Growth Index Fund | 2,650,426 | 529,661 | 227,604 | (7,106 | ) | 20,959 | 298,726 | 2,975,312 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Intermediate Income Fund | 5,206,075 | 1,386,121 | 761,195 | 62,256 | 223,123 | 561,230 | 5,949,041 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis International Fund | 5,307,825 | 854,256 | 2,754,083 | 258,035 | 15,891 | 315,244 | 2,963,298 | |||||||||||||||
Praxis International Index Fund | — | 3,598,558 | 96,084 | (14,287 | ) | 43,701 | 356,721 | 2,950,085 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Small Cap Fund | 4,037,354 | 586,118 | 374,039 | (16,904 | ) | — | 420,674 | 4,488,594 | ||||||||||||||
Praxis Value Index Fund | 2,709,105 | 580,485 | 96,084 | (8,789 | ) | 66,659 | 403,631 | 3,035,306 | ||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 26,627,463 | $ | 255,112 | $ | 405,472 | $ | 29,893,368 |
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6. Related Party Transactions:
The Adviser provides investment advisory services to the Funds and Portfolios. Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each of the Funds and Portfolios as follows:
Intermediate Income Fund | 0.40% | |
Core Stock Fund | 0.74% | |
International Fund | 0.90% | |
International Index Fund | 0.60% | |
Value Index Fund | 0.30% | |
Growth Index Fund | 0.30% | |
Small Cap Fund | 0.85% | |
Conservative Portfolio | 0.05% | |
Balanced Portfolio | 0.05% | |
Growth Portfolio | 0.05% |
The Adviser has retained various Sub-Advisers to manage the investments of certain Funds under the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreements. The Adviser (not the Funds) pays each Sub-Adviser a fee for these services. Wells Capital Management Inc., serves as the Sub-Adviser to the International Fund, Aperio Group LLC serves as the Sub-Adviser to the International Index Fund, Davis Selected Advisers L.P. serves as the Sub-Adviser to the Core Stock Fund, and Luther King Capital Management Corporation serves as the Sub-Adviser to the Small Cap Fund.
The Adviser has entered into an expense limitation agreement until April 30, 2012. Pursuant to this agreement, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary in order to limit the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, fees paid to vendors providing fair value pricing and fund compliance services, Trustees fees, legal fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other extraordinary expenses) of certain Funds and the Portfolios. Those Funds and Portfolios have agreed to repay the Adviser for the amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Adviser pursuant to this expense limitation agreement provided that such repayment does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, fees paid to vendors providing fair value pricing and fund compliance services, Trustees fees, legal fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to exceed the contractual expense limit in place at the time of the waiver and/or reimbursement and the repayment is made within three years after the year in which the Adviser waived and/or reimbursed the expense.
The contractual expense limits in place for the year ended December 31, 2011 were:
Funds | ||
Intermediate Income Fund (Class A) | 0.90% | |
International Fund (Class A) | 2.10% | |
International Index Fund (Class A) | 1.65% | |
Growth Index Fund (Class A) | 1.04% | |
Small Cap Fund (Class A) | 1.65% | |
Conservative Portfolio (Class A) | 0.60% | |
Balanced Portfolio (Class A) | 0.60% | |
Growth Portfolio (Class A) | 0.60% |
For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Adviser contractually waived investment advisory fees and/or reimbursed other operating expenses of the Funds and Portfolios as follows:
Intermediate Income Fund (Class A) | $ | 83,384 | ||
International Index Fund (Class A) | 27,509 | |||
Growth Index Fund (Class A) | 30,195 | |||
Small Cap Fund (Class A) | 24,721 | |||
Conservative Portfolio (Class A) | 22,806 | |||
Balanced Portfolio (Class A) | 37,883 | |||
Growth Portfolio (Class A) | 83,266 |
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As of December 31, 2011, the Funds and Portfolios had the following amounts (and year of expiration) subject to repayment to the Adviser:
Year Waived | Repayment Expires | Balance | ||||||||
Intermediate Income Fund | 2009 | 2012 | $ | 78,489 | ||||||
2010 | 2013 | 126,302 | ||||||||
2011 | 2014 | 83,384 | ||||||||
$ | 288,175 | |||||||||
Core Stock Fund | 2009 | 2012 | $ | 3,112 | ||||||
International Fund | 2009 | 2012 | $ | 17,440 | ||||||
International Index Fund | 2011 | 2014 | $ | 27,509 | ||||||
Value Index Fund | 2009 | 2012 | $ | 12,461 | ||||||
Growth Index Fund | 2009 | 2012 | 30,231 | |||||||
2010 | 2013 | 49,945 | ||||||||
2011 | 2014 | 30,195 | ||||||||
$ | 110,371 | |||||||||
Small Cap Fund | 2009 | 2012 | 31,813 | |||||||
2010 | 2013 | 36,427 | ||||||||
2011 | 2014 | 24,721 | ||||||||
$ | 92,961 | |||||||||
Conservative Portfolio | 2010 | 2013 | 20,073 | |||||||
2011 | 2014 | 22,806 | ||||||||
$ | 42,879 | |||||||||
Balanced Portfolio | 2010 | 2013 | 54,714 | |||||||
2011 | 2014 | 37,883 | ||||||||
$ | 92,597 | |||||||||
Growth Portfolio | 2010 | 2013 | 83,521 | |||||||
2011 | 2014 | 83,266 | ||||||||
$ | 166,787 |
During the year ended December 31, 2011, amounts subject to repayment to the Adviser expired as follows:
Balance | ||||
Intermediate Income Fund | $ | 96,568 | ||
International Fund | 4,106 | |||
Value Index Fund | 24,950 | |||
Growth Index Fund | 31,734 | |||
Small Cap Fund | 23,174 |
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”) provides administrative, accounting, shareholder servicing and dividend disbursing services on behalf of the Trust. For these services, JPMorgan receives an annual fee, paid monthly, from each Fund and Portfolio.
BHIL Distributors, Inc. (“Distributor” and “Underwriter”) serves as the Funds’ and Portfolios’ principal Distributor and Underwriter and, as such, acts as exclusive agent for distribution of the Funds’ and Portfolios’ shares. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreements between the Trust and the Underwriter, the Underwriter earned amounts from underwriting and broker commissions on the sale of shares as follows:
Intermediate Income Fund | $ | 5,481 | ||
Core Stock Fund | 5,238 | |||
International Fund | 2,220 | |||
International Index Fund | 273 | |||
Value Index Fund | 2,587 | |||
Growth Index Fund | 816 | |||
Small Cap Fund | 1,346 | |||
Conservative Portfolio | 4,536 | |||
Balanced Portfolio | 16,382 | |||
Growth Portfolio | 15,017 |
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The Trust has adopted a Plan of Distribution (“Rule 12b-1 plan”) under which each Fund and Portfolio may directly incur or reimburse the Adviser or the Underwriter for expenses related to the distribution and promotion of shares. The Rule 12b-1 Plan permits Class A Shares of the Funds and Portfolios to pay a 12b-1 fee of up to 0.50 percent of the average daily net assets of the applicable Fund and Portfolio, although the Board has currently authorized the Funds and Portfolios to charge no more than 0.25 percent. The Distributor may use the 12b-1 fee for shareholder servicing or distribution.
Under the terms of the Compliance and Financial Controls Service Agreements between the Trust and Beacon Hill Fund Services (“Beacon Hill”), Beacon Hill provides certain compliance and financial control services to the Trust, including developing and assisting in implementing a compliance program for the Trust, providing administrative support services to the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Compliance Program, providing the Chief Compliance Officer and providing the Chief Financial Officer. For these services, Beacon Hill receives a monthly fee from each Fund and Portfolio.
Certain Officers of the Trust are affiliated with the Adviser, Distributor and/or JPMorgan. With the exception of the Chief Compliance Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, such officers are not paid any fees directly by the Funds or Portfolios for serving as Officers of the Trust.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees receives an annual retainer of $9,000. The Lead Independent Trustee receives an annual retainer of $8,000. The Audit Committee Chairman of the Board of Trustees receives an annual retainer of $7,000. Each additional independent Trustee receives an annual retainer of $6,000. The meeting attendance fee is $2,000 per Trustee for each quarterly in-person meeting and $1,000 for telephonic meetings. The Trust paid $110,000 in aggregate Trustee fees during the year ended December 31, 2011.
7. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in shares of the Funds and Portfolios are summarized below:
Intermediate Income Fund | Core Stock Fund | International Fund | |||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Capital Transactions: | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 17,842,649 | $ | 16,338,985 | $ | 2,784,590 | $ | 4,428,945 | $ | 2,980,122 | $ | 4,499,797 | |||||||
Dividends reinvested | 2,575,381 | 2,366,991 | — | 314,061 | 105,199 | 66,214 | |||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (16,909,001 | ) | (28,007,803 | ) | (17,396,336 | ) | (39,407,861 | ) | (8,743,137 | ) | (17,995,216 | ) | |||||||
Redemption fees | 4,892 | 2,306 | 428 | 531 | 1,003 | 1,044 | |||||||||||||
Class A Share Transactions | $ | 3,513,921 | $ | (9,299,521 | ) | $ | (14,611,318 | ) | $ | (34,664,324 | ) | $ | (5,656,813 | ) | $ | (13,428,161 | ) | ||
Class I Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 37,031,789 | $ | 71,176,908 | $ | 12,985,466 | $ | 22,759,027 | $ | 6,734,957 | $ | 20,292,824 | |||||||
Dividends reinvested | 6,614,676 | 4,651,592 | 271,979 | 738,180 | 151,343 | 559,358 | |||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (42,731,853 | ) | (26,217,792 | ) | (21,965,228 | ) | (29,976,754 | ) | (35,723,460 | ) | (11,446,274 | ) | |||||||
Class I Share Transactions | $ | 914,612 | $ | 49,610,708 | $ | (8,707,783 | ) | $ | (6,479,547 | ) | $ | (28,837,160 | ) | $ | 9,405,908 | ||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions | $ | 4,428,533 | $ | 40,311,187 | $ | (23,319,101 | ) | $ | (41,143,871 | ) | $ | (34,493,973 | ) | $ | (4,022,253 | ) | |||
Share Transactions: | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 1,681,985 | 1,558,925 | 221,037 | 385,848 | 277,370 | 452,088 | |||||||||||||
Reinvested | 243,211 | 226,275 | — | 27,793 | 11,373 | 6,009 | |||||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,594,755 | ) | (2,685,416 | ) | (1,423,750 | ) | (3,480,062 | ) | (841,053 | ) | (1,843,831 | ) | |||||||
Change in Class A Shares | 330,441 | (900,216 | ) | (1,202,713 | ) | (3,066,421 | ) | (552,310 | ) | (1,385,734 | ) | ||||||||
Class I Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 3,503,049 | 6,807,757 | 1,065,943 | 2,003,349 | 631,776 | 2,068,778 | |||||||||||||
Reinvested | 626,565 | 445,815 | 22,202 | 60,440 | 16,169 | 50,667 | |||||||||||||
Redeemed | (4,037,063 | ) | (2,517,124 | ) | (1,786,986 | ) | (2,552,665 | ) | (3,341,185 | ) | (1,118,050 | ) | |||||||
Change in Class I Shares | 92,551 | 4,736,448 | (698,841 | ) | (488,876 | ) | (2,693,240 | ) | 1,001,395 | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from share transactions | 422,992 | 3,836,232 | (1,901,554 | ) | (3,555,297 | ) | (3,245,550 | ) | (384,339 | ) |
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International Index Fund | Value Index Fund | Growth Index Fund | Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital Transactions: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 2,760,359 | $ | 10,000 | $ | 8,501,858 | $ | 4,266,903 | $ | 1,104,221 | $ | 801,174 | $ | 6,139,929 | $ | 588,024 | |||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 24,995 | — | 249,363 | 258,121 | 3,268 | 12,108 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (240,521 | ) | — | (11,210,403 | ) | (13,951,117 | ) | (684,462 | ) | (2,938,142 | ) | (4,069,720 | ) | (2,326,953 | ) | ||||||||||
Redemption fees | 281 | — | 585 | 1,028 | 34 | 10 | 4,371 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Class A Share Transactions | $ | 2,545,114 | $ | 10,000 | $ | (2,458,597 | ) | $ | (9,425,065 | ) | $ | 423,061 | $ | (2,124,850 | ) | $ | 2,074,580 | $ | (1,738,923 | ) | |||||
Class I Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 76,906,807 | $ | 10,000 | $ | 9,149,054 | $ | 8,733,406 | $ | 7,432,380 | $ | 11,447,062 | $ | 44,566,871 | $ | 10,730,518 | |||||||||
Dividends reinvested | 499,998 | — | 531,740 | 480,087 | 154,285 | 176,792 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (3,582,373 | ) | — | (7,945,964 | ) | (11,956,816 | ) | (3,416,920 | ) | (2,195,917 | ) | (13,483,812 | ) | (10,479,199 | ) | ||||||||||
Class I Share Transactions | $ | 73,824,432 | $ | 10,000 | $ | 1,734,830 | $ | (2,743,323 | ) | $ | 4,169,745 | $ | 9,427,937 | $ | 31,083,059 | $ | 251,319 | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions | $ | 76,369,546 | $ | 20,000 | $ | (723,767 | ) | $ | (12,168,388 | ) | $ | 4,592,806 | $ | 7,303,087 | $ | 33,157,639 | $ | (1,487,604 | ) | ||||||
Share Transactions: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 310,802 | 1,000 | 1,052,346 | 564,826 | 109,490 | 90,595 | 589,722 | 73,267 | |||||||||||||||||
Reinvested | 3,048 | — | 32,811 | 45,709 | 327 | 1,390 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Redeemed | (28,431 | ) | — | (1,401,411 | ) | (1,922,416 | ) | (67,448 | ) | (337,731 | ) | (398,215 | ) | (297,101 | ) | ||||||||||
Change in Class A Shares | 285,419 | 1,000 | (316,254 | ) | (1,311,881 | ) | 42,369 | (245,746 | ) | 191,507 | (223,834 | ) | |||||||||||||
Class I Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 8,141,416 | 1,000 | 1,162,008 | 1,204,577 | 740,388 | 1,302,570 | 4,438,638 | 1,338,188 | |||||||||||||||||
Reinvested | 60,753 | — | 70,429 | 61,712 | 15,429 | 18,615 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Redeemed | (396,600 | ) | — | (992,993 | ) | (1,618,796 | ) | (340,778 | ) | (238,378 | ) | (1,253,761 | ) | (1,205,918 | ) | ||||||||||
Change in Class I Shares | 7,805,569 | 1,000 | 239,444 | (352,507 | ) | 415,039 | 1,082,807 | 3,184,877 | 132,270 | ||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
from share transactions | 8,090,988 | 2,000 | (76,810 | ) | (1,664,388 | ) | 457,408 | 837,061 | 3,376,384 | (91,564 | ) |
Conservative Portfolio | Balanced Portfolio | Growth Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Capital Transactions: | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares issued | $ | 2,700,684 | $ | 12,845,366 | $ | 8,071,927 | $ | 33,056,765 | $ | 6,475,721 | $ | 24,915,475 | |||||||
Dividends reinvested | 443,264 | 228,751 | 920,144 | 402,086 | 605,034 | 220,356 | |||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (1,744,443 | ) | (937,427 | ) | (4,314,580 | ) | (2,064,731 | ) | (2,486,516 | ) | (1,406,473 | ) | |||||||
Redemption fees | 3 | 15 | 71 | 771 | 36 | 408 | |||||||||||||
Class A Share Transactions | $ | 1,399,508 | $ | 12,136,705 | $ | 4,677,562 | $ | 31,394,891 | $ | 4,594,275 | $ | 23,729,766 | |||||||
Net increase (decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
from capital transactions | $ | 1,399,508 | $ | 12,136,705 | $ | 4,677,562 | $ | 31,394,891 | $ | 4,594,275 | $ | 23,729,766 | |||||||
Share Transactions: | |||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares: | |||||||||||||||||||
Issued | 253,638 | 1,271,551 | 732,804 | 3,297,446 | 572,049 | 2,507,828 | |||||||||||||
Reinvested | 41,807 | 22,174 | 85,326 | 38,103 | 56,139 | 20,002 | |||||||||||||
Redeemed | (163,973 | ) | (90,767 | ) | (394,905 | ) | (203,184 | ) | (223,233 | ) | (135,493 | ) | |||||||
Change in Class A Shares | 131,472 | 1,202,958 | 423,225 | 3,132,365 | 404,955 | 2,392,337 | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||
from share transactions | 131,472 | 1,202,958 | 423,225 | 3,132,365 | 404,955 | 2,392,337 |
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8. Federal Income Tax Information:
The character of dividends paid to shareholders for federal income tax purposes during the latest years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was (as applicable) as follows:
Intermediate Income Fund | Core Stock Fund | International Fund | International Index Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
From ordinary income | $ | 11,842,578 | $ | 11,366,009 | $ | 450,728 | $ | 933,114 | $ | 291,956 | $ | 927,269 | $ | 985,546 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
From long-term capital gains | 2,178,923 | 95,699 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | $ | 14,021,501 | $ | 11,461,708 | $ | 450,728 | $ | 933,114 | $ | 291,956 | $ | 927,269 | $ | 985,546 | $ | — |
Value Index Fund | Growth Index Fund | Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
From ordinary income | $ | 972,710 | $ | 927,580 | $ | 243,797 | $ | 172,241 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||
From long-term capital gains | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | $ | 972,710 | $ | 927,580 | $ | 243,797 | $ | 172,241 | $ | — | $ | — |
Conservative Portfolio | Balanced Portfolio | Growth Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
From ordinary income | $ | 448,448 | $ | 233,151 | $ | 922,863 | $ | 405,913 | $ | 605,525 | $ | 221,272 | ||||||||||||
From long-term capital gains | 3,455 | — | 4,443 | — | 1,756 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | $ | 451,903 | $ | 233,151 | $ | 927,306 | $ | 405,913 | $ | 607,281 | $ | 221,272 |
The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of December 31, 2011:
Intermediate | Core | International | ||||||||||||||
Income | Stock | International | Index | |||||||||||||
Fund | Fund | Fund | Fund | |||||||||||||
Tax cost of portfolio investments | $ | 285,753,152 | $ | 125,949,143 | $ | 50,351,564 | $ | 75,180,059 | ||||||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | 18,185,781 | 30,509,211 | 7,068,694 | 1,408,214 | ||||||||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (1,300,012 | ) | (13,270,057 | ) | (3,739,651 | ) | (10,502,968 | ) | ||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 16,885,769 | 17,239,154 | 3,329,043 | (9,094,754 | ) | |||||||||||
Undistributed ordinary income | — | — | 763,746 | — | ||||||||||||
Undistributed long-term capital gains | 36,917 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Capital loss carryforward | — | (45,210,748 | ) | (12,143,272 | ) | (102,510 | ) | |||||||||
Post-October losses | — | (326,353 | ) | (914,396 | ) | (242,766 | ) | |||||||||
Other temporary differences | — | 3,777 | 23,111 | (96 | ) | |||||||||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) | $ | 16,922,686 | $ | (28,294,170 | ) | $ | (8,941,768 | ) | $ | (9,440,126 | ) | |||||
Value Index | Growth Index | Small Cap | ||||||||||||||
Fund | Fund | Fund | ||||||||||||||
Tax cost of portfolio investments | $ | 52,924,062 | $ | 32,660,352 | $ | 56,857,037 | ||||||||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | 7,355,971 | 6,660,959 | 11,454,432 | |||||||||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (7,456,000 | ) | (2,063,431 | ) | (915,053 | ) | ||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (100,029 | ) | 4,597,528 | 10,539,379 | ||||||||||||
Undistributed ordinary income | 860,531 | — | — | |||||||||||||
Capital loss carryforward | (13,730,985 | ) | (2,605,933 | ) | (1,947,720 | ) | ||||||||||
Post-October losses | (431,594 | ) | (531,782 | ) | (804,103 | ) | ||||||||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) | $ | (13,402,077 | ) | $ | 1,459,813 | $ | 7,787,556 |
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Conservative | Balanced | Growth | ||||||||
Portfolio | Portfolio | Portfolio | ||||||||
Tax cost of portfolio investments | $ | 13,620,470 | $ | 36,221,962 | $ | 28,362,594 | ||||
Gross unrealized appreciation | 515,164 | 2,193,008 | 2,222,659 | |||||||
Gross unrealized depreciation | (97,725 | ) | (594,761 | ) | (691,885 | ) | ||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 417,439 | 1,598,247 | 1,530,774 | |||||||
Undistributed ordinary income | 179 | — | — | |||||||
Undistributed long-term capital gains | 68,521 | 107,968 | 44,523 | |||||||
Post-October losses | — | (147 | ) | (12,273 | ) | |||||
Other temporary differences | (1,157 | ) | (2,014 | ) | (1,000 | ) | ||||
Accumulated earnings (deficit) | $ | 484,982 | $ | 1,704,054 | $ | 1,562,024 |
The difference between book basis and tax basis net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferrals on wash sales loss and qualified late year losses, and as well as investments in Passive Foreign Investment Companies.
As of the end of tax year ended December 31, 2011, the following Funds have capital loss carry forwards (“CLCFs”) as summarized in the table below. Under the provisions of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, CLCFs that originated in a tax year that began before December 23, 2010 (pre-effective CLCFs) may be carried forward, subject to certain limitations, and applied to offset future capital gains, and thus reduce the amount of distributable capital gains, for up to eight succeeding tax years, after which any unutilized CLCFs expire. Pre-effective CLCFs are applied as short-term capital loss regardless of whether the originating capital loss was short term or long term. CLCFs that originate in tax years beginning after December 22, 2010 (post-effective CLCFs), are applied consistent with the character in which they originated as a new loss on the first day of the immediately succeeding tax year, and thus take precedent over the application of pre-effective CLCFs. Post-effective CLCFs can be carried forward indefinitely.
Pre-effective CLCFs subject to expiration:
Amount | Expires | ||||||
Core Stock Fund | $ | 9,048,875 | 2016 | ||||
32,345,717 | 2017 | ||||||
3,816,156 | 2018 | ||||||
$ | 45,210,748 | ||||||
International Fund | $ | 12,143,272 | 2017 | ||||
Value Index Fund | 8,855,662 | 2017 | |||||
4,875,322 | 2018 | ||||||
$ | 13,730,984 | ||||||
Growth Index Fund | $ | 353,168 | 2016 | ||||
2,252,765 | 2017 | ||||||
$ | 2,605,933 | ||||||
Small Cap Fund | 1,947,720 | 2017 |
International Index Fund had a post-effective Short Term CLCF of $102,510 that is not subject to expiration for the year ended December 31, 2011.
During the year ended December 31, 2011 the Core Stock Fund, International Fund, Value Index Fund, Growth Index Fund, and Small Cap Fund utilized $3,348,839, $5,907,881, $2,010,074, $330,501,$3,094,463 of capital loss carryforwards, respectively.
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Certain reclassification, the result of permanent differences between financial statement and income tax reporting requirements, have been made to the components of capital. Reclassifications result primarily from the difference in the tax treatment of paydown gains and losses, investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts, net investment losses and sales of contributed securities. These reclassifications have no impact on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Funds and Portfolios and are designed to present each Fund’s or Portfolio’s capital accounts on a tax basis. The following reclassifications have been made to the following Funds and Portfolios for the year ended December 31, 2011:
Paid in Capital | Accumulated Net Investment Income (Loss) | Accumulated Net Realized Gains (Losses) | ||||||||
Intermediate Income Fund | $ | — | $ | 462,778 | $ | (462,778 | ) | |||
Core Stock Fund | — | (7,224 | ) | 7,224 | ||||||
International Fund | — | (164,207 | ) | 164,207 | ||||||
International Index Fund | (6,482 | ) | 2,548 | 3,934 | ||||||
Value Index Fund | — | (14,114 | ) | 14,114 | ||||||
Growth Index Fund | 91,721 | (1,829 | ) | (89,892 | ) | |||||
Small Cap Fund | (219,396 | ) | 212,415 | 6,981 | ||||||
Conservative Portfolio | (921 | ) | 31,637 | (30,716 | ) | |||||
Balanced Portfolio | (1,360 | ) | 48,473 | (47,113 | ) | |||||
Growth Portfolio | (478 | ) | 19,057 | (18,579 | ) |
The Funds and Portfolios have analyzed their tax positions taken on Federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended December 31, 2008 through 2011) and have concluded that no provision for income tax is required in their financial statements.
9. Commitments and Contingencies
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with its vendors and others that provide general indemnification. Each Fund’s and Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund or Portfolio. However, based on experience, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.
10. Subsequent Events
The Funds and Portfolios evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2011 through the date these financial statements were issued. There were no significant events that would have a material impact on the Funds’ and Portfolios’ financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
of the Praxis Mutual Funds:
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the Praxis Mutual Funds (formerly MMA Praxis Mutual Funds) (comprised of the Praxis Intermediate Income Fund, Praxis Core Stock Fund, Praxis International Fund, Praxis International Index Fund, Praxis Value Index Fund, Praxis Growth Index Fund, Praxis Small Cap Fund, Praxis Genesis Conservative Portfolio, Praxis Genesis Balanced Portfolio, and Praxis Genesis Growth Portfolio) (collectively, the “Funds”), including the schedules of portfolio investments, of as of December 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Praxis Mutual Funds at December 31, 2011, the results of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Cincinnati, Ohio
February 27, 2012
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Security Allocation:
The Praxis Mutual Funds invested, as a percentage of net assets, in the following as of the year ended December 31, 2011.
Intermediate Income Fund | ||
Percentage of | ||
Security Allocation | Net Assets | |
Asset Backed Securities | 1.5% | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation | 0.0% | |
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities | 6.3% | |
Foreign Bonds | 1.1% | |
Municipal Bonds | 2.2% | |
Corporate Bonds | 44.5% | |
Corporate Notes | 1.1% | |
Interest-Only Bond | 0.0% | |
Federal Farm Credit Bank | 0.8% | |
Federal Home Loan Bank | 6.5% | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | 12.6% | |
Federal National Mortgage Association | 13.6% | |
Government National Mortgage Association | 0.4% | |
Small Business Administration | 0.2% | |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | 0.5% | |
FDIC Guaranteed | 2.3% | |
Mutual Fund | 1.2% | |
Short Term Investment | 3.9% | |
Total | 98.7% | |
Core Stock Fund | ||
Percentage of | ||
Security Allocation | Net Assets | |
Common Stocks | 97.4% | |
Commercial Paper | 1.5% | |
Corporate Notes | 1.3% | |
Short Term Investment | 0.0% | |
Total | 100.2% | |
International Fund | ||
Percentage of | ||
Security Allocation | Net Assets | |
Argentina | 1.2% | |
Australia | 3.7% | |
Canada | 4.0% | |
Chile | 0.8% | |
China | 5.6% | |
France | 5.6% | |
Germany | 9.2% | |
Hong Kong | 1.5% | |
Israel | 1.4% | |
Italy | 1.3% | |
Japan | 11.5% | |
Netherlands | 4.9% | |
Norway | 2.3% | |
Singapore | 0.7% | |
Spain | 3.8% | |
Sweden | 0.8% | |
Switzerland | 10.1% | |
United Kingdom | 27.7% | |
Corporate Notes | 1.6% | |
Short Term Investment | 1.5% | |
Total | 99.2% | |
International Index Fund | ||
Percentage of | ||
Security Allocation | Net Assets | |
Argentina | 0.1% | |
Australia | 5.4% | |
Austria | 0.1% | |
Belgium | 0.3% | |
Brazil | 3.6% | |
Canada | 8.4% | |
Chile | 0.6% | |
China | 1.9% | |
Colombia | 0.6% | |
Denmark | 0.7% | |
Finland | 0.2% | |
France | 5.2% | |
Germany | 5.7% | |
Greece | 0.1% | |
Hong Kong | 3.4% | |
Hungary | 0.2% | |
India | 1.8% | |
Indonesia | 0.9% | |
Ireland | 1.3% | |
Israel | 0.6% | |
Italy | 1.3% | |
Japan | 14.5% | |
Jersey | 0.2% | |
Mexico | 1.6% | |
Netherlands | 4.4% | |
Norway | 1.1% | |
Peru | 0.2% | |
Portugal | 0.1% | |
Russia | 0.7% | |
Singapore | 2.0% | |
South Africa | 2.0% | |
South Korea | 2.7% | |
Spain | 2.7% | |
Sweden | 1.7% | |
Switzerland | 6.6% | |
Taiwan | 2.3% | |
Turkey | 0.2% | |
United Kingdom | 12.5% | |
United States | 0.8% | |
Total | 98.7% | |
Value Index Fund | ||
Percentage of | ||
Security Allocation | Net Assets | |
Common Stocks | 98.9% | |
Preferred Stock | 0.0% | |
Corporate Notes | 1.1% | |
Total | 100.0% |
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Growth Index Fund | |
Percentage of | |
Security Allocation | Net Assets |
Common Stocks | 99.0% |
Corporate Notes | 0.9% |
Short Term Investment | 0.2% |
Total | 100.1% |
Small Cap Fund | |
Percentage of | |
Security Allocation | Net Assets |
Common Stocks | 93.8% |
Corporate Notes | 0.5% |
Short Term Investment | 6.8% |
Total | 101.1% |
Genesis Conservative Portfolio | |
Percentage of | |
Security Allocation | Net Assets |
Mutual Funds | 100.1% |
Genesis Balanced Portfolio | |
Percentage of | |
Security Allocation | Net Assets |
Mutual Funds | 100.1% |
Genesis Growth Portfolio | |
Percentage of | |
Security Allocation | Net Assets |
Mutual Funds | 100.0% |
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Proxy Voting:
The Adviser and Sub-Advisers are responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and held by the Funds and Portfolios. A description of the policies and procedures that the Adviser and Sub-Advisers use in fulfilling this responsibility and information regarding how those proxies were voted during the twelve month period ended June 30 are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 977-2947; and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission’s”) Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure:
The Trust files a complete listing of the Schedules of portfolio investments for each Fund as of the end of the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The complete listing (i) is available on the Commission’s Web site, (ii) may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; and (iii) will be made available to shareholders upon request by calling (800) 977-2947. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Statement of Additional Information contains more information about the Funds and Portfolios and can be obtained free of charge by calling (800) 977-2947.
Dividends Received Deduction:
For corporate shareholder, the following ordinary dividends paid during the year ended December 31, 2011 qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction:
Core Stock Fund | 100.0% | ||
Value Index Fund | 100.0% | ||
Growth Index Fund | 100.0% | ||
Conservative Portfolio | 6.9% | ||
Balanced Portfolio | 14.9% | ||
Growth Portfolio | 23.7% |
Qualified Dividend Income:
The funds designated the maximum amount allowable of their net taxable income as qualified dividend income as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. This amount was reflected on form 1099-div for the calendar year 2011.
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Expense Comparison:
As a shareholder of the Praxis Mutual Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees; (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service 12b-1 fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Praxis Mutual Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011.
Actual Expenses:
The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Expense Paid | Expense Ratio | |||||||||||||||
Beginning | Ending | During Period* | During Period** | |||||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | 07/1/2011- | 07/1/2011- | |||||||||||||
7/1/11 | 12/31/11 | 12/31/2011 | 12/31/2011 | |||||||||||||
Intermediate Income Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,036.70 | $ | 4.83 | 0.94 | % | ||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,038.90 | 2.83 | 0.55 | % | |||||||||||
Core Stock Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 952.00 | 7.72 | 1.57 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 955.40 | 4.44 | 0.90 | % | |||||||||||
International Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 823.70 | 9.06 | 1.97 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 827.60 | 4.93 | 1.07 | % | |||||||||||
International Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 820.70 | 7.94 | 1.73 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 823.00 | 3.68 | 0.80 | % | |||||||||||
Value Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 926.90 | 6.65 | 1.37 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 930.80 | 2.43 | 0.50 | % | |||||||||||
Growth Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 963.30 | 5.39 | 1.09 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 966.30 | 2.33 | 0.47 | % | |||||||||||
Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 917.90 | 8.22 | 1.70 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 919.80 | 4.94 | 1.02 | % | |||||||||||
Conservative Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 998.60 | 2.77 | 0.55 | % | |||||||||||
Balanced Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 960.90 | 2.72 | 0.55 | % | |||||||||||
Growth Allocation Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 936.50 | 2.73 | 0.56 | % |
* Expenses are equal to average account value times the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year.
** Annualized
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Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:
The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Praxis Mutual Fund’s expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5 percent per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5 percent hypothetical example with the 5 percent hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Expense Paid | Expense Ratio | |||||||||||||||
Beginning | Ending | During Period* | During Period** | |||||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | 07/1/2011- | 07/1/2011- | |||||||||||||
7/1/11 | 12/31/11 | 12/31/2011 | 12/31/2011 | |||||||||||||
Intermediate Income Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.47 | $ | 4.79 | 0.94 | % | ||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,022.43 | 2.80 | 0.55 | % | |||||||||||
Core Stock Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,017.29 | 7.98 | 1.57 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,020.67 | 4.58 | 0.90 | % | |||||||||||
International Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,015.27 | 10.01 | 1.97 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,019.81 | 5.45 | 1.07 | % | |||||||||||
International Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,016.48 | 8.79 | 1.73 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,021.17 | 4.08 | 0.80 | % | |||||||||||
Value Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,018.30 | 6.97 | 1.37 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,022.68 | 2.55 | 0.50 | % | |||||||||||
Growth Index Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,019.71 | 5.55 | 1.09 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,022.84 | 2.40 | 0.47 | % | |||||||||||
Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,016.64 | 8.64 | 1.70 | % | |||||||||||
Class I | 1,000.00 | 1,020.06 | 5.19 | 1.02 | % | |||||||||||
Conservative Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,022.43 | 2.80 | 0.55 | % | |||||||||||
Balanced Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,022.43 | 2.80 | 0.55 | % | |||||||||||
Growth Allocation Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,000.00 | 1,022.38 | 2.85 | 0.56 | % |
* Expenses are equal to average account value times the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year.
** Annualized
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BOARD CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS
Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act requires that each mutual fund’s board of trustees, including a majority of trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“Independent Trustees”), annually review and approve any continuation of the fund’s investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements. At its November 14, 2011 meeting, the Funds’ Board of Trustees, which is comprised of a majority of Independent Trustees, unanimously approved a one-year renewal of each Fund’s Advisory Agreement. Also at its November 14, 2011 meeting, the Board approved a one-year renewal of the Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Core Stock Fund, the International Fund, the International Index Fund and the Small Cap Fund. In this section, Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to as the “Agreements.”
In reaching its decisions to approve the renewals, the Board considered information furnished to the Board throughout the year at regular Board meetings, as well as information prepared specifically in connection with the annual contract review process that took place at various meetings in October and November 2011.
In determining to approve the renewals, the members of the Board reviewed and evaluated all of this information and factors they believed, in light of legal advice furnished to them by independent legal counsel and through the exercise of their own business judgment, to be relevant and appropriate.
The Board’s conclusions with respect to the renewals were based in part on the Board’s consideration of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements in prior years. The Board also observed that there is a range of investment options available to shareholders of the Funds, including other mutual funds, and that the Funds’ shareholders have chosen to invest in the Funds.
The Board’s decision to approve the Agreements was not based on any single factor. Each member of the Board may have weighed certain factors differently. A discussion of factors that figured prominently in the Board’s decision to approve the Agreements is provided below.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH EVERENCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
In approving the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between each of the Funds and Everence Capital Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”), the Board gave weight to the following factors, among others:
Nature, Quality and Extent of Services
The Board examined the nature, quality and extent of services the Adviser provides to the Funds. Among other things, the Board considered the Adviser’s experience in serving as investment manager of the Funds, including the experience of senior personnel at the Adviser providing services to the Funds. The Board also considered the Adviser’s performance in fulfilling its responsibilities for overseeing the Funds’ legal and compliance environment, in overseeing the Sub-Advisers’ compliance with the Funds’ investment objectives and policies, and in implementing Board directives as they relate to the Funds. In addition, the Board considered the Adviser’s track record and experience providing portfolio management services to the Funds that do not have Sub-Advisers. The Board also considered that the Adviser is responsible for the stewardship investing screening process for the Funds, develops and carries out shareholder advocacy on behalf of the Funds, and manages the Everence Community Investment program in which the Funds participate. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that it was generally satisfied with the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the Funds by the Adviser.
Investment Performance of the Funds and Everence
In evaluating each Fund’s investment performance, the Board considered performance in light of the Fund’s investment objectives, strategies, and risks, as disclosed in the Fund’s prospectus. The Board reviewed historical performance data for the Funds, and considered each Fund’s historical performance relative to its benchmark and peer groups for those Funds with at least one full year of investment operations. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board reached the following conclusions regarding the Funds that do not have Sub-Advisers: Intermediate Income Fund: while the Fund’s gross performance trailed its benchmark for the one-year period, it exceeded its benchmark for the three- and five-year periods, and measured against its peer groups, the Fund ranked between the 21st and 51st percentiles over those periods; Value Index Fund: while the gross performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark and peer groups for the one-, three- and five-year periods was disappointing, the Fund had slightly outperformed its screened index for the one- and five-year periods; Growth Index Fund: noting that the Fund had only three full years of performance history, the Fund’s gross performance trailed its benchmark slightly for the one- and three-year periods, and measured against its peer groups, the Fund ranked between the 26th and 49th percentiles over those periods; Conservative Portfolio: noting that the Portfolio had only one full year of performance, which was too short to provide a meaningful point of comparison for long-term performance, measured against its peer groups, the Portfolio ranked in the top quartile for that period; Balanced Portfolio: noting that the Portfolio had only one full year of performance, which was too short to provide a meaningful point of comparison for long-term performance, measured against its peer groups, the Portfolio ranked in the 44th percentile for that period; Growth Portfolio: noting that the Portfolio had only one full year of performance, which was too short to provide a meaningful point of comparison for long-term performance, measured against its peer groups, the Portfolio ranked in the 27th and 52nd percentile for that period.
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Costs of Services and Profitability of Everence and Affiliates
The Board then reviewed information and data regarding the costs of providing the advisory services to the Funds and the profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds. Representatives of the Adviser addressed the Board’s questions regarding guidelines for manager selection, cost allocations and compensation levels, revenue sharing arrangements and expense waivers and reimbursements. In their review of the Funds’ total and net expenses, the Board considered the Adviser’s fees, as well as other Fund expenses, such as transfer agent, custodial, legal and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any current expense waivers and expense reimbursements on fees and expense levels, as well as proposed changes to the current expense limitations. As part of its review, the Board considered the expense ratios and profitability information by Fund compared with peer group fund expense ratios. In addition, the Board reviewed the fee structures and other information provided by the Adviser regarding its services to other clients. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the costs to the Funds of the services provided to the Funds by the Adviser were fair.
Economies of Scale
The Board considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow and whether the investment advisory fee rates reflect those economies of scale for the benefit of the Funds’ shareholders. The Adviser represented to the Board that it would consider breakpoints as the Funds grow in size, but that the Funds’ asset values had not yet reached levels at which economies of scale could be realized. The Board then considered the information provided regarding the expense levels of peer group funds. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board acknowledged the Adviser’s statement that current asset levels did not warrant breakpoints at this time.
Other Benefits
The Board discussed the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates might derive other benefits, including soft dollar credits or other similar benefits from the Adviser’s relationship with the Funds. The Board noted that the Adviser does not generate soft dollar credits on Fund brokerage transactions. The Board also considered other potential benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that such benefits were not material or were reasonable in relation to the services provided.
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH DAVIS SELECTED ADVISERS, L.P.
In approving the continuation of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement between Everence Capital Management, Inc. and Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. (“Davis”), with respect to portfolio management of Praxis Core Stock Fund, the Board gave weight to the following factors, among others:
Nature, Quality and Extent of Services
The Board considered the nature, quality and extent of services Davis provides to the Core Stock Fund. Among other things, the Board considered Davis’s experience in serving as Sub-Adviser to the Fund, including the experience of senior personnel at Davis providing portfolio management and other services to the Funds. The Board considered Davis’s compliance capabilities, its compliance record with respect to the Core Stock Fund, and the quality of communication among the Adviser, Davis and the Board. The Board also considered Davis’s compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and its performance in implementing Board directives as they relate to the Fund. In addition, the Board considered Davis’s track record and experience providing portfolio management services to the Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that it was generally satisfied with the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the Core Stock Fund by Davis.
Investment Performance of the Core Stock Fund and Davis
The Board reviewed historical performance data for the Core Stock Fund, and considered the Fund’s historical performance relative to its benchmark and peer groups. The Board also considered the impact of SRI criteria on Fund performance. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that, the gross performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark and peer groups was disappointing over the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board also noted that relative to its peer groups, the Fund ranked between the 69th and 93rd percentiles over those periods.
Costs of Services and Profitability of Davis and Affiliates
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by Davis to the Core Stock Fund and the profits to be realized by Davis and its affiliates from their relationship with the Core Stock Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the costs to the Core Stock Fund of the services provided by Davis were fair.
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Economies of Scale
The Board noted that Davis’s sub-advisory fee schedule currently incorporates breakpoints. The Board also acknowledged Davis’s belief that the current fee schedule anticipates economies of scale that would be realized as assets in the Core Stock Fund grow.
Other Benefits
The Board considered the extent to which Davis or its affiliates would derive other benefits, including soft dollar credits or other similar benefits, from Davis’s relationship with the Core Stock Fund. The Board noted Davis’s statement to the Board that its research analysts may take into account the research resources and execution capacity of a brokerage firm in selecting brokers, and Davis may receive certain types of research services from firms to which transactions are directed. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that Davis did not derive material benefits, other than its sub-advisory fees and potentially, certain research services from its relationship with the Core Stock Fund.
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED
In approving the continuation of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement between Everence Capital Management, Inc. and Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), with respect to portfolio management of Praxis International Fund, the Board gave weight to the following factors, among others:
Nature, Quality and Extent of Services
The Board considered the nature, quality and extent of services WellsCap provides to the International Fund. Among other things, the Board considered WellsCap’s experience in serving as Sub-Adviser to the Fund, including the experience of senior personnel at WellsCap providing portfolio management and other services to the Funds. The Board considered WellsCap’s compliance capabilities, its compliance record with respect to the International Fund, and the quality of communication among the Adviser, WellsCap and the Board. The Board also considered WellsCap’s compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and its performance in implementing Board directives as they relate to the Fund. In addition, the Board considered WellsCap’s track record and experience providing portfolio management services to the Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that it was generally satisfied with the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the International Fund by WellsCap.
Investment Performance of the International Fund and WellsCap
The Board reviewed historical performance data for the International Fund, and considered the Fund’s historical performance relative to its benchmark and peer groups. In addition, the Board considered the impact of SRI criteria on performance. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that, the gross performance of the Fund relative to its benchmark and peer groups over the one-, three- and five-year periods was disappointing. The Trustees also observed that measured against its peer groups, the Fund ranked between the 63rd and 90th percentiles over those periods.
Costs of Services and Profitability of WellsCap and Affiliates
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by WellsCap to the International Fund and the profits to be realized by WellsCap and its affiliates from their relationship with the International Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the costs to the International Fund of the services provided by WellsCap were fair.
Economies of Scale
The Board noted that WellsCap’s sub-advisory fee schedule currently incorporates breakpoints.
Other Benefits
The Board considered the extent to which WellsCap or its affiliates would derive other benefits, including soft dollar credits or other similar benefits, from WellsCap’s relationship with the International Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that WellsCap did not derive material benefits, other than its sub-advisory fees and potentially, certain soft dollar arrangements, from its relationship with the International Fund.
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH APERIO GROUP, LLC
In approving the continuation of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement between Everence Capital Management, Inc. and Aperio Group, LLC (“Aperio”), with respect to portfolio management of Praxis International Index Fund, the Board gave weight to the following factors, among others:
Nature, Quality and Extent of Services
The Board considered the nature, quality and extent of services Aperio provides to the International Index Fund. Among other things, the Board considered Aperio’s experience in serving as Sub-Adviser to the Fund, including the experience of senior personnel at
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Aperio providing portfolio management and other services to the Funds. The Board considered Aperio’s compliance capabilities, its compliance record with respect to the International Index Fund, and the quality of communication among the Adviser, Aperio and the Board. The Board also considered Aperio’s compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and its performance in implementing Board directives as they relate to the Fund. In addition, the Board considered Aperio’s track record and experience providing portfolio management services to the Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that it was generally satisfied with the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the International Index Fund by Aperio.
Investment Performance of the International Index Fund and Aperio
The Board reviewed historical performance data for the International Index Fund, and considered the Fund’s historical performance relative to its benchmark and peer groups. The Board also considered the impact of SRI criteria on Fund performance. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the Fund’s short operating history of less than one full year was too short to provide a meaningful point of comparison.
Costs of Services and Profitability of Aperio and Affiliates
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by Aperio to the International Index Fund and the profits to be realized by Aperio and its affiliates from their relationship with the International Index Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the costs to the International Index Fund of the services provided by Aperio were fair.
Economies of Scale
The Board noted that Aperio’s sub-advisory fee schedule currently incorporates breakpoints.
Other Benefits
The Board considered the extent to which Aperio or its affiliates would derive other benefits, including soft dollar credits or other similar benefits, from Aperio’s relationship with the International Index Fund. Within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that Aperio did not derive material benefits from its relationship with the International Index Fund other than its sub-advisory fees.
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT WITH LUTHER KING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
In approving the continuation of the Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement between Everence Capital Management Corporation and Luther King Capital Management Corporation (“Luther King Capital Management”), with respect to portfolio management of the Praxis Small Cap Fund, the Board gave weight to the following factors, among others:
Nature, Quality and Extent of Services
The Board considered the nature, quality and extent of services Luther King Capital Management provides to the Small Cap Fund. Among other things, the Board considered Luther King Capital Management’s experience in serving as Sub-Adviser to the Fund, including the experience of senior personnel at Luther King Capital Management providing portfolio management and other services to the Funds. The Board considered Luther King Capital Management’s compliance capabilities, its compliance record with respect to the Small Cap Fund, and the quality of communication among the Adviser, Luther King Capital Management and the Board. The Board also considered Luther King Capital Management’s compliance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and its performance in implementing Board directives as they relate to the Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that it was generally satisfied with the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the Small Cap Fund by Luther King Capital Management.
Investment Performance of the Small Cap Fund and Luther King Capital Management
The Board reviewed historical performance data for the Small Cap Fund, and considered the Fund’s historical performance relative to its benchmark and peer groups, noting that the Fund had only three full years of performance history. The Board also considered the impact of SRI criteria on Fund performance. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the Fund’s gross performance exceeded its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods, and, measured against its peer groups, the Fund ranked in the top 26th percentile for the three-year period and the top 3rd percentile for the one-year period.
Costs of Services and Profitability of Luther King Capital Management and Affiliates
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by Luther King Capital Management to the Small Cap Fund and the profits to be realized by Luther King Capital Management and its affiliates from their relationship with the Small Cap Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that the costs to the Small Cap Fund of the services provided by Luther King Capital Management were fair.
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Economies of Scale
The Board noted that Luther King Capital Management’s sub-advisory fee schedule does not incorporate breakpoints. The Board also acknowledged Luther King Capital Management’s statement that the current fee schedule reflects existing economies of scale.
Other Benefits
The Board considered the extent to which Luther King Capital Management or its affiliates would derive other benefits, including soft dollar credits or other similar benefits, from Luther King Capital Management’s relationship with the Small Cap Fund. Based on these and other considerations, within the context of its overall determinations regarding the Agreements, the Board concluded that Luther King Capital Management did not derive material benefits, other than its sub-advisory fees and potentially, certain soft dollar arrangements, from its relationship with the Small Cap Fund.
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Management of the Trust (unaudited)
Listed below is basic information regarding the Trustee and principal officers of the Trust. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (800) 977-2947.
Management of the Trust
Position with the | Number of | Other | ||
Company, Term of | Principal | Portfolios in | Trusteeships | |
Name, Age and | Office and Length | Occupation During the | Fund Complex | Held by |
Address | of Time Served | Past Five Years | Overseen by Trustee | Trustee |
Interested Trustees1 | ||||
Howard L. Brenneman | Chairman and Trustee, | Self-employed Consultant, | 10 | N/A |
1110 North Main Street | Indefinite, since 12/2/93 | Consult, Inc. (2006 - Present); | ||
Goshen, IN 46528 | President and CEO, Mennonite | |||
Birth date: 3/26/40 | Mutual Aid (December 1991 - | |||
2005) | ||||
Larry Miller | Trustee, Indefinite, since | President and CEO of | 10 | Chair of Board of Directors of |
1110 North Main Street | 2/19/07 | Everence Financial (January | Everence Trust Company | |
Goshen, IN 46528 | 2007 - Present); President | |||
Birth date: 8/11/49 | and CEO of Everence Federal | |||
Credit Union (September | ||||
1990 - December 2006) | ||||
1 These Trustees are “interested” persons under the Investment Company Act of 1940 because of their affiliation with the Adviser.
Independent Trustees | ||||
Bruce Harder | Trustee, Indefinite, since | Retired; Executive Director for | 10 | N/A |
1110 North Main Street | 2/11/00 | Finance and Administration, | ||
Goshen, IN 46528 | Tri-Met, the Tri-County | |||
Birth date: 1/17/41 | Metropolitan Transportation | |||
District of Oregon, public | ||||
transportation system for | ||||
Portland, Oregon (1986 - | ||||
2003); Chairman of the Board, | ||||
Mennonite Mutual Aid, | ||||
Goshen Indiana | ||||
(1997 - 2003) | ||||
Karen Klassen Harder, Ph.D. | Trustee, Indefinite, since | Professor, Bluffton University | 10 | N/A |
1110 North Main Street | 12/2/93 | (September 2001 - present) | ||
Goshen, IN 46528 | ||||
Birth date: 1/22/56 | ||||
R. Clair Sauder | Trustee, Indefinite, since | Retired; Partner, Encore | 10 | N/A |
1110 North Main Street | 6/30/02 | Enterprises, LLC, retail home | ||
Goshen, IN 46528 | furnishings (May 2001 - | |||
Birth date: 1/11/43 | October 2008); Partner, C&D | |||
Enterprises Unlimited, | ||||
commercial real estate (1982 - | ||||
present) |
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Management of the Trust (unaudited), continued
Position with the | Number of | Other | ||
Company, Term of | Principal | Portfolios in | Trusteeships | |
Name, Age and | Office and Length | Occupation During the | Fund Complex | Held by |
Address | of Time Served | Past Five Years | Overseen by Trustee | Trustee |
Independent Trustees | ||||
Donald E. Showalter, Esq. | Trustee, Indefinite, since | Senior Partner, the law firm of | 10 | N/A |
1110 North Main Street. | 12/2/93 | Wharton, Aldhizer, & Weaver | ||
Goshen, IN 46528 | (June 1965 - present) | |||
Birth date: 2/23/41 | ||||
Candace L. Smith | Trustee, Indefinite, since | CFO MicroVest Capital | 10 | N/A |
1110 North Main Street | 11/16/07 | Management LLC (July 2005 - | ||
Goshen, IN 46528 | present); Investment | |||
Birth date: 7/10/58 | Committee Member, | |||
CleanTech Fund LP (2004 - | ||||
2008); Self- Employed | ||||
Consultant (2003 - 2005); | ||||
COO, Environmental | ||||
Enterprises Assistance Fund | ||||
(1999 - 2003) | ||||
Don E. Weaver | Trustee, Indefinite, since | CFO, Hesston College (2006 - | 10 | N/A |
1110 North Main Street | 5/21/07 | present); CIO, Koch Industries | ||
Goshen, IN 46528 | and Flint Hills Resources | |||
Birth date: 11/14/62 | (1987 - 2006) | |||
Position with the Company, Term of | Principal Occupation During the Past | |
Name, Age and Address | Office and Length of Time Served | Five Years |
Officers | ||
David C. Gautsche | President, Indefinite, since 11/17/08 | Senior Vice President, Everence Financial (2008 - |
1110 North Main Street | Present); Regional Vice President, Everence Financial | |
Goshen, IN 46528 | (1999 - 2008) | |
Birth date: 5/26/63 | ||
Marlo J. Kauffman | Vice President, Indefinite, since 12/2/93 | Financial Services Operation Manager, |
1110 North Main Street | Everence Financial (1981 - present); | |
Goshen, IN 46528 | President, Everence Securities, Inc. | |
Birth Date: 9/19/56 | (2004 - present); OSJ Principal, | |
ProEquities, Inc., a broker-dealer | ||
(1994 - Present); Assistant Secretary, | ||
Everence Financial (1990 - Present) | ||
Trent M. Statczar | Treasurer, Indefinite, since 1/1/09 | Director, Beacon Hill Fund Services, Inc. 2008 to |
4041 N. High Street Suite 402 | present: Vice President, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. | |
Columbus, OH 43214 | from 2004 to 2007. | |
Birth date: 8/31/1971 | ||
George L. Stevens | Chief Compliance Officer, Indefinite, | Director, Beacon Hill Fund Services, Inc. 2008 to |
4041 N. High Street Suite 402 | since 1/1/09 | present: Vice President, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. |
Columbus, OH 43214 | from 2004 to 2007. | |
Birth date: 2/10/1951 | ||
Charles J. Daly, Esq. | Secretary, Indefinite, since 11/14/11 | Vice President, Senior Regulatory Administration |
70 Fargo Street | Advisor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A (2010 - Present) | |
Boston, Massachusetts 02210 | ||
Birth Date: 1/10/71 | ||
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For more information about the Funds, the following documents are available free upon request:
Annual/Semi-Annual Reports:
The Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders contain additional information on each Fund’s investments. In the annual report, you will find a discussion of the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Funds’ performance during their last fiscal year.
Statement Of Additional Information (SAI):
The SAI provides more detailed information about the Funds, including their operations and investment policies. It is incorporated by reference and is legally considered a part of this prospectus.
You can get free copies of reports and the SAI, or request other information and discuss your questions about the funds, by contacting the broker that sells the Funds, or by contacting the Funds at:
Praxis Mutual Funds
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services LLC
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701
Telephone: 1-800-977-2947
Internet: http://www.praxismutualfunds.com(1)
You can review and get copies of the Funds’ reports and SAI at the Public Reference Room of the Securities and Exchange Commission. You can get text-only copies:
• | For a duplicating fee, by writing the Public Reference Section of the Commission, Washington, DC 20549-1520 or calling (202) 551-8090, or by electronic request, by e-mailing the SEC at the following address: publicinfo@sec.gov. |
• | Free from the Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. |
(1) The Funds’ site is not a part of this prospectus.
Investment Company Act file no. 811-08056
Praxis Mutual Funds
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services LLC
P.O. Box 701
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701
2101988
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The code of ethics is included as Exhibit 12(a)(1).
During the period covered by the report, with respect to the registrant’s code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions; there have been no amendments to, nor any waivers granted from, a provision that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of this Item 2.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. Mr. R. Clair Sauder is the registrant’s “audit committee financial expert” and is “independent” (as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a) Audit Fees. Audit fees totaled $139,950 for the December 31, 2011 fiscal year and $125,640 for the December 31, 2010 fiscal year, including fees associated with the annual audit and filing of the registrant’s Form N-SAR.
(b) Audit-Related Fees. There were no audit-related fees for the December 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010 fiscal years.
(c) Tax Fees. Tax fees totaled $30,600 for the December 31, 2011 fiscal year and $28,500 for the December 31, 2010 fiscal year and consisted of fees for tax compliance services during both years. Tax fees for the PFIC Analyzer amounted to $10,000 and $7,000 in fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(d) All Other Fees. There were no other fees for the December 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010 fiscal years.
(e) (1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies.
(A) Audit Services
Before an auditor is engaged by the funds to render audit services, the committee shall review and approve the engagement. (see also "delegation" below.)
(B) Permissible Non-Audit Services
The committee shall review and approve in advance any proposal (except as set forth in (1) through (3) below) that the funds employ their auditor to render "permissible non-audit services" to the funds. (a "permissible non-audit service" is defined as a non-audit service that is not prohibited by rule 2-01(c)(4) of regulation s-x or other applicable law or regulation.) The committee shall also review and approve in advance any proposal (except as set forth in (1) through (3) below) that the adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the funds (an "adviser-affiliated service provider"), employ the funds' auditor to render non-audit services, if such engagement would relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the funds. As a part of its review, the committee shall consider whether the provision of such services is consistent with the auditor's independence. (see also "delegation" below.) pre-approval by the committee of non-audit services is not required so Long as:
(1) (a) with respect to the funds, the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the funds constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the auditor by the funds during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (b) with respect to the adviser and any adviser-affiliated service provider, the aggregate amount of all such non-audit services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues (of the type that would have to be pre-approved by the committee) paid to the auditor by the funds, the adviser and any adviser-affiliated service provider during the fiscal year in which the services are provided;
(2) such services were not recognized by the funds at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and
(3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the committee or its delegate(s) (as defined below).
(C) Delegation
The committee may delegate to one or more of its members ("delegates") authority to pre-approve the auditor's provision of audit services or permissible non-audit services to the funds, or the provision of non- audit services to the adviser or any adviser-affiliated service provider. Any pre-approval determination made by a delegate shall be presented to the full committee at its next meeting. The committee shall communicate any pre-approval made by it or a delegate to the fund administrator/fund accounting agent, who will ensure that the appropriate disclosure is made in the funds' periodic reports and other documents as required under the federal securities laws.
(e) (2) 0.0% for fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
(f) Not applicable
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees for services to the registrant, its investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant were $40,600 for the December 31, 2011 fiscal year and $35,500 for the December 31, 2010 fiscal year.
(h) The audit committee considered the non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser, and believes the services are compatible with the principal accountant’s independence.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
(a) | The Schedule of Investments is included in the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form. |
(b) | Not Applicable. |
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Funds.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Funds.
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Funds.
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not Applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) | The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. |
(b) | There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a) (1) | Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers is filed herewith. |
(a) (2) | Certifications required by Item 12(a) of Form N-CSR are filed herewith. |
(a) (3) | Not applicable |
(b) | Certification required by Item 12(b) of Form N-CSR is furnished herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Praxis Mutual Funds
(Registrant)
By: (Signature and Title)
/s/ Trent Statczar
Trent Statczar
Treasurer
Date: March 9, 2012
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: (Signature and Title)
/s/ David Gautsche
David Gautsche
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 9, 2012
By: (Signature and Title)
/s/ Trent Statczar
Trent Statczar
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 9, 2012