DISTRIBUTIONS Definition

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DISTRIBUTIONS are payments from fund or corporate cash flow. May include dividends from earnings, capital gains from sale of portfolio holdings and return of capital. Fund distributions can be made by check or by investing in additional shares. Funds are required to distribute capital gains (if any) to shareholders at least once per year. Some corporations offer Dividend Reinvestment Plans (D.R.P.).

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MONETARY ASSETS are measured at their collectible amounts, while nonmonetary assets are measured at historical costs.

MARKET RISK is the risk of price fluctuations resulting from general market conditions such as changes in the level of interest rates.

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