The ICA Guide

U.S. seizes steel mills
2.0
5.3
3.5
1.3
Soviets detonate H-bomb
Figures shown are past results for Class A shares and are not predictive of results in future periods. Current and future results may be
lower or higher than those shown. Share prices and returns will vary, so investors may lose money. Investing for short periods makes
losses more likely. Unless otherwise indicated, results shown are at the 5.75% maximum sales charge for Class A shares (3.50%
for investments of $100,000 or more) with all distributions reinvested. For current information and month-end results, visit
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Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they
may lose value.
2.1
53.4
3.9
101.7
Dow tops 300 — market “too high”
2.1
80.8
4.1
158.9
Eisenhower illness
2.6
98.5
5.1
199.2
Suez Crisis
2.7
106.3
5.6
220.6
Soviets launch Sputnik
3.0
90.9
6.2
194.4
Recession
3.0
128.0
6.5
281.5
Castro seizes power in Cuba
3.2
142.9
7.0
321.4
Soviets down U-2 plane
3.6
145.6
8.1
336.0
Berlin Wall is erected
3.6
175.4
8.4
413.6
Cuban Missile Crisis
Value added by reinvestment
of dividends
52 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
9.1
358.8
2.2 +0.4 +56.1 +25.4 +10.8 –11.9 +44.8 +14.2 +4.5 +23.1 –13.2 +22.9 +16.3 +26.9 +1.0 +28.9 +17.0 –10.7 +2.6 +17.0 +15.9 –16.8
Here are ICA’s average annual total returns on a $1,000 investment with all
distributions reinvested for periods ended December 31, 2011:
1 year 5 years 10 years
Class A shares –7.41% –2.03% 2.87%
3.8
148.2
Kennedy assassination
3.9
177.8
9.6
440.9
Gulf of Tonkin
4.3
202.3
10.7
512.6
Civil rights marches
4.7
251.6
12.1
650.7
Vietnam War escalates
5.9
248.0
15.5
657.1
Newark riots
6.9
312.5
18.4
846.9
North Korea captures
USS Pueblo
8.3
356.6
22.6
990.6
Money tightens;
market falls
9.0
309.6
25.3
884.8
9.4
307.4
27.3
908.0
9.6
349.7
28.6
1,062.7
Expense ratio was 0.61% as of the fund’s prospectus
available at time of publication.
U.S. invades Cambodia
Wage-price freeze
Watergate
9.7
394.7
29.9
1,231.1
Oil embargo
10.6
317.9
33.4
1,024.1