MoA Funds Glossary of Terms

A basis point is one hundredth of 1 percentage point.

The Bloomberg Spot Dollar Index tracks the performance of a basket of 10 leading global currencies versus the U.S. Dollar.

The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index broad base, market capitalization-weighted bond market index representing intermediate term investment grade bonds traded in the U.S.

The Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index measures the investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market.

The Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the non-securitized component of the U.S. Aggregate Index with less than 10 years to maturity.

Credit Quality ratings reflect the credit quality of the underlying securities in the Fund’s portfolio and not that of the fund itself. Quality ratings are subject to change. Ratings are based on Morningstar DBRS ratings. For securities rated differently, Morningstar provides an average rating. Ratings range from AAA as the highest to Below B as the lowest credit quality rating.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ.

Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price (the value of principal) of a fixed-income investment to a change in interest rates. Duration is expressed as a number of years. Rising interest rates mean falling bond prices, while declining interest rates mean rising bond prices.

The FTSE 3-month Treasury Bill Index is intended to track the daily performance of 3-month U.S. Treasury bills.

The ISM Manufacturing Index is a monthly gauge on the level of economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector versus the previous month.

Market capitalization (market cap) is the value of a corporation or other entity as determined by the market price of its securities.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Conservative Income Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target conservative income. The Conservative risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with below-average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Conservative 2015 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2015. The Conservative risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with below-average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2020 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2020. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2025 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2025. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2030 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2030. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2035 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2035. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2040 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2040. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2045 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2045. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2050 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2050. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2055 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2055. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2060 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2060. The Moderate risk profile is for investors who are comfortable with average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar Lifetime Allocation Moderate 2065 Index: The index measures the performance of a portfolio of global equities, bonds and traditional inflation hedges such as commodities and TIPS. This portfolio is held in proportions appropriate for a U.S. investor who has a target maturity date of 2065. The Moderate risk profile is for well-funded investors who are comfortable with an average exposure to equity market volatility.

Morningstar US Moderate Target Allocation Index: The Morningstar Target Allocation Index family consists of indexes that offer a diversified mix of stocks and bonds created for local investors to benchmark their allocation funds. Morningstar's Category classification system defines the level of equity and bond exposure for each index. The Morningstar US Moderate Target Allocation Index seeks 60% exposure to global equity markets.

Morningstar US Moderately Aggressive Target Allocation Index: The Morningstar Target Allocation Index family consists of indexes that offer a diversified mix of stocks and bonds created for local investors to benchmark their allocation funds. Morningstar's Category classification system defines the level of equity and bond exposure for each index. The Morningstar US Moderately Aggressive Target Allocation Index seeks 77.5% exposure to global equity markets.

Morningstar US Moderately Conservative Target Allocation Index: The Morningstar Target Allocation Index family consists of indexes that offer a diversified mix of stocks and bonds created for local investors to benchmark their allocation funds. Morningstar's Category classification system defines the level of equity and bond exposure for each index. The Morningstar US Moderate Target Allocation Index seeks 60% exposure to global equity markets.

The MSCI EAFE Index is an equity index which captures large and mid cap representation across 21 developed markets countries around the world, excluding the U.S and Canada. With 798 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.

The Nasdaq Composite Index is a broad-based market index that includes more than 3700 stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) is the current share price of a stock divided by its earnings per share.

The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 companies with relatively higher price-to-book ratios, higher I/B/E/S forecast medium term (2 year) growth and higher sales per share historical growth (5 years).

The Russell 1000® Index represents the 1000 top companies by market capitalization in the United States.

The Russell 1000® Value Index is a market capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth rates.

The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.

The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with higher price-to-value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

The Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

The Russell 3000® Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index that tracks the largest 3,000 U.S. companies.

The Russell Midcap® Value Index measures the performance of the mid-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe.

The S&P 500® Catholic Values Index excludes from the S&P 500 certain activities that are not aligned with the Responsible Investment Guidelines of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The index is designed for investors who do not want to breach religious norms in their passive investing strategies. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The S&P 500® Equal Weight Index (EWI) is the equal-weight version of the S&P 500. The index includes the same constituents as the capitalization weighted S&P 500, but each company in the S&P 500 EWI is allocated a fixed weight - or 0.2% of the index total at each quarterly rebalance.

The S&P 500® Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the U.S.

The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index is a composite of single-family home price indices for the nine U.S. Census divisions and is calculated monthly.

The S&P GSCI Commodity Index is a composite index of commodities that measures the performance of the commodities market.

The S&P MidCap 400® Index measures the performance of 400 mid-sized companies.

The S&P SmallCap 600® Index measures the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity market.

Sharpe Ratio is a measure that uses standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. The greater a fund’s Sharpe ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance has been.

Standard deviation of returns measures the average a return series deviates from its mean. It is often used as a measure of risk. When a fund has a high standard deviation, the predicted range of performance implies greater volatility.