Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities included in the underlying index. The index intends to track the ...

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Volitility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security's value. These statistics are calculated from a comparison of a fund's excess returns and its benchmark's excess returns.