NMAEX : Nuveen Equity Market Neutral Fund Class A

Fund Summary

The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation independent of the U.S. equity market. The fund pursues its investment objective utilizing a market neutral strategy, the goal of which is to generate absolute returns that are due primarily to stock selection, rather than the returns and direction of the stock market. It implements its market neutral strategy by establishing long and short positions in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. Substantially all of the equity securities in which the fund takes long and short positions will be included in the Russell 1000 Index at the time of purchase.