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Huntington New Economy Fund Trust Shares Awarded Five Stars by Morningstar
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- May 25, 2006 -- Huntington Banchares' New Economy Fund (Trust Shares) was awarded Morningstar's five star overall rating as of March 31, 2006 out of 796 funds in its Mid-Cap Growth category. The five-star ratings for the funds are based on risk-adjusted return. The overall rating is derived from a weighted average of the fund's three-, five- and ten- year average annual returns as applicable. The rating agency recognized the fund based upon its five-year history of being in both Morningstar's top return level, and lowest risk level for Mid-Cap Growth. The Huntington New Economy Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing significantly in equity securities of companies engaged in developing products, processes or services that provide technological or scientific advances and efficiencies. "The philosophy driving the fund is that it is possible to beat the market through quantitative modeling processes," said Bernard Shinkel, Huntington's Senior Portfolio Manager, who manages the fund out of Huntington's Birmingham, Mich., office. "Most people follow their judgment, thinking that their profitable decisions were based on skill, whereas they may have been based upon luck. A quantitative process doesn't tend to confuse skill and luck." Huntington launched the fund in 2001 with $5.2 million. It has since grown to $101,635,935 as of March 31, 2006. Lipper, Inc., a leading provider of mutual fund information, ranks the Huntington New Economy Fund (Trust Shares) 23 out of 353 funds in the Mid-Cap Growth category for the five-year period ended 3/31/06 based on total returns. Also, given Morningstar's rating of five stars was Huntington Mortgage Securities Fund (Trust Shares) out of 356 funds in its Intermediate Government category. The five-star ratings for the funds are based on risk-adjusted return. The overall rating is derived from a weighted average of the fund's three-, five- and ten-year average annual returns as applicable. The fund seeks to achieve current income by investing in mortgage-backed securities, U.S. government securities and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS.) For more complete information about Huntington Funds, please call 1-800- 253-0412 for prospectuses. You should consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before you invest. Information about these and other important subjects is in the fund's prospectus, which you should read carefully before investing. For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating™ based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted-average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The rating for the Huntington New Economy Fund is for Trust Shares and other classes may have different performance characteristics. For the 3- and 5-year periods as of 3/31/06 the New Economy Fund received 4 and 5 stars and was rated among 796 and 622 funds. The rating for the Huntington Mortgage Securities Fund is for the Trust Shares. For the 3-, 5- and 10-year period as of 3/31/06 the Huntington Mortgage Securities Fund received 5, 5 and 5 stars and was rated among 356, 308 and 198 funds, respectively. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. (C)2006 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Lipper rankings are based on total return and do not take sales charges into account. For the one-, and three-year periods ended 3/31/06 the Huntington New Economy Fund was ranked 352 out of 556 funds and 53 out of 460 funds, respectively. Rankings are for Trust Shares; other share classes may have different performance characteristics. Funds whose investment objectives are concentrated in a specific industry or sector may be subject to a higher degree of market risk than funds whose investments are diversified. In addition, the funds may be subject to specific risks of technology sector, such as obsolescence. Investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) involve special risks associated with an investment in real estate, such as limited liquidity and interest rate risks. Bond prices are sensitive to changes in interest rates and a rise in interest rates can cause a decline in their prices. Edgewood Services, Inc. is the distributor of the Huntington Funds, and is not affiliated with The Huntington National Bank. Huntington Asset Advisors, Inc. is the Investment Advisor of Huntington Funds. * Not A Deposit * Not FDIC Insured * Not Insured By Any Government Agency * No Bank Guarantee * May Lose Value About Huntington Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $36 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Through its affiliated companies, Huntington has more than 140 years of serving the financial needs of its customers. Huntington provides innovative retail and commercial financial products and services through more than 380 regional banking offices in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia. Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services online at huntington.com; through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almost 1,000 ATMs. Selected financial service activities are also conducted in other states including: Dealer Sales offices in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Private Financial and Capital Markets Group offices in Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey. International banking services are made available through the headquarters office in Columbus and an office located in the Cayman Islands and an office located in Hong Kong. ### |
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