C000029251 Performance — First Investors Total Return Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2019-12-13

In the 12 months to Sep 2019 the fund lost a net $81.2M, and assets reached $805.43M.

C000029251 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in First Investors Total Return Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Money Market category average over the same months.

PeriodC000029251Category average
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Sep 2019)$102$101

C000029251 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of First Investors Total Return Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2019 (Jul–Sep)+1.68%

C000029251 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2019——————+0.5%−0.1%+1.2%———

C000029251 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jul 2019 – Sep 2019.

  • Best month: +1.17% (Sep 2019)
  • Worst month: −0.05% (Aug 2019)

C000029251 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of First Investors Total Return Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$81.2M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $20.1M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.20×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Sep 2019$5.8M$21.0M−$15.1M
Aug 2019$4.6M$21.7M−$17.1M
Jul 2019$9.6M$58.6M−$49.0M

C000029251 Assets Under Management

Net assets of First Investors Total Return Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2019-09-30$805.43M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.