This material is prepared by Investing for Catholics (IFC) for informational purposes only. The performance results provided herein represent the hypothetical back-test of the criteria selected, and do not reflect actual trading by IFC and do not represent the actual performance achieved by any IFA client, client account, or mutual fund investment. Data is obtained from sources that are believed to be reliable.

Investing for Catholics (IFC) is a division of IFA. IFA and its division IFC do not guarantee any minimum level of investment performance or the success of any index portfolio, index, mutual fund or investment strategy. Past performance does not guarantee future results. There is a potential for loss in any investment, including loss of principal invested. All investments involve risk and different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk. Investment recommendations will not always be profitable. No representation is being made that any IFC client account will or is likely to achieve profit or losses similar to those shown in hypothetical back-tested performance. Impacts of federal and state taxes and trading costs are not included in the results of index portfolios or index returns. Hypothetical back-tested performance information shown in text, charts, tables and graphs is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any types of securities.

Overview, Index Funds, IFC Indexes

The IFC investment strategy is based on principles generally known as Modern Portfolio Theory and the Fama and French Four Factor Model for Equities and Two Factor Model for Fixed Income. IFC Index portfolios are designed to provide substantial global diversification in order to reduce investment concentration and the resulting potential increased risk caused by the volatility of individual companies, indexes, or asset classes.

IFC defines an "index fund" as a mutual fund or exchange traded fund (ETF) that follows a set of rules of ownership which, under normal circumstances, are held constant regardless of market conditions. An important characteristic of an index fund is that its rules of ownership are not based on a forecast of short-term events or the mispricing of securities. Therefore, an investment strategy that is limited to the buying and rebalancing of a portfolio of index funds is often referred to as passive investing, as opposed to active investing.

The indexes constructed by IFC (the "IFC Indexes") include several stock and bond indexes that represent a monthly data series that begins with index data from various sources on January 1, 1928. The construction of IFC Indexes data introduces live mutual fund data of funds that are similar to the preceding index upon the inception date of the funds and uses that monthly mutual fund data up to the current month.

Index portfolios created by IFC (the "IFC Index Portfolios") are allocations of a globally diversified selection of between 4 and 5 IFC Indexes. Each IFC Index Portfolio is assigned a designation number based on the allocation of stock indexes compared to bond indexes within a particular IFC Index Portfolio. For example, the IFC Index Portfolio 90 is 90% IFC stock indexes and a 10% IFC bond indexes.

The mutual funds included in the IFC Catholic Value Index Portfolios, except IFC Global REIT Index, seek to exclude those companies that are identified by the fund's social issue screens.

The data for both the IFC Indexes and the model data for IFC Index Portfolios is hypothetical back-tested performance data that represents a combination of index data and mutual fund data. Please refer to the IFC Indexes Data Sources page at https://www.investingforcatholics.com/disclosures/index-data for additional important information, including a description and the time series construction of the underlying indexes and mutual funds relating to each IFC Index. The IFC Index Data Sources, IFC Indexes Time Series Construction and several of the Dimensional Indexes (available at https://www.investingforcatholics.com/disclosures/charts) are an integral part of this disclosure and should be read in conjunction with this explanation of the hypothetical back-tested performance of the IFC Indexes and the model IFC index portfolios, which are allocations of the IFC Indexes. In addition, an extensive glossary of terms used throughout IFC's content, which includes these disclosures, can be found at https://www.investingforcatholics.com/glossary.

Hypothetical Back-tested Performance

1. Hypothetical back-tested performance results have many inherent limitations, some of which are described herein.

2. "Backtesting" is a process of objectively simulating historical investment returns by applying a set of rules for buying and selling securities, and other assets, backward in time, testing those rules, and hypothetically investing in the securities and other assets that are chosen. Backtesting is used to assess the viability of an investment strategy by building a simulation with historical data to analyze risk and profitability before risking any actual capital and is intended to allow investors to understand and evaluate certain strategies by seeing how they would have performed hypothetically during specific time periods.

3. The hypothetical back-tested performance data comprising the IFC Index data represents a combination of index data and actual mutual fund data. The monthly data series begins with index data on January 1, 1928 and introduces live mutual fund data upon the inception date of each of the mutual funds.

4. The investment strategy of the IFC index portfolios is a buy and hold strategy with annual rebalancing of the index allocation at the first of each year during the relevant time period. The data shown is hypothetical and is provided to illustrate historical risk and return performance had the IFC Indexes and IFC Index Portfolios been available over the relevant time period shown.

5. IFC did not offer the IFC Index Portfolios until 2009. Prior to 2009, IFC did not manage client assets.

6. All performance results of the IFC Indexes and IFC Index Portfolios are based on performance of indexes in the IFC Index Portfolios. The hypothetical back-tested performance was achieved with the benefit of hindsight; it does not represent actual investments in any investment strategies.

Limitations of Hypothetical Performance Data

7. Hypothetical performance is significantly different from actual investment performance. There are certain limitations inherent in hypothetical model results like those portrayed, which include, among others that such hypothetical model returns: (a) do not reflect trading in actual client accounts, (b) are dependent on the market and economic conditions that existed during the relevant period and do not reflect the impact that material economic and market factors may have had on the adviser's decision-making had the adviser actually been managing client funds, (c) reflect simulated trading programs which, in general, benefit compared to actual performance results because such simulated programs are designed with the benefit of hindsight, (d) assume that the securities used in the hypothetical back-tested results were available for purchase or sale during the time period presented and the markets were sufficiently liquid to permit the types of trading used, and € do not involve or take into account financial risk and do not take into account that material and market factors may have impacted IFC's decision making, all of which can adversely affect actual trading results and performance. For example, the ability to withstand losses or adhere to a particular trading program in spite of trading losses are material points which can also adversely affect markets in general or the implementation of any specific trading program. Hypothetical back-tested performance does not represent actual performance, actual trading costs or the actual impact of taxes and should not be interpreted as an indication of such performance.

8. Hypothetical back-tested performance also differs from actual performance because it is achieved through the retroactive application of model index portfolios designed with the benefit of hindsight. As a result, the IFC Index Portfolios may be changed from time to time and the effect on hypothetical performance results could be either favorable or unfavorable.

9. Hypothetical back-tested performance is calculated by using a software program that starts with the first day of a selected month and ends with the last day of a selected month. Whenever the term IFC Index Portfolio value data is used, it is based on a starting value of one at the beginning of stated time period.

10. Hypothetical back-tested performance results for IFC Index Portfolios are based on a buy and hold strategy, with annual rebalancing on the first of each year. It is important to understand that the assumption of first of the year annual rebalancing has an impact on the monthly returns reported for IFC Index Portfolios throughout the year. If there were monthly rebalancing instead, the monthly return would be calculated with the assumption that the portfolio is in balance at the beginning of each month. For annual rebalancing, the year-to-date and monthly return is calculated with the assumption that the portfolio is in balance only at the beginning of each year. In actual client portfolios, however, accounts are reviewed quarterly and rebalancing occurs as needed. Generally, rebalancing events are recommended by IFC when a client portfolio exceeds the applicable variance threshold assigned by IFC to each IFC Index Portfolio, and rebalancing is implemented with client approval. Rebalancing actions are dependent on both market conditions and individual client cash inflows and outflows, along with the cost impact of such transactions on the overall client portfolio. Trades for the hypothetical returns were not actually executed.

11. Hypothetical back-tested performance results for IFC Index Portfolios do include the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains and is shown net of IFC's highest advisory fee of 0.90%, and net of mutual fund fees (actual mutual fund fee amounts are deducted when available, otherwise, mutual fund fees are estimated). The impacts of trading costs are not included in the performance results and will reduce client performance. In the hypothetical performance figures shown, a monthly advisory fee of 0.075% (which amounts to 0.90% annually) is deducted from month end returns, unless stated otherwise. However, actual client advisory fees are deducted quarterly, in advance by IFC. Depending on the amount of assets under management and other factors, actual investment management fees paid by a client may be less (please see IFA's Form ADV Part 2 Brochure for additional information). Note that a client's return will be reduced by the amount of advisory fees charged by IFC and any other expenses, and the inclusion of IFC's advisory fees will have a negative impact on client account performance. IFC accepts no fees from investment product firms.

12. There are numerous other factors related to the markets in general or to the implementation of any specific trading program which cannot be fully accounted for in the preparation of hypothetical back-tested performance results and all of which can adversely affect actual trading result.

Performance Results and Composition of IFC Indexes and IFC Index Portfolios

IFC Index Portfolios

13. Investments cannot be made directly in an index. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

14. Performance results for actual clients that invest in accordance with the IFC Index Portfolio models will vary from the back-tested performance due to the use of mutual funds for implementation that differ from those mutual funds underlying the IFC Index data, current market conditions, investments cash flows, mutual fund allocations, changing index allocations over time, frequency and precision of rebalancing, not following IFC's advice, retention of previously held securities, tax loss harvesting and glide path strategies, actual cash balances, lower advisory fees, varying custodian fees, and/or the timing of fee deductions. Tax liabilities will vary for each client and can result from various activities in taxable and tax-deferred accounts. These activities include, but are not limited to rebalancing of portfolios, any sale of securities, tax loss harvesting, interest, dividends and capital gains distributions from equity funds and individual securities in taxable accounts. There are also tax liabilities associated with distributions from tax-deferred accounts. Not all IFC clients follow IFC's recommendations and depending on unique and changing client and market situations, IFC may customize the construction and implementation of the IFC Index Portfolios for particular clients so that actual client accounts differ materially from those shown. IFC provides many index portfolio implementation strategies, which include, among others, the use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), global extended maturity bond funds, municipal bond funds, social or sustainable screens added to funds, diversified portfolios of various index fund providers, and use of core funds or global asset allocation funds. These many implementation options for IFC Index Portfolios are expected to have risks and potential returns that vary from the IFC Index Portfolio models. As a result of these and other variances, actual performance for client accounts has been and is likely to be materially different and may be lower than the results shown in the IFC Index Portfolio models. Clients should consult their account statements for information about how their actual performance compares to that of the IFC Index Portfolios and ask your IFC Wealth Advisor to explain any differences.

IFC Indexes

15. The underlying indexes and mutual funds used in constructing the IFC Indexes are IFC's best estimate of an underlying index or mutual fund that comes closest to the corresponding IFC Index objectives. Simulated index data, retroactively calculated by the applicable mutual fund company (e.g. Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)) or research data source (Fama/ French) is used for the period prior to the inception of the relevant live mutual fund data, and a mutual fund expense ratio is deducted from such simulated index data. For example, where a DFA or Fama/ French index serves as the underlying index, DFA or Fama/ French, respectively, calculate the simulated index data used by IFC for the corresponding IFC Index. Such simulated index data does not reflect actual mutual fund data prior to the inception date of the mutual fund comprising the IFC Index. Accordingly, the results shown during the periods prior to the inception date of a mutual fund do not represent actual returns of the IFC Index. Periods selected other than those shown may have different results, including losses.

The launch date for each mutual fund used in creating the IFC Indexes may be found in the description of each IFC Index here: https://www.investingforcatholics.com/disclosures/index-data.

Live (or actual) mutual fund performance data is used after the date each mutual fund was added to the IFC Indexes. The IFC Indexes Times Series Construction goes back to January 1928, with an increasing diversification to international markets, emerging markets and real estate investment trusts as data became available over time.

IFC Indexes are unmanaged, however a mutual fund expense ratio has been deducted from each of the IFC Index returns.

16. The following summarizes the history of changes made to the IFC Indexes and IFC Index Portfolios: In January 2008, IFC introduced three new indexes and eighteen socially responsible index portfolios – the IFC Index Portfolios - which were constructed from these three indexes. The new indexes introduced were: IFC US Social Core 2 Equity Index, IFC Emerging Markets Social Core Index, and IFC International Real Estate Index. In November 2012, IFC changed the allocations and the historical returns for its IFC Index Portfolios to reflect the introduction of the DFA International Social Core Equity Portfolio (DSCLX). Prior to this, the international developed equity asset class was unavailable in a socially responsible implementation. In September 2013, the name of each portfolio was updated to equate to the percentage of equities (stocks) in each portfolio. For example, the IFC Index Portfolio 60 became 60% equities and 40% fixed income. At that time, IFC expanded to 20 Index Portfolios, ranging from 5% equities to 100% equities in 5% increments (5%, 10%, 15%, and so on to 100%). In April 2016, IFC changed the allocations and the historical returns for its IFC Index Portfolios to reflect the introduction of the DFA Social Fixed Income Portfolio (DSFIX). As of March 2019, IFC updated the back-tested performance of all IFC Indexes to include the latest Index data available and amended all applicable index data with the corresponding funds' most recent expense ratio. There are other changes that occurred relating to the IFC Index Portfolios from 2008 to present, which include, among other things, changes to performance calculations and associated returns and they are described on https://www.investingforcatholics.com/disclosures/history.

Public Market Index Disclosures

Investments cannot be made directly in an index. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

17. Performance of the IFC Index Portfolios should not be compared directly to any one of the public market indexes listed below. Correlation of a portfolio with an index will vary upon different factors including fixed income portion, market sector and international exposure. IFC will provide additional disclosure where direct comparisons of public market indexes are made. Reference to any public market indexes is not intended to and does not imply or suggest that any of the IFC Index Portfolios will achieve returns, experience volatility or have other results similar to such indexes.

Information About Investing for Catholics and Index Fund Advisors

18. Investing for Catholics (IFC) is a division of Index Fund Advisors, Inc. (IFA), an SEC registered Investment Adviser. Information pertaining to IFC and IFA's advisory operations, services, and fees is set forth in IFA's current Form ADV Part 2 (Brochure) which is available upon request and at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109143. IFA is not paid any brokerage commissions, sales loads, 12b-1 fees, or any form of compensation from any mutual fund company or broker dealer. The only source of compensation relating to IFA client investments is obtained from asset-based advisory fees paid by clients (note that, unrelated to IFA's investment management services, IFA also receives tax or accounting related fees paid to IFA's division providing such tax or accounting services. Tax and accounting services are provided under a separate written agreement). More information about advisory fees, expenses, mutual fund fees, and prospectuses for mutual funds can be found at http://www.investingforcatholics.com/fees.

Certain Associated Risks

19. IFC Index Portfolios will be implemented for clients by investing in asset class allocations of mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that match the asset classes, mainly (but not exclusively) funds from DFA. All mutual funds and ETFs carry risks, and those risks can vary depending on the underlying investments and the mutual fund's investment strategy. IFC Index Portfolios are numbered from 0 to 100 based on the percentage allocation to equity indexes. IFC Index Portfolios with lower equity allocations and higher bond allocations generally have less risk, as measured by standard deviation, than those with higher equity allocations and lower bond allocations. There is risk of loss in any securities investment, including the risk of loss of principal that the client should be prepared to bear. Clients are provided with a copy of each mutual fund and ETF prospectus, which outlines the risks associated with the fund and should be read carefully. There is no guarantee that any IFC Index Portfolio will meet its investment objectives.

Standard Deviation Information

20. IFC utilizes standard deviation as a quantification of risk. Standard deviation is a statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean (also called an average) and is a common measure of risk used by academics, analysts, portfolio managers and advisors. The higher the standard deviation the higher the risk. Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a dataset relative to its average and is calculated as the square root of the variance of the data from the average. If data points are far from the average, there is a higher deviation within the data set; thus, the more spread out the data, the higher the standard deviation. In finance, standard deviation is applied to the rate of return of an investment to measure the investment's volatility.

Standard deviation is also known as historical volatility and is used by investors as a gauge for the amount of expected volatility or the uncertainty of expected returns. For example, among indexes of stocks, those indexes comprised of smaller companies, international companies and emerging market companies generally have had higher standard deviations than those indexes comprised of large companies in the U.S. over long time periods. As another example, among bond indexes, those bond indexes with longer durations and greater probabilities of default have had higher standard deviations over long time periods. However, it is not true that all indexes with higher standard deviations, such as those indexes comprised of small growth companies, have had higher returns over long time periods.

Annualized standard deviation is an approximation of standard deviation over a period of one or more years and, is calculated by multiplying the standard deviation by the square root of the number of periods in one year. By way of example, the annualized standard deviation for a period of one year is calculated by multiplying the monthly standard deviation by the square root of 12 In those charts and tables where the annualized standard deviation of daily returns is shown, it is estimated as the standard deviation of monthly returns divided by the square root of 22, which is 4.69

Please note that the annualized standard deviation number computed from annual data may differ materially from the estimate obtained from monthly data. IFC has chosen this methodology because Morningstar uses the same method.

Data Source Information

21. IFA licenses data, in part, from Morningstar Direct, a third-party provider of stock market data. Where data is cited from Morningstar Direct, the following disclosures apply: ©2022 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information provided by Morningstar Direct and 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. IFC Index Portfolios, times series, standard deviations, and returns calculations are derived using IFC proprietary calculation methods, which apply rebalancing rules, monthly fee adjustments and creates time series construction of data. Our source data comes from many places including Dimensional Fund Advisors and Morningstar Direct software as indicated in the relevant tables and charts.

Disclaimer

22. DISCLAIMER: THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RESULTS OBTAINED FROM ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN OR ON THE MATERIAL PROVIDED.

This document and the information which it accompanies or to which it refers and relates does not constitute a complete description of IFC's investment services and is for informational purposes only. It is in no way a solicitation or an offer to sell securities or investment advisory services. Any statements regarding market or other financial information are obtained from sources which IFC and its suppliers believe to be reliable, but IFC does not warrant or guarantee the timeliness or accuracy of this information. Neither IFC's information providers nor IFC shall be liable for any errors or inaccuracies, regardless of cause, or the lack of timeliness of, or for any delay or interruption in the transmission thereof to the user. All investments involve risk, including foreign currency exchange rates, political risks, market risk, different methods of accounting and financial reporting, and foreign taxes. Your use of these and all materials provided by IFC, IFA and the IFA App, including the www.investingforcatholics.com and www.ifa.com websites is your acknowledgement that you have read and understood the full disclaimer as stated above. For additional updates please refer to IFC disclosures.

23. Nothing contained on the IFC website or in any presentation should be construed as, or is, tax or legal advice. As a division of IFA, IFA Taxes provides a wide array of tax planning, accounting and tax return preparation services for individuals and businesses across the United States. IFA Taxes does not provide auditing or attestation services and therefore is not a licensed CPA firm. IRS Circular 230 Disclosure: To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. Federal tax advice contained in this communication is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter herein.

Last Updated 12-29-2025

Investing for Catholics Disclosures and Policies

DISCLOSURES FOR THE HYPOTHETICAL BACKTESTED PERFORMANCE OF THE INVESTING FOR CATHOLICS MODEL INDEX PORTFOLIOS AND INDEXES: