Firsthand Funds

Firsthand offers no-load mutual funds focused on some of the most exciting industries in the world today. The table below provides a quick overview of our funds. While each fund has unique objectives and investment strategies, they all use the same hands-on approach to picking great companies.

Firsthand
Alternative
Energy Fund

Firsthand
Technology
Value Fund

Firsthand
Technology
Leaders Fund

Firsthand
Technology
Opportunities
Fund

Sector	Energy	Technology	Technology	Technology
Inception Date	10/29/07	5/20/94	12/10/97	9/30/99
Net Assets (as of 6/30/10)	$5.4 million	$142.8 million	$33.9 million	$42.2 million
Ticker	ALTEX	TVFQX	TLFQX	TEFQX
Manager	Kevin Landis	Kevin Landis	Kevin Landis Nick Schwartzman	Kevin Landis Han Lee
Manager Tenure	Since Inception	Since Inception	Since Inception Since 4/30/10	Since Inception Since 7/31/09

The Risks of Sector Investing

Each of our mutual funds focuses its investments in a single sector. Thus, these funds are subject to greater risk and volatility than more diversified funds. Because the return on and value of an investment in the funds will fluctuate in response to stock market movements, the most significant risk of investing in these funds is that you may lose money. Potential investors should be aware that an investment in a sector fund does not, by itself, constitute a balanced portfolio and is not appropriate if your key goal is preservation of capital.

You might be interested in an investment in a Firsthand sector fund if:


		Your goal is to add technology investments to a broadly diversified portfolio,

		You lack the time or expertise to research and manage a portfolio of individual technology or alternative energy stocks,

		You are comfortable assuming a higher degree of risk and volatility in a portion of your investment portfolio, and

		You have an investment horizon of at least three to five years.