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Investment Objective: To provide a long-term total return on capital, primarily through capital appreciation, but also through some income.

Category Current Status Last Update
Ticker Symbol BRLIX Current
CUSIP Number 108747 50 2 Current
Net Assets $221,593,131 4/4/08
Net Expense Ratio (Gross Expense Ratio)* 0.15% (0.30%) 6/30/07
Median Market Cap $112.64 billion 3/31/08
PE Ratio** 16.1 3/31/08
Price to Book Ratio** 2.5 3/31/08
Price to Cash Flow Ratio** 9.7 3/31/08
Dividend Yield 2.7 3/31/08
Turnover Rate (last fiscal year)*** 10.5% 6/30/07
Number of Companies 36 active 3/31/08
Inception Date 7/31/97  

*As stated in the current prospectus, the annual gross operating expense ratio is 0.47%, The Fund’s adviser has agreed to contractually waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse expenses such that total operating expenses do not exceed 0.15%. Any material change to this policy would require a vote by shareholders.
**Price to earnings ratio is the value of a company's stock price relative to company earnings. Price to book ratio is the ratio of a stock's latest closing price divided by its book value per share. Book value is the total assets of a company minus total liabilities. Price to cash flow is the ratio of a stock's latest closing price divided by cash flow per share for the past 12 months.
*** Turnover. while lower than a majority of actively managed funds, is higher than it would be otherwise due to the tax management feature. [Since inception this fund has made no capital gains distributions.]

Holdings as of March 31, 2008
Active holdings are roughly equally weighted over longer periods.
Index composition is typically rebalanced every two to three years.

Rank Description Industry Status
1 Genentech Inc Biotechnology Active
2 International Business Machines Corp Computers Active
3 Wal-Mart Stores Inc Retail Active
4 Applied Materials Inc Semiconductors Active
5 United Parcel Service Inc Transportation Active
6 General Electric Co Miscellaneous Manufacturing Active
7 Coca-Cola Co Beverages Active
8 Home Depot Inc Retail Active
9 JPMorgan Chase & Co Diversified Finan Serv Active
10 PepsiCo Inc Beverages Active
11 3M Co Miscellaneous Manufacturing Active
12 Wells Fargo & Co Banks Active
13 Johnson & Johnson Healthcare-Products Active
14 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Insurance Active
15 Pfizer Inc Pharmaceuticals Active
16 Bank of America Corp Banks Active
17 Eli Lilly & Co Pharmaceuticals Active
18 Chevron Corp Oil&Gas Active
19 Procter & Gamble Co Cosmetics/Personal Care Active
20 Cisco Systems Inc Telecommunications Active
21 ConocoPhillips Oil & Gas Active
22 AT&T Inc Telecommunications Active
23 Exxon Mobil Corp Oil & Gas Active
24 Oracle Corp Software Active
25 United Technologies Corp Aerospace/Defense Active
26 Time Warner Inc Media Active
27 Verizon Communications Inc Telecommunications Active
28 Texas Instruments Inc Semiconductors Active
29 Microsoft Corp Software Active
30 Dell Inc Computers Active
31 Intel Corp Semiconductors Active
32 Wachovia Corp Banks Active
33 American International Group Inc Insurance Active
34 Citigroup Inc Diversified Financial Services Active
35 Google Inc Internet Active
36 Merck & Co Inc Pharmaceuticals Active

Holdings are subject to change without notice.
*Dormant companies usually represent "spun-off" companies held for a minimum of six months in the Index.  No additional purchases of dormant companies will be made.
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Sector Breakdown as of December 31 , 2007

Security Type % of Stocks
Basic Materials 0.0
Communications 14.5
Consumer, Cyclical 5.4
Consumer, Non-cyclical 22.7
Energy 8.5
Financial 18.4
Industrial 10.7
Technology 19.8
Utilities 0.0
Diversified 0.0

Sector weightings are subject to change without notice.

 

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