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Fund Descriptions
Stock Index Fund

BlackRock Fund Advisors (formerly Barclays Global Fund Advisors) acts as the investment advisor to the S&P 500 Stock Master Portfolio, in which the Homestead Stock Index Fund invests all of its investable assets. The Fund is designed to track the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index, which tracks 500 large U.S. companies and is possibly the most widely used index of the U.S. stock market.

Performance

The tables below show the Fund’s average annual and year-to-date total returns for various holding periods compared to its benchmark index. An index is a collection of securities intended to represent some slice of the total securities market.

The bar chart shows the Fund's annual return in each of the last 10 years or for each year since the Fund's inception. This indicates how widely performance has varied year-by-year.

stock index Fund
Average Annual Total Returns

as of quarter end 12/31/11 see month end returns 
1
year
3
year
5
year
10
year
Since the
fund opened
Stock Index Fund 1.65% 13.55% -0.79% 2.27% 0.67%
(Oct-99)
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index 2.11% 14.11% -0.25% 2.92% 1.30%

stock index Fund
Average Annual Total Returns

as of month end 01/31/12 see quarter end returns 
1
year
3
year
5
year
10
year
Since the
fund opened
Stock Index Fund 3.67% 18.62% -0.23% 2.87%

1.01%
(Oct-99)

Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index

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Stock Index Fund
Year-to-date Total Returns

as of quarter end 12/31/11 see month end returns 
Stock Index Fund 1.65%
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index 2.11%

Stock Index Fund
Year-to-date Total Returns

as of month end 01/31/12 see quarter end returns 
Stock Index Fund  4.40%
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index TBA


Stock Index Fund
Historical Annual Total Returns

The total returns shown above represent past performance which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate. An investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. 

Performance information for the Stock Index Fund reflects its investment experience in the S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio (renamed “S&P 500 Stock Master Portfolio” on 12/01/09) from October 15, 2007, to period end. Prior to October 15, 2007, the Stock Index Fund invested all of its assets in a different master portfolio.


Portfolio Composition

The following tables show how the Stock Index Fund is diversified and what its top holdings are.

Stock Index Fund
Industry Diversification

 

On 09/30/11
Information technology
19.4%
Financials
13.4%
Health care
12.0%
Consumer discretionary
 11.6%
Energy
 11.5%
Consumer staples
 10.8%
Industrials
 10.2%
Utilities
 4.0%
Materials
 3.4%
Telecommunication services
 3.3%
Short-term and other assets
 0.4%
Total
100%

 

Stock Index Fund
Top Ten Holdings

 

% of Total Investment
at 09/30/11
Apple Inc.
3.4%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
3.4%
International Business Machines Corp.
2.0%
Microsoft Corp.
1.8%
Chevron Corp.
1.8%
Johnson & Johnson
1.7%
The Proctor & Gamble Co.
1.7%
AT&T, Inc.
1.6%
General Electric Co.
1.6%
Pfizer, Inc.
1.3%
Total
 20.3%

Fund assets on 12/31/11

$61,844,000

Comparison of Growth

This line graph is a comparison of the change in value of a $10,000 investment in the Fund and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index.

Stock Index Fund
Growth of $10,000

The Stock Index Fund’s average annual total returns are net of any fee waivers and reimbursements. Returns do not reflect taxes that the shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.


Distributions

If this Fund has declared income or capital gains distributions in the current year, they will be listed in the table below.  See Track Earnings Distributions for the Fund's distribution schedule.

Stock Index Fund
2012 Earnings Distributions

 

Distribution Type Declaration Date $/Per Share
                 N/A N/A N/A

Stock Index Fund
2011 Earnings Distributions

 

Distribution Type Declaration Date $/Per Share
Ordinary Income 12/31/11 $0.1432


Share Price History

This table shows how widely the Fund’s share price has fluctuated over time.

Stock Index Fund
Share Price History

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Year
End
$8.55 $6.55 $8.29 $9.03 $9.30 $10.57 $10.94 $6.64  $8.24  $9.31  $9.32
Year
High
$10.24 $8.73 $8.34 $9.14 $9.59 $10.76 $11.78 $10.79  $8.45   $9.45  $10.14
Year
Low
$7.20 $5.81 $5.97 $7.98 $8.50 $9.17 $10.26 $5.65  $5.00  $7.61  $8.23
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Investors are advised to consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information and should be read carefully before you invest. To obtain a prospectus, call 1-800-258-3030 or download a PDF of it now.

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