The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities tied to emerging market countries that are considered by the fund to have the potential to provide long-term capital growth. The equity securities in which the fund may invest include, but are not limited to, common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, American Depositary Receipts, European Depositary Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts, participation notes, warrants and rights.