The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation along with some current income; the fund seeks to mitigate adverse volatility in returns as a secondary objective. Under normal market conditions, the fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in dividend-paying common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, and debt obligations of foreign companies (which the fund regards as companies located outside the U.S.), foreign governments and their agencies, where “total assets” means net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes.