Inflation Focused Fund (LIFAX) - Class A

Important Information
Maximum Offering Price (MOP) - Returns with sales charges reflect applicable fees and expenses and include all distributions reinvested.
Net Asset Value (NAV) - Returns shown at net asset value have all distributions reinvested. If a sales charge had been deducted, the results would have been lower.
Returns shown at less than a year reflect aggregate total returns.
Instances of high double-digit returns were achieved primarily during favorable market conditions and may not be sustainable over time.

Class A- Except as noted below, returns with sales charges reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for equity and strategic allocation funds, 4.75% for Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund, and 2.25% for all tax-free income funds and taxable fixed income funds (except for Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund). There are also ongoing 12b-1 service fees (and, in certain cases, distribution fees).

Class A Shares purchased subject to a front-end sales charge have no contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). However, certain purchases of Class A shares made without a front-end sales charge may be subject to a CDSC of 1% if the shares are redeemed before the first day of the month in which the one year anniversary of the purchase falls. The CDSC is not reflected in the performance with maximum sales charge.

A Note about Risk: Although the Fund invests in inflation-linked investments, there is no guarantee that the Fund will generate returns that exceed the rate of inflation in the U.S. over time. The success of the Fund’s investment strategies will largely depend on the extent to which the Fund’s portfolio management team correctly forecasts inflationary trends and expectations. During periods of deflation or when inflation is lower than anticipated, the Fund is likely to under perform funds that hold fixed income securities similar to those held by the Fund but do not hold inflation-linked investments. The Fund defines inflation by reference to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, which is a national average. Individual investors may have higher increases in the goods and services they consume and the Fund may fail to provide returns that meet or exceed these increases. The Fund may invest substantially in inflation-linked derivatives and is exposed to the risk that the value of a derivative instrument moves in an opposite direction than anticipated by the Fund. Investing in derivatives also involves the risk that the derivatives are or will become illiquid and that the counterparty may fail to perform its obligations. Because derivatives may involve a small amount of cash relative to the total amount of the transaction, the magnitude of losses from derivatives may be greater than the amount originally invested by the Fund. Whether the Fund’s use of derivatives is successful will depend on, among other things, the Fund’s ability to correctly forecast market movements and other factors. If the Fund incorrectly forecasts these and other factors, the Fund’s performance could suffer. The Fund also is subject to risks associated with fixed income investments, such as credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk. The fund is newly organized and there can be no assurance that the Fund will reach or maintain a sufficient asset size to effectively implement its investment strategy.

Average Coupon - The weighted average annual rate of interest on a bond’s face value that the issuer agrees to pay the holder until maturity for all the securities in a portfolio.

Effective Duration - The change in the value of a fixed income security that will result from a 1% change in interest rates, taking into account anticipated cash flow fluctuations from mortgage prepayments, puts, adjustable coupons, and potential call dates. Duration is expressed as a number of years, and generally, the larger a duration, the greater the interest-rate risk or reward for a portfolio’s underlying bond prices. Where applicable, securities, such as common or preferred stock, convertible bonds and convertible preferred stock, ETFs and ADRs and futures, are excluded from these calculations.

Average Life - Measures how long it will take, on average, to receive the repayment of the principal amount on a debt security.  Average life is often used in connection with mortgage-backed securities as a measurement of the length of time, on average, before the underlying mortgages are paid, refinanced, or otherwise retired.


The Fund's portfolio is actively managed and is subject to change. Holdings are for informational purposes only and are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

Performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that shares, on any given day or when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent quarter-end, go to quarter ending performance on our Website or call Lord Abbett at (888) 522-2388.

¹ The Fund’s dividend yield is shown without sales charges (at NAV) and with maximum sales charges (at MOP). The Fund’s dividend yield takes into account any fee waiver or expense limitation arrangements, if any. Without such fee waivers or expense limitation arrangements, the Fund’s dividend yield would have been lower. Information regarding any fee waivers or expense limitation arrangements applicable to the Fund is provided with the Fund’s expense ratio information.

² The Fund’s unsubsidized dividend yield is shown without sales charges (at NAV) and with maximum sales charges (at MOP). The Fund’s unsubsidized dividend yield reflects what the yield would have been without the affect of fee waivers or expense limitation arrangements.