Barron\'s - 05.08.2019

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August 5, 2019 BARRON’S 7


Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Investing in a mutual fund involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.


The prospectus and summary prospectus contain more complete information on the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the


fund, and other information, which investors should read and consider carefully before investing. Prospectuses are available atThriventFunds.


com or by calling 800-521-5308.


57 fund families qualified for the 2018 Barron’s Fund Family Ranking based on asset-weighted performance.Thrivent Mutual Funds was


ranked #4 of 57 for one year, #3 of 55 for five years and #16 of 49 for 10 years for the periods ending 12/31/2018.


Barron’s Methodology: To qualify for the Barron’s Fund Family Rankings, a firm must have at least three funds in Lipper’s general U.S. equity category(includes single sector


and country equity funds), one in world equity (which combines global and international funds), one mixed-asset fund (such as a balanced or target-date fund), two taxable


bond funds and one national tax-exempt bond fund. These funds must have a minimum track record of one year. Annual management fees of the funds are included in the


returns calculations, but 12b-1, fund loads or sales charges are not included. Passive index funds are excluded from the rankings. Each fund’s performance is measured against


all of the other funds in its Lipper category, with a percentile ranking of 100 being the highest and one the lowest. This result is then weighted by assetfunds hurts a firm’s


ranking. Finally, the score is multiplied by the weighting of its general classification, as determined by the entire Lipper universe of funds. The category weightings for the one-


year results in 2018 were general equity, 34.8%; mixed asset, 21.3%; world equity, 17.1%; taxable bond, 22.4%; and tax-exempt bond, 4.4%. The category weightings for the


five-year results were general equity, 35.9%; mixed asset, 19.7%; world equity, 17.3%; taxable bond, 22.5%; and tax-exempt bond, 4.5%. For the 10-year list, they were general


equity, 37.1%; mixed asset, 20%; world equity, 16.7%; taxable bond, 21.2%; and tax-exempt bond, 4.9%. Source: Barron’s Best Mutual Fund Families publication dated March


8, 2019. Barron’s is a trademark of Dow Jones & Co, L.P. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.


Sales charges are not taken into consideration for Barron’s Best Fund Families 2018 Ranking. Class S shares of Thrivent Mutual Funds have no sales charges. Some Thrivent


Mutual Funds may have had fee waivers in effect and if they hadn’t been in effect performance would have been lower. See the Prospectus for current waiver information.


The principal underwriter forThrivent Mutual Funds is Thrivent Distributors, LLC. Thrivent Distributors, LLC is a registered broker/dealer, member of FINRA and SIPC. Thrivent


Asset Management, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser, serves as the investment adviser forThrivent Mutual Funds. Both entities are subsidiaries of Thrivent Finan-


cial for Lutherans.


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1-800-521-5308 • [email protected] • ThriventFunds.com/2019Awards


OUTSTANDING


OUTPERFORMANCE


Barron’s 2018


Best Fund Families


4th out of 57 fund families (1-Year Ranking)


3rd out of 55 fund families (5-Year Ranking)


Thrivent Mutual Funds outranked more than 90% of fund families included in the


1- and 5-Year periods. Find out how our fund family can help you and your clients.

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