485APOS 1 direxion_485a.htm POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT Post Effective Amendment

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2007
 
1933 Act File No. 333-28697
1940 Act File No. 811-08243
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
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Direxion Funds

33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (646) 572-3390

Daniel D. O’Neill
33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
Copy to:
Angela L. Pingel
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan
Milwaukee, WI 53202


 

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DIREXION FUNDS

CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This registration document is comprised of the following:

Cover Sheet

Contents of Registration Statement:

Prospectus and Statement of Addition Information for the for the Service Class of the Spectrum Select Alternative Fund

Part C of Form N-1A

Signature Page
 

 

 
 


 

 
PROSPECTUS
 

 

THE DIREXION FUNDS

 
SPECTRUM SELECT ALTERNATIVE FUND



33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
 
(800) 851-0511
 
SERVICE CLASS
 
 
Like shares of all mutual funds, these securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
_________________, 2007
 

 
 
 



 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Spectrum Funds
 
OVERVIEW 1
   
ABOUT THE FUND 2
   
SPECTRUM SELECT ALTERNATIVE FUND
2
 
 
PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS 
3
 
 
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE
6
 
 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND 
8
   
ABOUT YOUR INVESTMENT  10
   
SHARE PRICE OF THE FUND
10
 
 
RULE 12B-1 FEES
11
 
 
HOW TO INVEST IN SERVICE CLASS SHARES OF THE FUND
12
 
 
HOW TO EXCHANGE SHARES OF THE FUND
15
 
 
HOW TO SELL SERVICE CLASS SHARES OF THE FUND
15
 
 
ACCOUNT AND TRANSACTION POLICIES
17
   
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 20
   
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
20
 
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
21
 
 
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
21
 
MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
22
   
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 23
   
PRIVACY NOTICE(Not a part of the Prospectus) PN-1
   
MORE INFORATION ON THE DIREXION FUNDS BACK COVER
   
 
In deciding whether to invest in the fund described herein, you should rely on information in this Prospectus or the Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”). The Direxion Funds (the “Trust”) has not authorized others to provide additional information. The Trust does not authorize the use of this Prospectus in any state or jurisdiction in which such offering may not legally be made.

 
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OVERVIEW

This Prospectus describes the Spectrum Select Alternative Fund (the “Fund”).

Rafferty Asset Management, LLC (“Rafferty” or “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser and Hundredfold Advisors LLC (“Hundredfold” or “Subadviser”) serves as the Fund’s subadviser. (Collectively, Rafferty and Hundredfold are referred to herein as “Advisers” in certain circumstances.)

The Fund is aggressively managed by the Subadviser, which seeks investment opportunities for the Fund to maximize the Fund’s investment returns. The Subadviser will attempt to identify changing market conditions based on its analysis of trends, relative strength and seasonal considerations and will position the Fund’s assets accordingly.

The Spectrum Select Alternative Fund (formerly, the Spectrum High Yield Plus Fund) seeks a moderate total rate of return, including income and capital appreciation on an annual basis by investing primarily in fixed-income and equity securities, either directly or indirectly in such securities or through exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), other investment companies and derivative instruments.

The Fund may alternate between “long” and “short” investments and investing in cash or cash equivalents as a temporary defensive measure. In addition, the Fund may use derivative instruments, including swaps, futures and options, which enable the Subadviser to seek leveraged exposure to target investments - meaning exposure greater than would be available by purchasing only traditional equity and fixed-income securities.

The investment strategy of the Fund may result in the investment of a large portion or all of the assets of the Fund in cash or cash equivalents to provide security of principal, current income and liquidity.

There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its objective.

 
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ABOUT THE FUND
 
SPECTRUM SELECT ALTERNATIVE FUND
 
Fund Objective

The Spectrum Select Alternative Fund seeks a moderate total rate of return (income plus capital appreciation) on an annual basis.

The High Yield Fund’s investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Trust’s Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

Portfolio Investment Strategy

The Subadviser actively manages the Fund’s portfolio to invest in any combination of fixed-income and equity securities based on market conditions and trends and the Subadviser’s expectations and assessment of risks. (The term “Alternative” in the Fund’s name simply refers to the fact that the Subadviser may choose from among many investment alternatives.) Within these securities, the Subadviser employs an investment strategy that alternates between positions designed to profit from market trends, such as entering into “long” and “short” positions, directly or indirectly through ETFs, other investment companies and derivatives of fixed-income securities, and investing in cash or cash equivalents as a temporary defensive measure. The Subadviser seeks to take “long” positions in or purchase securities prior to or at the outset of upward trends for such securities and seeks to take “short” positions in or sell securities prior to or early in downward trends in the value of such securities.

The Subadviser’s decisions are based on a variety of trading models and an analysis of the overall investment opportunities and risks among categories or sectors of equity and fixed-income securities or investment vehicles that represent pools of such securities, including major market indices, investment companies and ETFs. The Subadviser’s strategy does not involve fundamental research and analysis of individual securities. The Subadviser considers elements of market trends and momentum, including price actions, advance-decline lines, market highs and lows and the overall direction of market trends. The Subadviser may reposition the Fund’s portfolio in response to market movements in an attempt to participate in a developing trend and may attempt to anticipate market moves and initiate appropriate action in advance of actual market trends.

The Subadviser will likely engage in frequent trading of the Fund’s securities in an attempt to position its portfolio in line with the Subadviser’s expectations for market trends. In addition, the Subadviser will employ leveraged investment techniques that allow the Fund to increase its exposure to the market during times when the Subadviser anticipates a strong market trend. The Subadviser also may employ hedging strategies designed to reduce volatility and risk.

Although the Fund may invest directly in fixed-income and equity securities, it will primarily invest in such securities indirectly through securities that invest in or are a derivative of such securities, including futures contracts, options contracts, swap agreements, options on futures contracts, financial instruments consisting of interests in baskets of fixed-income or equity securities, ETFs and other investment companies. The Fund’s direct investments may include the following fixed-income and equity securities in any combination that the Subadviser believes appropriate:
 
 
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Ÿ  High-yield bonds (“Junk Bonds”)
Ÿ  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes;
Ÿ  U.S. government-sponsored enterprises;
Ÿ  U.S. dollar-denominated corporate obligations;
Ÿ  Mortgage and asset-backed securities;
Ÿ  Corporate bonds and notes and asset-backed securities;
Ÿ  Zero-coupon bonds;
Ÿ  Commercial paper and other money market instruments;
Ÿ  Fixed-income securities issued by foreign governments and companies that are denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currencies, some of which may be issued by governments in
        emerging market countries;
Ÿ  Common stocks;
Ÿ  Preferred stocks; and
Ÿ  Convertible securities.

The Fund invests in fixed-income securities without any restriction on maturity or creditworthiness, which could range from government securities to Junk Bonds, which are debt securities rated below investment grade. With respect to the Fund’s investments in fixed-income securities, the Subadviser will lengthen and shorten the average dollar weighted maturity of the portfolio and make shifts in quality and sector distribution, according to the Subadviser’s expectations for the future course of interest rates and the then-prevailing price and yield levels in the fixed-income market. The Fund invests in equity securities without consideration to any specific sector or market capitalization range.

Consistent with its investment strategy for temporary defensive purposes, up to 100% of the Fund’s assets may be invested in cash or cash equivalents. To earn income on available cash, a large portion or all of the assets of the Fund may be invested in high quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities and repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by such obligations. As a result of investing in cash and cash equivalents, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective.

The Fund is a “non-diversified” fund, meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities.
 
PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS
 
An investment in the Fund entails risks. The Fund could lose money, or its performance could trail that of other investment alternatives. Neither Hundredfold nor Rafferty can guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective. In addition, the Fund presents some risks not traditionally associated with most mutual funds. It is important that investors closely review and understand these risks before making an investment in the Fund. These and other risks are described below.

Risks of the Subadviser’s Investment Strategy

The Subadviser has limited previous experience advising investment companies. The principal risk of investing in the Fund is that Hundredfold’s investment strategy will not be successful. While the Subadviser seeks to take advantage of investment opportunities for the Fund that will maximize its investment returns, there is no guarantee that such opportunities will ultimately benefit the Fund. The Subadviser will aggressively change the Fund’s portfolio in response to market conditions that are unpredictable and may expose the Fund to greater market risk than other mutual funds. There is no assurance that the Subadviser’s investment strategy will enable the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
 
 
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Risks of Aggressive Investment Techniques

The Fund uses investment techniques that may be considered aggressive. Risks associated with securities indices, swap agreements and futures contracts include potentially dramatic price changes (losses) in the value of the instruments and imperfect correlations between the price of the contract and the underlying security or index. These instruments may increase the volatility of the Fund and may involve a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of the risk assumed.

High Portfolio Turnover

The Fund’s aggressive investment strategy may result in significant portfolio turnover to take advantage of anticipated changes in market conditions. High portfolio turnover involves correspondingly greater expenses to the Fund, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestments in other securities. Such sales also may result in adverse tax consequences to the Fund’s shareholders. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

Risks of Investing in Derivatives

The Fund may invest in instruments that attempt to track the price movement of stock indices. Investments in derivatives in general are subject to market risks that may cause its prices to fluctuate over time. Investments in derivatives may not correctly correlate with the price movements of the underlying instrument. As a result, the use of derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than otherwise would be the case.

Risks of Investing in ETFs

An ETF is an investment company that seeks to track the performance of an index by holding in its portfolio either the contents of the index or a representative sample of the securities in the index. ETFs are listed on national stock exchanges and are traded like stocks listed on an exchange. ETF shares potentially may trade at a discount or a premium in market price if there is a limited market in such shares. Investments in ETFs are subject to brokerage and other trading costs as the Advisers trade in and out of a fund, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. They also are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which the Fund would directly bear. Finally, because the value of ETF shares depends on the demand in the market, the Advisers may not be able to liquidate the Fund’s holdings at the most optimal time, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance.

Risks of Investing in Other Investment Companies

The Fund may invest in other investment companies, which may, in turn, invest in equities, bonds, and other financial vehicles. Investments in the securities of other investment companies may involve duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. By investing in another investment company, the Fund becomes a shareholder of that investment company. As a result, Fund shareholders indirectly will bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by shareholders of the other investment company, in addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the Fund’s own operations. As a shareholder, the Fund must rely on the investment company to achieve its investment objective. If the investment company fails to achieve its investment objective, the value of the Fund’s investment will decline, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance.
 
 
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Swap Agreement Risks

The Fund may enter into swap agreements, which are two-party contracts whereby the parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The risks associated with swap agreements include the risk that the counterparty to a swap agreement may default. If a counterparty defaults, the Fund’s risk of loss will consist of any payments that the Fund is entitled to receive from the counterparty under the agreement. In addition, the Fund could suffer losses with respect to a swap agreement if the Fund is unable to terminate the agreement or reduce its exposure through offsetting transactions.

Credit Risk and Lower-Quality Debt Securities

The Fund could lose money if the issuer of a debt security is unable to meet its financial obligations or goes bankrupt. Credit risk usually applies to most debt securities, but generally is not a factor for U.S. government obligations. The Fund will invest a significant portion or all of its assets in securities rated below investment grade or Junk Bonds. Junk Bonds may be sensitive to economic changes, political changes, or adverse developments specific to a company. These securities generally involve greater risk of default or price changes than other types of fixed-income securities and the Fund’s performance may vary significantly as a result. Therefore, an investment in the Fund is subject to a higher risk of loss than an investment in a fund that may not invest in lower-rated securities.

Interest Rate Changes

Debt securities have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest rates. In general, the price of a debt security will fall when interest rates rise and will rise when interest rates fall. Securities with longer maturities and mortgage securities can be more sensitive to interest rate changes. In other words, the longer the maturity of a security, the greater the impact a change in interest rates could have on the security’s price. In addition, short-term and long-term interest rates do not necessarily move in the same amount or the same direction. Short-term securities tend to react to changes in short-term interest rates, and long-term securities tend to react to changes in long-term interest rates.

Prepayment Risk

Many types of debt securities, including mortgage securities, are subject to prepayment risk. Prepayment occurs when the issuer of a security can repay principal prior to the security’s maturity. Securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. In addition, the potential impact of prepayment features on the price of a debt security can be difficult to predict and result in greater volatility.

Risk of Asset-Backed Securities

Payment of interest and repayment of principal may be impacted by the cash flows generated by the assets backing these securities. The value of the Fund’s asset-backed securities also may be affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the interests in and structure of the pools of purchase contracts, financing leases or sales agreements that are represented by these securities, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities that provide any supporting letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements.
 
 
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Leverage Risk

The Fund may employ leveraged investment techniques, including the use of financial instruments to produce leverage results as well as borrowing money for investment purposes. Use of leverage can magnify the effects of changes in the value of the Fund and makes it more volatile. The leveraged investment techniques that the Fund employs could cause investors in the Fund to lose more money in adverse environments.

Risks of Investing in Equity Securities

The Fund may invest in publicly issued equity securities, including common stocks. Investments in common stocks are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. Fluctuations in the value of common stocks in which the Fund invests will cause the NAV of the Fund to fluctuate.

Risk of Shorting Securities

The Fund may, from time to time, establish short positions designed to profit from the decline in the price of particular securities, baskets of securities or indices. In general, when the Fund shorts securities, it borrows the securities from a broker and sells the borrowed securities. The Fund is obligated to deliver to the broker securities that are identical to the securities sold short and will be subject to the risk of loss, which may be significant, in the event that the market value of the securities sold short plus related transaction costs exceeds the proceeds to the Fund from the short sale. A short sale involves the theoretically unlimited risk of an increase in the market price of the security, basket of securities or index sold short which, except in the case of a short sale “against the box,” would result in a theoretically unlimited loss. As a consequence, the Fund will lose value if and when the prices of particular securities, baskets of securities or indexes rises - a result that is the opposite from traditional equity mutual funds. The holder of a short position is responsible for paying the dividends and interest accruing on the short position. Because dividends and interest accruing on a short position is an expense to the Fund, the performance of the Fund may be adversely impacted by the cost of maintaining its short positions.

Risk of Non-Diversification

The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a high percentage of its assets in a limited number of securities. Since the Fund is non-diversified, its NAVs and total returns may fluctuate more or fall further in times of weaker markets than a diversified mutual fund.
 
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE
 
The bar chart and performance table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the performance of the Fund has varied from year to year and comparing the Fund’s performance with those of a broad measure of market performance. The information below also illustrates the risks of investing in the Fund by showing its highest and lowest quarterly returns. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how it will perform in the future.

 
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Spectrum Select Alternative Fund

Total Return for the Calendar Year Ended December 31*
 
 
 
 
* Year-to-date total return as of March 31, 2007 was ____%.

 
Fund
Highest Quarterly Return
Lowest Quarterly Return
     
Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
___% (___ Quarter, 200_)
(___%) (___ Quarter, 200_)

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2006(1)
 
 
1 Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
     
Return Before Taxes 
___%
___%
9/1/04
Return After Taxes on Distributions(2) 
___%
___%
 
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares(2)(3) 
___%
___%
 
Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (4) 
___%
___%
9/1/04
[EQUITY INDEX](5)
___%
___%
9/1/04
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(1) Prior to _________, 2007, the Spectrum Alternative Fund pursued a different investment objective and had different investment strategies.
 
(2) After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. Furthermore, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to those who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).
 
(3) The “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be higher than other return figures because when a capital loss occurs upon redemption of fund shares, a tax deduction is provided that benefits the investor.
 
(4) The Lehman U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged, market value weighted index of investment grade, fixed-rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset-backed, and mortgage-backed securities, with maturities of at least one year. The performance of the index does not reflect deductions for fees, expenses or taxes.
 
(5) [EQUITY INDEX DESCRIPTION]
 
 
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FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
 
The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Service Class shares of the Fund. The expenses below are based on actual expenses incurred for the fiscal period ended August 31, 2006.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)(1)

 
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price)
 
 
None
 
 
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a % of original purchase price or sales proceeds,
whichever is less)
 
 
None
 

Annual Operating Expenses (%) (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets)
 
 
Spectrum
Select
Alternative
Fund
       
 
Management Fees 
 
 
1.00%
 
       
 
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees
 
 
1.00%
 
       
 
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses(2)
 
 
        %
 
       
 
Other Expenses(2)
 
 
0.54%
 
       
 
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(2, 3)
 
 
2.54%
 
       

(1)    Although no sales loads or transaction fees are charged, you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks and stop-payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund’s transfer agent. If a shareholder requests that a redemption be made by wire transfer, currently a $15.00 fee is charged.

(2)    The Fund is required to disclose Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses in the fee table above. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are indirect fees that Fund incurs from investing in the shares of other mutual funds (“Acquired Fund(s)”). The indirect fee represents a pro rata portion of the cumulative expenses charged by the Acquired Fund. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are reflected in the Acquired Fund’s net asset value. Please note that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in the table above do not correlate to the ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets found within the “Financial Highlights” section of this prospectus.

(2)
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC has voluntarily agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund for Other Expenses through August 31, 2007 to the extent that the Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 2.75% (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, dividends and interest on short positions and extraordinary expenses). Because this is a voluntary expense waiver, Rafferty may change or end the waiver at any time. Any reimbursement of Fund expenses or reduction in Rafferty’s management fee is subject to reimbursement by the Fund within the following three years if overall expenses fall below this percentage limitation.

(3)
As part of the Fund’s investment strategy, it may take short positions in securities. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, the Fund’s did not enter into short positions and, thus, no additional expenses associated with these positions are included in the calculation above.

 
 
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Expense Example

The table below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Service Class shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The table shows what you would have paid if you had invested $10,000 in the Service Class shares of the Fund over the periods shown and then redeemed all your shares at the end of those periods. It also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and the operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 
Fund:
 
 
1 Year
 
 
3 Years
 
 
5 Years
 
 
10 Years
 
 
Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
 
 
$___
 
 
$___
 
 
$___
 
 
$___
 



 
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ABOUT YOUR INVESTMENT

 
SHARE PRICES OF THE FUND
 
The Fund’s share price is known as its NAV. The Fund’s Service Class share price is calculated after the close of regular trading, usually as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, each day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for business. All shareholder transaction orders received in good form by the Fund’s transfer agent or an authorized financial intermediary by 4:00 p.m. Eastern time will be processed at that day’s NAV. Transaction orders received after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time will receive the next business day’s NAV.

Share price is calculated by dividing a class’ net assets by its shares outstanding. The Fund uses the following methods to price securities held in their portfolios:

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Equity securities, over-the-counter (“OTC”) securities, ETFs, swap agreements, options, futures and options on futures are valued at their last sales price, or if not available, the average of the last bid and ask price;

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Securities primarily traded in the NASDAQ Global Market® are valued using the NASDAQ® Official Closing Price (“NOCP”);

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Short-term debt securities with a maturity of 60 days or less and money market securities are valued using the “amortized” cost method;

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Other debt securities are valued by using the closing bid and asked prices provided by the Fund’s pricing service or, if such prices are unavailable, by a pricing matrix method; and

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Securities for which reliable market quotations are not readily available, the Fund’s pricing service does not provide a valuation for such securities, the Fund’s pricing service provides a valuation that in the judgment of the Adviser does not represent fair value, or the Fund or the Adviser believe the market price is stale will be valued at fair value estimates by the Adviser under the supervision of the Board of Trustees.

Fair Value Pricing

Portfolio securities and other assets are valued chiefly by market prices from the primary market in which they are traded. Securities are priced at a fair value as determined by the Adviser, under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, when reliable market quotations are not readily available, the Fund’s pricing service does not provide a valuation for such securities, the Fund’s pricing service provides a valuation that in the judgment of the Adviser does not represent fair value, the Adviser believes that the market price is stale, or an event that affects the value of an instrument (a “Significant Event”) has occurred since the closing prices were established, but before the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV. Examples of Significant Events may include: (1) events that relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector; (2) significant fluctuations in domestic or foreign markets; or (3) occurrences not tied directly to the securities markets, such as natural disasters, armed conflicts, or significant government actions. If such Significant Events occur, the Fund may value the instruments at fair value, taking into account such events when it calculates the Fund’s NAV. Fair value determinations are made in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. In addition, the Fund may also fair value an instrument if trading in a particular instrument is halted and does not resume prior to the closing of the exchange or other market.
 
 
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Attempts to determine the fair value of securities introduces an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities. As a result, the price of a security determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the market value of the security when trading resumes. If a reliable market quotation becomes available for a security formerly valued through fair valuation techniques, Rafferty compares the market quotation to the fair value price to evaluate the effectiveness of the Fund’s fair valuation procedures. If any significant discrepancies are found, Rafferty may adjust the Fund’s fair valuation procedures.
 
RULE 12b-1 FEES
 
The Fund has adopted Service Class distribution plan under Rule 12b-1 which allows the Fund to charge up to 1.00% of the Fund’s average Service Class daily net assets to pay for distribution and services provided to Fund shareholders. Because these fees are paid out of the Service Class assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges.

Under the plan, the fees may amount to up to 1.00% of the Service Class’ average daily net assets. The Direxion Board of Trustees has authorized the Fund to pay Rule 12b-1 fees equal to 1.00% of the average daily net assets of the Service Class. Under an agreement with the Fund, your financial advisor, including Spectrum Financial, Inc., may receive these fees from the Fund. In exchange, your financial advisor or Spectrum Financial, Inc. may provide a number of services, such as:

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Placing your orders and issuing confirmations;
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Providing investment advice, research and other advisory services;
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Handling correspondence for individual accounts;
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Acting as the sole shareholder of record for individual shareholders;
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Issuing shareholder statements and reports;
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Executing daily investment “sweep” functions;
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Recommending allocation of client account assets:
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Performing annual reviews of shareholder investments;
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Providing each shareholder with updates on his or her holdings and on current market conditions;
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Effecting all purchase, redemption and exchange transactions in accordance with shareholder instructions;
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Responding to shareholder inquiries;
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Assisting shareholders in utilizing the Fund’s website;
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Assisting with implementing changes in beneficial owners of accounts;
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Assisting with changes in account information; and
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Responding to questions regarding Fund documents, including tax forms.

For more information on these and other services, you should speak directly to your Financial Advisor. Your Financial Advisor may charge additional account fees for services beyond those specified above.
 
 
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HOW TO INVEST IN SERVICE CLASS SHARES OF THE FUND
 
You may invest in the Service Class of the Fund through traditional investment accounts, IRAs (including Roth IRAs), self-directed retirement plans or company sponsored retirement plans or other products available from your Financial Advisor. Applications and descriptions of any service fees for retirement or other accounts are available from your Financial Advisor.

Shares of the Fund have not been registered for sale outside of the United States. The Fund generally does not sell shares to investors residing outside of the United States, even if they are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents, except to investors with United States military APO or FPO addresses.

Minimum Investment

The minimum initial and subsequent investments are set forth.

 
Minimum Initial Investment
 
Subsequent Investment
Regular Accounts
$ 25,000
 
$ 1,000
Retirement Accounts
$ 25,000
 
$ 0

Rafferty may waive these minimum requirements at its discretion. Contact your Financial Advisor for further information.

Good Form

Good form means that your purchase (whether direct or through a financial intermediary) is complete and contains all necessary information; has all supporting documentation (such as trust documents, beneficiary designations, proper signature guarantees, IRA rollover forms, etc.); and is accompanied by sufficient purchase proceeds. For a purchase request to be in good form, it must include (1) the name of the Fund; (2) the dollar amount of shares to be purchased; and (3) your purchase application or investment stub. An Account Application that is sent to the transfer agent does not constitute a purchase order until the transfer agent processes the Account Application and receives correct payment by check or wire transfer.

Purchasing Shares Through Your Financial Advisor

You may purchase shares of the Fund through your Financial Advisor, who can help you complete the necessary paperwork, mail your Account Application to the Direxion Funds and place your order to purchase shares of the Fund.

Your Financial Advisor is responsible for placing orders promptly with the Fund and forwarding payment promptly, as well as ensuring that you receive copies of the Fund’s Prospectus. Financial Advisors may charge fees for the services they provide to you in connection with processing your transaction order or maintaining your account with them. Each Financial Advisor also may have its own rules about share transactions, limits on the number of share transactions you are permitted to make in a given time period, and may have earlier cut-off times for processing your transaction. For more information about your Financial Advisor’s rules and procedures, you should contact your Financial Advisor directly.

 
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Purchasing Shares Through The Fund’s Transfer Agent

You may also purchase shares through the Fund’s transfer agent by using the following instructions:

By Mail:

Ÿ   
Complete and sign your Account Application.

Ÿ   
Indicate the Fund and the amount you wish to invest.

Ÿ   
Mail your check (payable to “Direxion Funds”) along with the completed Account Application to:

Regular Mail
 
Express/Overnight Mail
Direxion Funds - Service Class
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
P.O. Box 1993
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-1993
 
 
Direxion Funds - Service Class
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
Mutual Fund Services - 3rd Floor
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
 
The Fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents.

Ÿ  
The Fund will not accept payment in cash or money orders. The Fund also does not accept cashier’s checks in amounts of less than $10,000. In addition, to prevent check fraud, the Fund does not accept third party checks, U.S. Treasury checks, credit card checks, traveler’s checks, or starter checks for the purchase of shares. The Fund is unable to accept post-dated checks, post-dated on-line bill pay checks or any conditional order or payment.

Ÿ  
All purchases must be made in U.S.  dollars through a U.S. bank.

Ÿ  
If your check does not clear, you will be charged a $25.00 fee. In addition, you may be responsible for losses sustained by the Fund for any returned payment.

Ÿ  
You will receive written confirmation by mail, but we do not issue share certificates.

Ÿ  
The Fund’s transfer agent will verify certain information from investors as part of the Fund’s anti-money laundering program.

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 requires financial institutions, including the Fund, to adopt certain policies and programs to prevent money laundering activities, including procedures to verify the identity of customers opening new accounts. When completing a new Account Application, you will be required to supply your full name, date of birth, social security number and permanent street address to assist in verifying your identity. Mailing addresses containing only a P.O. Box will not be accepted. Until such verification is made, the Fund may temporarily limit additional share purchases. In addition, the Fund may limit additional share purchases or close an account if they are unable to verify a shareholder’s identity. As required by law, the Fund may employ various procedures, such as comparing the information to fraud databases or requesting additional information or documentation from you, to ensure that the information supplied by you is correct.

If the Fund does not have a reasonable belief in the identity of a shareholder, the account will be rejected or the shareholder will not be allowed to perform a transaction on the account until such information is received. The Fund may also reserve the right to close the account within five business days if clarifying information and/or documentation is not received.
 
 
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By Bank Wire Transfer:

Initial Investment - By Wire

If you are making an initial investment in the Fund, before you wire funds, please contact the Fund’s transfer agent by phone to make arrangements with a telephone service representative to submit your completed Account Application via mail, overnight delivery, or facsimile. Upon receipt of your Account Application, your account will be established and a service representative will contact you within 24 hours to provide an account number and wiring instructions. You may then contact your bank to initiate the wire using the instructions you were given.

For Subsequent Investments - By Wire

Before sending your wire, please contact the Fund’s transfer agent to advise them of your intent to wire funds. This will ensure prompt and accurate credit upon receipt of your wire.
U.S. Bank, N.A.
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
ABA number 075000022
For credit to U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
Account Number 112-952-137
For further credit to the Direxion Funds
(Your name)
(Your account number)
(Name of Fund(s) to purchase) - Service Class

Ÿ   
Your bank may charge a fee for such services.

•       Wired funds must be received prior to 4:00 p.m., Eastern time to be eligible for same day pricing. Neither the Fund nor U.S. Bank, N.A. , the Fund’s custodian, is responsible for the consequences of delays from the banking or Federal Reserve wire system or from incomplete wiring instructions.

By Telephone:

•       Investors may purchase additional shares of the Fund by calling the Fund at (800) 851-0511. If you elected this option on your account application and your account has been open for at least 15 days, telephone orders will be accepted via electronic funds transfer from your bank account through the Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) network. You must have banking information established on your account prior to making a purchase. Each telephone purchase order must be a minimum of $1,000. Your shares will be purchased at the NAV calculated on the day your order is placed, provided that your order is received prior to 4 p.m., Eastern time.

 
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HOW TO EXCHANGE SHARES OF THE FUND
 
You may exchange Service Class shares of the Fund for Service Class shares of any other Direxion Funds (including Direxion Funds not offered in this Prospectus) without any charges.

Exchanging Shares Purchased Through Your Financial Advisor

If your shares of the Fund were purchased through your Financial Advisor, initiate your exchange order by contacting your Financial Advisor.

Your Financial Advisor is responsible for placing orders promptly with the Fund. Financial Advisors may charge fees for the services they provide to you in connection with processing your transaction order or maintaining your account with them. Each Financial Advisor also may have its own rules about share transactions, limits on the number of share transactions you are permitted to make in a given time period, and may have earlier cut-off times for processing your transaction. For more information about your Financial Advisor’s rules and procedures, you should contact your Financial Advisor directly.

Exchanging Shares Purchased Through The Fund’s Transfer Agent

If your shares of the Fund were purchased through the Fund’s transfer agent, initiate your exchange order by using the following instructions:

Ÿ   
Write or call the Direxion Funds’ transfer agent.

Ÿ   
Provide your name, account number, which Funds are involved, and the number, percentage or dollar value of shares to be exchanged.

Ÿ   
The Fund can only honor exchanges between accounts registered in the same name and having the same address and taxpayer identification number.

Ÿ   
You must exchange at least $1,000 or, if your account value is less than that, your entire account balance will be exchanged.

Ÿ   
You may exchange by telephone unless you declined telephone exchange privileges on your Account Application. If you previously declined telephone exchange privileges and would like to add this option to your account, please contact the Fund at (800) 851-0511 for instructions.

Ÿ   
You may exchange through the Internet by visiting the Direxion Funds’ website at www.direxionfunds.com and activating your account.
 
 
HOW TO SELL SERVICE CLASS SHARES OF THE FUND
 
Selling Shares Purchased Through Your Financial Advisor

If your shares of the Fund were purchased through your Financial Advisor, initiate your sales order by contacting your Financial Advisor. Payment is normally directed to your account with your Financial Advisor three business days after your Financial Advisor places your order.
 
 
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Your Financial Advisor is responsible for placing orders promptly with the Fund. Financial Advisors may charge fees for the services they provide to you in connection with processing your transaction order or maintaining your account with them. Each Financial Advisor also may have its own rules about share transactions, limits on the number of share transactions you are permitted to make in a given time period, and may have earlier cut-off times for processing your transaction. For more information about your Financial Advisor’s rules and procedures, you should contact your Financial Advisor directly.

Selling Shares Purchased Through The Fund’s Transfer Agent

If your shares of the Fund were purchased through the Fund’s transfer agent, initiate your sales order by using the following instructions:

Generally

Ÿ   
You may sell all or part of your investment in the Fund at the next determined NAV after we receive your order.

Ÿ   
You normally will receive proceeds from any sales of shares within seven days from the time the Fund receives your request in good order.

Ÿ   
For investments that have been made by check, payment on sales requests may be delayed until the Direxion Funds’ transfer agent is reasonably satisfied that the purchase payment has been collected by the Fund, which may require up to 10 calendar days.

Ÿ   
Your proceeds will be sent via check, wire or electronic funds transfer through the Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) network using the address or bank listed on the transfer agent’s records.

Ÿ   
Shareholders who have an IRA or other retirement plan must indicate on their redemption request whether to withhold federal income tax. Redemption requests failing to indicate an election not to have tax withheld will generally be subject to 10% withholding.

Ÿ   
The Fund also offers a Systematic Withdrawal Plan for shareholders who require periodic payments, such as those from IRAs. For more information on this option, please contact the Fund at (800) 851-0511.

By Telephone or By Mail

Ÿ   
Call or write the Direxion Funds (see the address and telephone number above).

Ÿ   
You may sell shares of the Fund by telephone unless you declined telephone redemption privileges on your Account Application. If you previously declined telephone redemption privileges, you may request telephone redemption privileges by sending a written request to the Fund’s transfer agent with your signature guaranteed. If you have questions, please contact the Fund at (800) 851-0511.

Ÿ   
IRA accounts are not eligible for telephone redemption privileges.

Ÿ   
Provide your name, account number, the Fund’s name and the number, percentage or dollar value of shares to sell. The maximum amount that may be redeemed by telephone is $100,000.

 
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By Wire Transfer

Ÿ   
Call the Direxion Funds.

Ÿ   
Provide your name, account number, the Fund’s name and the number, percentage or dollar value of shares to sell.

Ÿ   
You must wire transfer at least $5,000.

Ÿ   
You will be charged a wire transfer fee of $15.00, which will be deducted from your account balance on dollar specific redemption requests or from the proceeds on share specific requests. This fee is in addition to any fees that may be imposed by your bank.

Ÿ   
Your proceeds will be wired only to the bank listed on the Fund’s transfer agent’s records.
 
 
ACCOUNT AND TRANSACTION POLICIES
 
Order Policies

There are certain times when you may be unable to sell Service Class shares of the Fund or proceeds may be delayed. This may occur during emergencies, unusual market conditions or when the Fund cannot determine the value of its assets or sell its holdings. The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order or suspend offering of its shares. Generally, the Fund may reject a purchase if it is disruptive to the efficient management of the Fund. The Fund may also refuse purchase requests from individuals or groups who have not been approved by the Fund’s Subadviser.

Certain transactions through a financial intermediary may not be deemed in good form if such financial intermediary failed to notify the Fund of such trade or trades before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. In particular, financial intermediaries that transact in shares of the Fund through the Fundserv must, in many cases, notify the Fund of trades before placing them in the Fundserv system. In the event that a financial intermediary transacts in shares of the Fund through the Fundserv system without notifying the Fund of such trades in advance, such transaction may be deemed not to have been received in good order. In practice, this means that a confirmation from a financial intermediary is not binding on the Fund. In the event that a trade is deemed not to have been received in good form, for whatever reason, a purchase, redemption or exchange request may be rejected or canceled and, in the event of a redemption which is canceled, the Fund shall have the right to a return of proceeds. Cancellation of a trade is processed at the NAV at which the trade was originally received and is completed as soon as practical, ordinarily the next business day. Please contact your financial intermediary to determine how it processes transactions in shares of the Fund.

Telephone Transactions

For your protection, the Fund may require some form of personal identification prior to accepting your telephone request such as verification of your social security number, account number or other information. We also may record the conversation for accuracy. During times of unusually high market activity or extreme market changes, you should be aware that it may be difficult to place your request in a timely manner. In addition, once a telephone transaction has been placed, it cannot be canceled or modified.
 
 
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Signature Guarantees

In certain instances when you sell Service Class shares of the Fund, we will need your signature guaranteed. Signature guarantees may be available at your bank, stockbroker or a national securities exchange. A notary public cannot guarantee signatures. Your signature must be guaranteed if:

Ÿ   
You are changing your account ownership;

Ÿ   
Your account registration or address has changed in the last 30 days;

Ÿ   
The proceeds of your sale are mailed to an address other than the one listed on record with the Fund;

Ÿ   
The proceeds are payable to a third party;

Ÿ   
The sale is greater than $100,000;

Ÿ   
You are establishing or modifying certain services on an account; or

Ÿ   
There are other unusual situations as determined by the Fund’s transfer agent.

Low Balance Accounts

If your total account balance falls below $10,000, then we may sell your Service Class shares of the Direxion Funds. We will inform you in writing 30 days prior to selling Service Class shares. If you do not bring your total account balance up to $10,000 within 30 days, we may sell your Service Class shares and send you the proceeds. We will not sell your Service Class shares if your account value falls due to market fluctuations.

Redemption In-Kind

The Fund reserves the right to pay redemption proceeds to you in whole or in part by a distribution of securities from the Fund’s portfolio. It is not expected that the Fund would do so except in unusual circumstances. If the Fund pays your redemption proceeds by a distribution of securities, you could incur brokerage or other charges in converting the securities to cash and will bear any market risks associated with such securities until they are converted into cash.

Excessive Trading

The Fund is intended for long-term investors. Short-term “market-timers” who engage in frequent purchases and redemptions may disrupt the Fund’s investment program and create additional transaction costs that are borne by all shareholders. The Board of Trustees has adopted a policy regarding excessive trading. Hundredfold generally initiates or has knowledge of, and consents to, all transactions in shares of the Fund. As a result, the Fund does not currently impose any trading restrictions or redemption fees on Fund shareholders.

However, the Fund discourages excessive, short-term trading and other abusive trading practices and the Fund may use a variety of techniques to monitor trading activity and detect abusive trading practices. As approved by the Board of Trustees, these techniques may change from time to time as determined by the Fund in its sole discretion.
 
 
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In an effort to discourage abusive trading practices and minimize harm to the Fund and its shareholders, the Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to identify trading practices as abusive. The Fund further reserves the right to refuse purchase requests from an account that the Fund has identified as engaging in abusive trading practices or any individuals or groups who, in the Fund’s view, are likely to engage in market timing or excessive trading. In making such judgments, the Fund seeks to act in a manner that it believes is consistent with the best interests of shareholders.

Due to the complexity and subjectivity involved in identifying abusive trading activity and the volume of shareholder transactions the Fund handles, there can be no assurance that the Fund’s efforts will identify all trades or trading practices that may be considered abusive. In particular, since the Fund receives purchase and sale orders through financial intermediaries that use group or omnibus accounts, the Fund cannot always detect frequent trading. As a consequence, the Fund’s ability to monitor and discourage abusive trading practices in omnibus accounts may be limited.
 
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
 
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC (“Rafferty”) provides investment services to the Fund. Rafferty has been managing mutual funds since June 1997. Rafferty is located at 33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10004. As of September 30, 2006, the Adviser had approximately $1.2 billion in assets under management.

Under an investment advisory agreement between the Direxion Funds and Rafferty, the Fund pays Rafferty fees at an annualized rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

A discussion regarding the basis on which the Board of Trustees approved the investment advisory agreement is included in the Fund’s Annual Report for the period ended August 31, 2006.

Rafferty has retained Hundredfold to serve as subadviser to the Fund. Rafferty (not the Fund) will pay Hundredfold’s subadvisory fees. Hundredfold is located at 2940 N. Lynnhaven Road, Suite 210A, Virginia Beach, VA 23452.

Hundredfold manages the Fund’s assets under the supervision of Rafferty. Under the subadvisory arrangement, Hundredfold directs the allocation of Fund’s assets among various investment vehicles selected by Hundredfold. Rafferty implements Hundredfold’s allocation decisions for the Fund by placing all brokerage orders for the purchase and sale of those securities.

Hundredfold was established in 2004 as a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Hundredfold was created by a not-for-profit foundation to receive as a contribution the professional services of Mr. Ralph J. Doudera and to sell those services to unrelated business entities. Hundredfold’s services are based on research and analysis generated by the portfolio manager, Mr. Doudera. Mr. Doudera’s history as an investment manager, is discussed below. Mr. Doudera is not compensated for his research and analysis for Hundredfold.

Mr. Doudera is the founder, CEO and investment manager of Spectrum Financial Inc. (“Spectrum”), a registered investment adviser. He founded Spectrum in 1986. Prior to founding Spectrum, Mr. Doudera began his financial and estate planning career with the CIGNA Corporation where he became a Chartered Life Underwriter and a Chartered Financial Consultant. Mr. Doudera is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology where he received an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (1969) and a master’s of science in Management and Finance (1972). Mr. Doudera also earned a master’s degree in Biblical studies from Regent University in 1987.

Mr. Doudera has served as Portfolio Manager to the Fund since the Fund’s inception. The Fund’s SAI provides additional information about Mr. Doudera’s compensation, the other accounts he manages, and his ownership of securities in the Fund.
 
 
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PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
 
A description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information. Currently, disclosure of the Fund’s holdings is required to be made quarterly within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter in the Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report to Fund shareholders and in the quarterly holdings report on Form N-Q. The Annual and Semi-Annual Reports will be available by contacting the Direxion Funds, c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, P.O. Box 701, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0701 or calling (800) 851-0511.
 
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
Distributions

The Fund distributes dividends from its net investment income annually and any realized net capital gains at least annually, though the Fund may make distributions more frequently.

Net investment income generally consists of interest income and dividends received on investments, less expenses. The Fund has capital gains when it sells its portfolio assets for a profit. The tax consequences will vary depending on how long the Fund has held the assets. Distributions of net gains on sales of assets held for one year or less are taxed as dividends (that is, ordinary income). Sales of assets held longer than one year (long-term capital gains) are taxed at lower capital gains rates. The Fund does not seek to provide long-term capital gains.

Dividends and capital gain distributions (collectively, “distributions”) will be reinvested automatically at NAV unless you request otherwise in writing. Normally, distributions are taxable events for shareholders whether the distributions are received in cash or reinvested. If you elect to receive distributions from the Fund by check and the post office cannot deliver such check or your check remains uncashed for six months, the Fund reserves the right to reinvest the check in your Direxion Fund account at the Fund’s then current NAV per share and to reinvest all subsequent distributions in shares of the Fund until an updated address is received.

Taxes

The following table illustrates the potential tax liabilities for taxable accounts:
 
 
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Type of Transaction
 
 
Tax Status*
 
Dividend (other than “qualified dividend income”
(“QDI”)) distribution
 
 
Ordinary income rate
 
Distribution of QDI (see below)
 
 
Long-term capital gains rate
 
Distribution of net short-term capital gains
 
 
Ordinary income rate
 
Distribution of net long-term capital gains
 
 
Long-term capital gains rate
 
Sale or exchange of Fund shares owned for more than
one year
 
 
Long-term capital gains or losses
 
Sale or exchange of Fund shares owned for one year
or less
 
 
 
Gains are taxed at the same rate as ordinary
income; losses are subject to special rules
 

*Tax consequences for tax-deferred retirement accounts or non-taxable shareholders may be different. You should consult your tax specialist for more information about your personal situation.

QDI consists of dividends the Fund receives from most U.S. corporations and “qualified foreign corporations,” provided that the Fund satisfies certain holding period, debt-financing and other requirements regarding the stock on which the dividends were paid. The Fund’s dividends attributable to its “QDI” are subject to the long-term capital gains rate, a maximum federal rate of 15% for shareholders who are individuals and satisfy those restrictions regarding their Fund shares. These special rules generally apply to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011.

If you are a non-retirement account holder, then each year we will send you a Form 1099 that tells you the amount of Fund distributions you received for the prior calendar year, the tax status of those distributions and a list of reportable sale transactions. Normally, distributions are taxable in the year you receive them. However, any distributions declared in the last three months of the year and paid in January of the following year generally are taxable as if received on December 31 of the year they are declared.

If you are a non-corporate shareholder of the Fund and do not provide the Fund with your correct taxpayer identification number (normally your social security number), the Fund is required to withhold 28% of all dividends and other distributions and sale proceeds payable to you. If you are otherwise subject to backup withholding, we also are required to withhold and pay to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) 28% of your dividends and other distributions. Any tax withheld may be applied against your tax liability when you file your tax return.
 
MASTER/FEEDER OPTION
 
The Fund may in the future operate under a master/feeder structure. This means that the Fund would be a “feeder” fund that attempts to meet its objective by investing all its investable assets in a “master” fund with the same investment objective. The “master” fund would purchase securities for investment. It is expected that any such investment company would be managed by Rafferty in substantially the same manner as the Fund. If permitted by law at that time, the Board of Trustees may approve the implementation of such a structure for the Fund without seeking shareholder approval. However, the Trustees’ decision will be made only if the investments in the master funds are in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In making that determination, the Trustees will consider, among other things, the benefits to shareholders and/or the opportunity to reduce costs and achieve operational efficiencies. You also will receive a 30-day notice prior to the implementation of the master/feeder structure.

 
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the financial performance of the Service Class shares of the Fund for the periods indicated. The information shown below was audited by_______________ (except for the period ended February 28, 2007), whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are included in the Annual Report, which is available upon request. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Service Class share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions).

 
Spectrum High Yield Plus Fund
 
Service Class
 
Period Ended
February 28, 2007 (unaudited)
 
Year Ended
August 31, 2006
 
September 1, 20041
August 31, 2005
Per share data:
         
Net asset value, beginning of period 
   
$19.96
 
$20.00
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
         
Net investment income (loss)4  
   
0.50
 
0.48
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 
   
0.34
 
(0.26)
Total from investment operations 
   
0.84
 
0.22
 
Less distributions:
         
Dividends from net investment income 
   
(1.26)
 
(0.26)
Distributions from realized gains 
   
 
Total distributions 
   
(1.26)
 
(0.26)
 
Net asset value, end of period 
   
 
$19.54
 
 
$19.96
 
Total return 
   
 
4.53%
 
 
1.09%2
 
Supplemental data and ratios:
       
 
Net assets, end of period 
   
$22,724,626
 
$33,414,367
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding short  dividends:
   
2.54%
 
2.38%3
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average  net assets:
   
2.57%
 
2.44%3
Portfolio turnover rate5 
   
898%
 
759%
1 Commencement of operations.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 Net investment income (loss) per share represents net investment income (loss) divided by the daily average shares of  beneficial interest outstanding throughout each period.
5 Portfolio turnover ratio is calculated without regard to short-term securities having a maturity of less than one year.  Investments in options, swaps, futures contracts and repurchase agreements are deemed short-term securities. The Fund’s  aggressive investment strategy may result in significant portfolio turnover to take advantage of anticipated changes in  market position.

 
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PRIVACY NOTICE

At the Direxion Funds, we are committed to protecting your privacy. To open and service your Direxion accounts, we collect and maintain certain nonpublic personal information about you, such as your address, phone number, social security number, purchases, sales, account balances, bank account information and other personal financial information. We collect this information from the following sources:
l     
Account applications or other forms on which you provide information,
l     
Mail, e-mail, the telephone and our website, and
l     
Your transactions and account inquiries with us.

We safeguard the personal information that you have entrusted to us in the following ways:

l     
As a general policy, only those employees who maintain your account and respond to your requests for additional services have access to your account information.
l     
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to insure the security of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to your information.

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you or our former shareholders to anyone, except as permitted or required by law. In the course of conducting business and maintaining your account we may share shareholder information, as allowed by law, with our affiliated companies and with other service providers, including financial intermediaries, custodians, transfer agents and marketing consultants. Those companies are contractually bound to use that information only for the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share our shareholders’ nonpublic personal information for any other purpose. There also may be times when we provide information to federal, state or local authorities as required by law.

In the event that you hold fund shares of Direxion through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your nonpublic personal information would be shared with nonaffiliated third parties.
For questions about our policy, please contact us at (800) 851-0511.


Not a part of the prospectus.
 





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More Information on
 
The Direxion Funds
 
Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”): The Fund’s SAI contains more information on the Fund and its investment policies. The SAI is incorporated in this Prospectus by reference (meaning it is legally part of this Prospectus). A current SAI is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
 
Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders:
The Fund’s reports provide additional information on its investment holdings, performance data and a letter discussing the market conditions and investment strategies that significantly affected the Fund’s performance during that period.
 
To Obtain the SAI or Fund Reports Free of Charge:
 
Write to:        Direxion Funds
P.O. Box 1993
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-1993
 
Call:                 (800) 851-0511

By Internet:   www.direxionfunds.com

 
These documents and other information about the Fund can be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at (202) 942-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund may be viewed on-screen or downloaded from the EDGAR Database on SEC’s Internet web site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of these documents may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549-0102.
 
Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC, Distributor
59 Hilton Avenue
Garden City, New York 11530
 
SEC File Number: 811-8243
 

 


 

 
P R O S P E C T U S
 
_________, 2007
 
 
 
 
THE DIREXION FUNDS
 

 
Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
 

 
Service Class
 

 

 
33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor
 
New York, New York 10004
 
(800) 851-0511
 

 

 



 
DIREXION FUNDS

Spectrum Select Alternative Fund

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004

(800) 851-0511

The Direxion Funds (the “Trust”) is a management investment company, or mutual fund that offers shares of a variety of investment portfolios to the public. This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) relates to the Service Class of the Spectrum Select Alternative Fund (the “Fund”).
 
This SAI dated ________, 2007 is not a prospectus. It should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectus dated _________, 2007. This SAI is incorporated herein by reference into the Fund’s Prospectus. In other words, it is legally part of the Fund’s Prospectus.
 
To receive a copy of the Prospectus, without charge, write or call the Trust at the address or telephone number above.
 

 
Dated: ______________, 2007

 
 

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS


Page
 
THE DIREXION FUNDS
1
   
CLASSIFICATION OF THE FUNDS
1
   
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND TECHNIQUES
1
   
American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”)
1
Asset-Backed Securities
2
Bank Obligations
2
Corporate Debt Securities
3
Equity Securities
3
Foreign Securities
4
Illiquid Investments and Restricted Securities
5
Indexed Securities
5
Junk Bonds
6
Mortgage-Backed Securities
7
Options, Futures and Other Strategies
8
Other Investment Companies
13
Repurchase Agreements
14
Reverse Repurchase Agreements
14
Short Sales
15
Swap Agreements
15
U.S. Government Securities
16
Zero-Coupon Securities
17
Other Investment Risks and Practices
17
   
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
19
   
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE
20
   
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
21
   
MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST
22
   
Trustees and Officers
22
Principal Shareholders, Control Persons and Management Ownership
26
Investment Adviser and Subadviser
27
Portfolio Manager
29
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
29
Fund Administrator, Fund Accountant, Transfer Agent and Custodian
30
Distributor
30
Distribution Plan
31
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31
   
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
32
   
PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS
33
   
Retirement Plans
33
Redemption In-Kind
33
Redemptions by Telephone
34
Receiving Payment
34
 
 
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Anti-Money Laundering
35
   
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE
35
   
SHAREHOLDER AND OTHER INFORMATION
35
   
DIVIDENDS, OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
35
   
Dividends and Other Distributions
35
Taxes
36
   
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
39
   
APPENDIX A
A-1
   
APPENDIX B
B-1
 

 
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THE DIREXION FUNDS
 
The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust organized on June 6, 1997 and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”). The Trust currently consists of numerous separate series, one of which is currently offered in this SAI. This SAI relates only to the Service Class of the Spectrum Select Alternative Fund (formerly, the Spectrum High Yield Plus Fund). Effective April 28, 2006, the Trust changed its name to the Direxion Funds. Prior to that date, the Trust was known as the Potomac Funds.
 
The Fund currently offers a single class of shares, the Service Class. Service Class shares are made available through investment advisers, banks, trust companies or other authorized representatives without a sales charge but are subject to a 1.00% distribution and service fee.
 
CLASSIFICATION OF THE FUNDS
 
The Fund is a “non-diversified” series of the Trust pursuant to the 1940 Act. The Fund is considered “non-diversified” because a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of issuers. To the extent that the Fund assumes large positions in the securities of a small number of issuers, the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) may fluctuate to a greater extent than that of a diversified company as a result of changes in the financial condition or in the market’s assessment of the issuers, and the Fund may be more susceptible to any single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified company.
 
The Fund’s classification as a “non-diversified” investment company means that the proportion of its assets that may be invested in the securities of a single issuer is not limited by the 1940 Act. The Fund, however, intends to meet certain diversification standards at the end of each quarter of its taxable year.
 
INVESTMENT POLICIES AND TECHNIQUES
 
The seeks a moderate total rate of return, including income and capital appreciation on an annual basis by investing primarily in fixed-income and equity securities, either directly or indirectly in such securities or through exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), other investment companies and derivative instruments. The Fund may engage in the investment strategies discussed below. There is no assurance that any of these strategies or any other strategies and methods of investment available to the Fund will result in the achievement of its objective.
 
American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”)
 
The Fund may invest in ADRs and sell ADRs short. ADRs are U.S. dollar-denominated receipts representing interests in the securities of a foreign issuer, which securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities into which they may be converted. ADRs are receipts typically issued by U.S. banks and trust companies that evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. ADRs include ordinary shares and New York shares (shares issued by non-U.S. companies that are listed on a U.S. securities exchange). ADRs may be purchased through “sponsored” or “unsponsored” facilities. A sponsored facility is established jointly by the issuer of the underlying security and a depositary, whereas a depositary may establish an unsponsored facility without participation by the issuer of the depositary security. Holders of unsponsored depositary receipts generally bear all the costs of such facilities and the depositary of an unsponsored facility frequently is under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuer of the deposited security or to pass through voting rights to the holders of such receipts of the deposited securities. ADRs are not necessarily denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities to which they may be connected. Generally, ADRs in registered form are designed for use in the U.S. securities market and ADRs in bearer form are designed for use outside the United States. For investment purposes, ADRs are not considered to be foreign securities by the Fund.
 
 
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Asset-Backed Securities
 
The Fund may invest in asset-backed securities of any rating or maturity. Asset-backed securities are securities issued by trusts and special purpose entities that are backed by pools of assets, such as automobile and credit-card receivables and home equity loans, which pass through the payments on the underlying obligations to the security holders (less servicing fees paid to the originator or fees for any credit enhancement). Typically, the originator of the loan or accounts receivable paper transfers it to a specially created trust, which repackages it as securities with a minimum denomination and a specific term. The securities are then privately placed or publicly offered. Examples include certificates for automobile receivables and so-called plastic bonds, backed by credit card receivables.
 
The value of an asset-backed security is affected by, among other things, changes in the market’s perception of the asset backing the security, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the loan pool, the originator of the loans and the financial institution providing any credit enhancement. Payments of principal and interest passed through to holders of asset-backed securities are frequently supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guarantee by another entity or by having a priority to certain of the borrower’s other assets. The degree of credit enhancement varies, and generally applies to only a portion of the asset-backed security’s par value. Value is also affected if any credit enhancement has been exhausted.
 
Bank Obligations
 
Money Market Instruments. The Fund may invest in bankers’ acceptances, certificates of deposit, demand and time deposits, savings shares and commercial paper of domestic banks and savings and loans that have assets of at least $1 billion and capital, surplus, and undivided profits of over $100 million as of the close of their most recent fiscal year, or instruments that are insured by the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Institution Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Fund also may invest in high quality, short-term, corporate debt obligations, including variable rate demand notes, having a maturity of one year or less. Because there is no secondary trading market in demand notes, the inability of the issuer to make required payments could impact adversely the Fund’s ability to resell when it deems advisable to do so.
 
Bankers’ Acceptances. Bankers’ acceptances generally are negotiable instruments (time drafts) drawn to finance the export, import, domestic shipment or storage of goods. They are termed “accepted” when a bank writes on the draft its agreement to pay it at maturity, using the word “accepted.” The bank is, in effect, unconditionally guaranteeing to pay the face value of the instrument on its maturity date. The acceptance may then be held by the accepting bank as an asset, or it may be sold in the secondary market at the going rate of interest for a specified maturity.
 
Certificates of Deposit (“CDs”). The FDIC is an agency of the U.S. government that insures the deposits of certain banks and savings and loan associations up to $100,000 per deposit. The interest on such deposits may not be insured to the extent this limit is exceeded. Current federal regulations also permit such institutions to issue insured negotiable CDs in amounts of $100,000 or more without regard to the interest rate ceilings on other deposits. To remain fully insured, these investments must be limited to $100,000 per insured bank or savings and loan association.
 
 
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Commercial Paper. Commercial paper includes notes, drafts or similar instruments payable on demand or having a maturity at the time of issuance not exceeding nine months, exclusive of days of grace or any renewal thereof. The Fund may invest in commercial paper rated A-l or A-2 by Standard & Poor’s® (“S&P®”) or Prime-1 or Prime-2 by Moody’s Investors Services®, Inc. (“Moody’s”), and in other lower quality commercial paper.
 
Corporate Debt Securities
 
The Fund may invest in investment grade corporate debt securities. Investment grade corporate bonds are those rated BBB or better by S&P® or Baa or better by Moody’s. Securities rated BBB by S&P® are considered investment grade, but Moody’s considers securities rated Baa to have speculative characteristics.
 
Corporate debt securities are fixed-income securities issued by businesses to finance their operations, although corporate debt instruments may also include bank loans to companies. Notes, bonds, debentures and commercial paper are the most common types of corporate debt securities, with the primary difference being their maturities and secured or un-secured status. Commercial paper has the shortest term and is usually unsecured.
 
The broad category of corporate debt securities includes debt issued by domestic or foreign companies of all kinds, including those with small-, mid- and large-capitalizations. Corporate debt may be rated investment-grade or below investment-grade and may carry variable or floating rates of interest.
 
Because of the wide range of types, and maturities, of corporate debt securities, as well as the range of creditworthiness of its issuers, corporate debt securities have widely varying potentials for return and risk profiles. For example, commercial paper issued by a large established domestic corporation that is rated investment-grade may have a modest return on principal, but carries relatively limited risk. On the other hand, a long-term corporate note issued by a small foreign corporation from an emerging market country that has not been rated may have the potential for relatively large returns on principal, but carries a relatively high degree of risk.
 
Corporate debt securities carry both credit risk and interest rate risk. Credit risk is the risk that the Fund could lose money if the issuer of a corporate debt security is unable to pay interest or repay principal when it is due. Some corporate debt securities that are rated below investment-grade are generally considered speculative because they present a greater risk of loss, including default, than higher quality debt securities. The credit risk of a particular issuer’s debt security may vary based on its priority for repayment. For example, higher ranking (senior) debt securities have a higher priority than lower ranking (subordinated) securities. This means that the issuer might not make payments on subordinated securities while continuing to make payments on senior securities. In addition, in the event of bankruptcy, holders of higher-ranking senior securities may receive amounts otherwise payable to the holders of more junior securities. Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of certain corporate debt securities will tend to fall when interest rates rise. In general, corporate debt securities with longer terms tend to fall more in value when interest rates rise than corporate debt securities with shorter terms.
 
Equity Securities
 
Common Stocks. The Fund may invest in common stocks. Common stocks represent the residual ownership interest in the issuer and are entitled to the income and increase in the value of the assets and business of the entity after all of its obligations and preferred stock are satisfied. Common stocks generally have voting rights. Common stocks fluctuate in price in response to many factors including historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
 
 
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Convertible Securities. The Fund may invest in convertible securities. Convertible securities include corporate bonds, notes and preferred stock that can be converted into or exchanged for a prescribed amount of common stock of the same or a different issue within a particular period of time at a specified price or formula. A convertible security entitles the holder to receive interest paid or accrued on debt or dividends paid on preferred stock until the convertible stock matures or is redeemed, converted or exchanged. While no securities investment is without some risk, investments in convertible securities generally entail less risk than the issuer’s common stock, although the extent to which such risk is reduced depends in large measure upon the degree to which the convertible security sells above its value as a fixed income security. The market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, to increase as interest rates decline. While convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than nonconvertible debt securities of similar quality, they do enable the investor to benefit from increases in the market price of the underlying common stock. When investing in convertible securities, the Fund may invest in the lowest credit rating category.
 
Preferred Stock. The Fund may invest in preferred stock. A preferred stock blends the characteristics of a bond and common stock. It can offer the higher yield of a bond and has priority over common stock in equity ownership, but does not have the seniority of a bond and its participation in the issuer’s growth may be limited. Preferred stock has preference over common stock in the receipt of dividends and in any residual assets after payment to creditors if the issuer is dissolved. Although the dividend is set at a fixed annual rate, in some circumstances it can be changed or omitted by the issuer. When investing in preferred stocks, the Fund may invest in the lowest credit rating category.
 
Warrants and Rights. The Fund may purchase warrants and rights, which are instruments that permit the Fund to acquire, by subscription, the capital stock of a corporation at a set price, regardless of the market price for such stock. Warrants may be either perpetual or of limited duration, but they usually do not have voting rights or pay dividends. The market price of warrants is usually significantly less than the current price of the underlying stock. Thus, there is a greater risk that warrants might drop in value at a faster rate than the underlying stock.
 
Foreign Securities
 
The Fund may have both direct and indirect exposure to foreign securities through investments in stock index futures contracts, options on stock index futures contracts and options on securities and on stock indices. In most cases, the best available market for foreign securities will be on exchanges or in over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets located outside the United States.
 
Investing in foreign securities carries political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the United States. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitation on or delays in the removal of funds or other assets of the Fund, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments that could affect such investments. Foreign investments may be affected by actions of foreign governments adverse to the interests of U.S. investors, including the possibility of expropriation or nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation, restrictions on U.S. investment or on the ability to repatriate assets or to convert currency into U.S. dollars. There may be a greater possibility of default by foreign governments or foreign-government sponsored enterprises. Investments in foreign countries also involve a risk of local political, economic or social instability, military action or unrest or adverse diplomatic developments.
 
 
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Illiquid Investments and Restricted Securities
 
The Fund may purchase and hold illiquid investments. The Fund will not purchase or otherwise acquire any security if, as a result, more than 15% of its net assets (taken at current value) would be invested in investments that are illiquid by virtue of the absence of a readily available market or legal or contractual restrictions on resale. This policy does not include restricted securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), which the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“Board” or “Trustees”) or Rafferty Asset Management, LLC (“Rafferty”), the Fund’s investment adviser, has determined under Board-approved guidelines are liquid. The Fund does not currently anticipate investing in such restricted securities.
 
The term “illiquid investments” for this purpose means investments that cannot be disposed of within seven days in the ordinary course of business at approximately the amount at which the Fund has valued the investments. Investments currently considered to be illiquid include: (1) repurchase agreements not terminable within seven days; (2) securities for which market quotations are not readily available; (3) OTC options and their underlying collateral; (4) bank deposits, unless they are payable at principal amount plus accrued interest on demand or within seven days after demand; (5) restricted securities not determined to be liquid pursuant to guidelines established by the Board; and (6) in certain circumstances, securities involved in swap, cap, floor or collar transactions. The assets used as cover for OTC options written by the Fund will be considered illiquid unless the OTC options are sold to qualified dealers who agree that the Fund may repurchase any OTC option it writes at a maximum price to be calculated by a formula set forth in the option agreement. The cover for an OTC option written subject to this procedure would be considered illiquid only to the extent that the maximum repurchase price under the formula exceeds the intrinsic value of the option.
 
The Fund may not be able to sell illiquid investments when Rafferty or Hundredfold Advisers LLC, (“Hundredfold” or “Subadviser”) considers it desirable to do so or may have to sell such investments at a price that is lower than the price that could be obtained if the investments were liquid. (Collectively, Rafferty and Hundredfold are referred to herein as “Advisers” in certain circumstances.) In addition, the sale of illiquid investments may require more time and result in higher dealer discounts and other selling expenses than does the sale of investments that are not illiquid. Illiquid investments also may be more difficult to value due to the unavailability of reliable market quotations for such investments, and investment in illiquid investments may have an adverse impact on NAV.
 
Rule 144A establishes a “safe harbor” from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act for resales of certain securities to qualified institutional buyers. Institutional markets for restricted securities that have developed as a result of Rule 144A provide both readily ascertainable values for certain restricted securities and the ability to liquidate an investment to satisfy share redemption orders. An insufficient number of qualified institutional buyers interested in purchasing Rule 144A-eligible securities held by the Fund, however, could affect adversely the marketability of such portfolio securities and the Fund may be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices.
 
Indexed Securities
 
The Fund may purchase indexed securities, which are securities, the value of which varies positively or negatively in relation to the value of other securities, securities indices or other financial indicators, consistent with its investment objective. Indexed securities may be debt securities or deposits whose value at maturity or coupon rate is determined by reference to a specific instrument or statistic. Recent issuers of indexed securities have included banks, corporations and certain U.S. government agencies.
 
 
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The performance of indexed securities depends to a great extent on the performance of the security or other instrument to which they are indexed and also may be influenced by interest rate changes in the United States and abroad. At the same time, indexed securities are subject to the credit risks associated with the issuer of the security, and their values may decline substantially if the issuer’s creditworthiness deteriorates. Indexed securities may be more volatile than the underlying instruments. Certain indexed securities that are not traded on an established market may be deemed illiquid. See “Illiquid Investments and Restricted Securities” above.
 
The Fund may invest in Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts® (“SPDRs®”). SPDRs® represent ownership in the SPDR Trust Series 1, a unit investment trust that holds a portfolio of common stocks designed to track the price performance and dividend yield of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price IndexTM (“S&P 500® Index”) and whose shares trade on the American Stock Exchange® (“AMEX®”). The value of SPDRs® fluctuates in relation to changes in the value of the underlying portfolio of common stocks. The market price of SPDRs®, however, may not be equivalent to the pro rata value of the S&P 500® Index. SPDRs® are subject to the risks of an investment in a broadly based portfolio of common stocks.
 
The Fund may invest in DIAMONDS®. DIAMONDS® represent an investment in a unit investment trust (“DIAMONDS® Trust”) that owns shares in proportion to the weightings of the stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average® (“DJIA®”). The DIAMONDS® Trust is structured so that its shares trade at approximately 1/100 (one one-hundredth) of the value of the DJIA®. The DIAMONDS® Trust’s shares trade on the AMEX®. An investment in DIAMONDS® is subject to risks similar to those of other diversified stock portfolios, including market volatility and that the general level of stock prices may decline. Although DIAMONDS® are designed to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the DJIA®, the DIAMONDS® Trust may not be able to exactly replicate the performance of the DJIA® because of trust expenses and other factors.
 
The Fund may invest in NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock®, often referred to as QQQQs®. QQQQs® represent ownership in the NASDAQ-100 Trust, a unit investment trust that holds a portfolio of common stocks designed to track the price performance and dividend yield of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (“NASDAQ-100®”) and whose shares trade on the AMEX®. The value of the QQQQs® fluctuates in relation to changes in the value of the underlying portfolio of common stocks. The market price of QQQQs®, however, may not be equivalent to the pro rata value of the NASDAQ-100®. QQQQs® are subject to the risks of an investment in a broadly based portfolio of common stocks.
 
Investments in indexed securities, such as SPDRs®, DIAMONDS® and QQQQs®, are considered investments in other investment companies discussed below.
 
The Fund may invest, instead of or in addition to these indexed securities, in shares of alternate ETFs tracking the same market indices or other market indices within the same general market.
 
Junk Bonds
 
The High Fund may invest in lower-rated debt securities of any maturity, often called “Junk Bonds.”
 
Junk Bonds generally offer a higher current yield than that available for higher-grade issues. However, lower-rated securities involve higher risks, in that they are especially subject to adverse changes in general economic conditions and in the industries in which the issuers are engaged, to changes in the financial condition of the issuers and to price fluctuations in response to changes in interest rates. During periods of economic downturn or rising interest rates, highly leveraged issuers may experience financial stress that could adversely affect their ability to make payments of interest and principal and increase the possibility of default. In addition, the market for lower-rated debt securities has expanded rapidly in recent years, and its growth paralleled a long economic expansion. At times in recent years, the prices of many lower-rated debt securities declined substantially, reflecting an expectation that many issuers of such securities might experience financial difficulties. As a result, the yields on lower-rated debt securities rose dramatically, but such higher yields did not reflect the value of the income stream that holders of such securities expected, but rather, the risk that holders of such securities could lose a substantial portion of their value as a result of the issuers’ financial restructuring or default. There can be no assurance that such declines will not recur.
 
 
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The market for lower-rated debt securities generally is thinner and less active than that for higher quality securities, which may limit the Fund’s ability to sell such securities at fair value in response to changes in the economy or financial markets. Adverse publicity and investor perceptions, whether based on fundamental analysis, may also decrease the values and liquidity of lower-rated securities, especially in a thinly traded market.
 
Mortgage-Backed Securities
 
A mortgage-backed security is a type of pass-through security, which is a security representing pooled debt obligations repackaged as interests that pass income through an intermediary to investors. In the case of mortgage-backed securities, the ownership interest is in a pool of mortgage loans.

Mortgage-backed securities are most commonly issued or guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae® or “GNMA”), Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae©” or “FNMA”) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac©” or “FHLMC”), but may also be issued or guaranteed by other private issuers. GNMA is a government-owned corporation that is an agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It guarantees, with the full faith and credit of the United States, full and timely payment of all monthly principal and interest on its mortgage-backed securities. FNMA is a publicly owned, government-sponsored corporation that mostly packages mortgaged backed by the Federal Housing Administration, but also sells some non-governmentally backed mortgages. Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest only by FNMA. The FHLMC is a publicly chartered agency that buys qualifying residential mortgages from lenders, re-packages them and provide certain guarantees. The corporation’s stock is owned by savings institutions across the United States and is held in trust by the Federal Home Loan Bank System. Pass-through securities issued by the FHLMC are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest only by the FHLMC.

Mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers, whether such obligations are subject to guarantees by the private issuer, may entail greater risk than obligations directly or indirectly guaranteed by the U.S. government. The average life of a mortgage-backed security is likely to be substantially less than the original maturity of the mortgage pools underlying the securities. Prepayments of principal by mortgagors and mortgage foreclosures will usually result in the return of the greater part of principal invested far in advance of the maturity of the mortgages in the pool.

Collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) are debt obligations collateralized by mortgage loans or mortgage pass-through securities (collateral collectively hereinafter referred to as “Mortgage Assets”). Multi-class pass-through securities are interests in a trust composed of Mortgage Assets and all references in this section to CMOs include multi-class pass-through securities. Principal prepayments on the Mortgage Assets may cause the CMOs to be retired substantially earlier than their stated maturities or final distribution dates, resulting in a loss of all or part of the premium if any has been paid. Interest is paid or accrued on all classes of the CMOs on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis. The principal and interest payments on the Mortgage Assets may be allocated among the various classes of CMOs in several ways. Typically, payments of principal, including any prepayments, on the underlying mortgages are applied to the classes in the order of their respective stated maturities or final distribution dates, so that no payment of principal is made on CMOs of a class until all CMOs of other classes having earlier stated maturities or final distribution dates have been paid in full.
 
 
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Stripped mortgage-backed securities (“SMBS”) are derivative multi-class mortgage securities. The Fund will only invest in SMBS that are obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. SMBS are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions from a pool of mortgage assets. The Fund will only invest in SMBS whose mortgage assets are U.S. government obligations. A common type of SMBS will be structured so that one class receives some of the interest and most of the principal from the mortgage assets, while the other class receives most of the interest and the remainder of the principal. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities. The market value of any class which consists primarily or entirely of principal payments generally is unusually volatile in response to changes in interest rates.

Investment in mortgage-backed securities poses several risks, including among others, prepayment, market and credit risk. Prepayment risk reflects the risk that borrowers may prepay their mortgages faster than expected, thereby affecting the investment’s average life and perhaps its yield. Whether a mortgage loan is prepaid is almost entirely controlled by the borrower. Borrowers are most likely to exercise prepayment options at the time when it is least advantageous to investors, generally prepaying mortgages as interest rates fall, and slowing payments as interest rates rise. Besides the effect of prevailing interest rates, the rate of prepayment and refinancing of mortgages may also be affected by home value appreciation, ease of the refinancing process and local economic conditions. Market risk reflects the risk that the price of a security may fluctuate over time. The price of mortgage-backed securities may be particularly sensitive to prevailing interest rates, the length of time the security is expected to be outstanding, and the liquidity of the issue. In a period of unstable interest rates, there may be decreased demand for certain types of mortgage-backed securities, and the Fund may find it difficult to find a buyer for such securities, which may in turn decrease the price at which they may be sold. Credit risk reflects the risk that the Fund may not receive all or part of its principal because the issuer or credit enhancer has defaulted on its obligations. Obligations issued by U.S. government-related entities are guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest, but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. The performance of private label mortgage-backed securities, issued by private institutions, is based on the financial health of those institutions. With respect to GNMA certificates, although GNMA guarantees timely payment even if homeowners delay or default, tracking the “pass-through” payments may, at times, be difficult.
 
Options, Futures and Other Strategies
 
General. The Fund may use certain options (traded on an exchange and OTC, or otherwise), futures contracts (sometimes referred to as “futures”) and options on futures contracts (collectively, “Financial Instruments”) as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying security, to attempt to hedge or limit the exposure of the Fund’s position, to create a synthetic money market position, for certain tax-related purposes and to effect closing transactions.
 
The use of Financial Instruments is subject to applicable regulations of the SEC, the several exchanges upon which they are traded and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). In addition, the Fund’s ability to use Financial Instruments will be limited by tax considerations. See “Dividends, Other Distributions and Taxes.” Pursuant to a claim for exemption filed with the National Futures Association on behalf of the Fund, the Fund is not deemed to be a commodity pool operator or a commodity pool under the Commodity Exchange Act and is not subject to registration or regulation as such under the Commodity Exchange Act.
 
 
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In addition to the instruments, strategies and risks described below and in the Prospectus, the Advisers may discover additional opportunities in connection with Financial Instruments and other similar or related techniques. These new opportunities may become available as the Advisers develop new techniques, as regulatory authorities broaden the range of permitted transactions and as new Financial Instruments or other techniques are developed. The Advisers may utilize these opportunities to the extent that they are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and permitted by the Fund’s investment limitations and applicable regulatory authorities. The Fund’s Prospectus or this SAI will be supplemented to the extent that new products or techniques involve materially different risks than those described below or in the Prospectus.
 
Special Risks. The use of Financial Instruments involves special considerations and risks, certain of which are described below. Risks pertaining to particular Financial Instruments are described in the sections that follow.
 
(1) Successful use of most Financial Instruments depends upon the Advisers’ ability to predict movements of the overall securities markets, which requires different skills than predicting changes in the prices of individual securities. The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets, due to the differences in the natures of those markets, are subject to distortion. Due to the possibility of distortion, a correct forecast of stock market trends by the Advisers may still not result in a successful transaction. The Advisers may be incorrect in their expectations as to the extent of market movements or the time span within which the movements take place that, thus, may result in the strategy being unsuccessful.
 
(2) Options and futures prices can diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments. Options and futures prices are affected by such factors as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility of the underlying instrument and the time remaining until expiration of the contract, which may not affect security prices the same way. Imperfect or no correlation also may result from differing levels of demand in the options and futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how options and futures and securities are traded, and from imposition of daily price fluctuation limits or trading halts.
 
(3) As described below, the Fund might be required to maintain assets as “cover,” maintain segregated accounts or make margin payments when it takes positions in Financial Instruments involving obligations to third parties (e.g., Financial Instruments other than purchased options). If the Fund was unable to close out its positions in such Financial Instruments, it might be required to continue to maintain such assets or accounts or make such payments until the position expired or matured. These requirements might impair the Fund’s ability to sell a portfolio security or make an investment at a time when it would otherwise be favorable to do so, or require that the Fund sell a portfolio security at a disadvantageous time. The Fund’s ability to close out a position in a Financial Instrument prior to expiration or maturity depends on the existence of a liquid secondary market or, in the absence of such a market, the ability and willingness of the other party to the transaction (the “counterparty”) to enter into a transaction closing out the position. Therefore, there is no assurance that any position can be closed out at a time and price that is favorable to the Fund.
 
(4) Losses may arise due to unanticipated market price movements, lack of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument at a particular time or due to losses from premiums paid by tThe Fund on options transactions.
 
 
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Cover. Transactions using Financial Instruments, other than purchased options, expose the Fund to an obligation to another party. The Fund will not enter into any such transactions unless it owns either (1) an offsetting (“covered”) position in securities or other options or futures contracts or (2) cash and liquid assets with a value, marked-to-market daily, sufficient to cover its potential obligations to the extent not covered as provided in (1) above. The Fund will comply with SEC guidelines regarding cover for these instruments and will, if the guidelines so require, set aside cash or liquid assets in an account with its custodian, U.S. Bank, N.A. (“Custodian”), in the prescribed amount as determined daily.
 
Assets used as cover or held in an account cannot be sold while the position in the corresponding Financial Instrument is open, unless they are replaced with other appropriate assets. As a result, the commitment of a large portion of the Fund’s assets to cover or accounts could impede portfolio management or the Fund’s ability to meet redemption requests or other current obligations.
 
Options. The value of an option position will reflect, among other things, the current market value of the underlying investment, the time remaining until expiration, the relationship of the exercise price to the market price of the underlying investment and general market conditions. Options that expire unexercised have no value. Options currently are traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange® (“CBOE®”), the AMEX® and other exchanges, as well as the OTC markets.
 
By buying a call option on a security, the Fund has the right, in return for the premium paid, to buy the security underlying the option at the exercise price. By writing (selling) a call option and receiving a premium, the Fund becomes obligated during the term of the option to deliver securities underlying the option at the exercise price if the option is exercised. By buying a put option, the Fund has the right, in return for the premium, to sell the security underlying the option at the exercise price. By writing a put option, the Fund becomes obligated during the term of the option to purchase the securities underlying the option at the exercise price.
 
Because options premiums paid or received by the Fund are small in relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options, buying and selling put and call options can be more speculative than investing directly in securities.
 
The Fund may effectively terminate its right or obligation under an option by entering into a closing transaction. For example, the Fund may terminate its obligation under a call or put option that it had written by purchasing an identical call or put option; this is known as a closing purchase transaction. Conversely, the Fund may terminate a position in a put or call option it had purchased by writing an identical put or call option; this is known as a closing sale transaction. Closing transactions permit the Fund to realize profits or limit losses on an option position prior to its exercise or expiration.
 
Risks of Options on Securities. Exchange-traded options in the United States are issued by a clearing organization affiliated with the exchange on which the option is listed that, in effect, guarantees completion of every exchange-traded option transaction. In contrast, OTC options are contracts between the Fund and its counterparty (usually a securities dealer or a bank) with no clearing organization guarantee. Thus, when the Fund purchases an OTC option, it relies on the counterparty from whom it purchased the option to make or take delivery of the underlying investment upon exercise of the option. Failure by the counterparty to do so would result in the loss of any premium paid by the Fund as well as the loss of any expected benefit of the transaction.
 
The Fund’s ability to establish and close out positions in exchange-traded options depends on the existence of a liquid market. However, there can be no assurance that such a market will exist at any particular time. Closing transactions can be made for OTC options only by negotiating directly with the counterparty, or by a transaction in the secondary market if any such market exists. There can be no assurance that the Fund will in fact be able to close out an OTC option position at a favorable price prior to expiration. In the event of insolvency of the counterparty, the Fund might be unable to close out an OTC option position at any time prior to its expiration.
 
 
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If the Fund were unable to effect a closing transaction for an option it had purchased, it would have to exercise the option to realize any profit. The inability to enter into a closing purchase transaction for a covered call option written by the Fund could cause material losses because the Fund would be unable to sell the investment used as cover for the written option until the option expires or is exercised.
 
Options on Indices. An index fluctuates with changes in the market values of the securities included in the index. Options on indices give the holder the right to receive an amount of cash upon exercise of the option. Receipt of this cash amount will depend upon the closing level of the index upon which the option is based being greater than (in the case of a call) or less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option. Some stock index options are based on a broad market index such as the S&P 500® Index, the NYSE Composite Index or the AMEX Major Market Index, or on a narrower index such as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Over-the-Counter Index.
 
Each of the exchanges have established limitations governing the maximum number of call or put options on the same index that may be bought or written by a single investor, whether acting alone or in concert with others (regardless of whether such options are written on the same or different exchanges or are held or written on one or more accounts or through one or more brokers). Under these limitations, option positions of all investment companies advised by Rafferty are combined for purposes of these limits. Pursuant to these limitations, an exchange may order the liquidation of positions and may impose other sanctions or restrictions. These positions limits may restrict the number of listed options that the Fund may buy or sell.
 
Puts and calls on indices are similar to puts and calls on securities or futures contracts except that all settlements are in cash and gain or loss depends on changes in the index in question rather than on price movements in individual securities or futures contracts. When the Fund writes a call on an index, it receives a premium and agrees that, prior to the expiration date, the purchaser of the call, upon exercise of the call, will receive from the Fund an amount of cash if the closing level of the index upon which the call is based is greater than the exercise price of the call. The amount of cash is equal to the difference between the closing price of the index and the exercise price of the call times a specified multiple (“multiplier”), which determines the total value for the point of such difference. When the Fund buys a call on an index, it pays a premium and has the same rights to such call as are indicated above. When the Fund buys a put on an index, it pays a premium and has the right, prior to the expiration date, to require the seller of the put, upon the Fund’s exercise of the put, to deliver to the Fund an amount of cash if the closing level of the index upon which the put is based is less than the exercise price of the put, which amount of cash is determined by the multiplier, as described above for calls. When the Fund writes a put on an index, it receives a premium and the purchaser of the put has the right, prior to the expiration date, to require the Fund to deliver to it an amount of cash equal to the difference between the closing level of the index and the exercise price times the multiplier if the closing level is less than the exercise price.
 
Risks of Options on Indices. If the Fund has purchased an index option and exercises it before the closing index value for that day is available, it runs the risk that the level of the underlying index may subsequently change. If such a change causes the exercised option to fall out-of-the-money, the Fund will be required to pay the difference between the closing index value and the exercise price of the option (times the applicable multiplier) to the assigned writer.
 
OTC Options. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size and strike price, the terms of OTC options (options not traded on exchanges) generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. While this type of arrangement allows the Fund great flexibility to tailor the option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater risk than exchange-traded options, which are guaranteed by the clearing organization of the exchanges where they are traded.
 
 
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Futures Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take delivery of) the specified security on the expiration date of the contract. An index futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take) an amount of cash equal to a specific dollar amount times the difference between the value of a specific index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the agreement is made. No physical delivery of the underlying securities in the index is made.
 
When the Fund writes an option on a futures contract, it becomes obligated, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in the futures contract at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option. If the Fund writes a call, it assumes a short futures position. If it writes a put, it assumes a long futures position. When the Fund purchases an option on a futures contract, it acquires the right in return for the premium it pays to assume a position in a futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put).
 
Whether the Fund realizes a gain or loss from futures activities depends upon movements in the underlying security or index. The extent of the Fund’s loss from an unhedged short position in futures contracts or from writing unhedged call options on futures contracts is potentially unlimited. The Fund only purchases and sells futures contracts and options on futures contracts that are traded on a U.S. exchange or board of trade.
 
No price is paid upon entering into a futures contract. Instead, at the inception of a futures contract the Fund is required to deposit “initial margin” in an amount generally equal to 10% or less of the contract value. Margin also must be deposited when writing a call or put option on a futures contract, in accordance with applicable exchange rules. Unlike margin in securities transactions, initial margin does not represent a borrowing, but rather is in the nature of a performance bond or good-faith deposit that is returned to the Fund at the termination of the transaction if all contractual obligations have been satisfied. Under certain circumstances, such as periods of high volatility, the Fund may be required by an exchange to increase the level of its initial margin payment, and initial margin requirements might be increased generally in the future by regulatory action.
 
Subsequent “variation margin” payments are made to and from the futures commission merchant daily as the value of the futures position varies, a process known as “marking-to-market.” Variation margin does not involve borrowing, but rather represents a daily settlement of the Fund’s obligations to or from a futures commission merchant. When the Fund purchases an option on a futures contract, the premium paid plus transaction costs is all that is at risk. In contrast, when the Fund purchases or sells a futures contract or writes a call or put option thereon, it is subject to daily variation margin calls that could be substantial in the event of adverse price movements. If the Fund has insufficient cash to meet daily variation margin requirements, it might need to sell securities at a time when such sales are disadvantageous.
 
Purchasers and sellers of futures contracts and options on futures can enter into offsetting closing transactions, similar to closing transactions in options, by selling or purchasing, respectively, an instrument identical to the instrument purchased or sold. Positions in futures and options on futures contracts may be closed only on an exchange or board of trade that provides a secondary market. However, there can be no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for a particular contract at a particular time. In such event, it may not be possible to close a futures contract or options position.
 
 
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Under certain circumstances, futures exchanges may establish daily limits on the amount that the price of a futures contract or an option on a futures contract can vary from the previous day’s settlement price; once that limit is reached, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond the limit. Daily price limits do not limit potential losses because prices could move to the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading, thereby preventing liquidation of unfavorable positions.
 
If the Fund were unable to liquidate a futures contract or an option on a futures position due to the absence of a liquid secondary market or the imposition of price limits, it could incur substantial losses. The Fund would continue to be subject to market risk with respect to the position. In addition, except in the case of purchased options, the Fund would continue to be required to make daily variation margin payments and might be required to maintain cash or liquid assets in an account.
 
Risks of Futures Contracts and Options Thereon. The ordinary spreads between prices in the cash and futures markets (including the options on futures markets), due to differences in the natures of those markets, are subject to the following factors, which may create distortions. First, all participants in the futures market are subject to margin deposit and maintenance requirements. Rather than meeting additional margin deposit requirements, investors may close futures contracts through offsetting transactions, which could distort the normal relationships between the cash and futures markets. Second, the liquidity of the futures market depends on participants entering into offsetting transactions rather than making or taking delivery. To the extent participants decide to make or take delivery, liquidity in the futures market could be reduced, thus producing distortion. Third, from the point of view of speculators, the deposit requirements in the futures market are less onerous than margin requirements in the securities market. Therefore, increased participation by speculators in the futures market may cause temporary price distortions.
 
Combined Positions. The Fund may purchase and write options in combination with each other. For example, the Fund may purchase a put option and write a call option on the same underlying instrument, in order to construct a combined position whose risk and return characteristics are similar to selling a futures contract. Another possible combined position would involve writing a call option at one strike price and buying a call option at a lower price, in order to reduce the risk of the written call option in the event of a substantial price increase. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open and close out.
 
Other Investment Companies
 
The Fund may invest in the securities of other investment companies. Investments in the securities of other investment companies may involve duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. By investing in another investment company, the Fund becomes a shareholder of that investment company. As a result, Fund shareholders indirectly will bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses paid by shareholders of the other investment company, in addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders directly bear in connection with the Fund’s own operations.
 
The Fund intends to limit its investments in securities issued by other investment companies in accordance with the 1940 Act. Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act precludes the Fund from acquiring (i) more than 3% of the total outstanding shares of another investment company; (ii) shares of another investment company having an aggregate value in excess of 5% of the value of the total assets of the Fund; or (iii) shares of another registered investment company and all other investment companies having an aggregate value in excess of 10% of the value of the total assets of the Fund. However, Section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 1940 Act provides that the provisions of paragraph 12(d) shall not apply to securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the Fund if (i) immediately after such purchase or acquisition not more than 3% of the total outstanding shares of such investment company is owned by the Fund and all affiliated persons of the Fund; and (ii) the Fund has not offered or sold, and is not proposing to offer or sell its shares through a principal underwriter or otherwise at a public or offering price that includes a sales load of more than 1 1/2%.
 
 
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If the Fund invests in investment companies pursuant to Section 12(d)(1)(F), it must comply with the following voting restrictions: when the Fund exercises voting rights, by proxy or otherwise, with respect to investment companies owned by the Fund, the Fund will either seek instruction from the Fund’s shareholders with regard to the voting of all proxies and vote in accordance with such instructions, or vote the shares held by the Fund proportionate to the vote of all other holders of such security. In addition, an investment company purchased by the Fund pursuant to Section 12(d)(1)(F) shall not be required to redeem its shares in an amount exceeding 1% of such investment company’s total outstanding shares in any period of less than thirty days.
 
Repurchase Agreements
 
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System or securities dealers that are members of a national securities exchange or are primary dealers in U.S. government securities. Repurchase agreements generally are for a short period of time, usually less than a week. Under a repurchase agreement, the Fund purchases a U.S. government security and simultaneously agrees to sell the security back to the seller at a mutually agreed-upon future price and date, normally one day or a few days later. The resale price is greater than the purchase price, reflecting an agreed-upon market interest rate during the Fund’s holding period. While the maturities of the underlying securities in repurchase agreement transactions may be more than one year, the term of each repurchase agreement always will be less than one year. Repurchase agreements with a maturity of more than seven days are considered to be illiquid investments. The Fund may not enter into such a repurchase agreement if, as a result, more than 15% of the value of its net assets would then be invested in such repurchase agreements and other illiquid investments. See “Illiquid Investments and Restricted Securities” above.
 
The Fund will always receive, as collateral, securities whose market value, including accrued interest, at all times will be at least equal to 100% of the dollar amount invested by the Fund in each repurchase agreement. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the seller, the Fund will liquidate those securities (whose market value, including accrued interest, must be at least 100% of the amount invested by the Fund) held under the applicable repurchase agreement, which securities constitute collateral for the seller’s obligation to repurchase the security. If the seller defaults, the Fund might incur a loss if the value of the collateral securing the repurchase agreement declines and might incur disposition costs in connection with liquidating the collateral. In addition, if bankruptcy or similar proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization upon the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.
 
Reverse Repurchase Agreements 
 
The Fund may borrow by entering into reverse repurchase agreements with the same parties with whom it may enter into repurchase agreements. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells securities and agrees to repurchase them at a mutually agreed to price. At the time the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it will establish and maintain a segregated account with an approved custodian containing liquid high-grade securities, marked-to-market daily, having a value not less than the repurchase price (including accrued interest). Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of securities retained in lieu of sale by the Fund may decline below the price of the securities the Fund has sold but is obliged to repurchase. If the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, such buyer or its trustee or receiver may receive an extension of time to determine whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. During that time, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the reverse repurchase agreement effectively may be restricted. Reverse repurchase agreements create leverage, a speculative factor, and are considered borrowings for the purpose of the Fund’s limitation on borrowing.
 
 
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Short Sales
 
The Fund may engage in short sale transactions under which the Fund sells a security it does not own. To complete such a transaction, the Fund must borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by purchasing the security at the market price at the time of replacement. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay to the lender amounts equal to any dividends that accrue during the period of the loan. The proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet the margin requirements, until the short position is closed out.
 
Until the Fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed stock, the Fund will: (1) maintain an account containing cash or liquid assets at such a level that (a) the amount deposited in the account plus the amount deposited with the broker as collateral will equal the current value of the stock sold short and (b) the amount deposited in the account plus the amount deposited with the broker as collateral will not be less than the market value of the stock at the time the stock was sold short; or (2) otherwise cover the Fund’s short position.
 
Swap Agreements
 
The Fund may enter into equity index swap agreements for purposes of attempting to gain exposure to equity or debt securities without actually purchasing those securities, or to hedge a position. Swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. In a standard “swap” transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index.
 
Most swap agreements entered into by the Fund calculate the obligations of the parties to the agreement on a “net basis.” Consequently, the Fund’s current obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement will generally be equal only to the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the positions held by each party to the agreement (the “net amount”). Payments may be made at the conclusion of a swap agreement or periodically during its term.
 
Swap agreements do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets. Accordingly, if a swap is entered into on a net basis, if the other party to a swap agreement defaults, the Fund’s risk of loss consists of the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive, if any.
 
The net amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to a swap agreement entered into on a net basis will be accrued daily and an amount of cash or liquid asset having an aggregate NAV at least equal to the accrued excess will be maintained in an account with the Custodian that satisfies the 1940 Act. The Fund will also establish and maintain such accounts with respect to its total obligations under any swaps that are not entered into on a net basis. Obligations under swap agreements so covered will not be construed to be “senior securities” for purposes of the Fund’s investment restriction concerning senior securities.
 
 
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Because they are two-party contracts and because they may have terms of greater than seven days, swap agreements may be considered to be illiquid for the Fund’s illiquid investment limitations. The Fund will not enter into any swap agreement unless Rafferty or the Subadviser believes that the other party to the transaction is creditworthy. The Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty.
 
The Fund may enter into a swap agreement in circumstances where Rafferty or the Subadviser believes that it may be more cost effective or practical than buying the underlying securities or a futures contract or an option on such securities. The counterparty to any swap agreement will typically be a bank, investment banking firm or broker/dealer. The counterparty will generally agree to pay the Fund the amount, if any, by which the notional amount of the swap agreement would have increased in value had it been invested in the particular stocks represented in the index, plus the dividends that would have been received on those stocks. The Fund will agree to pay to the counterparty a floating rate of interest on the notional amount of the swap agreement plus the amount, if any, by which the notional amount would have decreased in value had it been invested in such stocks. Therefore, the return to the Fund on any swap agreement should be the gain or loss on the notional amount plus dividends on the stocks less the interest paid by the Fund on the notional amount.
 
The swap market has grown substantially in recent years with a large number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. As a result, the swap market has become relatively liquid in comparison with the markets for other similar instruments that are traded in the OTC market. Rafferty, under the supervision of the Board, is responsible for determining and monitoring the liquidity of Fund transactions in swap agreements.
 
The use of equity swaps is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions.
 
U.S. Government Securities
 
The Fund may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities (“U.S. government securities”) in pursuit of its investment objective, in order to deposit such securities as initial or variation margin, as “cover” for the investment techniques it employs, as part of a cash reserve and for liquidity purposes.
 
U.S. government securities are high-quality instruments issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Treasury or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government. Not all U.S. government securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Some are backed by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury; others are backed by discretionary authority of the U.S. government to purchase the agencies’ obligations; while others are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality. In the case of securities not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, the investor must look principally to the agency issuing or guaranteeing the obligation for ultimate repayment.
 
U.S. government securities include Treasury Bills (which mature within one year of the date they are issued), Treasury Notes (which have maturities of one to ten years) and Treasury Bonds (which generally have maturities of more than 10 years). All such Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
 
U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities that issue or guarantee securities include the Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae©, the Farmers Home Administration, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Small Business Administration, Ginnie Mae®, the General Services Administration, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Banks, Freddie Mac©, the Farm Credit Banks, the Maritime Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Resolution Funding Corporation and the Student Loan Marketing Association (“Sallie Mae©”).
 
 
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Yields on short-, intermediate- and long-term U.S. government securities are dependent on a variety of factors, including the general conditions of the money and bond markets, the size of a particular offering and the maturity of the obligation. Debt securities with longer maturities tend to produce higher capital appreciation and depreciation than obligations with shorter maturities and lower yields. The market value of U.S. government securities generally varies inversely with changes in the market interest rates. An increase in interest rates, therefore, generally would reduce the market value of the Fund’s portfolio investments in U.S. government securities, while a decline in interest rates generally would increase the market value of the Fund’s portfolio investments in these securities.
 
Zero-Coupon Securities
 
The Fund may invest in zero-coupon bonds of any rating or maturity.
 
Zero-coupon securities make no periodic interest payments, but are sold at a deep discount from their face value. The buyer recognizes a rate of return determined by the gradual appreciation of the security, which is redeemed at face value on a specified maturity date. The discount varies depending on the time remaining until maturity, as well as market interest rates, liquidity of the security, and the issuer’s perceived credit quality. If the issuer defaults, the Fund may not receive any return on its investment. Because zero-coupon securities bear no interest and compound semiannually at the rate fixed at the time of issuance, their value generally is more volatile than the value of other fixed-income securities. Since zero-coupon bondholders do not receive interest payments, when interest rates rise, zero-coupon securities fall more dramatically in value than bonds paying interest on a current basis. When interest rates fall, zero-coupon securities rise more rapidly in value because the bonds reflect a fixed rate of return. An investment in zero-coupon and delayed interest securities may cause the Fund to recognize income and make distributions to shareholders before it receives any cash payments on its investment.
 
Other Investment Risks and Practices
 
Borrowing. The Fund may borrow money for investment purposes, which is a form of leveraging. Leveraging investments, by purchasing securities with borrowed money, is a speculative technique that increases investment risk while increasing investment opportunity. Leverage will magnify changes in the Fund’s NAV and on its investments. Although the principal of such borrowings will be fixed, the Fund’s assets may change in value during the time the borrowing is outstanding. Leverage also creates interest expenses for the Fund. To the extent the income derived from securities purchased with borrowed funds exceeds the interest the Fund will have to pay, the Fund’s net income will be greater than it would be if leverage were not used. Conversely, if the income from the assets obtained with borrowed funds is not sufficient to cover the cost of leveraging, the net income of the Fund will be less than it would be if leverage were not used, and therefore the amount available for distribution to shareholders as dividends will be reduced. The use of derivatives in connection with leverage creates the potential for significant loss.
 
The Fund may borrow money to facilitate management of the Fund’s portfolio by enabling the Fund to meet redemption requests when the liquidation of portfolio instruments would be inconvenient or disadvantageous. Such borrowing is not for investment purposes and will be repaid promptly.
 
As required by the 1940 Act, the Fund must maintain continuous asset coverage (total assets, including assets acquired with borrowed funds, less liabilities exclusive of borrowings) of 300% of all amounts borrowed. If at any time the value of the required asset coverage declines as a result of market fluctuations or other reasons, the Fund may be required to sell some of its portfolio investments within three days to reduce the amount of its borrowings and restore the 300% asset coverage, even though it may be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint to sell portfolio instruments at that time.
 
 
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In addition to the foregoing, the Fund may borrow money from a bank as a temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes in amounts not in excess of 5% of the value of its total assets. This borrowing is not subject to the foregoing 300% asset coverage requirement. The Fund may pledge portfolio securities as Rafferty deems appropriate in connection with any borrowings.
 
Lending Portfolio Securities. The Fund may lend portfolio securities with a value not exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets to brokers, dealers, and financial institutions. Borrowers are required continuously to secure their obligations to return securities on loan from the Fund by depositing any combination of short-term government securities and cash as collateral with the Fund. The collateral must be equal to at least 100% of the market value of the loaned securities, which will be marked to market daily. While the Fund’s portfolio securities are on loan, the Fund continues to receive interest on the securities loaned and simultaneously earns either interest on the investment of the collateral or fee income if the loan is otherwise collateralized. The Fund may invest the interest received and the collateral, thereby earning additional income. Loans would be subject to termination by the Fund on four-business days notice or by the borrower on one-day notice. Borrowed securities must be returned when the loan is terminated. Any gain or loss in the market price of the borrowed securities that occurs during the term of the loan inures to the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund may pay reasonable finders, borrowers, administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan. The Fund currently has no intention of lending its portfolio securities.
 
Portfolio Turnover. The Trust anticipates that the Fund will have very high portfolio turnover due to the active management of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated by the lesser of the value of the securities purchased or securities sold, excluding all securities whose maturities at the time of acquisition were one year or less, divided by the average monthly value of such securities owned during the year. Based on this calculation, instruments with remaining maturities of less than one year are excluded from the portfolio turnover rate. Such instruments generally would include futures contracts and options, since such contracts generally have a remaining maturity of less than one year. In any given period, all of the Fund’s investments may have a remaining maturity of less than one year; in which case, the portfolio turnover rate for that period would be equal to zero. However, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate calculated with all securities whose maturities were one year or less is anticipated to be unusually high.
 
High portfolio turnover involves correspondingly greater expenses to the Fund, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestments in other securities. Such sales also may result in adverse tax consequences to the Fund’s shareholders. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
 
 
 
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INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
 
In addition to the investment policies and limitations described above and described in the Prospectus, the Trust, on behalf of the Fund has adopted the following investment limitations, which are fundamental policies and may not be changed without the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. Under the 1940 Act, a “vote of the majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Fund means the affirmative vote of the lesser of: (1) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund; or (2) 67% or more of the shares of the Fund present at a shareholders meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy.
 
For purposes of the following limitations, all percentage limitations apply immediately after a purchase or initial investment. Except with respect to borrowing money, if a percentage limitation is adhered to at the time of the investment, a later increase or decrease in the percentage resulting from any change in value or net assets will not result in a violation of such restrictions. If at any time the Fund’s borrowings exceed its limitations due to a decline in net assets, such borrowings will be reduced promptly to the extent necessary to comply with the limitation.
 
The Fund shall not:
 
1. Lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets would be lent to other parties, except (1) through the purchase of a portion of an issue of debt securities in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective; policies and limitations; or (2) by engaging in repurchase agreements with respect to portfolio securities.
 
2. Underwrite securities of any other issuer.
 
3. Purchase, hold, or deal in real estate or oil and gas interests.
 
4. Issue any senior security (as such term is defined in Section 18(f) of the 1940 Act) (including the amount of senior securities issued by excluding liabilities and indebtedness not constituting senior securities), except: (1) that the Fund may issue senior securities in connection with transactions in options, futures, options on futures and forward contracts, swaps, caps, floors, collars and other similar investments; (2) as otherwise permitted herein and in Investment Limitations Nos. 5 and 7; and (3) the Fund may make short sales of securities.
 
5. Pledge, mortgage, or hypothecate the Fund’s assets, except (1) to the extent necessary to secure permitted borrowings; (2) in connection with the purchase of securities on a forward-commitment or delayed-delivery basis or the sale of securities on a delayed-delivery basis; and (3) in connection with options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, swaps, caps, floors, collars and other financial instruments.
 
6. Invest in physical commodities, except that the Fund may purchase and sell foreign currency, options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, swaps, caps, floors, collars, securities on a forward-commitment or delayed-delivery basis, and other financial instruments.
 
7. Borrow money, except (1) to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act (which currently limits borrowing to no more than 33 1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets); (2) as a temporary measure and then only in amounts not to exceed 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets; (3) to enter into reverse repurchase agreements; and (4) to lend portfolio securities. For purposes of this investment limitation, the purchase or sale of options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, swaps, caps, floors, collars and other financial instruments shall not constitute borrowing.
 
 
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8. Invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in the securities of issuers in any single industry, provided that there shall be no limitation on the purchase of obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
 
The Fund has adopted the following fundamental investment policy that enables it to invest in another investment company or series thereof:
 
Notwithstanding any other limitation, the Fund may invest all of its investable assets in an open-end management investment company with the same limitations as the Fund. For this purpose, “all of the Fund’s investable assets” means that the only investment securities that will be held by the Fund will be the Fund’s interest in the investment company.
 
 
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE
 
Subject to the general supervision by the Board, Rafferty and/or the Subadviser, as applicable, are responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the Fund, the selection of broker-dealers to effect the transactions, and the negotiation of brokerage commissions, if any. Rafferty expects that the Fund may execute brokerage or other agency transactions through registered broker-dealers, for a commission, in conformity with the 1940 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. There is generally no stated commission in the case of fixed income securities, which are commonly traded in the OTC market, but the price paid by the Fund usually includes an undisclosed dealer commission or mark-up.
 
When selecting a broker or dealer to execute portfolio transactions, Rafferty considers many factors, including the rate of commission or the size of the broker-dealer’s “spread,” the size and difficulty of the order, the nature of the market for the security, operational capabilities of the broker-dealer and the research, statistical and economic data furnished by the broker-dealer to Rafferty and/or Subadviser.
 
In effecting portfolio transactions for the Fund, Rafferty seeks to receive the closing prices of securities that are in line with those of the securities included in the applicable index and seeks to execute trades of such securities at the lowest commission rate reasonably available. With respect to agency transactions, Rafferty may execute trades at a higher rate of commission if reasonable in relation to brokerage and research services provided to the Fund or Rafferty. Such services may include the following: information as to the availability of securities for purchase or sale; statistical or factual information or opinions pertaining to investment; wire services; and appraisals or evaluations of portfolio securities. The Fund believes that the requirement always to seek the lowest possible commission cost could impede effective portfolio management and preclude the Fund, Rafferty and/or the Fund’s Subadviser, as applicable, from obtaining a high quality of brokerage and research services. In seeking to determine the reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid in any transaction, Rafferty relies upon its experience and knowledge regarding commissions generally charged by various brokers and on its judgment in evaluating the brokerage and research services received from the broker effecting the transaction.
 
Rafferty and/or the Fund’s Subadviser may use research and services provided to it by brokers in servicing the Fund; however, not all such services may be used by Rafferty and/or the Fund’s Subadviser in connection with the Fund. While the receipt of such information and services is useful in varying degrees and generally would reduce the amount of research or services otherwise performed by Rafferty and/or the Fund’s Subadviser, this information and these services are of indeterminable value and would not reduce Rafferty’s investment advisory fee to be paid by the Fund or the subadvisory fees to be paid by Rafferty.
 
 
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Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities normally are transacted through issuers, underwriters or major dealers in U.S. government securities acting as principals. Such transactions are made on a net basis and do not involve payment of brokerage commissions. The cost of securities purchased from an underwriter usually includes a commission paid by the issuer to the underwriters; transactions with dealers normally reflect the spread between bid and asked prices.
 
Aggregate brokerage commissions paid by the Fund for the following fiscal periods are shown in the table below.
 
Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
   Brokerage Fees Paid
Year Ended August 31, 2006
$          27,908
September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2005
$          21,016
 
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION
 
The Trust maintains portfolio holdings disclosure policies that govern the timing and circumstances of disclosure to shareholders and third parties of information regarding the Fund’s portfolio investments to ensure that such disclosure is in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders. In adopting the policies, the Board considered actual and potential material conflicts that could arise between the interest of Fund shareholders, the Adviser, distributor, or any other affiliated person of the Fund. Disclosure of the Fund’s complete holdings is required to be made quarterly within 60 days of the end of each fiscal quarter in the Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report to Fund shareholders and in the quarterly holdings report on Form N-Q. These reports are available, free of charge, on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

From time to time, rating and ranking organizations such as Standard & Poor’s® and Morningstar®, Inc. may request complete portfolio holdings information in connection with rating the Fund. Similarly, pension plan sponsors, consultants and/or other financial institutions may request a complete list of portfolio holdings in order to assess the risks of the Fund’s portfolio along with related performance attribution statistics. The Trust believes that these third parties have legitimate objectives in requesting such portfolio holdings information. To prevent such parties from potentially misusing the complete portfolio holdings information, the Fund will generally only disclose such information as of the end of the most recent calendar quarter, with a lag of approximately 60 days. In addition, the Fund’s President or Chief Compliance Officer may grant exceptions to permit additional disclosure of the complete portfolio holdings information at differing times and with differing lag times to rating agencies and to the parties noted above, provided that (1) the recipient is subject to a confidentiality agreement; (2) the recipient will utilize the information to reach certain conclusions about the investment management characteristics of the Fund and will not use the information to facilitate or assist in any investment program; and (3) the recipient will not provide access to third parties to this information. The Chief Compliance Officer shall report any disclosures made pursuant to this exception to the Board.

In addition, the Fund’s service providers, such as custodian, administrator, transfer agent, distributor, legal counsel and independent registered public accounting firm may receive portfolio holdings information in connection with their services to the Fund. In no event shall the Advisers, their affiliates or employees, or the Fund receive any direct or indirect compensation in connection with the disclosure of information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings.

In the event a portfolio holdings disclosure made pursuant to the policies presents a conflict of interest between the Fund’s shareholders and Rafferty, the Subadviser, the distributor and their affiliates or employees and any affiliated person of the Fund, the disclosure will not be made unless a majority of the Independent Trustees approves such disclosure.
 
 
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MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST
 
Trustees and Officers
 
The business affairs of the Fund are managed by or under the direction of the Board. The Trustees are responsible for managing the Fund’s business affairs and for exercising all of the Fund’s powers except those reserved to the shareholders. A Trustee may be removed by the other Trustees or by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding Trust shares.
 
The following table is a list of the Trustees and officers of the Trust, their age, business address and principal occupation during the past five years including any affiliation with Rafferty, the length of service to the Trust, and the position, if any, that they hold on the board of directors of companies other than the Trust. Each Trustee of the Trust also serves on the Board of the Direxion Insurance Trust, the other registered investment company in the Direxion mutual fund complex. Unless otherwise noted, an individual’s business address is 33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
 
 
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Interested Trustees  
         
Name, Address and
Age
 
Position(s)
Held with
Fund
 
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served
 
Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past Five Years
 
# of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee(2)
 
Other
Trusteeships/
Directorships Held
by Trustee
 
Lawrence C. Rafferty(1) 
Age: 64
Chairman
of the
Board of
Trustees
Lifetime of
Trust until
removal or resignation;
Since 1997
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of
Rafferty, 1997-present;
Chief Executive Officer
of Rafferty Companies,
LLC, 1996-present;
Chief Executive Officer
of Rafferty Capital
Markets, Inc., 1995-
present.
 
102
Board of Trustees,
Fairfield University;
Board of Directors,
St. Vincent’s
Services; Executive
Committee,
Metropolitan Golf
Association
Jay F. Higgins(1)
Age: 61
Trustee
Lifetime of
Trust until
removal or resignation;
Since 1997
 
Chairman, Bengal
Partners, 1998-present
(NASD Broker-Dealer).
102
 

 
Non-Interested Trustees 
         
Name, Address and
Age
 
Position(s)
Held with
Fund
 
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served
 
Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past Five Years
 
# of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee(2)
 
Other
Trusteeships/
Directorships Held
by Trustee
 
Daniel J. Byrne
Age: 62
Trustee
Lifetime of
Trust until
removal or resignation;
Since 1997
President and Chief
Executive Officer of
Byrne Securities Inc.,
1992-present; Trustee,
The Opening Word
Program, Wyandanch,
New York.
 
102
None
Gerald E. Shanley III
Age: 63
Trustee
Lifetime of
Trust until
removal or resignation;
Since 1997
Business Consultant,
1985-present; Trustee of
Trust Under Will of
Charles S. Payson,
1987-present; C.P.A.,
1979-present.
 
102
None
John Weisser
Age: __
Trustee
Lifetime of
Trust until
removal or resignation;
Since 2007
___
102
____
 
 
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Officers 
         
Name, Address and Age
 
Position(s)
Held with
Fund
 
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served
 
Principal
Occupation(s) During
Past Five Years
 
# of
Portfolios in
Fund
Complex
Overseen by Trustee(2)
 
Other
Trusteeships/
Directorships Held
by Trustee
 
Ron Fernandes
Age: 48
Chief
Executive
Officer
One Year;
Since 2006
Chief Executive Officer,
Raven Holdings, 2003-
2006; President, SunLife Distributors, Inc. and
Executive Vice
President, SunLife
Retirement Products and
Services, 1999-2002.
 
N/A
None
Daniel D. O’Neill
Age: 38
President;
One Year;
Since 1999
 
 
Managing Director of
Rafferty, 1999-present.
N/A
None
Chief
Operating
Officer and
Chief
Investment
Officer
 
One Year;
Since 2006
William Franca
Age: 49
Executive
Vice President
- Head of
Distribution
One Year;
Since 2006
Senior Vice President-
National Sales,
Massachusetts Financial Services/SunLife
Financial Distributors,
2002-2004; Executive
Vice President,
Distribution, SunLife,
2001-2002.
 
N/A
None
Karin Louie
Age: __
Chief
Compliance
Officer
One Year;
Since 2007
____
N/A
None
   
Stephen P. Sprague
Age: 56
Treasurer and
Controller
One Year;
Since 1999
Chief Financial Officer
of Rafferty for the past 5
years.
 
N/A
None
Eric W. Falkeis
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Age: 33
 
Secretary
One Year;
Since 2004
Vice President, U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services
LLC, 1997-present
N/A
None
(1) Mr. Rafferty and Mr. Higgins are affiliated with Rafferty. Mr. Rafferty is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rafferty and Mr. Higgins owns a beneficial interest in Rafferty.
 
(2) The Direxion Complex consists of the Direxion Funds which currently offers for sale to the public __ portfolios of the __ currently registered with the SEC and the Direxion Insurance Trust which currently offers for sale 3 portfolios of the 45 currently registered with the SEC.
 
 
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The Trust has an Audit Committee, consisting of Messrs. Byrne and Shanley. The members of the Audit Committee are not “interested” persons of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act). The primary responsibilities of the Trust’s Audit Committee are, as set forth in its charter, to make recommendations to the Board Members as to: the engagement or discharge of the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm (including the audit fees charged by auditors); the supervision of investigations into matters relating to audit matters; the review with the independent registered public accounting firm of the results of audits; and addressing any other matters regarding audits. The Audit Committee met three times during the Fund’s most recent fiscal year.
 
The Trust also has a Nominating Committee, consisting of Messrs. Byrne and Shanley, each of whom is a disinterested member of the Board. The primary responsibilities of the nominating committee are to make recommendations to the Board on issues related to the composition and operation of the Board, and communicate with management on those issues. The Nominating Committee also evaluates and nominates Board member candidates. The Nominating Committee will consider nominees recommended by shareholders. Such recommendations should be in writing and addressed to the Fund with attention to the Nominating Committee Chair. The recommendations must include the following Preliminary Information regarding the nominee: (1) name; (2) date of birth; (3) education; (4) business professional or other relevant experience and areas of expertise; (5) current business and home addresses and contact information; (6) other board positions or prior experience; and (7) any knowledge and experience relating to investment companies and investment company governance. The Nominating Committee did not meet during the Trust’s most recent fiscal year.
 
The Trust has a Qualified Legal Compliance Committee, consisting of Messrs. Byrne and Shanley. The members of the Qualified Legal Compliance Committee are not “interested” persons of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act). The primary responsibility of the Trust’s Qualified Legal Compliance Committee is to receive, review and take appropriate action with respect to any report (“Report”) made or referred to the Committee by an attorney of evidence of a material violation of applicable U.S. federal or state securities law, material breach of a fiduciary duty under U.S. federal or state law or a similar material violation by the Trust or by any officer, director, employee, or agent of the Trust. The Qualified Legal Compliance Committee did not meet during the most recent fiscal year.
 
The following table shows the amount of equity securities in the Fund owned by the Trustees as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2006:

Dollar Range of
Equity Securities
Owned:
 
Interested Trustees:
 
Disinterested Trustees:
 
 
 
Lawrence C.
Rafferty
 
 
Jay F.
Higgins
 
 
Daniel J.
Byrne
 
 
Gerald E.
Shanley III
 
 
John
Weisser
 
 
Spectrum Select
Alternative Fund
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 
 
Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in the
Direxion Complex
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 
 
$_
 

 
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The Trust’s Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees will not be liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law. However, they are not protected against any liability to which they would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of their office.
 
No officer, director or employee of Rafferty receives any compensation from the Fund for acting as a Trustee or officer of the Trust. The following table shows the compensation earned by each Trustee for the Trust’s prior fiscal year ended August 31, 2006.
 
Name of Person,
Position
Aggregate
Compensation
From the
Fund
   
Pension or Retirement Benefits
Accrued As
Part of the
Trust’s
Expenses
Estimated
Annual
Benefits
Upon
Retirement
Aggregate Compensation
From the
Direxion
Complex Paid
to the Trustees
 
Interested Trustees
 
           
 
Lawrence C. Rafferty
$0
   
$0
$0
$0
 
Jay F. Higgins
$650
   
$0
$0
$20,000
 
Disinterested Trustees
 
           
 
Kevin G. Boyle(1)
$650
   
$0
$0
$20,000
 
Daniel J. Byrne
$650
   
$0
$0
$20,000
 
Gerald E. Shanley III
$845
   
$0
$0
$26,000
John Weisser
N/A
   
N/A
N/A
N/A
(1)  As of _____, 2007, Mr. Boyle is no longer a Trustee of the Trust.
(2) Mr. Weisser was appointed to the Board on March 7, 2007.

Principal Shareholders, Control Persons and Management Ownership

A principal shareholder is any person who owns of record or beneficially 5% or more of any class of the Fund’s outstanding shares. A control person is a shareholder that owns beneficially or through controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a company or acknowledges the existence of control. Shareholders owning voting securities in excess of 25% may determine the outcome of any matter affecting and voted on by shareholders of the Fund. As of ________, 2007, the following shareholders were considered to be either a control person or principal shareholder of the Fund:

Spectrum Select Alternative Fund

Name and Address
 
% Ownership
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
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In addition, as of________, 2007, the Trustees and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
 
Investment Adviser and Subadviser
 
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, 33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York, 10004, provides investment advice to the Fund. Rafferty was organized as a New York limited liability corporation in June 1997. Lawrence C. Rafferty controls Rafferty and Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC. through his ownership in Rafferty Holdings, LLC.
 
Rafferty has retained Hundredfold Advisors, LLC, 2940 N. Lynnhaven Road, Suite 210A, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, to serve as subadviser to the Fund (“Hundredfold” or “Subadviser”). Through its ownership of the Subadviser, Simply Distribute Charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation, controls Hundredfold and was created as a charitable foundation. Mr. Ralph Doudera and Ms. Mary Collins are trustees of the foundation. In addition, as managing members of Hundredfold, both Mr. Doudera and Ms. Collins control the Subadviser.
 
Under an Investment Advisory Agreement (“Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust, on behalf of the Fund and Rafferty, Rafferty provides a continuous investment program for the Fund’s assets in accordance with its investment objective, policies and limitations, and oversees the day-to-day operations of the Fund, subject to the supervision of the Trustees. Rafferty bears all costs associated with providing these advisory services. The Trust bears all other expenses that are not assumed by Rafferty as described in the Prospectus. The Trust also is liable for nonrecurring expenses as may arise, including litigation to which the Fund may be a party. The Trust also may have an obligation to indemnify its Trustees and officers with respect to any such litigation.
 
Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays Rafferty at an annual rate of 1.00% based on its average daily net assets.
 
The Fund is responsible for its own operating expenses. Rafferty has voluntarily agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse operating expenses (excluding Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, dividends and interest on short positions and extraordinary expenses) to the extent that Fund expenses exceed 2.75% of average daily net assets for the period ending August 31, 2007. If overall expenses fall below these percentage limitations, then the Fund may reimburse Rafferty within the following three years. There is no assurance that Rafferty will continue this waiver after this date.
 
The table below shows the amount of advisory fees incurred by the Fund and the amount of fees waived and/or reimbursed by Rafferty for the following periods.

Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
Advisory Fees Incurred
Waived fees and/or
expenses reimbursed
by Advisor
Year Ended August 31, 2006
$226,104
$0
September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2005
$440,650
$0

The Advisory Agreement was approved by the Trustees (including all Independent Trustees) and Rafferty, as sole shareholder of the Fund, in compliance with the 1940 Act. The Advisory Agreement continues in force for an initial period of two years after the date of its approval. The Advisory Agreement is renewable thereafter from year to year with respect to the Fund, so long as its continuance is approved at least annually (1) by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for that purpose, of a majority of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of Rafferty or the Trust, and (2) by the majority vote of either the full Board or the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The Advisory Agreement automatically terminates on assignment and is terminable on 60-day written notice either by the Trust or Rafferty.
 
 
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Under an Investment Subadvisory Agreement (“Subadvisory Agreement”) between Rafferty and Hundredfold, Hundredfold, subject to direction by Rafferty and the Board, provides investment advice and portfolio management services to the Fund for a fee payable by Rafferty. An investment team from Hundredfold will manage the Fund’s assets, under the supervision of Rafferty. Under the Subadvisory Agreement, Hundredfold directs, through Rafferty, the allocation of Fund assets among various baskets of securities, created by Hundredfold. Then, Rafferty implements Hundredfold’s investment decisions for the Fund by placing all brokerage orders for the purchase and sale of those securities. For the investment subadvisory services provided to the Fund, Rafferty pays Hundredfold 0.40% for assets under management of less than $40 million, 0.60% for assets under management between $40 million and $100 million, 0.70% for assets under management between $100 million and $150 million, 0.75% for assets under management between $150 million and $200 million, and 0.80% for assets under management if greater than $200 million.

The Subadvisory Agreement was initially approved by the Board (including all of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of Rafferty or Hundredfold, as defined under the 1940 Act) and the shareholders of the Fund, in compliance with the 1940 Act. The Subadvisory Agreement provides that it will be in force for an initial two-year period and it must be approved each year thereafter by (1) a vote, cast in person at a meeting called for that purpose, of a majority of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of Rafferty, Hundredfold or the Trust, and by (2) the majority vote of either the full Board or the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The Subadvisory Agreement automatically terminates on assignment and is terminable on not less than a 60-day written notice by Rafferty or a 90-day written notice by Hundredfold. Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, Rafferty automatically becomes responsible for the obligations of Hundredfold upon termination of the Subadvisory Agreement.
 
Spectrum Financial Inc., an affiliate of Hundredfold, receives an annualized fee of 1.00% based on the average daily net assets of the Fund attributable to clients of Spectrum Financial, Inc. who are shareholders of the Fund.
 
Rafferty shall not be liable to the Trust or any shareholder for anything done or omitted by it, except acts or omissions involving willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of the duties imposed upon it by its agreement with the Trust or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
 
Hundredfold shall not be liable to the Trust or any shareholder for anything done or omitted by it, except acts or omissions involving willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of the duties imposed upon it by its agreement with Rafferty or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security.
 
Pursuant to Section 17(j) of the 1940 Act and Rule 17j-1 thereunder, the Trust, Rafferty, Hundredfold and the distributor have adopted Codes of Ethics (“Codes”). These Codes permit portfolio managers and other access persons of the Fund to invest in securities that may be owned by the Fund, subject to certain restrictions.

 
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Portfolio Manager
 
Mr. Doudera serves as portfolio manager of the Fund. In addition to the Fund, Mr. Doudera manages the other accounts set forth below. Hundredfold provided the following information regarding the other accounts managed by the Fund’s portfolio manager, including the number of accounts, the total assets in those accounts and the categorization of the accounts as of August 31, 2006.

 
Other Accounts
 
 
Total
Number of
Accounts
 
 
Total Assets
 
 
Total
Number of
Accounts
with
Performance
Based Fees
 
 
Total Assets
of Accounts
with
Performance
Based Fees
 
 
Registered Investment Companies
 
 
2
 
 
$____
 
 
0
 
 
$0
 
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
 
 
0
 
 
$0
 
 
0
 
 
$0
 
 
Other Accounts(1)
 
771
 
 
$141 million
 
 
0
 
 
$0
 
(1) Mr. Doudera is also the founder, CEO and investment manager of Spectrum Financial Inc., a registered investment adviser. Mr. Doudera manages all of the above accounts for Spectrum Financial Inc.

Because the other accounts listed above invest only in mutual funds, Hundredfold and/or Spectrum Financial Inc. have not identified any material conflicts between the Fund and other accounts managed by Mr. Doudera. However, actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise in connection with the day-to-day management of the Fund and other accounts. The management of the Fund and other accounts may result in unequal time and attention being devoted to the Fund and other accounts. Hundredfold’s management fees for the services it provides to other accounts varies and may be higher or lower than the subadvisory fees it receives from Rafferty. This could create potential conflicts of interest in which the portfolio manager may appear to favor one investment vehicle over another resulting in an account paying higher fees or one investment vehicle out performing another.

As of August 31, 2006, Mr. Doudera is not compensated for his position as portfolio manager to the Fund. All of Mr. Doudera’s services are donated to Hundredfold.

Set forth below are the dollar ranges of securities of the Fund beneficially owned by the portfolio manager as of August 31, 2006.

 
Fund
 
 
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the
Fund
 
 
Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
 
 
None
 

 
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures 
 
The Board has adopted proxy voting policies and procedures (“Proxy Policies”) wherein the Trust has delegated to Rafferty the responsibility for voting proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Fund as part of its investment advisory services, subject to the supervision and oversight of the Board. The Proxy Voting Policies of Rafferty are attached as Appendix A. Notwithstanding this delegation of responsibilities, however, the Fund retains the right to vote proxies relating to its portfolio securities. The fundamental purpose of the Proxy Policies is to ensure that each vote will be in a manner that reflects the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders, taking into account the value of the Fund’s investments.
 
 
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More Information. The actual voting records relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request by calling toll-free, 1-800-851-0511 or by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Fund Administrator, Fund Accountant, Transfer Agent and Custodian 
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“Administrator”), 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, provides administrative, fund accounting and transfer agent services to the Fund. U.S. Bank, N.A., Custody Operations, 1555 N. River Center Drive, Suite 302, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, an affiliate of the Administrator, provides custodian services to the Fund.
 
Pursuant to an Administration Servicing Agreement (“Service Agreement”) between the Trust and the Administrator, the Administrator provides the Trust with administrative and management services (other than investment advisory services). As compensation for these services, the Trust pays the Administrator a fee based on the Trust’s total average daily net assets of 0.05% on assets up to $3 billion and 0.04% on the remaining balance or a minimum fee of $10,000 per fund. The Administrator also is entitled to certain out-of-pocket expenses.
 
The table below shows the amount of administrative and management services fees incurred by the Fund to the Administrator for the following the fiscal periods.
 
Fiscal Period
Spectrum Select Alternative
Fund
Year Ended August 31, 2006
$ 17,797
September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2005
$ 32,102

Pursuant to the Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement between the Trust and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“Fund Accountant”), the Fund Accountant provides the Trust with accounting services, including portfolio accounting services, tax accounting services and furnishing financial reports. For these services, the Trust pays the Fund Accountant a fee based on the Trust’s total average daily net assets of 0.01% and a minimum fee of $23,000 per fund. The Fund Accountant also is entitled to certain out-of-pocket expenses, including pricing expenses.
 
Pursuant to a Custodian Agreement, U.S. Bank, N.A. serves as the custodian of the Fund’s assets. Under the terms of the Custodian Agreement, the Custodian holds and administers the assets in the Fund’s portfolio. The Custodian receives an annual fee based on the Trust’s total average daily net assets of 0.02% and a $3,000 minimum fee per fund. The Custodian also is entitled to certain out-of-pocket expenses.
 
Distributor
 
Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC, 59 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, serves as the distributor (“Distributor”) in connection with the continuous offering of the Fund’s shares. The Distributor and participating dealers with whom it has entered into dealer agreements offer shares of the Fund as agents on a best efforts basis and are not obligated to sell any specific amount of shares. For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, the Distributor received $90,000 as compensation from Rafferty for distribution services for the Trust. Mr. Rafferty is an affiliated person of the Distributor.
 
 
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Distribution Plan
 
Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act provides that an investment company may bear expenses of distributing its shares only pursuant to a plan adopted in accordance with the Rule. The Trustees have adopted a Rule 12b-1 Plan of Distribution (“Plan”) for the Service Class Shares of the Fund pursuant to which the Fund may pay certain expenses incurred in the distribution of the Service Class Shares and the servicing and maintenance of existing shareholder accounts. Pursuant to the Plan, the Fund may pay up to 1.00% of its average daily net assets.
 
The Plan was approved by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees of the Fund. In approving the Plan, the Trustees determined that there is a reasonable likelihood that the Plan will benefit the Fund and its shareholders. The Trustees will review quarterly and annually a written report of the amounts expended under the Plan and the purposes for which such expenditures were made. The Distributor, as the Fund’s principal underwriter, Rafferty and the Subadviser may have a direct or indirect financial interest in the Plan or any related agreement.

The Plan permits payments to be made by the Fund to the distributor or other third parties for expenditures incurred in connection with the distribution of Fund shares to investors and/or the provision of certain shareholder services. The distributor or other third parties are authorized to engage in advertising, the preparation and distribution of sales literature and other promotional activities on behalf of the Fund. In addition, the Plan authorizes payments by the Fund to the distributor and/or other third parties for the cost related to selling or servicing efforts, preparing, printing and distributing Fund prospectuses, statements of additional information, and shareholder reports to investors.

The tables below show the amount of 12b-1 fees incurred and the allocation of such fees by the Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006.
 
Fund
12b-1 fees
incurred
 
Spectrum Select Alternative Fund
$ 226,104

Fund
Advertising
and
Marketing
Printing
and
Postage
Payment to Distributor
Payment to
Dealers
Compensation
to Sales
Personnel
Other
Marketing
Expenses
Spectrum Select
Alternative Fund
$ 0
$ 0
$ 0
$ 159,584
$ 0
$ 66,520

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
____________, [address], is the independent registered public accounting firm for the Trust. The Financial Statements of the Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006 have been audited by ____ and are incorporated by reference herein with reliance upon the report of said firm, which is given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 
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DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
 
The NAV per share of the Fund is determined daily, Monday through Friday, as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (normally at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time), each day the NYSE is open for business. The NYSE is not open on New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
 
A security listed or traded on an exchange, domestic or foreign, is valued at its last sales price on the principal exchange on which it is traded prior to the time when assets are valued. If no sale is reported at that time, the mean of the last bid and asked prices is used. Securities traded principally on the NASDAQ® Global Market (“NASDAQ®”) for which quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ® Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) provided by NASDAQ® each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern time, unless that price is outside the range of the “inside” bid and asked prices; in that case, NASDAQ® will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. If the NOCP is not available, such securities shall be valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation, or if there has been no sale on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices.
 
When market quotations for options and futures positions held by the Fund are readily available, those positions will be valued based upon such quotations. Securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available, or for which Rafferty has reason to question the validity of quotations received, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board.
 
For purposes of determining NAV per share of the Fund, options and futures contracts are valued at the last sale prices of the exchanges on which they trade. The value of a futures contract equals the unrealized gain or loss on the contract that is determined by marking the contract to the last sale price for a like contract acquired on the day on which the futures contract is being valued. The value of options on futures contracts is determined based upon the last sale price for a like option acquired on the day on which the option is being valued. A last sale price may not be used for the foregoing purposes if the market makes a limit move with respect to a particular instrument.
 
For valuation purposes, quotations of foreign securities or other assets denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. Dollar equivalents using the net foreign exchange rate in effect at the close of the stock exchange in the country where the security is issued. Short-term debt instruments having a maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. If the Board determines that the amortized cost method does not represent the fair value of the short-term debt instrument, the investment will be valued at fair value by procedures as adopted by the Board. U.S. government securities are valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked price provided by an independent third party pricing service (“Pricing Service”).
 
Other debt securities are valued by using the mean between the closing bid and asked price provided by the Pricing Service. If the closing bid and asked price are not readily available, the Pricing Service may provide a price determined by a matrix pricing method, which is a mathematical technique used to value fixed-income securities without relying exclusively on quoted prices. In the absence of market quotations or matrix-derived prices from the Pricing Service, the debt securities will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board.
 
OTC securities held by the Fund will be valued at the last sales price or, if no sales price is reported, the mean of the last bid and asked price is used. The portfolio securities of the Fund that are listed on national exchanges are valued at the last sales price of such securities; if no sales price is reported, the mean of the last bid and asked price is used. Dividend income and other distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
 
 
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Illiquid securities, securities for which reliable quotations or pricing services are not readily available, and all other assets not valued in accordance with the foregoing principles will be valued at their respective fair value as determined in good faith by, or under procedures established by, the Trustees, which procedures may include the delegation of certain responsibilities regarding valuation to Rafferty or the officers of the Trust. The officers of the Trust report, as necessary, to the Trustees regarding portfolio valuation determinations. The Trustees, from time to time, will review these methods of valuation and will recommend changes that may be necessary to assure that the investments of the Fund are valued at fair value.

For purposes of calculating its daily NAV, the Fund typically reflects changes in its holdings of portfolio securities on the first business day following a portfolio trade (commonly known as “T+1 accounting”). However, the Fund is permitted to include same day trades when calculating its NAV (commonly referred to as “trade date accounting”) on days when the Fund receives substantial redemptions. Such redemptions can result in an adverse impact on the Fund’s NAV when there is a disparity between the trade price and the closing price of the security. Thus, the Fund’s use of trade date accounting is likely to lessen the impact of substantial redemptions on the Fund’s NAV.

 
PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS 
 
Retirement Plans
 
Individuals who earn compensation and who have not reached age 70½ before the close of the year generally may establish an individual retirement account (“IRA”). An individual may make limited contributions to an IRA of up to $4,000 per taxable year (or $8,000, if such contributions also are made for a nonworking spouse and a joint return is filed) through the purchase of shares of the Fund; these maximum contributions increase by $500 if you attain age 50 before the end of the taxable year ($1,000 if both you and your spouse do so). The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), limits the deductibility of IRA contributions to taxpayers who are not active participants (and, under certain circumstances, whose spouses are not active participants, unless their combined adjusted gross income does not exceed $150,000) in employer-provided retirement plans or who have adjusted gross income below certain levels. Nevertheless, the Code permits other individuals to make nondeductible IRA contributions up to the same limits as referred to above. In addition, individuals whose earnings (together with their spouse’s earnings) do not exceed a certain level may establish a Roth IRA; although contributions thereto are nondeductible, withdrawals from a Roth IRA will not be taxable under certain circumstances. An IRA also may be used for certain “rollovers” from qualified benefit plans and from Section 403(b) annuity plans.
 
Fund shares also may be used as the investment medium for qualified plans (defined benefit or defined contribution plans established by corporations, partnerships or sole proprietorships). Contributions to qualified plans may be made (within certain limits) on behalf of the employees, including owner-employees, of the sponsoring entity.
 
Redemption In-Kind 
 
The Trust has filed a notice of election under Rule 18f-1 of the 1940 Act which obligates the Fund to redeem shares for any shareholder for cash during any 90-day period up to $250,000 or 1% of the Fund’s NAV, whichever is less. Any redemption beyond this amount also will be in cash unless the Trustees determine that further cash payments will have a material adverse effect on remaining shareholders. In such a case, the Fund will pay all or a portion of the remainder of the redemption in portfolio instruments, valued in the same way as the Fund determines NAV. The portfolio instruments will be selected in a manner that the Trustees deem fair and equitable. A redemption in-kind is not as liquid as a cash redemption. If a redemption is made in-kind, a shareholder receiving portfolio instruments could receive less than the redemption value thereof and could incur certain transaction costs. Shareholders who receive futures contracts or options on futures contracts in connection with a redemption in-kind may be responsible for making any margin payments due on those contracts.
 
 
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Redemptions by Telephone
 
Shareholders may redeem shares of the Fund by telephone. When acting on verbal instructions believed to be genuine, the Trust, Rafferty, transfer agent and their trustees, directors, officers and employees are not liable for any loss resulting from a fraudulent telephone transaction request and the investor will bear the risk of loss. In acting upon telephone instructions, these parties use procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that such instructions are genuine, such as (1) obtaining some or all of the following information: account number, name(s) and social security number(s) registered to the account, and personal identification; (2) recording all telephone transactions; and (3) sending written confirmation of each transaction to the registered owner. To the extent that the Trust, Rafferty, transfer agent and their trustees, directors, officers and employees do not employ such procedures, some or all of them may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent transactions.
 
Receiving Payment
 
Payment of redemption proceeds will be made within seven days following the Fund’s receipt of your request (if received in good order as described below) for redemption. For investments that have been made by check, payment on redemption requests may be delayed until the transfer agent is reasonably satisfied that the purchase payment has been collected by the Trust (which may require up to 10 calendar days). To avoid redemption delays, purchases may be made by direct wire transfers.
 
A redemption request will be considered to be received in “good order” if:
 
l     
The number or amount of shares and the class of shares to be redeemed and shareholder account number have been indicated;
 
l     
Any written request is signed by a shareholder and by all co-owners of the account with exactly the same name or names used in establishing the account;
 
l     
Any written request is accompanied by certificates representing the shares that have been issued, if any, and the certificates have been endorsed for transfer exactly as the name or names appear on the certificates or an accompanying stock power has been attached; and
 
l     
The signatures on any written redemption request in excess of $100,000 or more and on any certificates for shares (or an accompanying stock power) have been guaranteed by a national bank, a state bank that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a trust company or by any member firm of the New York, American, Boston, Chicago, Pacific or Philadelphia Stock Exchanges. Signature guarantees also will be accepted from savings banks and certain other financial institutions that are deemed acceptable by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, as transfer agent, under its current signature guarantee program.
 
The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed for any period during which (1) the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend or holiday closings); (2) trading on the NYSE is restricted; (3) situations where an emergency exists as a result of which it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets or disposal of the Fund’s securities is not reasonably practicable; or (4) the SEC has issued an order for the protection of Fund shareholders.
 
 
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Anti-Money Laundering 
 
The Fund is required to comply with various federal anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Consequently, the Fund may be required to “freeze” the account of a shareholder if the shareholder appears to be involved in suspicious activity or if certain account information matches information on government lists of known terrorists or other suspicious persons, or the Fund may be required to transfer the account or proceeds of the account to a government agency. In addition, pursuant to the Fund’s Customer Identification Program, the Fund’s Transfer Agent will complete a thorough review of all new opening account applications and will not transact business with any person or entity whose identity cannot be adequately verified.
 
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE
 
An exchange is effected through the redemption of the shares tendered for exchange and the purchase of shares being acquired at their respective NAVs as next determined following receipt by the Fund whose shares are being exchanged of (1) proper instructions and all necessary supporting documents; or (2) a telephone request for such exchange in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Prospectus and below. Telephone requests for an exchange received by the Fund before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time will be effected at the close of regular trading on that day. Requests for an exchange received after the close of regular trading will be effected on the NYSE’s next trading day. Due to the volume of calls or other unusual circumstances, telephone exchanges may be difficult to implement during certain time periods.
 
The Trust reserves the right to reject any order to acquire its shares through exchange or otherwise to restrict or terminate the exchange privilege at any time. In addition, the Trust may terminate this exchange privilege upon a 60-day notice.
 
SHAREHOLDER AND OTHER INFORMATION
 
Each share of the Fund gives the shareholder one vote in matters submitted to shareholders for a vote. Each class of the Fund has equal voting rights, except that, in matters affecting only a particular class or series, only shares of that class or series are entitled to vote. Share voting rights are not cumulative, and shares have no preemptive or conversion rights. Shares are not transferable. As a Massachusetts business trust, the Trust is not required to hold annual shareholder meetings. Shareholder approval will be sought only for certain changes in a Trust’s or the Fund’s operation and for the election of Trustees under certain circumstances. Trustees may be removed by the Trustees or by shareholders at a special meeting. A special meeting of shareholders shall be called by the Trustees upon the written request of shareholders owning at least 10% of a Trust’s outstanding shares.
 
DIVIDENDS, OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
 
Dividends and Other Distributions
 
Net investment income and any realized net capital gains are as described in the Prospectus under “Distributions and Taxes.” All distributions from the Fund normally are automatically reinvested without charge in additional shares of that Fund.
 
 
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Taxes
 
Regulated Investment Company Status. The Fund is treated as a separate corporation for Federal income tax purposes and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Code. If the Fund so qualifies and satisfies the Distribution Requirement (defined below) for a taxable year, the Fund will not be subject to Federal income tax on the part of its investment company taxable income (generally consisting of net investment income and the excess of net short-term capital gains, over net long-term capital loss (“short-term capital gain”), all determined without regard to any deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) it distributes to its shareholders for that year.
 
To qualify for treatment as a RIC, the Fund must distribute to its shareholders for each taxable year at least 90% of its investment company taxable income (“Distribution Requirement”) and must meet several additional requirements. These requirements include the following: (1) the Fund must derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans and gains from the sale or other disposition of securities, or other income (including gains from options or futures) derived with respect to its business of investing in securities (“Income Requirement”); and (2) at the close of each quarter of the Fund’s taxable year, (i) at least 50% of the value of its total assets must be represented by cash and cash items, U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs and other securities, with those other securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount that does not exceed 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets and that does not represent more than 10% of the issuer’s outstanding voting securities, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of its total assets may be invested in securities (other than U.S. government securities or the securities of other RICs) of any one issuer (collectively, “Diversification Requirements”).
 
Although the Fund intends to satisfy all the foregoing requirements, there is no assurance that the Fund will be able to do so. The investment by the Fund primarily in options and futures positions entails some risk that it might fail to satisfy the Diversification Requirements. There is some uncertainty regarding the valuation of such positions for purposes of those requirements; accordingly, it is possible that the method of valuation used by the Fund, pursuant to which it would be treated as satisfying the Diversification Requirements, would not be accepted in an audit by the Internal Revenue Service, which might apply a different method resulting in disqualification of the Fund.
 
If the Fund failed to qualify for treatment as a RIC in any taxable year, (1) it would be taxed on the full amount of its taxable income, including net capital gain, for that year at corporate income tax rates (up to 35%) without being able to deduct the distributions it makes to its shareholders; and (2) the shareholders would treat all those distributions, including distributions of net capital gain, as dividends (that is, ordinary income), except for the part of those dividends that is “qualified dividend income” (described in the Prospectus) (“QDI”) which is subject to a maximum federal income tax rate of 15%) to the extent of the Fund’s earnings and profits. In addition, the Fund would be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest and make substantial distributions before requalifying for RIC treatment.
 
General. If Fund shares are sold at a loss after being held for six months or less, the loss will be treated as long-term, instead of short-term, capital loss to the extent of any capital gain distributions received on those shares. Investors also should be aware that if shares are purchased shortly before the record date for any dividend or capital gain distribution, the shareholder will pay full price for the shares and receive some portion of the purchase price back as a taxable distribution.
 
 
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The Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax (“Excise Tax”) to the extent it fails to distribute by the end of any calendar year substantially all of its ordinary income for that year and capital gain net income for the one-year period ending on October 31 of that year, plus certain other amounts.
 
Dividends distributed by the Fund (including distributions of net short-term capital gain), if any, are taxable to its shareholders as ordinary income (at rates up to 35% for individuals), except to the extent they constitute QDI regardless of whether the dividends are reinvested in Fund shares or received in cash. Distributions of the Fund’s net capital gain, if any, are taxable to its shareholders as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long they have held their Fund shares and whether the distributions are reinvested in Fund shares or received in cash. A shareholder’s sale (redemption) of Fund shares may result in a taxable gain, depending on whether the redemption proceeds are more or less than the adjusted basis for the shares. An exchange of Fund shares for shares of another Fund generally will have similar consequences.
 
Income from Foreign Securities. Dividends and interest the Fund receives, and gains it realizes on foreign securities, may be subject to income, withholding or other taxes imposed by foreign countries and U.S. possessions that would reduce the yield and/or total return on its securities. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate these foreign taxes, however, and many foreign countries do not impose taxes on capital gains in respect of investments by foreign investors.

The Fund may invest in the stock of “passive foreign investment companies” (“PFICs”). A PFIC is any foreign corporation (with certain exceptions) that, in general, meets either of the following tests: (1) at least 75% of its gross income for the taxable year is passive; or (2) an average of at least 50% of its assets produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. Under certain circumstances, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” it receives on the stock of a PFIC or of any gain on its disposition of the stock (collectively, “PFIC income”), plus interest thereon, even if the Fund distributes the PFIC income as a dividend to its shareholders. The balance of the PFIC income will be included in the Fund’s investment company taxable income and, accordingly, will not be taxable to it to the extent it distributes that income to its shareholders. Fund distributions thereof will not be eligible for the 15% maximum federal income tax rate on individuals’ QDI.

If the Fund invests in a PFIC and elects to treat the PFIC as a “qualified electing fund” (“QEF”), then, in lieu of the foregoing tax and interest obligation, the Fund would be required to include in income each year its pro rata share of the QEF’s annual ordinary earnings and net capital gain -- which the Fund probably would have to distribute to satisfy the Distribution Requirement -- even if the Fund did not receive those earnings and gain from the QEF. In most instances it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to make this election because of certain requirements thereof.

The Fund may elect to “mark to market” its stock in any PFIC. “Marking-to-market,” in this context, means including in ordinary income each taxable year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the PFIC’s stock over the Fund’s adjusted basis therein as of the end of that year. Pursuant to the election, the Fund also would be allowed to deduct (as an ordinary, not capital, loss) the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis in PFIC stock over the fair market value thereof as of the taxable year-end, but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to that stock the Fund included in income for prior taxable years under the election. The Fund’s adjusted basis in each PFIC’s stock with respect to which it makes this election would be adjusted to reflect the amounts of income included and deductions taken thereunder.

Gains or losses (1) from the disposition of foreign currencies; (2) on the disposition of each foreign-currency-denominated debt security that are attributable to fluctuations in the value of the foreign currency between the dates of acquisition and disposition of the security; and (3) that are attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates that occur between the time the Fund accrues dividends, interest or other receivables, or expenses or other liabilities, denominated in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects the receivables or pays the liabilities, generally will be treated as ordinary income or loss. These gains or losses will increase or decrease the amount of the Fund’s investment company taxable income to be distributed to its shareholders.
 
 
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Derivatives Strategies. The use of derivatives strategies, such as writing (selling) and purchasing options and futures contracts, involves complex rules that will determine for income tax purposes the amount, character and timing of recognition of the gains and losses the Fund realizes in connection therewith. Gains from options and futures the Fund derives with respect to its business of investing in securities will be qualifying income under the Income Requirement.
 
“Nonequity options” (i.e., certain listed options, such as those on “broad-based” stock indices) and futures in which the Fund may invest may be “section 1256 contracts.” Section 1256 contracts that the Fund holds at the end of each taxable year, other than section 1256 contracts that are part of a “mixed straddle” with respect to which the Fund has made an election not to have the following rules apply, must be “marked-to-market” (that is, treated as sold for their fair market value) for Federal income tax purposes, with the result that unrealized gains or losses will be treated as though they were realized. Sixty percent of any net gain or loss recognized on these deemed sales, and 60% of any net realized gain or loss from any actual sales of section 1256 contracts, will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and the balance will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss. Section 1256 contracts also may be marked-to-market for purposes of the Excise Tax.
 
Code section 1092 (dealing with straddles) also may affect the taxation of options and futures contracts in which the Fund may invest. That section defines a “straddle” as offsetting positions with respect to actively traded personal property; for these purposes, options and futures contracts are positions in personal property. Under that section, any loss from the disposition of a position in a straddle may be deducted only to the extent the loss exceeds the unrealized gain on the offsetting position(s) of the straddle. In addition, these rules may postpone the recognition of loss that otherwise would be recognized under the mark-to-market rules discussed above. The regulations under section 1092 also provide certain “wash sale” rules, which apply to transactions where a position is sold at a loss and a new offsetting position is acquired within a prescribed period, and “short sale” rules applicable to straddles. If the Fund makes certain elections, the amount, character, and timing of recognition of gains and losses from the affected straddle positions would be determined under rules that vary according to the elections made. Because only a few of the regulations implementing the straddle rules have been promulgated, the tax consequences to the Fund of straddle transactions are not entirely clear.
 
If a call option written by the Fund lapses (i.e., terminates without being exercised), the amount of the premium it received for the option will be short-term capital gain. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction with respect to a written call option, it will have a short-term capital gain or loss based on the difference between the premium it received for the option it wrote and the premium it pays for the option it buys. If such an option is exercised and the Fund thus sells the securities or futures contract subject to the option, the premium the Fund received will be added to the exercise price to determine the gain or loss on the sale. If a call option purchased by the Fund lapses, it will realize short-term or long-term capital loss, depending on its holding period for the security or futures contract subject thereto. If the Fund exercises a purchased call option, the premium it paid for the option will be added to the basis of the subject securities or futures contract.
 
If the Fund has an “appreciated financial position” -- generally, an interest (including an interest through an option, futures contract or short sale) with respect to any stock, debt instrument (other than “straight debt”) or partnership interest the fair market value of which exceeds its adjusted basis -- and enters into a “constructive sale” of the position, the Fund will be treated as having made an actual sale thereof, with the result that it will recognize gain at that time. A constructive sale generally consists of a short sale, an offsetting notional principal contract, or a futures contract entered into by the Fund or a related person with respect to the same or substantially identical property. In addition, if the appreciated financial position is itself a short sale or such a contract, acquisition of the underlying property or substantially identical property will be deemed a constructive sale. The foregoing will not apply, however, to any transaction during any taxable year that otherwise would be treated as a constructive sale if the transaction is closed within 30 days after the end of that year and the Fund holds the appreciated financial position unhedged for 60 days after that closing (i.e., at no time during that 60-day period is the Fund’s risk of loss regarding that position reduced by reason of certain specified transactions with respect to substantially identical or related property, such as having an option to sell, being contractually obligated to sell, making a short sale or granting an option to buy substantially identical stock or securities).
 
 
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The foregoing is only a general summary of some of the important Federal income tax considerations generally affecting the Fund. No attempt is made to present a complete explanation of the Federal tax treatment of the Fund’s and their shareholder activities, and this discussion is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Accordingly, potential investors are urged to consult their own tax advisers for more detailed information and for information regarding any state, local or foreign taxes applicable to the Fund and to distributions therefrom.
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
The financial statements for the Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, are herein incorporated by reference to the Fund’s Annual Report to Shareholders dated August 31, 2006. To receive a copy of the Prospectus or annual or semi-annual reports to shareholders, without charge, write to or call the Trust at the address or telephone number listed above.
 

 
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Appendix A

Description of Corporate Bond Ratings

Moody’s Investors Service and Standard and Poor’s Corporation are two prominent independent rating agencies that rate the quality of bonds. Following are expanded explanations of the ratings shown in the Prospectus and this SAI.

Moody’s Investors Service Ratings

Aaa: Bonds with this rating are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk. Interest payments are protected by a large or exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure.

Aa: Bonds with this rating are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally known as high grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude.

A: Bonds with this rating possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered as upper medium grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate, but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

Baa: Bonds with this rating are considered as medium grade obligations, i.e.; they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well.

Ba: Bonds with this rating are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well-assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

B: Bonds with this rating generally lack characteristics of desirable investments. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa: Bonds with this rating are of poor standing. Such issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

Ca: Bonds with this rating represent obligations which are speculative to a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

C: Bonds with this rating are the lowest rated class of bonds. Issues so rated can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

Moody’s applies numerical modifiers 1, 2 and 3 in each generic rating classification from Aa through B in its corporate bond rating system. The modifier 1 indicates that the security ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates that the issue ranks in the lower end of its generic rating category.
 
 
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Generally, investment-grade debt securities are those rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s.

Standard & Poor’s Corporation Ratings

AAA: This rating is the highest rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s and is indicative of a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal.

AA: This rating indicates a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differs from the higher rated issues only by a small degree.

A: This rating indicates a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal, although it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher rated categories.

BBB: This rating indicates an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Whereas it normally exhibits adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for debt in this category than in higher rated categories.

BB, B, CCC, CC: These ratings indicate, on balance, a predominantly speculative capacity of the issuer to pay interest and repay principal in accordance with the terms of the obligation. BB indicates the lowest degree of speculation and CC the highest degree of speculation. While such debt will likely have some quality and protective characteristics, these are outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions.

C: This rating is reserved for income bonds on which no interest is being paid.

D: This rating indicates debt in default, and payment of interest and/or repayment of principal are in arrears.

The ratings from AA to B may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories, for example A or B+.

Generally, investment-grade debt securities are those rated BBB or better by Standard & Poor’s. 
 
 
 
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APPENDIX B

DIREXION FUNDS
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES


The Direxion Funds have adopted the following guidelines (the “Guidelines”) pursuant to which the Fund’s investment adviser, Rafferty Asset Management (“RAM”), in the absence of special circumstances, generally shall vote proxies. These Guidelines are designed to reasonably ensure that proxies are voted in the best interest of the shareholders of the Fund.
 
I. Duty to Vote Proxies

RAM views seriously its responsibility to exercise voting authority over securities that are owned by the Fund.

A.  It is the policy of RAM to review each proxy statement on an individual basis and to vote exclusively with the goal to best serve the financial interests of the Fund’s shareholders.

B. To document that proxies are being voted, RAM will keep a record reflecting when and how each proxy is voted. RAM will keep and maintain such records consistent with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”), and other applicable regulations. RAM will make its proxy voting history and policies and procedures available to shareholders upon request. The proxy voting history and policies and procedures will be available via our website, www.direxionfunds.com, or in written form. If requested in written form, the proxy voting history and policies and procedures shall be sent to a shareholder within three business days of such a request. To request a written copy, shareholders, or their agents, may contact RAM at (800) 851-0511 or by writing to the Fund at P.O. Box 1993, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201.

II. Guidelines for Voting Proxies

RAM will generally vote proxies so as to promote the long-term economic value of the underlying securities, and generally will follow the Guidelines provided below. Each proxy proposal should be considered on its own merits, and an independent determination will be made whether to support or oppose management’s position. RAM believes that the recommendation of management should be given substantial weight, but RAM will not support management proposals that may be detrimental to the underlying financial value of a stock.

The Direxion Funds portfolio management department will be responsible for administrating and overseeing the proxy voting process.

The Guidelines set forth below deal with the two basic categories of proxy proposals. While they are not exhaustive, they do provide a good indication of RAM’s general approach to a wide range of issues.

RAM usually will oppose proposals that dilute the economic interest of shareholders, reduce shareholders’ voting rights, or otherwise limit their authority. Proxies will be voted in what is believed to be in the fund shareholders’ best interest and not necessarily always with management. Each situation is considered individually within the general guidelines. Routine proposals normally are voted based on the recommendation of the issuer’s management. Non-routine proposals that could meaningfully impact the position of existing shareholders are given special consideration and voted in a manner that is believed to support the interests of the funds’ shareholders.
 
 
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1. Routine Proposals

Routine proposals are those that do not propose to change the structure, bylaws, or operations of the corporation to the detriment of the shareholders. Given the routine nature of these proposals, proxies will nearly always be voted with management. Traditionally, routine proposals include:

l     
Approval of auditors
l     
Election of directors and officers of the corporation
l     
Indemnification provisions for directors
l     
Liability limitations of directors
l     
Name changes
l     
Declaring stock splits
l     
Elimination of preemptive rights
l     
Incentive compensation plans
l     
Changing the date and/or the location of the annual meetings
l     
Minor amendments to the articles of incorporation
l     
Employment contracts between the company and its executives and remuneration for directors
l     
Automatic dividend reinvestment plans
l     
Retirement plans, pensions plans and profit sharing plans, creation of and amendments thereto

2. Non-Routine Proposals

These proposals are more likely to affect the structure and operations of the corporation and, therefore, will have a greater impact on the value of the stock. The portfolio voting the proxy will review each issue in this category on a case-by-case basis. RAM will be especially critical of lavish executive compensation and highly priced merger acquisition proposals, which would tend to lower future corporate earnings potential.


Non-routine proposals typically include:

l     
Mergers and acquisitions
l     
Restructuring
l     
Re-incorporation or formation
l     
Changes in capitalization
l     
Increase or decrease in number of directors
l     
Increase or decrease in preferred stock
l     
Increase or decrease in common stock
l     
Stock option plans or other compensation plans
l     
Social issues
l     
Poison pills
l     
Golden parachutes
l     
Greenmail
l     
Supermajority voting
l     
Board classification without cumulative voting
l     
Confidential voting
 
 
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RAM will typically accept management’s recommendations on shareholder proposed social issues, since it does not have the means to either evaluate the economic impact of such proposals, or determine a consensus among shareholders’ social and political viewpoints.


III. Conflicts of Interests

RAM and affiliated companies’ business lines, limited to that of investment advisor to mutual funds and retail broker/dealer, preclude any potential material conflicts of interests between RAM and Direxion Funds’ shareholders. Neither RAM, nor its affiliates underwrite securities or own stock shares.


IV. Recordkeeping and Reporting

RAM is required to maintain records of proxies voted pursuant to Section 204(2) of the Advisers Act and Rule 204-2(c) thereunder. RAM will maintain and make available to fund shareholders for review a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, a record of each vote cast, and each written and verbal shareholder request for proxy voting records. In addition, RAM will maintain appropriate proxy voting records for the Fund in compliance with applicable regulations under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
Proxy voting books and records are maintained by RAM for five years; the first two years can be accessed via the Fund’s website, www.direxionfunds.com, or requested in written form. If requested in written form, the proxy voting history and policies and procedures shall be sent to a shareholder within three business days of such a request. To request a written copy, shareholders, or their agents, may contact RAM at (800) 851-0511 or by writing to the Fund at P.O. Box 1993, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201. A copy of the twelve-month voting history of the Fund will be made available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov beginning August 1, 2004 for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2003, in accordance with applicable regulations under the 1940 Act.


Effective July 1, 2003


 

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DIREXION FUNDS
PART C

OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 23.    Exhibits.
     
(a)
(i)
Declaration of Trust is herein incorporated by reference from the Trust’s Initial Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 1997 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-97-000314.
 
 
(ii)
Amendment to the Declaration of Trust dated April 5, 2006 is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0001144204-06-017581.
 
(b)
 
By-Laws are herein incorporated by reference from the Trust’s Initial Registration  Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 1997 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-97-000314.
 
(c)
 
Voting trust agreement - None.
 
(d)
(i)(A)
Form of Investment Advisory Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 1997 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-97-000410.
 
 
(i)(B)
Amendment to Schedule A of the Investment Advisory Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-06-003240.
 
 
(ii)(A)
Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement between Portfolio Strategies, Inc. and Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-05-000885.
 
 
(ii)(B)
Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement between Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. and Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12, 2004 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-04-000033.
 
 
(ii)(C)
Amendment to Schedule A to the Investment Subadvisory Agreement between Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. and Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-06- 000097.
 
 
 

 
 
 
(ii)(D)
Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement between Hundredfold Advisors and Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2004 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-04-000703.
 
 
(ii)(E)
Form of Investment Subadvisory Agreement between Horizon Capital Management Inc. and Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is herein incorporate by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 33 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2004 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-04-001808.
 
(e)
(i)
Form of Distribution Agreement between the Direxion (formerly, Potomac) Funds and Rafferty Capital Markets, Inc. is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 1998 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-98-000498.
 
 
(ii)
Form of Dealer Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 1999 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-99-001069.
 
(f)
 
Bonus, profit sharing contracts - None.
 
(g)
(i)
Custodian Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-05-001607.
 
 
(ii)
Amendment to Exhibit C to the Custodian Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0001144204-06-017581.
 
(h)
(i)(A)
Transfer Agent Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-05-001607.
 
 
(i)(B)
Amendment to Exhibit A to the Transfer Agent Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0001144204-06-017581.
 
 
(ii)(A)
Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-05-001607.
 
 
 

 
 
 
(ii)(B)
Amendment to Exhibit A to the Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0001144204-06-017581.
 
 
(iii)(A)
Fund Administration Servicing Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-05-001607.
 
 
(iii)(B)
Amendment to Exhibit A to the Fund Administration Servicing Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0001144204-06-017581.
 
 
(iv)(A)
Fulfillment Servicing Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 50 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-05-001607.
 
 
(iv)(B)
Amendment to Exhibit A to the Fulfillment Servicing Agreement is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 65 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0001144204-06-017581.
 
(i)
 
Opinion and consent of counsel - to be filed.
 
(j)
(i)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - to be filed.
 
 
(ii)
Powers of Attorney is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 48 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-05-001232.
 
(k)
 
Financial statements omitted from prospectus - None.
 
(l)
 
Letter of investment intent is herein incorporated by reference from the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 1997 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-97-000410.
 
(m)
(i)
Investor Class Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-06-003178.
 
 
(ii)
Service Class Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2006 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-06-003178.
 
 
 

 
 
(n)
 
Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan pursuant to Rule 18f-3 is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-05-003419.
 
(o)
 
Reserved.
 
(p)
(i)
Code of Ethics of the Direxion (formerly, Potomac) Funds, Direxion (formerly, Potomac) Insurance Trust and Rafferty Asset Management, LLC is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 37 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2004 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-04-002567.
 
 
(ii)
Code of Ethics of Portfolio Strategies, Inc. is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2005 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-05-000885.
 
 
(iii)
Code of Ethics of Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12, 2004 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-04-000033.
 
 
(iv)
Code of Ethics of Hundredfold Advisors is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2004 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000898432-04-000703.
 
 
(v)
Code of Ethics for Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC is herein incorporated by reference from the Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2003 via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000894189-03-001984.
 

Item 24. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant

None.

Item 25. Indemnification

Article XI, Section 2 of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust provides that:

(a) Subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in paragraph (b) below:

(i)  every person who is, or has been, a Trustee or officer of the Trust (hereinafter referred to as a “Covered Person”) shall be indemnified by the Trust and/or by the appropriate Series to the fullest extent permitted by law against liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by him or her in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he or she becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her being or having been a Covered Person and against amounts paid or incurred by him or her in the settlement thereof;
 
 

 
 
(ii) the words “claim,” “action,” “suit,” or “proceeding” shall apply to all claims, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal or other, including appeals), actual or threatened while a Covered Person is in office or thereafter, and the words “liability” and “expenses” shall include, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, costs, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, penalties and other liabilities.

(b) No indemnification shall be provided hereunder to a Covered Person:

(i) who shall have been adjudicated by a court or body before which the proceeding was brought (A) to be liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office or (B) not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his or her action was in the best interest of the Trust; or

(ii) in the event of a settlement, unless there has been a determination that such Covered Person did not engage in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office, (A) by the court or other body approving the settlement; (B) by at least a majority of those Trustees who are neither Interested Persons of the Trust nor parties to the matter based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry or full investigation); or (C) by written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry); provided, however, that any Shareholder may, by appropriate legal proceedings, challenge any such determination by the Trustees, or by independent legal counsel.

(c) The rights of indemnification herein provided may be insured against by policies maintained by the Trust, shall be severable, shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any Covered Person may now or hereafter be entitled, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be such Trustee or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Nothing contained herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to which Trust personnel, other than Trustees and officers, and other persons may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

(d) Expenses in connection with the preparation and presentation of a defense to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described in paragraph (a) of this Section 2 may be paid by the Trust from time to time prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person that such amount will be paid over by him or her to the Trust if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 2; provided, however, that:

 
(i)
such Covered Person shall have provided appropriate security for such undertaking,
 
 


 
 
(ii)
the Trust is insured against losses arising out of any such advance payments, or

 
(iii)
either a majority of the Trustees who are neither interested persons of the Trust nor parties to the matter, or independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall have determined, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a trial-type inquiry or full investigation), that there is reason to believe that such Covered Person will be found entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.

According to Article XII, Section 1 of the Declaration of Trust, the Trust is a trust and not a partnership. Trustees are not liable personally to any person extending credit to, contracting with or having any claim against the Trust, a particular Series or the Trustees. A Trustee, however, is not protected from liability due to willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office.

Article XII, Section 2 provides that, subject to the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII and to Article XI, the Trustees are not liable for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law, or for any act or omission in accordance with advice of counsel or other experts or for failing to follow such advice.

Item 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser

Rafferty Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”), 33 Whitehall Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10004, offers investment advisory services. Information as to the officers and directors of the Adviser is included in its current Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration Number 801-54679).

Portfolio Strategies, Inc. (“PSI”), 1102 Broadway, #302, Tacoma, Washington 98402, offers investment advisory services. Information as to the officers and directors of PSI is included in its current Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration Number 801-18475).

Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. (“Flexible Plan”), 3883 Telegraph Road, Suite 100, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48302, offers investment advisory services. Information as to the officers and directors of Flexible Plan is included in its current Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration Number 801-21073).

Hundredfold Advisors (“Hundredfold”), 2940 N. Lynnhaven Road, Suite 210A, Virginia Beach, VA 23452, offers investment advisory services. Information as to the officers and directors of Hundredfold is included in its current Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Registration Number 801-63226)

Horizon Capital Management, Inc. (“HCM”), 141 Ridgeway Drive, Suite 203, Lafayette, LA 70503, offers investment advisory services. Information as to the officers and directors of HCM is included in its current Form ADV filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration Number 801-26038).

Item 27. Principal Underwriter 

(a) Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC, 59 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, serves as principal underwriter for the Direxion Funds, Direxion Insurance Trust, Badgley Funds, Berkshire Funds, Bremer Funds, Marketocracy Funds, Kirr Marbach Funds, Leuthold Funds, and Texas Capital Value Funds.
 
 


 
(b)   
The director and officers of Rafferty Capital Markets, LLC are:

 
Name
 
Positions and Offices
with Underwriter
 
Position and Offices
with Registrant
 
Thomas A. Mulrooney
 
 
 
President
 
 
 
None
 
 
Lawrence C. Rafferty
 
 
 
Director
 
 
 
Chairman of the Board of
Trustees
 
 
Stephen P. Sprague
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
Treasurer and Controller
 

The principal business address of each of the persons listed above is 59 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530.

Item 28.          Location of Accounts and Records

The books and records required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 are maintained in the physical possession of the Direxion Funds’ investment adviser, subadviser, administrator, custodian, subcustodian, or transfer agent.

Item 29.          Management Services

Not applicable.

Item 30.          Undertakings

Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish each person to whom a prospectus is delivered a copy of its latest annual report to Shareholders, upon request and without charge.

 

 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that this Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to its Registration Statement meets all the requirements for effectiveness pursuant to Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on April 4, 2007.


DIREXION FUNDS

By: /s/ Daniel D. O’Neill
 Daniel D. O’Neill
 President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
     
/s/ Lawrence C. Rafferty*      
Chairman of the Board
April 4, 2007
Lawrence C. Rafferty
   
     
/s/ Jay F. Higgins*                  
Trustee
April 4, 2007
Jay F. Higgins
   
     
/s/ Daniel J. Byrne*                 
Trustee
April 4, 2007
Daniel J. Byrne
   
     
/s/ Gerald E. Shanley III*       
Trustee
April 4, 2007
Gerald E. Shanley III
   
     
                                                    
Trustee
 
John Weisser
   
     
/s/ Daniel D. O’Neill                 
President
April 4, 2007
Daniel D. O’Neill
   
     
*By: /s/ Daniel D. O’Neill       
   
Daniel D. O’Neill, President and
Attorney-In Fact