Institutional Class Prospectus | Kinetics Global Fund

Kinetics Global Fund

Investment Objective

The investment objective of the Global Fund is long-term growth of capital.  The Global Fund is the sole “feeder fund” to The Global Portfolio, a series of Kinetics Portfolios Trust.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Global Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees	Institutional Class Prospectus Kinetics Global Fund Institutional Class
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for 30 days or less, if applicable)	2.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses	Institutional Class Prospectus Kinetics Global Fund Institutional Class
Management Fees	1.25%	[1]
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees	none
Other Expenses	1.74%	[2]
Shareholder Servicing Fees	0.20%
Other Operating Expenses	1.54%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	3.01%	[3]
Less: Fee Waiver	(1.80%)	[4]
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses	1.21%

Example.

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in Institutional Class shares of the Global Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. This Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Global Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of these periods.  The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Global Fund’s operating expenses remain the same (taking into account the expense limitations only in the first year).

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost for the Global Fund would be:

Expense Example	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Institutional Class Prospectus | Kinetics Global Fund | Institutional Class | USD ($)	123	761	1,424	3,200

Portfolio Turnover.

The Global Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio).  A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher  transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.  These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Global Portfolio’s, and therefore the Global Fund’s, performance.  During the most recent fiscal year, the Global Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 11% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategy

The Global Fund is a diversified fund thatinvests all of its investable assets in the Global Portfolio, a series of Kinetics Portfolios Trust.  Under normal circumstances, the Global Portfolio invests at least 65% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in common stocks, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), convertible securities, warrants and other equity securities having the characteristics of common stocks (such as American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) and International Depositary Receipts (“IDRs”)) of foreign and U.S. companies listed on publicly traded exchanges.  At least 40%, of the Global Portfolio’s net assets, will be invested in companies located outside the U.S.   The Global Portfolio will at all times have exposure to at least three (3) countries, which may include the U.S. The Global Portfolio may also purchase and write options for hedging purposes and/or direct investment and invest in participatory notes (commonly known as “P-notes”) to take positions in certain foreign securities.

The Global Portfolio may invest up to 20% of its total assets in convertible and non-convertible debt securities rated below investment grade, also known as junk bonds, or unrated securities that the Investment Adviser has determined to be of comparable quality. The Global Portfolio may invest up to 100% of its assets in companies located in emerging markets.

The Investment Adviser selects portfolio securities by evaluating a company’s positioning and business model as well as its ability to grow and expand its activities or achieve a greater competitive advantage in cost/profitability and brand image leveraging.  This evaluation by the Investment Adviser includes consideration of a company’s potential to maintain and grow long lived assets, while generating high returns on capital with operating predictability and transparency.  The Investment Adviser also considers a company’s fundamentals by reviewing its balance sheets, corporate revenues, earnings and dividends.  The Global Portfolio may invest in companies of any size, including small and medium-sized companies.  Additionally, the Global Portfolio may participate in securities lending arrangements up to 33-1/3% of the securities in its portfolio with brokers, dealers, and financial institutions (but not individuals) in order to increase the return on its portfolio.

Sell decisions are generally triggered by either adequate value being achieved, as determined by the Investment Adviser, or by an adverse change in a company’s operating performance or a deterioration of the company’s business model.  A sell trigger may also occur if the Investment Adviser discovers a new investment opportunity that it believes is more compelling and represents a greater risk reward profile than other investment(s) held by the Global Portfolio.

Principal Investment Risks

The Global Portfolio’s investments, including common stocks, have inherent risks that could cause you to lose money.  The principal risks of investing in the Global Fund, and indirectly the Global Portfolio, are listed below and could adversely affect the net asset value (“NAV”), total return and value of the Global Fund, Global Portfolio and your investment.

» Stock Market Risks: Stock mutual funds are subject to stock market risks and significant fluctuations in value.  If the stock market declines in value, the Global Portfolio, and therefore the Global Fund, is likely to decline in value and you could lose money on your investment.

» Stock Selection Risks: The portfolio securities selected by the Investment Adviser may decline in value or not increase in value when the stock market in general is rising and may fail to meet the Global Portfolio’s, and therefore the Global Fund’s, investment objective.

» Liquidity Risks: The Investment Adviser may not be able to sell portfolio securities at an optimal time or price.

» Counterparty Risks: Transactions involving a counterparty are subject to the credit risk of the counterparty. A Portfolio that enters into contracts with counterparties, such as repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements or over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives contracts, or that lends its securities run the risk that the counterparty will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. If a counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the Portfolio could suffer losses, including monetary losses, miss investment opportunities or be forced to hold investments it would prefer to sell. Counterparty risk is heightened during unusually adverse market conditions.

» Small and Medium-Size Company Risks: The Global Portfolio may invest in the equity securities of small and medium-size companies.  Small and medium-size companies often have narrower markets and more limited managerial and financial resources than do larger, more established companies.  As a result, their performance can be more volatile and they face a greater risk of business failure, which could increase the volatility of the Global Portfolio’s assets.

» Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risks: ETFs are registered investment companies whose shares are listed and traded on U.S. stock exchanges or otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market. In general, passively-managed ETFs seek to track a specified securities index or a basket of securities that an “index provider,” such as Standard & Poor’s, selects as representative of a market, market segment or industry sector.  A passively-managed ETF is designed so that its performance will correspond closely with that of the index it tracks.  A leveraged ETF will engage in transactions and purchase instruments that give rise to forms of leverage, including, among others, the use of reverse repurchase agreements and other borrowings, the investment of collateral from loans of portfolio securities, the use of when issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment transactions or short sales.  To the extent a fund invests in ETFs that achieve leveraged exposure to their underlying indexes through the use of derivative instruments, the fund will indirectly be subject to leveraging risk.As a shareholder in an ETF, the Global Portfolio will bear its pro rata portion of an ETF’s expenses, including advisory fees, in addition to its own expenses.

» Foreign Securities Risks: The Global Portfolio may invest in foreign securities directly or through ADRs, GDRs and IDRs.  Foreign securities can carry higher returns but involve more risks than those associated with U.S. investments.  Additional risks associated with investment in foreign securities include currency fluctuations, political and economic instability, differences in financial reporting standards and less stringent regulation of securities markets.

» Interest Rate Risk: The risk that when interest rates increase, fixed-income securities held by the Global Portfolio will decline in value.  Long-term fixed-income securities will normally have more price volatility because of this risk than short-term fixed-income securities.  It is likely there will be less governmental action in the near future to maintain low interest rates.  The negative impact on fixed income securities from the resulting rate increases for that and other reasons could be swift and significant.

» Leveraging Risks: Investments in derivative instruments may give rise to a form of leverage. The Investment Adviser may engage in speculative transactions, which involve substantial risk and leverage. The use of leverage by the Investment Adviser may increase the volatility of the Global Portfolio. These leveraged instruments may result in losses to the Global Portfolio or may adversely affect the Global Portfolio’s NAV or total return, because instruments that contain leverage are more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The Global Portfolio may also have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations in connection with such transactions.

» Option Transaction Risks: Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks.  The successful use of options depends in part on the ability of the Investment Adviser to manage future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and securities markets.  By writing put options on equity securities, the Global Portfolio gives up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the common stocks above the strike prices of the written put options, but continues to bear the risk of declines in the value of its common stock portfolio.  The Global Portfolio will receive a premium from writing a covered call option that it retains whether or not the option is exercised.  The premium received from the written options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying equity securities over time.

» Below Investment Grade Debt Securities Risks: Generally, below investment grade debt securities, i.e., junk bonds, are subject to greater credit risk, price volatility and risk of loss than investment grade securities. Junk bonds are considered to be speculative in nature.

» Convertible Securities Risks: Convertible securities are subject to the risks affecting both equity and fixed income securities, including market, credit, liquidity and interest rate risk.

» Participatory Notes Risks: The return on a participatory note (“P-note”) is linked to the performance of the issuers of the underlying securities. In addition, P-notes are subject to liquidity risk.

» Emerging Markets Risks:The risk that the securities markets of emerging countries are less liquid, are especially subject to greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have less government regulation and are not subject to as extensive and frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements as the securities markets of more developed countries as have historically been the case.

» Derivatives Risks: The Global Portfolio’s investments in P-notes and other derivative instruments may result in loss.  Derivative instruments may be illiquid, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses to the Global Portfolio.

» Management Risks: There is no guarantee that the Global Fund will meet its investment objective. The Investment Adviser does not guarantee the performance of the Global Fund, nor can it assure you that the market value of your investment will not decline.

Who may want to invest?

The Global Fund may be appropriate for investors who:

» wish to invest for the long-term;

» want to diversify their portfolios;

» want to allocate some portion of their long-term investments to value equity investing;

» are willing to accept the volatility associated with equity investing; and

» are comfortable with the risks described herein.

Performance

The Institutional Class shares of the Global Fund had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2016.  The performance information shown below is for another class of shares (No Load Class) of the Fund that is not offered in this Prospectus but would have substantially similar annual returns because each Class of shares will be invested in the same portfolio of securities.  Annual returns will differ only to the extent that the Classes do not have the same expenses.

The bar chart and table shown below illustrate the variability of the returns for the Global Fund’s No Load Class.  The bar chart indicates the risks of investing in the Global Fund by showing the changes in the Global Fund’s performance from year to year (on a calendar year basis).  The table shows how the Global Fund’s average annual returns, before and after taxes, compare with those of the S&P^® 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index (“MSCI ACWI Index”), which represent broad measures of market performance.  As of March 14, 2008, the Global Fund and the Global Portfolio, which were formerly known as the Internet Emerging Growth Fund and the Internet Emerging Growth Portfolio, respectively, changed to the investment strategy set forth in this Prospectus.  The performance shown for periods or portions of periods prior to March 14, 2008 represents performance of the Global Portfolio’s prior strategy to invest at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities of small and medium-capitalization U.S. and foreign companies engaged in the Internet and Internet-related activities.  The past performance of the Global Fund, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Global Fund or the Global Portfolio will perform in the future.  Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at http://www.kineticsfunds.com/ or by calling the Fund toll-free at (800) 930-3828.

The Global Fund – No Load Class Calendar Year Returns as of 12/31

Best Quarter:	2009	Q2	37.66%
Worst Quarter:	2008	Q3	-20.53%

Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/2016

The Global Fund’s after-tax returns as shown in the following table are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.  Your actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown.  If you own Fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account (“IRA”), the information on after-tax returns is not relevant to your investment.  After-tax returns are shown for the No Load Class shares only.  After-tax returns for the Institutional Class shares will differ.  The Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares is higher than other return figures when a capital loss occurs upon the redemption of Fund shares.

Average Annual Returns - Institutional Class Prospectus - Kinetics Global Fund	Label	Average Annual Returns, 1 Year	Average Annual Returns, 5 Years	Average Annual Returns, 10 Years	Average Annual Returns, Since Inception	[1]	Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
No Load Class	The Global Fund (WWWEX) No Load Return Before Taxes	14.40%	6.58%	1.84%	(2.32%)		Dec. 31, 1999
After Taxes on Distributions | No Load Class	The Global Fund (WWWEX) No Load Return After Taxes on Distributions	14.29%	6.44%	1.62%	(2.63%)
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | No Load Class	The Global Fund (WWWEX) No Load Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	8.24%	5.16%	1.48%	(1.72%)
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	11.96%	14.66%	6.95%	4.51%		Dec. 31, 1999
MSCI ACWI Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)	MSCI ACWI Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)	7.86%	9.36%	3.56%	3.18%		Dec. 31, 1999

[1] This table and the example below reflect the aggregate expenses of the Global Fund and the Global Portfolio. The management fees paid by the Global Fund reflect the proportionate share of fees allocated to the Global Fund from the Global Portfolio.

[2] "Other Expenses" are estimated for the current fiscal year since Institutional Class Shares of the Global Fund have not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

[3] Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of operating expenses to average net assets before expense reimbursement found in the "Financial Highlights" section of this Prospectus, which reflects the Global Fund's operating expenses and does not include acquired fund fees and expenses ("AFFE").

[4] Kinetics Asset Management LLC, the investment adviser to the Global Portfolio of the Kinetics Portfolio Trust (the "Investment Adviser"), has contractually agreed to reimburse the Global Fund the portion of the shareholder servicing fee in excess of 0.05% of average daily net assets until at least May 1, 2018. In addition, the Investment Adviser to the Global Portfolio has agreed to waive management fees and reimburse Fund expenses so that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not exceed 1.19%, excluding AFFE. These waivers and reimbursements are in effect until May 1, 2018, and may not be terminated without the approval of the Board.

[1] The Global Fund's No Load Class shares commenced operations on December 31, 1999 and converted into a feeder fund of the Global Portfolio on April 28, 2000. The returns for the indices in this column have been calculated since the December 31, 1999 inception date of the Global Fund's No Load Class shares.