Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund

Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund

Investment Objective: 

The Fund seeks to maximize capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund:

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in How to Purchase Shares on page 93 of the Fund's Prospectus and in How to Buy and Sell Shares on page 91 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees

(fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees - {Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund} - Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund	Class A	Class C	Class N
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering price)	5.75%	none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of the original purchase price for purchases of $1 million or more)	0.75%	none	none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other Distributions	none	none	none
Redemption Fee	none	none	none
Exchange Fee	none	none	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a

percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses - {Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund} - Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund		Class A	Class C	Class N
Management Fees		1.25%	1.25%	1.25%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	1.00%	none
Other Expenses		0.51%	0.51%	0.51%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses	[1]	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.05%	2.80%	1.80%

Example:

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example- {Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund} - Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund - USD ($)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A	771	1,181	1,615	2,817
Class C	283	868	1,479	3,128
Class N	183	566	975	2,116

Portfolio Turnover:

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover 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 Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 137% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies: 

The Fund's Sub-Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's investment objective by investing primarily in emerging market equity securities traded on foreign stock exchanges. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets (defined as net assets plus borrowing for investment purposes) in stock of companies that are organized in or maintain at least 50% of their assets in, or that derive at least 50% of their revenues from, emerging market countries. The Fund defines equity securities to include: common stocks, preferred stocks (either convertible or non-convertible), rights, warrants, direct equity interests in trusts, partnerships, joint ventures and other unincorporated entities or enterprises, convertible debt instruments and special classes of shares available only to foreigners in markets that restrict ownership of certain shares or classes to their own nationals or residents. The Fund defines an emerging market country as any country included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Emerging market countries typically are located in the Asia-Pacific region, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America, and Africa.

In general, the Sub-Adviser uses a quantitative model to rank countries according to their characteristics, including various measures of value, momentum and risk. The Sub-Adviser generally buys companies in countries that are ranked highest by the model and generally sells companies in countries that rank lower.

The Sub-Adviser may manage foreign currency exposure to reduce investment risk. To do so, the Fund may hedge its assets using foreign exchange derivatives, including forwards and options related to foreign currencies.

Principal Investment Risks: 

As with all mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your investment in the Fund. Although the Fund will strive to meet its investment objective, there is no assurance that it will do so. Many factors affect the Fund's net asset value and performance.

Currency Risk – Adverse changes in currency exchange rates (relative to the U.S. dollar) may erode or reverse any potential gains from the Fund's investments denominated in a foreign currency or may widen existing losses. Exchange rate movements are volatile and it may not be possible to effectively hedge the currency risks of many countries.

Derivatives Risk – Financial derivatives, such as options, may not produce the desired investment results because they are not perfect substitutes for the underlying securities, indices or currencies from which they are derived. Derivatives may also create leverage which will amplify the effect on the Fund, which may produce significant losses.

Emerging Markets Risks – Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments, weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems which do not protect securities holders. Emerging market economies may be based on only a few industries and security issuers may be more susceptible to economic weakness and more likely to default. Emerging market securities also tend to be less liquid.

ETF Risk – ETFs are subject to investment advisory and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may be higher than other mutual funds that invest exclusively in common stocks. The ETFs in which the Fund invests will not be able to replicate exactly the performance of the indices they track and the market value of ETF shares may differ from their net asset value.

ETFs are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the fund. For instance, investing in inverse ETFs is similar to holding various short positions, or using a combination of advanced investment strategies to profit from falling prices. When the value of ETFs held by the Fund decline, the value of your investment in the Fund declines.

Foreign Investing Risk – Investments in foreign countries are subject to currency risk and country-specific risks such as political, diplomatic, regional conflicts, terrorism, war, social and economic instability and policies that have the effect of decreasing the value of foreign securities. Foreign countries may be subject to different trading settlement practices, less government supervision, less publicly available information, limited trading markets and greater volatility than U.S. investments.

Liquidity Risk – Some securities may have few market-makers and low trading volume, which tend to increase transaction costs and may make it impossible for a Fund to dispose of a security position at all or at a price which represents current or fair market value.

Management Risk – The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Sub-Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its decisions will produce the intended result. The successful use of hedging and risk management techniques may be adversely affected by imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the hedging vehicles and the securities being hedged.

Portfolio Turnover Risk – A higher portfolio turnover will result in higher transactional and brokerage costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account.

Stock Market Risk – Stock markets can be volatile. In other words, the prices of stocks can fall rapidly in response to developments affecting a specific company or industry, or to changing economic, political or market conditions. The Fund's investments may decline in value if the stock markets perform poorly.

Performance:

The following bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of Class N Shares of the Fund from year to year and by showing how the Fund's Class A, Class C and Class N average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Class A sales charge is reflected in the average annual total return table. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how a Fund will perform in the future. Performance prior to March 3, 2008 is the performance of a Predecessor Fund. Updated performance information is available at no cost by visiting www.dunham.com or by calling toll free (888) 3DUNHAM (338-6426).

Class N Shares Annual Total Return for Years Ended December 31

During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 53.31% (quarter ended June 30, 2009) and the lowest return for a quarter was -35.60% (quarter ended September 30, 2008).

Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN

For the periods ended December 31, 2015

Average Annual Total Returns- {Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund} - Dunham Emerging Markets Stock Fund		1 Year	5 Years	10 Years	Life of Fund		Inception Date
Class N		(20.68%)	(7.15%)	0.86%	3.70%	[1]	Dec. 10, 2004
Class N | return after taxes on distributions		(20.93%)	(7.26%)	(0.06%)	2.38%	[1]
Class N | return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares		(11.70%)	(5.25%)	1.05%	3.18%	[1]
Class C		(21.56%)	(8.08%)	(0.15%)	2.68%	[1]	Dec. 10, 2004
Class A		(25.49%)	(8.46%)	none	(3.22%)	[1]	Jan. 03, 2007
MSCI Emerging Markets Index Net (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)		(14.92%)	(4.81%)	3.61%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index Net (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) - As of December 10, 2004	[1],[2]				6.74%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index Net (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) - As of January 3, 2007	[1],[3]				0.75%

After-tax returns are estimated, and are based on the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes; actual after-tax returns depend on an individual investor's tax situation and are likely to differ from those shown. If you own shares of the Fund in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan, this information is not applicable to your investment, because such accounts are only subject to taxes upon distribution. After tax returns for Class C and Class A shares, which are not shown, will vary from those of Class N shares.

[1] Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. The operating expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund, not the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.

[1] The Fund's Class N and Class C shares commenced operations on December 10, 2004. The Fund's Class A shares commenced operations on January 3, 2007.

[2] As of December 10, 2004.

[3] As of January 3, 2007