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Investment Objectives

The Portfolio seeks high current income, preservation of capital and liquidity.

Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio

The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Class X shares of the Portfolio. Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses in the table and the Example below do not reflect the impact of any charges by your insurance company. If they did, expenses would be higher.

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
X
MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
Advisory Fee 0.45%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fee none
Other Expenses 0.18%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses [1] 0.63%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [1] 0.36%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [1] 0.27%
[1] The Portfolio's "Adviser," Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., and its "Administrator," Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc., have agreed to waive and/or reimburse all or a portion of the Portfolio's advisory fee and administration fee, respectively, to the extent that total expenses exceed total income on a daily basis. These fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements will continue for at least one year or until such time as the Fund's Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such waivers and/or reimbursements when it deems such action is appropriate.
Example

The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.


The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio, your investment has a 5% return each year, and the Portfolio's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
X MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
28 87 152 343
Principal Investment Strategies

The Portfolio seeks to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing in high quality, short-term debt obligations. The Portfolio's money market investments may include commercial paper, corporate obligations, debt obligations of U.S. regulated banks (including U.S. branches and subsidiaries of foreign banks) and instruments secured by those obligations (these investments include certificates of deposit), certificates of deposit of savings banks and savings and loan organizations, debt obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, U.S. dollar-denominated foreign bank obligations, asset-backed securities and repurchase agreements. The Portfolio may also invest in municipal obligations.

Principal Risks

There is no assurance that the Portfolio will achieve its investment objectives. Although the Portfolio seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, if it is unable to do so, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Portfolio. The principal risks of investing in the Portfolio include:


Credit and Interest Rate. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will be unable to make interest payments and/or repay the principal on its debt. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a debt security resulting from changes in the general level of interest rates.


U.S. Government Securities. With respect to U.S. government securities that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, there is the risk that the U.S. Government will not provide financial support to such U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises if it is not obligated to do so by law.


Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities involve the risk that various federal and state consumer laws and other legal and economic factors may result in the collateral backing the securities being insufficient to support payment on the securities. Some asset-backed securities may also entail prepayment risk, which may vary depending on the type of asset.


Foreign Money Market Securities. Investing in money market securities of foreign issuers involves some additional risks, including the possibility of adverse political, economic or other developments affecting the issuers of these securities.


•  Repurchase Agreements. Repurchase agreements are subject to risks associated with the possibility of default by the seller at a time when the collateral has declined in value, or insolvency of the seller, which may affect the Portfolio's right to control the collateral and result in certain costs and delays. Repurchase agreements may involve a greater degree of credit risk than investments in U.S. government securities.


•  Municipal Obligations. To the extent the Portfolio invests in municipal obligations issued by state and local governments and their agencies, the Portfolio may be susceptible to political, economic, regulatory or other factors affecting issuers of these municipal obligations.


Shares of the Portfolio are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Past Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the performance of the Portfolio's Class X shares from year-to-year and by showing the average annual returns of the Portfolio's Class X shares for the one, five and 10 year periods. This performance information does not include the impact of any charges deducted by your insurance company. If it did, returns would be lower. The Portfolio's past performance does not indicate how the Portfolio will perform in the future.

Annual Total Returns-Calendar Years
Bar Chart
High Quarter  

9/30/07:

   

1.22

%

 

Low Quarter

 

6/30/09:

   

0.00

%

 
Average Annual Total Returns For Periods Ended December 31, 2012
Average Annual Returns
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
X MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
0.01% 0.50% 1.62%