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Small Cap Growth Fund
Small Cap Growth Fund May 1, 2015
Investment Objective.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund.
The table below describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold Fund shares. The expenses shown do not include Separate Account expenses which would increase costs if included.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Small Cap Growth Fund
Small Cap Growth Fund Class
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)   
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Small Cap Growth Fund
Small Cap Growth Fund Class
Management Fees 0.75%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets
Other Expenses 0.09%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.84%rr_ExpensesOverAssets
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: (a) 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, (b) a 5% return each year and (d) operating expenses remain the same. The expenses shown do not include Separate Account expenses which would increase costs if included. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, your cost based on these assumptions would be:
Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Small Cap Growth Fund Small Cap Growth Fund Class
86 271 476 1,083
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 rate may result in higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 67.58% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies.
The Fund invests primarily in growth stocks issued by companies with small sized market capitalizations that Mutual of America Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) believes to possess above-average growth potential. Companies with small-sized market capitalizations are typically those companies with market capitalizations less than $3.0 billion.
  • At least 80% of the Fund’s total assets are invested in small-cap growth stocks.
Principal Investment Risks.
An investment in the Fund is subject to the following risks which are described in more detail in the Prospectus.
  • General risk: The Fund may not achieve its investment objective. An investment in the Fund could decline in value, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
  • Company risk: The price of the stock of a particular company can vary based on a variety of factors, such as the company’s financial performance, changes in management and product trends, and the potential for takeover and acquisition. The prices of equity securities of smaller companies may fluctuate more than for more established companies. The equity securities of smaller companies may not be traded as often as for larger companies, therefore it may be difficult to trade securities at a desirable price. Investments in companies with small market capitalizations generally offer greater opportunities for appreciation, but are associated with more risks than for established companies.
  • Market risk: The risk that prices of securities will go down because of the interplay of market forces may affect a single issuer, industry or sector of the economy or may affect the market as a whole.
  • Small-Cap risk: Small-cap stocks generally are subject to greater, less predictable price changes than the securities of companies with larger market capitalizations.
  • Growth Stock risk: Growth stocks generally have above average growth potential, low dividends and high prices relative to standard measures. Growth stocks may not outperform value style investing.
  • Stock risk: The value of your investment will go up or down, depending on movements in the stock markets. The investment results may be better or worse than the results for the stock markets taken as a whole, or than the results of other funds that invest in the same types of securities. It may be more difficult for the Fund to sell a small capitalization stock or any stock that trades “over-the-counter,” than a larger capitalization stock or stocks that trade on a national or regional stock exchange.
Performance/Annual Return.
The bar chart and table below show the annual return and average annual returns of the Fund.

Below the bar chart are the Fund’s highest and lowest total returns for any calendar quarter during the period covered by the chart, showing the volatility of the Fund’s total returns. The numbers in parentheses are negative, representing a loss of principal.

The information indicates some of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year and the life of the Fund compare to those of a broad-based, unmanaged index for those periods. A fund’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future.

The total returns and average annual total returns shown do not include charges against the assets of the Separate Accounts that purchase Fund shares. If these charges were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Updated performance information is available at no cost online at http://www.mutualofamerica.com or by calling 1-800-468-3785.
Bar Chart
Best and Worst Performing Quarters

                                          Quarter/Year                              Total Return
Best                                  Second quarter 2009                            18.71 %
Worst                                Fourth quarter 2008                           (25.27)%
Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ended December 31, 2014)
Average Annual Total Returns Small Cap Growth Fund
Past One Year
Past Five Years
For Life of Fund
Inception Date
Small Cap Growth Fund Class
5.70% 15.44% 8.57% Jul. 01, 2005
Russell 2000 Growth® Index (Index reflects no deduction for fees and expenses)
5.60% 16.80% 9.38%