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Retirement Income and Appreciation Fund
Supplement Dated May 19, 2010
To the Prospectus dated March 1, 2010
Amended May 4, 2010
Retirement Income and Appreciation Fund — Fund Performance Section
The percentage for the year 2007 in the bar chart titled “Total Return for the Calendar Year Ended 12/31 of Each Year” in the subsection titled “Calendar Year Returns for Investor Class Shares” is hereby replaced with 6.67%.
The subsection titled “Average Annual Total Returns-Indexes” is hereby replaced with the following:
                         
                    Since
Indexes (reflects no deduction of fees, expenses or taxes)   1 Year   5 Years   Inception
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
    5.93 %     4.97 %     4.51 %
Linked Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
    5.93 %     4.76 %     4.12 %
BofA Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index
    49.13 %     2.69 %     5.26 %
Retirement Income and Appreciation Composite Index
    15.61 %     4.44 %     4.58 %
Lipper Intermediate Investment Grade Index
    14.30 %     4.18 %     3.95 %