0000821484 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000821484 edf:S000011823Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000821484 edf:S000011823Member edf:BloombergUSAggregateBondIndexMember 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000821484 edf:S000011823Member edf:C000032307Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000821484 edf:S000011823Member rr:AfterTaxesOnDistributionsAndSalesMember edf:C000032307Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000821484 edf:S000011823Member rr:AfterTaxesOnDistributionsMember edf:C000032307Member 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000821484 edf:S000011823Member edf:MsciAcwiExUsaIndex1reflectsNoDeductionForFeesExpensesOrTaxesOtherThanWithholdingTaxesOnReinvestedDividendsMember 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 0000821484 edf:S000011823Member edf:SAndPFiveHundredIndexMember 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 pure iso4217:USD false 2021-12-31 485BPOS 0000821484 -0.0125 0.0548 0.1540 -0.0551 0.1958 0.1223 0.1156 0.1277 0.1679 0.0495 2022-04-27 N-1A ELFUN DIVERSIFIED FUND 2022-04-30 2022-04-30 Elfun Diversified Fund Investment Objective <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Elfun Diversified Fund (the “Fund”) seeks the highest total return consistent with prudent investment management and the preservation of capital (total return includes both income and capital appreciation).</div> Fees and Expenses of the Fund <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund (“Fund Shares”). <span style="font-weight: bold;">You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.</span></div> Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 0 0 Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 0.0017 0.0013 0.0030 Example <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">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 sell or hold all of your Fund 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 on these assumptions your costs would be:</div> 31 31 97 97 169 169 381 381 Portfolio Turnover <div style="-sec-ix-redline:true;"> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">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 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 41% of the average value of its portfolio.</div> </div> 0.41 Principal Investment Strategies <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a combination of U.S. and foreign (non-U.S.) equity and debt securities and cash. The Fund invests in equity securities, such as common and preferred stocks, principally for their capital appreciation potential, and investment-grade debt securities principally for their income potential. The Fund holds cash principally for the preservation of capital, income potential or maintenance of liquidity.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;"> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Fund's investments in U.S. equity securities (also referred to as domestic equity investments) are achieved primarily through a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach of investing all or substantially all of its assets allocated to domestic equity investments directly in the securities that constitute the S&amp;P 500<sup style="font-size: 85%; font-style: normal; text-transform: none;">®</sup> Index (the “S&amp;P 500”). The S&amp;P 500 is a well-known stock market index that includes common stocks of 500 companies from a number of sectors and that measures the performance of the large-cap sector of the U.S. equities market. As of February 28, 2022, a significant portion of the S&amp;P 500 comprised companies in the information technology sector, although this may change from time to time. Using the Fund's U.S. equity allocation, the Fund generally intends to invest in all stocks comprising the S&amp;P 500 in approximate proportion to their weightings in the index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">or practicable to purchase all stocks in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of the stocks in the S&amp;P 500 in proportions expected by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM” or the “Adviser”), the investment adviser to the Fund, to match generally, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S&amp;P 500 as a whole. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Fund's investments in foreign equity securities (non-U.S. equity investments) will be achieved primarily through a passive investment approach of investing all or substantially all of its assets allocated to foreign equity investments in the State Street Global All Cap Equity ex-U.S. Index Portfolio (the “Global All Cap Equity ex-U.S. Portfolio” or the “Portfolio”), a mutual fund advised by SSGA FM. The Global All Cap Equity ex-U.S. Portfolio is an “index” fund that seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return performance of the MSCI ACWI ex USA Investable Market Index (the “MSCI Index”) over the long term. The MSCI Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the combined equity market performance of securities, across all market capitalizations, in developed and emerging market countries excluding the United States. All listed equity securities and listed securities that exhibit characteristics of equity securities, except mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, equity derivatives, limited partnerships and most investment trusts, are eligible for inclusion in the MSCI Index. Countries covered in the MSCI Index have historically included, among others, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. It is not possible to invest directly in the MSCI Index. As of February 28, 2022, a significant portion of the MSCI Index comprised companies in the financial sector, although this may change from time to time. As of February 28, 2022, a significant portion of the MSCI Index comprised companies located in Japan and the United Kingdom and a significant portion of the MSCI Index's constituents are denominated in the Euro, Yen and the Pound Sterling, although this may change from time to time. The Fund may also invest all or a portion of its non-U.S. equity allocation in all stocks comprising the MSCI Index in approximate proportion to their weightings in the index. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all stocks in those weightings. In those circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of the stocks in the MSCI Index in proportions expected by SSGA FM to match generally the performance of the MSCI Index as a whole. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">As of February 28, 2022, approximately 33.92% of the Fund's total assets were allocated to domestic equity investments, and approximately 24.30% of the Fund's total assets were allocated to foreign equity investments. The Fund's allocations to domestic and foreign equity investments, debt securities and cash are actively managed and the percentage allocations stated as of February 28, 2022 may change from time to time. From time to time stocks are added to or removed from the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index. The Fund may sell securities that are represented in the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index, or purchase securities that are not yet represented in an index, in anticipation of their removal from or addition to an index. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Fund may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, invest in shares of one or more mutual funds (including funds advised by the Adviser) whose investment objectives and policies enable the Fund to gain investment exposure to the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Fund will not incur additional management or advisory fees as a result of investing in the Global All Cap Equity ex-U.S. Portfolio because it does not charge a management fee to its investors. However, the Fund will indirectly incur its share of the Global All Cap Equity ex-U.S. Portfolio's operating expenses. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">When selecting debt securities, the Adviser primarily uses active security selection to choose securities based on the perceived merits of individual issuers, although portfolio managers of different asset classes or strategies may place different emphasis on the various characteristics of a company (as identified below) during the selection process. The Adviser seeks to identify debt securities that they believe have desirable characteristics for the Fund such as: </div> <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; empty-cells: show; margin-left: 2.86%; margin-top: 1pt; width: 97.14%;"> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: Normal; font-weight: Normal; line-height: 13.02pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 2pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 1.76%;">•</td> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: Normal; font-weight: Normal; line-height: 13.02pt; padding-left: 2pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: top; width: 98.24%;">attractive yields and prices;</td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: Normal; font-weight: Normal; line-height: 13.02pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 2pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 1.76%;">•</td> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: Normal; font-weight: Normal; line-height: 13.02pt; padding-left: 2pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: top; width: 98.24%;">the potential for capital appreciation; and/or</td> </tr> <tr style="page-break-inside: avoid;"> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: Normal; font-weight: Normal; line-height: 13.02pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 2pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 1.76%;">•</td> <td style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: Normal; font-weight: Normal; line-height: 13.02pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 2pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: top; width: 98.24%;">reasonable credit quality (typically investment-grade debt securities, such as mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds, U.S. Government securities and money market instruments). </td> </tr> </table> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Adviser may consider selling a security when one of these characteristics no longer applies, when valuation becomes excessive, or when more attractive alternatives are identified. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The portion of the Fund invested in debt securities normally has a weighted average effective maturity of approximately five to ten years, but the Fund is subject to no limitation with respect to the maturities of the instruments in which it may invest. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Adviser may also use various types of derivative instruments (such as options, interest rate futures, interest-only swaps, interest rate swaps, index swaps and credit default swaps) to gain or hedge exposure to certain types of securities or asset classes (such as securities of small capitalization companies) as an alternative to investing directly in or selling such securities or asset classes, or to manage currency exposure, yield, interest rate exposure (also known as duration) and exposure to credit quality, and to gain or hedge exposure to certain securities, indices or market segments. The Fund may hedge a portion of its foreign currency risk but is not required to do so. The Fund may also invest to a lesser extent in high yield securities (also known as below investment-grade bonds or “junk bonds”), equity and debt securities of companies or governments that are located in emerging market countries, and exchange traded funds to gain exposure to securities, including those of U.S. issuers. The Fund is permitted to invest up to 20% of its total assets (including any borrowings) in high yield securities. The Fund may invest in exchange-traded products (“ETPs”), including ETPs that pay fees to the Adviser and its affiliates for management, marketing or other services, that provide exposure to high yield securities, securities of issuers that are principally engaged in or related to the real estate industry, and to securities of issuers in emerging markets. </div> Principal Risks <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The Fund is subject to the following principal risks. You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Certain risks relating to instruments and strategies used in the management of the Fund are placed first. The significance of any specific risk to an investment in the Fund will vary over time, depending on the composition of the Fund's portfolio, market conditions, and other factors. You should read all of the risk information presented below carefully, because any one or more of these risks may result in losses to the Fund.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal, is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. </span>The Fund may not achieve its investment objective. The Fund is not intended to be a complete investment program, but rather is intended for investment as part of a diversified investment portfolio. Investors should consult their own advisers as to the role of the Fund in their overall investment programs. Except as otherwise stated, references in this section to “the Fund” may relate to the Fund, the Portfolio, or both. The risks described below may arise out of the Fund's direct investments or the Fund's investments in the Portfolio.</div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Market Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Fund's investments are subject to changes in general economic conditions, general market fluctuations and the risks inherent in investment in securities markets. Investment markets can be volatile and prices of investments can change substantially due to various factors including, but not limited to, economic growth or recession, changes in interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived creditworthiness of issuers, and general market liquidity. The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments.</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Equity Investing Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The market prices of equity securities owned by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons that may directly relate to the issuer and also may decline due to general industry or market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Non-U.S. Securities Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Non-U.S. securities (including depositary receipts) are subject to political, regulatory, and economic risks not present in domestic investments. There may be less information publicly available about a non-U.S. entity than about a U.S. entity, and many non-U.S. entities are not subject to accounting, auditing, legal and financial report standards comparable to those in the United States. Further, such entities and/or their securities may be subject to risks associated with currency controls; expropriation; changes in tax policy; greater market volatility;</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">differing securities market structures; higher transaction costs; and various administrative difficulties, such as delays in clearing and settling portfolio transactions or in receiving payment of dividends. Securities traded on foreign markets may be less liquid (harder to sell) than securities traded domestically. Foreign governments may impose restrictions on the repatriation of capital to the U.S. In addition, to the extent that the Fund buys securities denominated in a foreign currency, there are special risks such as changes in currency exchange rates and the risk that a foreign government could regulate foreign exchange transactions. In addition, to the extent investments are made in a limited number of countries, events in those countries will have a more significant impact on the Fund. Investments in depositary receipts may be less liquid and more volatile than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Debt Securities Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The values of debt securities may increase or decrease as a result of the following: market fluctuations, changes in interest rates, actual or perceived inability or unwillingness of issuers, guarantors or liquidity providers to make scheduled principal or interest payments or illiquidity in debt securities markets; the risk of low rates of return due to reinvestment of securities during periods of falling interest rates or repayment by issuers with higher coupon or interest rates; and/or the risk of low income due to falling interest rates. To the extent that interest rates rise, certain underlying obligations may be paid off substantially slower than originally anticipated and the value of those securities may fall sharply. A rising interest rate environment may cause the value of the Fund's fixed income securities to decrease, an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund's fixed income securities, and increased volatility of the fixed income markets. The current low interest rate environment heightens the risks associated with rising interest rates. During periods when interest rates are at low levels, the Fund's yield can be low, and the Fund may have a negative yield (i.e., it may lose money on an operating basis). If the principal on a debt obligation is prepaid before expected, the prepayments of principal may have to be reinvested in obligations paying interest at lower rates. During periods of falling interest rates, the income received by the Fund may decline. Changes in interest rates will likely have a greater effect on the values of debt securities of longer durations. Returns on investments in debt securities could trail the returns on other investment options, including investments in equity securities.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Information Technology Sector Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Market or economic factors impacting information technology companies could have a major effect on the value of the Fund's investments. The value of stocks of information technology companies is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product cycles, rapid product obsolescence, government regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs. Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. Stocks of technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market. Information technology companies are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or impairment of which may adversely affect profitability. Additionally, companies in the information technology sector may face dramatic and often unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Indexing Strategy/Index Tracking Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Fund is managed with an indexing investment strategy, attempting to track the performance of an unmanaged index of securities, regardless of the current or projected performance of the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index or of the actual securities comprising the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index. This differs from an actively-managed fund, which typically seeks to outperform a benchmark index. As a result, the Fund's performance may be less favorable than that of a portfolio managed using an active investment strategy. The structure and composition of the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index will affect the performance, volatility, and risk of the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index and, consequently, the performance, volatility, and risk of the Fund. While the Adviser seeks to track the performance of the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index (</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">i.e.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">, achieve a high degree of correlation with the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index), the Fund's return may not match the return of the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index. The Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. In addition, the Fund may not be fully invested at times, generally as a result of cash flows into or out of the Fund or reserves of cash held by the Fund to meet redemptions. The Adviser may attempt to replicate the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index return by investing in fewer than all of the securities in the S&amp; P 500 or MSCI Index, or in some securities not included in the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index, potentially increasing the risk of divergence between the Fund's return and that of the S&amp;P 500 or MSCI Index.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Asset Allocation Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Fund's investment performance depends upon the successful allocation by the Adviser of the Fund's assets among asset classes, geographical regions, industry sectors, and specific issuers and investments. There is no guarantee that the Adviser's allocation techniques and decisions will produce the desired results.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Below Investment-Grade Securities Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Lower-quality debt securities (“high yield” or “junk” bonds) are considered predominantly speculative, and can involve a substantially greater risk of default than higher quality debt securities. Issuers of lower-quality debt securities may have substantially greater risk of insolvency or bankruptcy than issuers of higher-quality debt securities. They can be illiquid, and their values can have significant volatility and may decline significantly over short periods of time. Lower-quality debt securities tend to be more sensitive to adverse news about the issuer, or the market or economy in general.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Counterparty Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties with which the Fund enters into derivatives contracts, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, and other transactions. If a counterparty fails to meet its contractual obligations, the Fund may be unable to terminate or realize any gain on the investment or transaction, or to recover collateral posted to the counterparty, resulting in a loss to the Fund. If the Fund holds collateral posted by its counterparty, it may be delayed or prevented from realizing on the collateral in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding relating to the counterparty.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Currency Hedging Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> If the Fund enters into currency hedging transactions, any loss generated by those transactions generally should be substantially offset by gains on the hedged investment, and vice versa. While hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains. Hedges are sometimes subject to imperfect matching between the hedging transaction and the risk sought to be hedged. There can be no assurance that the Fund's hedging transactions will be effective.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Currency Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The value of the Fund's assets may be affected favorably or unfavorably by currency exchange rates, currency exchange control regulations, and delays, restrictions or prohibitions on the repatriation of foreign currencies. Foreign currency exchange rates may have significant volatility, and changes in the values of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar may result in substantial declines in the values of the Fund's assets denominated in foreign currencies.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Depositary Receipts Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Investments in depositary receipts may be less liquid and more volatile than the underlying securities in their primary trading market. If a depositary receipt is denominated in a different currency than its underlying securities, the Fund will be subject to the currency risk of both the investment in the depositary receipt and the underlying security. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited or no rights to take action with respect to the underlying securities or to compel the issuer of the receipts to take action. The prices of depositary receipts may differ from the prices of securities upon which they are based.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Derivatives Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Derivative transactions can create investment leverage and may have significant volatility. It is possible that a derivative transaction will result in a much greater loss than the principal amount invested, that changes in the value of a derivative transaction may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, and that the Fund may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price. The counterparty to a derivatives contract may be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments, return the Fund's margin, or otherwise honor its obligations. A derivatives transaction may not behave in the manner anticipated by the Adviser or may not have the effect on the Fund anticipated by the Adviser.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Emerging Markets Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Risks of investing in emerging markets include, among others, greater political and economic instability, greater volatility in currency exchange rates, less developed securities markets, possible trade barriers, currency transfer restrictions, a more limited number of potential buyers and issuers, an emerging market country's dependence on revenue from particular commodities or international aid, less governmental supervision and regulation, unavailability of currency hedging techniques, differences in auditing and financial reporting standards, less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards, less developed public health systems, and less developed legal systems. There is also the potential for unfavorable action such as expropriation, nationalization, embargo, and acts of war. The securities of emerging market companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than more widely held securities. Market disruptions or substantial market corrections may limit very significantly the liquidity of securities of certain companies in a particular country or geographic region, or of all companies in the country or region. The Fund may be unable to liquidate its positions in such securities at any time, or at</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">a favorable price, in order to meet the Fund's obligations. These risks are generally greater for investments in frontier market countries, which typically have smaller economies or less developed capital markets than traditional emerging market countries. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Financial Sector Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Financial services companies are subject to extensive governmental regulation, which may limit both the amounts and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, the interest rates and fees they can charge, the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain. Profitability is largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital funds and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change or due to increased competition. In addition, deterioration of the credit markets generally may cause an adverse impact in a broad range of markets, including U.S. and international credit and interbank money markets generally, thereby affecting a wide range of financial institutions and markets. Certain events in the financial sector may cause an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign, and cause certain financial services companies to incur large losses. Securities of financial services companies may experience a dramatic decline in value when such companies experience substantial declines in the valuations of their assets, take action to raise capital (such as the issuance of debt or equity securities), or cease operations. Credit losses resulting from financial difficulties of borrowers and financial losses associated with investment activities can negatively impact the sector. Insurance companies may be subject to severe price competition. Adverse economic, business or political developments could adversely affect financial institutions engaged in mortgage finance or other lending or investing activities directly or indirectly connected to the value of real estate.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Geographic Focus Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The performance of a fund that is less diversified across countries or geographic regions will be closely tied to market, currency, economic, political, environmental, or regulatory conditions and developments in the countries or regions in which the fund invests, and may be more volatile than the performance of a more geographically-diversified fund.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; padding-left: 6.86%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Europe:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Developed and emerging market countries in Europe will be significantly affected by the fiscal and monetary controls of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (“EU”). Changes in regulations on trade, decreasing imports or exports, changes in the exchange rate of the euro and recessions among European countries may have a significant adverse effect on the economies of other European countries. In addition, one or more countries may abandon the euro and/or withdraw from the EU. For example, on January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom formally withdrew from the EU (commonly referred to as “Brexit”) and, after a transition period, left the EU single market and customs union under the terms of a new trade agreement on December 31, 2020. The agreement governs the new relationship between the United Kingdom and EU with respect to trading goods and services, but critical aspects of the relationship remain unresolved and subject to further negotiation and agreement. The full scope and nature of the consequences of the exit are not at this time known and are unlikely to be known for a significant period of time. It is also unknown whether the United Kingdom's exit will increase the likelihood of other countries also departing the EU. Any exits from the EU, or the possibility of such exits, may have a significant impact on the United Kingdom, Europe, and global economies, which may result in increased volatility and illiquidity, new legal and regulatory uncertainties and potentially lower economic growth for such economies that could potentially have an adverse effect on the value of the Fund's investments. In addition, a number of countries in Europe have suffered terrorist attacks and additional attacks may occur in the future. Such attacks may cause uncertainty in financial markets and may adversely affect the performance of the issuers to which the Fund has exposure.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 6.86%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Japan:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The growth of Japan's economy has historically lagged that of its Asian neighbors and other major developed economies. The Japanese economy is heavily dependent on international trade and has been adversely affected by trade tariffs, other protectionist measures, competition from emerging economies and the economic conditions of its trading partners. Japan also remains heavily dependent on oil imports, and higher commodity prices could therefore have a negative impact on the economy. The Japanese yen has fluctuated widely at times and any increase in its value may cause a decline in exports that could weaken the Japanese economy. Japan has, in the past, intervened in the currency markets to attempt to maintain or reduce the value of the yen. Japanese intervention in the currency markets could cause the value of the yen to fluctuate sharply and unpredictably and could cause losses to investors. Japan has an aging workforce and has experienced a significant population decline in recent years. Japan's labor market appears to be</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13pt; padding-left: 6.86%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">undergoing fundamental structural changes, as a labor market traditionally accustomed to lifetime employment adjusts to meet the need for increased labor mobility, which may adversely affect Japan's economic competitiveness. Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons or tsunamis, could occur in Japan or surrounding areas and could negatively affect the Japanese economy and, in turn, the Fund. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 6.86%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">United Kingdom:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The United Kingdom has one of the largest economies in Europe, and the United States and other European countries are substantial trading partners of the United Kingdom. As a result, the British economy may be impacted by changes to the economic condition of the United States and other European countries. The British economy, along with certain other EU economies, experienced a significant economic slowdown during the recent financial crisis, and certain British financial institutions suffered significant losses, were severely under-capitalized and required government intervention to survive. The British economy relies heavily on the export of financial services to the United States and other European countries and, therefore, a prolonged slowdown in the financial services sector may have a negative impact on the British economy. Continued governmental involvement or control in certain sectors may stifle competition in certain sectors or cause adverse effects on economic growth.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Growth Stock Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The prices of growth stocks may be based largely on expectations of future earnings, and their prices can decline rapidly and significantly in reaction to negative news. Growth stocks may underperform value stocks and stocks in other broad style categories (and the stock market as a whole) over any period of time and may shift in and out of favor with investors generally, sometimes rapidly, depending on changes in market, economic, and other factors.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Hedging Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The success of the Fund's hedging strategies will depend, in part, upon the Adviser's ability to assess correctly the degree of correlation between the performance of the instruments used in a hedging strategy and the performance of the investments being hedged. There is no guarantee that any hedging strategy used by the Fund will be successful in hedging the subject risks. It is possible that the Fund will lose money on a hedging transaction and on the asset of the Fund that was the subject of the hedge. Hedging transactions may have the effect of creating investment leverage in the Fund.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Income Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Fund's income may decline due to falling interest rates or other factors. Issuers of securities held by the Fund may call or redeem the securities during periods of falling interest rates, and the Fund would likely be required to reinvest in securities paying lower interest rates. If an obligation held by the Fund is prepaid, the Fund may have to reinvest the prepayment in other obligations paying income at lower rates.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Large Shareholder Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> To the extent a large proportion of the shares of the Fund are held by a small number of shareholders (or a single shareholder), including funds or accounts over which the Adviser has investment discretion, the Fund is subject to the risk that these shareholders will purchase or redeem Fund Shares in large amounts rapidly or unexpectedly, including as a result of an asset allocation decision made by the Adviser. These transactions could adversely affect the ability of the Fund to conduct its investment program.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Large-Capitalization Securities Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Returns on investments in securities of large companies could trail the returns on investments in securities of smaller and mid-sized companies. Larger companies may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller and mid-sized companies to competitive challenges or to changes in business, product, financial, or other market conditions. Larger companies may not be able to maintain growth at the high rates that may be achieved by well-managed smaller and mid-sized companies.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Liquidity Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Lack of a ready market,</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> stressed market conditions, or restrictions on resale may limit the ability of the Fund to sell a security at an advantageous time or price or at all. Illiquid investments may trade at a discount from comparable, more liquid investments and may be subject to wide fluctuations in market value. Illiquidity of the Fund's holdings may also limit the ability of the Fund to obtain cash to meet redemptions on a timely basis. In addition, the Fund, due to limitations on investments in any illiquid securities and/or the difficulty in purchasing and selling such investments, may be unable to achieve its desired level of exposure to a certain market or sector.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Management Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Fund is actively managed. The Adviser's judgments about the attractiveness, relative value, or potential appreciation of a particular sector, security, commodity or investment strategy or as to a hedging strategy may prove to be incorrect, and may cause the Fund to incur losses. There can be no assurance that the Adviser's investment techniques and decisions will produce the desired results.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Investments in mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities are subject to the risk of significant credit downgrades, illiquidity, and defaults to a greater extent than many other types of fixed-income investments. The liquidity of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities may change over time. During periods of falling interest rates, mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be called or prepaid, which may result in the Fund having to reinvest proceeds in other investments at a lower interest rate. During periods of rising interest rates, the average life of mortgage- and asset-backed securities may extend, which may lock in a below-market interest rate, increase the security's duration and interest rate sensitivity, and reduce the value of the security. Enforcing rights against the underlying assets or collateral may be difficult, and the underlying assets or collateral may be insufficient if the issuer defaults.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Real Estate Sector Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> An investment in a real property company may be subject to risks similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, including, by way of example, the possibility of declines in the value of real estate, losses from casualty or condemnation, and changes in local and general economic conditions, supply and demand, interest rates, environmental liability, zoning laws, regulatory limitations on rents, property taxes, and operating expenses. Some real property companies have limited diversification because they invest in a limited number of properties, a narrow geographic area, or a single type of property.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Risk of Investment in Other Pools:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> If the Fund invests in another pooled investment vehicle, it is exposed to the risk that the other pool will not perform as expected and is exposed indirectly to all of the risks applicable to an investment in such other pool. The investment policies of the other pool may not be the same as those of the Fund; as a result, an investment in the other pool may be subject to additional or different risks than those to which the Fund is typically subject. The Fund bears its proportionate share of the fees and expenses of any pool in which it invests. The Adviser or an affiliate may serve as investment adviser to a pool in which the Fund may invest, leading to potential conflicts of interest. It is possible that other clients of the Adviser or its affiliates will purchase or sell interests in a pool sponsored or managed by the Adviser or its affiliates at prices and at times more favorable than those at which the Fund does so.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Small-, Mid-, and Micro-Capitalization Securities Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The securities of small-, mid- and micro-capitalization companies may be more volatile and may involve more risk than the securities of larger companies. These companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, may lack the competitive strength of larger companies, and may depend on a few key employees. In addition, these companies may have been recently organized and may have little or no track record of success. The securities of smaller companies may trade less frequently and in smaller volumes than more widely held securities. Some securities of smaller issuers may be illiquid or may be restricted as to resale, and their values may have significant volatility. The Fund may be unable to liquidate its positions in such securities at any time, or at a favorable price, in order to meet the Fund's obligations. Returns on investments in securities of small-, mid- and micro-capitalization companies could trail the returns on investments in securities of larger companies.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Unconstrained Sector Risk:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets within one or more economic sectors or industries, which may change from time to time. Greater investment focus on one or more sectors or industries increases the potential for volatility and the risk that events negatively affecting such sectors or industries could reduce returns, potentially causing the value of the Fund's Shares to decrease, perhaps significantly.</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Valuation Risk: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Some portfolio holdings, potentially a large portion of the Fund's investment portfolio, may be valued on the basis of factors other than market quotations. This may occur more often in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity. There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations. Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market quotations, including “fair valued” securities, may be subject to greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market quotations were used. In addition, there is no</span> </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">assurance that the Fund could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund at that time. Investors who purchase or redeem Fund Shares on days when the Fund is holding fair-valued investments may receive fewer or more shares or lower or higher redemption proceeds than they would have received if the Fund had not fair-valued the holding(s) or had used a different valuation methodology. </div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13pt; margin-top: 6pt; padding-left: 3.43%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Value Stock Risk: <span style="font-weight: normal;">Value stocks present the risk that they may decline in price or never reach their expected full market value, either because the market fails to recognize a stock's intrinsic worth or SSGA FM overestimates the stock's expected value.</span> </div> You could lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal, is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Performance <div style="-sec-ix-redline:true;"> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; padding-right: 0.19%; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund's returns from year-to-year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the periods indicated compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Prior to January 28, 2017, the Fund's underlying strategies were actively managed. Current performance information for the Fund is available toll free by calling (800)-242-0134 or by visiting our website at www.ssga.com.</div> </div> The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by illustrating the variability of the Fund's returns from year-to-year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the periods indicated compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. (800)-242-0134 www.ssga.com Annual Total Returns (years ended 12/31) <div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Highest Quarterly Return: 13.52% (Q2, 2020)<br/>Lowest Quarterly Return: -13.72% (Q1, 2020) </div> Highest Quarterly Return: 0.1352 2020-06-30 Lowest Quarterly Return: -0.1372 2020-03-31 Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ended 12/31/21) 1988-01-01 1988-01-01 1988-01-01 1988-01-01 1988-01-01 1988-01-01 0.1156 0.1030 0.0892 0.0936 0.0832 0.0697 0.0799 0.0749 0.0646 0.2871 0.1847 0.1655 -0.0154 0.0357 0.0290 0.0853 0.0983 0.0757 <div style="clear: both; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The returns for certain periods would have been lower without the effect of a contractual fee waiver and/or reimbursement.</div> <div style="clear: both; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 10.02pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.02pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 2pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. After-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown above, and after-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). The returns after taxes can exceed the returns before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit for a shareholder from realizing a capital loss on a sale of Fund shares.</div> After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. After-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown above, and after-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). The returns after taxes can exceed the returns before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit for a shareholder from realizing a capital loss on a sale of Fund shares.