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Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Nova Fund

Nova Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 150% of the performance of the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.75% 1.26%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
178 551 949 2,062
Investor Class
128 400 692 1,523

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 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 Total 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. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and leveraged derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swap agreements, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the Fund’s benchmark. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks, which are chosen by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) on a statistical basis, and which generally represent large-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $401.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 150% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 150% of the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.5x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -90%       -75%       -75%       -77%       -79%       -83%  
  -50%       -75%       -65%       -65%       -68%       -72%       -76%  
  -40%       -60%       -54%       -55%       -58%       -62%       -68%  
  -30%       -45%       -42%       -43%       -47%       -52%       -60%  
  -20%       -30%       -29%       -31%       -34%       -42%       -51%  
  -10%       -15%       -15%       -17%       -23%       -32%       -41%  
  0%       0%       0%       -2%       -9%       -19%       -32%  
  10%       15%       14%       13%       5%       -6%       -21%  
  20%       30%       31%       29%       19%       9%       -9%  
  30%       45%       47%       45%       35%       20%       2%  
  40%       60%       65%       62%       50%       35%       13%  
  50%       75%       83%       79%       68%       49%       25%  
  60%       90%       102%       98%       85%       63%       38%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 18.42%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 8.22%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.01%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested. 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 19.99%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 23.95%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -34.77%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
22.22% (2.21%) 6.06%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
22.18% (2.33%) 5.55%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.44% (1.95%) 5.02%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
22.82% (1.71%) 6.60%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
22.78% (1.83%) 6.12%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.84% (1.52%) 5.53%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | S&P 500 Fund

S&P 500® Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P 500® Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H- Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P 500 Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P 500 Fund
H-Class
Management Fees [1] 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25%
Other Expenses [1] 0.55%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.55%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Fund H-Class
158 490 845 1,845

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 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 Total 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 76% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index, or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks, which are chosen by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) on a statistical basis, and which generally represent large-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $401.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 12.88%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 15.65%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -22.66%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
14.29% 0.60% 2.61% May 31, 2006
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
14.19% 0.53% 2.43% May 31, 2006
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.29% 0.47% 2.13% May 31, 2006
H-Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 3.98% May 31, 2006
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund

Inverse S&P 500® Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.90% 1.41%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
193 597 1,026 2,222
Investor Class
144 446 771 1,691

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks, which are chosen by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) on a statistical basis, and which generally represent large-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $401.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 18.42%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 8.22%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.01%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -13.30%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2008) 16.36%   (quarter ended 06/30/2009) -15.51%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
(16.51%) (8.56%) (8.73%)
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(16.51%) (8.68%) (9.19%)
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(10.73%) (7.09%) (7.00%)
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
(16.08%) (8.09%) (8.26%)
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(16.08%) (8.20%) (8.71%)
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(10.45%) (6.71%) (6.66%)
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | NASDAQ-100 Fund

NASDAQ-100® Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The NASDAQ-100® Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond, before fees and expenses, to a benchmark for over-the-counter securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the NASDAQ-100 Index® (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.75% 1.26%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
178 551 949 2,062
Investor Class
128 400 692 1,523

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 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 Total 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 94% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to international companies included in the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The NASDAQ-100 Index® is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market with capitalizations ranging from $4.5 billion to $372.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. Currently, the NASDAQ-100 Index® is concentrated in technology companies. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Industry and Technology Sector Concentration Risk—The risk of concentrating Fund investments in a limited number of issuers conducting business in the same industry or group of industries is that the Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry or group of industries than a fund that does not concentrate its investments. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of technology companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correspond to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 9.33%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 3/31/2012) 20.92%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -24.20%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
16.49% 4.16% 9.30%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.49% 4.16% 9.29%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.72% 3.58% 8.29%
Advisor Class NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89% 11.13%
Investor Class
17.14% 4.70% 9.88%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
17.14% 4.70% 9.86%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.14% 4.04% 8.82%
Investor Class NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89% 11.13%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund

Inverse NASDAQ-100® Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.80% 0.54%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.95% 1.44%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
198 612 1,052 2,275
Investor Class
147 456 787 1,724

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain inverse exposure to international companies included in the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The NASDAQ-100 Index® is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market with capitalizations ranging from $4.5 billion to $372.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. Currently, the NASDAQ-100 Index® is concentrated in technology companies. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 20.53%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 9.10%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 10.66%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Industry and Technology Sector Concentration Risk—The risk of concentrating Fund investments in a limited number of issuers conducting business in the same industry or group of industries is that the Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry or group of industries than a fund that does not concentrate its investments. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of technology companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -9.83%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2008) 18.70%   (quarter ended 3/31/2012) -18.06%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
Advisor Class
(18.25%) (12.69%)   (11.16%) Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(18.25%) (12.77%)   (11.46%) Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(11.86%) (10.28%)   (8.65%) Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89%   8.91% Aug. 01, 2003
Investor Class
(18.32%) (12.33%) (12.77%)    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(18.32%) (12.41%) (13.05%)    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(11.91%) (10.01%) (9.59%)    
Investor Class NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89% 11.13%    
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund

Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark for mid-cap securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 150% of the performance of the S&P MidCap 400® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.52%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.68%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund H-Class
171 530 913 1,987

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 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 Total 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 447% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Advisor will attempt to consistently apply leverage to increase the Fund’s exposure to 150% of the underlying index. As a result, the Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies included in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400® Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 400 mid-cap stocks chosen by S&P for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. The S&P MidCap 400® Index covers approximately 7% of the U.S. equities market and generally represents mid-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $487.9 million to $17.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 150% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 150% of the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.5x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -90%       -75%       -75%       -77%       -79%       -83%  
  -50%       -75%       -65%       -65%       -68%       -72%       -76%  
  -40%       -60%       -54%       -55%       -58%       -62%       -68%  
  -30%       -45%       -42%       -43%       -47%       -52%       -60%  
  -20%       -30%       -29%       -31%       -34%       -42%       -51%  
  -10%       -15%       -15%       -17%       -23%       -32%       -41%  
  0%       0%       0%       -2%       -9%       -19%       -32%  
  10%       15%       14%       13%       5%       -6%       -21%  
  20%       30%       31%       29%       19%       9%       -9%  
  30%       45%       47%       45%       35%       20%       2%  
  40%       60%       65%       62%       50%       35%       13%  
  50%       75%       83%       79%       68%       49%       25%  
  60%       90%       102%       98%       85%       63%       38%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 22.15%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.00%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.91%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 20.98%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 30.17%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -39.07%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
H-Class
24.49% 1.67% 9.97%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
24.49% 1.39% 9.63%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
15.92% 1.27% 8.77%
H-Class S&P MidCap 400® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.88% 5.15% 10.53%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund

Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the S&P MidCap 400® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.65%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund H-Class
168 520 897 1,955

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400® Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 400 mid-cap stocks chosen by S&P for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. The S&P MidCap 400® Index covers approximately 7% of the U.S. equities market and generally represents mid-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $487.9 million to $17.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 22.15%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.00%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.91%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -14.52%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2011) 19.20%   (quarter ended 6/30/2009) -18.52%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
(18.14%) (12.88%) (10.30%) Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(18.14%) (12.89%) (10.70%) Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(11.79%) (10.43%) (8.17%) Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P MidCap 400® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.88% 5.15% 7.73% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund

Russell 2000® 1.5x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark for small-cap securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 150% of the performance of the Russell 2000® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.56%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.76%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund H-Class
179 554 954 2,073

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 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 Total 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 527% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Advisor will attempt to consistently apply leverage to increase the Fund’s exposure to 150% of the underlying index. As a result, the Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform similarly to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, representing approximately 10% of the Russell 3000® total market capitalization and consisting of capitalizations ranging from $22.4 million to $5.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. The Russell 3000® Index is composed of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by total market capitalization, representing approximately 98% of the U.S. investable equity market. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases. 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 150% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 150% of the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.5x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -90%       -75%       -75%       -77%       -79%       -83%  
  -50%       -75%       -65%       -65%       -68%       -72%       -76%  
  -40%       -60%       -54%       -55%       -58%       -62%       -68%  
  -30%       -45%       -42%       -43%       -47%       -52%       -60%  
  -20%       -30%       -29%       -31%       -34%       -42%       -51%  
  -10%       -15%       -15%       -17%       -23%       -32%       -41%  
  0%       0%       0%       -2%       -9%       -19%       -32%  
  10%       15%       14%       13%       5%       -6%       -21%  
  20%       30%       31%       29%       19%       9%       -9%  
  30%       45%       47%       45%       35%       20%       2%  
  40%       60%       65%       62%       50%       35%       13%  
  50%       75%       83%       79%       68%       49%       25%  
  60%       90%       102%       98%       85%       63%       38%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 24.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.69%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.77%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure. 

         

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 22.54%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
 (quarter ended 6/30/2003) 36.24%    (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -40.39%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
H-Class
22.05% (0.43%) 9.25%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
22.05% (0.43%) 9.17%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.33% (0.36%) 8.25%
H-Class Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 9.72%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Russell 2000 Fund

Russell 2000® Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Russell 2000® Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the Russell 2000® Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Russell 2000 Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Russell 2000 Fund
H-Class
Management Fees [1] 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25%
Other Expenses [1] 0.57%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1] 0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1][2] 1.61%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.
[2] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 Fund H-Class
164 508 876 1,911

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 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 Total 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 160% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, representing approximately 10% of the Russell 3000® total market capitalization and consisting of capitalizations ranging from $22.4 million to $5.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. The Russell 3000® Index is composed of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by total market capitalization, representing approximately 98% of the U.S. investable equity market. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 14.93%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return     Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 20.55%       (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -26.89%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
14.60% 1.96% 2.37% May 31, 2006
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
14.60% 1.96% 2.30% May 31, 2006
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.49% 1.67% 1.99% May 31, 2006
H-Class Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 3.95% May 31, 2006
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund

Inverse Russell 2000® Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the Russell 2000® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.59%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.74%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund H-Class
177 548 944 2,052

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, representing approximately 10% of the Russell 3000® total market capitalization and consisting of capitalizations ranging from $22.4 million to $5.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. The Russell 3000® Index is composed of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by total market capitalization, representing approximately 98% of the U.S. investable equity market. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 24.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.69%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.77%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -15.48%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2011) 21.19%   (quarter ended 6/30/2009) -20.40%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
(17.77%) (14.24%) (10.73%) Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(17.77%) (14.29%) (11.12%) Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(11.55%) (11.46%) (8.45%) Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 5.79% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund

S&P 500® Pure Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P 500® Pure Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for large-cap growth securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P 500 Pure Growth Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund H-Class
153 474 818 1,791

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 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 Total 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 421% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P 500 Pure Growth Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P 500® companies with strong growth characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P 500 Pure Growth Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $3.4 billion to $372.2 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Growth Stocks Risk—Growth stocks typically invest a high portion of their earnings back into their business and may lack the dividend yield that could cushion their decline in a market downturn. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions regarding the growth potential of the issuing company.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 16.85%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 21.70%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -24.37%

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
13.75% 4.75% 3.99% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
13.75% 4.71% 3.92% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
8.93% 4.07% 3.42% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P 500 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.42% 6.44% 7.25% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | S&P 500 Pure Value Fund

S&P 500® Pure Value Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P 500® Pure Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for large-cap value securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P 500 Pure Value Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P 500 Pure Value Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P 500 Pure Value Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.52%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.52%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Value Fund H-Class
155 480 829 1,813

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 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 Total 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 669% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P 500 Pure Value Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P 500® companies with strong value characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P 500 Pure Value Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $276.6 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

 

Value Stocks Risk—Value stocks are subject to the risk that the intrinsic value of the stock may never be realized by the market or that the price goes down.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 19.02%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 44.18%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -31.40%

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Value Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
22.19% 1.31% 3.36% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
22.12% (0.10%) 1.37% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.42% 0.11% 1.63% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P 500 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
25.57% 4.40% 8.00% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund

S&P MidCap 400® Pure Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P MidCap 400® Pure Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for mid-cap growth securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund H-Class
153 474 818 1,791

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 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 Total 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 188% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P MidCap 400® companies with strong growth characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $1.3 billion to $17.7 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Growth Stocks Risk—Growth stocks typically invest a high portion of their earnings back into their business and may lack the dividend yield that could cushion their decline in a market downturn. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions regarding the growth potential of the issuing company.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 11.11%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 26.30%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -25.40%

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
16.27% 8.88% 8.52% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.27% 8.88% 8.00% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.57% 7.72% 7.18% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.30% 10.64% 10.67% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund

S&P MidCap 400® Pure Value Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P MidCap 400® Pure Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for mid-cap value securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.52%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.58%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund H-Class
161 499 860 1,878

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 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 Total 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 757% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P MidCap 400® companies with strong value characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $572.2 million to $7.2 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

 

Value Stocks Risk—Value stocks are subject to the risk that the intrinsic value of the stock may never be realized by the market or that the price goes down.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.95%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 37.89%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -34.65%

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
15.79% 1.51% 4.24% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
15.79% 0.87% 3.70% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.26% 0.91% 3.36% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
19.65% 5.03% 7.40% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund

S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for small-cap growth securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund H-Class
153 474 818 1,791

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 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 Total 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 645% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P SmallCap 600® companies with strong growth characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $145.3 million to $4.1 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Growth Stocks Risk—Growth stocks typically invest a high portion of their earnings back into their business and may lack the dividend yield that could cushion their decline in a market downturn. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions regarding the growth potential of the issuing company.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 13.63%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 28.45%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -26.31%

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
10.42% 4.65% 5.80% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
10.42% 4.65% 5.52% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
6.77% 4.01% 4.90% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
13.04% 7.12% 8.69% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund

S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Value Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for small-cap value securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.51%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.53%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund H-Class
156 483 834 1,824

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 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 Total 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 655% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P SmallCap 600® companies with strong value characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $126.5 million to $3 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

 

Value Stocks Risk—Value stocks are subject to the risk that the intrinsic value of the stock may never be realized by the market or that the price goes down.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 16.35%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 69.02%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -37.55%

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
18.12% 2.60% 2.86% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
18.12% (0.99%) 0.69% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.78% (0.01%) 1.11% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
21.66% 6.74% 7.08% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Banking Fund

Banking Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Banking Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the banking sector, including commercial banks (and their holding companies) and savings and loan institutions (“Banking Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.76% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.86% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
189 585 1,006 2,180
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 382% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Banking Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Banking Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Banking Companies are engaged in accepting deposits and making commercial and consumer loans and include state chartered banks, savings and loan institutions, and banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Banking Companies and U.S. government securities. Under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, the Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the equity securities of any company that derives more than 15% of its revenues from brokerage or investment management activities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the banking sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the banking sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Banking Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the banking sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Banking Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 12.62%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 20.06%   (quarter ended 3/31/2009) -31.94%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
24.25% (9.07%) (3.43%)
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
24.09% (9.65%) (3.97%)
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
15.76% (7.79%) (3.08%)
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
24.86% (8.64%) (2.91%)
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
24.72% (9.18%) (3.41%)
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
16.15% (7.43%) (2.65%)
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Basic Materials Fund

Basic Materials Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Basic Materials Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in the mining, manufacture, or sale of basic materials, such as lumber, steel, iron, aluminum, concrete, chemicals and other basic building and manufacturing materials (“Basic Materials Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.76% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.86% 1.36%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
189 585 1,006 2,180
Investor Class
138 431 745 1,635

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 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 Total 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 251% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Basic Materials Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Basic Materials Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Basic Materials Companies are engaged in the manufacture, mining, processing, or distribution of raw materials and intermediate goods used in the industrial sector, and may be involved in the production and transportation of metals, textiles, and wood products. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Basic Materials Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the basic materials sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the basic materials sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Basic Materials Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the basic materials sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Basic Materials Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -12.08%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/301/2003) 22.00%   (quarter ended 9/30/2008) -29.91%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
11.01% (0.22%) 10.18%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
10.87% (0.42%) 9.98%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.15% (0.33%) 8.96%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
11.55% 0.28% 10.70%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.41% 0.09% 10.51%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.50% 0.11% 9.45%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Biotechnology Fund

Biotechnology Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Biotechnology Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the biotechnology industry, including companies involved in research and development, genetic or other biological engineering, and in the design, manufacture, or sale of related biotechnology products or services (“Biotechnology Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.76% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.86% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
189 585 1,006 2,180
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 197% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Biotechnology Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Biotechnology Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Biotechnology Companies are engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of various biotechnological products, services, and processes; manufacture and/or distribute biotechnological and biomedical products, including devices and instruments; provide or benefit significantly from scientific and technological advances in biotechnology; or provide processes or services instead of, or in addition to, products. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Biotechnology Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the biotechnology sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the biotechnology sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Biotechnology Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the biotechnology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Biotechnology Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 24.71%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 26.91%   (quarter ended 6/30/2010) -16.79%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
35.85% 11.87% 11.31%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
35.85% 11.87% 11.31%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
23.30% 10.40% 10.16%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
36.54% 12.45% 11.87%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
36.54% 12.45% 11.87%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
23.75% 10.91% 10.68%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Consumer Products Fund

Consumer Products Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Consumer Products Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in manufacturing finished goods and services both domestically and internationally (“Consumer Products Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 230% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Consumer Products Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Consumer Products Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Consumer Products Companies include companies that manufacture wholesale or retail food, staple retail products and non-durable goods such as beverages, tobacco, household and personal care products. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Consumer Products Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the consumer products sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the consumer products sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Consumer Products Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the consumer products sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Consumer Products Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 16.90%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 15.20%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -14.32%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
9.19% 5.69% 8.69%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
9.08% 3.96% 7.69%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.97% 3.81% 7.06%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
9.76% 6.20% 9.22%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
9.65% 4.57% 8.28%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
6.34% 4.31% 7.58%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Electronics Fund

Electronics Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Electronics Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the electronics sector, including semiconductor manufacturers and distributors, and makers and vendors of other electronic components and devices (“Electronics Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 1,640% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Electronics Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Electronics Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Electronics Companies include companies involved in the manufacture and development of semiconductors, connectors, printed circuit boards and other components; equipment vendors to electronic component manufacturers; electronic component distributors; electronic instruments and electronic systems vendors; and also include companies involved in all aspects of the electronics business and in new technologies or specialty areas. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Electronics Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the electronics sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the electronics sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Electronics Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the electronics sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Electronics Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.95%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 26.98%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -28.74%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
(0.20%) (5.38%) 0.96%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(0.20%) (5.38%) 0.96%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.13%) (4.49%) 0.82%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
0.32% (4.93%) 1.46%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
0.32% (4.93%) 1.46%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.21% (4.12%) 1.25%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Energy Fund

Energy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Energy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies involved in the energy field, including the exploration, production, and development of oil, gas, coal and alternative sources of energy (“Energy Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 248% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Energy Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Energy Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Energy Companies are involved in all aspects of the energy industry, including the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity, and coal, and alternative sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale, and solar power, and include companies that produce, transmit, market, distribute or measure energy; companies involved in providing products and services to companies in the energy field; and companies involved in the exploration of new sources of energy, conservation, and energy-related pollution control. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Energy Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the energy sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the energy sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Energy Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to the energy sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Energy Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 8.35%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2008) 27.59%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -33.92%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
2.17% (3.08%) 11.03%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
1.40% (3.39%) 10.70%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
1.40% (2.73%) 9.77%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
2.76% (2.58%) 11.56%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
2.04% (2.88%) 11.25%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
1.79% (2.31%) 10.27%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Energy Services Fund

Energy Services Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Energy Services Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the energy services field, including those that provide services and equipment in the areas of oil, coal, and gas exploration and production (“Energy Services Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 275% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Energy Services Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Energy Services Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Energy Services Companies are engaged in one or more businesses in the energy services field, including those that provide services and equipment to companies engaged in the production, refinement or distribution of oil, gas, electricity, and coal; companies involved with the production and development of newer sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale, and solar power; companies involved with onshore or offshore drilling; companies involved in production and well maintenance; companies involved in exploration engineering, data and technology; companies involved in energy transport; and companies involved in equipment and plant design or construction. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Energy Services Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the energy services sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the energy services sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Energy Services Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the energy services sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Energy Services Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 11.44%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 31.75%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -47.14%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
(0.18%) (4.80%) 9.77%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(0.18%) (4.80%) 9.77%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.12%) (4.02%) 8.72%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
0.31% (4.32%) 10.29%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
0.31% (4.32%) 10.29%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.20% (3.62%) 9.21%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Financial Services Fund

Financial Services Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Financial Services Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the financial services sector (“Financial Services Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.36%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
138 431 745 1,635

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 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 Total 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 590% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Financial Services Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Financial Services Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Financial Service Companies include commercial banks, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, brokerage companies and real-estate investment trusts. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Financial Services Companies and U.S. government securities. Under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, the Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the equity securities of any company that derives more than 15% of its revenues from brokerage or investment management activities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the financial services sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the financial services sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Financial Services Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the financial services sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Financial Services Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.18%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 26.00%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -31.71%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
22.30% (6.00%) 0.59%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
21.98% (6.45%) 0.20%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.48% (5.28%) 0.28%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
22.90% (5.51%) 1.09%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
22.60% (5.94%) 0.71%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.88% (4.87%) 0.71%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Health Care Fund

Health Care Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Health Care Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the health care industry (“Health Care Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.76% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.86% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
189 585 1,006 2,180
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 266% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Health Care Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Health Care Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Health Care Companies include pharmaceutical companies, companies involved in the research and development of pharmaceutical products and services, companies involved in the operation of health care facilities, and other companies involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of health care related products or services. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Health Care Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the health care sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the health care sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Health Care Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the health care sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Health Care Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 19.82%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 16.61%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -15.61%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
17.05% 3.88% 7.40%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.95% 3.85% 7.38%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.08% 3.32% 6.54%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
17.53% 4.36% 7.91%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
17.43% 4.33% 7.90%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.39% 3.73% 7.01%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Internet Fund

Internet Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Internet Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that provide products or services designed for or related to the Internet (“Internet Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 442% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Internet Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Internet Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Internet Companies are involved in all aspects of research, design development, manufacturing or distribution of products or services for use with the Internet or Internet related businesses. Such companies may provide information or entertainment services over the Internet; sell or distribute goods and services over the Internet; provide infrastructure systems or otherwise provide hardware, software or support that impacts Internet commerce; or provide Internet access to consumers and businesses. Internet companies also may include companies that provide Intranet and Extranet services. The Fund will maintain broad representation of the various industries in the Internet sector. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Internet Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the Internet sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the Internet sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Internet Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the Internet sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Internet Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

 

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.77%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 31.13%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -23.21%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
19.08% 2.63% 9.31%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
18.60% 2.40% 9.18%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.01% 2.14% 8.23%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
19.66% 3.15% 9.85%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
19.20% 2.92% 9.71%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.35% 2.58% 8.73%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Leisure Fund

Leisure Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Leisure Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in leisure and entertainment businesses (“Leisure Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 517% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Leisure Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Leisure Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Leisure Companies are engaged in the design, production, or distribution of goods or services in the leisure industries. Leisure Companies include hotels and resorts, restaurants, casinos, radio and television broadcasting and advertising companies, motion picture production companies, entertainment software companies, toys and sporting goods manufacturers, musical recording companies, alcohol and tobacco companies, and publishing companies. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Leisure Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the leisure sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the leisure sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Leisure Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the leisure sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Leisure Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 18.49%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 24.48%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -29.80%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
20.81% 1.72% 7.21%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
20.77% 1.71% 7.21%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.53% 1.46% 6.37%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
21.43% 2.21% 7.73%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
21.39% 2.21% 7.72%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.93% 1.89% 6.84%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Precious Metals Fund

Precious Metals Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Precious Metals Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in U.S. and foreign companies that are involved in the precious metals sector, including exploration, mining, production and development, and other precious metals related services (“Precious Metals Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.75% 1.25%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
178 551 949 2,062
Investor Class
127 397 686 1,511

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 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 Total 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 206% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Precious Metals Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Precious Metals Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Precious metals include gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals. Precious Metals Companies include precious metal manufacturers; distributors of precious metal products, such as jewelry, metal foil or bullion; mining and geological exploration companies; and companies that provide services to Precious Metals Companies. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Precious Metals Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the precious metals sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the precious metals sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Precious Metals Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the precious metals sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Precious Metals Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

The Fund commenced operations on December 1, 1993. Advisor Class Shares of the Fund were offered beginning August 1, 2003. The performance shown prior to August 1, 2003 represents the performance of the Fund’s Investor Class Shares adjusted to reflect Advisor Class Shares’ higher expenses.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -43.61%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2003) 25.65%   (quarter ended 9/30/2008) -33.84%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
Advisor Class
(4.54%) (1.46%)   7.30% Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(5.09%) (1.62%)   7.20% Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(2.25%) (1.26%)   6.42% Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   6.21% Aug. 01, 2003
Investor Class
(4.09%) (0.98%) 7.50%    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(4.62%) (1.14%) 7.42%    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(1.98%) (0.86%) 6.62%    
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Retailing Fund

Retailing Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Retailing Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in merchandising finished goods and services, including department stores, mail order operations and other companies involved in selling products to consumers (“Retailing Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 472% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Retailing Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Retailing Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Retailing Companies include drug and department stores; suppliers of goods and services for homes, home improvements and yards; clothing, jewelry, electronics and computer retailers; warehouse membership clubs; mail order operations; and companies involved in alternative selling methods. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Retailing Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the retailing sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the retailing sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Retailing Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the retailing sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of the Retailing Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 18.54%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 19.88%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -24.20%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
17.25% 7.32% 7.41%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
17.25% 7.30% 7.40%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.21% 6.33% 6.55%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
17.54% 7.79% 7.85%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
17.54% 7.77% 7.84%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.40% 6.75% 6.95%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Technology Fund

Technology Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Technology Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the technology sector, including computer software and service companies, semiconductor manufacturers, networking and telecommunications equipment manufacturers, PC hardware and peripherals companies (“Technology Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 324% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Technology Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Technology Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Technology Companies are companies that the Advisor believes have, or will develop, products, processes, or services that will provide technological advances and improvements. These companies may include, for example, companies that develop, produce or distribute products or services in the computer, semiconductor, electronics and communications sectors. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Technology Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the technology sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the technology sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Technology Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Technology Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 9.44%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 27.14%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -26.87%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
11.25% (1.03%) 5.97%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.25% (1.03%) 5.96%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.31% (0.88%) 5.25%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
11.80% (0.51%) 6.49%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.80% (0.51%) 6.48%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.67% (0.43%) 5.71%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Telecommunications Fund

Telecommunications Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Telecommunications Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in the development, manufacture, or sale of communications services or communications equipment (“Telecommunications Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.76% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.86% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
189 585 1,006 2,180
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 1,550% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Telecommunications Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Telecommunications Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Telecommunications Companies include traditional and wireless telephone services or equipment providers, Internet equipment and service providers, and fiber-optics. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Telecommunications Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the telecommunications sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the telecommunications sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Telecommunications Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the telecommunications sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of the Telecommunications Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 4.43%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 22.09%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -20.98%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
3.99% (6.43%) 3.11%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
3.09% (7.27%) 2.51%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.58% (5.83%) 2.34%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
4.51% (6.00%) 3.57%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
3.67% (6.80%) 3.00%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.91% (5.46%) 2.76%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Transportation Fund

Transportation Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Transportation Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in providing transportation services or companies engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution, or sale of transportation equipment (“Transportation Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.76% 0.52%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.86% 1.37%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
189 585 1,006 2,180
Investor Class
139 434 750 1,646

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 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 Total 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 737% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Transportation Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Transportation Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Transportation Companies may include, for example, companies involved in the movement of freight or people, such as airline, railroad, ship, truck and bus companies; equipment manufacturers; parts suppliers; and companies involved in leasing, maintenance, and transportation-related services. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Transportation Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the transportation sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the transportation sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

Transportation Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the transportation sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Transportation Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 22.67%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 18.91%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) -24.42%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
16.87% 1.82% 5.05%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.87% 1.77% 5.02%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.97% 1.52% 4.40%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
17.43% 2.28% 5.49%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
17.43% 2.24% 5.47%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.33% 1.92% 4.80%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Utilities Fund

Utilities Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Utilities Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that operate public utilities (“Utilities Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.75% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.85% 1.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
188 582 1,001 2,169
Investor Class
137 428 739 1,624

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 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 Total 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 534% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Utilities Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Utilities Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Utilities Companies may include companies involved in the manufacturing, production, generation, transmission, distribution or sales of gas or electric energy; water supply, waste and sewage disposal; and companies that receive a majority of their revenues from their public utility operations. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Utilities Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the utilities sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the utilities sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

Utilities Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the utilities sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Utilities Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 10.57%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 20.39%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2008) -17.45%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class
1.03% 0.48% 8.16%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(0.42%) (0.77%) 7.03%
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.65% (0.35%) 6.49%
Advisor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Investor Class
1.47% 0.95% 8.70%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
0.12% (0.23%) 7.62%
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.94% 0.09% 7.01%
Investor Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund

Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 125% of the fair value of the Europe STOXX 50® Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.52%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.67%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund H-Class
170 526 907 1,976

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 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 Total 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 903% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Advisor will attempt to consistently apply leverage to increase the Fund’s exposure to 125% of the underlying index. As a result, the Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The Europe STOXX 50® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 50 European blue chip stocks consisting of capitalizations ranging from $11.4 billion to $110.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. Index members are chosen by Stoxx Ltd. from 16 countries under criteria designed to identify highly liquid companies that are leaders in their sectors. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 125% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 125% of the performance of the underlying index.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.25x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -75%       -68%       -68%       -69%       -71%       -73%  
  -50%       -63%       -58%       -58%       -60%       -62%       -64%  
  -40%       -50%       -47%       -48%       -49%       -52%       -54%  
  -30%       -38%       -36%       -37%       -39%       -41%       -45%  
  -20%       -25%       -25%       -26%       -27%       -31%       -36%  
  -10%       -13%       -12%       -13%       -16%       -20%       -25%  
  0%       0%       0%       -1%       -4%       -8%       -15%  
  10%       13%       12%       12%       9%       4%       -4%  
  20%       25%       25%       25%       20%       17%       8%  
  30%       38%       38%       38%       33%       27%       18%  
  40%       50%       52%       51%       46%       40%       29%  
  50%       63%       65%       64%       60%       53%       41%  
  60%       75%       80%       78%       73%       65%       54%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 29.92%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 12.35%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is -5.33%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—Indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates and the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad. In particular, the Fund may have indirect and direct exposure to the euro. The price of the euro has fluctuated widely over the past several years, and volatility has increased in recent months, due, in part, to concern over the sovereign debt levels of certain European Union (EU) members and the potential effect of this debt on the EU members’ participation in the European Monetary Union and the value of the euro. These and other factors may adversely affect the long-term value of the euro in terms of purchasing power in the future. A decline in the price of the euro may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Geographic Concentration in Europe Risk—Because a significant portion of the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers located in Europe, the Fund is susceptible to loss due to adverse market, political, regulatory, and geographic events affecting the various countries and regions in Europe. The European economy is diverse and includes both large, competitive economies and small, struggling economies. The European economy is vulnerable to decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro and recessions in EU economies.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -0.43%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 34.73%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -33.31%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
H-Class
25.77% (11.34%) 3.58%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
25.66% (11.35%) 3.11%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
16.75% (9.25%) 2.87%
H-Class Europe STOXX 50® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
14.76% (5.48%) 6.38%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Japan 2x Strategy Fund

Japan 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the fair value of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Japan 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Japan 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Japan 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
153 474 818 1,791

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average is a price-weighted average of 225 top-rated Japanese companies listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are selected to be both highly liquid and representative of Japan’s industrial structure. As of June 30, 2013, the Nikkei 225 Stock Average included companies with small, medium and large capitalizations ranging from $290.7 million to $207.9 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -120%       -84%       -85%       -88%       -91%       -94%  
  -50%       -100%       -75%       -77%       -81%       -86%       -91%  
  -40%       -80%       -65%       -66%       -72%       -80%       -87%  
  -30%       -60%       -52%       -54%       -62%       -72%       -82%  
  -20%       -40%       -37%       -41%       -49%       -64%       -78%  
  -10%       -20%       -20%       -24%       -37%       -55%       -71%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -5%       -22%       -43%       -65%  
  10%       20%       19%       14%       -5%       -31%       -58%  
  20%       40%       42%       36%       11%       -15%       -47%  
  30%       60%       67%       59%       32%       -3%       -38%  
  40%       80%       93%       84%       52%       11%       -28%  
  50%       100%       122%       111%       76%       28%       -20%  
  60%       120%       154%       140%       100%       44%       -10%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 23.53%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 9.87%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 0.29%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Geographic Concentration in Japan Risk—Targeting Japan could hurt the Fund’s performance if Japan’s economy performs poorly as a result of political and economic conditions that affect the Japanese market. Japanese stocks tend to be more volatile than their U.S. counterparts, for reasons ranging from political and economic uncertainties, to a higher risk that essential information may be incomplete or erroneous. The Fund may be more volatile than a geographically diversified equity fund.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. Effective May 1, 2009, the Fund changed comparative benchmarks from the Topix 100 Index to the Nikkei 225 Stock Average. This change occurred as a result of the Fund’s change in name and investment strategy. Prior to May 1, 2009, the Fund’s investment strategy sought to provide 125% exposure to the Topix 100 Index; therefore, the performance and average annual total returns shown below for periods prior to May 1, 2009 may have differed had the Fund’s current investment strategy, which seeks to provide 200% exposure to the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, been in effect during those periods. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average more appropriately reflects the Fund’s investment universe. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 26.86%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 44.17%   (quarter ended 3/31/2009) -33.01%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Japan 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
20.26% (10.24%) Feb. 22, 2008
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
20.26% (10.25%) Feb. 22, 2008
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.17% (8.40%) Feb. 22, 2008
H-Class Nikkei 225 Stock Average (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
9.96% (0.92%) Feb. 22, 2008
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the performance of the BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees [1] 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25%
Other Expenses [1] 0.73%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.88%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
191 591 1,016 2,201

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 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 Total 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 730% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests principally in securities of companies included in the underlying index and in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use is expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. The Fund also may invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index is a capitalization weighted index comprised of the 50 largest emerging market based ADRs having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5.5 billion to $223.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -120%       -84%       -85%       -88%       -91%       -94%  
  -50%       -100%       -75%       -77%       -81%       -86%       -91%  
  -40%       -80%       -65%       -66%       -72%       -80%       -87%  
  -30%       -60%       -52%       -54%       -62%       -72%       -82%  
  -20%       -40%       -37%       -41%       -49%       -64%       -78%  
  -10%       -20%       -20%       -24%       -37%       -55%       -71%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -5%       -22%       -43%       -65%  
  10%       20%       19%       14%       -5%       -31%       -58%  
  20%       40%       42%       36%       11%       -15%       -47%  
  30%       60%       67%       59%       32%       -3%       -38%  
  40%       80%       93%       84%       52%       11%       -28%  
  50%       100%       122%       111%       76%       28%       -20%  
  60%       120%       154%       140%       100%       44%       -10%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 27.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 12.63%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is -5.20%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Emerging Markets Risk—The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -27.46%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 3/31/2012) 19.06%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) -43.50%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
10.18% (15.08%) Oct. 29, 2010
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
10.18% (16.09%) Oct. 29, 2010
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
6.61% (13.22%) Oct. 29, 2010
H-Class BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
8.60% (3.16%) Oct. 29, 2010
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees [1] 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25%
Other Expenses [1] 0.72%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.87%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
190 588 1,011 2,190

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse leveraged exposure to the underlying index. The Fund also may invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index is a capitalization weighted index comprised of the 50 largest emerging market based ADRs having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5.5 billion to $223.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       120%       506%       404%       199%       13%       -69%  
  -50%       100%       286%       229%       91%       -27%       -82%  
  -40%       80%       171%       128%       33%       -49%       -86%  
  -30%       60%       99%       70%       -1%       -62%       -90%  
  -20%       40%       52%       31%       -27%       -70%       -93%  
  -10%       20%       20%       3%       -42%       -77%       -94%  
  0%       0%       -3%       -18%       -52%       -81%       -96%  
  10%       -20%       -19%       -31%       -61%       -84%       -96%  
  20%       -40%       -32%       -43%       -67%       -87%       -97%  
  30%       -60%       -42%       -51%       -72%       -89%       -97%  
  40%       -80%       -50%       -58%       -75%       -91%       -97%  
  50%       -100%       -57%       -63%       -79%       -92%       -98%  
  60%       -120%       -62%       -68%       -82%       -93%       -98%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 27.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 12.63%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is -5.20%.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Emerging Markets Risk—The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 26.90%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2011) 44.83% (quarter ended 3/31/2012) -22.22%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
(27.30%) (13.97%) Oct. 29, 2010
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(27.30%) (13.97%) Oct. 29, 2010
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(17.74%) (11.71%) Oct. 29, 2010
H-Class BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
8.60% (3.16%) Oct. 29, 2010
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match the performance of a specific benchmark, before fees and expenses, on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the performance of the U.S. Dollar Index® (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.66%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
169 523 902 1,965

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, securities indices, and futures contracts. Investing in derivative instruments enables the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The U.S. Dollar Index® measures the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of foreign currencies that include the Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -120%       -84%       -85%       -88%       -91%       -94%  
  -50%       -100%       -75%       -77%       -81%       -86%       -91%  
  -40%       -80%       -65%       -66%       -72%       -80%       -87%  
  -30%       -60%       -52%       -54%       -62%       -72%       -82%  
  -20%       -40%       -37%       -41%       -49%       -64%       -78%  
  -10%       -20%       -20%       -24%       -37%       -55%       -71%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -5%       -22%       -43%       -65%  
  10%       20%       19%       14%       -5%       -31%       -58%  
  20%       40%       42%       36%       11%       -15%       -47%  
  30%       60%       67%       59%       32%       -3%       -38%  
  40%       80%       93%       84%       52%       11%       -28%  
  50%       100%       122%       111%       76%       28%       -20%  
  60%       120%       154%       140%       100%       44%       -10%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 10.43%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 4.43%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 2.79%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 6.87%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2008) 17.18%   (quarter ended 9/30/2010) -17.58%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
(6.10%) (5.00%) (4.54%) May 25, 2005
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(6.10%) (6.24%) (5.38%) May 25, 2005
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(3.96%) (4.40%) (3.91%) May 25, 2005
H-Class U.S. Dollar Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
(0.51%) 0.79% (1.04%) May 25, 2005
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the U.S. Dollar Index® (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.49%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.64%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
167 517 892 1,944

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, securities indices, and futures contracts. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The U.S. Dollar Index® measures the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of foreign currencies that include the Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       120%       506%       404%       199%       13%       -69%  
  -50%       100%       286%       229%       91%       -27%       -82%  
  -40%       80%       171%       128%       33%       -49%       -86%  
  -30%       60%       99%       70%       -1%       -62%       -90%  
  -20%       40%       52%       31%       -27%       -70%       -93%  
  -10%       20%       20%       3%       -42%       -77%       -94%  
  0%       0%       -3%       -18%       -52%       -81%       -96%  
  10%       -20%       -19%       -31%       -61%       -84%       -96%  
  20%       -40%       -32%       -43%       -67%       -87%       -97%  
  30%       -60%       -42%       -51%       -72%       -89%       -97%  
  40%       -80%       -50%       -58%       -75%       -91%       -97%  
  50%       -100%       -57%       -63%       -79%       -92%       -98%  
  60%       -120%       -62%       -68%       -82%       -93%       -98%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 10.43%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 4.43%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 2.79%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -9.46%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2010) 19.18%   (quarter ended 9/30/2008) -15.93%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
0.93% (2.12%) 1.26% May 25, 2005
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
0.93% (3.38%) (0.36%) May 25, 2005
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.61% (2.47%) 0.20% May 25, 2005
H-Class U.S. Dollar Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
(0.51%) 0.79% (1.04%) May 25, 2005
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Real Estate Fund

Real Estate Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the real estate industry, including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) (collectively, “Real Estate Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Real Estate Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Real Estate Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.85%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Real Estate Fund H-Class
163 505 871 1,900

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 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 Total 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 699% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Real Estate Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Real Estate Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Real Estate Companies, which also include master limited partnerships, are primarily engaged in the ownership, construction, management, financing or sale of residential, commercial or industrial real estate. Real Estate Companies also may include companies whose products and services are related to the real estate industry, such as building supply manufacturers, mortgage lenders, or mortgage servicing companies. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Real Estate Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the real estate sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the real estate sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Industry and Real Estate Sector Risk—The risk of concentrating Fund investments in a limited number of issuers conducting business in the same industry or group of industries is that the Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry or group of industries than a fund that does not concentrate its investments. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the real estate sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Real Estate Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 5.38%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 29.51%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -38.29%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Real Estate Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
17.88% 1.44% 4.32% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
17.08% 0.59% 3.75% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.61% 0.66% 3.38% Feb. 20, 2004
H-Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 4.65% Feb. 20, 2004
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund

Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond, before fees and expenses, to a benchmark for U.S. government securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 120% of the daily price movement of the Long Treasury Bond. The Long Treasury Bond is the U.S. Treasury bond with the longest maturity, which is currently 30 years. The price movement of the Long Treasury Bond is based on the daily price change of the most recently issued Long Treasury Bond. The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.50% 0.50%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Other Expenses 0.68% 0.45%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.43% 0.95%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
146 452 782 1,713
Investor Class
97 303 526 1,166

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 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 Total 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 1,759% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in U.S. government securities and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of futures contracts, interest rate swaps, and options on securities and futures contracts. Futures and options contracts, and interest rate swaps, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in its benchmark or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to its benchmark. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities issued by the U.S. government (and derivatives thereof). Some of the Fund’s U.S. government securities, or cash equivalents, will be used to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may invest in zero coupon U.S. Treasury bonds and enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the Long Treasury Bond has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the Long Treasury Bond times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged benchmark fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher benchmark volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) the performance of the Long Treasury Bond; (b) volatility of the Long Treasury Bond; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; and (e) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no Fund expenses; and (b) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 120% of the performance of the Long Treasury Bond; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 120% of the performance of the Long Treasury Bond.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -72%       -67%       -67%       -68%       -69%       -71%  
  -50%       -60%       -57%       -57%       -58%       -60%       -62%  
  -40%       -48%       -46%       -46%       -48%       -49%       -51%  
  -30%       -36%       -35%       -35%       -37%       -39%       -42%  
  -20%       -24%       -24%       -25%       -25%       -28%       -32%  
  -10%       -12%       -12%       -13%       -15%       -18%       -22%  
  0%       0%       0%       0%       -3%       -6%       -12%  
  10%       12%       12%       11%       9%       5%       -1%  
  20%       24%       24%       24%       20%       18%       11%  
  30%       36%       37%       36%       32%       28%       21%  
  40%       48%       49%       48%       45%       40%       32%  
  50%       60%       62%       61%       58%       53%       43%  
  60%       72%       76%       75%       71%       65%       56%  

The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 14.12%. The Long Treasury Bond’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 5.88%. The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.58%.

The historical volatility and performance of the Long Treasury Bond are not indications of what the Long Treasury Bond volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the Long Treasury Bond through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the Long Treasury Bond. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correspond to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and the Long Treasury Bond, rounding of share prices, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -9.18%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2008) 41.48%   (quarter ended 3/31/2009) -16.06%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
Advisor Class
3.82% 10.60%   8.55% Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
3.26% 9.73%   7.50% Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.49% 8.66%   6.82% Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71%   8.46% Aug. 01, 2003
Investor Class
4.51% 11.22% 7.82%    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
3.76% 10.15% 6.59%    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.93% 9.09% 6.04%    
Investor Class Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71% 7.65%    
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund

Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide total returns that inversely correlate, before fees and expenses, to the price movements of a benchmark for U.S. Treasury debt instruments or futures contracts on a specified debt instrument on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the daily price movement of the Long Treasury Bond. The Long Treasury Bond is the U.S. Treasury bond with the longest maturity, which is currently 30 years. The price movement of the Long Treasury Bond is based on the daily price change of the most recently issued Long Treasury Bond. The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Advisor Class Shares or Investor Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund (USD $)
Advisor Class
Investor Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) 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 Feestwo Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund
Advisor Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% none
Short Sales Dividend and Interest Expense 1.57% 1.60%
Remaining Other Expenses 0.73% 0.49%
Other Expenses 2.30% 2.09%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 3.45% 2.99%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class
348 1,059 1,793 3,730
Investor Class
302 924 1,572 3,308

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 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 Total 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 1,309% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform, on a daily basis, exactly opposite the daily price movement of the Long Treasury Bond. The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of futures contracts, interest rate swaps, and options on securities and futures contracts. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to fixed income securities issued by the U.S. government. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the Long Treasury Bond has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the Long Treasury Bond times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) performance of the Long Treasury Bond; (b) volatility of the Long Treasury Bond; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; and (e) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no Fund expenses; and (b) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the Long Treasury Bond; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the Long Treasury Bond.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 14.12%. The Long Treasury Bond’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 5.88%. The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.58%.

The historical volatility and performance of the Long Treasury Bond are not indications of what the Long Treasury Bond volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and the Long Treasury Bond, rounding of share prices, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the Investor Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the Advisor Class Shares and Investor Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for Investor Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 10.34%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 12.99%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -26.00%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
Advisor Class
(6.05%) (14.04%)   (9.59%) Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(6.05%) (14.04%)   (9.82%) Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(3.93%) (11.31%)   (7.57%) Aug. 01, 2003
Advisor Class Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71%   8.46% Aug. 01, 2003
Investor Class
(5.44%) (13.56%) (8.18%)    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(5.44%) (13.56%) (8.40%)    
Investor Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(3.54%) (10.94%) (6.52%)    
Investor Class Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71% 7.65%    
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | High Yield Strategy Fund

High Yield Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The High Yield Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the high yield bond market.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H- Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
High Yield Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
High Yield Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.51%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.54%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus High Yield Strategy Fund H-Class
157 486 839 1,835

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 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 Total 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 95% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund seeks to gain exposure similar to the total return of the high yield bond market as represented by the global universe (excluding emerging market countries) of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt by investing in credit default swaps, high yield securities, futures and other financial instruments with economic characteristics comparable to that of the high yield bond market as represented by U.S. and Canadian high yield bonds. Generally, high yield bonds, which are also commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” are those bonds rated BB+ and lower by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or Ba1 and lower by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., but may include unrated bonds that the Advisor determines are of similar quality. The Advisor will consider the liquidity, transaction costs and relative value of available investments in seeking to meet the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund will primarily invest in credit default swaps to gain exposure similar to the high yield bond market. Credit default swaps are instruments which allow for the full or partial transfer of third party credit risk, with respect to a particular entity or entities, from one counterparty to the other. A buyer of credit default swaps is buying credit protection or mitigating credit risk. A seller of credit default swaps is selling credit protection or assuming credit risk. The Fund will normally be a seller of credit protection (assuming credit risk) as it seeks to gain exposure to the high yield bond market, but also may buy credit protection from time to time in order to maintain the appropriate level of exposure to the high yield bond market, such as during times of heavy redemption activity.

In addition, the Fund may invest in bond futures for the purpose of managing duration risk. For cash management purposes, the Fund may invest in other fixed income securities and money market instruments. The Fund also may invest in other financial instruments including corporate notes, convertible debt securities, preferred securities and derivatives thereof, as well as other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), unit investment trusts, and closed-end funds, that invest primarily in high yield debt instruments. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments that in combination have economic characteristics similar to the U.S. and Canadian high yield bond markets and/or in high yield debt securities.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Credit Default Swap Risk—The Fund’s investments in credit default swaps may subject the Fund to greater risks than if the Fund were to invest directly in high yield bonds. When investing in credit default swaps, the Fund is exposed to the credit risk of both the counterparty to the credit default swap and the issuer of the underlying reference obligation. The Fund could realize a loss on its investment if it does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the issuer of the bond or other reference obligation on which the credit default swap is based, as well as the continued creditworthiness of the counterparty. Investments in credit default swaps also are subject to liquidity risk.

Credit Risk—The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which it invests becomes unwilling or unable to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise meet its obligations.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives, such as bond futures, may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

High Yield Risk—The Fund may invest in high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”), which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Issuer Specific Risk—The value of a security may increase or decrease for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer. For example, with respect to the Fund, perceived poor management performance, financial leverage or reduced demand of the issuer’s goods or services may contribute to a decrease in the value of a security. A decrease in the value of the securities of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument may cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 2.83%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 9.54%   (quarter ended 3/31/2009) -13.04%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus High Yield Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
13.68% 6.75% 6.42% Apr. 16, 2007
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
12.80% 4.03% 4.03% Apr. 16, 2007
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.11% 4.06% 3.99% Apr. 16, 2007
H-Class Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.81% 10.34% 8.76% Apr. 16, 2007
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund

Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that inversely correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the high yield bond market.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H- Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund H-Class
153 474 818 1,791

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund seeks to gain inverse exposure to the performance of the high yield bond market by investing in credit default swaps, futures and other financial instruments with economic characteristics opposite to that of the high yield bond market as represented by U.S. and Canadian high yield bonds. Generally, high yield bonds, which are also commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” are those bonds rated BB+ and lower by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or Ba1 and lower by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., but may include unrated bonds that the Advisor determines are of similar quality. The Advisor will consider the liquidity, transaction costs and relative value of available investments in seeking to meet the Fund’s objective.

The Fund will primarily invest in credit default swaps to gain inverse exposure to the high yield bond market. Credit default swaps are instruments which allow for the full or partial transfer of third party credit risk, with respect to a particular entity or entities, from one counterparty to the other. A buyer of credit default swaps is buying credit protection or mitigating credit risk. A seller of credit default swaps is selling credit protection or assuming credit risk. The Fund will normally be a buyer of credit protection as it seeks to gain inverse exposure to the high yield bond market, but also may sell credit protection (assuming credit risk) from time to time in order to maintain the appropriate level of exposure to the high yield bond market, such as during times of heavy redemption activity.

In addition, the Fund may invest in bond futures for the purpose of managing duration risk. For cash management purposes, the Fund may invest in other fixed income securities and money market instruments. The Fund also may invest in other financial instruments including corporate notes, convertible debt securities, preferred securities and derivatives thereof, as well as other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, unit investment trusts, and closed-end funds, that provide inverse exposure to the high yield debt market. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments that in combination should provide inverse exposure to the U.S. and Canadian high yield bond markets.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the high yield bond market experiences extreme volatility. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse performance of the high yield bond market, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Credit Default Swap Risk—The Fund’s investments in credit default swaps may subject the Fund to greater risks than if the Fund were to invest directly in high yield bonds. When investing in credit default swaps, the Fund is exposed to the credit risk of both the counterparty to the credit default swap and the issuer of the underlying reference obligation. The Fund could realize a loss on its investment if it does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the issuer of the bond or other reference obligation on which the credit default swap is based, as well as the continued creditworthiness of the counterparty. Investments in credit default swaps also are subject to liquidity risk.

Credit Risk—Changes in an issuer’s financial strength or in an issuer’s or debt security’s credit rating may affect a security’s value and thus have an impact on Fund performance.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives, such as bond futures, may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

High Yield Risk—The Fund may invest in high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”), which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Issuer Specific Risk—The value of a security may increase or decrease for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer. For example, with respect to the Fund, perceived poor management performance, financial leverage or reduced demand of the issuer’s goods or services may contribute to a decrease in the value of a security. A decrease in the value of the securities of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument may cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -4.86%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 3/31/2009) 10.37%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2009) -10.88%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
(15.23%) (12.06%) (10.70%) Apr. 16, 2007
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
(15.23%) (12.27%) (10.89%) Apr. 16, 2007
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(9.90%) (9.86%) (8.73%) Apr. 16, 2007
H-Class Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.81% 10.34% 8.76% Apr. 16, 2007
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund

U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H- Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Short Sales Dividend and Interest Expense 0.23%
Remaining Other Expenses 0.50%
Other Expenses 0.73%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.91%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund H-Class
194 600 1,032 2,233

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 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 Total 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 183% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund seeks to respond to the dynamically changing economy by moving its investments among different industries and styles. The Advisor allocates investments to industries and styles according to several measures of momentum. Companies associated with industries and/or styles demonstrating positive momentum are favored while those experiencing negative momentum are disfavored. The Fund may hold both long and short positions. Equity positions are determined based on their associated industry and style momentum, risk characteristics, and liquidity. The Fund invests in equity securities, including small-, mid-, and large-capitalization securities, such as U.S. traded common stocks and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), but also may invest in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities of companies included in the different sectors or industries to which the Fund is seeking exposure. The Fund may invest in derivatives to hedge or gain leveraged exposure to a particular sector, industry or company depending on market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may enter into short sales of broad-based stock indices for hedging purposes in an effort to reduce portfolio risk or volatility. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities, short-term, high quality (rated AA or higher) fixed income securities, money market instruments, overnight and fixed-term repurchase agreements, cash and other cash equivalents with maturities of one year or less to collateralize its derivative positions or for defensive purposes to seek to avoid losses during adverse market conditions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct significant trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements and structured notes, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements and structured notes also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities, which may lead to increased costs to the Fund. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Sector Risk—Because the Fund seeks to gain exposure to different industries and sectors in the economy, from time to time, it may invest a significant percentage of the Fund’s assets in issuers in a single industry or sector of the economy. To the extent the Fund has significant investment exposure to an industry or sector, such exposure may present more risks than if the Fund’s investments were more broadly diversified. While the Fund’s sector and industry exposure is expected to vary over time, the Fund anticipates that it may be subject to some or all of the risks described below. The list below is not a comprehensive list of the sectors and industries the Fund may have exposure to over time and should not be relied on as such.

 

Basic Materials Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in issuers conducting business in the basic materials sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the basic materials sector. The prices of the securities of basic materials companies also may fluctuate widely due to the level and volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the U.S. dollar, import controls, worldwide competition, liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control devices.

 

Energy Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in the energy sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the energy and energy commodities sectors. The prices of the securities of energy companies also may fluctuate widely due to changes in value and dividend yield, which depend largely on the price and supply of energy fuels, international political events relating to oil producing countries, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, and tax and other governmental regulatory policies.

 

Financial Services Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in issuers conducting business in the financial services sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. Financial services companies are subject to extensive governmental regulation which may limit both the amounts and types of financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates and fees they can charge. 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, the recent deterioration of the credit markets generally has caused an adverse impact on a wide range of financial institutions and markets. Recent events in the financial sector have resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign, and caused certain financial services companies to incur large losses.

 

Real Estate Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in issuers conducting business in the real estate sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The general performance of the real estate industry has historically been cyclical and particularly sensitive to economic downturns. Changes in prevailing real estate values and rental income, interest rates and changing demographics may affect the value of securities of issuers in the real estate industry. Investments in real estate companies and REITs also may subject the Fund to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate. In addition to these risks, REITs are dependent on specialized management skills. These factors may increase the volatility of the Fund’s investments in REITs.

 

Technology Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of technology companies also may fluctuate widely due to competitive pressures, increased sensitivity to short product cycles and aggressive pricing, problems relating to bringing their products to market, very high price/earnings ratios, and high personnel turnover due to severe labor shortages for skilled technology professionals.

 

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the security sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell certain securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Prior to May 28, 2010, the Fund did not employ a hedging model to achieve its objective; therefore, the performance and average annual total returns shown for periods prior to May 28, 2010 may have differed had the Fund’s current investment strategy been in effect during those periods.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 7.75%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 15.96%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -21.78%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
H-Class
4.00% (3.98%) 6.20%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
3.86% (4.00%) 5.98%
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.60% (3.35%) 5.40%
H-Class Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.42% 2.04% 7.68%
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund

Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve capital growth.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesthree
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund
H-Class
Management Fees 0.90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.88%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.07%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 2.10%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [2] 0.12%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [1] 1.98%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table (before and after any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.
[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to reduce fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to keep net operating expenses for H-Class Shares (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary expenses ("Excluded Expenses")) from exceeding 1.90% of the Fund's H-Class Shares average daily net assets. The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement includes Excluded Expenses and, thus, from time to time may be higher than 1.90%. This Agreement may be terminated only with the approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees. In any event, this undertaking will continue for at least twelve months from the date of this Prospectus.

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 (including one year of capped expenses each period) 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
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund H-Class
201 621 1,068 2,306

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 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 Total 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 228% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund’s investment methodology is based on a systematic algorithm developed through extensive quantitative research that is designed to select and weight a basket of six liquid, investable factors: small cap and distressed equities, high yield (or “junk”) bonds and credit, merger arbitrage and an illiquidity premium. In combination, these six factors seek to target return characteristics similar to those of the universe of event driven hedge funds. Event driven hedge funds seek to profit from potential mispricings of the securities and the pricing spreads created by the risks related to a specific corporate transaction or market event. Such events can include: mergers, bankruptcies, financial or operational stress, restructurings, asset sales, recapitalizations, spin-offs, litigation, regulatory and legislative changes as well as other types of corporate events. Small cap equities, high yield bonds, and the equities of distressed companies combined with credit derivatives are a proxy for the primary instruments and exposures traded by distressed and opportunistic credit funds. A merger arbitrage index offers exposure to a liquid, diversified and broadly representative set of arbitrage positions on announced American and Western European merger and acquisition deals. The illiquidity factor seeks to represent the risk premium that may be achieved by holding illiquid securities. The factors and weights of those factors identified by the algorithm may change over time and may be long or short at any given time.

 

The Fund primarily seeks to obtain these exposures through swap agreements, but it also may invest in a combination of: domestic and foreign common stock; American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”); credit or equity-linked instruments, primarily consisting of structured notes and exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”); exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); other pooled investment vehicles; and other derivatives, primarily consisting of futures, options, and options on futures. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use may be significant at times.

 

Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. From time to time, the Fund also may enter into short sales and invest in short positions of certain of its portfolio investments. The Fund may invest in derivatives to hedge or gain leveraged exposure to the components of a particular investable factor. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities, short-term, high quality (rated AA or higher) fixed income securities, money market instruments, overnight and fixed-term repurchase agreements, cash, and other cash equivalents with maturities of one year or less to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks.

 

In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund also may engage in frequent and active trading or portfolio investments to achieve its investment objective. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements and structured notes, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements and structured notes also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Credit and Equity-Linked Derivative Investment Risk—The value of the Fund’s investment in these securities will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying security or related benchmark or investment. These securities expose the Fund economically to movements in the prices of the underlying credit or equity security.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) Risk—The value of an ETN may be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying commodities or securities markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the referenced commodity or security. The Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings also may be limited by the availability of a secondary market. If the Fund must sell some or all of its ETN holdings and the secondary market is weak, it may have to sell such holdings at a discount. ETNs also are subject to counterparty credit risk and fixed income risk.

 

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

High Yield Risk—The Fund may invest in high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”), which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities. The price of high yield securities tends to be more susceptible to issuer-specific operating results and outlook and to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions.

 

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

 

Investment Technique Risk—Some investment techniques of the Fund may be considered aggressive. Risks associated with the use of futures contracts, options, structured notes, and swap agreements include potentially dramatic price changes (losses) in the value of the instruments and imperfect correlations between the price of the contract and the underlying security or index. These instruments may increase the volatility of the Fund and may involve a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of the risk assumed.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities, which may lead to increased costs to the Fund. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the security sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell certain securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the H-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following table shows the average annual total returns of the H-Class Shares of the Fund over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index and the Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index. The figures in the bar chart and table assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for H-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 1.68%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2011) 7.95%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) -10.94%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
H-Class
8.35% 7.50% Jun. 30, 2010
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions
8.35% 5.91% Jun. 30, 2010
H-Class Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.43% 5.47% Jun. 30, 2010
H-Class S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 16.32% Jun. 30, 2010
H-Class Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
11.22% 9.29% Jun. 30, 2010
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus | U.S. Government Money Market Fund

U.S. Government Money Market Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The U.S. Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide security of principal, high current income, and liquidity.

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.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Money Market Class Shares
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) [1] none
[1] If you exchange your A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of another Guggenheim Investments fund for shares of the Fund, and your A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares are subject to a deferred sales charge at the time of the exchange, no deferred sales charge will be incurred on the exchange itself. However, any such deferred sales charge will be assessed at the time you redeem your shares of the Fund.

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feestwo
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Money Market Class Shares
Management Fees 0.50%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees none
Other Expenses 0.45%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.95%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Government Money Market Fund Money Market Class Shares
97 303 526 1,166

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests primarily in money market instruments issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and enters into repurchase agreements collateralized fully by U.S. government securities. The Fund also may invest in other securities that are determined to be “Eligible Securities” as defined in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), including, but not limited to Eurodollar Time Deposits, securities issued by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (also known as The World Bank), and high-quality commercial paper certificates of deposit, and short-term corporate bonds. The Fund operates in compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) rules, including Rule 2a-7, which impose certain liquidity, maturity and diversification requirements on all registered money market funds. All securities purchased by the Fund must have remaining maturities of 397 days or less, and must be found by the Advisor to represent minimal credit risk and be of eligible quality.

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in government securities as defined by Section 2(a)(16) of the 1940 Act (and derivatives thereof). Section 2(a)(16) of the 1940 Act defines “government security” to mean any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Credit Risk—The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which it invests becomes unwilling or unable to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise meet its obligations.

 

Income Risk—Income Risk involves the potential for decline in the Fund’s yield (the rate of dividends the Fund pays) in the event of declining interest rates.

 

Interest Rate Risk—The market value of fixed income investments and related financial instruments will change in response to interest rate changes. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of fixed income securities generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities generally decline.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the repurchase agreement counterparty and underlying collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Stable Price Per Share Risk—The Fund’s assets are valued using the amortized cost method, which enables the Fund to maintain a stable price of $1.00 per share. Although the Fund is managed to maintain a stable price per share of $1.00, there is no guarantee that the price will be constantly maintained, and it is possible to lose money.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

Effective upon the close of business on June 15, 2012, the Fund converted its existing Investor Class Shares, Advisor Class Shares, A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares and Investor2 Class Shares with a single share class. Therefore, the returns shown in the bar chart below for periods prior to June 15, 2012 are the returns of the Fund’s former Investor Class Shares, which were subject to the same fees and expenses as the shares offered in this Prospectus. The Fund’s shares would have annual returns substantially similar to those of the former Investor Class Shares because they are invested in the same portfolio of securities. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing the Fund. Of course, this past performance (before taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 0.00%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2006) 1.10%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2012) 0.00%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

Average Annual Total Returns
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Advisor Class, Investor Class and H-Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Government Money Market Fund Money Market Class Shares
none 0.34% 1.29%
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Nova Fund

Nova Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 150% of the performance of the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50% 2.25%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
620 927 1,255 2,180
C-Class Shares
328 703 1,205 2,585

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund C-Class Shares
228 703 1,205 2,585

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 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 Total 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. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and leveraged derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swap agreements, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the Fund’s benchmark. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks, which are chosen by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) on a statistical basis, and which generally represent large-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $401.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 150% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 150% of the performance of the underlying index. 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.5x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -90%       -75%       -75%       -77%       -79%       -83%  
  -50%       -75%       -65%       -65%       -68%       -72%       -76%  
  -40%       -60%       -54%       -55%       -58%       -62%       -68%  
  -30%       -45%       -42%       -43%       -47%       -52%       -60%  
  -20%       -30%       -29%       -31%       -34%       -42%       -51%  
  -10%       -15%       -15%       -17%       -23%       -32%       -41%  
  0%       0%       0%       -2%       -9%       -19%       -32%  
  10%       15%       14%       13%       5%       -6%       -21%  
  20%       30%       31%       29%       19%       9%       -9%  
  30%       45%       47%       45%       35%       20%       2%  
  40%       60%       65%       62%       50%       35%       13%  
  50%       75%       83%       79%       68%       49%       25%  
  60%       90%       102%       98%       85%       63%       38%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 18.42%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 8.22%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.01%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 19.35%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 23.61%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -34.90%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Nova Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
16.67% (2.91%)   2.28% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.63% (3.03%)   1.73% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.84% (2.53%)   1.64% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   4.88% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
20.65% (2.68%) 5.55%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
20.60% (2.81%) 5.03%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.42% (2.34%) 4.57%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | S&P 500 Fund

S&P 500® Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P 500® Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees [1] 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1] 0.55% 0.55%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.55% 2.30%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
625 941 1,280 2,233
C-Class Shares
333 718 1,230 2,636
Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Fund C-Class Shares
233 718 1,230 2,636

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 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 Total 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 76% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index, or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks, which are chosen by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) on a statistical basis, and which generally represent large-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $401.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 12.48%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 15.41%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -22.84%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
8.84% (0.38%) 1.85% May 31, 2006
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
8.74% (0.45%) 1.67% May 31, 2006
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.74% (0.37%) 1.47% May 31, 2006
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 3.98% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares
12.37% (0.22%) 1.79% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
12.26% (0.29%) 1.61% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
8.04% (0.23%) 1.42% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 3.98% May 31, 2006
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund

Inverse S&P 500® Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
Return After Taxes on Distributions
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.65% 2.40%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
635 971 1,329 2,337
C-Class Shares
343 748 1,280 2,736

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
243 748 1,280 2,736

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks, which are chosen by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) on a statistical basis, and which generally represent large-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $401.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index. 

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 18.42%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 8.22%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.01%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. 

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -13.71%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) 16.04%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) -15.73%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse S&P 500 Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(20.28%) (9.23%)   (7.11%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(20.28%) (9.34%)   (7.51%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(13.18%) (7.61%)   (5.88%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   4.88% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
(17.79%) (9.03%) (9.20%)    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(17.79%) (9.14%) (9.66%)    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(11.56%) (7.45%) (7.32%)    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | NASDAQ-100 Fund

NASDAQ-100® Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The NASDAQ-100® Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond, before fees and expenses, to a benchmark for over-the-counter securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the NASDAQ-100 Index® (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.52% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.52% 2.26%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
622 932 1,265 2,201
C-Class Shares
329 706 1,210 2,595

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund C-Class Shares
229 706 1,210 2,595

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 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 Total 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 94% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to international companies included in the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The NASDAQ-100 Index® is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market with capitalizations ranging from $4.5 billion to $372.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. Currently, the NASDAQ-100 Index® is concentrated in technology companies. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Industry and Technology Sector Concentration Risk—The risk of concentrating Fund investments in a limited number of issuers conducting business in the same industry or group of industries is that the Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry or group of industries than a fund that does not concentrate its investments. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of technology companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correspond to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 8.86%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2012) 20.53%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -24.39%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus NASDAQ-100 Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
11.29% 3.39%   5.98% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.29% 3.39%   5.97% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.34% 2.91%   5.23% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89%   7.99% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
14.85% 3.67% 8.74%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
14.85% 3.67% 8.73%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.65% 3.15% 7.77%    
C-Class Shares NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89% 11.13%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund

Inverse NASDAQ-100® Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.53% 0.54%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.68% 2.44%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
638 979 1,344 2,368
C-Class Shares
347 761 1,301 2,776

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
247 761 1,301 2,776

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain inverse exposure to international companies included in the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The NASDAQ-100 Index® is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market with capitalizations ranging from $4.5 billion to $372.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. Currently, the NASDAQ-100 Index® is concentrated in technology companies. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 20.53%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 9.10%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 10.66%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

 

Industry and Technology Sector Concentration Risk—The risk of concentrating Fund investments in a limited number of issuers conducting business in the same industry or group of industries is that the Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry or group of industries than a fund that does not concentrate its investments. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of technology companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

 

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -10.68%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) 18.42%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 3/31/2012) -18.29%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse NASDAQ-100 Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(22.32%) (13.39%)   (10.68%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(22.32%) (13.47%)   (11.01%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(14.51%) (10.81%)   (8.41%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89%   7.99% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
(19.79%) (13.18%) (13.64%)    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(19.79%) (13.27%) (13.93%)    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(12.86%) (10.65%) (10.11%)    
C-Class Shares NASDAQ-100 Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
18.35% 5.89% 11.13%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund

Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark for mid-cap securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 150% of the performance of the S&P MidCap 400® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.50%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.01% 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.67% 2.41%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
637 976 1,339 2,357
C-Class Shares
344 751 1,285 2,746

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
244 751 1,285 2,746

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 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 Total 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 447% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Advisor will attempt to consistently apply leverage to increase the Fund’s exposure to 150% of the underlying index. As a result, the Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies included in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400® Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 400 mid cap stocks chosen by S&P for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. The S&P MidCap 400® Index covers approximately 7% of the U.S. equities market and generally represents mid-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $487.9 million to $17.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 150% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 150% of the performance of the underlying index. 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.5x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -90%       -75%       -75%       -77%       -79%       -83%  
  -50%       -75%       -65%       -65%       -68%       -72%       -76%  
  -40%       -60%       -54%       -55%       -58%       -62%       -68%  
  -30%       -45%       -42%       -43%       -47%       -52%       -60%  
  -20%       -30%       -29%       -31%       -34%       -42%       -51%  
  -10%       -15%       -15%       -17%       -23%       -32%       -41%  
  0%       0%       0%       -2%       -9%       -19%       -32%  
  10%       15%       14%       13%       5%       -6%       -21%  
  20%       30%       31%       29%       19%       9%       -9%  
  30%       45%       47%       45%       35%       20%       2%  
  40%       60%       65%       62%       50%       35%       13%  
  50%       75%       83%       79%       68%       49%       25%  
  60%       90%       102%       98%       85%       63%       38%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 22.15%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.00%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.91%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 20.58%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 29.99%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -39.16%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Mid-Cap 1.5x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
18.55% 0.67%   4.92% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
18.55% 0.39%   4.55% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
12.06% 0.41%   4.14% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.88% 5.15%   7.68% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
22.54% 0.91% 9.16%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
22.54% 0.61% 8.80%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.65% 0.61% 8.02%    
C-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.88% 5.15% 10.53%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund

Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the S&P MidCap 400® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.49% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.64% 2.40%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
634 968 1,324 2,326
C-Class Shares
343 748 1,280 2,736

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
243 748 1,280 2,736

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400® Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of 400 mid-cap stocks chosen by S&P for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. The S&P MidCap 400® Index covers approximately 7% of the U.S. equities market and generally represents mid-capitalization companies with capitalizations ranging from $487.9 million to $17.7 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index.

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 22.15%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.00%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.91%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -14.82%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) 18.95%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) -18.69%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Mid-Cap Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(22.06%) (13.70%) (10.71%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(22.06%) (13.71%) (11.11%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(14.34%) (11.05%) (8.46%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.88% 5.15% 7.68% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
(19.60%) (13.53%) (10.98%) Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(19.60%) (13.54%) (11.38%) Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(12.74%) (10.92%) (8.63%) Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.88% 5.15% 7.73% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund

Russell 2000® 1.5x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark for small-cap securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 150% of the performance of the Russell 2000® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.56% 0.56%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.05% 0.05%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.76% 2.51%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
645 1,003 1,384 2,450
C-Class Shares
354 782 1,336 2,846

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
254 782 1,336 2,846

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 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 Total 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 527% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Advisor will attempt to consistently apply leverage to increase the Fund’s exposure to 150% of the underlying index. As a result, the Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform similarly to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, representing approximately 10% of the Russell 3000® total market capitalization and consisting of capitalizations ranging from $22.4 million to $5.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. The Russell 3000® Index is composed of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by total market capitalization, representing approximately 98% of the U.S. investable equity market. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 150% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 150% of the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.5x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -90%       -75%       -75%       -77%       -79%       -83%  
  -50%       -75%       -65%       -65%       -68%       -72%       -76%  
  -40%       -60%       -54%       -55%       -58%       -62%       -68%  
  -30%       -45%       -42%       -43%       -47%       -52%       -60%  
  -20%       -30%       -29%       -31%       -34%       -42%       -51%  
  -10%       -15%       -15%       -17%       -23%       -32%       -41%  
  0%       0%       0%       -2%       -9%       -19%       -32%  
  10%       15%       14%       13%       5%       -6%       -21%  
  20%       30%       31%       29%       19%       9%       -9%  
  30%       45%       47%       45%       35%       20%       2%  
  40%       60%       65%       62%       50%       35%       13%  
  50%       75%       83%       79%       68%       49%       25%  
  60%       90%       102%       98%       85%       63%       38%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 24.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.69%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.77%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 22.06%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 36.00%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -40.51%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 1.5x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
16.18% (1.35%)   2.69% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.18% (1.35%)   2.60% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.52% (1.15%)   2.32% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56%   5.63% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
20.11% (1.17%) 8.44%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
20.11% (1.17%) 8.36%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.07% (0.99%) 7.51%    
C-Class Shares Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 9.72%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Russell 2000 Fund

Russell 2000® Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Russell 2000® Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the Russell 2000® Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees [1] 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1] 0.61% 0.59%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1] 0.04% 0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1][2] 1.65% 2.38%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.
[2] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
635 971 1,329 2,337
C-Class Shares
341 742 1,270 2,716

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 Fund C-Class Shares
241 742 1,270 2,716

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 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 Total 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 160% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, representing approximately 10% of the Russell 3000® total market capitalization and consisting of capitalizations ranging from $22.4 million to $5.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. The Russell 3000® Index is composed of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by total market capitalization, representing approximately 98% of the U.S. investable equity market. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 14.57%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 20.43%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -27.03%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Russell 2000 Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
9.09% 0.99% 1.62% May 31, 2006
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
9.09% 0.99% 1.55% May 31, 2006
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.91% 0.84% 1.34% May 31, 2006
A-Class Shares Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 3.95% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares
12.60% 1.10% 1.55% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
12.60% 1.10% 1.48% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
8.19% 0.94% 1.29% May 31, 2006
C-Class Shares Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 3.95% May 31, 2006
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund

Inverse Russell 2000® Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the Russell 2000® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.57% 0.57%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.72% 2.47%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
642 991 1,364 2,409
C-Class Shares
350 770 1,316 2,806

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
250 770 1,316 2,806

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform exactly opposite the underlying index, and the Fund generally will not own the securities included in the underlying index. Instead, the Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities included in the underlying index and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse exposure to the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The Russell 2000® Index is composed of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, representing approximately 10% of the Russell 3000® total market capitalization and consisting of capitalizations ranging from $22.4 million to $5.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. The Russell 3000® Index is composed of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by total market capitalization, representing approximately 98% of the U.S. investable equity market. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

 

Correlation and Compounding Risk— A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

 

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

 

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the underlying index. 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 24.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 10.69%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 8.77%.

 

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

 

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

 

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

 

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

 

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

 

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

 

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

 

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

 

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

 

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

 

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

 

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

 

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -15.81%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) 21.00%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) -20.54%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(21.69%) (15.09%) (11.11%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(21.69%) (15.13%) (11.51%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(14.10%) (12.08%) (8.73%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 5.63% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
(19.27%) (14.90%) (11.40%) Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(19.27%) (14.94%) (11.80%) Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(12.53%) (11.94%) (8.90%) Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.35% 3.56% 5.79% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund

S&P 500® Pure Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P 500® Pure Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for large-cap growth securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P 500 Pure Growth Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.51% 2.25%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
621 930 1,260 2,191
C-Class Shares
328 703 1,205 2,585

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund C-Class Shares
228 703 1,205 2,585

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 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 Total 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 421% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P 500 Pure Growth Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P 500® companies with strong growth characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P 500 Pure Growth Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $3.4 billion to $372.2 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Growth Stocks Risk—Growth stocks typically invest a high portion of their earnings back into their business and may lack the dividend yield that could cushion their decline in a market downturn. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions regarding the growth potential of the issuing company.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 16.41%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 21.41%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -24.56%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Growth Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
8.33% 3.74% 4.46% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
8.33% 3.70% 4.37% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.41% 3.19% 3.82% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.42% 6.44% 8.22% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
11.91% 3.96% 3.23% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.91% 3.92% 3.14% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.74% 3.39% 2.74% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P 500 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.42% 6.44% 7.25% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | S&P 500 Pure Value Fund

S&P 500® Pure Value Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P 500® Pure Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for large-cap value securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P 500 Pure Value Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Value Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Value Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.51% 2.26%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Value Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
621 930 1,260 2,191
C-Class Shares
329 706 1,210 2,595

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Value Fund C-Class Shares
229 706 1,210 2,595

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 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 Total 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 669% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P 500 Pure Value Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P 500® companies with strong value characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P 500 Pure Value Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $2 billion to $276.6 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

EXAMPLE

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

Value Stocks Risk—Value stocks are subject to the risk that the intrinsic value of the stock may never be realized by the market or that the price goes down.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 18.59%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 43.92%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -31.55%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P 500 Pure Value Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
16.36% 0.27% 3.09% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.30% (1.13%) 0.98% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.63% (0.77%) 1.33% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
25.57% 4.40% 7.83% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
20.26% 0.56% 2.59% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
20.19% (0.92%) 0.54% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.17% (0.57%) 0.95% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P 500 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
25.57% 4.40% 8.00% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund

S&P MidCap 400® Pure Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P MidCap 400® Pure Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for mid-cap growth securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50% 2.25%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
620 927 1,255 2,180
C-Class Shares
328 703 1,205 2,585

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund C-Class Shares
228 703 1,205 2,585

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 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 Total 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 188% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P MidCap 400® companies with strong growth characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $1.3 billion to $17.7 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Growth Stocks Risk—Growth stocks typically invest a high portion of their earnings back into their business and may lack the dividend yield that could cushion their decline in a market downturn. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions regarding the growth potential of the issuing company.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 10.69%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 26.03%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -25.54%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
10.76% 7.82% 9.02% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
10.76% 7.82% 8.48% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.00% 6.79% 7.60% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.30% 10.64% 11.64% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
14.41% 8.06% 7.72% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
14.41% 8.06% 7.19% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.37% 7.00% 6.45% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
17.30% 10.64% 10.67% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund

S&P MidCap 400® Pure Value Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P MidCap 400® Pure Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for mid-cap value securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.06% 0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.57% 2.32%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
627 947 1,290 2,254
C-Class Shares
335 724 1,240 2,656

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund C-Class Shares
235 724 1,240 2,656

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 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 Total 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 757% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P MidCap 400® companies with strong value characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $572.2 million to $7.2 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

Value Stocks Risk—Value stocks are subject to the risk that the intrinsic value of the stock may never be realized by the market or that the price goes down.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.53%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 37.65%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -34.76%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
10.27% 0.55% 4.12% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
10.27% (0.08%) 3.56% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
6.68% 0.09% 3.23% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
19.65% 5.03% 7.74% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
13.85% 0.68% 3.42% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
13.85% 0.02% 2.87% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.00% 0.19% 2.63% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
19.65% 5.03% 7.40% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund

S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Growth Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for small-cap growth securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.51% 2.26%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
621 930 1,260 2,191
C-Class Shares
329 706 1,210 2,595

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund C-Class Shares
229 706 1,210 2,595

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 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 Total 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 645% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P SmallCap 600® companies with strong growth characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $145.3 million to $4.1 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Growth Stocks Risk—Growth stocks typically invest a high portion of their earnings back into their business and may lack the dividend yield that could cushion their decline in a market downturn. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions regarding the growth potential of the issuing company.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 13.20%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 28.25%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -26.43%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
5.18% 3.66% 5.86% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
5.18% 3.66% 5.55% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
3.37% 3.14% 4.93% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
13.04% 7.12% 8.93% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
8.60% 3.89% 5.05% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
8.60% 3.89% 4.76% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.59% 3.34% 4.23% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
13.04% 7.12% 8.69% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund

S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Value Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The S&P SmallCap 600® Pure Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a benchmark for small-cap value securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.02% 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.53% 2.28%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
623 935 1,270 2,212
C-Class Shares
331 712 1,220 2,615

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund C-Class Shares
231 712 1,220 2,615

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 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 Total 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 655% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index is narrow in focus, containing only those S&P SmallCap 600® companies with strong value characteristics. As of June 30, 2013, the S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $126.5 million to $3 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold short-term U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.


Value Stocks Risk—Value stocks are subject to the risk that the intrinsic value of the stock may never be realized by the market or that the price goes down.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.90%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 68.58%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -37.72%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
12.59% 1.65% 2.36% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
12.59% (1.90%) 0.06% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
8.19% (0.79%) 0.60% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
21.66% 6.74% 7.35% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
16.25% 1.82% 2.09% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.25% (1.95%) (0.19%) Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.56% (0.76%) 0.40% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
21.66% 6.74% 7.08% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Banking Fund

Banking Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Banking Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the banking sector, including commercial banks (and their holding companies) and savings and loan institutions (“Banking Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.49% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.59% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
629 953 1,299 2,274
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 382% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Banking Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Banking Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Banking Companies are engaged in accepting deposits and making commercial and consumer loans and include state chartered banks, savings and loan institutions, and banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Banking Companies and U.S. government securities. Under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, the Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the equity securities of any company that derives more than 15% of its revenues from brokerage or investment management activities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the banking sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the banking sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Banking Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the banking sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Banking Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 12.04%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 19.74%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 3/31/2009) -32.41%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Banking Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
18.67% (9.78%)   (8.08%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
18.52% (10.34%)   (8.65%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
12.13% (8.34%)   (6.74%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
22.65% (9.48%) (3.92%)     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
22.48% (10.07%) (4.46%)     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
14.72% (8.12%) (3.46%)     
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Basic Materials Fund

Basic Materials Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Basic Materials Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in the mining, manufacture, or sale of basic materials, such as lumber, steel, iron, aluminum, concrete, chemicals and other basic building and manufacturing materials (“Basic Materials Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.61% 2.36%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
631 959 1,309 2,295
C-Class Shares
339 736 1,260 2,696

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund C-Class Shares
239 736 1,260 2,696

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 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 Total 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 251% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Basic Materials Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Basic Materials Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Basic Materials Companies are engaged in the manufacture, mining, processing, or distribution of raw materials and intermediate goods used in the industrial sector, and may be involved in the production and transportation of metals, textiles, and wood products. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Basic Materials Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the basic materials sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the basic materials sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Basic Materials Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the basic materials sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Basic Materials Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -12.50%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2003) 21.58%   (quarter ended 9/30/2008) -30.08%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Basic Materials Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
6.01% (0.93%)   7.76% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
5.88% (1.13%)   7.56% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
3.90% (0.92%)   6.69% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
9.45% (0.72%) 9.63%     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
9.30% (0.94%) 9.43%     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
6.14% (0.76%) 8.45%     
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Biotechnology Fund

Biotechnology Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Biotechnology Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the biotechnology industry, including companies involved in research and development, genetic or other biological engineering, and in the design, manufacture, or sale of related biotechnology products or services (“Biotechnology Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.61% 2.36%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
631 959 1,309 2,295
C-Class Shares
339 736 1,260 2,696

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund C-Class Shares
239 736 1,260 2,696

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 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 Total 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 197% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Biotechnology Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Biotechnology Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Biotechnology Companies are engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of various biotechnological products, services, and processes; manufacture and/or distribute biotechnological and biomedical products, including devices and instruments; provide or benefit significantly from scientific and technological advances in biotechnology; or provide processes or services instead of, or in addition to, products. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Biotechnology Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the biotechnology sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the biotechnology sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Biotechnology Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the biotechnology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Biotechnology Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 24.11%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 26.58%   (quarter ended 6/30/2010) -17.02%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Biotechnology Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
29.72% 11.07%   9.19% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
29.72% 11.07%   9.19% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
19.32% 9.67%   8.13% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
34.21% 11.34% 10.75%     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
34.21% 11.34% 10.75%     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
22.23% 9.92% 9.64%     
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Consumer Products Fund

Consumer Products Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Consumer Products Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in manufacturing finished goods and services both domestically and internationally (“Consumer Products Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 230% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Consumer Products Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Consumer Products Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Consumer Products Companies include companies that manufacture wholesale or retail food, staple retail products and non-durable goods such as beverages, tobacco, household and personal care products. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Consumer Products Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the consumer products sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the consumer products sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Consumer Products Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the consumer products sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Consumer Products Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 16.32%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 14.91%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -14.56%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Consumer Products Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
4.30% 4.93%   7.11% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
4.19% 3.24%   5.96% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.79% 3.17%   5.48% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
7.67% 5.16% 8.12%     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
7.55% 3.38% 7.09%     
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
4.98% 3.32% 6.52%     
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Electronics Fund

Electronics Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Electronics Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the electronics sector, including semiconductor manufacturers and distributors, and makers and vendors of other electronic components and devices (“Electronics Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 1,640% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Electronics Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Electronics Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Electronics Companies include companies involved in the manufacture and development of semiconductors, connectors, printed circuit boards and other components; equipment vendors to electronic component manufacturers; electronic component distributors; electronic instruments and electronic systems vendors; and also include companies involved in all aspects of the electronics business and in new technologies or specialty areas. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Electronics Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the electronics sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the electronics sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Electronics Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the electronics sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Electronics Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.38%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 26.52%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -29.06%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Electronics Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(4.69%) (6.11%)    (0.94%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(4.69%) (6.11%)    (0.94%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(3.05%) (5.09%)    (0.80%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
(1.68%) (5.83%) 0.48%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(1.68%) (5.83%) 0.48%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(1.09%) (4.86%) 0.41%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Energy Fund

Energy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Energy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies involved in the energy field, including the exploration, production, and development of oil, gas, coal and alternative sources of energy (“Energy Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 248% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Energy Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Energy Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Energy Companies are involved in all aspects of the energy industry, including the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity, and coal, and alternative sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale, and solar power, and include companies that produce, transmit, market, distribute or measure energy; companies involved in providing products and services to companies in the energy field; and companies involved in the exploration of new sources of energy, conservation, and energy-related pollution control. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Energy Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the energy sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the energy sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Energy Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to the energy sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Energy Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 7.84%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2008) 27.24%   (quarter ended 9/30/2008) -34.08%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(2.47%) (3.79%)    8.14% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(3.19%) (4.10%)    7.78% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(1.61%) (3.32%)    7.05% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
0.71% (3.55%) 10.47%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(0.11%) (3.88%) 10.13%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
0.45% (3.13%) 9.25%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Energy Services Fund

Energy Services Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Energy Services Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the energy services field, including those that provide services and equipment in the areas of oil, coal, and gas exploration and production (“Energy Services Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 275% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Energy Services Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Energy Services Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Energy Services Companies are engaged in one or more businesses in the energy services field, including those that provide services and equipment to companies engaged in the production, refinement or distribution of oil, gas, electricity, and coal; companies involved with the production and development of newer sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale, and solar power; companies involved with onshore or offshore drilling; companies involved in production and well maintenance; companies involved in exploration engineering, data and technology; companies involved in energy transport; and companies involved in equipment and plant design or construction. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Energy Services Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the energy services sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the energy services sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Energy Services Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the energy services sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Energy Services Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 10.90%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 31.35%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -47.28%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Energy Services Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(4.69%) (5.48%)    7.98% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(4.69%) (5.48%)    7.98% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(3.05%) (4.58%)    7.04% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
(1.68%) (5.27%) 9.22%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(1.68%) (5.27%) 9.22%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(1.09%) (4.41%) 8.22%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Financial Services Fund

Financial Services Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Financial Services Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the financial services sector (“Financial Services Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.61% 2.36%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
631 959 1,309 2,295
C-Class Shares
339 736 1,260 2,696

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund C-Class Shares
239 736 1,260 2,696

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 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 Total 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 590% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Financial Services Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Financial Services Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Financial Service Companies include commercial banks, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, brokerage companies and real-estate investment trusts. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Financial Services Companies and U.S. government securities. Under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, the Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in the equity securities of any company that derives more than 15% of its revenues from brokerage or investment management activities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the financial services sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the financial services sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Financial Services Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the financial services sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Financial Services Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 14.62%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 25.84%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -31.93%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Financial Services Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
16.75% (6.66%)    (3.17%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.45% (7.11%)    (3.60%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.88% (5.81%)    (2.88%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
20.70% (6.41%) 0.10%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
20.37% (6.87%) (0.30%)    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
13.45% (5.61%) (0.14%)    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Health Care Fund

Health Care Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Health Care Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the health care industry (“Health Care Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 266% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Health Care Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Health Care Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Health Care Companies include pharmaceutical companies, companies involved in the research and development of pharmaceutical products and services, companies involved in the operation of health care facilities, and other companies involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of health care related products or services. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Health Care Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the health care sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the health care sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Health Care Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the health care sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Health Care Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 19.26%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 16.39%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -15.88%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Health Care Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
11.70% 3.10%    5.16% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.60% 3.07%    5.15% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.61% 2.64%    4.49% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
15.32% 3.35% 6.82%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
15.21% 3.32% 6.81%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.96% 2.86% 6.01%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Internet Fund

Internet Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Internet Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that provide products or services designed for or related to the Internet (“Internet Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 442% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Internet Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Internet Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Internet Companies are involved in all aspects of research, design development, manufacturing or distribution of products or services for use with the Internet or Internet related businesses. Such companies may provide information or entertainment services over the Internet; sell or distribute goods and services over the Internet; provide infrastructure systems or otherwise provide hardware, software or support that impacts Internet commerce; or provide Internet access to consumers and businesses. Internet companies also may include companies that provide Intranet and Extranet services. The Fund will maintain broad representation of the various industries in the Internet sector. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Internet Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the Internet sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the Internet sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Internet Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the Internet sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Internet Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.16%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 30.84%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -23.42%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Internet Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
13.71% 1.89%    5.62% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
13.26% 1.65%    5.46% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.48% 1.49%    4.82% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
17.47% 2.12% 8.77%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
16.96% 1.88% 8.63%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.99% 1.69% 7.72%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Leisure Fund

Leisure Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Leisure Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in leisure and entertainment businesses (“Leisure Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 517% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Leisure Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Leisure Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Leisure Companies are engaged in the design, production, or distribution of goods or services in the leisure industries. Leisure Companies include hotels and resorts, restaurants, casinos, radio and television broadcasting and advertising companies, motion picture production companies, entertainment software companies, toys and sporting goods manufacturers, musical recording companies, alcohol and tobacco companies, and publishing companies. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Leisure Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the leisure sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the leisure sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Leisure Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the leisure sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Leisure Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 17.91%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 24.19%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -29.92%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Leisure Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
15.35% 0.96%    4.49% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
15.32% 0.96%    4.48% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.98% 0.82%    3.90% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
19.23% 1.19% 6.66%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
19.19% 1.18% 6.66%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
12.50% 1.01% 5.87%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Precious Metals Fund

Precious Metals Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Precious Metals Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in U.S. and foreign companies that are involved in the precious metals sector, including exploration, mining, production and development, and other precious metals related services (“Precious Metals Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.50% 2.25%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
620 927 1,255 2,180
C-Class Shares
328 703 1,205 2,585

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund C-Class Shares
228 703 1,205 2,585

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 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 Total 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 206% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Precious Metals Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Precious Metals Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Precious metals include gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals. Precious Metals Companies include precious metal manufacturers; distributors of precious metal products, such as jewelry, metal foil or bullion; mining and geological exploration companies; and companies that provide services to Precious Metals Companies. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Precious Metals Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the precious metals sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the precious metals sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Precious Metals Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the precious metals sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Precious Metals Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -43.87%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2003) 25.31%   (quarter ended 9/30/2008) -34.02%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Precious Metals Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(8.86%) (2.18%)   5.84% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(9.37%) (2.34%)   5.73% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(5.10%) (1.86%)   5.08% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%   5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
(5.94%) (1.97%) 6.42%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(6.53%) (2.14%) 6.33%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(3.12%) (1.69%) 5.64%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Retailing Fund

Retailing Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Retailing Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in merchandising finished goods and services, including department stores, mail order operations and other companies involved in selling products to consumers (“Retailing Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.49% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.59% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
629 953 1,299 2,274
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 472% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Retailing Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Retailing Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Retailing Companies include drug and department stores; suppliers of goods and services for homes, home improvements and yards; clothing, jewelry, electronics and computer retailers; warehouse membership clubs; mail order operations; and companies involved in alternative selling methods. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Retailing Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the retailing sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the retailing sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Retailing Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the retailing sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of the Retailing Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 17.86%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 19.59%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -24.27%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Retailing Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
11.73% 6.53%    5.41% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.73% 6.50%    5.39% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.62% 5.63%    4.71% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
15.52% 6.75% 6.83%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
15.52% 6.73% 6.82%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.09% 5.83% 6.02%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Technology Fund

Technology Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Technology Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the technology sector, including computer software and service companies, semiconductor manufacturers, networking and telecommunications equipment manufacturers, PC hardware and peripherals companies (“Technology Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.49% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.59% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
629 953 1,299 2,274
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 324% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Technology Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Technology Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Technology Companies are companies that the Advisor believes have, or will develop, products, processes, or services that will provide technological advances and improvements. These companies may include, for example, companies that develop, produce or distribute products or services in the computer, semiconductor, electronics and communications sectors. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Technology Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the technology sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the technology sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Technology Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Technology Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 8.90%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 26.57%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -27.13%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Technology Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
6.25% (1.78%)    3.27% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
6.25% (1.78%)    3.26% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
4.06% (1.51%)    2.82% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
9.68% (1.51%) 5.45%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
9.68% (1.51%) 5.44%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
6.29% (1.28%) 4.77%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Telecommunications Fund

Telecommunications Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Telecommunications Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in the development, manufacture, or sale of communications services or communications equipment (“Telecommunications Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.61% 2.36%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
631 959 1,309 2,295
C-Class Shares
339 736 1,260 2,696

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund C-Class Shares
239 736 1,260 2,696

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 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 Total 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 1,550% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Telecommunications Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Telecommunications Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Telecommunications Companies include traditional and wireless telephone services or equipment providers, Internet equipment and service providers, and fiber-optics. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Telecommunications Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the telecommunications sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the telecommunications sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Telecommunications Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the telecommunications sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of the Telecommunications Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 4.42%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 22.15%   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -21.05%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Telecommunications Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(0.65%) (7.12%)    0.24% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(1.49%) (7.94%)    (0.43%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.44%) (6.37%)    (0.19%) Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
2.38% (6.89%) 2.63%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
1.44% (7.76%) 2.01%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
1.53% (6.21%) 1.90%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Transportation Fund

Transportation Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Transportation Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies engaged in providing transportation services or companies engaged in the design, manufacture, distribution, or sale of transportation equipment (“Transportation Companies”).

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.60% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
630 956 1,304 2,285
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 737% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Transportation Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Transportation Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Transportation Companies may include, for example, companies involved in the movement of freight or people, such as airline, railroad, ship, truck and bus companies; equipment manufacturers; parts suppliers; and companies involved in leasing, maintenance, and transportation-related services. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Transportation Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the transportation sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the transportation sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

Transportation Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the transportation sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Transportation Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 22.09%.

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Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 18.44%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) -24.54%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Transportation Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
11.63% 1.08%    3.68% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.63% 1.03%    3.65% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.56% 0.89%    3.17% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
15.32% 1.27% 4.46%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
15.32% 1.22% 4.43%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.96% 1.05% 3.87%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Utilities Fund

Utilities Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Utilities Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that operate public utilities (“Utilities Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.51%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.61% 2.36%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
631 959 1,309 2,295
C-Class Shares
339 736 1,260 2,696

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund C-Class Shares
239 736 1,260 2,696

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 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 Total 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 534% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Utilities Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Utilities Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Utilities Companies may include companies involved in the manufacturing, production, generation, transmission, distribution or sales of gas or electric energy; water supply, waste and sewage disposal; and companies that receive a majority of their revenues from their public utility operations. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Utilities Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the utilities sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the utilities sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

Utilities Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the utilities sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Utilities Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 10.07%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return   Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 20.09%   (quarter ended 9/30/2008) -17.62%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Utilities Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(3.61%) (0.26%)    5.90% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(4.97%) (1.47%)    4.82% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(2.37%) (0.96%)    4.46% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66%    5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
(0.52%) (0.06%) 7.61%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(2.07%) (1.38%) 6.44%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.36%) (0.85%) 5.97%    
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 7.10%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund

Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 125% of the fair value of the Europe STOXX 50® Index (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.52% 0.52%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.67% 2.42%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
637 976 1,339 2,357
C-Class Shares
345 755 1,291 2,756

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
245 755 1,291 2,756

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 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 Total 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 903% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Advisor will attempt to consistently apply leverage to increase the Fund’s exposure to 125% of the underlying index. As a result, the Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The Europe STOXX 50® Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 50 European blue chip stocks consisting of capitalizations ranging from $11.4 billion to $110.8 billion as of June 30, 2013. Index members are chosen by Stoxx Ltd. from 16 countries under criteria designed to identify highly liquid companies that are leaders in their sectors. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 125% of the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 125% of the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.25x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -75%       -68%       -68%       -69%       -71%       -73%  
  -50%       -63%       -58%       -58%       -60%       -62%       -64%  
  -40%       -50%       -47%       -48%       -49%       -52%       -54%  
  -30%       -38%       -36%       -37%       -39%       -41%       -45%  
  -20%       -25%       -25%       -26%       -27%       -31%       -36%  
  -10%       -13%       -12%       -13%       -16%       -20%       -25%  
  0%       0%       0%       -1%       -4%       -8%       -15%  
  10%       13%       12%       12%       9%       4%       -4%  
  20%       25%       25%       25%       20%       17%       8%  
  30%       38%       38%       38%       33%       27%       18%  
  40%       50%       52%       51%       46%       40%       29%  
  50%       63%       65%       64%       60%       53%       41%  
  60%       75%       80%       78%       73%       65%       54%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 29.92%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 12.35%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is -5.33%. Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—Indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates and the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the U.S. or abroad. In particular, the Fund may have indirect and direct exposure to the euro. The price of euro has fluctuated widely over the past several years, and volatility has increased in recent months, due, in part, to concern over the sovereign debt levels of certain European Union (EU) members and the potential effect of this debt on the EU members’ participation in the European Monetary Union and the value of the euro. These and other factors may adversely affect the long-term value of the euro in terms of purchasing power in the future. A decline in the price of the euro may adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Geographic Concentration in Europe Risk—Because a significant portion of the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers located in Europe, the Fund is susceptible to loss due to adverse market, political, regulatory, and geographic events affecting the various countries and regions in Europe. The European economy is diverse and includes both large, competitive economies and small, struggling economies. The European economy is vulnerable to decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro and recessions in EU economies.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -0.78%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 34.44%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -33.50%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Europe 1.25x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
19.71% (12.22%)   (0.33%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
19.61% (12.23%)   (0.67%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
12.81% (9.93%)   (0.43%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Europe STOXX 50® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
14.76% (5.48%)   3.75% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
23.91% (12.01%) 2.77%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
23.80% (12.03%) 2.29%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
15.54% (9.77%) 2.17%    
C-Class Shares Europe STOXX 50® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
14.76% (5.48%) 6.38%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Japan 2x Strategy Fund

Japan 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the fair value of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average (the “underlying index”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Japan 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Japan 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.51% 2.25%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Japan 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
621 930 1,260 2,191
C-Class Shares
328 703 1,205 2,585

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Japan 2x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
228 703 1,205 2,585

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in the common stock of companies that are generally within the capitalization range of the underlying index and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average is a price-weighted average of 225 top-rated Japanese companies listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are selected to be both highly liquid and representative of Japan’s industrial structure. As of June 30, 2013, the Nikkei 225 Stock Average included companies with small, medium and large capitalizations ranging from $290.7 million to $207.9 billion. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -120%       -84%       -85%       -88%       -91%       -94%  
  -50%       -100%       -75%       -77%       -81%       -86%       -91%  
  -40%       -80%       -65%       -66%       -72%       -80%       -87%  
  -30%       -60%       -52%       -54%       -62%       -72%       -82%  
  -20%       -40%       -37%       -41%       -49%       -64%       -78%  
  -10%       -20%       -20%       -24%       -37%       -55%       -71%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -5%       -22%       -43%       -65%  
  10%       20%       19%       14%       -5%       -31%       -58%  
  20%       40%       42%       36%       11%       -15%       -47%  
  30%       60%       67%       59%       32%       -3%       -38%  
  40%       80%       93%       84%       52%       11%       -28%  
  50%       100%       122%       111%       76%       28%       -20%  
  60%       120%       154%       140%       100%       44%       -10%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 23.53%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 9.87%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 0.29%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Geographic Concentration in Japan Risk—Targeting Japan could hurt the Fund’s performance if Japan’s economy performs poorly as a result of political and economic conditions that affect the Japanese market. Japanese stocks tend to be more volatile than their U.S. counterparts, for reasons ranging from political and economic uncertainties, to a higher risk that essential information may be incomplete or erroneous. The Fund may be more volatile than a geographically diversified equity fund.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. Effective May 1, 2009, the Fund changed comparative benchmarks from the Topix 100 Index to the Nikkei 225 Stock Average. This change occurred as a result of the Fund’s change in name and investment strategy. Prior to May 1, 2009, the Fund’s investment strategy sought to provide 125% exposure to the Topix 100 Index; therefore, the performance and average annual total returns shown below for periods prior to May 1, 2009 may have differed had the Fund’s current investment strategy, which seeks to provide 200% exposure to the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, been in effect during those periods. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average more appropriately reflects the Fund’s investment universe. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 26.65%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 44.18%   (quarter ended 3/31/2009) -33.18%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Japan 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
14.53% (11.19%) Feb. 22, 2008
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
14.53% (11.19%) Feb. 22, 2008
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
9.44% (9.15%) Feb. 22, 2008
A-Class Shares Nikkei 225 Stock Average (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
9.96% (0.92%) Feb. 22, 2008
C-Class Shares
18.30% (10.95%) Feb. 22, 2008
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
18.30% (10.96%) Feb. 22, 2008
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
11.89% (8.96%) Feb. 22, 2008
C-Class Shares Nikkei 225 Stock Average (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
9.96% (0.92%) Feb. 22, 2008
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the performance of the BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees [1] 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1] 0.74% 0.73%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.89% 2.63%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
658 1,041 1,448 2,582
C-Class Shares
366 817 1,395 2,964

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
266 817 1,395 2,964

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 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 Total 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 730% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund invests principally in securities of companies included in the underlying index and in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use is expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. The Fund also may invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index is a capitalization weighted index comprised of the 50 largest emerging market based ADRs having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5.5 billion to $223.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the Fund’s underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -120%       -84%       -85%       -88%       -91%       -94%  
  -50%       -100%       -75%       -77%       -81%       -86%       -91%  
  -40%       -80%       -65%       -66%       -72%       -80%       -87%  
  -30%       -60%       -52%       -54%       -62%       -72%       -82%  
  -20%       -40%       -37%       -41%       -49%       -64%       -78%  
  -10%       -20%       -20%       -24%       -37%       -55%       -71%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -5%       -22%       -43%       -65%  
  10%       20%       19%       14%       -5%       -31%       -58%  
  20%       40%       42%       36%       11%       -15%       -47%  
  30%       60%       67%       59%       32%       -3%       -38%  
  40%       80%       93%       84%       52%       11%       -28%  
  50%       100%       122%       111%       76%       28%       -20%  
  60%       120%       154%       140%       100%       44%       -10%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 27.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 12.63%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is -5.20%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Emerging Markets Risk—The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -27.58%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 3/31/2012) 19.10%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) -43.35%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
4.86% (17.13%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
4.86% (18.12%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
3.16% (14.88%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class Shares BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
8.60% (3.16%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares
8.55% (15.50%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
8.55% (16.51%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.56% (13.56%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
8.60% (3.16%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES1 (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees [1] 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees [1] 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1] 0.74% 0.75%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.89% 2.65%
[1] The expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
658 1,041 1,448 2,582
C-Class Shares
368 823 1,405 2,983

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
268 823 1,405 2,983

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index and produces inverse leveraged exposure to the underlying index. The Fund also may invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index is a capitalization weighted index comprised of the 50 largest emerging market based ADRs having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5.5 billion to $223.2 billion as of June 30, 2013. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       120%       506%       404%       199%       13%       -69%  
  -50%       100%       286%       229%       91%       -27%       -82%  
  -40%       80%       171%       128%       33%       -49%       -86%  
  -30%       60%       99%       70%       -1%       -62%       -90%  
  -20%       40%       52%       31%       -27%       -70%       -93%  
  -10%       20%       20%       3%       -42%       -77%       -94%  
  0%       0%       -3%       -18%       -52%       -81%       -96%  
  10%       -20%       -19%       -31%       -61%       -84%       -96%  
  20%       -40%       -32%       -43%       -67%       -87%       -97%  
  30%       -60%       -42%       -51%       -72%       -89%       -97%  
  40%       -80%       -50%       -58%       -75%       -91%       -97%  
  50%       -100%       -57%       -63%       -79%       -92%       -98%  
  60%       -120%       -62%       -68%       -82%       -93%       -98%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 27.07%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 12.63%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is -5.20%.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Emerging Markets Risk—The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 26.38%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2011) 47.21%
Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2011) -20.41%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Emerging Markets 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(30.68%) (15.83%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(30.68%) (15.83%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(19.94%) (13.24%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class Shares BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
8.60% (3.16%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares
(26.38%) (12.12%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(26.38%) (12.12%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(17.15%) (10.18%) Oct. 29, 2010
C-Class Shares BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
8.60% (3.16%) Oct. 29, 2010
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match the performance of a specific benchmark, before fees and expenses, on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the performance of the U.S. Dollar Index® (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.52%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.66% 2.42%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
636 974 1,334 2,347
C-Class Shares
345 755 1,291 2,756

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
245 755 1,291 2,756

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, securities indices, and futures contracts. Investing in derivative instruments enables the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities included in the underlying index or in the same proportion that those securities are represented in the underlying index. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The U.S. Dollar Index® measures the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of foreign currencies that include the Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -120%       -84%       -85%       -88%       -91%       -94%  
  -50%       -100%       -75%       -77%       -81%       -86%       -91%  
  -40%       -80%       -65%       -66%       -72%       -80%       -87%  
  -30%       -60%       -52%       -54%       -62%       -72%       -82%  
  -20%       -40%       -37%       -41%       -49%       -64%       -78%  
  -10%       -20%       -20%       -24%       -37%       -55%       -71%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -5%       -22%       -43%       -65%  
  10%       20%       19%       14%       -5%       -31%       -58%  
  20%       40%       42%       36%       11%       -15%       -47%  
  30%       60%       67%       59%       32%       -3%       -38%  
  40%       80%       93%       84%       52%       11%       -28%  
  50%       100%       122%       111%       76%       28%       -20%  
  60%       120%       154%       140%       100%       44%       -10%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 10.43%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 4.43%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 2.79%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 6.48%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2008) 17.02%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2010) -17.79%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Strengthening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(10.69%) (5.87%) (5.11%) May 25, 2005
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(10.69%) (7.11%) (5.95%) May 25, 2005
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(6.95%) (5.11%) (4.37%) May 25, 2005
A-Class Shares U.S. Dollar Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
(0.51%) 0.79% (1.04%) May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares
(7.72%) (5.57%) (5.15%) May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(7.72%) (6.84%) (6.01%) May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(5.02%) (4.85%) (4.39%) May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares U.S. Dollar Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
(0.51%) 0.79% (1.04%) May 25, 2005
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the U.S. Dollar Index® (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.49%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.65% 2.39%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
635 971 1,329 2,337
C-Class Shares
342 745 1,275 2,726

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
242 745 1,275 2,726

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, securities indices, and futures contracts. The Fund’s investment in derivatives serves as a substitute for directly selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The U.S. Dollar Index® measures the performance of the U.S. dollar against a basket of foreign currencies that include the Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the underlying index. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       120%       506%       404%       199%       13%       -69%  
  -50%       100%       286%       229%       91%       -27%       -82%  
  -40%       80%       171%       128%       33%       -49%       -86%  
  -30%       60%       99%       70%       -1%       -62%       -90%  
  -20%       40%       52%       31%       -27%       -70%       -93%  
  -10%       20%       20%       3%       -42%       -77%       -94%  
  0%       0%       -3%       -18%       -52%       -81%       -96%  
  10%       -20%       -19%       -31%       -61%       -84%       -96%  
  20%       -40%       -32%       -43%       -67%       -87%       -97%  
  30%       -60%       -42%       -51%       -72%       -89%       -97%  
  40%       -80%       -50%       -58%       -75%       -91%       -97%  
  50%       -100%       -57%       -63%       -79%       -92%       -98%  
  60%       -120%       -62%       -68%       -82%       -93%       -98%  

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 10.43%. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 4.43%. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 2.79%.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Status as a Regulated Investment Company Risk—The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to match that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -9.77%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2010) 18.89%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2008) -16.09%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Weakening Dollar 2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(3.81%) (3.04%) 0.63% May 25, 2005
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(3.81%) (4.28%) (0.98%) May 25, 2005
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(2.48%) (3.23%) (0.33%) May 25, 2005
A-Class Shares U.S. Dollar Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
(0.51%) 0.79% (1.04%) May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares
(0.83%) (2.84%) 0.51% May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(0.83%) (4.13%) (1.14%) May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.54%) (3.08%) (0.44%) May 25, 2005
C-Class Shares U.S. Dollar Index® (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
(0.51%) 0.79% (1.04%) May 25, 2005
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Real Estate Fund

Real Estate Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the real estate industry, including real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) (collectively, “Real Estate Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Real Estate Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Real Estate Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.51% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.61% 2.35%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Real Estate Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
631 959 1,309 2,295
C-Class Shares
338 733 1,255 2,686

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Real Estate Fund C-Class Shares
238 733 1,255 2,686

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 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 Total 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 699% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Real Estate Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Real Estate Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Real Estate Companies, which also include master limited partnerships, are primarily engaged in the ownership, construction, management, financing or sale of residential, commercial or industrial real estate. Real Estate Companies also may include companies whose products and services are related to the real estate industry, such as building supply manufacturers, mortgage lenders, or mortgage servicing companies. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Real Estate Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the real estate sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the real estate sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Industry and Real Estate Sector Risk—The risk of concentrating Fund investments in a limited number of issuers conducting business in the same industry or group of industries is that the Fund will be more susceptible to the risks associated with that industry or group of industries than a fund that does not concentrate its investments. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the real estate sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Real Estate Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 4.96%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 29.27%
Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -38.41%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Real Estate Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
12.29% 0.47% 3.21% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
11.52% (0.37%) 2.61% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.97% (0.16%) 2.38% Sep. 01, 2004
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 5.27% Sep. 01, 2004
C-Class Shares
15.98% 0.66% 3.54% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
15.13% (0.22%) 2.95% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
10.37% (0.03%) 2.68% Feb. 20, 2004
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 1.66% 4.65% Feb. 20, 2004
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund

Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond, before fees and expenses, to a benchmark for U.S. government securities on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 120% of the daily price movement of the Long Treasury Bond. The Long Treasury Bond is the U.S. Treasury bond with the longest maturity, which is currently 30 years. The price movement of the Long Treasury Bond is based on the daily price change of the most recently issued Long Treasury Bond. The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.50% 0.50%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.45% 0.44%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.20% 1.94%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
591 838 1,103 1,860
C-Class Shares
297 609 1,047 2,264

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
197 609 1,047 2,264

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 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 Total 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 1,759% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of investing in U.S. government securities and derivative instruments, which primarily consist of futures contracts, interest rate swaps, and options on securities and futures contracts. Futures and options contracts, and interest rate swaps, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in its benchmark or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to its benchmark. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use are expected to be significant. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities issued by the U.S. government (and derivatives thereof). Some of the Fund’s U.S. government securities, or cash equivalents, will be used to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may invest in zero coupon U.S. Treasury bonds and enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the Long Treasury Bond has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the Long Treasury Bond times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged benchmark fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher benchmark volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) the performance of the Long Treasury Bond; (b) volatility of the Long Treasury Bond; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; and (e) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no Fund expenses; and (b) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than 120% of the performance of the Long Treasury Bond; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than 120% of the performance of the Long Treasury Bond.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     1.2x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       -72%       -67%       -67%       -68%       -69%       -71%  
  -50%       -60%       -57%       -57%       -58%       -60%       -62%  
  -40%       -48%       -46%       -46%       -48%       -49%       -51%  
  -30%       -36%       -35%       -35%       -37%       -39%       -42%  
  -20%       -24%       -24%       -25%       -25%       -28%       -32%  
  -10%       -12%       -12%       -13%       -15%       -18%       -22%  
  0%       0%       0%       0%       -3%       -6%       -12%  
  10%       12%       12%       11%       9%       5%       -1%  
  20%       24%       24%       24%       20%       18%       11%  
  30%       36%       37%       36%       32%       28%       21%  
  40%       48%       49%       48%       45%       40%       32%  
  50%       60%       62%       61%       58%       53%       43%  
  60%       72%       76%       75%       71%       65%       56%  

The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 14.12%. The Long Treasury Bond’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 5.88%. The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.58%.

The historical volatility and performance of the Long Treasury Bond are not indications of what the Long Treasury Bond volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the Long Treasury Bond through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the Long Treasury Bond. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correspond to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and the Long Treasury Bond, rounding of share prices, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of abroad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -9.53%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) 41.17%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 3/31/2009) -16.35%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Government Long Bond 1.2x Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(0.58%) 9.91%   7.50% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(1.21%) 8.95%   6.39% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.38%) 7.99%   5.82% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71%   7.84% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
2.44% 10.11% 6.71%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
2.05% 9.43% 5.86%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
1.59% 8.35% 5.31%    
C-Class Shares Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71% 7.65%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund

Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide total returns that inversely correlate, before fees and expenses, to the price movements of a benchmark for U.S. Treasury debt instruments or futures contracts on a specified debt instrument on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is the daily price movement of the Long Treasury Bond. The Long Treasury Bond is the U.S. Treasury bond with the longest maturity, which is currently 30 years. The price movement of the Long Treasury Bond is based on the daily price change of the most recently issued Long Treasury Bond. The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Short Sales Dividend and Interest Expense 1.73% 1.74%
Remaining Other Expenses 0.49% 0.49%
Other Expenses 2.22% 2.23%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 3.37% 4.13%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
799 1,462 2,147 3,959
C-Class Shares
515 1,255 2,110 4,314

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
415 1,255 2,110 4,314

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 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 Total 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 1,309% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

Unlike a traditional index fund, the Fund’s investment objective is to perform, on a daily basis, exactly opposite the daily price movement of the Long Treasury Bond. The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales and investing to a significant extent in derivative instruments, which primarily consist of futures contracts, interest rate swaps, and options on securities and futures contracts. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to fixed income securities issued by the U.S. government. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its daily investment objective will be more acute when the Long Treasury Bond has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding, because the Fund has a single day investment objective, the Fund’s performance for periods greater than one day is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse of the performance of the Long Treasury Bond times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer term results to be more or less than the inverse of the return of the benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) performance of the Long Treasury Bond; (b) volatility of the Long Treasury Bond; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; and (e) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors—volatility and index performance—on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no Fund expenses; and (b) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than the inverse performance of the Long Treasury Bond; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than the inverse performance of the Long Treasury Bond.

 

                                                     
Index Performance     Annualized Volatility  
1x     -1x     10%     25%     50%     75%     100%  
  -60%       60%       148%       132%       96%       42%       -6%  
  -50%       50%       98%       87%       57%       14%       -28%  
  -40%       40%       65%       56%       30%       -5%       -38%  
  -30%       30%       42%       34%       13%       -18%       -47%  
  -20%       20%       24%       18%       -3%       -28%       -54%  
  -10%       10%       10%       4%       -13%       -36%       -59%  
  0%       0%       -1%       -6%       -22%       -43%       -64%  
  10%       -10%       -10%       -15%       -29%       -48%       -67%  
  20%       -20%       -17%       -22%       -35%       -53%       -69%  
  30%       -30%       -24%       -28%       -40%       -56%       -71%  
  40%       -40%       -29%       -33%       -44%       -60%       -73%  
  50%       -50%       -34%       -37%       -48%       -62%       -76%  
  60%       -60%       -38%       -41%       -51%       -65%       -78%  

The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 14.12%. The Long Treasury Bond’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is 5.88%. The Long Treasury Bond’s annualized performance for the five year period ended June 30, 2013 is 7.58%.

The historical volatility and performance of the Long Treasury Bond are not indications of what the Long Treasury Bond volatility and performance will be in the future.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in rising markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a rising market than a fund that is actively managed.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Tracking Error Risk—The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and the Long Treasury Bond, rounding of share prices, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 10.08%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2009) 12.70%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -26.25%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(10.40%) (14.65%)   (9.22%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(10.40%) (14.65%)   (9.47%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(6.76%) (11.76%)   (7.37%) Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71%   7.84% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
(7.50%) (14.45%) (9.12%)    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(7.50%) (14.45%) (9.35%)    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(4.88%) (11.61%) (7.18%)    
C-Class Shares Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
3.56% 9.71% 7.65%    
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | High Yield Strategy Fund

High Yield Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The High Yield Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the high yield bond market.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus High Yield Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus High Yield Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.50% 0.52%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.03% 0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.53% 2.30%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus High Yield Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
623 935 1,270 2,212
C-Class Shares
333 718 1,230 2,636

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus High Yield Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
233 718 1,230 2,636

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 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 Total 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 95% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund seeks to gain exposure similar to the total return of the high yield bond market as represented by the global universe (excluding emerging market countries) of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt by investing in credit default swaps, high yield securities, futures and other financial instruments with economic characteristics comparable to that of the high yield bond market as represented by U.S. and Canadian high yield bonds. Generally, high yield bonds, which are also commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” are those bonds rated BB+ and lower by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or Ba1 and lower by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., but may include unrated bonds that the Advisor determines are of similar quality. The Advisor will consider the liquidity, transaction costs and relative value of available investments in seeking to meet the Fund’s investment objective.

The Fund will primarily invest in credit default swaps to gain exposure similar to the high yield bond market. Credit default swaps are instruments which allow for the full or partial transfer of third party credit risk, with respect to a particular entity or entities, from one counterparty to the other. A buyer of credit default swaps is buying credit protection or mitigating credit risk. A seller of credit default swaps is selling credit protection or assuming credit risk. The Fund will normally be a seller of credit protection (assuming credit risk) as it seeks to gain exposure to the high yield bond market, but also may buy credit protection from time to time in order to maintain the appropriate level of exposure to the high yield bond market, such as during times of heavy redemption activity.

In addition, the Fund may invest in bond futures for the purpose of managing duration risk. For cash management purposes, the Fund may invest in other fixed income securities and money market instruments. The Fund also may invest in other financial instruments including corporate notes, convertible debt securities, preferred securities and derivatives thereof, as well as other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), unit investment trusts, and closed-end funds, that invest primarily in high yield debt instruments. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments that in combination have economic characteristics similar to the U.S. and Canadian high yield bond markets and/or in high yield debt securities.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Credit Default Swap Risk—The Fund’s investments in credit default swaps may subject the Fund to greater risks than if the Fund were to invest directly in high yield bonds. When investing in credit default swaps, the Fund is exposed to the credit risk of both the counterparty to the credit default swap and the issuer of the underlying reference obligation. The Fund could realize a loss on its investment if it does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the issuer of the bond or other reference obligation on which the credit default swap is based, as well as the continued creditworthiness of the counterparty. Investments in credit default swaps also are subject to liquidity risk.

Credit Risk—The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which it invests becomes unwilling or unable to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise meet its obligations.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives, such as bond futures, may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

High Yield Risk—The Fund may invest in high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”), which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Issuer Specific Risk—The value of a security may increase or decrease for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer. For example, with respect to the Fund, perceived poor management performance, financial leverage or reduced demand of the issuer’s goods or services may contribute to a decrease in the value of a security. A decrease in the value of the securities of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument may cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 2.19%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 9.31%
Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 3/31/2009) -13.23%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus High Yield Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
8.20% 5.70% 5.52% Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
7.36% 3.02% 3.16% Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.54% 3.17% 3.23% Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class Shares Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.81% 10.34% 8.76% Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares
11.77% 5.96% 5.63% Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
10.86% 3.21% 3.21% Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
7.88% 3.36% 3.30% Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares Barclays Capital Long Treasury Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.81% 10.34% 8.76% Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund

Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that inversely correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the high yield bond market.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Management Fees 0.75% 0.75%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.49% 0.50%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.49% 2.25%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
619 924 1,250 2,170
C-Class Shares
328 703 1,205 2,585

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund C-Class Shares
228 703 1,205 2,585

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund seeks to gain inverse exposure to the performance of the high yield bond market by investing in credit default swaps, futures and other financial instruments with economic characteristics opposite to that of the high yield bond market as represented by U.S. and Canadian high yield bonds. Generally, high yield bonds, which are also commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” are those bonds rated BB+ and lower by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or Ba1 and lower by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., but may include unrated bonds that the Advisor determines are of similar quality. The Advisor will consider the liquidity, transaction costs and relative value of available investments in seeking to meet the Fund’s objective.

The Fund will primarily invest in credit default swaps to gain inverse exposure to the high yield bond market. Credit default swaps are instruments which allow for the full or partial transfer of third party credit risk, with respect to a particular entity or entities, from one counterparty to the other. A buyer of credit default swaps is buying credit protection or mitigating credit risk. A seller of credit default swaps is selling credit protection or assuming credit risk. The Fund will normally be a buyer of credit protection as it seeks to gain inverse exposure to the high yield bond market, but also may sell credit protection (assuming credit risk) from time to time in order to maintain the appropriate level of exposure to the high yield bond market, such as during times of heavy redemption activity.

In addition, the Fund may invest in bond futures for the purpose of managing duration risk. For cash management purposes, the Fund may invest in other fixed income securities and money market instruments. The Fund also may invest in other financial instruments including corporate notes, convertible debt securities, preferred securities and derivatives thereof, as well as other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds, unit investment trusts, and closed-end funds, that provide inverse exposure to the high yield debt market. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments that in combination should provide inverse exposure to the U.S. and Canadian high yield bond markets.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk—Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Correlation and Compounding Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the high yield bond market experiences extreme volatility. In addition, as a result of compounding, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the inverse performance of the high yield bond market, before accounting for fees and Fund expenses.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Credit Default Swap Risk—The Fund’s investments in credit default swaps may subject the Fund to greater risks than if the Fund were to invest directly in high yield bonds. When investing in credit default swaps, the Fund is exposed to the credit risk of both the counterparty to the credit default swap and the issuer of the underlying reference obligation. The Fund could realize a loss on its investment if it does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the issuer of the bond or other reference obligation on which the credit default swap is based, as well as the continued creditworthiness of the counterparty. Investments in credit default swaps also are subject to liquidity risk.

Credit Risk—Changes in an issuer’s financial strength or in an issuer’s or debt security’s credit rating may affect a security’s value and thus have an impact on Fund performance.

Currency Risk—The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives, such as bond futures, may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

High Yield Risk—The Fund may invest in high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”), which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Issuer Specific Risk—The value of a security may increase or decrease for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer. For example, with respect to the Fund, perceived poor management performance, financial leverage or reduced demand of the issuer’s goods or services may contribute to a decrease in the value of a security. A decrease in the value of the securities of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument may cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk—The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

 

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is -5.32%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 3/31/2009) 10.17%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2009) -11.04%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Inverse High Yield Strategy Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(19.21%) (12.91%) (11.50%) Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(19.21%) (13.12%) (11.68%) Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(12.49%) (10.51%) (9.33%) Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class Shares Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.81% 10.34% 8.76% Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares
(16.72%) (12.73%) (11.36%) Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(16.72%) (12.93%) (11.55%) Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(10.87%) (10.36%) (9.23%) Apr. 16, 2007
C-Class Shares Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
15.81% 10.34% 8.76% Apr. 16, 2007
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund

U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares or Institutional Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Institutional Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00% none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Institutional Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% none
Short Sales Dividend and Interest Expense 0.27% 0.29% 0.31%
Remaining Other Expenses 0.50% 0.50% 0.51%
Other Expenses 0.77% 0.79% 0.82%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 1.95% 2.72% 1.75%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
664 1,058 1,477 2,642
C-Class Shares
375 844 1,440 3,051
Institutional Class Shares
178 551 949 2,062

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund C-Class Shares
275 844 1,440 3,051

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 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 Total 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 183% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund seeks to respond to the dynamically changing economy by moving its investments among different industries and styles. The Advisor allocates investments to industries and styles according to several measures of momentum. Companies associated with industries and/or styles demonstrating positive momentum are favored while those experiencing negative momentum are disfavored. The Fund may hold both long and short positions. Equity positions are determined based on their associated industry and style momentum, risk characteristics, and liquidity. The Fund invests in equity securities, including small-, mid-, and large-capitalization securities, such as U.S. traded common stocks and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), but also may invest in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its investment objective without investing directly in the securities of companies included in the different sectors or industries to which the Fund is seeking exposure. The Fund may invest in derivatives to hedge or gain leveraged exposure to a particular sector, industry or company depending on market conditions. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, which generally provides for less transparency than exchange-traded derivative instruments. The Fund also may enter into short sales of broad-based stock indices for hedging purposes in an effort to reduce portfolio risk or volatility. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities, short-term, high quality (rated AA or higher) fixed income securities, money market instruments, overnight and fixed-term repurchase agreements, cash and other cash equivalents with maturities of one year or less to collateralize its derivative positions or for defensive purposes to seek to avoid losses during adverse market conditions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct significant trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements and structured notes, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements and structured notes also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities, which may lead to increased costs to the Fund. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Sector Risk—Because the Fund seeks to gain exposure to different industries and sectors in the economy, from time to time, it may invest a significant percentage of the Fund’s assets in issuers in a single industry or sector of the economy. To the extent the Fund has significant investment exposure to an industry or sector, such exposure may present more risks than if the Fund’s investments were more broadly diversified. While the Fund’s sector and industry exposure is expected to vary over time, the Fund anticipates that it may be subject to some or all of the risks described below. The list below is not a comprehensive list of the sectors and industries the Fund may have exposure to over time and should not be relied on as such.

Basic Materials Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in issuers conducting business in the basic materials sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the basic materials sector. The prices of the securities of basic materials companies also may fluctuate widely due to the level and volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the U.S. dollar, import controls, worldwide competition, liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control devices.

Energy Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in the energy sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the energy and energy commodities sectors. The prices of the securities of energy companies also may fluctuate widely due to changes in value and dividend yield, which depend largely on the price and supply of energy fuels, international political events relating to oil producing countries, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, and tax and other governmental regulatory policies.

Financial Services Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in issuers conducting business in the financial services sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. Financial services companies are subject to extensive governmental regulation which may limit both the amounts and types of financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates and fees they can charge. 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, the recent deterioration of the credit markets generally has caused an adverse impact on a wide range of financial institutions and markets. Recent events in the financial sector have resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign, and caused certain financial services companies to incur large losses.

Real Estate Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in issuers conducting business in the real estate sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The general performance of the real estate industry has historically been cyclical and particularly sensitive to economic downturns. Changes in prevailing real estate values and rental income, interest rates and changing demographics may affect the value of securities of issuers in the real estate industry. Investments in real estate companies and REITs also may subject the Fund to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate. In addition to these risks, REITs are dependent on specialized management skills. These factors may increase the volatility of the Fund’s investments in REITs.

Technology Sector Risk—To the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in issuers conducting business in the technology sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of technology companies also may fluctuate widely due to competitive pressures, increased sensitivity to short product cycles and aggressive pricing, problems relating to bringing their products to market, very high price/earnings ratios, and high personnel turnover due to severe labor shortages for skilled technology professionals.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the security sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell certain securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Prior to May 28, 2010, the Fund did not employ a hedging model to achieve its objective; therefore, the performance and average annual total returns shown for periods prior to May 28, 2010 may have differed had the Fund’s current investment strategy been in effect during those periods.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 7.34%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2009) 15.68%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2008) -21.85%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
(0.94%) (4.92%)   2.96% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
(1.07%) (4.94%)   2.72% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
(0.61%) (4.13%)   2.49% Mar. 31, 2004
A-Class Shares Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.42% 2.04%   5.24% Mar. 31, 2004
C-Class Shares
2.19% (4.69%) 5.40%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
2.05% (4.72%) 5.18%    
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
1.42% (3.94%) 4.68%    
C-Class Shares Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.42% 2.04% 7.68%    
Institutional Class Shares
4.30%     4.42% Nov. 30, 2011
Institutional Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
4.26%     4.38% Nov. 30, 2011
Institutional Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.80%     3.74% Nov. 30, 2011
Institutional Class Shares Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.42%     15.91% Nov. 30, 2011
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund

Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve capital growth.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares or Institutional Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Institutional Class Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00% none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesfour A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund
A-Class Shares
C-Class Shares
Institutional Class Shares
Management Fees 0.90% 0.90% 0.90%
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% none
Other Expenses 0.88% 0.89% 0.90%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.07% 0.07% 0.07%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 2.10% 2.86% 1.87%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [2] 0.12% 0.13% 0.13%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [1] 1.98% 2.73% 1.74%
[1] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in this fee table (before and after any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) may not correlate to the expense ratios in the Fund's financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.
[2] The Advisor has contractually agreed to reduce fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to keep net operating expenses for A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary expenses ("Excluded Expenses")) from exceeding 1.90%, 2.65% and 1.65%, respectively, of the Fund's A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares average daily net assets. The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement includes Excluded Expenses and, thus, from time to time may be higher than 1.90%, 2.65% and 1.65%, respectively. This Agreement may be terminated only with the approval of the Fund's Board of Trustees. In any event, this undertaking will continue for at least twelve months from the date of this Prospectus.

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 (including one year of capped expenses each period) remain the same.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class Shares
666 1,067 1,492 2,672
C-Class Shares
376 847 1,445 3,061
Institutional Class Shares
177 548 944 2,052

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund C-Class Shares
276 847 1,445 3,061

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 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 Total 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 228% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund’s investment methodology is based on a systematic algorithm developed through extensive quantitative research that is designed to select and weight a basket of six liquid, investable factors: small cap and distressed equities, high yield (or “junk”) bonds and credit, merger arbitrage and an illiquidity premium. In combination, these six factors seek to target return characteristics similar to those of the universe of event driven hedge funds. Event driven hedge funds seek to profit from potential mispricings of the securities and the pricing spreads created by the risks related to a specific corporate transaction or market event. Such events can include: mergers, bankruptcies, financial or operational stress, restructurings, asset sales, recapitalizations, spin-offs, litigation, regulatory and legislative changes as well as other types of corporate events. Small cap equities, high yield bonds, and the equities of distressed companies combined with credit derivatives are a proxy for the primary instruments and exposures traded by distressed and opportunistic credit funds. A merger arbitrage index offers exposure to a liquid, diversified and broadly representative set of arbitrage positions on announced American and Western European merger and acquisition deals. The illiquidity factor seeks to represent the risk premium that may be achieved by holding illiquid securities. The factors and weights of those factors identified by the algorithm may change over time and may be long or short at any given time.

The Fund primarily seeks to obtain these exposures through swap agreements, but it also may invest in a combination of: domestic and foreign common stock; American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”); credit or equity-linked instruments, primarily consisting of structured notes and exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”); exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); other pooled investment vehicles; and other derivatives, primarily consisting of futures, options, and options on futures. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. The Fund’s use of derivatives and the leveraged investment exposure created by such use may be significant at times.

Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. From time to time, the Fund also may enter into short sales and invest in short positions of certain of its portfolio investments. The Fund may invest in derivatives to hedge or gain leveraged exposure to the components of a particular investable factor. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities, short-term, high quality (rated AA or higher) fixed income securities, money market instruments, overnight and fixed-term repurchase agreements, cash, and other cash equivalents with maturities of one year or less to collateralize its derivative positions. The Fund also may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks.

In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund also may engage in frequent and active trading or portfolio investments to achieve its investment objective. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

CFTC Regulatory Risk—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has recently adopted amendments to certain CFTC rules, and is in the process of promulgating new rules, that will subject the Fund and the Advisor to certain CFTC disclosure, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements if the Fund does not operate within certain derivatives trading and marketing limitations. Compliance with these additional requirements will likely increase Fund expenses and may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to obtain exposure to certain investments and the commodities market generally. Certain of the regulatory requirements that would apply to the Fund have not yet been adopted, and it is unclear what the effect of those requirements would be on the Fund if they are adopted. Consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies and investment policies, the Advisor intends to maintain the flexibility to utilize certain derivatives beyond the CFTC’s new trading limitations and to comply with CFTC rules to the extent required to maintain such investment flexibility.

Counterparty Credit Risk—The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements and structured notes, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements and structured notes also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

Credit and Equity-Linked Derivative Investment Risk—The value of the Fund’s investment in these securities will rise or fall in response to changes in the underlying security or related benchmark or investment. These securities expose the Fund economically to movements in the prices of the underlying credit or equity security.

Depositary Receipt Risk—The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. When used to generate leveraged exposure, the Fund’s investments in derivatives may expose the Fund to potentially dramatic losses (or gains) in the value of the derivative instruments. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) Risk—The value of an ETN may be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the ETN, volatility and lack of liquidity in underlying commodities or securities markets, changes in the applicable interest rates, changes in the issuer’s credit rating and economic, legal, political or geographic events that affect the referenced commodity or security. The Fund’s decision to sell its ETN holdings also may be limited by the availability of a secondary market. If the Fund must sell some or all of its ETN holdings and the secondary market is weak, it may have to sell such holdings at a discount. ETNs also are subject to counterparty credit risk and fixed income risk.

Fixed Income Risk—The Fund’s investments in fixed income securities will change in value in response to interest rate changes and other factors, such as the perception of the issuer’s creditworthiness. For example, the value of fixed income securities will generally decrease when interest rates rise, which may cause the value of the Fund to decrease. In addition, the Fund’s investments in fixed income securities with longer maturities will fluctuate more in response to interest rate changes.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk—The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

High Yield Risk—The Fund may invest in high yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”), which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities. The price of high yield securities tends to be more susceptible to issuer-specific operating results and outlook and to real or perceived adverse economic and competitive industry conditions.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk—Investing in other investment companies, including ETFs, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

Investment Technique Risk—Some investment techniques of the Fund may be considered aggressive. Risks associated with the use of futures contracts, options, structured notes, and swap agreements include potentially dramatic price changes (losses) in the value of the instruments and imperfect correlations between the price of the contract and the underlying security or index. These instruments may increase the volatility of the Fund and may involve a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of the risk assumed.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Leveraging Risk—The Fund’s investment in derivative instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. The cost of investing in such instruments generally increases as interest rates increase, which will lower the Fund’s return.

Liquidity Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid futures, options, forwards and swap contracts, under certain market conditions, such as when the market makes a “limit move,” it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC Trading Risk—Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

Portfolio Turnover Risk—The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities, which may lead to increased costs to the Fund. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Short Sales Risk—Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the security sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Trading Halt Risk—If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell certain securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index and the Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 1.29%.

Bar Chart

Highest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 12/31/2011) 7.74%

 

Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 9/30/2011) -11.12%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Average Annual Total Returns A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund
Past 1 year
Since Inception
Inception Date
A-Class Shares
3.19% 5.43% Jun. 30, 2010
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
3.19% 3.86% Jun. 30, 2010
A-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
2.07% 3.70% Jun. 30, 2010
A-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 16.32% Jun. 30, 2010
A-Class Shares Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
11.22% 9.29% Jun. 30, 2010
C-Class Shares
6.56% 6.65% Jun. 30, 2010
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
6.56% 5.06% Jun. 30, 2010
C-Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
4.27% 4.74% Jun. 30, 2010
C-Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 16.32% Jun. 30, 2010
C-Class Shares Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
11.22% 9.29% Jun. 30, 2010
Institutional Class Shares
8.64% 7.78% Jun. 30, 2010
Institutional Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions
8.64% 6.18% Jun. 30, 2010
Institutional Class Shares Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
5.61% 5.70% Jun. 30, 2010
Institutional Class Shares S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.00% 16.32% Jun. 30, 2010
Institutional Class Shares Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
11.22% 9.29% Jun. 30, 2010
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus | U.S. Government Money Market Fund

U.S. Government Money Market Fund

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The U.S. Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide security of principal, high current income, and liquidity.

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.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Money Market Class Shares
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) [1] none
[1] If you exchange your A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of another Guggenheim Investments fund for shares of the Fund, and your A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares are subject to a deferred sales charge at the time of the exchange, no deferred sales charge will be incurred on the exchange itself. However, any such deferred sales charge will be assessed at the time you redeem your shares of the Fund.

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feestwo
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus
U.S. Government Money Market Fund
Money Market Class Shares
Management Fees 0.50%
Distribution and Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees none
Other Expenses 0.45%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.95%

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Government Money Market Fund Money Market Class Shares
97 303 526 1,166

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 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 Total 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 0% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund invests primarily in money market instruments issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and enters into repurchase agreements collateralized fully by U.S. government securities. The Fund also may invest in other securities that are determined to be “Eligible Securities” as defined in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), including, but not limited to Eurodollar Time Deposits, securities issued by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (also known as The World Bank), and high-quality commercial paper certificates of deposit, and short-term corporate bonds. The Fund operates in compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) rules, including Rule 2a-7, which impose certain liquidity, maturity and diversification requirements on all registered money market funds. All securities purchased by the Fund must have remaining maturities of 397 days or less, and must be found by the Advisor to represent minimal credit risk and be of eligible quality.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in government securities as defined by Section 2(a)(16) of the 1940 Act (and derivatives thereof). Section 2(a)(16) of the 1940 Act defines “government security” to mean any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Credit Risk—The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument in which it invests becomes unwilling or unable to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise meet its obligations.

Income Risk—Income Risk involves the potential for decline in the Fund’s yield (the rate of dividends the Fund pays) in the event of declining interest rates.

Interest Rate Risk—The market value of fixed income investments and related financial instruments will change in response to interest rate changes. During periods of falling interest rates, the values of fixed income securities generally rise. Conversely, during periods of rising interest rates, the values of such securities generally decline.

Repurchase Agreement Risk—The Fund’s investment in repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk with respect to the repurchase agreement counterparty and underlying collateral securing the repurchase agreements. Investments in repurchase agreements also may be subject to the risk that the market value of the underlying obligations may decline prior to the expiration of the repurchase agreement term.

Stable Price Per Share Risk—The Fund’s assets are valued using the amortized cost method, which enables the Fund to maintain a stable price of $1.00 per share. Although the Fund is managed to maintain a stable price per share of $1.00, there is no guarantee that the price will be constantly maintained, and it is possible to lose money.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

Effective upon the close of business on June 15, 2012, the Fund converted its existing Investor Class Shares, Advisor Class Shares, A-Class Shares, C-Class Shares and Investor2 Class Shares with a single share class. Therefore, the returns shown in the bar chart below for periods prior to June 15, 2012 are the returns of the Fund’s former Investor Class Shares, which were subject to the same fees and expenses as the shares offered in this Prospectus. The Fund’s shares would have annual returns substantially similar to those of the former Investor Class Shares because they are invested in the same portfolio of securities. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing the Fund. Of course, this past performance (before taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 0.00%.

Bar Chart
Highest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 12/31/2006) 1.10%
Lowest Quarter Return
(quarter ended 9/30/2012) 0.00%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (for periods ended December 31, 2012)

Average Annual Total Returns
Past 1 year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
A-Class, C-Class and Institutional Class Shares Prospectus U.S. Government Money Market Fund Money Market Class Shares
none 0.34% 1.29%
H-Class Shares Prospectus | International 2x Strategy Fund

INTERNATIONAL 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

 The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the fair value of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
H-Class Shares Prospectus
International 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
H-Class Shares Prospectus
International 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees   
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses [1]   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
H-Class Shares Prospectus International 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund invests principally in securities of companies included in the underlying index and in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its investment objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to one or more foreign countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. and Canada. As of [date] the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of the following 21 developed market country indices: [Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.] As of [date], the MSCI EAFE Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $        billion to $        billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day move approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       2x   10%   25%   50%   75%   100%
-60%   -120%   -84%   -85%   -88%   -91%   -94%
-50%   -100%   -75%   -77%   -81%   -86%   -91%
-40%   -80%   -65%   -66%   -72%   -80%   -87%
-30%   -60%   -52%   -54%   -62%   -72%   -82%
-20%   -40%   -37%   -41%   -49%   -64%   -78%
-10%   -20%   -20%   -24%   -37%   -55%   -71%
0%   0%   -1%   -5%   -22%   -43%   -65%
10%   20%   19%   14%   -5%   -31%   -58%
20%   40%   42%   36%   11%   -15%   -47%
30%   60%   67%   59%   32%   -3%   -38%
40%   80%   93%   84%   52%   11%   -28%
50%   100%   122%   111%   76%   28%   -20%
60%   120%   154%   140%   100%   44%   -10%

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK  The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivative, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK – The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

MID-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK  The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is not actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating

 greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SMALL-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE INTERNATIONAL 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees   
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses [1]   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. and Canada. As of [date] the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of the following 21 developed market country indices: [Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.] As of [date], the MSCI EAFE Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $        billion to $        billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%  

40% 

  -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK –The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

MID-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK  The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

SMALL-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE PACIFIC 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the MSCI Pacific IndexSM (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees   
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses [1]   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The MSCI Pacific Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the Pacific region. As of [date], the MSCI Pacific Index consisted of the following [5] developed market countries: [Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore]. As of [date], the MSCI Pacific IndexSM included companies with capitalizations ranging from $        billion to $        billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN THE PACIFIC REGION RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting the Pacific region, which consists of Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. In addition, the Fund’s performance is expected to be closely tied to social, political, and economic conditions within Pacific and to be more volatile than the performance of geographically diversified funds.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK –The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

MID-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other

privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK  The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

SMALL-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

H-Class Shares Prospectus | Latin America 2x Strategy Fund

LATIN AMERICA 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the fair value of the S&P Latin America 40 Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees   
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses [1]   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
H-Class Shares Prospectus Latin America 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund invests principally in securities of companies included in the underlying index and in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its investment objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to one or more foreign countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P Latin America 40 Index represents the major economic sectors of Mexican and South American equity markets. It includes highly liquid securities from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The Index serves to cover the large-cap liquid constituents of each key country in Latin America. It is also the Latin America component of S&P Global 1200. As of [date], the S&P Latin America 40 Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $        billion to $        billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day move approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       2x   10%   25%   50%   75%   100%
-60%   -120%   -84%   -85%   -88%   -91%   -94%
-50%   -100%   -75%   -77%   -81%   -86%   -91%
-40%   -80%   -65%   -66%   -72%   -80%   -87%
-30%   -60%   -52%   -54%   -62%   -72%   -82%
-20%   -40%   -37%   -41%   -49%   -64%   -78%
-10%   -20%   -20%   -24%   -37%   -55%   -71%
0%   0%   -1%   -5%   -22%   -43%   -65%
10%   20%   19%   14%   -5%   -31%   -58%
20%   40%   42%   36%   11%   -15%   -47%
30%   60%   67%   59%   32%   -3%   -38%
40%   80%   93%   84%   52%   11%   -28%
50%   100%   122%   111%   76%   28%   -20%
60%   120%   154%   140%   100%   44%   -10%

 

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK  The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivative, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EMERGING MARKETS RISK – The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

EQUITY RISK  The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries

represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN LATIN AMERICA RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting Latin America. While the Fund’s underlying index is designed to include only blue chip stocks from the four countries’ markets, each country’s economy is considered to be an emerging market economy. High interest, inflation, and unemployment rates generally characterize each economy. Currency fluctuations or devaluations in any country can have a significant effect on investments in the Fund.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK – The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other

privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK  The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is not actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE LATIN AMERICA 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the S&P Latin America 40 Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees   
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses [1]   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The S&P Latin America 40 Index represents the major economic sectors of Mexican and South American equity markets. It includes highly liquid securities from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The Index serves to cover the large-cap liquid constituents of each key country in Latin America. It is also the Latin America component of S&P Global 1200. As of [date], the S&P Latin America 40 Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $        billion to $        billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

PRINCIPAL RISKS  As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

 

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EMERGING MARKETS RISK – The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

EQUITY RISK  The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN LATIN AMERICA RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting Latin America. While the Fund’s underlying index is designed to include only blue chip stocks from the four countries’ markets, each country’s economy is considered to be an emerging market economy. High interest, inflation, and unemployment rates generally characterize each economy. Currency fluctuations or devaluations in any country can have a significant effect on investments in the Fund.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK –The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK  The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

H-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE EUROPE 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the Dow Jones STOXX 50 IndexSM (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
H-Class Shares of the Fund.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment) none

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Feesone
H-Class Shares Prospectus
Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund
H-Class
Management Fees   
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses [1]   
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses   
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
H-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund H-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 IndexSM is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 50 European blue chip stocks. Index members are chosen by Stoxx Ltd. from 16 countries under criteria designed to identify highly liquid companies that are leaders in their sectors. As of [date], the Dow Jones Stoxx 50 IndexSM included companies with a capitalization range of $    billion to $    billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EMERGING MARKETS RISK – The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN EUROPE RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting Europe. In addition, countries in Europe may be significantly affected by the tight fiscal and monetary controls of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK –The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK  The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus | International 2x Strategy Fund

INTERNATIONAL 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the fair value of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page      of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page      of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus International 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus International 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Management Fees      
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1]      
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus International 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class
     
C-Class
     

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus International 2x Strategy Fund C-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests principally in securities of companies included in the underlying index and in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its investment objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to one or more foreign countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. and Canada. As of [date] the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of the following 21 developed market country indices: [Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.] As of [date], the MSCI EAFE Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $         billion to $         billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day move approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       2x   10%   25%   50%   75%   100%
-60%   -120%   -84%   -85%   -88%   -91%   -94%
-50%   -100%   -75%   -77%   -81%   -86%   -91%
-40%   -80%   -65%   -66%   -72%   -80%   -87%
-30%   -60%   -52%   -54%   -62%   -72%   -82%
-20%   -40%   -37%   -41%   -49%   -64%   -78%
-10%   -20%   -20%   -24%   -37%   -55%   -71%
0%   0%   -1%   -5%   -22%   -43%   -65%
10%   20%   19%   14%   -5%   -31%   -58%
20%   40%   42%   36%   11%   -15%   -47%
30%   60%   67%   59%   32%   -3%   -38%
40%   80%   93%   84%   52%   11%   -28%
50%   100%   122%   111%   76%   28%   -20%
60%   120%   154%   140%   100%   44%   -10%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivative, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK – The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

MID-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK – The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is not actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SMALL-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE INTERNATIONAL 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia and Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page      of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page      of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Management Fees      
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1]      
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class
     
C-Class
     

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse International 2x Strategy Fund C-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. and Canada. As of [date] the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of the following 21 developed market country indices: [Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.] As of[date], the MSCI EAFE Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $         billion to $         billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

 

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK –The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

MID-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK – The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

SMALL-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

 

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE PACIFIC 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the MSCI Pacific IndexSM (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page      of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page      of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Management Fees      
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1]      
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class
     
C-Class
     

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Pacific 2x Strategy Fund C-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The MSCI Pacific Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the Pacific region. As of [date], the MSCI Pacific Index consisted of the following [5] developed market countries: [Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore]. As of [date], the MSCI Pacific IndexSM included companies with capitalizations ranging from $         billion to $         billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE ] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN THE PACIFIC REGION RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting the Pacific region, which consists of Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. In addition, the Fund’s performance is expected to be closely tied to social, political, and economic conditions within Pacific and to be more volatile than the performance of geographically diversified funds.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK – The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

MID-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK – The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

SMALL-CAPITALIZATION SECURITIES RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may outperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus | Latin America 2x Strategy Fund

LATIN AMERICA 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the fair value of the S&P Latin America 40 Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page      of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page      of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Management Fees      
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1]      
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Latin America 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class
     
C-Class
     

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Latin America 2x Strategy Fund C-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund invests principally in securities of companies included in the underlying index and in derivative instruments which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps and futures and options contracts, if used properly, may enable the Fund to meet its investment objective by increasing the Fund’s exposure to the securities included in the underlying index or to securities whose performance is highly correlated to that of the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to one or more foreign countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in securities of companies in the underlying index and derivatives and other instruments whose performance is expected to correspond to that of the underlying index. The S&P Latin America 40 Index represents the major economic sectors of Mexican and South American equity markets. It includes highly liquid securities from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The Index serves to cover the large-cap liquid constituents of each key country in Latin America. It is also the Latin America component of S&P Global 1200. As of [date], the S&P Latin America 40 Index included companies with capitalizations ranging from $         billion to $         billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivative positions. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day move approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       2x   10%   25%   50%   75%   100%
-60%   -120%   -84%   -85%   -88%   -91%   -94%
-50%   -100%   -75%   -77%   -81%   -86%   -91%
-40%   -80%   -65%   -66%   -72%   -80%   -87%
-30%   -60%   -52%   -54%   -62%   -72%   -82%
-20%   -40%   -37%   -41%   -49%   -64%   -78%
-10%   -20%   -20%   -24%   -37%   -55%   -71%
0%   0%   -1%   -5%   -22%   -43%   -65%
10%   20%   19%   14%   -5%   -31%   -58%
20%   40%   42%   36%   11%   -15%   -47%
30%   60%   67%   59%   32%   -3%   -38%
40%   80%   93%   84%   52%   11%   -28%
50%   100%   122%   111%   76%   28%   -20%
60%   120%   154%   140%   100%   44%   -10%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivative, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EMERGING MARKETS RISK – The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN LATIN AMERICA RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting Latin America. While the Fund’s underlying index is designed to include only blue chip stocks from the four countries’ markets, each country’s economy is considered to be an emerging market economy. High interest, inflation, and unemployment rates generally characterize each economy. Currency fluctuations or devaluations in any country can have a significant effect on investments in the Fund.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK – The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK – The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is not actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE LATIN AMERICA 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the S&P Latin America 40 Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page      of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page      of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Management Fees      
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1]      
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class
     
C-Class
     

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Latin America 2x Strategy Fund C-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 IndexSM is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 50 European blue chip stocks. Index members are chosen by Stoxx Ltd. from 16 countries under criteria designed to identify highly liquid companies that are leaders in their sectors. As of [date], the Dow Jones Stoxx 50 IndexSM included companies with a capitalization range of $         billion to $         billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

 

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EMERGING MARKETS RISK – The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

EQUITY RISK The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN LATIN AMERICA RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting Latin America. While the Fund’s underlying index is designed to include only blue chip stocks from the four countries’ markets, each country’s economy is considered to be an emerging market economy. High interest, inflation, and unemployment rates generally characterize each economy. Currency fluctuations or devaluations in any country can have a significant effect on investments in the Fund.

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK –The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus | Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund

INVERSE EUROPE 2X STRATEGY FUND

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE 

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a specific benchmark. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the fair value of the Dow Jones STOXX 50 IndexSM (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page      of this Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page      of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 4.75% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less) none 1.00%

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund
A-Class
C-Class
Management Fees      
Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses [1]      
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses      
[1] Because the Fund is new, "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class
     
C-Class
     

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
A-Class And C-Class Shares Prospectus Inverse Europe 2x Strategy Fund C-Class
     

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 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 Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES 

The Fund employs as its investment strategy a program of engaging in short sales of securities generally included in the underlying index and investing in leveraged derivatives instruments, which primarily consist of equity index swaps, futures contracts, and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. Equity index swaps, short sales, and futures and options contracts enable the Fund to pursue its objective without selling short each of the securities included in the underlying index. The Fund may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that provide exposure to emerging market countries and in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to the underlying index. While the Fund anticipates investing in these instruments to seek to achieve its investment objective, the extent of the Fund’s investment in these instruments may vary from day to day depending on a number of different factors, including price, availability, and general market conditions. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index. The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 IndexSM is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 50 European blue chip stocks. Index members are chosen by Stoxx Ltd. from 16 countries under criteria designed to identify highly liquid companies that are leaders in their sectors. As of [date], the Dow Jones Stoxx 50 IndexSM included companies with a capitalization range of $         billion to $         billion. Certain of the Fund’s derivative investments may be traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may hold U.S. government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its short sales and derivative positions. . In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. To the extent the underlying index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

ACTIVE TRADING RISK – Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance and result in short-term capital gains, which have a negative tax effect. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

CORRELATION AND COMPOUNDING RISK – A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its benchmark, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective. The risk of the Fund not achieving its investment objective will be more acute when the underlying index has an extreme one-day movement approaching 50%. In addition, as a result of compounding and the times at which the Fund and the underlying index calculate their respective NAVs, the Fund’s performance is likely to be either greater than or less than the performance of the underlying index times the stated multiple in the Fund’s investment objective, before accounting for fees and fund expenses.

Compounding affects all investments, but has a more significant impact on a leveraged index fund. In general, particularly during periods of higher index volatility, compounding will cause longer-term results to be more or less than the return of the Fund’s benchmark. This effect becomes more pronounced as volatility increases.

Fund performance for periods greater than one day can be estimated given any set of assumptions for the following factors: (a) underlying index performance; (b) underlying index volatility; (c) financing rates associated with leverage; (d) other Fund expenses; (e) dividends paid by companies in the underlying index; and (f) period of time. The chart below illustrates the impact of two principal factors – volatility and index performance – on Fund performance. The chart shows estimated Fund returns for a number of combinations of performance and volatility over a one-year period. Performance shown in the chart assumes: (a) no dividends paid by the companies included in the underlying index; (b) no Fund expenses; and (c) a cost of leverage of zero percent. If Fund expenses were included, the Fund’s performance would be lower than shown.

Areas shaded lighter represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return more than twice the inverse performance of the underlying index; conversely, areas shaded darker represent those scenarios where the Fund can be expected to return the same or less than twice the performance of the underlying index.

                         
Index Performance   Annualized Volatility
    1x       -2x   1x   -2x   1x   -2x   1x
-60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%   120%   -60%
-50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%   100%   -50%
-40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%   80%   -40%
-30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%   60%   -30%
-20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%   40%   -20%
-10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%   20%   -10%
0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%   0%
10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%   -20%   10%
20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%   -40%   20%
30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%   -60%   30%
40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%   -80%   40%
50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%   -100%   50%
60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%   -120%   60%

The underlying index’s annualized historical volatility rate for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %. The underlying index’s highest one-year volatility rate during the five year period is     %. The underlying index’s annualized performance for the five year period ended [DATE] is     %.

Historical underlying index volatility and performance are not indications of what the underlying index volatility and performance will be in the future.

COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK – The Fund may invest in financial instruments involving counterparties that attempt to gain exposure to a particular group of securities, index or asset class without actually purchasing those securities or investments, or to hedge a position. The Fund’s use of such financial instruments, including swap agreements, involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. For example, if a swap agreement counterparty defaults on its payment obligations to the Fund, this default will cause the value of your investment in the Fund to decrease. Swap agreements also may be considered to be illiquid. Similarly, if the credit quality of an issuer or guarantor of a debt instrument improves, this change may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investment.

CURRENCY RISK – The Fund’s indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, or, in the case of short positions, that the U.S. Dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. The Fund also may incur transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPT RISK – The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

DERIVATIVES RISK – The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.

EARLY CLOSING RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

EMERGING MARKETS RISK – The Fund’s investments may have exposure to emerging markets. Emerging markets can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile because they are countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the World Bank, and other countries or markets with similar characteristics as determined by the Advisor.

EQUITY RISK – The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

FOREIGN ISSUER EXPOSURE RISK – The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION IN EUROPE RISK – Because a significant portion of the assets of the Fund are invested in a specific geographical region, the value of its investments and the net asset value of the Fund could decline more dramatically as a result of adverse events affecting Europe. In addition, countries in Europe may be significantly affected by the tight fiscal and monetary controls of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

INVESTMENT IN INVESTMENT COMPANIES RISK – Investing in other investment companies subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment company, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment company could decrease. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the expenses of the underlying investment companies’ expenses.

LEVERAGING RISK –The Fund achieves leveraged exposure to the underlying index through the use of derivative instruments. The more the Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments. The Fund’s investment in these instruments generally requires a small investment relative to the amount of investment exposure assumed. As a result, such investments may give rise to losses that exceed the amount invested in those instruments. Since the Fund’s investment strategy involves consistently applied leverage, the value of the Fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in the underlying index. Leverage also will have the effect of magnifying tracking error.

LIQUIDITY RISK – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

MARKET RISK – The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK – The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

OTC TRADING RISK – Certain of the derivatives in which the Fund may invest may be traded (and privately negotiated) in the OTC market. While the OTC derivatives market is the primary trading venue for many derivatives, it is largely unregulated. As a result and similar to other privately negotiated contracts, the Fund is subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to such derivative contracts.

PASSIVE INVESTMENT RISK – The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK – The Fund’s strategy may frequently involve buying and selling portfolio securities to rebalance the Fund’s exposure to various market sectors. Higher portfolio turnover may result in the Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and generating greater tax liabilities for shareholders. Portfolio turnover risk may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

SHORT SALES RISK – Short selling a security involves selling a borrowed security with the expectation that the value of the security will decline, so that the security may be purchased at a lower price when returning the borrowed security. The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Government actions also may affect the Fund’s ability to engage in short selling.

STATUS AS A REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY RISK – The Fund may realize gains from the sale or other disposition of foreign currencies and other income (including gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived from investing in stock, securities, or foreign currencies. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to issue regulations that might cause the Fund, as a result of its realization of such foreign currency gains, to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company. As of the date of this Prospectus, no regulations have been issued pursuant to this authorization, but such regulations may be issued in the future.

TRACKING ERROR RISK – The Advisor may not be able to cause the Fund’s performance to correlate to that of the Fund’s benchmark, either on a daily or aggregate basis. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the underlying index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the underlying index, regulatory policies, high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error. Tracking error may cause the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect.

TRADING HALT RISK – If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 

A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund has not yet commenced operations and, therefore, does not have any performance history. Of course, once the Fund has performance for a full calendar year, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.