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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%