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Summary Prospectus     October 1, 2011
 
American Century Investments®
Veedot® Fund
 
Investor Class: AMVIX
Institutional Class: AVDIX
     

 
Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus and other information about the fund online at the web addresses listed below. You can also get this information at no cost by calling or sending an email request. The fund’s prospectus and other information are also available from financial intermediaries (such as banks and broker-dealers) through which shares of the fund may be purchased or sold.
 
     
 
Retail Investors
americancentury.com/funds/fund_reports.jsp
1-800-345-2021 or 816-531-5575
prospectus@americancentury.com
Financial Professionals
americancentury.com/ipro/funds/fund_reports_mf.jsp
1-800-345-6488
advisor_prospectus@americancentury.com
 
       
 
This summary prospectus incorporates by reference the fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information (SAI), each dated March 1, 2011 (as supplemented at the time you receive this summary prospectus), as well as the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and the financial statements included in the fund’s annual report to shareholders, dated October 31, 2010. The fund's SAI and annual report may be obtained, free of charge, in the same manner as the prospectus.
 
 
Investment Objective
 
The fund seeks long-term capital growth.
 
Fees and Expenses
 
The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
   
 
Investor
Institutional
Maximum Annual Account Maintenance Fee
(waived if eligible investments total at least $10,000)
$25
None
Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged for shares held less than 180 days prior to November 14, 2011, or less than 60 days on or after November 14, 2011)
2.00%
2.00%
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
Investor
Institutional
Management Fee
1.25%
1.05%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
None
None
Other Expenses
0.01%
0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.26%
1.06%
 
Example
 
The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs 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, that you earn 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:
 
 
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Investor Class
$129
$400
$692
$1,522
Institutional Class
$108
$338
$585
$1,294
 
 
 

 
 
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 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 260% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
Principal Investments, Principal Risks and Performance
 
The portfolio managers look for stocks of companies they believe will increase in value over time, using an investment strategy developed by American Century Investments. In implementing this strategy, the portfolio managers make their investment decisions based primarily on their analysis of individual companies, rather than on broad economic forecasts. Management of the fund is based on the belief that, over the long term, stock price movements follow growth in earnings, revenues and/or cash flow.
 
The portfolio managers use an approach to common stock investing that relies heavily on quantitative tools to identify companies, regardless of size, industry type or geographic location, whose share price patterns suggest their stocks are likely to increase in value. This technical analysis is particularly oriented to identifying attractive price patterns for companies whose earnings and revenues are not only growing, but growing at an accelerating pace. This includes companies whose growth rates, although still negative, are less negative than prior periods, and companies whose growth rates are expected to accelerate. These companies would be candidates for purchase. Conversely, companies whose share price patterns suggest a likely decline in price would be candidates for sale, if owned by the fund. On occasion, the process may look favorably on a company whose share price pattern appears attractive even though the company looks less attractive based on the growth screen.
 
The process driving the fund is specifically designed to respond quickly to changing stock market conditions. As a result, the fund’s portfolio turnover, perhaps as much as 200-400% per year or more, may be significantly higher than that of many other funds.
 
The fund’s principal risks include:
 
Growth Stocks – Investments in growth stocks may involve special risks and their prices may fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market.
   
Investment Process – There is also risk associated with reliance on the fund’s computer-based investment process. If the investment style embedded in this process falls out of favor with the market, the fund’s performance may suffer.
   
Nondiversification – The fund is classified as nondiversified. This gives the portfolio managers the flexibility to hold large positions in a small number of securities. If so, a price change in any one of those securities may have a greater impact on the fund’s share prices than would be the case in a diversified fund.
   
Foreign Securities – The fund may invest in foreign securities, which can be riskier than investing in U.S. securities. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. securities.  Investing in securities of companies located in emerging market countries generally is also riskier than investing in securities of companies located in foreign developed countries.
   
Market Risk – The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market.
   
Price Volatility – The value of the fund’s shares may fluctuate significantly in the short term.
   
Principal Loss – At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
 
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
 
 
 

 
Annual Total Returns
 
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the fund’s performance from year to year for Investor Class shares. The table shows how the fund’s average annual returns for the periods shown compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. For current performance information, please visit americancentury.com.
 
Sales charges and account fees, if applicable, are not reflected in the bar chart. If those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.
 
Highest Performance Quarter
(2Q 2003): 20.74%

Lowest Performance Quarter
(3Q 2008): -25.25%
 
For the calendar year ended December 31, 2010
1 year
5 years
10 years
Investor Class Return Before Taxes
13.35%
0.84%
0.42%
   Return After Taxes on Distributions
13.33%
0.84%
0.42%
   Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
8.71%
0.72%
0.36%
Institutional Class Return Before Taxes
13.73%
1.08%
0.64%
Russell 3000® Index
   (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
16.93%
2.74%
2.16%
 
The after-tax returns are shown only for Investor Class shares. After-tax returns for other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or IRAs.
 
Portfolio Management
 
Investment Advisor
 
American Century Investment Management, Inc.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
John T. Small Jr., Vice President and Portfolio Manager, has been a member of the team that manages the fund since 1999.
 
Stephen Pool, Portfolio Manager, has been a member of the team that manages the fund since 2002.
 
 
 

 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
 
You may purchase or redeem shares of the fund on any business day through our Web site at americancentury.com, by mail (American Century Investments, P.O. Box 419200, Kansas City, MO 64141-6200), by telephone at 1-800-345-2021 (Investor Services Representative) or 1-800-345-3533 (Business, Not-For-Profit and Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans), or through a financial intermediary. Shares may be purchased by electronic bank transfer, by check or by wire. You may receive redemption proceeds by electronic bank transfer or by check.
 
Unless otherwise specified below, the minimum initial investment amount to open an account is $2,500 ($2,000 for Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Investors opening accounts through financial intermediaries may open an account with $250 for all classes except Institutional Class, but the financial intermediaries may require their clients to meet different investment minimums. The minimum may be waived for broker-dealer sponsored wrap program accounts, fee based accounts, and accounts through bank/trust and wealth management advisory organizations or certain employer-sponsored retirement plans.
 
The minimum initial investment amount for Institutional Class is generally $5 million ($3 million for endowments and foundations), but the minimum may be waived if you, or your financial intermediary if you invest through an omnibus account, has an aggregate investment in the American Century family of funds of $10 million or more.
 
There is a $50 minimum for subsequent purchases, except that there is no subsequent purchase minimum for financial intermediaries or employer-sponsored retirement plans. For purposes of fund minimums, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or SARSEPs.
 
Tax Information
 
Fund distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred account such as a 401(k) or individual retirement account.
 
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
 
If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank, insurance company, plan sponsor or financial professional), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s Web site for more information.
 
 
 

 
 
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