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SUMMARY
PROSPECTUS

 

RPSIX

 

May 1, 2016

 
  

T. Rowe Price

Spectrum Income Fund

A fund seeking high current income through investments in other T. Rowe Price bond funds.

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 troweprice.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling
1-800-225-5132 or by sending an e-mail request to info@troweprice.com. This Summary Prospectus incorporates by reference the fund’s prospectus, dated May 1, 2016, and Statement of Additional Information, dated May 1, 2016.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


  

Summary

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Investment Objective

The fund seeks a high level of current income with moderate share price fluctuation.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund*

  

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on
purchases

NONE

  

Maximum deferred sales charge (load)

NONE

  

Redemption fee

NONE

  

Maximum account fee

$20a

Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a
percentage of the value of your investment)

Management fees

0.00%

  

Distribution and service (12b-1) fees

0.00%

  

Other expenses

0.00%

  

Acquired fund fees and expenses

0.69%

  

Total annual fund operating expenses

 0.69%

* While the fund itself charges no management fee, it will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the expenses of the underlying T. Rowe Price funds in which it invests (acquired funds). The acquired funds are expected to bear the operating expenses of the fund.

a Subject to certain exceptions, accounts with a balance of less than $10,000 are charged an annual $20 fee.

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:

    

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

$70

$221

$384

$859

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


  

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most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 17.9% of the average value of its portfolio.

Investments, Risks, and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies The fund broadly diversifies its assets among a set of T. Rowe Price mutual funds representing specific market segments. The fund, which normally invests in a variety of domestic and international bond funds, a money market fund, and an income-oriented stock fund, seeks to maintain broad exposure to several markets in an attempt to reduce the impact of markets that are declining and to benefit from good performance in particular market segments over time.

The fund can invest in funds holding high-quality domestic and foreign bonds, high-yield bonds (“junk” bonds), short- and long-term securities, and dividend-paying stocks.

Within the ranges shown in the following table, the portfolio manager decides how much of the fund’s assets to allocate to underlying fund investments based on the outlook for, and on the relative valuations of, the underlying funds and the various markets in which they invest.

   

Asset Allocation Ranges for Underlying Funds

Spectrum Income Fund

Investment Range

Corporate Income

0%-10

%

Emerging Markets Bond

0%-20

%

Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond

0%-10

%

Equity Income

5%-25

%

Floating Rate

0%-10

%

GNMA

5%-20

%

High Yield

5%-25

%

Inflation Protected Bond

0%-10

%

International Bond

0%-20

%

Limited Duration Inflation Focused Bond

0%-10

%

New Income

10%-30

%

Short-Term Bond

0%-15

%

U.S. Treasury Intermediate

0%-10

%

U.S. Treasury Long-Term

0%-15

%

U.S. Treasury Money

0%-25

%

Ultra Short-Term Bond

0%-10

%

The fund may sell shares of the underlying funds for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into more promising opportunities.

Principal Risks As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective. The fund’s share price fluctuates, which means you could lose money by investing in the fund. The principal risks of investing in this fund are summarized as follows:


  

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Asset allocation risk The fund’s risks will directly correspond to the risks of the underlying funds in which it invests. By investing in many underlying funds, the fund has partial exposure to the risks of many different areas of the market. However, the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market sectors could cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.

Interest rate risk A rise in interest rates could cause the price of a bond fund in which the fund invests to fall. Generally, securities with longer maturities or durations and funds with longer weighted average maturities or durations carry greater interest rate risk.

Credit risk An issuer of a debt security held by an underlying bond fund could be downgraded or default, thereby negatively affecting the fund’s price or yield. The fund is exposed to greater credit risk to the extent it invests in underlying funds that hold high yield bonds. Issuers of high yield bonds are usually not as strong financially and the securities they issue carry a higher risk of default and should be considered speculative.

Liquidity risk This is the risk that an underlying fund may not be able to sell a holding in a timely manner at a desired price.

International investing risk Investing in funds that hold the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in funds that hold the securities of U.S. issuers. International securities tend to be more volatile and less liquid than investments in U.S. securities and may lose value because of adverse local, political, social, or economic developments overseas, or due to changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. In addition, international investments are subject to settlement practices and regulatory and financial reporting standards that differ from those of the U.S.

Emerging markets risk The risks of international investing are heightened for securities of issuers in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries tend to have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than those of developed countries. In addition to all of the risks of investing in international developed markets, emerging markets are more susceptible to governmental interference, local taxes being imposed on international investments, restrictions on gaining access to sales proceeds, and less liquid and less efficient trading markets.

Dividend-paying stock risk To the extent the fund invests in an underlying fund that focuses on stocks, it is exposed to greater volatility and the risk of stock market declines that could cause the fund to underperform bond funds with similar objectives. Stocks of established companies paying high dividends may not participate in a broad market advance to the same degree as most other stocks, and a sharp rise in interest rates could cause a company to reduce or eliminate its dividend.


  

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Performance The bar chart showing calendar year returns and the average annual total returns table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund by showing how much returns can differ from year to year and how the fund’s average annual returns for certain periods compare with the returns of a relevant broad-based market index, as well as with the returns of one or more comparative indexes that have investment characteristics similar to those of the fund. The fund’s performance information represents only past performance (before and after taxes) and is not necessarily an indication of future results.

The fund can also experience short-term performance swings, as shown by the best and worst calendar quarter returns during the years depicted.

In addition, the average annual total returns table shows hypothetical after-tax returns to demonstrate how taxes paid by a shareholder may influence returns. 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 shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a 401(k) account or individual retirement account. In some cases, the figure shown for “returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares” may be higher than the figure shown for “returns before taxes” because the calculations assume the investor received a tax deduction for any loss incurred on the sale of shares.


  

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Average Annual Total Returns

          

 

 

 

Periods ended

 

 

  

December 31, 2015

 

 

  

1 Year 

  

5 Years 

  

10 Years 

  

 

 

Spectrum Income Fund

         

 

 

 

Returns before taxes

-2.02 

%

3.77 

%

5.16 

%

 

 

 

Returns after taxes on distributions

-3.60 

 

 

2.15 

 

 

3.44 

 

 

 

 

 

Returns after taxes on distributions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and sale of fund shares

-0.80 

 

 

2.36 

 

 

3.44 

 

 

 

 

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

0.55 

 

 

3.25 

 

 

4.51 

 

 

 

 

Lipper Multi-Sector Income Funds Average

-1.68 

 

 

3.46 

 

 

4.71 

 

 

 

Updated performance information is available through troweprice.com or may be obtained by calling 1-800-225-5132.

Management

Investment Adviser T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (T. Rowe Price)

    

Portfolio Manager

Title

Managed Fund Since

Joined Investment
Adviser

Charles M. Shriver

Chairman of Investment

Advisory Committee

2011

1999

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The fund requires a $1,000 minimum initial investment and a $100 minimum subsequent investment for individual retirement accounts, small business retirement plan accounts, and Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or Uniform Transfers to Minors Act accounts. For all other accounts, the fund generally requires a $2,500 minimum initial investment and a $100 minimum subsequent investment. The investment minimums may be modified for financial intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers.

You may purchase, redeem, or exchange fund shares by accessing your account online at troweprice.com, by calling 1-800-225-5132, or by written request. If you hold shares through a financial intermediary, you must purchase, redeem, and exchange shares through your intermediary.


  

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Tax Information

The fund declares dividends daily and pays them on the first business day of each month. Any capital gains are declared and paid annually, usually in December. Redemptions or exchanges of fund shares and distributions by the fund, whether or not you reinvest these amounts in additional fund shares, may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains unless you invest through a tax-deferred account (although you may be taxed upon withdrawal from such account).

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), 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 website for more information.


  

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
100 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

F88-045 5/1/16