N-CSRS/A 1 sit200705ncsrsa.htm SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT MAY 2007 Saturna Investment Trust Form N-CSRS

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM N-CSRS/A

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05071 or 33-13247

SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1300 N. State Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225-4730

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including ZIP Code)

Nicholas F. Kaiser
1300 N. State Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225-4730
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Registrant’s Telephone Number- (360)734-9900

Date of fiscal year end: November 30, 2007
Date of reporting period: May 31, 2007

 

 


 

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Table of Contents:
Additional Performance Information Page 2
Letter To Shareowners Page 3
Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund Page 4
Sextant Bond Income Fund Page 8
Sextant Core Fund Page 12
Sextant Growth Fund Page 18
Sextant International Fund Page 23
Expense Examples Page 28
Notes To Financial Statements Page 29
Privacy Statement Page 31

 

Average Annual Returns
(as of 6/30/2007) 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Expense Ratio¹
Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund 5.13% 2.65% 2.97% 4.54% 1.59%
Sextant Bond Income Fund 4.91% 3.08% 4.14% 5.83% 1.48%
Sextant Core Fund² N/A N/A N/A N/A 1.35%
Sextant Growth Fund 17.43% 16.99% 13.21% 10.32% 1.46%
Sextant International Fund 32.63% 24.73% 18.61% 10.00% 1.30%

Performance data quoted in this report represents past performance, is before any taxes payable by shareowners, and is no guarantee of future performance. Mutual fund performance changes over time and currently may be significantly higher or lower than stated. Performance and Morningstar™ rating data current to the most recent month-end is published online at www.saturna.com and is available by calling toll free (800) SATURNA. Total returns are historical and include change in share value and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. Share price, yield and return will vary and you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. Funds that invest in foreign securities may involve greater risk, including political and economic uncertainties of foreign countries as well as the risk of currency fluctuations.

¹ By regulation, the expense ratios shown in this table are as of the Funds' most recent prospectus dated March 30, 2007, incorporating results from the 2006 fiscal year. The semi-annual expense ratios shown elsewhere in this report (see page 28) differ from those in this table and represent the most recent semi-annual fiscal period.

² The Sextant Core Fund began operations March 30, 2007 and does not yet have annualized returns to report.

Morningstar™, Inc. is an independent fund performance monitor. Rankings are determined monthly from total returns by Morningstar™, by category as determined by Morningstar™. The average total return for a category is determined by Saturna Capital, utilizing the Morningstar™ database. Results are shown for 12 months because the Sextant Funds' performance fees are based on the same period.

 

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Fellow Shareowners:

For the six months ended May 31, 2007, the five Sextant funds continued to reflect the markets where they invest. Sextant International Fund did the best, up 16.52% as its non-US stock portfolio grew in value with the continuing US dollar decline. Sextant Growth Fund, up 9.16%, reflected a rising US stock market (the S&P 500 gained 10.29% for the 6 months). The two Sextant bond funds continued to suffer from the steady rise in interest rates, with Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund returning 1.33% and Sextant Bond Income Fund returning -0.39%.

The new Sextant Core Fund, combining domestic and international stocks as well as long and short-term bonds, appreciated a respectable 4.30% since beginning operations on March 30th. This Fund well meets the needs of investors seeking a balanced portfolio where one decision can meet many requirements.

Looking forward, the increase in most interest rates appears to be nearing conclusion, meaning bonds may finally shine. Lower-quality ("high yield") bonds are suffering most as the excesses in subprime mortgage lending are being pressured by the weak real estate market. The US economy and business profits march constantly up, greatly boosting income tax receipts and reducing pressure on the federal deficit. The once over-heated and leveraged housing sector is cooling fast, meaning "burnt finger" speculators in real estate will again be considering the security markets. Corporate profits should continue growing at 6 to 9% annually, meaning the equity markets are likely to go even higher.

The no-load Sextant Funds are designed to address a broad spectrum of investment needs. All Sextant Funds stress low operating expenses and employ a "fulcrum" advisory fee structure that rewards or penalizes Saturna Capital for investment results. Contrary to popular wisdom, a higher fund advisory fee that results from superior investment performance under a fulcrum advisory fee structure and consequently a higher fund expense ratio is actually in the best interests of shareowners. Last summer, the Trustees and shareowners approved a simple 12b-1 plan to pay distribution expenses intended to help the Sextant funds grow in size. As fixed costs are spread over more investor assets, all investors can benefit from a lower expense ratio. Its pleasing to note, therefore, that total Sextant Fund assets have grown 99% in the 18 months since November 30, 2005. And regardless of the 12b-1 plan, the voluntary waiver of fees by the advisor effectively caps the expense ratio in Sextant Short-Term Bond and Sextant Bond Income at 0.75% and 0.90%, respectively.

For the twelve months (our performance fee computation period) ended May 31, 2007, comparative total returns and percentile Morningstar category rankings (1 is best)† are:

Sextant Fund Total Return vs. Morningstar† Total Return Rank (category size)†
Short-Term Bond 4.88% Short-term Bond 4.85% 51 (434)
Bond Income 5.13% Long-term Bond 8.38% 90 (35)
Growth 18.76% Mid-Cap Growth 19.47% 58 (983)
International 31.01% Foreign Large Blend 25.66% 4 (696)

Further information on each Fund is found in its section of this report. Perhaps uniquely, equity portfolio brokerage commission expenses are entirely borne by the adviser. Consequently, the Sextant Funds can not use portfolio brokerage to pay any expenses of the Funds or the adviser. Another unusual feature of the Sextant funds: on average, over one-third of each Sextant Fund is owned by the trustees, officers, and their related accounts.

Our portfolio managers welcome your comments and suggestions. We invite you to invest your money with ours.

Nicholas Kaiser, President
(Manager, Sextant Growth, Sextant International; Co-manager, Sextant Core Fund)

Phelps McIlvaine, Vice President
(Manager, Sextant Short-Term Bond, Sextant Bond Income; Co-manager, Sextant Core Fund)

July 17, 2007

† The 12-month Rank shows how each Fund ranks in its Morningstar™ peer category for the year ended May 31, 2007. See page 2 for more information on Morningstar™ Rankings.

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Schedule of Investments

Rating¹ Issuer Coupon/Maturity Face Amount Market Value Percentage of Assets
Cosmetics & Toiletries
A Avon Products Inc. 6.55% due 8/1/2007 $95,000 $94,792 3.3%
Finance & Insurance
AAA HSBC Finance Corp. 6.375% due 10/15/2011 100,000 103,219 3.6%
AAA Lehman Brothers Holdings 5.75% due 4/25/2011 100,000 100,793 3.5%
200,000 204,012 7.1%
Food & Beverages
BBB Fortune Brands 5.125% due 1/15/2011 120,000 117,460 4.1%
A+ WM Wrigley Jr. Co. 4.30% due 7/15/2010 100,000 96,935 3.4%
220,000 214,396 7.5%
Machinery
A Caterpillar Inc. 7.25% due 9/15/2009 100,000 103,760 3.6%
A- Rockwell Automation Int'l 6.15% due 1/15/2008 95,000 94,858 3.3%
195,000 198,618 6.9%
Medical Drugs
A Amgen 6.50% due 12/1/2007 90,000 89,829 3.1%
Oil & Gas
A- ConocoPhillips 8.75% due 5/25/2010 100,000 109,084 3.8%
Retail-Discount & Variety
A- TJ X Companies Inc. 7.45% due 12/15/2009 95,000 98,808 3.4%
Telecommunications
BBB+ Southwestern Bell Telephone 6.625% due 7/15/2007 95,000 94,700 3.3%
U.S. Government
AAA U.S. T-Note 4.00% due 6/15/2009 200,000 196,500 6.9%
AAA U.S. T-Note 4.00% due 4/15/2010 200,000 195,344 6.8%
400,000 391,844 13.7%
U.S. Government Agency
AAA Federal Farm Credit Bank 4.62% due 12/7/2009 100,000 98,513 3.4%
AAA Federal Farm Credit Bank 5.79% due 6/5/2013 200,000 200,632 7.0%
AAA Federal Home Loan Bank 4.60% due 5/18/2009 120,000 118,560 4.1%
AAA Federal Home Loan Bank 4.00% due 8/15/2007 300,000 299,099 10.4%
AAA Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 4.125% due 11/6/2009 120,000 117,137 4.1%
AAA Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 4.00% due 2/23/2007 120,000 119,460 4.2%
960,000 953,401 33.2%
Utilities
BBB+ PSI Energy 7.85% due 10/15/2007 90,000 90,503 3.1%
BBB+ Scottish Power PLC 4.91% due 3/15/2010 100,000 97,297 3.4%
190,000 187,800 6.5%
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Rating¹ Issuer Coupon/Maturity Face Amount Market Value Percentage of Assets
Total Investments (Cost = $2,659,049) $2,640,000 $2,637,283 91.8%
Other Assets (net of liabilities) 235,572 8.2%
Total Net Assets $2,872,855 100.0%
¹Ratings are the lesser of S&P or Moody's.

 

Ratings Established By Adviser By Standard & Poor's By Moody's Investor Services
AAA 46.8% 46.8% 46.8%
AA 3.6% 3.6% 3.6%
A 30.8% 33.9% 27.5%
BBB 10.6% 7.5% 10.6%
Unrated 0.0% 0.0% 3.3%
Other Assets 8.2% 8.2% 8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights Period ended Year Ended November 30,
Selected data per share of capital stock outstanding throughout period: May 31, 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Net asset value at beginning of period $4.90 $4.85 $4.97 $5.09 $5.07 $5.10
Income from investment operations
Net investment income 0.08 0.16 0.17 0.19 0.23 0.27
Net gains or losses on securities (both realized and unrealized) (0.02) 0.05 (0.12) (0.12) 0.02 (0.02)
Total from investment operations 0.06 0.21 0.05 0.07 0.25 0.25
Less distributions
Dividends (from net investment income) (0.08) (0.16) (0.17) (0.19) (0.23) (0.28)
Total distributions (0.08) (0.16) (0.17) (0.19) (0.23) (0.28)
Paid-in capital from early redemption fees¹ *0.00 *0.00 *0.00 - - -
Net asset value at end of period $4.88 $4.90 $4.85 $4.97 $5.09 $5.07
Total Return 1.33% 4.41% 0.96% 1.41% 5.00% 4.90%
Ratios / Supplemental Data
Net assets ($000), end of period $2,873 $2,937 $2,557 $2,255 $2,259 $2,177
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Before fee waivers and custody fee credits 0.80% 1.39% 1.23% 1.14% 1.17% 1.14%
After fee waivers and custody fee credits 0.38% 0.57% 0.59% 0.58% 0.60% 0.93%
Ratio of net investment income after waivers and custody credits to average net assets 1.70% 3.41% 3.35% 3.80% 4.47% 5.23%
Portfolio turnover rate 0% 41% 33% 37% 22% 28%
¹Early redemption fee adopted March 29, 2005 *Amount is less than $0.01

 

Statement of Change in Net Assets Period ended May 31, 2007 Year ended Nov. 30, 2006
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets
From Operations
Net investment income $49,891 $87,091
Net realized gain (loss) on investments 1,675 (10,899)
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (12,012) 34,663
Net increase in net assets $39,554 $110,855
Dividends to shareowners from
Net investment income (49,900) (85,431)
Fund Share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares 311,790 828,422
Value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends 46,118 84,144
Early redemption fees retained 9 64
Cost of shares redeemed (412,088) (557,227)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets (54,171) 355,403
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (64,517) 380,827
Net Assets
Beginning of period 2,937,372 2,556,545
End of period $2,872,855 $2,937,372
Undistributed net investment income $ - $1,660
Shares of the fund sold and redeemed
Number of shares sold 63,746 170,721
Number of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends 9,432 17,342
Number of shares redeemed (84,328) (114,974)
Net increase (decrease) in number of shares outstanding (11,150) 73,089

 

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Statement of Operations

For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007
Investment Income
Interest income $60,717
Gross Investment Income 60,717
Expenses
Investment adviser and administration fees 8,607
Filing and registration fees 4,549
Distribution fees 3,586
Custodian fees 1,677
Audit fees 1,649
Insurance 930
Chief compliance officer expenses 748
Printing and postage 542
Trustee fees 319
Legal fees 234
Other expenses 140
Total gross expenses 22,981
Less adviser fees waived (10,478)
Less custodian fees waived (1,677)
Net expenses 10,826
Net investment income 49,891
Net realized gain on investments
Proceeds from sales 180,970
Less cost of securities sold (based on identified cost) 179,295
Realized net gain 1,675
Unrealized gain on investments
End of period (21,766)
Beginning of period (9,754)
Decrease in unrealized gain for the period (12,012)
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments (10,337)
Net Increase in net assets resulting from operations $39,554

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of May 31, 2007
Assets
Bond investments (Cost $2,659,049) $2,637,283
Cash 200,330
Interest Receivable 39,354
Receivable for Fund shares sold 1,200
Total Assets 2,878,167
Liabilities
Payable for Fund shares redeemed 5,228
Other liabilities (1,238)
Distribution Payable 707
Accrued 12b-1 Fees 615
Total Liabilities 5,312
Net Assets 2,872,855
Analysis of Net Assets
Paid in Capital (unlimited shares authorized, without par value) 2,941,903
Undistributed net investment income 1,660
Accumulated net realized loss (48,942)
Unrealized net depreciation on investments (21,766)
Net Assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding $2,872,855
Fund shares outstanding 588,928
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share $4.88

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Rating¹ Issuer Coupon/Maturity Face Amount Market Value Percentage of Assets
Agricultural
A Archer Daniels Midlands 7.00% due 2/1/2031 $100,000 $110,319 3.5%
Automotive
BBB Auto Zone Inc. 5.50% due 11/15/2015 95,000 90,596 2.9%
Banking
AA- Citicorp 7.25% due 10/15/2011 50,000 53,685 1.7%
A Comerica Bank 7.125% due 12/1/2013 50,000 50,182 1.6%
AA+ Norwest Financial 6.85% due 7/15/2009 50,000 51,048 1.6%
150,000 154,915 4.9%
Building Products
BBB+ Masco Corporation 7.125% due 8/15/2013 60,000 63,218 2.0%
Chemicals
A Air Products & Chemicals 8.75% due 4/15/2021 50,000 63,079 2.0%
Diversified Financial Services
AAA General Electric Captial Corp. 8.125% due 5/15/2012 60,000 66,657 2.1%
Electric Utilities
BBB- Commonwealth Edison 7.50% due 7/1/2013 50,000 52,768 1.7%
A Florida Power & Light 5.95% due 10/1/2033 100,000 98,868 3.1%
150,000 151,636 4.8%
Electronics
A- Koninlijke Phillips Electronics 7.25% due 8/15/2013 50,000 52,961 1.7%
BBB+ Sempra Energy Corp. 7.95% due 3/1/2010 50,000 52,630 1.6%
100,000 105,591 3.3%
Food
BBB Conagra 7.875% due 9/15/2010 33,000 35,040 1.1%
A+ Hershey Foods Co. 6.95% due 8/15/2012 50,000 52,445 1.7%
BBB HJ Heinz 6.00% due 3/15/2012 75,000 75,868 2.4%
158,000 163,353 5.2%
Insurance
A+ Allstate 7.50% due 6/15/2013 50,000 54,370 1.7%
A+ Progressive Corp. 7.00% due 10/1/2013 75,000 79,472 2.5%
A- XL Capital (Europe) 6.50% due 1/15/2012 90,000 92,538 3.0%
215,000 226,380 7.2%
Investment Finance
A+ Bear Stearns Co. 3.50% due 6/27/2008 154,000 143,535 4.6%
A+ Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 6.75% due 10/15/2013 50,000 52,297 1.7%
AAA Paine Webber Group 7.625% due 2/15/2014 50,000 54,753 1.7%
254,000 250,585 8.0%
Machinery
A Caterpillar Inc. 9.375% due 8/15/2011 40,000 45,075 1.4%
A Deere & Co. 8.10% due 5/15/2030 95,000 117,951 3.8%
135,000 163,026 5.2%
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Rating¹ Issuer Coupon/Maturity Face Amount Market Value Percentage of Assets
Medical Supplies
A Becton Dickinson 7.15% due 10/1/2009 $40,000 $41,141 1.3%
Oil & Gas
A Baker Hughes Inc. 6.00% due 2/15/2009 20,000 20,087 0.6%
AA Texaco Capital 8.625% due 6/30/2010 40,000 43,396 1.4%
60,000 63,483 2.0%
Office Supplies
A- Avery Dennison Corp. 6.00% due 1/15/2033 95,000 90,824 2.9%
Real Estate
BBB+ Archstone Smith Opr Trust 5.625% due 8/15/2014 50,000 49,768 1.6%
Retailing
A+ Dayton Hudson (Target Stores) 10.00% due 1/1/2011 50,000 56,586 1.8%
A+ Lowe's Corp. 8.25% due 6/1/2010 50,000 53,528 1.7%
BBB May Department Stores Corp. 8.00% due 7/15/2012 50,000 54,130 1.7%
AA Wal-Mart Stores 7.25% due 6/1/2013 45,000 48,495 1.5%
195,000 212,739 6.7%
Transportation
BBB+ Southwest Airlines 6.50% due 3/1/2012 75,000 76,990 2.4%
BBB- U.S. Freightways Corp. 8.50% due 4/25/2010 50,000 52,461 1.7%
125,000 129,451 4.1%
U.S. Government
AAA U.S. Treasury Note 5.25% due 2/15/2029 145,000 148,081 4.7%
U.S. Government Agency
AAA Federal Farm Credit Bank 5.09% due 2/17/2015 120,000 116,552 3.7%
AAA Federal Farm Credit Bank 6.25% due 8/18/2021 150,000 150,034 4.7%
AAA Federal Home Loan Bank 5.55% due 4/13/2015 100,000 98,613 3.1%
AAA Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 5.00% due 8/1/2009 100,000 97,820 3.1%
AAA Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 5.00% due 4/10/2015 100,000 96,709 3.1%
570,000 559,728 17.7%
Total Investments (Cost = $2,902,408) $2,807,000 $2,904,570 92.1%
Other Assets (net of liabilities) 248,982 7.9%
Total Net Assets $3,153,552 100.0%
¹Ratings are the lesser of S&P or Moody's

 

Ratings Established By Adviser By Standard & Poor's By Moody's Investor Services
AAA 26.3% 21.6% 21.6%
AA 6.2% 6.2% 11.0%
A 40.5% 42.9% 35.7%
BBB 19.1% 16.7% 19.1%
Unrated 0.0% 4.7% 4.7%
Other Assets 7.9% 7.9% 7.9%

 

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Financial Highlights Period ended Year ended November 30,
Selected data per share of capital stock outstanding throughout period: May 31, 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Net asset value at beginning of period $4.92 $4.92 $5.06 $5.07 $4.97 $4.81
Income from investment operations
Net investment income 0.11 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.26
Net gains or losses on securities (both realized and unrealized) (0.13) 0.00 (0.14) (0.01) 0.10 0.16
Total from investment operations (0.02) 0.22 0.07 0.21 0.32 0.42

Less distributions

Dividends (from net investment income) (0.11) (0.22) (0.21) (0.22) (0.22) (0.26)
Total distributions (0.11) (0.22) (0.21) (0.22) (0.22) (0.26)
Paid-in capital from early redemption fees¹ *0.00 *0.00 *0.00 - - -
Net asset value at end of period $4.79 $4.92 $4.92 $5.06 $5.07 $4.97
Total Return (0.39)% 4.73% 1.40% 4.26% 6.52% 9.02%

Ratios / Supplemental data

Net assets ($000), end of period $3,154 $3,384 $3,050 $2,643 $2,272 $2,105

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

Before fee waivers and custody credits 0.66% 1.27% 0.97% 0.89% 1.15% 1.06%
After fee waivers and custody credits 0.45% 0.90% 0.94% 0.87% 0.97% 0.72%
Ratio of net investment income after waiver and custody credits to average net assets 2.29% 4.64% 4.26% 4.47% 4.29% 5.40%
Portfolio turnover rate 0% 36% 4% 0% 0% 29%
¹Early redemption fee adopted March 29, 2005

*Amount is less than $0.01

 

Statement of Change in Net Assets Period ended May 31, 2007 Year ended Nov. 30,2006
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets
From Operations
Net investment income $74,704 $142,386
Net realized gain (loss) on investments 3,516 (14,375)
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (93,854) 21,936
Net increase(decrease) in net assets (15,634) 149,947
Dividends to shareowners from
Net investment income (74,750) (142,386)
From fund share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares 158,202 541,154
Value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends 66,189 141,047
Early redemption fees retained 6 40
Cost of shares redeemed (364,887) (355,481)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets (140,490) 326,760
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (230,874) 334,321

Net Assets

Beginning of period 3,384,426 3,050,105
End of period $3,153,552 $3,384,426

Shares of the fund sold and redeemed

Number of shares sold 32,699 111,347
Number of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends 13,688 29,113
Number of shares redeemed (75,295) (73,143)
Net increase (decrease) in number of shares outstanding (28,908) 67,317

 

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Statement of Operations

For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007
Investment Income
Interest income $89,433
Gross investment income 89,433
Expenses
Investment adviser and administration fee 7,677
Filing and registration fees 4,503
Distribution fees 4,070
Audit fees 1,637
Chief compliance officer expenses 892
Insurance 791
Legal fees 690
Custodian fees 552
Printing and postage 429
Trustee fees 339
Other expenses 68
Total gross expenses 21,648
Less adviser fees waived (6,367)
Less custodian fees waived (552)
Net expenses 14,729
Net investment income 74,704
Net realized gain on investments
Proceeds from sales 277,276
Less cost of securities sold (based on identified cost) 273,760
Realized net gain 3,516
Unrealized gain on investments
End of period 2,162
Beginning of period 96,016
Decrease in unrealized gain for the period (93,854)
Net realized and unrealized loss (90,338)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations $(15,634)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of May 31, 2007
Assets
Bond investments (Cost $2,902,408) $2,904,570
Cash 198,978
Interest receivable 49,117
Insurance reserve premium 400
Receivable for fund shares sold 200
Total Assets 3,153,265
Liabilities
Accrued expenses (2,691)
Distributions Payable 1,733
Accrued 12b-1 fees 671
Total Liabilities (287)
Net Assets 3,153,552
Analysis of Net Assets
Paid in Capital (unlimited shares authorized, without par value) 3,184,373
Accumlated net realized loss (32,983)
Unrealized net appreciation on investments 2,162
Net Assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding $3,153,552
Fund Shares Outstanding 658,676
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share $4.79

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Equities - 59.1%
Issue
Number of Shares Tax Cost Market Value Country¹ Percentage of Assets
Aerospace
Rockwell Collins 400 $26,697 $28,268 0.9%
United Technologies 325 21,135 22,929 0.8%
47,832 51,197 1.7%
Automotive
Toyota Motor ADS 200 25,376 24,152 Japan 0.8%
Banking
Australia & New Zealand Banking ADS 150 18,075 17,982 Australia 0.6%
Frontier Financial 1,200 29,944 27,912 1.0%
Nomura Holdings ADR 700 14,469 14,385 Japan 0.5%
Toronto-Dominion Bank 350 21,035 24,178 Canada 0.8%
83,523 84,457 2.9%
Building
CRH plc ADS 600 26,439 29,646 Ireland 1.0%
Lowe's Companies 900 28,519 29,538 1.0%
RPM 1,000 23,110 22,720 0.8%
Washington Group International³ 400 26,568 33,600 1.1%
104,636 115,504 3.9%
Chemicals
BASF AG ADS 200 22,550 24,740 Germany 0.9%
Praxair 700 44,349 47,663 1.6%
66,899 72,403 2.5%
Computers
Adobe Systems³ 800 34,264 35,248 1.2%
Apple Inc.³ 400 37,660 48,476 1.6%
Hewlett-Packard 1,000 41,025 45,710 1.6%
112,949 129,434 4.4%
Consumer Products
General Mills 450 26,100 27,558 0.9%
Nike, Cl B 500 26,700 28,375 1.0%
PepsiCo 700 45,405 47,831 1.6%
Proctor & Gamble 650 41,180 41,308 1.4%
Unileverplc ADS 500 15,150 15,395 United Kingdom 0.5%
154,535 160,467 5.4%
Diversified Operations
3M 375 28,665 32,985 1.1%
Honeywell International 600 27,678 34,746 1.2%
Tomkins plc ADS 750 15,945 15,952 United Kingdom 0.5%
72,288 83,683 2.8%
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Equities - 59.1%
Issue
Number of Shares Tax Cost Market Value Country¹ Percentage of Assets
Electronics
Taiwan Semiconductor ADS 1,500 $16,215 $16,365 Taiwan 0.6%
Instruments - Control
Parker-Hannifin 300 25,890 30,408 1.0%
Insurance
Chubb 750 39,270 41,152 1.4%
ING Groep NV ADS 400 16,992 17,776 Netherlands 0.6%
56,262 58,928 2.0%
Medical
GlaxoSmithKline plc ADR 300 16,569 15,654 United Kingdom 0.5%
Johnson & Johnson 500 30,130 31,635 1.1%
Lilly (Eli) 650 36,199 38,103 1.3%
Novartis AG ADR 300 16,506 16,854 Switzerland 0.6%
Novo-Nordisk A/S ADS 200 18,098 21,046 Denmark 0.7%
Pfizer 1,400 36,105 38,486 1.3%
153,607 161,778 5.5%
Metals & Mining
Alcoa 950 32,376 39,216 1.3%
Anglo-American plc ADR 900 24,222 27,288 South Africa 0.9%
BHP Billiton Ltd ADS 650 31,866 34,216 Australia 1.2%
Freeport-McMoran Copper Gold, Cl B 200 13,324 15,740 0.5%
Nucor 500 32,375 33,770 1.2%
134,163 150,230 5.1%
Office Equipment
Canon ADS 600 32,481 35,316 Japan 1.2%
Oil & Gas Production
ConocoPhillips 500 34,615 38,715 1.3%
Noble 400 31,580 36,956 1.3%
Norsk Hydro ADS 700 23,030 24,962 Norway 0.8%
Petro-Canada 400 15,708 20,248 Canada 0.7%
104,933 120,881 4.1%
Paper Products
Kimberly-Clark 425 29,117 30,158 1.0%
Publishing-Books
McGraw-Hill 600 37,937 42,186 1.4%
Pearson plc ADS 1,100 19,151 19,558 United Kingdom 0.7%
57,088 61,744 2.1%
Real Estate
Duke Realty 400 17,416 16,048 0.5%

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Equities - 59.1%
Issue
Number of Shares Tax Cost Market Value Country¹ Percentage of Assets
Telecommunications
AT&T 700 $27,804 $28,938 1.0%
China Mobil Ltd ADR 500 23,058 23,210 China 0.8%
Harris 550 28,139 27,456 0.9%
Telefonica SA ADS 250 16,790 17,110 Spain 0.6%
Telefonos de Mexico, Cl L ADS 900 31,878 36,396 Mexico 1.2%
127,669 133,110 4.5%
Tools
Black & Decker 350 29,654 33,051 1.1%
Transportation
Canadian National Railways 550 26,345 30,024 Canada 1.0%
Fedex 400 42,220 44,648 1.5%
LAN Airlines SA ADS 200 13,752 16,084 Chile 0.6%
82,317 90,756 3.1%
Utilities-Electric
EnelASpA ADS 300 16,302 17,082 Italy 0.6%
FPL Group 600 36,752 38,358 1.3%
IDACORP 900 30,463 29,889 1.0%
83,517 85,329 2.9%
Total Equities 1,618,367 1,745,399 59.1%
Bonds - 40.1% Maturity Face Value Tax Cost Market Value Percentage of Assets
Rating² Issuer
Beverages
BBB+ Panamerican Beverages 7.25% due 7/1/2009 $94,000 $97,595 $96,308 3.3%
Building
BBB Centex 7.875% due 2/1/2011 100,000 106,433 105,583 3.6%
Insurance
BBB Berkley 5.875% due 2/15/2013 100,000 101,591 99,639 3.4%
Office Equipment
BBB+ Staples 7.375% due 10/1/2012 90,000 98,283 96,712 3.3%
Real Estate
BBB+ Archstone Smith 5.25% due 12/10/2010 97,000 97,153 95,780 3.2%
Telecommunications
BBB+ Motorola 6.50% due 11/15/2028 100,000 101,060 95,636 3.2%
Transportation
BBB CSX 6.75% due 3/15/2011 95,000 98,952 98,364 3.3%

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Bonds - 40.1% Maturity Face Value Tax Cost Market Value Percentage of Assets
Rating² Issuer
U.S. Government
AAA U.S. T Bond 5.25% due 11/15/2028 $187,000 $195,357 $190,915 6.5%
AAA U.S. T Note 4.50% due 11/30/2011 98,000 97,786 96,576 3.3%
AAA U.S. T Note 4.875% due 5/31/2008 98,000 98,032 97,832 3.3%
AAA U.S. T Note 4.875% due 5/15/2009 110,000 110,368 109,863 3.7%
501,543 495,186 16.8%
Total Bonds 1,202,610 1,183,208 40.1%
Total Investments $2,820,977 $2,928,607 99.2%
Other Assets (net of liabilities) 24,511 0.8%
Total Net Assets $2,953,118 100.0%
¹Equities are issued from U.S. Domestic companies where no country is listed.
²Ratings are the lesser of S&P or Moody's.
³Non-income producing
ADS: American Depositary Share
ADR: American Depositary Receipt

 

Top Ten Equity Holdings % of Net Assets Industry Allocation
Apple Inc. 1.6% Sextant Core Fund Industry Allocation Chart

Industry weightings are shown as a percentage of Net Assets.

PepsiCo 1.6%
Praxair 1.6%
Hewlett-Packard 1.6%
Fedex 1.5%
McGraw-Hill 1.4%
Proctor & Gamble 1.4%
Chubb 1.4%
Alcoa 1.3%
ConocoPhillips 1.3%

 

Ratings Established By Adviser By Standard & Poor's By Moody's Investor Services
AAA 16.8% 16.8% 16.8%
AA 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
A 0.0% 3.2% 3.3%
BBB 23.3% 20.1% 20.0%
Unrated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Equities 59.1% 59.1% 59.1%
Other Assets 0.8% 0.8% 0.8%

 

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Financial Highlights Period ended
Selected data per share of capital stock outstanding throughout the period: May 31, 2007
Net asset value at beginning of period $10.00
Income from investment operations
Net investment income 0.03
Net gains or losses on securities (both realized and unrealized) 0.40
Total from investment operations 0.43
Paid-in-capital from early redemption fees *0.00
Net asset value at end of period $10.43
Total Return **4.3%
Ratios / Supplemental data
Net assets ($000), end of period $2,953
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Before fee waivers and custody credits 0.32%
After fee waivers and custody credits 0.21%
Ratio of net investment income after fee waiver and custody credits to average net assets 0.37%
Portfolio turnover rate 0%
**Total Return is since inception date 3/31/07 and is not annualized. *Amount is less than $0.01

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Period ended May 31,2007
Increase in Net Assets
From Operations
Net investment income $9,483
Net realized gain on investments -
Net increase in unrealized appreciation 107,630
Net increase in net assets 117,113
From fund share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares 2,838,478
Value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends -
Early redemption fees retained 0*
Cost of shares redeemed (2,473)
Net increase in net assets 2,836,005
Total increase in net assets 2,953,118
Net Assets
Beginning of period -
End of period $2,953,118
Shares of the fund sold and redeemed
Number of shares sold 283,270
Number of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends -
Number of shares redeemed (240)
Net increase in number of shares outstanding 283,030
*Amount is less than $1.00

 

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Statement of Operations

For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007
Investment Income
Dividend income (net of foreign tax of $470) $7,367
Interest income 7,636
Gross investment income 15,003
Expenses
Custodian fees 2,708
Investment adviser and administration fee 2,693
Distribution fees 1,122
Audit fees 490
Chief compliance officer expenses 276
Filing and registration fees 244
Insurance 244
Printing and postage 196
Trustee fees 118
Legal fees 86
Other expenses 51
Total gross expenses 8,228
Less: custodian fees waived (2,708)
Net expenses 5,520
Net investment income 9,483
Net realized gain on investments
Proceeds from sales -
Less cost of securities sold (based on identified cost) -
Realized net gain 0
Unrealized gain on investments
End of period 107,630
Beginning of period -
Increase in unrealized gain for the period 107,630
Net realized and unrealized gain 107,630
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $117,113

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of May 31, 2007

Assets
Investments in securities at value (Cost $2,820,977) $2,928,607
Cash 20,908
Dividends and interest receivable 16,679
Total Assets 2,966,194
Liabilities
Payable for securities purchased 10,826
Due to affiliates 1,523
Accrued 12b-1 Fees 619
Accrued expenses 108
Total Liabilities 13,076
Net Assets 2,953,118
Analysis of Net Assets
Paid in Capital (unlimited shares authorized, without par value) 2,845,488
Unrealized net appreciation on investments 107,630
Net Assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding $2,953,118
Fund Shares Outstanding 283,030
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share $10.43

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Equities - 86.6%
Issue
Quantity Tax Cost Market Value Percentage of Assets
Auto/Truck
Oshkosh Truck 3,000 $160,448 $185,070 1.2%
Banking
Frontier Financial 15,000 220,751 348,900 2.2%
Washington Banking Company 6,250 83,121 96,812 0.6%
Washington Mutual 6,750 44,124 295,110 1.9%
347,996 740,822 4.7%
Computers
3Com* 30,000 167,836 140,400 0.9%
Adobe Systems* 7,600 39,971 334,857 2.1%
Apple Computer* 8,000 67,473 969,528 6.2%
Hewlett-Packard 7,000 157,040 319,970 2.0%
Intuit* 9,000 197,624 274,500 1.8%
Oracle* 15,000 115,139 290,700 1.9%
745,083 2,329,955 14.9%
Construction
KB Home 5,000 302,781 229,450 1.5%
Lowe's Companies 6,500 109,802 213,330 1.3%
Weyerhaeuser 4,200 246,845 344,232 2.2%
659,428 787,012 5.0%
Diversified Operations
Honeywell International 3,500 131,966 202,685 1.3%
Electronics
Advanced Micro Devices* 10,000 41,708 142,700 0.9%
Agilent Technologies* 8,000 218,552 305,360 2.0%
Harman International Industries 1,900 157,285 225,435 1.4%
417,545 673,495 4.3%
Food
Performance Food Group* 3,000 96,917 106,500 0.7%
PepsiCo 4,500 248,326 307,485 2.0%
345,243 413,985 2.7%
Hotels & Motels
Red Lion Hotels* 21,000 150,354 270,060 1.7%
Investments
Chubb 5,000 224,705 274,350 1.7%
Schwab (Charles) 25,000 79,726 561,750 3.6%
304,431 836,100 5.3%

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Equities - 86.6%
Issue
Quantity Tax Cost Market Value Percentage of Assets
Machinery
Regal-Beloit 4,000 $104,006 $194,440 1.2%
Lincoln Electric Holdings 4,000 180,617 281,160 1.8%
284,623 475,600 3.0%
Medical
Abott Laboratories 4,000 171,114 225,400 1.5%
Amgen* 3,700 111,703 208,865 1.3%
Barr Pharmaceuticals* 4,500 159,489 239,940 1.5%
Ligand Pharmaceuticals* 10,000 112,072 66,100 0.4%
Lilly (Eli) 3,500 249,361 205,170 1.3%
Pharmaceutical Product Development 15,000 67,174 547,500 3.5%
VCA Antech* 8,000 209,048 316,640 2.0%
1,079,961 1,809,615 11.5%
Metal Ores
Alcoa 6,000 189,042 247,680 1.6%
Freeport-McMoran Copper Gold, Cl B 1,782 109,766 140,243 0.9%
298,808 387,923 2.5%
Oil & Gas Production
Devon Energy 3,000 185,020 230,340 1.5%
Noble Drilling 4,000 125,240 369,560 2.3%
310,260 599,900 3.8%
Publishing
Wiley (John) & Sons, Class A 5,000 134,777 229,250 1.5%
Retail
Amazon.com* 5,000 201,410 345,700 2.2%
Bed Bath & Beyond* 5,000 176,186 203,300 1.3%
Best Buy 4,000 223,149 193,160 1.2%
Build-A-Bear-Workshop* 7,000 177,548 209,300 1.3%
Restoration Hardware* 15,203 94,239 95,779 0.6%
Staples 6,000 144,720 150,360 1.0%
1,017,252 1,197,599 7.6%
Steel
Nucor 4,000 189,851 270,160 1.7%
Telecommunications
Trimble Navigation* 14,000 202,081 408,660 2.6%
Transportation
Norfolk Southern 4,500 185,235 260,460 1.7%
UAL Corp* 5,500 183,800 215,930 1.4%
United Parcel Service, Cl B 2,500 189,469 179,925 1.1%
558,504 656,315 4.2%

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Equities - 86.6%
Issue
Quantity Tax Cost Market Value Percentage of Assets
Utility
Duke Energy 10,000 $172,211 $195,400 1.2%
FPL Group 7,000 244,409 447,510 2.9%
IDACorp 6,000 159,539 199,260 1.3%
Spectra Energy 3,000 84,750 79,890 0.5%
Sempra Energy 3,000 116,395 183,960 1.2%
777,304 1,106,020 7.1%
Total Investments $8,115,915 $13,580,226 86.6%
Other Assets (net of liabilities) 2,094,516 13.4%
Total Net Assets $15,674,742 100%
*Non-income producing

 

Top Ten Equity Holdings % of Net Assets Industry Allocation
Schwab (Charles) 3.6% Sextant Growth Fund Industry Allocation Chart

Industry weightings are shown as a percentage of Net Assets.

Pharmaceutical Product Development 3.5%
FPL Group 2.9%
Trimble Navigation 2.6%
Noble Drilling 2.3%
Frontier Financial 2.2%
Amazon.com 2.2%
Weyerhauser 2.2%
Adobe Systems 2.1%
Hewlett-Packard 2.0%

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights Period ended For Year Ended November 30,
Selected data per share of capital stock outstanding throughout period: May 31, 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Net asset value at beginning of period $18.66 $17.11 $14.20 $12.91 $10.64 $11.90
Income from investment operations
Net investment income 0.01 (0.02) (0.02) 0.01 (0.04) (0.05)
Net gains or losses on securities (both realized and unrealized) 1.70 1.74 2.96 1.45 2.31 (1.21)
Total from investment operations 1.71 1.72 2.94 1.46 2.27 (1.26)
Less distributions
Dividends (from net investment income) - - *(0.00) (0.01) - -
Distributions (from capital gains) - (0.17) (0.03) (0.16) - -
Total distributions 0.00 (0.17) (0.03) (0.17) 0.00 0.00
Paid-in capital from early redemption fees¹ *0.00 *0.00 *0.00 - - -
Net asset value at end of period $20.37 $18.66 $17.11 $14.20 $12.91 $10.64
Total Return 9.16% 10.06% 20.76% 11.35% 21.31% (10.51)%
Ratios / Supplemental Data
Net assets ($000), end of period $15,675 $13,728 $9,006 $5,331 $4,732 $3,373
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Before fee waivers and custody credits 0.64% 1.25% 1.28% 0.80% 1.20% 1.17%
After fee waivers and custody credits 0.62% 1.21% 1.24% 0.78% 1.14% 1.11%
Ratio of net investment income after waiver and custody credits to average net assets 0.07% (0.12)% (0.17)% 0.12% (0.40)% (0.48)%
Portfolio turnover rate 1% 11% 4% 8% 12% 15%
¹Early redemption fee adopted March 29, 2005

*Amount is less than $0.01

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Period ended May 31,2007 Year ended Nov. 30, 2006
Increase in Net Assets
From Operations
Net investment income (loss) $9,443 $(16,447)
Net realized gain on investments 463,593 125,411
Net increase in unrealized appreciation 791,412 1,108,048
Net Increase in net assets $1,264,448 $1,217,012
Dividends to shareowners from
Capital gains distributions - (125,371)
From Fund share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares 2,109,147 5,675,771
Value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends - 123,360
Early redemption fees retained 374 1,423
Cost of shares redeemed (1,426,916) (2,170,902)
Net increase in net assets 682,605 3,629,652
Total increase in net assets 1,947,053 4,721,293
Net Assets
Beginning of period 13,727,689 9,006,396
End of period $15,674,742 $13,727,689
Shares of the Fund sold and redeemed
Number of shares sold 109,588 186,540
Number of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends - 844
Number of shares redeemed (75,801) (36,600)
Net increase in number of shares outstanding 33,787 150,784

 

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For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007
Investment income
Dividend income $95,919
Other income 38
Gross investment income 95,957
Expenses
Investment adviser and administration fees 40,564
Distribution fee 17,379
Filing and registration fees 9,895
Audit fees 5,647
Insurance 4,352
Chief compliance officer expenses 3,848
Custodian fees 2,516
Printing and postage 2,331
Legal fees 1,187
Trustee fees 1,091
Other expenses 220
Total gross expenses 89,030
Less custodian fees waived (2,516)
Net expenses 86,514
Net investment income 9,443
Net realized gain on investments
Proceeds from sales 1,096,091
Less: cost of securities sold (based on identified cost) 632,498
Realized net gain 463,593
Unrealized gain on investments
End of period 5,464,311
Beginning of period 4,672,899
Increase in unrealized gain for the period 791,412
Net realized and unrealized gain 1,255,005
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $1,264,448
As of May 31, 2007
Assets
Investments (Cost $8,115,915) $13,580,226
Cash 2,090,238
Dividends receivable 6,483
Insurance reserve premium 1,214
Receivable for Fund shares sold 238
Total Assets 15,678,399
Liabilities
Due to affiliates 6,998
Accrued expenses (3,341)
Total Liabilities 3,657
Net Assets 15,674,742
Analysis of Net Assets
Paid in Capital (unlimited shares authorized, without par value) 9,746,798
Accumulated net realized gain 463,633
Unrealized net appreciation on investments 5,464,311
Net Assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding $15,674,742
Fund shares outstanding 769,385
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share $20.37

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

Equities - 87.8%
Issue
Number of Shares Tax Cost Market Value County Percentage of Assets
Aircraft
Embraer Aircraft ADR 3,400 $105,058 $164,832 Brazil 1.4%
Automotive
Nissan Motor ADR 5,500 106,770 122,760 Japan 1.0%
Banking
Australia & New Zealand Banking ADS 1,000 84,500 119,880 Australia 1.0%
AXA ADS 4,200 98,136 183,498 France 1.6%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya ADS 7,500 105,518 189,300 Spain 1.6%
Mitsubishi Financial Group ADR 10,000 131,800 115,300 Japan 1.0%
Nomura Holdings ADR 10,000 187,836 205,500 Japan 1.8%
Toronto-Dominion Bank 2,400 70,709 165,792 Canada 1.4%
678,499 979,270 8.4%
Building
CRH plc ADS 4,000 81,159 197,640 Ireland 1.7%
Hanson plc ADR 2,100 88,247 223,251 United Kingdom 1.9%
James Hardie Industries NV ADS 3,000 83,041 115,440 Netherlands 1.0%
Ritchie Bros. 3,000 171,741 176,970 Canada 1.5%
424,188 713,301 6.1%
Business Services
51job ADR* 8,000 117,920 147,680 Cayman Islands 1.3%
Chemicals
BASF AG ADS 1,700 120,102 210,290 Germany 1.8%
Computers
Business Objects ADS* 7,000 60,510 287,770 France 2.4%
Dassault Systems ADR 3,000 146,427 182,340 France 1.6%
Satyam 6,000 108,750 152,040 India 1.3%
315,687 622,150 5.3%
Consumer Products
Coca-Cola Femsa ADS 4,300 82,844 172,860 Mexico 1.5%
Cadbury Schweppes ADR 4,000 181,580 225,440 United Kingdom 1.9%
264,424 398,300 3.4%
Electronics
Sony 3,000 116,940 173,100 Japan 1.5%
Epcos AG ADS 2,500 57,307 54,850 Germany 0.5%
Infineon Technologies AG* 5,000 45,900 77,850 Germany 0.6%
220,147 305,800 2.6%
Hotels & Motels
Orient-Express Hotels CI A 3,500 110,528 187,495 Bermuda 1.6%
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Equities - 87.8%
Issue
Number of Shares Tax Cost Market Value County Percentage of Assets
Insurance
Aegon NiV ADS 5,096 $93,853 $104,213 Netherlands 0.9%
ING Groep ADS 4,000 118,530 177,760 Netherlands 1.5%
212,383 281,973 2.4%
Machinery-Electrical
Nidec 5,000 89,122 76,100 Japan 0.6%
Medical-Drugs
American Oriental Bioengineering* 15,000 72,300 160,500 China 1.4%
GlaxoSmithKline plc ADA 3,000 145,938 156,540 United Kingdom 1.3%
Novartis AG ADR 1,600 77,283 89,888 Switzerland 0.8%
Shire 2,000 92,860 139,500 United Kingdom 1.2%
388,381 546,428 4.7%
Metals & Mining
Anglo-American plc ADR 7,500 138,371 227,399 United Kingdom 1.9%
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan 3,000 34,234 212,850 Canada 1.8%
Rio Tinto plc ADS 750 74,825 219,713 United Kingdom 1.9%
Tenaris SA ADR 2,500 95,290 124,125 Luxembourg 1.1%
342,720 784,087 6.7%
Oil & Gas Production
EnCana 3,000 84,990 184,200 Canada 1.6%
Norsk Hydro ADS 6,000 122,808 213,960 Norway 1.8%
Petro-Canada 2,000 95,990 101,240 Canada 0.8%
Repsol-YPF ADR 3,500 87,962 128,415 Spain 1.1%
Total Fina Elf ADR 2,600 121,935 196,170 France 1.7%
513,685 823,985 7.0%
Paper Products
Metso ADS 2,100 22,802 116,886 Finland 1.0%
UPM-Kymmene Oyj 3,500 64,384 90,650 Finland 0.8%
Votorantim Celulose ADS 8,000 102,000 173,040 Brazil 1.5%
189,186 380,576 3.3%
Photographic Equipment
Canon, Inc ADR 3,300 95,606 194,238 Japan 1.7%
Publishing-Books
Pearson plc ADS 7,000 84,430 124,460 United Kingdom 1.1%
Telecommunications
American Movil 6,000 29,725 363,300 Mexico 3.1%
Audiocodes* 8,000 103,899 42,560 Israel 0.4%
BCE 5,490 135,460 202,581 Canada 1.7%
China Mobil Ltd 5,500 119,327 255,310 China 2.2%
PT Indosat ADR 2,500 64,962 97,000 Indonesia 0.8%
SK Telecom ADS 5,000 100,161 134,300 South Korea 1.2%
Telcom Corp New Zealand ADS 2,500 76,174 71,550 New Zealand 0.6%
Telefonica ADS 3,200 152,981 219,008 Spain 1.9%
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Equities - 87.8%
Issue
Number of Shares Tax Cost Market Value County Percentage of Assets
Telecommunications (cont.)
Telefonos de Mexico ADS 5,000 $107,470 $202,200 Mexico 1.7%
Telus 2,000 63,219 120,340 Canada 1.0%
953,378 1,708,149 14.6%
Transportation
Candian Pacific LTD 3,200 109,246 228,704 Canada 2.0%
Lan Airlines ADS 3,500 24,636 281,470 Chile 2.4%
Air France-KLM ADR 4,000 196,528 203,920 France 1.7%
Copa Holdings SA 5,000 221,586 316,450 Panama 2.7%
551,996 1,030,544 8.8%
Utilities-Electric
Enel ADR 1,300 58,877 74,022 Italy 0.6%
Enersis ADR 9,000 97,125 165,420 Chile 1.4%
Korea Electric Power ADS 10,000 189,061 218,400 Korea 1.9%
345,063 457,842 3.9%
Utilities-Gas
Transport de Gas del Sur ADR* 1,500 18,807 12,375 Argentina 0.1%
Total Investments $6,248,080 $10,272,635 87.8%
Other Assets (net of liabilities) 1,425,279 12.2%
Total Net Assets $11,697,914 100.0%
* Non-income producing ADS: American Depositary Share ADR: American Depositary Receipt

 

Top Ten Equity Holdings % of Net Assets Industry Allocation
American Movil 3.1% Sextant International Fund Industry Allocation Chart

Industry weightings are shown as a percentage of Net Assets.

Copa Holdings SA 2.7%
Business Objects ADS 2.4%
LAN Airlines ADS 2.4%
China Mobil Ltd. 2.2%
Canadian Pacific Ltd. 2.0%
Anglo-American plc ADR 1.9%
Cadbury Schweppes ADR 1.9%
Hanson plc ADR 1.9%
Rio Tinto plc ADS 1.9%

 

Countries % of Net Assets
Canada 11.8%
United Kingdom 11.1%
France 9.1%
Japan 7.7%
Chile 7.4%
Mexico 6.3%
Spain 4.5%
Panama 3.8%
Netherlands 3.4%
Germany 3.0%
Brazil 2.9%
Other < 2% 16.8%
Other Assets 12.2%

 

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Sextant International Fund Globe Logo Sextant International Fund

Financial Highlights Period ended For the Year Ended November 30,
Selected data per share of capital stock outstanding throughout period: May 31, 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Net asset value at beginning of period $13.56 $11.22 $9.40 $8.05 $6.07 $7.24
Income from investment operations
Net investment income 0.07 0.11 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.02
Net gains or losses on securities (both realized and unrealized) 2.17 2.34 1.83 1.35 1.97 (1.16)
Total from investment operations 2.24 2.45 1.88 1.38 2.02 (1.14)
Less distributions
Dividends (from net investment income) - (0.11) (0.06) (0.03) (0.04) (0.03)
Total distributions 0.00 (0.11) (0.06) (0.03) (0.04) (0.03)
Paid-in capital from early redemption fees¹ *0.00 *0.00 *0.00 - - -
Net asset value at end of period $15.80 $13.56 $11.22 $9.40 $8.05 $6.07
Total Return 16.52% 21.85% 19.95% 17.11% 33.23% (15.80)%
Ratios / supplemental data
Net assets ($000), end of period $11,698 $9,266 $3,671 $2,053 $1,650 $1,150
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Before fee waiver and custody credits 0.58% 1.09% 1.36% 1.22% 1.29% 1.36%
After fee waiver and custody credits 0.56% 1.02% 1.25% 1.10% 1.10% 1.17%
Ratio of net investment income after waiver and custody credits to average net assets 0.46% 0.94% 0.52% 0.31% 0.75% 0.20%
Portfolio turnover rate 3% 9% 5% 7% 4% 4%
¹Early redemption fee adopted March 29, 2005

*Amount is less than $0.01

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Period ended May 31,2007 Year ended Nov. 30, 2006
Increase in Net Assets
From operations
Net investment income $46,542 $76,757
Net realized gain on investments 18,639 122,914
Net increase in unealized appreciation 1,494,567 1,341,965
Net increase in net assets from operations 1,559,748 1,541,636
Dividends to shareowners from
Net investment income - (76,618)
From fund share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares 1,787,263 4,867,747
Value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends - 75,626
Early redemption fees retained 45 80
Cost of shares redeemed (915,639) (813,073)
Net increase in assets 871,669 4,130,380
Total increase in net assets 2,431,417 5,595,398
Net Assets
Beginning of period 9,266,497 3,671,099
End of period $11,697,914 $9,266,497
Undistributed net investment income - 139
Shares of the fund sold and redeemed
Number of shares sold 121,983 415,042
Number of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends - 5,577
Number of shares redeemed (64,833) (64,517)
Net increase in number of shares outstanding 57,150 356,102

 

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Statement of Operations

For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007
Investment income
Dividend income (net of foreign tax of $15,659) $103,189
Other income 25
Gross investment income 103,214
Expenses
Investment adviser and administration fees 23,299
Distribution fees 12,665
Filing and registration fees 8,238
Audit fees 4,578
Custodian fees 2,527
Chief compliance officer expenses 2,412
Insurance 2,164
Printing and postage 1,356
Trustee fees 961
Legal fees 797
Other expenses 202
Total gross expenses 59,199
Less custodian fees waived (2,527)
Net expenses 56,672
Net investment income 46,542
Net realized gain on investments
Proceeds from sales 287,717
Less cost of securities sold (based on identified cost) 269,078
Realized net gain 18,639
Unrealized gain on investments
End of period 4,024,555
Beginning of period 2,529,988
Increase in unrealized gain for the period 1,494,567
Net realized and unrealized gain 1,513,206
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $1,559,748

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

As of May 31, 2007
Assets
Investments (Cost $6,248,080) $10,272,635
Cash 1,400,703
Dividends receivable 25,668
Receivable for fund shares sold 534
Total Assets 11,699,540
Liabilities
Due to affiliates 4,616
Accrued expenses (2,990)
Total Liabilities 1,626
Net Assets 11,697,914
Analysis of Net Assets
Paid in Capital (unlimited shares authorized, without par value) 7,685,773
Accumlated net realized loss (12,414)
Unrealized net appreciation on investments 4,024,555
Net Assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding $11,697,914
Fund shares outstanding 740,528
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share $15.80

 

 

 

 

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Expenses

As a Sextant shareowner, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, 12b-1 fees and other fund expenses. With the Sextant Funds, unlike with many other mutual funds, you do not incur sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions. Nor do you incur exchange fees or fees related to Individual Retirement Accounts. However, to discourage speculation, you may incur a 2% fee for redemption of shares held less than 30 calendar days. You may incur fees related to extra services requested by you for your account, such as a checkbook to use for redemptions or bank wires. The examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

Example
The following example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the semi-annual period and held for six months (Friday, December 1, 2006 to Thursday, May 31, 2007).

Actual Expenses
The first line for each Fund provides information about actual account values and expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you have invested, to estimate the expenses you have paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, a $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. The Funds also charge for extra services rendered on request, which you may need to add to determine your total expenses: $10 per checkbook, $25 per bank wire, $15 per overnight courier delivery; 2% fee for redemptions of shares held less 30 calendar days.

Hypothetical Example For Comparison Purposes
The second line for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio (based on the last six months) and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending balance or expenses you paid for the year. You may use this information to compare ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareowner reports of other funds. You may wish to add other fees that are not included in the expenses shown in the table, such as IRA fees (there are no fees on Saturna Capital IRAs, ESAs or HSAs), and charges for extra services such as check writing and bank wires.

Please note that the expenses shown are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees or exchange fees, or possible early redemption fees. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and may not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Beginning Account Value
(December 1, 2006)
Ending Account Value
(May 31, 2007)
Expenses Paid
During Period¹
Annualized Expense Ratio
Short-Term Bond Fund
Actual $1,000 $1,013.30 $3.81 0.76%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $1,000 $1,021.14 $3.83 0.76%
Bond Income Fund
Actual $1,000 $996.10 $4.48 0.90%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $1,000 $1,020.44 $4.53 0.90%
Core Fund²
Actual $1,000 $1,043.00 $2.24 0.44%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $1,000 $1,022.74 $2.22 0.44%
Growth Fund
Actual $1,000 $1,091.60 $6.47 1.24%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $1,000 $1,018.75 $6.24 1.24%
International Fund
Actual $1,000 $1,165.20 $6.05 1.12%
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $1,000 $1,019.35 $5.64 1.12%
¹Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio indicated above (based on the most recent semi-annual period of December 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007), multiplied by the average account value over the period multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
²Expenses for the Core Fund are based on data from the period March 30, 2007 through May 31, 2007

 

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Notes To Financial Statements

Note 1 - Organization

Saturna Investment Trust (the "Trust") was established under Washington State Law as a Business Trust on February 20, 1987. The Trust is registered as a no-load, open-end series investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Six portfolio series have been created to date: Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund, Sextant Bond Income Fund, Sextant Core Fund, Sextant Growth Fund, and Sextant International Fund (the "Funds"), and Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund, distributed through a separate prospectus and the results of which are contained in a separate report.

The investment goal of the Growth and International Funds is long-term capital growth. The investment goals of the Core Fund are long-term appreciation and capital preservation. The investment goal of the Bond Income and Short-Term Bond Funds is current income, with Short-Term Bond having the additional goal of capital preservation.

NOTE 2 - Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation:
Investments in securities traded on a national securities exchange (or reported on the NASDAQ national market) are stated at the last reported sales price on the day of valuation; other securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that date are stated at the last quoted bid price. Restricted securities and other securities for which quotations are not readily available are adjusted to fair value as determined pursuant to procedures established by the Board.

Fixed-income securities for which there are no publicly available market quotations are valued using matrices based on maturity, quality, yield , call features and similar factors, which are compared periodically to multiple dealer bids and adjusted by the adviser under fair value policies established by the trustees. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in a specific country or region.

Federal income taxes:
The Funds' policies are to continue to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all their taxable income to their shareowners. Therefore, no provisions for Federal income taxes are required.

Dividends and distributions to shareowners:
Dividends and distributions to shareowners, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. For the Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund and Sextant Bond Income Fund, dividends are paid daily and distributed on the last business day of each month. For the Sextant Core Fund, Sextant Growth Fund and Sextant International Fund, dividends are payable at the end of each November. Shareowners electing to reinvest dividends and distributions purchase additional shares at the net asset value on the payable date.

Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Other:
The cost of securities is the same for accounting and Federal income tax purposes. Securities transactions are recorded on trade date. Realized gains and losses are recorded on the identified cost basis.

Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized, over the lives of the respective securities. Cash dividends from equity securities are recorded as income on the ex-dividend date. Withholding on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds' understanding of the applicable country's tax rules and rates.

Expenses incurred by the Trust on behalf of a Fund (e.g., professional fees) are allocated to the Fund and the other Funds of the Trust on the basis of relative daily average net assets. The Adviser has agreed to certain limits on expenses, as described below.

The Trustees have adopted certain policies and procedures with respect to frequent trading of Fund shares. The Funds are intended for long-term investment and do not permit rapid trading of their shares. Shares held less than 30 calendar days, including those held in omnibus accounts at intermediaries, will be assessed a 2% early-redemption fee (payable to the Fund) when redeemed.

New Accounting Pronouncements:
On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") released FASB Interpretation No. 48 - Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds' tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-than-not" of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Adoption of FIN 48 is required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and is to be applied to all open tax years as of the effective date. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of FIN 48 will have on the Funds' net assets, results of operations and financial statement disclosures.

In September 2006, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, "Fair Value Measurement" ("SFAS 157"), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

NOTE 3 - Transactions with Affiliated Persons

Under a contract approved by shareowners on September 28, 1995, Saturna Capital Corporation provides investment advisory services and certain other administrative and distribution services to conduct Trust business. Each of the Funds pays the Adviser a base Investment Advisory and Administrative Services Fee of .60% of average net assets per annum, payable monthly.

The base Advisory Fee is subject to adjustment up or down depending on the investment performance of the Fund relative to a specified index.

Performance Adjustment for Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund and Sextant Bond Income Fund:

  • For each month in which either of these Funds' total investment return (change in net asset value plus all distributions reinvested) for the one year period through that month outperforms or underperforms the total return of a specified index for that period by 1% or more but less than 2%, the Base Fee is increased or decreased by the annual rate of .10% of the Fund's average daily net assets for the preceding year.
  • If the outperformance or underperformance is 2% or more, then the adjustment is at the annual rate of .20%.

Performance adjustment for Sextant Core, Sextant Growth Fund and Sextant International Fund:

  • For each month in which either of these Fund's total investment return (change in net asset value plus all distributions reinvested) for the one year period through that month outperforms or underperforms the total return of a specified index for that period by 1% or more but less than 2%, the Base Fee is increased or decreased by the annual rate of .10% of the Fund's average daily net assets for the preceding year.
  • If the outperformance or underperformance is 2% or more but less than 4%, then the adjustment is at the annual rate of .20%.
  • If the outperformance or underperformance is 4% or more, the adjustment is at an annual rate of .30%.

 

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Notes To Financial Statements (continued)

The Adviser has voluntarily undertaken to limit expenses of Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund to 0.75%, and Sextant Bond Income Fund to 0.90%, through March 31, 2008. It waives its investment advisory and administrative fee to Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund and Sextant Bond Income Fund completely should assets of such Fund be less than $2 million. For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, Sextant Short-Term Bond and Sextant Bond Income Funds incurred advisory and administration expenses of $8,607 and $7,677 respectively. Sextant Core Fund incurred administrative and advisory expenses of $2,693. Sextant Growth Fund and Sextant International incurred advisory and administration expenses of $40,564 and $23,299, respectively. In accordance with the expense waiver noted above, for the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, Saturna Capital waived $10,478 and $6,367 of the Sextant Short-Term Bond Fund and Sextant Bond Income Fund advisory fees, respectively. The adviser cannot recoup previously waived fees.

In accordance with the Funds' custodian agreements with National City Bank Indiana, for the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, custodian fees for Short-Term Bond, Bond Income, Core, Growth, and International were $1,677; $552; $ 2,708; $2,516; and $2,527; respectively. The custodian waived these fees based on earnings credits for the current year.

Trustee Nicholas Kaiser, who also serves as the president of the Trust, is a director and president of the Adviser. On May 31, 2007, the trustees, officers and their related accounts as a group owned 26.0%, 27.4%, 53.5%, 28.2% and 40.4% of the outstanding shares of Short-Term Bond, Bond Income, Core, Growth and International, respectively.

The four unaffiliated trustees receive $400 per Board or committee meeting attended, plus travel expenses, allocated pro-rata to the six Funds of Saturna Investment Trust. The Trust incurred expenses for the independent trustees of $3,832 to attend meetings during the period. Regulations require the Trust to designate a Chief Compliance Officer: Mr. James Winship was retained by the Trust and paid $10,809 during the period. The other officers are paid by Saturna Capital, and not the Trust.

Saturna Brokerage Services, Inc. (a discount brokerage subsidiary of Saturna Capital Corporation) is a registered as a broker-dealer and acts as distributor. A Rule 12b-1 distribution plan took effect on October 3, 2006, and during the six-month period ended May 31, 2007, the Trust paid the Distributor $38,822.

The adviser has undertaken to waive all brokerage commissions charged by its affiliate in calendar 2007.

NOTE 4 - Investments

During the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, Short-Term Bond purchased $0 of securities and sold $180,970 of securities. Comparable figures for Bond Income are $0 purchased and $277,276 sold; for Core $2,621,817 purchased and $0 sold; for Growth $191,468 purchased and $1,096,091 sold; and for International, $898,385 purchased and $287,717 sold.

NOTE 5 - Distributions to shareholders

The tax character of distributions paid during the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007 and years ended November 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:

Period ended May 31, 2007 Year ended 2006 Year ended 2005
Short-Term Bond Fund
Ordinary income $49,900 $85,431 $83,151
Bond Income Fund
Ordinary income $74,750 $142,386 $126,361
Core Fund
Ordinary income - N/A N/A
Growth Fund
Ordinary income - - $2,289
Capital gains¹ - $125,371 $12,474
International Fund
Ordinary income - $76,618 $17,930
¹Long-Term Capital Gain dividend designated pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

As of May 31, 2007, components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Short-Term Bond Bond Income
Cost of investments $2,659,050 $2,902,408
Gross tax unrealized appreciation 4,748 58,039
Gross tax unrealized depreciation (26,514) (55,877)
Net tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (21,766) 2,162
Undistributed ordinary income - -
Undistributed long-term capital gain (loss) (48,942) (32,983)
Total distributable earnings (48,942) (32,983)
Total accumulated earnings (losses) $(70,708) $(30,821)

 

Core
Cost of investments $2,820,977
Gross tax unrealized appreciation 135,043
Gross tax unrealized depreciation (27,413)
Net tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 107,630
Undistributed ordinary income -
Undistributed long-term capital gain (loss) -
Total distributable earnings -
Total accumulated earnings (losses) $107,630

 

Growth International
Cost of investments $8,115,915 $6,248,080
Gross tax unrealized appreciation 5,743,986 4,164,481
Gross tax unrealized depreciation (279,675) (139,926)
Net tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 5,464,311 4,024,555
Undistributed ordinary income - -
Undistributed long-term capital gain (loss) 463,633 (12,414)
Total distributable earnings 463,633 (12,414)
Total accumulated earnings (losses) $5,927,944 $4,012,141

 

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Availability of Portfolio Information
(1) The Sextant Funds file complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q.
(2) The Funds' Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov., and at www.saturna.com.
(3) The Funds' Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
(4) The Funds make a complete schedule of portfolio holdings after the end of each month available to investors at http://www.saturna.com.

Availability of Proxy Voting Information
(1) A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (a) without charge, upon request, by calling Saturna Capital at 1-800 728-8762 (b) on the Funds' website at http://www.saturna.com; and (c) on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
(2) Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (a) without charge, upon request, by calling Saturna Capital at 1-800 728-8752; (b) on the Funds' website at http://www.saturna.com; and (c) on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

Privacy Statement
At Saturna Capital, we understand the importance to you in maintaining the privacy of your financial information. To that end, we want to assure you that we protect the confidentiality of any personal information you share with us.

We collect personal information about you from information we receive from you on applications and other forms and from transactions or trades placed with us. Please be assured that except to administer a transaction with an affiliated third party upon your request, we do not disclose any personal information about our customers, or our former customers, to anyone, except as may be required by law. We maintain our own technology resources to minimize the use of outside service providers.

Additionally, Saturna Capital restricts access to personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with regulations to guard your personal information. If you have further questions or concerns about the security or privacy of the information we receive from you, please call us at 800 / SATURNA.

Householding Policy
To reduce expenses, we may mail only one copy of a Fund's prospectus and each annual and semi-annual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive individual copies of these documents, please call us at 800/SATURNA (or contact your financial institution). We will begin sending you individual copies thirty days after receiving your request.

 

 

 

 

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This report is issued for the information of the shareowners of the Funds. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless it is accompanied or preceded by an effective prospectus relating to the securities of the Funds. The Sextant Funds are a series of Saturna Investment Trust.

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Fellow Shareowners:

For the six months ended May 31, 2007, Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund provided a total return of +0.16%. The net asset value was $5.24 per share compared to $5.32 at November 30, 2006. Total Fund assets increased 6% to $9.31 million. The annualized expense ratio was 0.84%.

For the twelve months ended May 31, 2007, the Fund provided a total return of +3.87%. Additional performance information is provided below.

The Federal Funds rate stayed at 5.25% for the reporting period while European and Asian central bank rates climbed in a range of 0.25% to 1.25%. Over the last year, US municipal bond yields were narrowly mixed, masking a move to lower rates and the subsequent recent rebound. The yield advantage of long municipal bonds over short municipal bonds fell from about 0.6% to 0.3% over the period. In general, the highest returns were generated by long maturity, non-investment grade and non-US securities. Fixed income investors continue to accept more risk in their search for yield, especially on high yield speculative grade bonds. The relatively high quality of municipal bonds means they are little affected by the recent declines in the sub-prime mortgage market and related bond derivatives. Illustrating the Fund’s quality, Moody’s Investor Services rates 87.4% of the Fund’s portfolio at the highest “AAA” grade.

We expect the global economy to grow solidly and the US economy to continue modest expansion in 2007. US corporate profits will rise 6% to 9%. We expect the Federal Reserve to keep a floor under short-term rates for another six months to support the US dollar. We expect municipal rates to rise slightly, favoring intermediate maturities of five to ten years. Portfolio dollar weighted average maturity is 8.2 years.

The Idaho economy, population and State employment continue to grow above the national average. The State budget is in balance. Idaho issuer credit worthiness remains secure. The fiscal discipline and pro-business policies of Idaho's state and local governments give Idaho a sharp competitive edge.

Conservative investors choose the Idaho Fund for high quality double tax-free municipal bonds and low price volatility. Today more than forty states (including Idaho) do not tax interest income paid by municipal bonds issued within the state but do tax interest income paid by municipal bonds issued in other states. However, the US Supreme Court, under the dormant Commerce Clause, accepted the Davis vs. Kentucky case, to determine if these tax policies are unconstitutional under the Commerce clause of the US Constitution. The Court may allow tax policies like Idaho’s to remain unchanged. Or the Court may require states to tax residents on in-state municipal bond income, ending the double-tax exemption on in-state municipal bonds which will hurt prices of single-state bonds as they are forced to compete in a national market of tax exempt bonds. Another result could be that states could be allowed to continue exemptions for in-state bond income if they also exempt interest income earned on out-of-state municipal bonds. As the Court’s decision could impact the value of your Fund shares, we wish to note this extra market uncertainty.

We invite you to review the advantages of the Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund, including low expenses, income presently free from Idaho and federal income taxes, a high-quality diversified bond portfolio and daily supervision by professional managers. We welcome your suggestions. Only with your help can we be certain that we are meeting your investment needs — our primary objective.

Nicholas Kaiser, President

Phelps McIlvaine, Vice President, Portfolio Manager

Additional Performance Information:
Average Annual Returns (as of 6/30/2007)
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years Expense Ratio¹
3.25% 2.82% 3.09% 4.18% 0.87%

Performance data quoted in this report represents past performance and is no guarantee of future performance. The investment return and principal value of investments in the Fund fluctuate daily and an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost and you may lose money. Returns above do not reflect the potential deduction of a 2% redemption fee on shares held less than 30 days. Current performance may be higher or lower than performance data quoted herein. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available online at www.saturna.com or by calling toll free (800) SATURNA.

¹ By regulation, the expense ratio shown in this table is as of the Fund's most recent prospectus dated March 30, 2007 and differs from expense ratios shown elsewhere in this report as they each reflect different fiscal periods.

Please consider an investment's objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. To obtain the Fund's prospectus that contains this and other important information please visit www.saturna.com or call toll free (800) SATURNA. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

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Schedule of Investments Ratings are lesser of Moody's Investor Services or Standard & Poor's.
Rating Issue Coupon/Maturity Face Amount Market Value Percentage
Building
AAA Idaho State Building Authority 4.50% due 9/1/2023 $110,000 $111,104 1.2%
Electric Power
AAA Idaho Falls Electric Revenue 6.75% due 4/1/2019 145,000 146,299 1.6%
Financial Services
AAA Boise City General Fund Revenue 5.20% due 12/1/2017 160,000 168,944 1.8%
AAA Boise City General Fund Revenue 5.25% due 12/1/2018 100,000 105,336 1.1%
260,000 274,280 2.9%
General Obligation
AA- Ada & Canyon JSD #2 Meridian 5.50% due 7/30/2015 50,000 55,115 0.6%
AAA Ada & Canyon JSD #2 Meridian 5.00% due 8/15/2020 165,000 175,242 1.9%
AAA Ada & Canyon JSD #2 Meridian 5.00% due 8/15/2021 155,000 164,116 1.8%
AAA Adams & Washington 4.00% due 8/15/2019 100,000 99,025 1.1%
AAA Bingham County SCD #55 Blackfoot 4.65% due 8/1/2017 285,000 294,710 3.2%
AAA Blaine County Idaho Series A 4.05% due 8/1/2023 150,000 143,871 1.5%
A Boise County SCD #73 Horseshoe Bend 5.15% due 7/31/2010 125,000 126,539 1.4%
AAA Bonneville & Bingham Co JSD #93 GO 4.50% due 9/15/2017 150,000 153,963 1.6%
AAA Boundary County SCD #101 5.10% due 8/1/2022 130,000 138,607 1.5%
AAA Caldwell, Idaho 5.30% due 5/15/2014 150,000 155,684 1.7%
AAA Canyon County SCD #139 Vallivue 4.05% due 8/15/2016 80,000 81,220 0.9%
AAA Canyon County SCD #139 Vallivue 4.35% due 9/15/2025 350,000 344,897 3.7%
AAA Canyon County SCD #131 Nampa 4.75% due 8/15/2019 325,000 335,761 3.6%
AAA Canyon County SCD #134 Middleton 4.65% due 7/31/2016 170,000 175,163 1.9%
A Canyon County SCD #135 Notus 6.00% due 8/1/2007 50,000 49,839 0.5%
AAA Idaho Housing & Finance Association 4.80% due 6/1/2017 100,000 104,214 1.1%
AAA Jerome Lincoln Gooding Co's JSD #261 3.75% due 9/15/2018 125,000 121,243 1.3%
AAA Jerome Lincoln Gooding Co's JSD #261 5.00% due 9/15/2022 250,000 266,617 2.9%
AAA Kootenai-Shonshone Area Library 4.25% due 8/1/2021 220,000 221,054 2.4%
AAA Lakeland ID JSD #272 4.00% due 8/15/2015 100,000 100,010 1.1%
AAA Lemhi County 4.20% due 8/1/2015 100,000 101,258 1.1%
AAA Madison Co. ID SCD #321 Rexburg 4.50% due 8/15/2024 160,000 160,902 1.7%
AAA Madison Co. SCD #321 Rexburg UTGO 4.50% due 8/15/2026 250,000 250,075 2.7%
AAA Meridian Free Library District 5.00% due 8/1/2015 200,000 200,438 2.1%
AAA Minidoka & Jerome JSD #331 4.50% due 8/15/2018 75,000 77,398 0.8%
AAA Minidoka & Jerome JSD #331 4.50% due 8/15/2020 75,000 76,591 0.8%
AAA Minidoka & Jerome JSD #331 4.50% due 8/15/2025 160,000 160,333 1.7%
AAA Nampa Idaho Series B 5.00% due 8/1/2020 200,000 213,708 2.3%
AAA Oneida County SCD #351 Malad City 4.00% due 8/15/2015 150,000 151,137 1.6%
AAA Owyhee & Canyon Cos. JSD #370 4.55% due 8/15/2016 160,000 168,771 1.8%
AAA Payette Co ID SCD #373 5.00% due 9/15/2024 100,000 103,911 1.1%
AAA Valley & Adams Co JSD #421 4.50% due 8/1/2024 290,000 291,415 3.1%
AAA Valley & Adams JSD #421 McCall 4.50% due 8/1/2022 135,000 136,723 1.5%
5,285,000 5,399,550 58.0%
Housing
AA+ Idaho Housing Agency Refunding Series A 6.15% due 7/1/2024 5,000 4,962 * 0.0%
AAA Idaho Housing Agency Single Family Mort Mezz-E-1 6.60% due 7/1/2011 5,000 4,965 0.1%
10,000 9,927 0.1%

Continued on next page.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (continued)
Rating Issue Coupon/Maturity Face Amount Market Value Percentage
Medical/Hospitals
AAA Idaho Health Facility Auth. Ref. Holy Cross Sys Corp. Rev 5.25% due 12/1/2014 $110,000 $111,719 1.2%
AAA Idaho Health Facility Auth. Corp. Holy Cross Rev Refunding 5.00% due 12/1/2022 115,000 116,987 1.3%
AAA Madison CO Hospital COP 5.00% due 12/1/2018 105,000 106,979 1.1%
330,000 335,685 3.6%
Pollution Control
AAA Idaho Bond Bank Authority 4.30% due 9/1/2022 135,000 134,275 1.4%
Real Estate
AAA Idaho State Bldg Authority 5.05% due 9/1/2018 95,000 95,646 1.0%
AAA Idaho State Bldg Authority 5.00% due 9/1/2021 100,000 101,017 1.1%
A Jerome Urban Renewal District 5.40% due 9/1/2013 200,000 200,992 2.2%
A Post Falls LID 5.00% due 5/1/2021 300,000 300,231 3.2%
695,000 697,886 7.5%
State Education
AAA Boise State University Rev 5.00% due 4/1/2019 295,000 313,145 3.4%
AAA Idaho State Building Authority 4.00% due 9/1/2016 105,000 104,252 1.1%
AAA Idaho State University Ref & Impt 4.90% due 4/1/2017 150,000 151,767 1.7%
AAA Idaho State University Rev 4.625% due 4/1/2024 220,000 225,491 2.4%
AAA University of Idaho Student Fee Rev 5.00% due 4/1/2019 200,000 213,642 2.3%
AAA University of Idaho Student Fee Rev 5.00% due 4/1/2020 160,000 170,341 1.8%
1,130,000 1,178,638 12.7%
Sewer
A Troy ID Sewer System 8.00% due 2/1/2008 15,000 14,888 0.2%
A Troy ID Sewer System 8.00% due 2/1/2009 20,000 19,857 0.2%
A Troy ID Sewer System 8.00% due 2/1/2010 20,000 19,883 0.2%
55,000 54,628 0.6%
Urban Renewal
AAA Boise City Urban Renewal Agency Pk Rev & RA 5.00% due 9/1/2012 65,000 66,091 0.7%
AAA Boise City Urb Ren Lease Rev 5.00% due 8/15/2020 160,000 169,454 1.8%
AAA Boise City Urb Ren Agy Lease Rev 5.00% due 8/15/2021 90,000 94,489 1.0%
315,000 330,034 3.5%
Water Supply
AAA Blackfoot COP Series 2000 5.80% due 9/1/2018 135,000 143,177 1.5%
AAA Idaho Bond Bank Authority 5.00% due 9/15/2026 250,000 264,325 2.8%
AAA Ketchum Water Revenue 4.75% due 9/1/2013 60,000 60,502 0.7%
445,000 468,004 5.0%
Total Investments (Total Cost=$9,128,786) $8,915,000 $9,140,310 98.1%
Other Assets (net of liabilities) 172,302 1.9%
Total Net Assets (100%) $9,312,612 100.0%
*Amount is less than 0.01%

 

Ratings Established By Adviser By Standard & Poor's By Moody's Investor Services
AAA 86.0% 30.9% 87.4%
AA 0.6% 4.2% 0.6%
A 11.5% 3.6% 0.0%
BBB 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Unrated 0.0% 59.4% 10.1%
Other Assets 1.9% 1.9% 1.9%

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial Highlights Period ended For Year Ended November 30,
Selected data per share of capital stock outstanding throughout period: May 31, 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Net asset value at beginning of period $5.32 $5.27 $5.39 $5.46 $5.37 $5.28
Income from investment operations
Net investment income 0.09 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.21 0.22
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) (0.08) 0.06 (0.10) (0.07) 0.09 0.09
Total from investment operations 0.01 0.24 0.09 0.12 0.30 0.31
Less distributions
Dividends (from net investment income) (0.09) (0.18) (0.19) (0.19) (0.21) (0.22)
Distributions (from capital gains) - (0.01) (0.02) - - -
Total distributions (0.09) (0.19) (0.21) (0.19) (0.21) (0.22)
Paid-in capital from early redemption fees¹ - *0.00 *0.00 - - -
Net asset value at end of period $5.24 $5.32 $5.27 $5.39 $5.46 $5.37
Total Return 0.16% 4.66% 1.66% 2.29% 5.40% 5.98%
Ratios / Supplemental Data
Net assets ($000), end of period $9,313 $8,783 $8,531 $8,472 $7,692 $6,943
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
Before fee waivers 0.43% 0.87% 0.91% 0.95% 0.88% 0.88%
After fee waivers 0.42% 0.83% 0.88% 0.93% 0.85% 0.80%
Ratio of net investment income after fee waiver to average net assets 1.68% 3.40% 3.58% 3.56% 3.78% 4.14%
Portfolio turnover rate 1% 24% 21% 15% 6% 11%
¹Early redemption fee adopted March 29, 2005 *Amount is less than $0.01

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Period ended May 31, 2007 Year ended Nov. 30, 2006
Increase in Net Assets
From Operations
Net investment income $149,933 $291,745
Net realized gain (loss) on investments (2,791) 19,527
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (125,629) 67,593
Net increase in net assets from operations $21,513 $378,865
Dividends to shareowners from
Net investment income (150,060) (291,745)
Capital gains distributions - (19,527)
Net dividends to shareowners (150,060) (311,272)
Fund Share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares 967,213 1,123,133
Value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends 117,161 241,424
Early redemption fees retained - 2
Cost of shares redeemed (425,988) (1,180,827)
Net increase in net assets from share transactions 658,386 183,732
Total increase in net assets $529,839 $251,325
Net Assets
Beginning of period 8,782,773 8,531,448
End of period $9,312,612 $8,782,773
Shares of the fund sold and redeemed
Number of shares sold 183,458 225,928
Number of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends 22,206 45,798
Number of shares redeemed (80,541) (237,777)
Net increase in number of shares outstanding 125,123 33,949

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities

For the period ended May 31, 2007
Investment Income
Interest income $204,204
Amortization of bond premium (16,546)
Gross investment income 187,658
Expenses
Investment adviser and administration fees 22,276
Audit fees 4,119
Chief compliance officer expenses 2,633
Insurance 2,057
Shareholder service fee 1,907
Filing and Registration fees 1,409
Printing and postage 1,108
Trustee fees 1,004
Legal fees 1,004
Custodian fees 896
Other expenses 208
Total gross expenses 38,621
Less: Custodian fees waived (896)
Net expenses 37,725
Net investment income $149,933
Net realized loss on investments
Proceeds from sales 95,000
Less cost of securities sold based on identified cost 97,791
Realized net loss (2,791)
Unrealized gain on investments
End of period 11,523
Beginning of period 137,152
Decrease in unrealized gain for the period (125,629)
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments $(128,420)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $21,513

Statement of Assets & Liabilities

As of May 31, 2007
Assets
Bond Investments (Cost $9,128,786) $9,140,310
Cash 374,212
Interest receivable 116,900
Insurance reserve premium 801
Total Assets $9,632,223
Liabilities
Payable for securities purchased 306,599
Distributions payable 5,001
Due to affiliates 4,043
Accrued expenses 2,429
Payable for fund shares redeemed 1,539
Total Liabilities 319,611
Net Assets $9,312,612
Analysis of Net Assets
Paid in Capital (unlimited shares authorized, without par value) 9,301,088
Unrealized net appreciation on investments 11,524
Net Assets applicable to Fund shares outstanding 9,312,612
Fund Shares Outstanding 1,777,132
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption price per share $5.24

Notes To Financial Statements

Note 1 — Organization
Saturna Investment Trust (the “Trust”) was established under Washington State Law as a Business Trust on February 20, 1987. The Trust is registered as a no-load, open-end series investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Five portfolios have been created to date in addition to Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund (the “Fund”). The other five portfolios distribute through a separate prospectus and the results of those funds are contained in a separate report.

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide income free from federal income, federal alternative minimum and Idaho state income taxes, with a secondary objective of capital preservation.

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund.

Security valuation:
Fixed-income securities for which there are no publicly available market quotations are valued using matrices based on maturity, quality, yield, call features and similar factors, which are compared periodically to multiple dealer bids and adjusted by the adviser under fair value policies established by the Trustees. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Fund to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in the State of Idaho.

Income taxes:
The Fund’s policy is to continue to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all its taxable income to its shareowners. Therefore, no provision for Federal income taxes is required. Further, the Fund intends to meet requirements for tax-free income dividends, and requirements of the Idaho Department of Revenue for income dividends free of Idaho state income tax.

Dividends and distributions to shareowners:
Dividends and distributions to shareowners, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends are paid daily and distributed on the last business day of each month. Shareowners electing to reinvest dividends and distributions purchase additional shares at the net asset value on the payable date.

Use of estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets

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Expenses
As an Idaho Tax-Exempt mutual fund shareowner, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. Unlike many mutual funds, the Idaho tax-Exempt Fund does not impose sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends or other distributions. Nor do you incur exchange fees or fees related to Individual Retirement Accounts. You may incur fees related to extra services requested by you for your account, such as a checkbook to use for redemptions or bank wires.

The Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund, unlike many mutual funds, does not impose sales charges (loads) on purchases, reinvested dividends or distributions. You do not incur exchange fees, or fees related to Individual Retirement Accounts. However, to discourage speculative trading, you may incur a 2% redemption fee on shares held less than 30 days. You may incur fees related to extra services requested by you for your account, such as a checkbook to use for redemptions or bank wires.

EXAMPLE
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the fiscal year and held for six months [Friday, December 1, 2006 to Thursday, May 31, 2007].

ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first line provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you have invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, a $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Year" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this fiscal year. The Fund also charges the following fees for extra services rendered on request, which you may need to add to determine your total expenses: $10 per checkbook, $25 per bank wire, $15 per overnight courier delivery.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second line provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio (based on the last six months) and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the year. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareowner reports of the other funds. You may wish to add other fees that are not included in the expenses shown in the table, such as charges for extra services like check writing and bank wires.

Please note that the expenses shown are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees¹, or exchange fees (note that the Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund does not have any such transaction costs). Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and may not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

Beginning Account Value
[Friday, December 1, 2006]
Ending Account Value
[Thursday, May 31, 2007]
Expenses Paid During Period*
Actual $1,000.00 $1,001.60 $4.19
Hypothetical
(5% return before expenses)
$1,000.00 $1,020.74 $4.23
* Expenses are equal to Idaho Tax-Exempt Bond Fund's annualized expense ratio of 0.84% (based on the most recent semi-annual period of December 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007, multiplied by the average account value of $1,000.80 over the period multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

Notes To Financial Statements (continued)

and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Other:
The cost of securities is the same for accounting and Federal income tax purposes. Securities transactions are recorded on trade date. Realized gains and losses are recorded on the identified cost basis.

Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the lives of the respective securities.

Expenses incurred by the Trust on behalf of the Fund (e.g., professional fees) are allocated to the Fund and the other Funds of the Trust on the basis of relative daily average net assets.

The Trustees have adopted certain policies and procedures with respect to frequent trading of Fund shares. The Funds are intended for long-term investment and do not permit rapid trading of their shares. Shares held less than 30 calendar days, including those held in omnibus accounts at intermediaries, will be assessed a 2% early-redemption fee (payable to the Fund) when redeemed.

New Accounting Pronouncements:
On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) released FASB Interpretation No. 48 - Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Adoption of FIN 48 is required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 and is to be applied to all open tax years as of the effective date. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of FIN 48 will have on the Funds’ net assets, results of operations and financial statement disclosures.

In September 2006, FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, “Fair Value Measurement” (“SFAS 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund’s financial statement disclosures.

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Notes To Financial Statements (continued)

Note 3 — Transactions with Affiliated Persons
Under a contract approved by shareowners on October 12, 1990, Saturna Capital Corporation provides investment advisory services and certain other administrative and distribution services to conduct the Fund’s business. For such services, the Fund pays an annual fee equal to .50% of average daily net assets. For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, the Fund incurred advisory fee expenses of $22,276.

In accordance with the Fund’s agreement with its custodian, National City Bank of Indiana, for the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, custodian fees incurred by the Fund amounted to $896. The custodian waived $896 of its fees for earnings credits for the current year.

Saturna Brokerage Services, Inc. (a subsidiary of Saturna Capital Corporation) is a broker-dealer and acts as distributor without compensation. Saturna Capital Corporation acts as shareowner servicing agent for the Fund, for a monthly fee plus certain expenses. For the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, the Fund paid shareholder servicing fees of $1,907.

Trustee Nicholas Kaiser, who also serves as the president of the Trust, is a director and president of the Adviser. On May 31, 2007, the trustees, officers and their immediate families as a group owned 0.05% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. Mr. Kaiser owned 845 shares.

The four unaffiliated trustees receive $400 per Board or committee meeting attended, plus travel expenses, allocated pro-rata to the six Funds of Saturna Investment Trust. The Trust paid the Independent Trustees $3,832 to attend meetings during the period. Regulations require the Trust to designate a Chief Compliance Officer; Mr. James Winship was retained by the Trust and paid $10,809 during the period. The other officers are paid by Saturna Capital, and not the Trust.

Note 4 — Investments
During the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007, the Fund purchased $868,652 of securities and sold/matured $95,000 of securities.

Note 5 — Distributions to shareowners:
The tax character of distributions paid during the semi-annual period ended May 31, 2007 and years ended November 30, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:

Period ended May 31, 2007 2006 2005
Tax-Exempt Income $150,060 $291,026 $302,222
Taxable Income - $702 -
Capital Gains¹ - $19,527 $25,992
¹Long-Term Capital Gain dividend designated pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

As of May 31, 2007 the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Cost of investments $9,128,786
Gross unrealized appreciation 71,279
Gross unrealized depreciation (59,755)
Net unrealized appreciation $11,524
Total accumulated earnings/losses $11,524

Availability of Fund Portfolio Information

(1) The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q.
(2) The Fund's Forms N-Q is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov., and at www.saturna.com.
(3) The Fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
(4) The Fund makes a complete schedule of portfolio holdings after the end of each month available to investors at www.saturna.com.

Privacy Statement

At Saturna Capital, we understand the importance to you in maintaining the privacy of your financial information. To that end, we want to assure you that we protect the confidentiality of any personal information you share with us.

We collect personal information about you from information we receive from you on applications and other forms and from transactions or trades placed with us. Please be assured that except to administer a transaction with an affiliated third party upon your request, we do not disclose any personal information about our customers, or our former customers, to anyone, except as may be required by law. We maintain our own technology resources to minimize the use of outside service providers.

Additionally, Saturna Capital restricts access to personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with regulations to guard your personal information. If you have further questions or concerns about the security or privacy of the information we receive from you, please call us at 800 / SATURNA.

Householding Policy

To reduce expenses, we may mail only one copy of the Fund’s prospectus and each annual and semi-annual report to those addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to receive individual copies of these documents, please call us at 800/SATURNA. We will begin sending you individual copies thirty days after receiving your request.

This report is issued for the information of the shareowners of the Fund. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless it is accompanied or preceded by an effective prospectus relating to the securities of the Fund. Idaho Tax-Exempt Fund is a series of Saturna Investment Trust. Saturna Capital Logo 1300 N. State Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
www.saturna.com
(800)SATURNA

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not applicable.

Controls and Procedures
Internal control over financial reporting is under the supervision of the principal executive and financial officers. On July 6, 2007, Mr. Nicholas Kaiser (President) and Mr. Christopher Fankhauser (Treasurer), reviewed the internal control procedures for Saturna Investment Trust and found them reasonable and adequate.

Exhibits
Exhibits included with this filing:

Certifications.

  1. Nicholas Kaiser, President, Saturna Investment Trust
  2. Christopher Fankhauser, Treasurer, Saturna Investment Trust

 


Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SATURNA INVESTMENT TRUST

By
/s/ Nicholas Kaiser
President
April 3, 2008

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:
/s/ Nicholas Kaiser
President
April 3, 2008

By:
/s/ Christopher Fankhauser
Treasurer
April 3, 2008