Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio

Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio–Summary

Investment Objective

The Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) seeks current income and long-term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of Class A Shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Goldman Sachs Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “Shareholder Guide–Common Questions Applicable to the Purchase of Class A Shares” beginning on page 113 of this Prospectus and “Other Information Regarding Maximum Sales Charge, Purchases, Redemptions, Exchanges and Dividends” beginning on page B-155 of the Portfolio’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

Shareholder Fees
(fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio		Class A Shares	Class B Shares	Class C Shares	Institutional Shares	Service Shares	Class IR Shares	Class R Shares
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)		5.50%	none	none	none	none	none	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of original purchase price or sale proceeds)	[1]	none	5.00%	1.00%	none	none	none	none

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio		Class A Shares	Class B Shares	Class C Shares	Institutional Shares	Service Shares	Class IR Shares	Class R Shares
Management Fees		0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees		0.25%	1.00%	1.00%	none	none	none	0.50%
Other Expenses		0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.09%	0.59%	0.24%	0.24%
Service Fees		none	none	none	none	0.25%	none	none
Shareholder Administration Fees		none	none	none	none	0.25%	none	none
All Other Expenses		0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.09%	0.09%	0.24%	0.24%
Acquired (Underlying) Fund Fees and Expenses		0.67%	0.67%	0.67%	0.67%	0.67%	0.67%	0.67%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses	[1]	1.31%	2.06%	2.06%	0.91%	1.41%	1.06%	1.56%
Expense Limitation	[2]	(0.05%)	(0.05%)	(0.05%)	(0.05%)	(0.05%)	(0.05%)	(0.05%)
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Expense Limitation	[1]	1.26%	2.01%	2.01%	0.86%	1.36%	1.01%	1.51%

Expense Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

This Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in Class A, Class B, Class C, Institutional, Service, Class R and/or Class IR Shares of the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Class A, Class B, Class C, Institutional, Service, Class IR and/or Class R Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same (except that the Example incorporates the expense limitation arrangement for only the first year). Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Assuming complete redemption at end of period

Expense Example Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class A Shares	671	938	1,224	2,038
Class B Shares	704	941	1,304	2,193
Class C Shares	304	641	1,104	2,386
Institutional Shares	88	285	499	1,115
Service Shares	138	441	766	1,687
Class IR Shares	103	332	580	1,290
Class R Shares	154	488	845	1,852

Assuming no redemption

Expense Example, No Redemption Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio (USD $)	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
Class B Shares	204	641	1,104	2,193
Class C Shares	204	641	1,104	2,386

Portfolio Turnover

The Portfolio does not pay transaction costs when it buys and sells shares of the Underlying Funds (as defined below). However, each Underlying Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities or instruments (i.e., “turns over” its portfolio). A high rate of portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs, including brokerage commissions, which must be borne by the Underlying Fund and its shareholders, including the Portfolio, and is also likely to result in higher short-term capital gains for taxable shareholders. These costs are not reflected in annual Portfolio operating expenses or in the expense example above, but are reflected in the Portfolio’s performance. The Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 was 38% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Strategy

The Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of underlying funds that currently exist or that may become available for investment in the future for which GSAM or an affiliate now or in the future acts as investment adviser or principal underwriter (the “Underlying Funds”). Some of the Underlying Funds invest primarily in fixed income or money market instruments (the “Underlying Fixed Income Funds”) and other Underlying Funds invest primarily in equity securities (the “Underlying Equity Funds”).

Under normal conditions, the Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing approximately 60% (within a range of 40%-80%) of its assets in Underlying Fixed Income Funds and approximately 40% (within a range of 20%-60%) of its assets in Underlying Equity Funds. The Portfolio’s investment in any of the Underlying Funds may exceed 25% of its assets. The Portfolio expects to invest a relatively significant percentage of its fixed income allocation in the Goldman Sachs Short Duration Government, Global Income and Core Fixed Income Funds, and a relatively significant percentage of its equity allocation in the Goldman Sachs Structured Large Cap Growth, Goldman Sachs Structured Large Cap Value and Goldman Sachs Structured International Equity Funds.

THE PARTICULAR UNDERLYING FUNDS IN WHICH THE PORTFOLIO MAY INVEST, THE EQUITY/FIXED INCOME TARGETS AND RANGES AND INVESTMENTS IN EACH UNDERLYING FUND MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OR NOTICE.

Principal Risks of the Portfolio:

Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Portfolio. An investment in the Portfolio is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any government agency. The Portfolio should not be relied upon as a complete investment program. Stated allocations may be subject to change. There can be no assurance that the Portfolio will achieve its investment objective.

Affiliated Persons. The Investment Adviser will have the authority to select and substitute Underlying Funds. The Investment Adviser and/or its affiliates are compensated by the Portfolios and by the Underlying Funds for advisory and/or principal underwriting services provided. The Investment Adviser is subject to conflicts of interest in allocating Portfolio assets among the various Underlying Funds both because the fees payable to it and/or its affiliates by Underlying Funds differ and because the Investment Adviser and its affiliates are also responsible for managing the Underlying Funds. The portfolio managers may also be subject to conflicts of interest in allocating Portfolio assets among the various Underlying Funds because the Portfolio’s portfolio management team may also manage some of the Underlying Funds. The Trustees and officers of the Goldman Sachs Trust may also have conflicting interests in fulfilling their fiduciary duties to both the Portfolios and the Underlying Funds for which GSAM or its affiliates now or in the future serve as investment adviser or principal underwriter.

Expenses. By investing in the Underlying Funds indirectly through the Portfolio, the investor will incur not only a proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds held by the Portfolio (including operating costs and investment management fees), but also expenses of the Portfolio.

Investing in the Underlying Funds. The investments of the Portfolio are concentrated in the Underlying Funds, and the Portfolio’s investment performance is directly related to the investment performance of the Underlying Funds it holds. The ability of the Portfolio to meet its investment objective is directly related to the ability of the Underlying Funds to meet their objectives as well as the allocation among those Underlying Funds by the Investment Adviser.

Investments of the Underlying Funds. Because the Portfolio invests in the Underlying Funds, the Portfolio’s shareholders will be affected by the investment policies and practices of the Underlying Funds in direct proportion to the amount of assets the Portfolio allocates to those Underlying Funds. See the “Principal Risks of the Underlying Funds” below.

Temporary Investments. Although the Portfolios normally seek to remain substantially invested in the Underlying Funds, each Portfolio may invest a portion of its assets in high-quality, short-term debt obligations to maintain liquidity, to meet shareholder redemptions and for other short-term cash needs. For temporary defensive purposes during abnormal market or economic conditions, a Portfolio may invest without limitation in short-term obligations. When a Portfolio’s assets are invested in such investments, the Portfolio may not be achieving its investment objective.

Principal Risks of the Underlying Funds:

The target and actual asset allocation percentages, the selection of Underlying Funds and the investments in the Underlying Funds are subject to change. Such changes may cause the Portfolio to be subject to additional or different risks than the risks listed below.

Credit/Default Risk. An issuer or guarantor of fixed income securities held by an Underlying Fund (which may have low credit ratings) may default on its obligation to pay interest, repay principal or make a margin payment. Additionally, the credit quality of securities may deteriorate rapidly, which may impair an Underlying Fund’s liquidity and cause significant deterioration in net asset value (“NAV”). To the extent that an Underlying Fund invests in non-investment grade fixed income securities, these risks will be more pronounced.

Derivatives Risk. The risk that loss may result from an Underlying Fund’s investments in options, futures, swaps, structured securities and other derivative instruments. These instruments may be illiquid, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses to an Underlying Fund. Derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation.

Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation, less public information and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which the Underlying Fund invests. Loss may also result from the imposition of exchange controls, confiscations and other government restrictions, or from problems in registration, settlement or custody. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Underlying Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. To the extent the Underlying Fund also invests in issuers located in emerging countries, these risks may be more pronounced.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates increase, fixed income securities held by an Underlying Fund will generally decline in value. Long-term fixed income securities will normally have more price volatility because of this risk than short-term fixed income securities.

Investment Style Risk. Different investment styles (e.g., “growth”, “value” or “quantitative”) tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market and economic conditions and investor sentiment. An Underlying Fund may outperform or underperform other funds that invest in similar asset classes but employ different investment styles.

Liquidity Risk. The risk that an Underlying Fund may make investments that may be illiquid or that may become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perceptions. Illiquid investments may be more difficult to value. Liquidity risk may also refer to the risk that an Underlying Fund will not be able to pay redemption proceeds within the allowable time period because of unusual market conditions, an unusually high volume of redemption requests, or other reasons. To meet redemption requests, an Underlying Fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions.

Market Risk. The value of the instruments in which an Underlying Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions.

Non-Diversification Risk. Certain of the Underlying Funds are non-diversified and are permitted to invest more of their assets in fewer issuers than “diversified” mutual funds. Thus, such an Underlying Fund may be more susceptible to adverse developments affecting any single issuer held in its portfolio, and may be more susceptible to greater losses because of these developments.

Small Cap Risk. Investments in small capitalization companies involve greater risks than investments in larger, more established companies. These securities may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements and may lack sufficient market liquidity, and these issuers often face greater business risks.

Stock Risk. Stock prices have historically risen and fallen in periodic cycles. U.S. and foreign stock markets have experienced periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the future.

U.S. Government Securities Risk. The U.S. government may not provide financial support to U.S. government agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises if it is not obligated to do so by law. Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises (“U.S. Government Securities”) issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and Federal Home Loan Banks chartered or sponsored by Acts of Congress are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. It is possible that issuers of U.S. Government Securities will not have the funds to meet their payment obligations in the future.

Further Information on Investment Objectives, Strategies and Risks of the Underlying Funds. A concise description of the investment objectives, practices and risks of each of the Underlying Funds that are currently expected to be used for investment by the Portfolio as of the date of this Prospectus is provided beginning on page 69 of this Prospectus.

Performance

The bar chart and table below provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing: (a) changes in the performance of the Portfolio’s Class A Shares from year to year; and (b) how the average annual total returns of the Portfolio’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Institutional, Service, Class IR and Class R Shares compare to those of certain broad-based securities market indices and to the Balanced Strategy Composite Index, a composite representation prepared by the Investment Adviser of the performance of the Portfolio’s asset classes weighted according to their respective weightings in the Portfolio’s target range. The Balanced Strategy Composite Index is comprised of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (60%), the S&P 500^® Index (20%), and the MSCI^® EAFE^® Index (20%). The Portfolio’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at no cost at www.goldmansachsfunds.com/performance or by calling the appropriate phone number on the back cover of this Prospectus.

The bar chart (including “Best Quarter” and “Worst Quarter” information) does not reflect the sales loads applicable to Class A Shares. If the sales loads were reflected, returns would be less. Performance reflects expense limitations in effect.

TOTAL RETURN CALENDAR YEAR (CLASS A)

Best Quarter
Q3 ’09   +11.41%
Worst Quarter
Q4 ’08    –10.40%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN
For the period ended December 31, 2011

Average Annual Total Returns Goldman Sachs Balanced Strategy Portfolio	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years	Since Inception	Inception Date
Class A Shares	(7.24%)	0.10%	3.81%	3.66%	Jan. 02, 1998
Class B Shares	(7.52%)	0.07%	3.76%	3.63%	Jan. 02, 1998
Class C Shares	(3.61%)	0.48%	3.62%	3.31%	Jan. 02, 1998
Institutional Shares	(1.48%)	1.66%	4.81%	4.50%	Jan. 02, 1998
Service Shares	(2.09%)	1.13%	4.28%	3.97%	Jan. 02, 1998
Class IR Shares	(1.79%)			0.51%	Nov. 30, 2007
Class R Shares	(2.11%)			0.05%	Nov. 30, 2007
Returns After Taxes on Distributions Class A Shares	(7.60%)	(0.88%)	2.78%	2.44%	Jan. 02, 1998
Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Portfolio Shares Class A Shares	(4.51%)	(0.36%)	2.80%	2.50%	Jan. 02, 1998
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) Service Shares	2.11%	(0.25%)	2.92%	3.69%	Jan. 02, 1998
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) Class R Shares	2.11%			(1.77%)	Nov. 30, 2007
MSCI EAFE (gross) Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Service Shares	(11.73%)	(4.26%)	5.12%	3.91%	Jan. 02, 1998
MSCI EAFE (gross) Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) Class R Shares	(11.73%)			(8.22%)	Nov. 30, 2007
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) Service Shares	7.84%	6.50%	5.77%	6.09%	Jan. 02, 1998
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) Class R Shares	7.84%			6.31%	Nov. 30, 2007
Balanced Strategy Composite Index Service Shares	2.91%	3.45%	5.49%	5.60%	Jan. 02, 1998
Balanced Strategy Composite Index Class R Shares	2.91%			2.25%	Nov. 30, 2007

The after-tax returns are for Class A Shares only. The after-tax returns for Class B, Class C, Institutional, Service, Class R and Class IR Shares will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold Portfolio shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

[1] A contingent deferred sales charge (''CDSC'') is imposed on Class B Shares redeemed within six years of purchase, declining from a rate of 5% in the first year to 1% in the sixth year, and eliminated thereafter. A CDSC of 1% is imposed on Class C Shares redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

[1] The Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratios of net and total expenses to average net assets provided in the Financial Highlights, which reflect the operating expenses of the Portfolio and do not include Acquired (Underlying) Fund Fees and Expenses.

[2] The Investment Adviser has agreed to reduce or limit "Other Expenses" (excluding service and shareholder administration fees, Acquired (Underlying) Fund Fees and Expenses, transfer agency fees and expenses, taxes, interest, brokerage fees, litigation, indemnification, shareholder meeting and other extraordinary expenses) to 0.004% of the Portfolio's average daily net assets, through at least April 27, 2013, and prior to such date, the Investment Adviser may not terminate the arrangement without the approval of the Board of Trustees. The expense limitation may be modified or terminated by the Investment Adviser at its discretion and without shareholder approval after such date, although the Investment Adviser does not presently intend to do so. The Portfolio's "Other Expenses" may be further reduced by any custody and transfer agency fee credits received by the Portfolio.