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Thomas Hiller, Esq.
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Ropes & Gray
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Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street
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Boston, MA 02199-3600
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Copy to:
Thomas Hiller, Esq.
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Ropes & Gray
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Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street
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Boston, MA 02199-3600
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DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund - Class A, Class B, Class C, Class S and Institutional Class
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By: /s/W. Douglas Beck
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SIGNATURE
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/s/W. Douglas Beck
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W. Douglas Beck*
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President
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Paul H. Schubert
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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December 13, 2011
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/s/John W. Ballantine
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John W. Ballantine*
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Trustee
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December 13, 2011
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/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.
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Henry P. Becton, Jr.*
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Trustee
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December 13, 2011
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/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
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Dawn-Marie Driscoll*
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Trustee
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December 13, 2011
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Keith R. Fox*
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Trustee
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Paul K. Freeman*
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Chairperson and Trustee
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/s/Kenneth C. Froewiss
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Kenneth C. Froewiss*
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William McClayton*
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Rebecca W. Rimel*
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/s/William N. Searcy, Jr.
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William N. Searcy, Jr.*
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Jean Gleason Stromberg*
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Attorney-in-fact pursuant to the powers of attorney that are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 184 to the Registration Statement as filed on November 28, 2011; and as filed on April 29, 2008 in Post-Effective Amendment No. 168 to the Registration Statement.
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Index No.
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Description of Exhibit
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EX-101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document
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EX-101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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EX-101.CAL
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
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EX-101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
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EX-101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
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Label | Element | Value |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | DWS INVESTMENT TRUST |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Dec. 01, 2011 |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | Class A
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | 5.75% |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds | rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther | none |
Management fee | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.61% |
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | 0.21% |
Other expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.43% |
Total annual operating expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 1.25% |
Less fee waiver/expense reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | none |
Net annual operating expenses | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 1.25% |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 695 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 949 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 1,222 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | 1,999 |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 | 695 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 | 949 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 | 1,222 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 | 1,999 |
Class Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Aug. 02, 1999 |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 12.91% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 2.27% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | (1.62%) |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | Class B
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | none |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds | rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther | 4.00% |
Management fee | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.61% |
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | 1.00% |
Other expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.51% |
Total annual operating expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 2.12% |
Less fee waiver/expense reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | 0.06% |
Net annual operating expenses | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 2.06% |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 609 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 958 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 1,334 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | 2,021 |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 | 209 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 | 658 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 | 1,134 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 | 2,021 |
Class Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Dec. 29, 2000 |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 15.87% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 2.53% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | (1.50%) |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | Class C
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | none |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds | rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther | 1.00% |
Management fee | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.61% |
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | 1.00% |
Other expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.38% |
Total annual operating expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 1.99% |
Less fee waiver/expense reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | none |
Net annual operating expenses | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 1.99% |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 302 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 624 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 1,073 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | 2,317 |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 | 202 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 | 624 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 | 1,073 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 | 2,317 |
Class Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Dec. 29, 2000 |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 18.97% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 2.72% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | (1.77%) |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | INST Class
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | none |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds | rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther | none |
Management fee | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.61% |
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none |
Other expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.29% |
Total annual operating expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.90% |
Less fee waiver/expense reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | none |
Net annual operating expenses | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.90% |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 92 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 287 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 498 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | 1,108 |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 | 92 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 | 287 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 | 498 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 | 1,108 |
Class Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Dec. 29, 2000 |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 20.38% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 3.98% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | (0.59%) |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | Class S
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases, as % of offering price | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | none |
Maximum deferred sales charge (load), as % of redemption proceeds | rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther | none |
Management fee | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.61% |
Distribution/service (12b-1) fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none |
Other expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.41% |
Total annual operating expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 1.02% |
Less fee waiver/expense reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | none |
Net annual operating expenses | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 1.02% |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 104 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 325 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 563 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | 1,248 |
1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 | 104 |
3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 | 325 |
5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 | 563 |
10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 | 1,248 |
Annual Return 2001 | rr_AnnualReturn2001 | (22.65%) |
Annual Return 2002 | rr_AnnualReturn2002 | (29.68%) |
Annual Return 2003 | rr_AnnualReturn2003 | 24.99% |
Annual Return 2004 | rr_AnnualReturn2004 | 4.49% |
Annual Return 2005 | rr_AnnualReturn2005 | 8.18% |
Annual Return 2006 | rr_AnnualReturn2006 | 7.22% |
Annual Return 2007 | rr_AnnualReturn2007 | 12.70% |
Annual Return 2008 | rr_AnnualReturn2008 | (32.84%) |
Annual Return 2009 | rr_AnnualReturn2009 | 23.20% |
Annual Return 2010 | rr_AnnualReturn2010 | 20.14% |
Year to Date Return, Label | rr_YearToDateReturnLabel | Year-to-Date |
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date | rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate | Sep. 30, 2011 |
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return | rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn | (13.71%) |
Highest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Best Quarter: |
Highest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Sep. 30, 2010 |
Highest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 14.41% |
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | Worst Quarter: |
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Dec. 31, 2008 |
Lowest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | (21.45%) |
Class Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | May 15, 1991 |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 20.14% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 3.74% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | (0.80%) |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | Class S | After tax on distributions
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 20.14% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 3.72% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | (0.81%) |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | Class S | After tax on distributions and sale of fund shares
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 13.09% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 3.22% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | (0.67%) |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund
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Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective |
Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The fund seeks long-term growth of capital. |
Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses of the Fund |
Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | These are the fees and expenses you may pay when you buy and hold shares. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your immediate family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in DWS funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Choosing a Share Class (p. 9) and Purchase and Redemption of Shares in the fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) (p. II-15). |
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] | rr_ShareholderFeesCaption | SHAREHOLDER FEES (paid directly from your investment) |
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES |
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination | November 30, 2012 |
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | PORTFOLIO TURNOVER |
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may mean higher taxes if you are investing in a taxable account. These costs are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the expense example, and can affect the fund's performance. Portfolio turnover rate for fiscal year 2011: 209%. |
Portfolio Turnover, Rate | rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate | 209.00% |
Expense Footnotes [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseFootnotesTextBlock | The Advisor has contractually agreed through November 30, 2012 to waive and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the fund's total annual operating expenses at a ratio no higher than 2.06% (excluding extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest expense) for Class B. The agreement may only be terminated with the consent of the fund's Board. |
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your immediate family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in DWS funds. |
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount | 50,000 |
Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | EXAMPLE |
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses (including one year of capped expenses in each period for Class B) remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
Expense Example, No Redemption Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionNarrativeTextBlock | You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares: |
Expense Example Closing [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleClosingTextBlock | Class B converts to Class A after six years; the Example for Class B reflects Class A fees after the conversion. |
Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategy |
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | Main investments. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in large US companies that are similar in size to the companies in the Russell 1000 Growth Index (generally the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies in the United States). The fund's equity investments are mainly common stocks, but may also include other types of equities such as preferred stocks or convertible securities. The fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in stocks and other securities of companies not publicly traded in the United States. The fund expects to invest in a portfolio consisting of approximately 35 issuers, although this number can vary depending on market conditions. Management process. In choosing stocks, portfolio management begins by utilizing a proprietary quantitative model to rank stocks based on a number of factors, including valuation and profitability. Portfolio management also applies fundamental techniques to identify companies that it believes display above-average earnings growth compared to other companies and have strong product lines, effective management and leadership positions within core markets. The factors considered and models used by portfolio management may change over time. Portfolio management may favor different types of securities from different industries and companies at different times. Portfolio management will normally sell a stock when it believes the price is unlikely to go higher, the company's fundamentals have changed, other investments offer better opportunities or in the course of adjusting the fund's emphasis on a given industry. Securities Lending. The fund may lend securities (up to one-third of total assets) to approved institutions. |
Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Main Risks |
Risk Narrative [Text Block] | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | There are several risk factors that could hurt the fund's performance, cause you to lose money or cause the fund's performance to trail that of other investments. The fund may not achieve its investment objective, and is not intended to be a complete investment program. An investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. Stock market risk. When stock prices fall, you should expect the value of your investment to fall as well. Stock prices can be hurt by poor management on the part of the stock's issuer, shrinking product demand and other business risks. These may affect single companies as well as groups of companies. In addition, movements in financial markets may adversely affect a stock's price, regardless of how well the company performs. To the extent the fund invests in a particular capitalization or market sector, the fund's performance may be proportionately affected by that segment's general performance. Growth investing risk. As a category, growth stocks may underperform value stocks (and the stock market as a whole) over any period of time. Because the prices of growth stocks are based largely on the expectation of future earnings, growth stock prices can decline rapidly and significantly in reaction to negative news about such factors as earnings, the economy, political developments, or other news. Focus risk – limited number of securities. To the extent that the fund pursues a strategy of investing in a limited number of securities, it will have a relatively large exposure to the risks of each individual security and may be more volatile than a fund that invests more broadly. Security selection risk. The securities in the fund's portfolio may decline in value. Portfolio management could be wrong in its analysis of industries, companies, economic trends, the relative attractiveness of different securities or other matters. Securities lending risk. Any decline in the value of a portfolio security that occurs while the security is out on loan is borne by the fund and will adversely affect performance. Also, there may be delays in recovery of securities loaned or even a loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially while holding the security. Counterparty risk. A financial institution or other counterparty with whom the fund does business, or that underwrites, distributes or guarantees any investments or contracts that the fund owns or is otherwise exposed to, may decline in financial health and become unable to honor its commitments, which could cause losses for the fund or could delay the return or delivery of collateral or other assets to the fund. Foreign investment risk. The fund faces the risks inherent in foreign investing. Adverse political, economic or social developments could undermine the value of the fund's investments or prevent the fund from realizing their full value. Financial reporting standards for companies based in foreign markets differ from those in the US. Additionally, foreign securities markets generally are smaller and less liquid than US markets. To the extent that the fund invests in non-US dollar denominated foreign securities, changes in currency exchange rates may affect the US dollar value of foreign securities or the income or gain received on these securities. Liquidity risk. In certain situations, it may be difficult or impossible to sell an investment in an orderly fashion at an acceptable price. Pricing risk. If market conditions make it difficult to value some investments, the fund may value these investments using more subjective methods, such as fair value pricing. In such cases, the value determined for an investment could be different than the value realized upon such investment's sale. As a result, you could pay more than the market value when buying fund shares or receive less than the market value when selling fund shares. |
Risk Lose Money [Text] | rr_RiskLoseMoney | There are several risk factors that could hurt the fund's performance, cause you to lose money or cause the fund's performance to trail that of other investments. |
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] | rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution | An investment in the fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. |
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Past Performance |
Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | How a fund's returns vary from year to year can give an idea of its risk; so can comparing fund performance to overall market performance (as measured by an appropriate market index). Past performance may not indicate future results. All performance figures below assume that dividends were reinvested. For more recent performance figures, go to www.dws-investments.com (the Web site does not form a part of this prospectus) or call the phone number for your share class included in this prospectus. |
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] | rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns | How a fund's returns vary from year to year can give an idea of its risk; so can comparing fund performance to overall market performance (as measured by an appropriate market index). |
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] | rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress | www.dws-investments.com |
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] | rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture | Past performance may not indicate future results. |
Bar Chart [Heading] | rr_BarChartHeading | CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS (%) (Class S) |
Bar Chart Narrative [Text Block] | rr_BarChartNarrativeTextBlock | These year-by-year returns do not include sales charges, and would be lower if they did. Returns for other classes were different and are not shown here. |
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text] | rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads | These year-by-year returns do not include sales charges, and would be lower if they did. |
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock | Best Quarter: 14.41%, Q3 2010 Worst Quarter: -21.45%, Q4 2008 Year-to-Date as of 9/30/2011: -13.71% |
Performance Table Heading | rr_PerformanceTableHeading | Average Annual Total Returns |
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate | rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate | After-tax returns (which are shown only for Class S and would be different for other classes) reflect the historical highest individual federal income tax rates, but do not reflect any state or local taxes. |
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred | rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred | After-tax returns are not relevant to shares held in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. |
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] | rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown | After-tax returns (which are shown only for Class S and would be different for other classes) |
Performance Table Narrative | rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock | After-tax returns (which are shown only for Class S and would be different for other classes) reflect the historical highest individual federal income tax rates, but do not reflect any state or local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns may be different. After-tax returns are not relevant to shares held in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan. |
DWS Large Cap Focus Growth Fund | Russell 1000 Growth Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 16.71% |
5 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 | 3.75% |
10 Years | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 | 0.02% |