497K 1 sb53472meew-497k.htm MSCI EAFE EQUAL WEIGHT FUND sb53472meew-497k.htm
GUGGENHEIM FUNDS SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
 
Class A, B and C
February 3, 2012
 
 
 
Fundamental Alpha
 
MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Fund
 
Class A – SEQAX
Class B – SGOBX
Class C – SFGCX
 
 
 
www.rydex-sgi.com
 

 

Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus, statement of additional information (SAI), annual report and other information about the fund online at www.rydex-sgi.com/service/prospectuses_reports.shtml. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-820-0888 or by sending an e-mail to:  sservices@sg-investors.com.
 
The fund’s prospectus and SAI, each dated February 1, 2012, and the fund’s most recent shareholder report are all incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 
 
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Investment Objective — MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Fund (the “Fund”) seeks performance that corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index (the “Underlying Index”).
 
Fees and Expenses of the Fund — This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the Family of Funds, as defined on page 31 of the Fund’s prospectus. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the “Buying Shares—Class A Shares” section on page 16 of the Fund’s prospectus and the “How to Purchase Shares” section on page 37 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
 
 
Class A
Class B
Class C
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases
(as a percentage of offering price)
4.75%
Closed to new subscriptions
None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)
None
5%
1%

 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
 
   
Class A
Class B
Class C
Management fees
0.70%
0.70%
0.70%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25%
1.00%
1.00%
Acquired fund fees and expenses
0.01%
0.01%
0.01%
Other expenses
0.87%
1.31%
0.97%
Total annual fund operating expenses*
1.83%
3.02%
2.68%
Fee waiver (and/or expense reimbursement)1
-0.22%
-0.66%
-0.32%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver
(and/or expense reimbursement)
 
1.61%
 
2.36%
 
2.36%
*
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Expense information in the table has been restated to reflect current fees.
The Investment Manager has contractually agreed through January 31, 2013 to waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses to the extent necessary to limit the ordinary operating expenses (including distribution (12b-1) fees, but exclusive of brokerage costs, dividends on securities sold short, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, litigation, indemnification, and extraordinary expenses) (“Operating Expenses”) of the Fund to the annual percentage of average daily net assets for each class of shares as follows: Class A - 1.61%; Class B - 2.36%; and Class C - 2.36%.  The Fund may have “Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver” greater than the expense cap as a result of any acquired fund fees and expenses or other expenses that are excluded from the calculation. The Investment Manager is entitled to reimbursement by the Fund of fees waived or expenses reimbursed during any of the previous 36 months beginning on the date of the expense limitation agreement. The agreement will expire when it reaches its termination or when the investment adviser ceases to serve as such (subject to recoupment rights).

 
Example. This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although the actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your cost would be:
 
 
 
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Redeemed
 
Not Redeemed
 
Class
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
 
A
 
 $     631
 $  1,003
 $  1,399
 $  2,504
 
 $     631
 $  1,003
 $  1,399
 $  2,504
 
B
 
       739
     1,171
     1,729
     3,114
 
       239
       871
     1,529
     3,114
 
C
 
       339
       802
     1,392
     2,989
 
       239
       802
     1,392
     2,989
 

 
Portfolio Turnover. The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 206% of the average value of its portfolio.
 
Principal Investment Strategies — The Fund uses a passive management strategy, known as “represen­tative sampling,” to track the performance of the Underlying Index. “Representative sampling” refers to an indexing strategy that generally involves investing in a representative sample of securities or financial instruments, primarily consisting of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”), that have an investment profile similar to the Underlying Index and some, but not all, of the component securities of the Underlying Index. This technique involves the use of risk management and quantitative stock picking strategies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in the equity securities included in the Underlying Index. The Fund may hold up to 20% of its assets in securities not included in or representative of the Underlying Index. The Investment Manager expects that, over time, if the Fund has sufficient assets, the correlation between the Fund’s performance, before fees and expenses, and that of the Underlying Index will be 95% or better. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. However, fees and expenses incurred by the Fund as well as the size and frequency of cash flows into and out of the Fund as well as other factors will cause differences in performance, usually making it harder for the Fund to correlate to the Underlying Index. The Fund may invest in a variety of investment vehicles, such as exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and other mutual funds. The Fund may use these investments as a way of managing its cash position to gain exposure to the equity markets or a particular sector of the equity market, while maintaining liquidity. The Fund may also invest in futures contracts in order to maintain exposure to the securities and currency markets at times when it is not able to purchase the corresponding securities and currencies or it believes that it is more appropriate to use futures.
 
The MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index is an unmanaged equal-weighted version of the MSCI EAFE Index, which means that each security included in the index has the same weight on each rebalancing date and then fluctuates based on the performance of the security until weights are reset equally on the next rebalancing date. The MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index generally rebalances on a quarterly basis. The Fund’s investments will be weighted and re-balanced in accordance with the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index. The MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) is an index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. As of December 31, 2011, the MSCI EAFE Index consisted of separate sub-indices representing the following 22 developed market countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, with capitalizations ranging from $960 million to $190.6 billion. Both Indices are denominated in U.S. Dollars.
 
Principal Risks — 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 government agency. The value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate and is subject to investment risks, which means investors could lose money. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are listed below.
 
Capitalization Securities Risk. The Fund’s Underlying Index may be composed primarily of, or have significant exposure to, securities in a particular capitalization range, e.g., large-, mid- or small-cap securities. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the risk that the pre-dominate capitalization range represented in the Underlying Index may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.
 
 
 
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Currency Risk. Indirect and direct exposure to foreign currencies subjects the Fund to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar, which would cause a decline in the U.S. value of the holdings of the Fund. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates and the imposition of currency controls or other political, economic and tax developments in the U.S. or abroad.
 
Depositary Receipt Risk. The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs and GDRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs and GDRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs and GDRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Invest­ments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.
 
Equity Derivatives Risk. Equity derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the equity derivative, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk.
 
Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities include common stocks and other equity securities (and securities convertible into stocks), and the prices of equity securities fluctuate in value more than other investments. They reflect changes in the issuing company’s financial condition and changes in the overall market. Common stocks generally represent the riskiest investment in a company. The Fund may lose a substantial part, or even all, of its investment in a company’s stock. Growth stocks may be more volatile than value stocks.
 
Foreign Securities Risk. Foreign securities carry additional risks when compared to U.S. securities, including currency fluctuations, adverse political and economic developments, unreliable or untimely information, less liquidity, limited legal recourse and higher transactional costs.
 
Futures Contract Risk. Futures contracts may be more volatile than direct investments in underlying securities, involve additional expenses and may involve a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed.
 
Geographic Focus Risk. To the extent that the Fund’s investments are focused in a particular country or region, the Fund will be susceptible to loss due to adverse market, political, regulatory, and geographic events affecting that country or region. The Fund’s exposure generally will be focused on a particular country or region to the same extent as the Underlying Index. The Fund has focused investment exposure to the regions listed below.
 
Australasia and Asia. While certain Australasian and Asian economies are exemplars of growth and develop­ment others have been and continue to be subject, to some extent, to over-extension of credit, currency devaluations and restrictions, high unemployment, high inflation, reliance on exports and economic cycles.
 
Europe. The European economy is diverse and includes both large, competitive economies and smaller, struggling economies. The European economy is vulnerable to decreasing imports or exports, changes in govern­mental regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro, debt levels and recessions in EU economies.
 
Investment in Investment Vehicles Risk. Investing in other investment vehicles, including ETFs and other mutual funds, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment vehicle, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment vehicle could decrease. Moreover, the Fund and its shareholders will incur its pro rata share of the underlying vehicles’ expenses. The European financial markets have recently experienced volatility due to concerns about rising government debt levels of several European countries, including Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Portugal.
 
Liquidity Risk. Some of the Fund’s investments may become less liquid as a result of market developments or adverse investor perception.
 
Market Risk. The market value of the securities held by the Fund may fluctuate resulting from factors affecting the individual company or other factors such as changing economic, political or financial market conditions.
 
Non-Correlation Risk. The performance of the Fund is unlikely to exactly match or correlate that of the Underlying Index, either on a daily basis or over a longer period of time. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and those of the Underlying Index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the Underlying Index, regulatory policies, and high portfolio turnover rate all contribute to imperfect correlation. This causes the Fund’s performance to be less than you expect. In addition, the Fund’s risk
 
 
 
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management and quantitative investing strategies may not work as expected, causing the performance of the Fund to be less than that of a more classic index fund, which does not use these strategies.
 
Passive Investment Risk. The Fund is not actively "managed." This means that, based on market and economic conditions, the Fund’s performance could be lower than other types of mutual funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline.
 
Performance Information — The following chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s Class A share performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one, five, and ten years have compared to those of broad measures of market performance. The MSCI World Index served as the Fund’s benchmark index prior to April 29, 2011 and was replaced by an index that more closely reflects the Fund’s current investment strategies. Performance prior to April 29, 2011 was achieved when the Series had a different investment objective and used different strategies. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.rydex-sgi.com or by calling 1-800-820-0888.
 
The bar chart does not reflect the impact of the sales charge applicable to Class A shares which, if reflected, would lower the returns shown.
 
 
Highest Quarter Return
2Q 2003   
   20.77%
   
Lowest Quarter Return
3Q 2002   
   -18.96%

 
Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2011)
 
   
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
     
Return before taxes
-20.80%
-5.62%
2.26%
Return after taxes on distributions
-20.82%
-6.81%
1.42%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares
-13.52%
-4.58%
2.05%
Class B
-20.04%
-4.51%
2.82%
Class C
-17.55%
-5.23%
2.08%
Index
     
MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index1
(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes)
 
-14.64%
 
N/A
 
N/A
MSCI World Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes)
-5.54%
-2.37%
3.62%
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The MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index inception date is January 22, 2008 and therefore index performance for certain time periods is not available. The Fund's performance was previously compared to the MSCI World Index.
 

 
 
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After-tax returns shown in the table are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for Class A only. After-tax returns for Class B and C will vary.
 
Management of the Fund —
 
Investment Manager. Security Investors, LLC, also known as Guggenheim Investments (the “Investment Manager”), serves as the investment manager of the Fund.
 
Portfolio Managers. Michael P. Byrum, Michael J. Dellapa and Ryan A. Harder are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, and each holds the title of “Portfolio Manager” with the Investment Manager. They have co-managed the Fund since April 2011.
 
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares — You may purchase or redeem Fund shares through your broker/ dealer, other financial intermediary that has an agreement with Rydex Distributors, LLC, the Fund’s distributor, or through the transfer agent (by mail or telephone, if you select the telephone option on your account application). You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of any class of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Class B shares are closed to new subscriptions from either existing or new shareholders. The minimum initial investment is $100. Subsequent investments must be $100 (or $20 under an Automatic Investment Program).
 
Tax Information — Fund distributions are taxable as ordinary income or capital gains (or a combination of both), unless your investment is in an IRA or other tax-advantaged retirement account.
 
Payments to Broker/Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries — If you purchase Fund shares through a broker/dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker/dealer or other intermediary and your sales person to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your sales person or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
 
 
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