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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
 MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number     811-07292                           
 
North American Government Bond Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
  40 West 57th Street, 18th Floor            New York, New York                
10019
                   (Address of principal executive offices)                            
(Zip code)
 
R. Alan Medaugh, President
 
   ISI, Inc.            40 West 57th Street, 18th Floor            New York, New York 10019 

(Name and address of agent for service)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (212) 446-5600                           
 
Date of fiscal year end:         October 31, 2011                             
 
Date of reporting period:       October 31, 2011                             
 
 
 

 
 
Item 1.
Reports to Stockholders.
 
 
     
       
 
ANNUAL REPORT
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
     
     
 
 
TOTAL RETURN
U.S. TREASURY
FUND, INC.

 
MANAGED MUNICIPAL
FUND, INC.

 
NORTH AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT BOND
FUND, INC.

 
ISI STRATEGY
FUND, INC.
 
 
     
             
             
             
 
 
 
 

 
 
ISI Funds Annual Report – Table of Contents
 
Investment Advisor’s Message
1
Management Discussion & Analysis
3
Performance Comparisons
11
Shareholder Expense Examples
19
Portfolio Profiles
22
Schedule of Investments
23
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
36
Statements of Operations
40
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
42
Financial Highlights
48
Notes to Financial Statements
55
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
65
Fund Directors and Officers
66
Notice to Shareholders
69
Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
71
 
 
 

 
 
Investment Advisor’s Message
10/31/2011
 
Dear Shareholder:
 
I am pleased to present the Annual Report to Shareholders for the ISI Funds. This report covers the 12-month reporting period through October 31, 2011 and includes commentary from the Funds’ portfolio managers at International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (“ISI”) (see Management Discussion and Analysis that follows this letter for more details), a complete list of holdings and the financial statements.
 
Stocks recorded a positive return for the last year and a small positive return for the last five years. For example, the Wilshire 5000 Index was +7.58% for the last year and averaged +0.94% for the past five years. U.S. Treasuries increased over the last year and the last 5 years. The Barclays Capital Treasury Index was +5.27% for the past year and averaged +6.49% for the past five years. Top quality municipal indices were also up for the last year and for the last five years. For example, the Barclays Capital Municipal GO Index was +4.08% for the past year and averaged +5.26% for the past five years. The following is a summary of fund performance during the reporting period. These performance figures assume the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions, and exclude the impact of any sales charges.
 
During the year ended October 31, 2011, Total Return U.S. Treasury Fund and North American Government Bond Fund continued their policy of paying dividends at a fixed rate, which resulted in dividends consisting of net investment income, short-term capital gains, and long-term capital gains.
 
Total Return U.S. Treasury Fund’s investment objective is to achieve a high level of total return with relative stability of principal, and secondarily, high current income consistent with an investment in securities issued by the United States Treasury. For the reporting period, the Fund produced a one-year total return of +4.87% and a five-year average annual total return of +6.00%. From its inception on August 10, 1988 through October 31, 2011, the Fund has posted a cumulative total return of +368.87%, which translates into an average annual total return of +6.88%. The Fund’s net assets totaled $85.49 million at the end of the reporting period.
 
ISI Managed Municipal Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of total return with relative stability of principal and, secondarily, high current income exempt from federal income tax through investment in a portfolio consisting primarily of tax-free municipal obligations. For the reporting period, the ISI Class A Shares produced a one-year total return of +2.93% and a five-year average annual total return of +3.74%. From its inception on February 26, 1990 through October 31, 2011, the ISI Class A Shares has posted a cumulative total return of +202.74%, which translates into an average annual total return of +5.24%. From its inception on October 7, 2010 through October 31, 2011, the ISI Class I Shares have posted a cumulative total return of +2.40%, which translates to an average annual total return of +2.24%. The Fund’s net assets totaled $107.95 million at the end of the reporting period.
 
 
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Investment Advisor’s Message (continued)
 
ISI North American Government Bond Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment risk, by investing primarily in a portfolio consisting of fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the governments of the United States, Canada and Mexico. For the reporting period, the ISI Class A Shares produced a one-year total return of +3.30% and a five year average annual total return of +5.91%. From its inception on January 15, 1993 through October 31, 2011, the ISI Class A Shares have posted a cumulative total return of +196.26%, which translates into an average annual total return of +5.95%. For the reporting period, the ISI Class C Shares produced a one-year total return of +2.84% and a five year average annual total return of +5.26%. From its inception on May 16, 2003 through October 31, 2011, the ISI Class C Shares have posted a cumulative total return of +41.48%, which translates into an average annual total return of +4.18%. From its inception on September 16, 2010 through October 31, 2011, the ISI Class I Shares have posted a cumulative total return of +5.69%, which translates to an average annual total return of +5.04%. The Fund’s net assets totaled $147.71 million at the end of the reporting period.
 
ISI Strategy Fund has an investment objective of maximizing total return through a combination of long-term growth of capital and current income by actively allocating the Fund’s assets between common stocks of U.S. issuers and U.S. Treasury securities. For the reporting period, the Fund produced a one-year total return of +4.03% and a five-year average annual total return of +1.50%. From its inception on September 16, 1997 through October 31, 2011, the Fund has posted a cumulative total return of +81.43%, which translates into an average annual total return of +4.31%. The Fund’s net assets totaled $57.26 million at the end of the reporting period.
 
We would like to welcome new investors to the ISI Funds and thank those who have been with us for some time. We appreciate your confidence.
 
Sincerely,
 

 
R. Alan Medaugh
President
November 14, 2011
 
The performance numbers stated above do not include a deduction for the maximum sales charge (3.00%) or maximum deferred sales charge, as applicable to each Fund. If the maximum sales charge or maximum deferred sales charge (as applicable) was deducted for each Fund the stated performance numbers would be lower. Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. For the most recent month-end performance of a Fund, please call (800) 882-8585. The total annualized operating expense ratios of the Funds as of October 31, 2011 were as follows: Total Return US Treasury Fund, Inc. – 0.84%; Managed Municipal Fund, Inc.-Class A – 1.01%; Managed Municipal Fund, Inc.-Class I – 0.76%; North American Government Bond Fund, Inc.-Class A – 1.18%; North American Government Bond Fund, Inc.-Class C – 1.78% ; North American Government Bond Fund, Inc.-Class I – 0.78% and ISI Strategy Fund, Inc. – 1.04%. The operating expense ratios may vary over time.
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
 
The Total Return U.S. Treasury Fund
 
This fiscal year, the Treasury market rallied from February through the end of the year. The drop in yield was caused by (1) The stalling of the U.S. economic recovery; (2) The building financial crisis in Europe; and (3) The move by the Federal Reserve to do “Operation Twist”, i.e. selling some of their short maturity (1 – 5 year) issues, replacing them with longer issues, predominantly in the 5 – 10 year maturity range. The Fund’s active maturity management anticipated the Federal Reserve’s move by increasing the Fund’s holdings of 5 – 10 year issues. At the end of the fiscal year, the Fund had 70.4% of its maturities in the 5 – 10 year range. By comparison, the Treasury market as a whole, according to Barclays Capital Treasury Index, the 5 – 10 year maturity range represented only 25.8% of the Treasury market.
 
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
(continued)
 
The Managed Municipal Fund
 
Municipal yields, although volatile during the year, were basically unchanged from the beginning of the fiscal year to the end of the fiscal year. Please see 10-year AAA yield chart for fiscal year 2011 below.
 
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
(continued)
 
The Fund purchased issues primarily in the 10+ year range during the fiscal year. The reason was the attractive yield on tax free, high quality municipals when compared to U.S. Treasuries. Treasury yields moved down significantly because of the European financial crisis and Federal Reserve action. The result is that municipal yields as a percentage of Treasury yields moved up from generally attractive levels to very attractive levels during the Fiscal year. Please see table below.
 
Comparison of AAA Municipal Yields
as a Percentage of U.S. Treasury Yields
(10/29/10 and 10/31/11)
 
% of Treasury Yield
Maturity
 
10/29/10
 
10/31/11
 
Change
5 Year
 
111.24
 
136.86
 
+25.62
10 year
 
101.15
 
121.86
 
+20.71
15 year
 
109.14
 
130.41
 
+21.27
20 year
 
107.58
 
133.77
 
+26.19
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
(continued)
 
The North American Government Bond Fund
 
The Fund’s positive performance in the fiscal year was due to it’s roughly 70% investment in U.S. Treasuries, which rallied strongly. Please see the U.S. Treasury Fund write-up for details.
 
The 30% in Canada and Mexico remained steady during the year (30.1% at the beginning of the fiscal year and 30.1% at fiscal year end). The mix between Canada and Mexico shifted during the year. Canada began the fiscal year representing 21.7% of the Fund and was reduced to 18.4% by the end of the fiscal year. Mexico moved up a bit during the fiscal year from 8.4% to 11.7% at fiscal year end. Mexico’s currency was under more pressure than Canada during the year due to the higher reliance by Mexico on goods production than products from natural resources which are the hallmark of Canadian exports. As a result, the Canadian dollar outperformed the Mexico peso during the fiscal year. Please see relative strength of the Canadian dollar in the chart below.
 
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
(continued)
 
ISI believes that the U.S. reliance on Mexico’s manufacturing products will continue and represents a solid base for Mexico in 2012. The yields in Mexico are significantly higher than those in Canada, adding another aspect to their investment attraction. Please see table below showing the Mexican versus Canadian yield advantage for various maturities.
 
Mexican Government Bond Yield Advantage over Canadian Government Bonds
for various short maturities as of Fiscal Year End 10/31/11
 
Maturity
 
Mexican
Yield
 
Canadian
Yield
 
Mexico’s Yield Advantage
2 Year
 
4.51
 
0.99
 
+352 bps
3 Year
 
4.63
 
1.14
 
+349 bps
5 Year
 
5.01
 
1.50
 
+351 bps
7 Year
 
5.62
 
1.79
 
+383 bps
10 Year
 
6.18
 
2.28
 
+390 bps
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
(continued)
 
The Strategy Fund
 
Both stocks and bonds rallied this fiscal year, with the result the Fund was positive for the Fiscal year. Stocks somewhat outpaced bonds (Wilshire 5000 +7.58% while the Barclays Treasury Index +5.27%). The stock market was principally driven by rising corporate earnings reports. Treasury bonds were helped by a slowing recovery, a financial crisis in Europe, and prospects for Federal Reserve’s next steps in quantitative easing. The charts on the Treasury 10-year bond yield and the stock market are below.
 
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
(continued)
 
 
The Fund’s performance was helped by having a majority weighting in stocks this fiscal year. At the beginning of the year the mix favored stocks 81% to 19%. Stocks remained in the majority over the fiscal year ending at 94% to 6%.
 
A more recent help for stocks is their dividend yield versus short maturity Treasuries. Please see chart below as reference. With corporate earnings rising, the dividend payout rate could rise further adding to the yield support for equities.
 
 
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Management Discussion & Analysis (Unaudited)
(continued)
 
 
 
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Total Return US Treasury Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
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Total Return US Treasury Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited) (continued)
 
 
Cumulative Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Periods Ended
October 31, 2011
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Since Inception2
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Since Inception2
Total Return US
Treasury Fund
1.75%
18.49%
29.81%
56.12%
354.77%
1.75%
5.82%
5.36%
4.55%
6.74%
Barclays Capital
Treasury Index3
5.27%
20.00%
36.96%
65.52%
402.14%
5.27%
6.27%
6.49%
5.17%
7.21%
Barclays Capital Intermediate
Treasury Index3
3.35%
15.88%
33.24%
56.35%
333.77%
3.35%
5.03%
5.91%
4.57%
6.53%
Barclays Capital
Long-Term
Treasury Index3
16.52%
43.29%
58.70%
107.90%
698.21%
16.52%
12.74%
9.68%
7.59%
9.37%
 
1
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The performance information presented in the graph and table above does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. All performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions and includes the Fund’s maximum 3.00% sales charge. Distributions of the Fund’s capital gains and non-US Treasury income may be subject to state and local taxes. Management is not aware of any single index that is truly representative of the Fund since its active maturity management policy allows the manager to adjust the weighted average maturity throughout each US Treasury sector. Currently, the Fund’s weighted average maturity is approximately 5.95 years.
   
2
The Fund’s inception date is August 10, 1988. Benchmark returns are for the periods beginning August 31, 1988.
   
3
The Barclays Capital Treasury Index is an unmanaged index reflecting the performance of all public Treasury obligations and does not focus on one particular segment of the Treasury market. The Barclays Capital Intermediate Treasury Index is an unmanaged index reflecting the performance of US Treasury securities in the intermediate-term Treasury sector. The Barclays Capital Long-Term Treasury Index is an unmanaged index reflecting the performance of US Treasury securities in the long-term Treasury sector. Benchmark returns do not reflect expenses or sales charges that have been deducted from the Fund’s returns.
 
Expense Ratio Information as of:
October 31, 2011
Gross Expense Ratio
0.84%
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited) (continued)
 
 
Cumulative Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Periods Ended
October 31, 2011
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Since Inception
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Since Inception
Managed Municipal
Fund - ISI Class A Shares2
-0.11%
15.58%
16.60%
40.56%
193.63%
-0.11%
4.95%
3.12%
3.46%
5.09%
Managed Municipal
Fund - ISI Class I Shares3
3.28%
2.40%
3.28%
2.24%
Barclays Capital General Obligation Index4
4.08%
25.51%
29.19%
62.93%
269.04%
4.08%
7.87%
5.26%
5.00%
6.21%
Barclays Capital
Prerefunded Municipal
Bond Index4
1.92%
14.19%
23.44%
46.67%
203.66%
1.92%
4.52%
4.30%
3.90%
5.26%
Consumer Price Index5
3.90%
4.90%
13.07%
28.41%
47.22%
3.90%
1.61%
2.49%
2.53%
1.80%
 
1
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The performance information presented in the graph and table above does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. All performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions and includes the sales charge, if applicable. ISI Class A Shares have a maximum 3.00% sales charges. Distributions of the Fund’s income and capital gains may be subject to state and local taxes.
   
2
The ISI Class A Shares inception date is February 26, 1990. Benchmark returns are for the periods beginning February 28, 1990.
   
3
The ISI Class I Shares inception date is October 7, 2010. Benchmark returns are for the period beginning October 31, 2010.
   
4
The Barclays Capital General Obligation Index is an unmanaged index reflecting general municipal bond market performance. The Barclays Capital Prerefunded Municipal Bond Index, an unmanaged index, is a subcomponent of the general Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index, and contains only bonds from that index that have been prerefunded or escrowed to maturity. Benchmark returns do not reflect expenses or sales charges that have been deducted from the Fund’s returns.
   
5
The Consumer Price Index is a widely used measure of inflation.
 
Expense Ratio Information as of:
October 31, 2011
Gross Expense Ratio – Class A
1.01%
Gross Expense Ratio – Class I
0.76%
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited) (continued)
 
 
Cumulative Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Periods Ended
October 31, 2011
 1 Year
 3 Years
 5 Years
 10 Years
Since Inception
 1 Year
 3 Years
 5 Years
 10 Years
Since Inception
North American Government Bond Fund - ISI Class A Shares2
0.25%
20.56%
29.24%
60.88%
187.35%
0.25%
6.43%
5.26%
4.87%
5.78%
North American Government Bond Fund - ISI Class C Shares3
1.84%
21.98%
29.19%
41.48%
1.84%
6.85%
5.26%
4.18%
North American Government Bond Fund - ISI Class I Shares4
3.88%
5.69%
3.88%
5.04%
Barclays Capital Intermediate Treasury Index5
 
3.35%
15.88%
33.24%
56.35%
176.55%
3.35%
5.03%
5.91%
4.57%
5.57%
Barclays Capital Emerging Americas Index: Mexico Section / Citigroup US
Broad Investment-Grade
Bond Index Mexico
Sector / Barclays Capital
Global Aggregate Index:
Mexico Section6
0.07%
46.54%
28.07%
102.85%
501.67%
0.07%
13.58%
5.07%
7.33%
10.04%
Consumer Price Index7
3.90%
4.90%
13.07%
28.41%
65.37%
3.90%
1.61%
2.49%
2.53%
2.72%
 
1
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The performance information presented in the graph and table above does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. All performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions and includes sales charges, if applicable. ISI Class A shares have a maximum 3.00% sales charge. ISI Class C Shares have a maximum 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge in the first year, which is eliminated thereafter.
   
2
ISI Class A Shares inception date is January 15, 1993. Benchmark returns are for the periods beginning January 31, 1993.
   
3
ISI Class C Shares inception date is May 16, 2003. Cumulative and annualized returns for the Barclays Capital Intermediate Treasury Index from May 31, 2003 through October 31, 2011 were 41.81% and 4.24%, respectively.
   
4
ISI Class I Shares inception date is September 16, 2010. Benchmark returns are for the periods beginning September 30, 2010.
   
5
The Barclays Capital Intermediate Treasury Index is an unmanaged index reflecting the performance of US Treasury securities in the intermediate-term Treasury sector. Benchmark returns do not reflect expenses or sales charges that have been deducted from the Fund’s returns.
   
6
Reflects the performance of the Barclays Capital Emerging Americas Index: Mexico Section through October 31, 2004 and the Citigroup US Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index Mexico Sector from that date through October 31, 2006 and the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index: Mexico from October 31, 2006 through October 31, 2011. The Barclays Capital Emerging Americas Index: Mexico Section has been discontinued. Barclays Capital Emerging Americas Index: Mexico Section was an unmanaged sub-index of the Barclays Capital Emerging Americas Index reflecting the performance of selected Mexican debt instruments with maturities of one year or more. The Citigroup US Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index Mexico Sector is an unmanaged sub-index of the Citigroup US Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index reflecting the performance of selected Mexican debt instruments with maturities of one year or more. The Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index: Mexico Section is an unmanaged sub-index of Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index which provides broad-based measure of global investment-grade fixed income markets. The Mexico Section reflects the US dollar performance of selected Mexican government peso-denominated debt instruments with maturities of one year or more. Benchmark returns do not reflect expenses or sales charges that have been deducted from the Fund’s returns.
   
7
The Consumer Price Index is a widely used measure of inflation.

Expense Ratio Information as of:
October 31, 2011
Gross Expense Ratio – Class A
1.18%
Gross Expense Ratio – Class C
1.78%
Gross Expense Ratio – Class I
0.78%
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund –
Performance Comparison1 (Unaudited) (continued)
 
 
Cumulative Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Average Annual Total Returns (With Sales Charge)
Periods Ended
October 31, 2011
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Since Inception2
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Since Inception2
ISI Strategy Fund
0.91%
32.07%
4.48%
49.49%
75.97%
0.91%
9.72%
0.88%
4.10%
4.08%
Wilshire 5000
(Full Cap) Index3
7.58%
43.00%
4.80%
60.42%
186.56%
7.58%
12.66%
0.94%
4.84%
7.76%
Consumer Price Index4
3.90%
4.90%
13.07%
28.41%
35.67%
3.90%
1.61%
2.49%
2.53%
2.19%
Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Average5
4.63%
43.78%
16.32%
63.43%
85.03%
4.63%
12.87%
3.07%
5.03%
4.47%
 
1
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The performance information presented in the graph and table above does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. All performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions and includes the Fund’s maximum 3.00% sales charge.
   
2
The Fund’s inception date is September 16, 1997. Benchmark returns are for the periods beginning September 30, 1997.
   
3
The Wilshire 5000 (Full Cap) Index is an unmanaged index that represents the broadest measure of the US equity market. Benchmark returns do not reflect expenses or sales charges that have been deducted from the Fund’s returns.
   
4
The Consumer Price Index is a widely used measure of inflation.
   
5
Lipper figures represent the average total returns by all mutual funds designated by Lipper as falling into the category indicated. The Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Average category includes funds that allocate their investments across various asset classes, including domestic common stocks, bonds and money market instruments with a focus on total return.
 
Expense Ratio Information as of:
October 31, 2011
Gross Expense Ratio
1.04%
 
 
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Shareholder Expense Examples (Unaudited)
 
As a shareholder of the Funds, you may incur two types of cost; (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads); and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, Rule 12b-1 distribution/shareholder service fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in each Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
 
A mutual fund’s ongoing costs are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The expenses in the tables below are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown (May 1, 2011) and held for the entire period (October 31, 2011).
 
Actual Expenses – “Actual Return” in the following table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes – “Hypothetical Returns” in the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of each Fund. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.
 
Expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, “Hypothetical Returns” in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
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Shareholder Expense Examples (Unaudited) (continued)
 
Total Return US Treasury Fund
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2011
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2011
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,075.20
$4.08
0.78%
Based on Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,021.27
$3.97
0.78%
         
Managed Municipal Fund – Class A
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2011
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2011
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,040.20
$5.25
1.02%
Based on Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,020.06
$5.19
1.02%
         
Managed Municipal Fund – Class I
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2011
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2011
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,041.50
$3.96
0.77%
Based on Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,021.32
$3.92
0.77%
         
North American Government Bond Fund – Class A
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2011
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2011
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,034.40
$6.00
1.17%
Based on Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,019.31
$5.96
1.17%
         
North American Government Bond Fund – Class C
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2011
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2011
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,032.20
$9.07
1.77%
Based on Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,016.28
$9.00
1.77%
 
(1)
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the period, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
 
 
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Shareholder Expense Examples (Unaudited) (continued)
 
North American Government Bond Fund – Class I
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2011
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2011
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$1,037.20
$3.95
0.77%
Based on Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,021.32
$3.92
0.77%
         
ISI Strategy Fund
 
 
Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2011
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2011
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on Actual Fund Return
$1,000.00
$   914.80
$5.07
1.05%
Based on Hypothetical 5% Return
$1,000.00
$1,019.91
$5.35
1.05%
 
(1)
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the period, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
 
 
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Portfolio Profiles (Unaudited)
 
Portfolio Profiles (as a % of Net Assets)
October 31, 2011
 
Total Return US Treasury Fund
US Treasury Obligations
88.96%
Repurchase Agreements
9.53%
Other Assets and Liabilities
1.51%
 
100.00%
   
Managed Municipal Fund
Aaa Municipal Obligations*
80.81%
Aa Municipal Obligations*
12.30%
US Treasury Obligations
4.64%
Repurchase Agreements
1.36%
Other Assets and Liabilities
0.89%
 
100.00%
   
* Ratings are based on Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
   
North American Government Bond Fund
Canadian Securities
18.38%
Mexican Securities
11.69%
US Treasury Obligations
65.57%
Repurchase Agreements
3.26%
Other Assets and Liabilities
1.10%
 
100.00%
   
ISI Strategy Fund
 
Consumer Discretionary
13.09%
Consumer Staples
11.47%
Energy
10.23%
Financials
13.19%
Health Care
11.92%
Industrials
9.91%
Information Technology
16.45%
Materials
3.68%
Telecommunication Services
1.60%
Utilities
2.89%
US Treasury Obligations
5.15%
Repurchase Agreements
0.50%
Other Assets and Liabilities
(0.08)%
 
100.00%
 
 
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Total Return US Treasury Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2011
 
Security
 
Interest
Rate
Maturity
Date
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
US TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 88.96%
             
US Treasury Notes
    0.625%
07/31/12
  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,505,799  
US Treasury Notes
    0.375%
08/31/12
    10,000,000       10,020,710  
US Treasury Notes
    2.250%
11/30/17
    16,600,000       17,474,089  
US Treasury Notes
    3.750%
11/15/18
    1,370,000       1,567,580  
US Treasury Notes
    2.625%
08/15/20
    7,000,000       7,365,862  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.125%
08/15/19
    10,000,000       14,692,190  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.750%
08/15/20
    11,300,000       17,545,013  
US Treasury Bonds
    7.875%
02/15/21
    1,000,000       1,496,719  
US Treasury Bonds
    6.375%
08/15/27
    3,000,000       4,384,218  
                         
Total US Treasury Obligations (Cost $70,993,001)
    $ 76,052,180  
 
Security
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 9.53%
           
JPMorgan Chase, N.A.
           
Dated 10/31/11, 0.03%, principal and interest in the amount of $8,152,007 to be repurchased 11/01/11, collateralized by US Treasury Inflation-Protected Note, par value of $6,355,000 due 07/15/16 with a value of $8,320,530 (Cost $8,152,000)
  $ 8,152,000     $ 8,152,000  
                 
Total Investments - 98.49% (Cost $79,145,001)*
    $ 84,204,180  
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.51%
      1,289,598  
Net Assets - 100.00%
    $ 85,493,778  
 

 
*
Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $79,145,001 and net unrealized appreciation on a tax basis consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 5,060,807  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
    (1,628 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 5,059,179  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund

Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2011
 
Security
 
Interest
Rate
 
Maturity
Date
Ratings
(Moody’s/
S&P)1
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 93.11%
                     
General Obligation - 57.27%
                     
Alexandria, VA, Capital Improvements
    4.250%  
06/15/21
Aaa/AAA
  $ 3,300,000     $ 3,542,517  
Arlington County, VA, Public Improvements
    4.500%  
01/15/28
Aaa/AAA
    1,600,000       1,620,640  
Austin, TX, Public Improvements, Series A
    3.500%  
09/01/30
Aaa/AAA
    2,500,000       2,319,625  
Baltimore County, MD
    4.000%  
08/01/22
Aaa/AAA
    1,665,000       1,862,636  
Delaware State, Series B
    3.000%  
07/01/19
Aaa/AAA
    1,400,000       1,507,814  
Delaware State, Series B
    3.250%  
01/01/21
Aaa/AAA
    2,000,000       2,096,500  
Du Page County, IL, Jail Project
    5.600%  
01/01/21
Aaa/AAA
    1,600,000       1,862,816  
Florida State, Board of Education, Public Education, Series I
    4.125%  
06/01/21
Aa1/AAA
    3,000,000       3,098,220  
Georgia State, Series B
    4.250%  
04/01/25
Aaa/AAA
    1,120,000       1,183,750  
Georgia State, Series G
    4.125%  
10/01/23
Aaa/AAA
    2,000,000       2,128,740  
Henrico County, VA, Public Improvements
    4.250%  
07/15/24
Aaa/AAA
    2,830,000       2,963,519  
Mecklenburg County, NC
    3.500%  
02/01/26
Aaa/AAA
    2,000,000       2,018,980  
Mecklenburg County, NC, Public Improvements, Series B
    4.000%  
03/01/27
Aaa/AAA
    1,000,000       1,036,970  
Minnesota State, State Trunk Highway,
Series B
    4.000%  
08/01/30
Aa1/AA+
    2,830,000       2,943,313  
Missouri State, Fourth State Building, Series A
    4.125%  
10/01/19
Aaa/AAA
    2,000,000       2,039,300  
Oregon State, State Property, ODOT Building, Public Improvements, Series K
    5.000%  
05/01/30
Aa1/AA+
    1,915,000       2,145,796  
Prince Georges County, MD, Public Improvements
    4.125%  
07/15/26
Aaa/AAA
    2,000,000       2,094,160  
South Carolina State, Coastal Carolina University, Series A
    4.000%  
04/01/28
Aaa/AA+
    1,000,000       1,034,310  
South Carolina State, Highway, Series A
    3.000%  
08/01/22
Aaa/AA+
    1,475,000       1,485,812  
Tennessee State, Series A
    5.000%  
05/01/26
Aaa/AA+
    500,000       552,355  
Tennessee State, Series A
    5.000%  
05/01/27
Aaa/AA+
    2,075,000       2,292,958  
Tennessee State, Series A
    4.000%  
05/01/28
Aaa/AA+
    2,000,000       2,047,740  
Tennessee State, Series A
    3.625%  
05/01/31
Aaa/AA+
    2,000,000       1,928,820  
Texas, Water Financial Assistance, Series C-1
    5.000%  
08/01/39
Aaa/AA+
    3,515,000       3,755,496  
Utah State, Series A
    3.000%  
07/01/18
Aaa/AAA
    1,000,000       1,073,100  
Utah State, Series A
    5.000%  
07/01/23
Aaa/AAA
    2,785,000       3,358,264  
Virginia State, Series B
    4.250%  
06/01/26
Aaa/AAA
    2,500,000       2,606,150  
Washington State, Series F
    4.500%  
07/01/27
Aa1/AA+
    2,500,000       2,616,250  
Washington, Suburban Sanitation District, Water Supply
    4.250%  
06/01/26
Aaa/AAA
    2,500,000       2,603,975  
                        $ 61,820,526  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
 
Interest
Rate
 
Maturity
Date
Ratings
(Moody’s/
S&P)1
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 93.11% (continued)
                 
Prerefunded2 Issues - 17.25%
                     
Arlington County, VA, Public Improvements, 01/15/13 @ 100
    4.500%  
01/15/28
Aaa/AA+
  $ 400,000     $ 420,012  
Dallas, TX, 02/15/12 @ 100
    4.000%  
02/15/16
Aa1/AA+
    2,450,000       2,476,828  
Delaware State, Series A, 01/01/12 @ 100
    4.200%  
01/01/20
Aaa/AAA
    1,675,000       1,686,223  
Gwinnett County, GA, Water & Sewer Authority, 08/01/12 @ 100
    5.250%  
08/01/24
Aaa/AAA
    1,500,000       1,556,295  
Maryland State, Capital Improvements, Series A, 02/15/12 @ 100
    4.000%  
02/15/20
Aaa/AAA
    4,000,000       4,411,600  
Mecklenburg County, NC, Public Improvements, Series A,
02/01/14 @ 100
    4.000%  
02/01/20
Aaa/AAA
    3,000,000       3,123,540  
Montgomery County, MD, Public Improvements, Series A,
05/01/13 @ 100
    4.000%  
05/01/21
Aaa/AAA
    2,450,000       2,583,745  
Salt Lake City, UT, School District, School Board Guaranty, Series A, 03/01/13 @ 100
    4.500%  
03/01/20
Aaa/NR
    2,240,000       2,363,290  
                        $ 18,621,533  
Revenue Bonds - 18.59%
                           
Colorado, Water Resources & Power Development Authority, Series A
    4.000%  
09/01/29
Aaa/AAA
  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,012,500  
Fairfax County, VA, Water Authority Water Revenue
    4.500%  
04/01/27
Aaa/AAA
    2,500,000       2,636,850  
Florida, Water Pollution Control Financing, Series A
    5.000%  
01/15/29
Aaa/AAA
    500,000       548,210  
Florida, Water Pollution Control Financing, Series A
    5.100%  
01/15/29
Aaa/AAA
    550,000       606,507  
Gwinnett County, GA, Water & Sewer Authority, Series A
    4.000%  
08/01/28
Aaa/AAA
    2,000,000       2,061,100  
Kansas State, Development Finance Authority, Series DW-1
    3.000%  
04/01/20
Aaa/AAA
    2,865,000       2,956,938  
Kansas State, Development Finance Authority, Series DW-1
    3.125%  
04/01/22
Aaa/AAA
    2,975,000       3,022,481  
Texas, Water Development Board Revenue, State Revolving Fund-Senior Lien, Series A
    4.750%  
07/15/20
Aaa/AAA
    3,000,000       3,005,760  
Virginia State Resources Authority Clean Water Revenue
    4.500%  
10/01/28
Aaa/AAA
    3,000,000       3,211,140  
                        $ 20,061,486  
                             
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $95,892,628)
    $ 100,503,545  
                             
US TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 4.64%
                     
US Treasury Notes (Cost $5,011,169)
    0.375%  
08/31/12
  $ 5,000,000     $ 5,010,355  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 1.36%
           
JPMorgan Chase, N.A.
           
Dated 10/31/11, 0.03%, principal and interest in the amount of $1,467,001 to be repurchased 11/01/11, collateralized by US Treasury Inflation-Protected Note, par value of $1,145,000 due 07/15/16 with a value of $1,499,136 (Cost $1,467,000)
  $ 1,467,000     $ 1,467,000  
                 
Total Investments - 99.11% (Cost $102,370,797)*
    $ 106,980,900  
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.89%
      965,447  
Net Assets - 100.00%
    $ 107,946,347  

 
1
Moody’s Municipal Bond Ratings:
       
   
Aaa
Judged to be of the best quality.
       
   
Aa
Judged to be of high quality by all standards. Issues are sometimes denoted with a 1, 2 or 3, which denote a high, medium or low ranking within the rating.
       
 
S&P Municipal Bond Ratings:
       
   
AAA
Of the highest quality.
       
   
AA
The second strongest capacity of payment of debt services. Those issues determined to possess very strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus (+) sign.
       
   
NR
Bond is not rated by this rating organization.
       
2
Prerefunded: Bonds which are prerefunded are collateralized by US Treasury securities which are held in escrow and are used to pay principal and interest on tax-exempt issues and to retire the bonds in full at the earliest refunding date.
   
*
Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $102,370,797 and net unrealized appreciation on a tax basis consists of:
 
Gross Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 4,754,026  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
    (143,923 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 4,610,103  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2011

 
Security
 
Interest
Rate
Maturity
Date
 
Principal
Amount1
   
Market
Value
 
CANADIAN SECURITIES - 18.38%
                 
Canadian Government Bonds
    1.500%
03/01/12
  CAD
 2,000,000
    $ 2,010,414  
Canadian Government Bonds
    1.500%
06/01/12
    2,000,000       2,013,082  
Canadian Government Bonds
    3.750%
06/01/12
    7,500,000       7,646,802  
Canadian Government Bonds
    3.500%
06/01/13
    3,100,000       3,232,304  
Canadian Government Bonds
    4.000%
06/01/17
    9,000,000       10,140,045  
Canadian Government Bonds
    3.250%
06/01/21
    1,950,000       2,111,400  
                         
Total Canadian Securities (Cost $25,402,646)
    $ 27,154,047  
                         
MEXICAN SECURITIES - 11.69%
                       
Mexican Bono2
    9.000%
12/20/12
  MXN
 31,782,400
    $ 2,504,370  
Mexican Bono2
    8.000%
12/19/13
    17,850,000       1,433,651  
Mexican Bono2
    6.000%
06/18/15
    23,850,000       1,863,285  
Mexican Bono2
    8.000%
12/17/15
    93,907,000       7,833,128  
Mexican Bono2
    7.250%
12/15/16
    44,050,000       3,630,854  
                         
Total Mexican Securities (Cost $18,509,286)
    $ 17,265,288  
                         
US TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 65.57%
                 
US Treasury Notes
    0.375%
08/31/12
  $ 4,000,000     $ 4,008,284  
US Treasury Notes
    2.250%
11/30/17
    24,200,000       25,474,275  
US Treasury Notes
    2.625%
08/15/20
    10,850,000       11,417,086  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.750%
05/15/17
    12,800,000       18,033,997  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.875%
08/15/17
    10,300,000       14,723,366  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.125%
08/15/19
    6,500,000       9,549,924  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.500%
02/15/20
    6,000,000       9,102,186  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.750%
08/15/20
    2,300,000       3,571,109  
US Treasury Bonds
    7.875%
02/15/21
    650,000       972,867  
                         
Total US Treasury Obligations (Cost $90,946,799)
    $ 96,853,094  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 3.26%
           
JPMorgan Chase, N.A.
           
Dated 10/31/11, 0.03%, principal and interest in the amount of $4,817,004 to be repurchased 11/01/11, collateralized by US Treasury Inflation-Protected Note, par value of $3,755,000 due 07/15/16 with a value of $4,916,379 (Cost $4,817,000)
  $ 4,817,000     $ 4,817,000  
                 
Total Investments - 98.90% (Cost $139,675,731)*
    $ 146,089,429  
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.10%
      1,621,791  
Net Assets - 100.00%
    $ 147,711,220  
 
CAD
Canadian dollar
   
MXN
Mexican peso

1
Principal Amount is shown in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
   
2
Bonos are fixed rate, local currency-denominated coupon bonds issued by the Mexican government.
   
*
Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $139,675,731 and net unrealized appreciation on a tax basis consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 7,658,347  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
    (1,244,649 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 6,413,698  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
October 31, 2011
 
Security
 
Shares
   
Market
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 94.43%
       
Consumer Discretionary - 13.09%
       
Automobiles - 0.09%
           
Ford Motor Co.*
    4,400     $ 51,392  
                 
Distributors - 0.22%
               
LKQ Corp.*
    4,400       128,392  
   
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.31%
 
ITT Educational Services, Inc.*
    1,700       105,332  
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
    1,000       74,620  
              179,952  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.50%
 
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
    10,780       199,430  
Brinker International, Inc.
    1,170       26,793  
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*
    1,000       336,120  
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
    1,970       70,506  
International Game Technology
    11,650       204,924  
Las Vegas Sands Corp.*
    6,880       323,016  
Marriott International, Inc. - Class A
    4,806       151,389  
McDonald's Corp.
    12,176       1,130,542  
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
    1,000       132,800  
              2,575,520  
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.42%
 
Blue Nile, Inc.*
    1,500       67,695  
Expedia, Inc.
    3,195       83,901  
HSN, Inc.*
    1,600       57,072  
Overstock.com, Inc.*
    4,057       33,673  
              242,341  
Media - 3.06%
 
AMC Networks, Inc. - Class A*
    2,264       73,852  
Cablevision Systems Corp. - New York Group - Class A
    9,058       131,069  
CBS Corp. - Class B - Non-Voting Shares
    5,413       139,709  
Comcast Corp. - Class A
    11,050       259,122  
DIRECTV - Class A*
    11,760       534,610  
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)
    95       901  
   
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
Media - 3.06%(continued)
 
Liberty Global, Inc. - Class A*
    4,066     $ 163,372  
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Starz - Series A*
    846       57,782  
News Corp. - Class A
    605       10,600  
Scholastic Corp.
    1,100       29,535  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.*
    41,300       73,927  
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
    883       56,238  
Virgin Media, Inc.
    650       15,847  
Walt Disney Co. (The)
    5,113       178,341  
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
    2,510       26,380  
              1,751,285  
Multi-Line Retail - 0.88%
 
Dollar General Corp.*
    2,595       102,918  
Dollar Tree, Inc.*
    1,240       99,150  
Macy's, Inc.
    3,000       91,590  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    2,800       141,932  
Target Corp.
    1,251       68,492  
              504,082  
Specialty Retail - 3.04%
 
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. - Class A
    100       7,440  
AutoZone, Inc.*
    1,000       323,590  
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*
    1,800       111,312  
Buckle, Inc. (The)
    1,000       44,560  
Chico's FAS, Inc.
    3,000       37,080  
Express, Inc.
    2,800       63,252  
Finish Line, Inc. (The) - Class A
    1,100       22,110  
Foot Locker, Inc.
    3,232       70,652  
Gap, Inc. (The)
    7,669       144,944  
Hibbett Sports, Inc.*
    1,500       61,785  
Home Depot, Inc. (The)
    5,113       183,045  
Limited Brands, Inc.
    2,500       106,775  
Lowe's Cos., Inc.
    4,110       86,392  
PetSmart, Inc.
    2,500       117,375  
Systemax, Inc.*
    4,121       62,351  
Tiffany & Co.
    1,100       87,703  
Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.*
    1,000       67,290  
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
    2,700       101,358  
Zumiez, Inc.*
    1,800       40,950  
              1,739,964  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 94.43% (continued)
 
Consumer Discretionary - 13.09% (continued)
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.57%
 
NIKE, Inc. - Class B
    2,500     $ 240,875  
Under Armour, Inc. - Class A*
    1,000       84,410  
              325,285  
Consumer Staples - 11.47%
               
Beverages - 2.07%
               
Beam, Inc.
    5,113       252,736  
Coca-Cola Co. (The)
    2,500       170,800  
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
    10,720       287,510  
Constellation Brands, Inc.*
    12,250       247,695  
Hansen Natural Corp.*
    1,600       142,544  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    1,328       83,598  
              1,184,883  
Food & Staples Retailing - 2.69%
 
CVS Caremark Corp.
    200       7,260  
Kroger Co. (The)
    2,600       60,268  
Sysco Corp.
    2,100       58,212  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    18,606       1,055,332  
Walgreen Co.
    3,700       122,840  
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
    3,300       237,996  
              1,541,908  
Food Products - 1.72%
               
General Mills, Inc.
    4,926       189,799  
Hershey Co. (The)
    5,113       292,617  
Hormel Foods Corp.
    10,226       301,360  
McCormick & Co., Inc. - Non-Voting Shares
    1,598       77,599  
Smart Balance, Inc.*
    2,090       13,689  
Tyson Foods, Inc. - Class A
    5,500       106,150  
              981,214  
Household Products - 1.23%
               
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)
    11,021       705,234  
                 
Personal Products - 0.69%
               
Herbalife Ltd.
    6,032       376,156  
Revlon, Inc. - Class A*
    1,200       17,676  
              393,832  
Tobacco - 3.07%
               
Altria Group, Inc.
    5,252       144,693  
Philip Morris International, Inc.
    16,689       1,166,060  
Reynolds American, Inc.
    10,326       399,410  
Vector Group Ltd.
    2,790       49,020  
              1,759,183  
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
Energy - 10.23%
               
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.35%
 
Bristow Group, Inc.
    1,120     $ 55,754  
Complete Production Services, Inc.*
    1,695       55,596  
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
    1,000       65,540  
Halliburton Co.
    4,200       156,912  
McDermott International, Inc.*
    4,600       50,508  
Newpark Resources, Inc.*
    1,000       8,930  
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
    1,270       25,806  
RPC, Inc.
    11,620       215,783  
SEACOR Holdings, Inc.
    1,000       85,150  
Unit Corp.*
    1,100       53,966  
              773,945  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.88%
 
Berry Petroleum Co. - Class A
    3,060       105,723  
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
    6,600       185,592  
Chevron Corp.
    8,502       893,135  
ConocoPhillips
    8,950       623,367  
Continental Resources, Inc.*
    4,110       249,271  
Crosstex Energy, Inc.
    6,500       84,695  
Enbridge Energy Management LLC*
    1,290       39,758  
Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd.*
    1,900       55,803  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    19,841       1,549,384  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
    1,310       37,466  
Marathon Oil Corp.
    8,223       214,045  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.
    4,111       147,585  
McMoRan Exploration Co.*
    5,000       60,900  
Murphy Oil Corp.
    2,400       132,888  
Quicksilver Resources, Inc.*
    10,000       77,000  
Rex Energy Corp.*
    1,570       24,304  
Ship Finance International Ltd.
    5,112       73,153  
Southern Union Co.
    2,100       88,263  
Southwestern Energy Co.*
    500       21,020  
Spectra Energy Corp.
    1,860       53,252  
Tesoro Corp.*
    3,390       87,936  
W&T Offshore, Inc.
    2,500       49,225  
Whiting Petroleum Corp.*
    2,000       93,100  
World Fuel Services Corp.
    3,500       139,475  
              5,086,340  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 94.43% (continued)
 
Financials - 13.19%
               
Capital Markets - 2.33%
               
American Capital Ltd.*
    12,300     $ 95,571  
Artio Global Investors, Inc.
    6,600       48,312  
BlackRock, Inc. - Class A
    2,346       370,175  
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)
    14,435       177,262  
Invesco Ltd.
    4,511       90,536  
Morgan Stanley
    4,612       81,356  
SEI Investments Co.
    6,566       106,303  
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corp.
    21,690       363,958  
              1,333,473  
Commercial Banks - 2.08%
               
Centerstate Banks, Inc.
    496       2,817  
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
    5,263       258,098  
First Horizon National Corp.
    11,600       81,084  
FirstMerit Corp.
    3,500       49,035  
MB Financial, Inc.
    4,900       81,193  
Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.
    6,112       44,373  
SVB Financial Group*
    4,700       215,918  
Webster Financial Corp.
    3,000       58,920  
Wells Fargo & Co.
    15,363       398,055  
              1,189,493  
Consumer Finance - 0.48%
               
Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc.
    3,360       28,325  
DFC Global Corp.*
    2,400       52,608  
Discover Financial Services
    8,240       194,134  
              275,067  
Diversified Financial Services - 2.36%
 
Bank of America Corp.
    35,721       243,974  
CBOE Holdings, Inc.
    3,400       88,842  
Citigroup, Inc.
    1,470       46,437  
CME Group, Inc.
    852       234,777  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    20,881       725,824  
Leucadia National Corp.
    500       13,415  
              1,353,269  
Insurance - 3.36%
               
Allstate Corp. (The)
    2,400       63,216  
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.
    10,400       112,736  
Brown & Brown, Inc.
    14,000       309,120  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
    4,712       136,365  
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
Insurance - 3.36% (continued)
 
CNA Financial Corp.
    4,100     $ 109,060  
CNO Financial Group, Inc.*
    15,600       97,500  
Loews Corp.
    7,920       314,424  
MetLife, Inc.
    75       2,637  
ProAssurance Corp.
    5,648       432,354  
Protective Life Corp.
    6,280       116,808  
Prudential Financial, Inc.
    4,163       225,635  
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
    101       3,428  
              1,923,283  
Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.85%
 
American Capital Agency Corp.
    14,250       392,017  
Hatteras Financial Corp.
    9,368       240,758  
National Retail Properties, Inc.
    2,550       69,488  
Public Storage
    2,760       356,178  
              1,058,441  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.73%
 
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.
    4,113       37,799  
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
    21,800       290,158  
TFS Financial Corp.*
    10,000       92,100  
              420,057  
Health Care - 11.92%
               
Biotechnology - 1.63%
               
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.*
    3,000       65,520  
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
    7,300       84,096  
Biogen Idec, Inc.*
    1,910       222,248  
Cepheid, Inc.*
    5,080       182,270  
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
    2,160       81,670  
Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.*
    1,000       18,860  
Incyte Corp.*
    4,100       56,457  
Maxygen, Inc.
    10,230       60,357  
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
    5,410       80,068  
Myriad Genetics, Inc.*
    3,000       63,840  
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*
    2,900       18,154  
              933,540  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.29%
 
Baxter International, Inc.
    502       27,600  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*
    5,163       371,684  
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
    3,105       56,573  
Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.*
    4,800       229,920  
STERIS Corp.
    1,748       54,153  
              739,930  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 94.43% (continued)
 
Health Care - 11.92% (continued)
 
Health Care Providers & Services - 3.11%
 
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
    10,700     $ 436,560  
Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.*
    2,500       137,425  
Community Health Systems, Inc.*
    4,900       85,652  
Express Scripts, Inc.*
    1,500       68,595  
Health Management Associates, Inc. - Class A*
    12,000       105,120  
Health Net, Inc.*
    1,800       50,022  
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.*
    2,000       77,320  
Magellan Health Services, Inc.*
    3,100       159,557  
McKesson Corp.
    1,200       97,860  
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.*
    1,230       67,478  
MEDNAX, Inc.*
    2,900       190,820  
Omnicare, Inc.
    100       2,982  
Owens & Minor, Inc.
    1,100       32,912  
Select Medical Holdings Corp.*
    7,900       68,730  
Team Health Holdings, Inc.*
    6,600       134,112  
Tenet Healthcare Corp.*
    13,990       66,172  
              1,781,317  
Health Care Technology - 0.46%
 
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*
    12,450       238,418  
Omnicell, Inc.*
    1,600       23,920  
              262,338  
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.47%
 
Bruker Corp.*
    9,470       136,652  
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.
    4,000       131,960  
              268,612  
Pharmaceuticals - 4.96%
               
Abbott Laboratories
    4,546       244,893  
Allergan, Inc.
    921       77,475  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    2,803       88,547  
Forest Laboratories, Inc.*
    7,200       225,360  
Johnson & Johnson
    13,038       839,517  
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. - Class A
    2,500       95,725  
Merck & Co., Inc.
    13,102       452,019  
Pfizer, Inc.
    36,340       699,908  
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
Pharmaceuticals - 4.96% (continued)
 
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.*
    1,400     $ 47,957  
ViroPharma, Inc.*
    3,400       68,816  
              2,840,217  
Industrials - 9.91%
               
Aerospace & Defense - 2.15%
 
AAR Corp.
    2,052       40,896  
Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
    4,300       249,744  
Boeing Co. (The)
    1,300       85,527  
Goodrich Corp.
    1,153       141,392  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    3,609       189,112  
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.*
    718       21,181  
Northrop Grumman Corp.
    4,311       248,960  
Taser International, Inc.*
    2,110       10,487  
United Technologies Corp.
    3,108       242,362  
              1,229,661  
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.43%
 
FedEx Corp.
    856       70,046  
United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B
    2,500       175,600  
              245,646  
Airlines - 0.15%
               
United Continental Holdings, Inc.*
    4,502       86,979  
                 
Building Products - 0.30%
               
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.*
    5,113       74,292  
Griffon Corp.*
    4,700       44,509  
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    1,710       52,428  
              171,229  
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.38%
 
ABM Industries, Inc.
    500       10,110  
Geo Group, Inc. (The)*
    2,900       52,867  
United Stationers, Inc.
    2,400       76,344  
US Ecology, Inc.
    540       9,752  
Viad Corp.
    3,300       69,069  
              218,142  
Construction & Engineering - 0.22%
 
Aecom Technology Corp.*
    2,000       41,840  
Tutor Perini Corp.
    5,800       84,274  
              126,114  
Industrial Conglomerates - 1.03%
 
3M Co.
    2,456       194,073  
General Electric Co.
    23,560       393,688  
              587,761  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 94.43% (continued)
 
Industrials - 9.91% (continued)
 
Machinery - 2.38%
               
Actuant Corp. - Class A
    2,000     $ 45,000  
Blount International, Inc.*
    3,800       59,014  
Briggs & Stratton Corp.
    2,900       42,340  
Caterpillar, Inc.
    3,567       336,939  
CLARCOR, Inc.
    1,790       86,779  
Graco, Inc.
    3,490       149,861  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    1,191       57,918  
Joy Global, Inc.
    5,163       450,213  
Mueller Industries, Inc.
    3,300       133,485  
              1,361,549  
Professional Services - 0.99%
 
Acacia Research - Acacia Technologies*
    2,800       111,552  
FTI Consulting, Inc.*
    1,470       57,933  
Mistras Group, Inc.*
    1,200       26,160  
Verisk Analytics, Inc. - Class A*
    10,600       372,590  
              568,235  
Road & Rail - 0.80%
               
Knight Transportation, Inc.
    2,850       43,320  
Landstar System, Inc.
    1,690       75,425  
Union Pacific Corp.
    3,400       338,538  
              457,283  
Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.08%
 
Aircastle Ltd.
    597       7,242  
Fastenal Co.
    10,726       408,553  
Titan Machinery, Inc.*
    500       11,665  
Watsco, Inc.
    1,330       82,008  
WESCO International, Inc.*
    2,300       111,458  
              620,926  
Information Technology - 16.45%
 
Communications Equipment - 0.21%
 
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*
    6,230       27,287  
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    2,000       93,820  
              121,107  
Computers & Peripherals - 4.14%
 
Apple, Inc.*
    5,113       2,069,640  
Cray, Inc.*
    1,280       8,102  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    1,700       45,237  
Lexmark International, Inc.*
    1,700       53,890  
NCR Corp.*
    3,100       59,024  
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
Computers & Peripherals - 4.14% (continued)
 
QLogic Corp.*
    3,700     $ 51,689  
STEC, Inc.*
    4,120       46,639  
Synaptics, Inc.*
    1,170       39,534  
              2,373,755  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.36%
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.*
    1,768       65,540  
Anixter International, Inc.*
    200       11,738  
AVX Corp.
    7,480       100,307  
Brightpoint, Inc.*
    7,250       73,588  
Insight Enterprises, Inc.*
    4,800       81,120  
Itron, Inc.*
    3,130       115,153  
Power-One, Inc.*
    1,000       4,950  
ScanSource, Inc.*
    1,674       58,188  
Tech Data Corp.*
    4,669       229,621  
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.*
    3,400       36,550  
              776,755  
Internet Software & Services - 1.92%
 
Earthlink, Inc.
    13,300       93,233  
Google, Inc. - Class A*
    1,166       691,018  
j2 Global Communications, Inc.
    1,640       50,479  
NIC, Inc.
    2,270       31,349  
ValueClick, Inc.*
    1,000       17,600  
WebMD Health Corp.*
    1,200       43,140  
XO Group, Inc.*
    11,050       101,992  
Yahoo!, Inc.*
    4,400       68,816  
              1,097,627  
IT Services - 3.68%
 
CACI International, Inc. - Class A*
    990       54,341  
Cardtronics, Inc.*
    2,033       50,683  
DST Systems, Inc.
    2,500       125,475  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
    280       7,330  
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
    4,062       88,389  
International Business Machines Corp.
    8,744       1,614,405  
ManTech International Corp. - Class A
    1,400       49,182  
Teradata Corp.*
    1,933       115,323  
              2,105,128  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 94.43% (continued)
 
Information Technology - 16.45% (continued)
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.93%
 
Cirrus Logic, Inc.*
    976     $ 16,241  
Intel Corp.
    22,959       563,414  
Novellus Systems, Inc.*
    2,200       76,010  
OmniVision Technologies, Inc.*
    2,600       42,406  
Texas Instruments, Inc.
    10,275       315,751  
Veeco Instruments, Inc.*
    3,540       94,482  
              1,108,304  
Software - 3.21%
 
ANSYS, Inc.*
    5,113       277,943  
Blackbaud, Inc.
    2,910       81,567  
Microsoft Corp.
    31,122       828,779  
Oracle Corp.
    7,169       234,928  
Pegasystems, Inc.
    1,050       39,679  
Quest Software, Inc.*
    7,000       123,130  
SolarWinds, Inc.*
    1,060       30,592  
Taleo Corp. - Class A*
    900       29,160  
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*
    6,090       192,261  
              1,838,039  
Materials - 3.68%
               
Chemicals - 2.61%
 
A. Schulman, Inc.
    1,958       41,333  
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
    1,900       308,313  
Cytec Industries, Inc.
    5,113       228,398  
Dow Chemical Co. (The)
    4,169       116,232  
Olin Corp.
    4,388       82,758  
PolyOne Corp.
    4,377       48,979  
Rockwood Holdings, Inc.*
    3,058       140,790  
RPM International, Inc.
    12,608       283,302  
W.R. Grace & Co.*
    5,841       244,095  
              1,494,200  
Containers & Packaging - 0.16%
 
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.*
    335       1,481  
Silgan Holdings, Inc.
    2,490       93,474  
              94,955  
Metals & Mining - 0.91%
               
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.
    2,000       80,520  
Hecla Mining Co.*
    1,000       6,270  
Metals USA Holdings Corp.*
    2,600       28,314  
 
Security
   
Shares
     
Market
Value
 
Metals & Mining - 0.91% (continued)
 
Newmont Mining Corp.
    1,300     $ 86,879  
Royal Gold, Inc.
    1,595       114,170  
Southern Copper Corp.
    2,145       65,809  
Titanium Metals Corp.
    4,512       75,576  
Worthington Industries, Inc.
    3,559       61,499  
              519,037  
Telecommunication Services - 1.60%
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.20%
 
AT&T, Inc.
    1,000       29,310  
CenturyLink, Inc.
    11,449       403,692  
Cogent Communications Group, Inc.*
    4,100       65,805  
Premiere Global Services, Inc.*
    1,010       9,150  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    4,800       177,504  
              685,461  
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.40%
 
American Tower Corp. - Class A*
    1,900       104,690  
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.*
    700       5,950  
USA Mobility, Inc.
    8,970       117,238  
              227,878  
Utilities - 2.89%
               
Electric Utilities - 1.28%
 
Exelon Corp.
    7,819       347,085  
Northeast Utilities
    3,270       113,044  
NV Energy, Inc.
    7,700       123,508  
PPL Corp.
    5,113       150,169  
              733,806  
Gas Utilities - 0.32%
               
National Fuel Gas Co.
    3,010       184,483  
                 
Multi-Utilities - 0.73%
               
Alliant Energy Corp.
    2,300       93,794  
Ameren Corp.
    10,200       325,176  
              418,970  
Water Utilities - 0.56%
               
American Water Works Co., Inc.
    10,400       317,512  
                 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $45,331,803)
    $ 54,074,331  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund
 
Schedule of Investments (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
Security
 
Interest
Rate
Maturity
Date
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
US TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 5.15%
             
US Treasury Notes
    2.000%
01/31/16
  $ 550,000     $ 578,273  
US Treasury Notes
    2.625%
08/15/20
    300,000       315,680  
US Treasury Bonds
    8.125%
08/15/19
    1,400,000       2,056,907  
           
Total US Treasury Obligations (Cost $2,739,381)
    $ 2,950,860  
 
Security
 
Principal
Amount
   
Market
Value
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 0.50%
           
JPMorgan Chase, N.A.
           
Dated 10/31/11, 0.03%, principal and interest in the amount of $284,000 to be repurchased 11/01/11, collateralized by US Treasury Inflation-Protected Note, par value of $225,000 due to 07/15/16 with a value of $294,590 (Cost $284,000)
  $ 284,000     $ 284,000  
                 
Total Investments - 100.08% (Cost $48,355,184)**
    $ 57,309,191  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.08)%
      (48,068 )
Net Assets - 100.00%
    $ 57,261,123  
 
*
Non-income producing security.
   
**
Cost for Federal income tax purposes is $48,417,226 and net unrealized appreciation on a tax basis consists of:

Gross Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 12,508,142  
Gross Unrealized Depreciation
    (3,616,177 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation
  $ 8,891,965  

 
The difference between the federal income tax cost of portfolio investments and the Schedule of Investments cost is due to certain timing differences in the recognition of capital gains and losses under income tax regulations and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These timing differences are temporary in nature and are due to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI FUNDS
 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
October 31, 2011
 
   
Total Return
US Treasury
Fund
   
Managed
Municipal
Fund
 
ASSETS
           
Investments in securities:
           
At cost
  $ 79,145,001     $ 102,370,797  
At value (Note 1)
  $ 84,204,180     $ 106,980,900  
Cash
    877       606  
Interest receivable
    667,614       1,101,456  
Receivable for capital shares sold
    786,772       52,957  
Other assets
    26,847       43,149  
TOTAL ASSETS
    85,686,290       108,179,068  
                 
LIABILITIES
               
Distributions payable
    39,557       112,216  
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    76,880       24,999  
Accrued investment advisory fees (Note 2)
    19,291       36,723  
Accrued distribution fees (Note 2)
    18,006       22,207  
Accrued administration fees (Note 2)
    6,387       5,818  
Accrued transfer agent fees (Note 2)
    3,564       2,459  
Accrued directors' fees (Note 2)
    4,541       4,834  
Other accrued expenses and liabilities
    24,286       23,465  
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    192,512       232,721  
                 
NET ASSETS
  $ 85,493,778     $ 107,946,347  
                 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
               
Paid-in capital
  $ 79,167,956     $ 103,376,811  
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income
          690  
Accumulated net realized gains (losses) from security transactions
    1,266,643       (41,257 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    5,059,179       4,610,103  
Net assets
  $ 85,493,778     $ 107,946,347  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI FUNDS
 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
   
Total Return
US Treasury
Fund
   
Managed
Municipal
Fund
 
SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING OF $0.001 PAR VALUE
           
ISI Class A Shares (50,000,000 shares authorized)
          9,685,478  
ISI Class I Shares (5,000,000 shares authorized)
          334,404  
ISI Shares (115,000,000 shares authorized)
    8,239,136        
                 
NET ASSET VALUE AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
               
ISI Class A Shares (based on net assets of $104,341,764)
  $     $ 10.77  
ISI Class I Shares (based on net assets of $3,604,583)
  $     $ 10.78  
ISI Shares (based on net assets of $85,493,778)
  $ 10.38     $  
                 
MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE VALUE PER SHARE (100/97) X NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
               
ISI Class A Shares
  $     $ 11.10  
ISI Shares
  $ 10.70     $  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI FUNDS
 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
October 31, 2011
 
   
North American Government
Bond Fund
   
ISI
Strategy
Fund
 
ASSETS
           
Investments in securities:
           
At cost
  $ 139,675,731     $ 48,355,184  
At value (Note 1)
  $ 146,089,429     $ 57,309,191  
Cash
    181       319  
Dividends and interest receivable, at value
    2,084,820       65,982  
Receivable for capital shares sold
    26,044       128  
Other assets
    70,461       26,876  
TOTAL ASSETS
    148,270,935       57,402,496  
                 
LIABILITIES
               
Distributions payable
    124,437        
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    267,883       82,535  
Accrued investment advisory fees (Note 2)
    49,476       18,764  
Accrued distribution fees (Note 2)
    48,604       11,727  
Accrued shareholder servicing fees (Note 2)
    3,644        
Accrued transfer agent fees (Note 2)
    10,269       1,291  
Accrued administration fees (Note 2)
    9,146       3,804  
Accrued directors' fees (Note 2)
    6,658       3,073  
Other accrued expenses and liabilities
    39,598       20,179  
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    559,715       141,373  
                 
NET ASSETS
  $ 147,711,220     $ 57,261,123  
                 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
               
Paid-in capital
  $ 141,023,949     $ 51,695,946  
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income
    (124,437 )     43,492  
Accumulated net realized gains (losses) from security and foreign currency transactions
    427,680       (3,432,322 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency translations
    6,384,028       8,954,007  
Net assets
  $ 147,711,220     $ 57,261,123  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI FUNDS
 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)
October 31, 2011
 
   
North American
Government
Bond Fund
   
ISI
Strategy
Fund
 
SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING OF $0.001 PAR VALUE
           
ISI Class A Shares (50,000,000 shares authorized)
    14,171,740        
ISI Class C Shares (5,000,000 shares authorized)
    2,186,704        
ISI Class I Shares (5,000,000 shares authorized)
    2,272,357        
ISI Shares (25,000,000 shares authorized)
          4,534,713  
                 
NET ASSET VALUE AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE
               
ISI Class A Shares (based on net assets of $112,407,128)
  $ 7.93     $  
ISI Class C Shares (based on net assets of $17,247,974)*
  $ 7.89     $  
ISI Class I Shares (based on net assets of $18,056,118)
  $ 7.95     $  
ISI Shares (based on net assets of $57,261,123)
  $     $ 12.63  
                 
MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE VALUE PER SHARE (100/97) X NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
               
ISI Class A Shares
  $ 8.18     $  
ISI Shares
  $     $ 13.02  
 
*
Contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is imposed on the sale of shares if redeemed within the first year of purchase.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI FUNDS
 
Statements of Operations
Year Ended October 31, 2011
 
   
Total Return
US Treasury
Fund
   
Managed
Municipal
Fund
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
           
Interest
  $ 2,037,076     $ 3,886,637  
Other income
    681        
TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME
    2,037,757       3,886,637  
                 
EXPENSES
               
Investment advisory fees (Note 2)
    204,465       424,482  
Distribution fees (Note 2):
               
ISI Class A Shares
          258,299  
ISI Shares
    217,313        
Administration fees (Note 2)
    63,557       73,813  
Custody fees
    55,538       77,355  
Transfer agent fees (Note 2):
               
ISI Class A Shares
          39,392  
ISI Class I Shares
          947  
ISI Shares
    44,727        
Professional fees
    44,503       49,130  
Registration fees
    26,241       49,652  
Compliance consulting fees (Note 2)
    24,937       28,814  
Directors' fees and expenses
    21,287       24,620  
Other expenses
    31,165       35,592  
TOTAL EXPENSES
    733,733       1,062,096  
                 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
    1,304,024       2,824,541  
                 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS
               
Net realized gains (losses) from security transactions
    1,634,170       (41,257 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments
    642,385       153,003  
                 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS ON INVESTMENTS
    2,276,555       111,746  
                 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
  $ 3,580,579     $ 2,936,287  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI FUNDS
 
Statements of Operations
Year Ended October 31, 2011
 
   
North American
Government Bond Fund
   
ISI
Strategy
Fund
 
INVESTMENT INCOME
           
Dividends
  $     $ 1,190,878  
Interest
    4,409,442       167,630  
TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME
    4,409,442       1,358,508  
                 
EXPENSES
               
Investment advisory fees (Note 2)
    585,594       251,279  
Distribution fees (Note 2):
               
ISI Class A Shares
    465,137        
ISI Class C Shares
    136,324        
ISI Shares
          157,049  
Custody fees
    112,804       60,240  
Transfer agent fees (Note 2):
               
ISI Class A Shares
    85,274        
ISI Class C Shares
    13,430        
ISI Class I Shares
    7,932        
ISI Shares
          34,627  
Administration fees (Note 2)
    102,568       27,160  
Professional fees
    59,093       37,527  
Shareholder servicing fees (Note 2):
               
ISI Class C Shares
    45,442        
Compliance consulting fees (Note 2)
    39,844       17,337  
Registration fees
    36,751       26,618  
Directors' fees and expenses
    34,464       14,689  
Other expenses
    65,334       27,044  
TOTAL EXPENSES
    1,789,991       653,570  
                 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
    2,619,451       704,938  
                 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCIES
               
Net realized gains from:
               
Security transactions
    1,418,519       2,271,921  
Foreign currency transactions
    96,027        
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:
               
Investments
    441,057       (403,351 )
Foreign currency translation
    (43,124 )      
                 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCIES
    1,912,479       1,868,570  
                 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
  $ 4,531,930     $ 2,573,508  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Total Return US Treasury Fund
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2010
 
FROM OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
  $ 1,304,024     $ 1,532,943  
Net realized gains from security transactions
    1,634,170       994,042  
Net change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments
    642,385       4,202,408  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    3,580,579       6,729,393  
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
               
From net investment income
    (1,304,024 )     (1,532,943 )
From net realized gains from security transactions
    (381,516 )     (5,616,815 )
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders
    (1,685,540 )     (7,149,758 )
                 
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Proceeds from shares sold
    5,744,028       5,698,834  
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders
    1,130,054       5,284,575  
Payments for shares redeemed
    (21,068,096 )     (25,065,786 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    (14,194,014 )     (14,082,377 )
                 
TOTAL DECREASE IN NET ASSETS
    (12,298,975 )     (14,502,742 )
                 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of year
    97,792,753       112,295,495  
End of year
  $ 85,493,778     $ 97,792,753  
                 
END OF YEAR UNDISTRIBUTED (DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF) NET INVESTMENT INCOME
  $     $  
                 
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY
               
Shares sold
    566,944       577,733  
Shares reinvested
    113,692       550,435  
Shares redeemed
    (2,131,872 )     (2,546,872 )
Net decrease in shares outstanding
    (1,451,236 )     (1,418,704 )
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
    9,690,372       11,109,076  
Shares outstanding, end of year
    8,239,136       9,690,372  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2010
 
FROM OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
  $ 2,824,541     $ 3,077,914  
Net realized gains (losses) from security transactions
    (41,257 )     720,306  
Net change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments
    153,003       985,144  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    2,936,287       4,783,364  
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
               
From net investment income
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (2,740,490 )     (3,078,368 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (83,643 )     (182 )
From net realized gains from security transactions
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (702,701 )     (345,235 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (17,283 )      
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders
    (3,544,117 )     (3,423,785 )
                 
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Proceeds from shares sold
               
ISI Class A Shares
    11,333,587       22,551,334  
ISI Class I Shares
    4,164,478       76,591  
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders
               
ISI Class A Shares
    2,108,024       2,006,694  
ISI Class I Shares
    28,991       182  
Payments for shares redeemed
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (20,683,966 )     (14,638,906 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (675,412 )     (11 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    (3,724,298 )     9,995,884  
                 
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
    (4,332,128 )     11,355,463  
                 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of year
    112,278,475       100,923,012  
End of year
  $ 107,946,347     $ 112,278,475  
                 
END OF YEAR UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME
  $ 690     $ 282  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
 
 
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2010
 
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY
           
Shares sold
           
ISI Class A Shares
    1,069,961       2,089,357  
ISI Class I Shares
    388,654       7,001  
Shares reinvested
               
ISI Class A Shares
    201,088       186,500  
ISI Class I Shares
    2,782       17  
Shares redeemed
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (1,953,697 )     (1,357,843 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (64,049 )     (1 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (682,648 )     918,014  
ISI Class I Shares
    327,387       7,017  
                 
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
               
ISI Class A Shares
    10,368,126       9,450,112  
ISI Class I Shares
    7,017        
Shares outstanding, end of year
               
ISI Class A Shares
    9,685,478       10,368,126  
ISI Class I Shares
    334,404       7,017  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2010
 
FROM OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
  $ 2,619,451     $ 2,679,004  
Net realized gains from security and foreign currency transactions
    1,514,546       2,892,343  
Net change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and foreign currency translation
    397,933       8,160,933  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    4,531,930       13,732,280  
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
               
From net investment income
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (2,308,484 )     (2,397,132 )
ISI Class C Shares
    (276,833 )     (281,317 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (303,492 )     (555 )
From net realized gains from security transactions
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (885,079 )     (3,838,365 )
ISI Class C Shares
    (141,835 )     (740,785 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (66,068 )     (586 )
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders
    (3,981,791 )     (7,258,740 )
                 
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Proceeds from shares sold
               
ISI Class A Shares
    18,444,746       31,062,656  
ISI Class C Shares
    2,997,040       3,451,857  
ISI Class I Shares
    19,541,976       193,289  
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders
               
ISI Class A Shares
    2,045,866       4,030,261  
ISI Class C Shares
    263,185       664,834  
ISI Class I Shares
    79,028       1,141  
Payments for shares redeemed
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (42,909,330 )     (39,092,239 )
ISI Class C Shares
    (8,919,558 )     (6,715,972 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (1,924,589 )     (8 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    (10,381,636 )     (6,404,181 )
                 
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
    (9,831,497 )     69,359  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
 
 
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2010
 
NET ASSETS
           
Beginning of year
    157,542,717       157,473,358  
End of year
  $ 147,711,220     $ 157,542,717  
                 
END OF YEAR UNDISTRIBUTED (DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF) NET INVESTMENT INCOME
  $ (124,437 )   $  
                 
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY
               
Shares sold
               
ISI Class A Shares
    2,377,677       4,064,217  
ISI Class C Shares
    386,824       452,123  
ISI Class I Shares
    2,482,523       24,780  
Shares reinvested
               
ISI Class A Shares
    263,122       532,705  
ISI Class C Shares
    34,019       88,248  
ISI Class I Shares
    10,193       145  
Shares redeemed
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (5,508,903 )     (5,136,420 )
ISI Class C Shares
    (1,157,539 )     (885,939 )
ISI Class I Shares
    (245,283 )     (1 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding
               
ISI Class A Shares
    (2,868,104 )     (539,498 )
ISI Class C Shares
    (736,696 )     (345,568 )
ISI Class I Shares
    2,247,433       24,924  
                 
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
               
ISI Class A Shares
    17,039,844       17,579,342  
ISI Class C Shares
    2,923,400       3,268,968  
ISI Class I Shares
    24,924        
Shares outstanding, end of year
               
ISI Class A Shares
    14,171,740       17,039,844  
ISI Class C Shares
    2,186,704       2,923,400  
ISI Class I Shares
    2,272,357       24,924  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Year
Ended
October 31,
2010
 
FROM OPERATIONS
           
Net investment income
  $ 704,938     $ 809,776  
Net realized gains (losses) from security transactions
    2,271,921       (488,595 )
Net change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments
    (403,351 )     8,625,267  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    2,573,508       8,946,448  
                 
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
               
From net investment income
    (707,064 )     (809,407 )
                 
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
               
Proceeds from shares sold
    6,536,028       5,666,622  
Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders
    610,715       705,681  
Payments for shares redeemed
    (12,196,789 )     (7,795,400 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
    (5,050,046 )     (1,423,097 )
                 
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
    (3,183,602 )     6,713,944  
                 
NET ASSETS
               
Beginning of year
    60,444,725       53,730,781  
End of year
  $ 57,261,123     $ 60,444,725  
                 
END OF YEAR UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME
  $ 43,492     $ 9,755  
                 
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY
               
Shares sold
    510,245       486,397  
Shares reinvested
    47,681       61,148  
Shares redeemed
    (947,151 )     (674,109 )
Net decrease in shares outstanding
    (389,225 )     (126,564 )
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
    4,923,938       5,050,502  
Shares outstanding, end of year
    4,534,713       4,923,938  
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Total Return US Treasury Fund

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
 
   
Years Ended October 31,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net asset value at beginning of year
  $ 10.09     $ 10.11     $ 9.59     $ 9.50     $ 9.42  
                                         
Income from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income(a)
    0.15       0.15       0.17       0.28       0.35  
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments
    0.33       0.50       0.70       0.16       0.08  
Total from investment operations
    0.48       0.65       0.87       0.44       0.43  
                                         
Less distributions:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.15 )     (0.15 )     (0.17 )     (0.28 )     (0.34 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (0.04 )     (0.52 )     (0.18 )     (0.07 )     (0.00 )*
Return of capital
                            (0.01 )
Total distributions
    (0.19 )     (0.67 )     (0.35 )     (0.35 )     (0.35 )
                                         
Net asset value at end of year
  $ 10.38     $ 10.09     $ 10.11     $ 9.59     $ 9.50  
                                         
TOTAL RETURN(b) 
    4.87 %     6.85 %     9.05 %     4.61 %     4.66 %
                                         
Net assets at end of year (000's)
  $ 85,494     $ 97,793     $ 112,295     $ 119,973     $ 124,768  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    0.84 %     0.82 %     0.80 %     0.79 %     0.79 %
                                         
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    1.50 %     1.49 %     1.68 %     2.86 %     3.68 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate
    51 %     44 %     109 %     70 %     29 %

 
(a)
Calculated using the average shares outstanding for the year.
   
(b)
Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the year covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
   
*
Amount less than $0.005 per share.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund - Class A

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
 
   
Years Ended October 31,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net asset value at beginning of year
  $ 10.82     $ 10.68     $ 9.96     $ 10.61     $ 10.80  
                                         
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income(a)
    0.28       0.31       0.32       0.36       0.38  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
    0.02       0.18       0.74       (0.50 )     (0.14 )
Total from investment operations
    0.30       0.49       1.06       (0.14 )     0.24  
                                         
Less distributions:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.28 )     (0.31 )     (0.32 )     (0.47 )     (0.34 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (0.07 )     (0.04 )     (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.09 )
Total distributions
    (0.35 )     (0.35 )     (0.34 )     (0.51 )     (0.43 )
                                         
Net asset value at end of year
  $ 10.77     $ 10.82     $ 10.68     $ 9.96     $ 10.61  
                                         
TOTAL RETURN(b) 
    2.93 %     4.62 %     10.68 %     (1.44 )%     2.29 %
                                         
Net assets at end of year (000's)
  $ 104,342     $ 112,203     $ 100,923     $ 75,072     $ 73,038  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    1.01 %     0.97 %     0.97 %     0.96 %     0.94 %
                                         
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    2.65 %     2.89 %     3.02 %     3.48 %     3.57 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate
    10 %     22 %     10 %     7 %     5 %


(a)
Calculated using the average shares outstanding for the year.
   
(b)
Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the year covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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Managed Municipal Fund - Class I

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
 
 
 
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Period
Ended
October 31,
2010(a)
 
Net asset value at beginning of period
  $ 10.82     $ 10.94  
                 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
               
Net investment income(b)
    0.31       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
    0.03       (0.11 )
Total from investment operations
    0.34       (0.09 )
                 
Less distributions:
               
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.31 )     (0.03 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (0.07 )      
Total distributions
    (0.38 )     (0.03 )
                 
Net asset value at end of period
  $ 10.78     $ 10.82  
                 
TOTAL RETURN(c)
    3.28 %     (0.86 )%(d)
                 
Net assets at end of period (000's)
  $ 3,605     $ 76  
                 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    0.76 %     0.70 %(e)
                 
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    2.92 %     2.83 %(e)
                 
Portfolio turnover rate
    10 %     22 %(d)


(a)
Class I commenced operations on October 7, 2010.
   
(b)
Calculated using the average shares outstanding for the period.
   
(c)
Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the period covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
   
(d)
Not annualized.
   
(e)
Annualized.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund - Class A

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
 
 
 
 
Years Ended October 31,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net asset value at beginning of year
  $ 7.89     $ 7.56     $ 7.22     $ 7.53     $ 7.41  
                                         
Income (loss) from
investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income(a)
    0.14       0.14       0.14       0.23       0.26  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and foreign currencies
    0.12       0.56       0.56       (0.18 )     0.22  
Total from investment operations
    0.26       0.70       0.70       0.05       0.48  
                                         
Less distributions:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.16 )     (0.14 )     (0.08 )     (0.19 )     (0.35 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (0.06 )     (0.23 )     (0.28 )     (0.14 )      
Return of capital
                      (0.03 )     (0.01 )
Total distributions
    (0.22 )     (0.37 )     (0.36 )     (0.36 )     (0.36 )
                                         
Net asset value at end of year
  $ 7.93     $ 7.89     $ 7.56     $ 7.22     $ 7.53  
                                         
TOTAL RETURN(b) 
    3.30 %     9.53 %     9.80 %     0.51 %     6.71 %
                                         
Net assets at end of year (000's)
  $ 112,407     $ 134,383     $ 132,814     $ 140,326     $ 131,748  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    1.18 %     1.15 %     1.13 %     1.11 %     1.11 %
                                         
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    1.83 %     1.85 %     1.87 %     2.97 %     3.54 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate
    46 %     48 %     131 %     108 %     49 %


(a)
Calculated using the average shares outstanding for the year.
   
(b)
Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the year covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund - Class C

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
 
 
 
Years Ended October 31,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net asset value at beginning of year
  $ 7.85     $ 7.54     $ 7.21     $ 7.52     $ 7.40  
                                         
Income (loss) from
investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income(a)
    0.10       0.09       0.09       0.18       0.21  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and foreign currencies
    0.12       0.56       0.55       (0.18 )     0.22  
Total from investment operations
    0.22       0.65       0.64       0.00       0.43  
                                         
Less distributions:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.12 )     (0.11 )     (0.03 )     (0.14 )     (0.30 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (0.06 )     (0.23 )     (0.28 )     (0.14 )      
Return of capital
                      (0.03 )     (0.01 )
Total distributions
    (0.18 )     (0.34 )     (0.31 )     (0.31 )     (0.31 )
                                         
Net asset value at end of year
  $ 7.89     $ 7.85     $ 7.54     $ 7.21     $ 7.52  
                                         
TOTAL RETURN(b) 
    2.84 %     8.85 %     8.97 %     (0.12 )%     6.03 %
                                         
Net assets at end of year (000's)
  $ 17,248     $ 22,963     $ 24,659     $ 20,636     $ 16,848  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    1.78 %     1.78 %     1.76 %     1.73 %     1.74 %
                                         
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    1.23 %     1.23 %     1.22 %     2.34 %     2.93 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate
    46 %     48 %     131 %     108 %     49 %


(a)
Calculated using the average shares outstanding for the year.
   
(b)
Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the year covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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North American Government Bond Fund - Class I

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
 
 
 
Year
Ended
October 31,
2011
   
Period
Ended
October 31,
2010(a)
 
Net asset value at beginning of period
  $ 7.89     $ 7.80  
                 
Income from investment operations:
               
Net investment income(b)
    0.18       0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments and foreign currencies
    0.12       0.12  
Total from investment operations
    0.30       0.14  
                 
Less distributions:
               
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.18 )     (0.02 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (0.06 )     (0.03 )
Total distributions
    (0.24 )     (0.05 )
                 
Net asset value at end of period
  $ 7.95     $ 7.89  
                 
TOTAL RETURN(c)
    3.88 %     1.74 %(d)
                 
Net assets at end of period (000's)
  $ 18,056     $ 197  
                 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    0.78 %     0.69 %(e)
                 
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    2.25 %     2.25 %(e)
                 
Portfolio turnover rate
    46 %     48 %(d)


(a)
Class I commenced operations on September 16, 2010.
   
(b)
Calculated using the average shares outstanding for the period.
   
(c)
Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the period covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
   
(d)
Not annualized.
   
(e)
Annualized.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year
 
 
 
Years Ended October 31,
 
 
 
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net asset value at beginning of year
  $ 12.28     $ 10.64     $ 9.63     $ 14.82     $ 13.54  
                                         
Income (loss) from investment operations:
                                       
Net investment income(a)
    0.15       0.16       0.11       0.13       0.17  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments
    0.35       1.64       1.02       (4.39 )     1.65  
Total from investment operations
    0.50       1.80       1.13       (4.26 )     1.82  
                                         
Less distributions:
                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.15 )     (0.16 )     (0.12 )     (0.13 )     (0.17 )
Distributions from net realized gains
                      (0.80 )     (0.37 )
Total distributions
    (0.15 )     (0.16 )     (0.12 )     (0.93 )     (0.54 )
                                         
Net asset value at end of year
  $ 12.63     $ 12.28     $ 10.64     $ 9.63     $ 14.82  
                                         
TOTAL RETURN(b) 
    4.03 %     17.05 %     11.84 %     (30.49 )%     13.79 %
                                         
Net assets at end of year (000's)
  $ 57,261     $ 60,445     $ 53,731     $ 53,245     $ 80,535  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
    1.04 %     1.06 %     1.10 %     0.99 %     0.96 %
                                         
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    1.12 %     1.40 %     1.19 %     1.02 %     1.21 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate
    50 %     38 %     55 %     42 %     62 %


(a)
Calculated using the average shares outstanding for the year.
   
(b)
Total return is a measure of the change in value of an investment in the Fund over the year covered, which assumes any dividends or capital gains distributions are reinvested in shares of the Fund. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
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ISI Funds

Notes to Financial Statements
October 31, 2011
 
Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
 
A. 
Organization
 
Total Return US Treasury Fund, Inc. (“Total Return”), Managed Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Managed Municipal”), North American Government Bond Fund, Inc. (“North American”) and ISI Strategy Fund, Inc. (“Strategy”) (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as open-end management investment companies. The Funds are organized as corporations under the laws of the State of Maryland.
 
Total Return’s investment objectives are to provide a high level of total return with relative stability of principal and, secondarily, high current income. Managed Municipal’s investment objectives are to provide a high level of total return with relative stability of principal and, secondarily, high current income exempt from Federal income tax. North American’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment risk. Strategy’s investment objective is to maximize total return through a combination of long-term growth of capital and current income.
 
Total Return and Strategy each currently offer a single class of shares (ISI Shares) to investors. Managed Municipal offers two classes of shares – ISI Class A Shares and ISI Class I Shares. North American offers three classes of shares – ISI Class A Shares, ISI Class C Shares and ISI Class I Shares. ISI Shares and ISI Class A Shares are subject to a maximum front-end sales charge equal to 3.00%. A contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% is imposed on the sale of ISI Class C Shares if redeemed within the first year of purchase.
 
Total Return and Strategy are authorized to issue 115,000,000 and 25,000,000 shares, respectively, of ISI Shares at $0.001 par value. Managed Municipal is authorized to issue 50,000,000 ISI Class A Shares and 5,000,000 ISI Class I Shares at $0.001 par value. North American is authorized to issue 50,000,000 ISI Class A Shares, 5,000,000 ISI Class C Shares and 5,000,000 ISI Class I Shares at $0.001 par value.
 
B. 
Valuation of Securities
 
Exchange traded securities and over-the-counter securities listed on the NASDAQ National Market System for which market quotations are readily available are valued each Fund business day using the last reported sales price or the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) provided by independent pricing services as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). In the absence of a sale price or NOCP, such securities are valued at the mean of the last bid and the last asked
 
 
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prices. Non-exchange traded securities for which quotations are readily available are generally valued at the mean between the last bid and the last asked prices. Debt securities may be valued at prices supplied by a Fund’s pricing agent based on broker or dealer supplied valuations or matrix pricing, a method of valuing securities by reference to the value of other securities with similar characteristics such as rating, interest rate, and maturity. Money market instruments that mature in 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost unless the Fund’s investment advisor believes another valuation is more appropriate.
 
When valuing securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the market quotations that are readily available are considered unreliable, the Funds determine a fair value in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Funds’ Boards of Directors (the “Board”). The Funds may use these procedures to establish the fair value of securities when, for example, a significant event occurs between the time the market closes and the calculation of the net asset value per share, and the event is likely to affect the Fund’s net asset value per share. Fair valuation may also be used for securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, securities for which no or limited trading activity has occurred for a period of time, or securities that are otherwise deemed to be illiquid (i.e., securities that cannot be disposed of within seven days at approximately the price at which the security is currently priced by the Funds).
 
If a fair value is required, the investment advisor, or the sub-advisor in the case of Strategy, determines the value of the security until the Board meets to establish the fair value of the security.
 
As of October 31, 2011, there were no fair valued securities.
 
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) establish a single authoritative definition of fair value, set out a frame work for measuring fair value and require additional disclosures about fair value measurements.
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
 
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs
 
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
 
In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-04 “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRSs”).” ASU 2011-04 includes common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. ASU
 
 
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ISI Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
2011-04 will require reporting entities to make disclosures about amounts and reasons for all transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements. In addition, ASU 2011-04 will require reporting entities to disclose the following information for fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy: quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement, the valuation processes used by the reporting entity and a narrative description of the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs. The new and revised disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Management is currently evaluating the implications of ASU No. 2011-04 and its impact on the financial statements.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2011:
 
Total Return
                       
 
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
US Treasury Obligations
  $     $ 76,052,180     $     $ 76,052,180  
Repurchase Agreements
          8,152,000             8,152,000  
Total
  $     $ 84,204,180     $     $ 84,204,180  
                                 
Managed Municipal
                               
 
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Municipal Bonds
  $     $ 100,503,545     $     $ 100,503,545  
US Treasury Obligations
          5,010,355             5,010,355  
Repurchase Agreements
          1,467,000             1,467,000  
Total
  $     $ 106,980,900     $     $ 106,980,900  
                                 
North American
                               
 
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Canadian Securities
  $     $ 27,154,047     $     $ 27,154,047  
Mexican Securities
          17,265,288             17,265,288  
US Treasury Obligations
          96,853,094             96,853,094  
Repurchase Agreements
          4,817,000             4,817,000  
Total
  $     $ 146,089,429     $     $ 146,089,429  
                                 
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
Strategy
                               
 
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
  $ 54,074,331     $     $     $ 54,074,331  
US Treasury Obligations
          2,950,860             2,950,860  
Repurchase Agreements
          284,000             284,000  
Total
  $ 54,074,331     $ 3,234,860     $     $ 57,309,191  
 
See Strategy’s Schedule of Investments for a listing of the common stocks valued using Level 1 inputs by industry type.
 
The Funds’ policy is to disclose significant transfers between Levels based on valuations at the end of the reporting period. The Funds may hold securities which are periodically fair valued in accordance with the Funds’ Fair Value Procedures. This may result in movements between Level 1 and Level 2 throughout the period. There were no transfers between Level 1, 2, or 3 as of October 31, 2011, based on the valuation input Levels on October 31, 2011 for the Funds.
 
C. 
Securities Transactions and Investment Income
 
Securities transactions are recorded on trade date. Realized gains and losses are determined by comparing the proceeds of a sale or the cost of a purchase with a specific offsetting transaction. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is accrued daily. Estimated expenses are also accrued daily. With respect to North American and Managed Municipal, income, gains (losses) and common expenses are allocated to each class based on its respective net assets. Class specific expenses are charged directly to each class.
 
D. 
Distributions
 
Total Return declares distributions daily, and North American declares monthly distributions at fixed rates approved by the Board. These distributions are paid monthly. To the extent that a Fund’s net investment income is less than an approved fixed rate, some of its distributions may be designated as a return of capital. Managed Municipal declares and pays dividends monthly from its net investment income. Strategy declares and pays dividends quarterly from its net investment income. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. The Funds record dividends and distributions on the ex-dividend date.
 
E. 
Federal Income Taxes
 
Each Fund has a policy to qualify as a regulated investment company under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As provided therein in any fiscal year in which a Fund so qualifies and distributes at least 90% of its net taxable income, the Fund (but not its shareholders) will be relieved of Federal income tax on the income distributed. In
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
addition, by distributing in each calendar year substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, a Fund will not be subject to Federal excise taxes. Accordingly, no Federal income or excise taxes have been accrued.
 
F. 
Foreign Currency Translation
 
The Funds maintain their accounting records in U.S. dollars. North American determines the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency-denominated assets, liabilities and transactions by using prevailing exchange rates. In valuing security transactions, the receipt of income and the payment of expenses, North American uses the prevailing exchange rate on the transaction date.
 
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions shown on North American’s financial statements result from the sale of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and from the difference between the amounts of interest recorded on North American’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. That portion of realized gains (losses) from security transactions that results from fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates relating to the sale of foreign securities is not separately disclosed but is included in net realized gains (losses) from security transactions. That portion of unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed but is included in the net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments.
 
G. 
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
 
North American may use forward foreign currency contracts to manage foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may use these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of securities transactions for the period between the date of the transaction and the date the security is received or delivered or to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities that it already owns. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the prices of the underlying securities, but does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. North American determines the net U.S. dollar value of the forward foreign currency contracts using prevailing exchange rates.
 
H. 
Repurchase Agreements
 
Each Fund may make short-term investments in repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by U.S. government securities. Under the terms of a repurchase agreement, a financial institution sells U.S. government securities to a Fund and agrees to buy them back on a specified day in return for the principal amount of the original sale plus accrued interest. The custodial bank holds the collateral in a separate account until the agreement matures. If the value of the securities falls below the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest, the financial institution deposits additional collateral by the following business day. If the financial institution either fails to deposit the required
 
 
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ISI Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
additional collateral or fails to repurchase the securities as agreed, a Fund has the right to sell the securities and recover any resulting loss from the financial institution. If the financial institution enters into bankruptcy, a Fund’s claim on the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
 
I. 
Estimates
 
In preparing its financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management makes 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 revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results may be different.
 
Note 2 – Fees and Transactions with Affiliates
 
International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (“ISI”) is the Funds’ investment advisor. As compensation for ISI’s advisory services, Total Return pays ISI an annual fee based on the Fund’s average daily net assets, which is calculated daily and paid monthly at the following annual rates: 0.20% of the first $100 million, 0.18% of the next $100 million, 0.16% of the next $100 million, 0.14% of the next $200 million and 0.12% of the amount over $500 million. In addition, Total Return pays ISI 1.50% of the Fund’s gross interest income. As compensation for ISI’s advisory services, Managed Municipal, North American and Strategy each pay ISI a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of 0.40% of such Fund’s average daily net assets.
 
ISI has contractually agreed to reimburse expenses with respect to Class C Shares of North American through February 29, 2012 to the extent necessary to limit the annual ordinary operating expenses of ISI Class C Shares to 1.85% of the average daily net assets attributable to such shares. During the year ended October 31, 2011, no expenses were reimbursed by ISI under the expense limitation agreement.
 
Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. is Strategy’s Sub-Advisor and is responsible for managing the common stocks in Strategy’s portfolio. The Sub-Advisor is paid by ISI, not Strategy.
 
International Strategy & Investment Group, Inc. (“ISI Group”), an affiliate of ISI, is the distributor for the Funds. Total Return, Managed Municipal (ISI Class A Shares, only) and Strategy each pay ISI Group a distribution/shareholder service fee, pursuant to Rule 12b-1, that is calculated daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.25% of average daily net assets. North American’s ISI Class A Shares and ISI Class C Shares pay ISI Group a distribution/shareholder service fee, pursuant to Rule 12b-1, that is calculated daily and paid monthly at the annual rates of 0.40% and 1.00% (which may include up to 0.25% for shareholder servicing fees for each class) of their average daily net assets, respectively.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
During the year ended October 31, 2011, ISI Group earned commissions on sales of ISI Shares of Total Return, Managed Municipal and Strategy of $18,962, $6,862 and $23,435, respectively, and earned commissions of $8,109 on sales of ISI Class A Shares of North American. ISI Group retained $2,466 of contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions of ISI Class C Shares of North American during the year ended October 31, 2011.
 
State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) is the administrator of the Funds. State Street is responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Funds, and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of the Fund other than investment advisory activities, including maintaining the books and records of the Fund, and preparing certain reports and other documents required by federal and/or state laws and regulations. For the performance of these services, the Funds pay State Street an annual fee of $300,000. This fee is allocated among the Funds based on the relative net assets of each Fund.
 
State Street is the fund accountant and fund custodian, and State Street is responsible for safeguarding and controlling the Funds’ cash and securities, handling the delivery of securities and collecting interest and dividends on the Fund’s investments. State Street as fund accounting agent is responsible for maintaining the books and records and calculating the daily net asset value of the Fund. For Fund accounting services, the Funds pay State Street an annual base fee of $180,000. For Fund custodian services, the Funds pay State Street an annual base fee of 1 (one) basis point on net assets, plus other asset-based fees that vary according to the number of positions and transactions, plus out-of-pocket fees.
 
State Street also serves as transfer agent for the Funds and is responsible for the issuance, transfer and redemption of shares and the opening, maintenance and servicing of shareholder accounts. For these services State Street receives an annual amount of $65,000, allocated among the Funds based on the relative net assets of each Fund and a monthly fee from each Fund at an annual rate of $20 for each direct account and $15 for certain accounts established through financial intermediaries. In addition, the Funds reimburse State Street for its out-of-pocket expenses including, but not limited to, postage and supplies.
 
EJV Financial Services, LLC (“EJV”) provides certain compliance services to the Funds. Edward J. Veilleux, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of the Funds, is also a principal of EJV. The Funds pay EJV $18,750 quarterly for providing CCO services. This fee is allocated among the Funds based on the relative net assets of each Fund. In addition, the Funds reimburse EJV for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to these compliance services.
 
The Funds pay each independent Director an annual fee of $15,000. The Audit Committee Chairman and Chairman of the Board receive an additional annual fee of
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
$2,000 and $4,000, respectively. In addition, each independent Director receives $1,000 for each Board meeting attended. The Funds also reimburse each of the Directors for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending the Board of Directors’ meetings. Certain officers of the Funds are also officers or employees of the above named service providers, and during their terms of office, receive no compensation from the Funds.
 
Note 3 – Federal Income Tax
 
The Funds may periodically make reclassifications among certain capital accounts as a result of differences in the characterization and allocation of certain income and capital gain distributions determined annually in accordance with Federal tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent they are permanent, they are charged or credited to paid-in-capital, undistributed net investment income or accumulated net realized gains, as appropriate, in the period that the differences arose. The reclassifications have no impact on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Funds.
 
The Funds determine their net investment income and capital gain distributions in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
 
During the years ended October 31, 2011 and October 31, 2010, the tax character of distributions paid by each of the Funds was as follows:
 
   
Ordinary
Income
   
Tax-Exempt
Income
   
Long-Term
Capital Gains
 
   
October 31, 2011
   
October 31, 2010
   
October 31, 2011
   
October 31, 2010
   
October 31, 2011
   
October 31, 2010
 
Total Return
  $ 1,683,591 *   $ 3,775,835     $     $     $ 1,949     $ 3,373,923  
Managed Municipal
    147,216       25,543       2,802,639       3,053,007       594,262       345,235  
North American
    3,976,050 *     5,420,092                   5,741       1,838,648  
Strategy
    707,064       809,407                          
 
*
A portion of the ordinary income is short-term gains that are taxed as ordinary income for tax purposes.
 
The Funds recognize the tax benefits or expenses of uncertain tax positions only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has reviewed each Fund’s tax positions taken on Federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended October 31, 2008 through October 31, 2011) and concluded that no provision for unrecognized tax benefits or expenses is required in these financial statements.
 
As of October 31, 2011, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
 
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ISI Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
   
Total
Return
   
Managed
Municipal
   
North
American
   
Strategy
 
Undistributed ordinary income
  $ 259,329     $ 765     $ 149,493     $ 45,386  
Undistributed tax-exempt income
          112,141              
Accumulated undistributed
long-term capital gains
    1,046,872             278,187        
Capital loss carryforwards
          (41,257 )           (3,372,174 )
Net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
    5,059,179       4,610,103       6,384,028       8,891,965  
Other temporary differences
    (39,558 )     (112,216 )     (124,437 )      
Total
  $ 6,325,822     $ 4,569,536     $ 6,687,271     $ 5,565,177  
 
As of October 31, 2011, the Funds recorded the following reclassifications primarily due to foreign exchange gains/losses, passive foreign investment company losses, REIT adjustments to increase (decrease) the accounts listed below:
 
Fund
 
Undistributed Net Investment Income/(Loss)
   
Accumulated Net Realized Gain/(Loss)
   
Paid-in Capital
 
Total Return US Treasury Fund
  $     $     $  
Managed Municipal Fund
                 
North American Government Bond Fund
    144,921       (144,921 )      
ISI Strategy Fund
    35,863       (35,863 )      
 
As of October 31, 2011, Managed Municipal had $41,257 capital loss carryforwards which expires October 31, 2018, and Strategy had capital loss carryforwards of $3,372,174, of which $2,846,434 expires October 31, 2017, and $525,740 expires October 31, 2018. These capital loss carryforwards may be utilized in the current and future years to offset net realized capital gains, if any, prior to distributing such gains to shareholders.
 
The difference between the federal income tax cost of portfolio investments and the financial statement cost for Strategy is due to certain timing differences in the recognition of capital gains or losses under income tax reporting regulations and GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are temporary in nature and are primarily due to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
 
Note 4 – Investment Transactions
 
The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, for the year ended October 31, 2011 were as follows:
 
 
 
Non-US Government Obligations
   
US Government Obligations
 
 
 
Purchases
   
Sales
   
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Total Return
  $     $     $ 38,086,859     $ 53,301,789  
Managed Municipal
    11,594,883       10,069,861       5,013,477       --  
North American
    9,465,343       11,817,763       55,797,457       64,874,750  
Strategy
    29,702,762       25,918,500       800,625       4,816,641  
 
Note 5 – Market and Credit Risk
 
North American invests in Canadian and Mexican government securities. Investing in Canadian and Mexican government securities may have different risks than investing in U.S. government securities. An investment in Canada or Mexico may be affected by developments unique to those countries. These developments may not affect the U.S. economy or the prices of U.S. government securities in the same manner. In addition, the value of bonds issued by non-U.S. governments may be affected by adverse international political and economic developments that may not impact the value of U.S. government securities.
 
Note 6 – Contractual Obligations
 
In the ordinary course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and believe the risk of loss thereunder to be remote.
 
Note 7 – Subsequent Events
 
GAAP requires the Funds to recognize in the financial statements the effects of all subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed as of the date of the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. For non-recognized subsequent events that must be disclosed to keep the financial statements from being misleading, the Funds are required to disclose the nature of the event as well as an estimate of its financial effect, or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made. Management has evaluated subsequent events through the issuance of these financial statements and has determined no disclosure is necessary other than is noted below.
 
On November 30, 2011, North American Class A Shares, Class C Shares, and Class I Shares, Managed Municipal Class A Shares and Class I Shares, and Total Return ISI Shares paid a distribution of $0.016, $0.013, $0.018, $0.0242, $0.0264, and $0.015, respectively, per share in net investment income related to the period ended November 30, 2011.
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and
Shareholders of Total Return U.S. Treasury Fund, Inc.,
Managed Municipal Fund, Inc., North American Government Bond Fund, Inc.,
and ISI Strategy Fund, Inc.
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the Total Return U.S. Treasury Fund, Inc., Managed Municipal Fund, Inc., North American Government Bond Fund, Inc., and ISI Strategy Fund, Inc., (the “Funds”) including the schedules of investments, as of October 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years or periods in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2011 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Total Return U.S. Treasury Fund, Inc., Managed Municipal Fund, Inc., North American Government Bond Fund, Inc., and ISI Strategy Fund, Inc., as of October 31, 2011, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and their financial highlights for each of the five years or periods in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
   
  BBD, LLP
 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 22, 2011
 
 
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Fund Directors and Officers (Unaudited)
 
Name and Age
Length of
Time Served
Business Experience During
the Past Five Years
Other
Directorships
Held By Director
Independent Directors
     
W. Murray Jacques
(age 75)
since 2002
President, WMJ Consulting, LLC (real estate investment management company) (1999 to present); formerly, Principal of CM Coastal Development, LLC (real estate development) (2002 to 2006).
None
Louis E. Levy
(age 79)
since 1994
Retired Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick (retired 1990); Scudder Group of Mutual Funds (retired 2005).
None
Edward A. Kuczmarski
(age 62)
since 2007
Certified Public Accountant and Partner of Crowe Horwath LLP (accounting firm) (1980 to present).
Board Member of Reich & Tang Funds; Board Member of Brookfield Investment Management Funds; Trustee of Empire Builder Tax Free Bond Fund.
Interested Director
     
R. Alan Medaugh*
(age 68)
President and
Director
President
since 1991;
Director
since 2007
President, International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (1991 to present). Director, International Strategy & Investment Group, Inc. (registered broker-dealer) (1991 to present).
None
 
*
Mr. Medaugh is deemed to be an Interested Director, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, because he is President of ISI and a Director of ISI Group.
 
 
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Fund Directors and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)
 
Name and Age
Length of
Time Served
Business Experience During
the Past Five Years
Executive Officers
   
Nancy Lazar
(age 54)
Vice President
since 1997
Executive Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, and Secretary of International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (1991 to present); Executive Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Secretary of International Strategy & Investment Group, Inc. (registered broker-dealer) (1991 to present).
Thomas D. Stevens*
(age 62)
Vice President
since 1997
Chairman and President, Los Angeles Capital Management and Equity Research, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (March 2002 to present).
Carrie L. Butler
(age 44)
Vice President
since 1991
Managing Director, International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (2000 to present).
Edward J. Veilleux
(age 68)
Vice President and
Chief Compliance
Officer
Vice President since 1992; Chief Compliance Officer since 2008
President, EJV Financial Services, LLC (2002 to present); Officer of various investment companies for which EJV Financial Services provides consulting and compliance services.
Stephen V. Killorin
(age 58)
Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and
Vice President
Vice President since 2002; Chief Financial Officer since 2005; and Treasurer 2005 to 2008 and August 2010 to present
Executive Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (2000 to present); Executive Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of International Strategy & Investment Group, Inc. (registered broker-dealer) (2000 to present); Vice President of the Funds since 2002; Treasurer of the Funds (2005 to 2008 and August 2010 to present); Chief Financial Officer of the Funds since 2005; formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of the Funds (until April 2008).
Margaret M. Beeler
(age 44)
Vice President and
Secretary
Vice President since 1996; Secretary since 2004
Managing Director, International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (July 2004 to present).
William Cox
(age 44)
Assistant Treasurer
State Street Bank and
Trust Company
4 Copley Place, 5th floor
Boston, MA 02116
since 2010
Vice President and Department Head, Fund Administration Division, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2003 to present) and officer of various investment companies for which State Street provides mutual fund administrative services.
 
*
Thomas D. Stevens is an officer for only the ISI Strategy Fund.
 
 
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Fund Directors and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)
 
Name and Age
Length of
Time Served
Business Experience During
the Past Five Years
Executive Officers (Continued)
 
David James
(age 40)
Assistant Secretary
State Street Bank and
Trust Company
4 Copley Place, 5th floor
Boston, MA 02116
since 2010
Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (fund administrator, transfer agent and custodian) (2009 to present); Vice President and Counsel, PNC Global Investment Servicing (US), Inc. (2006 to 2009); Assistant Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company, October 2000 to December 2004 and was retired in 2005; and officer of various investment companies for which State Street provides mutual fund administrative services.
Eun An
(age 35)
Assistant Secretary
State Street Bank and
Trust Company
4 Copley Place, 5th floor
Boston, MA 02116
since 2011
Assistant Counsel and Assistant Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2008 to present).
Heena Dhruv
(age 35)
Assistant Vice President
since 2005
Managing Director, International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (registered investment advisor) (2005 to present); formerly, Associate Managing Director, International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (January 2003 to July 2005).
 
Directors and officers of the Funds are also directors and officers of all of the other investment companies in the ISI Fund Complex advised by International Strategy & Investment, Inc. (“ISI” or the “Advisor”) or its affiliates. There are currently four funds in the ISI Family of Funds (the “ISI Fund Complex”). Each of the above named persons serves in the capacity noted above for each fund in the ISI Fund Complex.
 
 
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Notice to Shareholders (Unaudited)
 
Federal Tax Information
 
Certain tax information for the Fund is required to be provided to shareholders based on the Fund’s income and distributions for the taxable year ended October 31, 2011. The amounts shown may differ from those elsewhere in this report due to differences between tax and financial reporting requirements. In January 2012, shareholders will receive Form 1099-DIV which will include their share of qualified dividends, and capital gains distributed during the calendar year 2011. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisors for information on the treatment of these amounts on their individual income tax returns.
 
The Strategy Fund designated 100% of ordinary income dividends as income qualifying for dividends received deduction for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011.
 
Strategy Fund designates $1,009,418 of the dividends received by the Fund as qualified dividend income.
 
Total Return, Managed Municipal, and North America Fund designate $1,949, $594,262 and $5,741 respectively for long term capital gains, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011.
 
Managed Municipal designates 95.01% of distributions paid from ordinary income as tax exempt income.
 
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
 
A description of the policies and procedures that Strategy uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in Strategy’s portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 955-7175. Information regarding how Strategy voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 955-7175 or on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
 
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Each Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or 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 (800) SEC-0330.
 
Privacy Notice for ISI Mutual Funds
Privacy Policy
 
The mutual funds in the ISI Fund Complex believe that your privacy is extremely important. We are firmly committed to protecting any personal or financial information you provide to us as well as information about your transactions with us, such as transaction amounts, account balance and account holdings (“Personal Information”).
 
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We use Personal Information only to develop and deliver products and services thatyou request and to fulfill any applicable legal and regulatory requirements. We do not disclose Personal Information about you or our former customers except to our affiliates and service providers. We require our employees, affiliates and service providers to maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure the security of your non-public information.
 
Limits of Use of Personal Information
 
We limit the use, collection and retention of customer information to what is necessary to provide personal financial services and related products. We have security practices and procedures in place to ensure the confidentiality and security of your Personal Information.
 
Accuracy of Personal Information
 
We strive to keep your personal and financial information accurate. If our records are incorrect or out-of-date, please notify us immediately by contacting the Service Center listed on your account statement.
 
Change to Our Policies
 
If you have any privacy or security questions, please contact us at (800) 882-8585. We may, at our discretion, change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to the policy, we will provide you with notice of these changes.
 
 
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval (Unaudited)
 
At the Board meeting held on September 22, 2011, each Board, including the Independent Directors voting separately, unanimously approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement between ISI and each of the Funds as well as the Sub-Advisory Agreement between ISI and the Sub-Advisor with respect to Strategy. The Independent Directors had previously met with their counsel in executive session to consider the Agreements. In evaluating the Investment Advisory Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreement, each Board reviewed materials furnished by ISI and the Sub-Advisor. Specifically, each Board considered: (1) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds by ISI and the Sub-Advisor, including information on the investment performance of the Funds; (2) the total expense ratio of each Fund compared to its relevant peer group; (3) the investment advisory fee schedule for each Fund; (4) the cost of the services provided and profitability to ISI and the Sub-Advisor with respect to their relationship with the Fund(s); (5) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as each Fund grows and whether the advisory fees reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders of each Fund; and (6) other benefits received by ISI and the Sub-Advisor from their relationship with the Funds. In their deliberations, the Boards did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and the Boards attributed different weights to the various factors. In particular, each Board focused on the factors discussed below.
 
NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICES. The Directors reviewed information provided by ISI which included statistics on each Fund’s performance, the performance of its peers, its portfolio structure and purchase and sales activity. Each Board noted that senior management of ISI provides each Board, on a quarterly basis, detailed information about its management approach with respect to each Fund, recent economic statistics and reports and its general economic outlook. With respect to Strategy, the Fund’s Board noted that, under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisor manages the equity portfolio of Strategy and the Sub-Advisor had presented the Board with detailed information about its operations and investment process. The Board of Directors of Strategy also considered the background and quality of the investment management team of ISI and the Sub-Advisor.
 
 
Total Return. The Board reviewed the investment objective of the Fund and the information comparing the Fund’s performance to the returns of relevant indices for selected periods ended July 29, 2011. The Board noted that the Fund returned 2.92% during the one-year period ended July 29, 2011, underperforming the Barclays U.S. Treasury Total Return Index, which returned 3.39%, and the CDA/Lipper U.S. Treasury Funds Average, which returned 4.49%, during the same period. The Board indicated that the Fund’s benchmark index and peer groups, including the Morningstar Intermediate Government Average, do not provide a precise comparison because the Fund’s composition differs from the benchmark and its peer groups. The Board compared the Fund’s returns against its benchmark and peer groups over longer-term periods and concluded that the results achieved by the Fund demonstrated a consistent pattern of favorable performance.
 
 
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(continued)

 
Managed Municipal. The Board reviewed the investment objective of the Fund and the Fund’s performance for selected periods ended July 29, 2011. The Board noted that the Fund returned 1.61% during the one-year period ended July 29, 2011, underperforming the Barclays AAA High Quality Index, which returned 2.52%, and the CDA/Lipper General Municipal Debt Funds Average, which returned 2.42%, during the same period. The Board indicated that the Fund’s benchmark index and peer groups, including the Morningstar Municipal National Intermediate Average, do not provide a precise comparison because the Fund’s composition differs from the benchmark and its peer groups. The Board noted that the Fund’s benchmark was more heavily weighted in intermediate-term bonds than the Fund. The Board also took into consideration the high credit qualities of the portfolio securities held by the Fund, which invests exclusively in high quality municipal securities bonds. The Board compared the Fund’s returns against its benchmark and peer groups over longer-term periods and concluded that the Fund’s performance was in line with expectations, particularly given the tumultuous macroeconomic environment.
 
 
North American. The Board reviewed the investment objective of the Fund and the Fund’s performance for selected periods ended July 29, 2011. The Board noted that the Fund returned 5.32% during the one-year period ended July 29. 2011, underperforming the blended North American Index which returned 6.15%, but outperformed the CDA/Lipper U.S. Government Funds Average, which returned 3.53%, during the same period. The Board indicated that the Fund’s blended benchmark index and peer groups, including the Morningstar Intermediate Term Bond Average, do not provide a precise comparison because the Fund’s composition differs from the blended benchmark and its peer groups, noting in particular that the peer groups is limited to U.S. Government securities, whereas the Fund invests in a much more diverse universe of North American government bonds. The Board also took into consideration the high credit qualities of the portfolio securities held by the Fund. The Board compared the Fund’s returns against its benchmark and peer groups over longer-term periods and concluded that the Fund’s performance was in line with expectations, particularly given the tumultuous macroeconomic environment.
 
 
Strategy. The Board reviewed the investment objective of the Fund and the Fund’s performance for selected periods ended July 29, 2011. The Board noted that the Fund returned 15.58% during the one-year period ended July 29, 2011, underperforming the blended 80% Wilshire 5000/20% Barclays Treasury Index, which returned 17.17%, but outperformed the CDA/Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Average, which returned 14.11%, during the same period. The Board indicated that the Fund’s blended benchmark index and peer groups, including the Morningstar Large Blend Average, do not provide a precise comparison because the Fund’s composition differs from the blended benchmark and its peer groups. The Board took into consideration the high credit qualities of the portfolio securities held by the Fund
 
 
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(continued)
 
 
and the Fund’s 90% exposure to equities, compared to the blended index’s 80% exposure. The Board compared the Fund’s returns against its benchmark and peer groups over longer-term periods and concluded that Fund’s performance was in line with expectations, particularly given the tumultuous macroeconomic environment.
 
Each Board considered the short-term and long-term performance information for the Funds as compared to their respective benchmark indices. Each Board determined that ISI and the Sub-Advisor have demonstrated consistency in their investment approach and each provides an extensive array of ancillary services to the Funds in the areas of oversight and administration. Based upon the above information, each Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds by ISI and the Sub-Advisor.
 
INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE SCHEDULES FOR EACH FUND. Each Board considered the investment advisory fees paid by each Fund to ISI. The Board of Directors of Strategy noted that the sub-advisory fee for Strategy is paid by ISI and not the Fund. Each Board concluded that the fee schedules under the Investment Advisory Agreements provide fair compensation to ISI in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services being provided to each of the Funds and the performance of each of the Funds.
 
COSTS OF SERVICES PROVIDED AND PROFITABILITY. Each Board reviewed the costs associated with ISI’s portfolio management, research and corporate governance and considered the profitability of ISI from the advisory and ancillary services provided to each of the Funds. Each Board was advised by ISI of the methodology it used to assign its costs associated with the portfolio management, research and corporate governance services provided to each of the Funds. The Board of Directors of Strategy was also provided with a report from the Sub-Advisor showing its profitability with respect to its management of Strategy and the methodology used by the Sub-Advisor to prepare its profitability analysis.
 
Each Board first discussed ISI’s business operations, including its institutional line of business, which encompasses portfolio management responsibilities for a series of off-shore funds. Each Board compared the advisory fees from these two businesses and noted that the asset-based fees for the institutional line are generally higher, as they may include a performance-based fee structure. Having discussed with ISI’s representatives the methodologies used in computing the costs that formed the bases of the profitability calculations, each Board concluded that these methodologies were reasonable and turned to the data provided. After discussion and analysis each Board concluded that, to the extent that ISI’s relationship with each Fund had been profitable during the period for which information had been provided, that the profitability ISI derived from the relationship was vital towards retaining qualified investment professionals and administrative personnel necessary for the Funds’ portfolio management, compliance and operational processes and it was fair and reasonable.
 
EXPENSE RATIOS AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE. Each Board discussed economy of scale considerations and the expense ratios of the Funds. The Boards of Directors of Managed Municipal, North American and Strategy noted that the investment advisory
 
 
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(continued)

fees for their respective Funds do not contain breakpoints and considered the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Funds grow. The Board also reviewed information which compared each Fund’s expense ratio as of July 29, 2011 with the average of comparably managed funds and made the following determinations:
 
 
Total Return. The Board found the Fund’s total expense ratio of 0.85% was below the average total expense ratio of comparably managed funds, which was 0.93%.
 
 
Managed Municipal. The Board found the Fund’s total expense ratio of 0.99% was slightly above the average total expense ratio of comparably managed funds, which was 0.92%. The Board noted that the total net assets of the Fund ($106 million) was well below the size of the average comparably managed fund ($316 million).
 
 
North American. The Board found the Fund’s total expense ratio of 1.18% was slightly above the average total expense ratio of other government bond funds, which was 1.07%. The Board noted that the total net assets of the Fund ($145 million) is also slightly smaller than the size of the average other government bond fund ($160 million). The Board concluded that because no other mutual fund shares the Fund’s focus of investing exclusively in a diversified portfolio of North American government bonds, at this time, the total expense ratios of other government bond funds do not provide the appropriate counterpoints for comparative purposes.
 
 
Strategy. The Board found that Fund’s total expense ratio of 1.04% was below the average total expense ratio of comparably managed funds, which was 1.19%. The Board noted that the total net assets of the Fund ($63 million) were well below the size of the average comparably managed fund ($194 million).
 
OTHER BENEFITS REVIEWED. Each Board considered the fact that ISI Group, an affiliate of ISI, serves as the distributor of each of the Funds. Each Board reviewed the costs and profitability of ISI Group in rendering distribution services to each of the Funds and noted that ISI Group operates at a loss with respect to distribution services provided to the Funds. Each Board also considered other benefits received by ISI from its relationship with the Funds. Each Board compared the fees charged to each Fund against the fees charged to institutional clients of ISI. Each Board considered the investment management, compliance and administrative services ISI provided to each of the Funds, including its supervisory responsibilities with respect to the selection and oversight of the Sub-Advisor for Strategy. Each Board noted that ISI benefits from the shared costs of its two primary lines of business, but that ISI’s profit margins are considerably higher for its institutional line of business than from its mutual fund business. The Board of Directors of Strategy considered the benefits received by the Sub-Advisor from its relationship with Strategy and concluded that the Sub-Advisor’s profitability from its relationship with Strategy (including fall-out benefits) was fair and reasonable.
 
 
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  Louis E. Levy
Chairman
 
Edward J. Veilleux
Vice President
Chief Compliance Officer
   W. Murray Jacques
Director
 
Thomas D. Stevens*
Vice President
 
Edward A. Kuczmarski
Director
 
Stephen V. Killorin
Vice President
Treasurer
 
R. Alan Medaugh
President
Director
 
Margaret M. Beeler
Vice President
Secretary
 
Nancy Lazar
Vice President
 
Edward S. Hyman
Senior Economic Advisor
 
Carrie L. Butler
Vice President
  *
Thomas D. Stevens is an officer
for only the ISI Strategy Fund.
           
      Investment Advisor
     
ISI, Inc.
40 West 57th Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(800) 955-7175
      Shareholder Servicing Agent
     
State Street Bank & Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
      Distributor
     
ISI Group, Inc.
40 West 57th Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(800) 955-7175
         
 
 
 

 
 
Item 2.
Code of Ethics.
 
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party.  Pursuant to Item 12(a)(1), a copy of registrant’s code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.  During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics has not been amended, and the registrant has not granted any waivers, including implicit waivers, from the provisions of the code of ethics.
 
Item 3.
Audit Committee Financial Expert.
 
The registrant’s board of directors has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.  The name of the audit committee financial expert is Edward A. Kuczmarski. Mr. Kuczmarski is “independent” for purposes of this Item as that term is defined in Item 3(a)(2) of Form N-CSR.
 
An “audit committee financial expert” is not an “expert” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated as an “audit committee financial expert.”  Further, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not mean that the person has any greater duties, obligations, or liability than those imposed on the person without the “audit committee financial expert” designation.  Similarly, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the Audit Committee or Board of Directors.
 
Item 4.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
 
(a)
Audit Fees.  The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by BBD, LLP, the Fund’s principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or for services that are normally provided by BBD, LLP in connection with the Fund’s statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $20,500 and $20,500 with respect to the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
 
(b)
Audit-Related Fees.  No fees were billed in either of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item.
 
 
(c)
Tax Fees.  The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $2,000 and $2,000 with respect to the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The services comprising these fees are the preparation of the registrant’s federal income and excise tax returns.
 
 
 

 
 
 
(d)
All Other Fees.  No fees were billed in either of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant to the registrant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item.
 
 
 
No fees were billed in either of the last two fiscal years] for products and services provided by the principal accountant to International Strategy & Investment Inc., (the “Adviser”) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that (i) relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant and (ii) were pre-approved by the registrant’s audit committee.
 
 
(e)(1)
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Committee, pursuant to the Audit Committee Charter, may delegate to one or more of its members authority to pre-approve permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Registrant. Any pre-approval determination of a delegate shall be presented to the full Committee at its next meeting. The Committee shall similarly pre-approve in advance any audit, review or attest engagements required under the securities laws.  Pre-approval shall be granted no earlier than one year prior to the commencement of the service.
 
 
(e)(2)
Percentages of Services. None of the services described in paragraph (b) through (d) of this Item were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
 
 
(f)
0% of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.
 
 
(g)
Total Fees Paid By Adviser and Certain Affiliates. During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, aggregate non-audit fees of $0 and $0, respectively, were billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant. No non-audit fees were billed in either of the last two fiscal years by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.
 
 
(h)
The principal accountant has not provided any non-audit services that were not previously approved to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.
 
Item 5.
Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
 
Not applicable
 
 
 

 
 
Item 6.
Schedule of Investments.
 
 
(a)
Schedule of Investments is included as part of Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
 
 
(b)
Not applicable
 
Item 7.
Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
Not applicable to the registrant.
 
Item 8.
Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
 
Not applicable to the registrant.
 
Item 9.
Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
 
Not applicable to the registrant.
 
Item 10.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The registrant has not adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors.
 
Item 11.
Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)  Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed and are operating effectively to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared, and that the information required  to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this Form N-CSR filing that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 

 
 
Item 12.
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit 99.CODE ETH
Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is attached hereto.
 
Exhibit 99.CERT
Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the registrant as  required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act are attached hereto.
 
Exhibit 99.906CERT
Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.
 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
(Registrant) North American Government Bond Fund, Inc.                                          
 
 
By
/s/ R. Alan Medaugh
 
 
R. Alan Medaugh, President
 
     
Date
January 9, 2012
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company 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/ R. Alan Medaugh
 
 
R. Alan Medaugh, President (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Date
January 9, 2012
 
     
     
By
/s/ Stephen V. Killorin
 
 
Stephen V. Killorin, Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
Date
January 9, 2012