N-CSRS

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- 07584

Rydex Series Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

805 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 600
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Donald C. Cacciapaglia, President

Rydex Series Funds
805 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 600
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-301-296-5100

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEAR SHAREHOLDER	2
ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW	3
ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES	4
MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND	6
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	17
OTHER INFORMATION	26
INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS	29
GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY POLICIES	32

THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT  |  1

June 30, 2013

Dear Shareholder:

Security Investors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is pleased to present the semi-annual shareholder report for one or more of our Funds (the “Funds”) for the period ended June 30, 2013.

The Investment Adviser is part of Guggenheim Investments, which represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a global, diversified financial services firm.

Guggenheim Distributors, LLC is the distributor of the Funds. Guggenheim Distributors, LLC is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.

We encourage you to read the Economic and Market Overview section of the report, which follows this letter, and then the Fund Profile for each Fund.

We are committed to providing innovative investment solutions and appreciate the trust you place in us.

Sincerely,

Donald C. Cacciapaglia

President

July 31, 2013

Read each Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) carefully before investing. It contains the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information, which should be considered carefully before investing. Obtain a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) at guggenheiminvestments.com or call 800.820.0888.

The Funds may not be suitable for all investors. Investing involves risks, including the entire loss of principal amount invested. Certain Funds may be affected by risks that include those associated with sector concentration, international investing, investing in small and/or medium size companies, and/or the Funds’ possible use of investment techniques and strategies such as leverage, derivatives and short sales of securities. Please see each Fund’s prospectus for more information.

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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited) June 30, 2013

Monetary accommodation from the world’s central banks and continued improvement in the U.S. housing and labor markets benefited the overall U.S. economy for the six month period ended June 30, 2013. However, speculation about the end of quantitative easing in May and June, along with growing fundamental risk in Japan and China, led to a selloff in fixed income and equity markets. For most of the period, equity markets were strong and abundant liquidity and steady quantitative easing had produced a benign credit environment with low default rates.

Housing was the primary locomotive of U.S. economic growth in the period. Housing-related activity, including private residential investment, personal expenditures on household durable goods and utilities, as well as the wealth effect on consumption from home price appreciation, has contributed positively to GDP since 1Q2011. However, housing’s contribution remains dependent on the maintenance of extremely low mortgage rates, which have recently begun moving higher.

Overshadowing solid job gains in the period was slow improvement in the unemployment rate. The participation rate has been relatively flat over the past six months, and in general, has been declining. A bright spot has been the private sector, where the U.S. economy is currently adding jobs at a rate that is over 20% higher than that of the prior expansion.

A number of global central banks implemented interest rate cuts during the period, owing to sluggish global economic growth and continuing weakness in commodity prices. The world is still in a deflationary environment, which has given policymakers a great deal of leeway to extend and expand accommodative monetary policies aimed at stimulating output.

The rise in volatility late in the period was in large part a result of shifting market sentiment, but, fundamentally, economic growth in the U.S. has not changed materially, although the impact of rising rates on housing has yet to be seen. With ongoing weakness in growth and inflation, global central banks are expected to maintain accommodative policies for the foreseeable future.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2013, the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500^® (“S&P 500”) Index* was 13.82%, and in mid-May reached an all-time high.

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index* returned -2.44% for the period, while the Barclays U.S. High Yield Index* returned 1.42%.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index* returned 0.04%.

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) Europe-Australasia-Far East (“EAFE”) Index* returned 4.10%. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index* return was -9.57%.

The opinions and forecasts expressed may not actually come to pass. This information is subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security or strategy.

*Index Definitions:

The following indices are referenced throughout this report. Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees, or expenses.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged market index of U.S. Treasury securities maturing in 90 days that assumes reinvestment of all income.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS, and CMBS.

Barclays U.S. High Yield Index measures the market of USD-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bonds. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB+/BB+ or below.

MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.

S&P 500^® Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure the performance of the broad economy, representing all major industries and is considered a representation of the U.S. stock market.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

All mutual funds have operating expenses and it is important for our shareholders to understand the impact of costs on their investments. Shareholders of a Fund incur two types of costs: (i) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; and exchange fees; and (ii) ongoing costs, including management fees, administrative services, and shareholder reports, among others. These ongoing costs, or operating expenses, are deducted from a fund’s gross income and reduce the investment return of the fund.

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets, which is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help investors understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period beginning December 31, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013.

The following tables illustrate a Fund’s costs in two ways:

Table 1. Based on actual Fund return. This section helps investors estimate the actual expenses paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the fourth column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. Investors may use the information here, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses paid over the period. Simply divide the Fund’s 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 provided under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return. This section is intended to help investors compare a Fund’s cost with those of other mutual funds. The table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses paid during the period. The example is useful in making comparisons because the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on the 5% return. Investors can assess a Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The calculations illustrated above assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, and contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the second table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

More information about a Fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios for the past five years, can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the appropriate Fund prospectus.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited) (concluded)

							Beginning		Ending		Expenses
	Expense			Fund			Account Value		Account Value		Paid During
	Ratio1			Return			December 31, 2012		June 30, 2013		Period2
Table 1. Based on actual Fund return3
Managed Futures Strategy Fund
A-Class		1.71	%		0.75	%	$	1,000.00	$	1,007.50	$	8.51
C-Class		2.46	%		0.39	%		1,000.00		1,003.90		12.22
H-Class		1.71	%		0.75	%		1,000.00		1,007.50		8.51
Institutional Class		1.46	%		0.89	%		1,000.00		1,008.90		7.27
Y-Class		1.46	%		0.89	%		1,000.00		1,008.90		7.27
Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return (before expenses)
Managed Futures Strategy Fund
A-Class		1.71	%		5.00	%	$	1,000.00	$	1,016.31	$	8.55
C-Class		2.46	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,012.60		12.28
H-Class		1.71	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,016.31		8.55
Institutional Class		1.46	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,017.55		7.30
Y-Class		1.46	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,017.55		7.30

¹ Annualized.

² Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, net of any applicable fee waivers, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

³ Actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period December 31, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

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FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) June 30, 2013

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

OBJECTIVE: Seeks to achieve positive absolute returns.

Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)

“Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.

Inception Dates:
A-Class		March 2, 2007
C-Class		March 2, 2007
H-Class		March 2, 2007
Institutional Class		May 3, 2010
Y-Class	March 29, 2010

Ten Largest Holdings
(% of Total Net Assets)
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Exchange-Traded Fund	13.4	%
KKR Financial CLO 2007-A Corp.	5.0	%
Emporia Preferred Funding II Corp.	2.3	%
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates 2007-TF2A	2.1	%
Morgan Stanley Reremic Trust	2.0	%
Geer Mountain Financing Ltd.	2.0	%
Guggenheim Enhanced Short Duration Bond ETF	1.5	%
COMM 2007-FL14 Mortgage Trust	1.5	%
Newcastle CDO Ltd.	1.2	%
Brentwood CLO Corp.	1.0	%
Top Ten Total	32.0	%

“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) June 30, 2013

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

	Shares		Value
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS† - 14.9%
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity
Exchange-Traded Fund1		600,000	$	60,762,000
Guggenheim Enhanced Short
Duration Bond ETF1		140,000		7,021,000
Total Exchange Traded Funds
(Cost $67,930,214)				67,783,000
		Face
		Amount
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† - 17.0%
KKR Financial CLO 2007-A Corp. 2007-AA,
1.03% due 10/15/172,3	$	22,699,150		22,643,538
Emporia Preferred Funding II Corp.
2006-2A,0.56% due 10/18/182,3		10,349,415		10,288,146
2006-2X,0.57% due 10/18/18		4,357,648		4,307,664
Morgan Stanley Reremic Trust 2012-IO,
1.00% due 03/27/513		9,119,794		9,049,754
Geer Mountain Financing Ltd. 2007-1A,
0.59% due 04/01/142,3		9,000,000		8,922,600
Newcastle CDO Ltd.,
0.45% due 05/25/52		5,658,145		5,495,700
Brentwood CLO Corp. 2006-1A,
0.54% due 02/01/222,3		4,737,741		4,624,225
N-Star REL CDO VIII Ltd. 2006-8A,
0.48% due 02/01/412,3		3,572,797		3,315,019
Acis CLO 2013-1 Ltd. 2013-1A,
1.33% due 04/18/242,3		3,200,000		3,199,904
FM Leveraged Capital Fund II 2006-2A,
1.88% due 11/15/202,3		2,350,000		2,345,629
NewStar Trust 2005-1 2005-1A,
0.78% due 07/25/182,3		1,494,605		1,487,924
Legg Mason Real Estate CDO I Ltd. 2006-1A,
0.47% due 03/25/382,3		991,708		967,619
Gleneagles CLO Ltd. 2005-1A,
0.55% due 11/01/172,3		698,306		689,898
Total Asset Backed Securities
(Cost $77,175,807)				77,337,620
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES† - 14.3%
U.S. Treasury Bill
0.00% due 07/11/13		29,150,000		29,149,825
0.00% due 07/18/13		24,870,000		24,869,726
0.00% due 07/25/13		11,110,000		11,109,867
Total U.S. Treasury Bill				65,129,418
Total U.S. Government Securities
(Cost $65,129,742)				65,129,418
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 9.2%
Financials - 5.4%
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.
6.00% due 08/15/14		3,920,000		4,110,857
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.89% due 02/26/162		4,000,000		3,991,740
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC
8.00% due 06/01/14		1,384,000		1,463,768
8.70% due 10/01/14		1,200,000		1,302,445
7.00% due 04/15/15		500,000		542,056
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
1.72% due 09/13/162		3,200,000		3,196,064
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1.48% due 04/30/182		3,000,000		2,972,244
Bank of America Corp.
4.50% due 04/01/15		2,400,000		2,517,422
Morgan Stanley
4.20% due 11/20/14		2,400,000		2,482,752
Macquarie Group Ltd.
7.30% due 08/01/143		1,920,000		2,024,907
Total Financials				24,604,255
INDUSTRIAL - 1.9%
Glencore Funding LLC
1.43% due 05/27/162,3		4,350,000		4,235,699
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc
1.11% due 06/17/162		3,000,000		2,999,103
Anglo American Capital plc
9.38% due 04/08/143		1,387,000		1,470,262
Total Industrial				8,705,064
ENERGY - 1.0%
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural
Gas Company Limited III
5.83% due 09/30/163		4,144,613		4,403,651
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - 0.5%
Mack-Cali Realty, LP
5.13% due 02/15/14		1,300,000		1,330,226
WEA Finance LLC / WT
Finance Aust Pty Ltd.
5.75% due 09/02/153		900,000		983,299
Total Financial Institutions				2,313,525
INDUSTRIALS - 0.4%
International Lease Finance Corp.
2.22% due 06/15/162		2,000,000		1,985,000
Total Industrials				1,985,000
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $42,293,513)				42,011,495
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES†† - 7.0%
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
2007-TF2A,0.37% due 04/15/222,3		9,719,696		9,611,282
2006-TF2A,0.39% due 10/15/212,3		3,000,000		2,902,401
COMM 2007-FL14 Mortgage Trust
2007-FL14,0.37% due 06/15/222,3		6,755,963		6,699,828
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust Series 2006-WHALE 7
2006-WL7A,0.36% due 09/15/212,3		4,250,000		4,202,090

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued) June 30, 2013

MANAGED FUTURES STRATEGY FUND

	Face
	Amount		Value
COMM 2006-FL12 Mortgage Trust
2006-FL12,0.32% due 12/15/202,3	$	4,007,635	$	3,917,515
Banc of America Large Loan Trust
2007-BMB1,1.29% due 08/15/292,3		1,937,000		1,919,311
GCCFC 2006-FL4A C
2006-FL4A,0.42% due 11/05/21		1,900,000		1,844,165
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
2007-FL1,0.77% due 07/15/242,3		984,007		982,187
Total Mortgage Backed Securities
(Cost $31,882,050)				32,078,779
MUNICIPAL BONDS†† - 0.7%
New York - 0.7%
City of New York New York
General Obligation Unlimited
0.36% due 04/01/352		3,000,000		3,000,000
Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $3,000,000)				3,000,000
COMMERCIAL PAPER†† - 13.7%
National Grid Holdings, Inc.
0.26% due 07/08/133		6,000,000		5,999,697
Aegon N.V.
0.27% due 07/08/133		6,000,000		5,999,685
Ecolab, Inc.
0.21% due 07/18/133		6,000,000		5,999,405
Duke Energy Corp.
0.27% due 07/25/133		6,000,000		5,998,920
Tesco Treasury Services plc
0.28% due 08/05/133		6,000,000		5,998,366
Pentair Finance S.A.
0.29% due 07/09/133		5,400,000		5,399,652
AbbVie, Inc.
0.19% due 07/02/133		5,000,000		4,999,974
Kellogg Co.
0.17% due 07/09/133		5,000,000		4,999,811
Southern California Edison Co.
0.22% due 07/08/133		5,000,000		4,999,786
Noble Corporation/Cayman Islands
0.31% due 07/19/133		5,000,000		4,999,225
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP
0.27% due 07/24/133		5,000,000		4,999,106
Northeast Utilities
0.20% due 07/01/133		1,900,000		1,900,000
Total Commercial Paper
(Cost $62,293,627)				62,293,627
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 10.7%
HSBC Group
issued 06/28/13 at 0.07%
due 07/01/13		39,064,143		39,064,143
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		6,713,905		6,713,905
Deutsche Bank
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		2,725,405		2,725,405
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $48,503,453)				48,503,453
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL††,5 - 1.1%
Repurchase Agreements
HSBC Securities, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.11%
due 07/01/13		4,338,910		4,338,910
RBS Securities, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.10%
due 07/01/13		507,490		507,490
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $4,846,400)				4,846,400
		Contracts
OPTIONS PURCHASED† - 0.9%
Put options on:
S&P 500 E-mini 1640 Index
Expiring December 2013
with strike price of $640.00		625		3,023,438
S&P 500 E-mini 1660 Index
Expiring December 2013
with strike price of $660.00		210		1,123,500
Total Put options				4,146,938
Total Options Purchased
(Cost $3,210,026)				4,146,938
Total Investments - 89.5%
(Cost $406,264,832)			$	407,130,730
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 10.5%				47,521,302
Total Net Assets - 100.0%			$	454,652,032

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)	June 30, 2013
Managed Futures Strategy Fund

			Unrealized
	Contracts		Gain (Loss)
INTEREST RATE FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED††
September 2013 Euro - Bund
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $9,577,611)		52	$	(65,913	)
September 2013 Euro - Bobl
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $41,556,785)		255		(141,383	)
(Total Aggregate Value of Contracts
$51,134,396)			$	(207,296	)
CURRENCY FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED†
September 2013 Euro FX Currency
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $37,760,900)		232	$	(817,652	)
EQUITY FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED†
September 2013 Topix Index
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $10,560,359)		92	$	525,588
September 2013 Nikkei 225 Index
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $12,136,423)		88		458,422
July 2013 MSCI Taiwan Stock Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,840,645)		245		354,515
September 2013 SPI 200 Index
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,119,908)		47		(12,254	)
September 2013 Financial
Select Sector Mini Futures
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,258,113)		129		(27,638	)
September 2013 FTSE 100 Index
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $3,754,506)		40		(71,856	)
September 2013 Russell 2000 Index
Mini Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $11,534,670)		119		(89,283	)
September 2013 S&P MidCap 400 Index
Mini Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $10,955,400)		95		(94,855	)
July 2013 CAC40 10 Euro Index
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,827,009)		120		(142,271	)
July 2013 Amsterdam Index
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $7,347,712)		82		(162,461	)
September 2013 NASDAQ-100 Index
Mini Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $8,932,770)		154		(170,681	)
September 2013 S&P 500 Index
Mini Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $12,602,475)		158		(182,272	)
September 2013 Dow Jones
Industrial Average Index
Mini Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $14,729,980)		199		(234,457	)
September 2013 DAX Index
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $9,831,403)		38		(277,685	)
July 2013 FTSE China A50 Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $8,418,971)		1,247		(700,344	)
(Total Aggregate Value of Contracts
$134,850,344)			$	(827,532	)
COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED†
August 2013 WTI Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,736,460)		18	$	5,375
September 2013 Brent Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,726,860)		17		(11,398	)
August 2013 Lean Hogs
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $26,379,000)		675		(121,594	)
August 2013 Gasoline RBOB
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,216,468)		37		(129,286	)
August 2013 Natural Gas
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,080,900)		170		(279,894	)
December 2013 Cotton #2
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $15,357,160)		364		(514,154	)

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)	June 30, 2013
Managed Futures Strategy Fund

			Unrealized
	Contracts		Gain (Loss)
November 2013 Soybean
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $12,632,575)		202	$	(545,971	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $68,129,423)			$	(1,596,922	)
CURRENCY FUTURES CONTRACTS SOLD SHORT†
September 2013 Japanese Yen
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $55,725,150)		442	$	1,632,603
September 2013 Australian Dollar
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $48,273,210)		531		1,606,117
September 2013 Canadian Dollar
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $44,982,600)		474		581,949
September 2013 British Pound
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $950,125)		10		233
September 2013 Swiss Franc
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $132,425)		1		(29	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $150,063,510)			$	3,820,873
INTEREST RATE FUTURES CONTRACTS SOLD SHORT†
September 2013 Long Gilt
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $33,392,593)		196	$	1,010,250
September 2013 U.S. Treasury
Ultra Long Bond
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $34,360,219)		233		847,634
September 2013 U.S. Treasury
30 Year Bond Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $38,978,188)		287		838,363
September 2013 U.S. Treasury
5 Year Note Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $82,642,999)		683		691,652
September 2013 U.S. Treasury
10 Year Note Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $47,937,578)		379		632,208
September 2013 Canadian
Government 10 Year Bond
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $40,756,587)		326		560,335
September 2013 Japanese
Government 10 Year Bond
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $57,528,859)		40		77,988
September 2013 Euro - Schatz
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $19,680,208)		137		20,915
September 2013 Australian
Government 3 Year Bond
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $56,325,216)		564		(223,387	)
September 2013 Australian
Government 10 Year Bond
Futures Contracts††
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $47,238,599)		437		(791,339	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $458,841,046)			$	3,664,619
COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS SOLD SHORT†
September 2013 Coffee ‘C’
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $28,694,063)		635	$	1,055,897
September 2013 Winter Wheat
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $15,537,500)		452		814,182
August 2013 LME Primary
Aluminum Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $17,067,375)		389		740,237
September 2013 Wheat Futures
Contracts (Aggregate Value of
Contracts $14,908,225)		454		682,044
September 2013 Silver
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,858,250)		70		585,659
August 2013 LME Nickel
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $10,424,541)		127		423,615
September 2013 Corn
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,609,313)		205		279,186

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (concluded)	June 30, 2013
Managed Futures Strategy Fund

			Unrealized
	Contracts		Gain (Loss)
September 2013 Copper
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,808,500)		89	$	252,096
August 2013 Gold 100 oz.
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,065,270)		33		42,475
August 2013 New York Harbor
Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,522,961)		21		33,048
August 2013 Gas Oil
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,790,400)		32		19,053
August 2013 LME Zinc
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $15,661,250)		340		16,156
August 2013 LME Lead
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,969,963)		58		(5,688	)
October 2013 Sugar #11
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $30,947,280)		1,635		(513,465	)
August 2013 Live Cattle
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $55,832,380)		1,142		(861,604	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $220,697,271)			$	3,562,891
EQUITY FUTURES CONTRACTS SOLD SHORT††
July 2013 IBEX 35 Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,093,300)		11	$	9,446
July 2013 Hang Seng Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,713,984)		43		(260,113	)
July 2013 H-Shares Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $10,451,784)		176		(464,573	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $17,259,068)			$	(715,240	)

^† Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 4.

^†† Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4.

¹ All or portion of this security is on loan at June 30, 2013 — See Note 10.

² Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at June 30, 2013.

³ Security is a 144A or Section 4(a)(2) security. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(a)(2) securities is $173,180,315 (cost $173,046,997), or 38.1% of total net assets.

⁴ Repurchase Agreements — See Note 5.

5	Securities lending collateral — See Note 10.
	plc — Public Limited Company
	REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

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Managed Futures Strategy Fund

Consolidated STATEMENT OF

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited)

June 30, 2013

Assets:
Investments, at value - including $4,712,780 of securities loaned (cost $352,914,979)	$	353,780,877
Repurchase agreements, at value (cost $53,349,853)		53,349,853
Total investments (cost $406,264,832)		407,130,730
Segregated cash with broker		34,736,967
Receivables:
Securities sold		20,303,735
Variation margin		1,712,176
Interest		910,390
Fund shares sold		751,899
Dividends		36,000
Total assets		465,581,897
Liabilities:
Overdraft due to custodian bank		1,851,931
Foreign currency, at value (cost $935,718)		924,543
Payable for:
Upon return of securities loaned		4,846,400
Fund shares redeemed		2,603,335
Management fees		320,564
Distribution and service fees		102,560
Transfer agent and administrative fees		88,515
Portfolio accounting fees		31,508
Miscellaneous		160,509
Total liabilities		10,929,865
Net assets	$	454,652,032
Net assets consist of:
Paid in capital	$	555,360,203
Accumulated net investment loss		(5,770,737	)
Accumulated net realized loss on investments		(102,695,958	)
Net unrealized appreciation on investments		7,758,524
Net assets	$	454,652,032
A-Class:
Net assets	$	95,777,899
Capital shares outstanding		4,478,436
Net asset value per share	$	21.39
Maximum offering price per share (Net asset value divided by 95.25%)	$	22.46
C-Class:
Net assets	$	38,183,218
Capital shares outstanding		1,872,702
Net asset value per share	$	20.39
H-Class:
Net assets	$	277,431,353
Capital shares outstanding		12,971,705
Net asset value per share	$	21.39
Institutional Class:
Net assets	$	30,953,958
Capital shares outstanding		1,435,286
Net asset value per share	$	21.57
Y-Class:
Net assets	$	12,305,604
Capital shares outstanding		569,797
Net asset value per share	$	21.60

Consolidated STATEMENT

OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

Period Ended June 30, 2013

Investment Income:
Interest	$	1,028,291
Dividends		273,940
Income from securities lending, net		18,735
Total investment income		1,320,966
Expenses:
Management fees		2,875,135
Transfer agent and administrative fees:
A-Class		144,409
C-Class		53,864
H-Class		445,929
Institutional Class		46,214
Y-Class		39,199
Distribution and service fees:
A-Class		144,410
C-Class		215,456
H-Class		445,928
Portfolio accounting fees		239,296
Registration fees		521,653
Trustees’ fees*		55,581
Custodian fees		37,277
Miscellaneous		78,275
Total expenses		5,342,626
Less:
Expenses waived by advisor		(213,240	)
Net expenses		5,129,386
Net investment loss		(3,808,420	)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments		(169,320	)
Swap agreements		490,143
Futures contracts		22,343,708
Foreign currency		(99,926	)
Options purchased		74,456
Net realized gain		22,639,061
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments		(214,384	)
Futures contracts		(11,654,626	)
Options purchased		936,912
Foreign currency		9,057
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(10,923,041	)
Net realized and unrealized gain		11,716,020
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	7,907,600

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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Managed Futures Strategy Fund

Consolidated STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

	Period Ended
	June 30,			Year Ended
	2013			December 31,
	(Unaudited)			2012
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets From Operations:
Net investment loss	$	(3,808,420	)	$	(30,926,614	)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments		22,639,061			(208,209,108	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments		(10,923,041	)		(4,344,238	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		7,907,600			(243,479,960	)
Capital share transactions:
Proceeds from sale of shares
A-Class		15,065,370			122,900,483
C-Class		1,286,836			6,406,783
H-Class		51,923,046			809,349,983
Institutional Class		4,897,757			41,570,693
Y-Class		574,073			40,444,459
Cost of shares redeemed
A-Class		(66,637,813	)		(671,652,699	)
C-Class		(12,741,448	)		(43,969,338	)
H-Class		(280,366,435	)		(1,219,877,947	)
Institutional Class		(20,082,301	)		(88,606,366	)
Y-Class		(90,498,581	)		(306,099,003	)
Net decrease from capital share transactions		(396,579,496	)		(1,309,532,952	)
Net decrease in net assets		(388,671,896	)		(1,553,012,912	)
Net assets:
Beginning of period		843,323,928			2,396,336,840
End of period	$	454,652,032		$	843,323,928
Accumulated net investment loss at end of period	$	(5,770,737	)	$	(1,962,317	)
Capital share activity:
Shares sold
A-Class		701,750			5,377,085
C-Class		62,654			298,490
H-Class		2,414,052			35,175,121
Institutional Class		226,376			1,899,025
Y-Class		26,784			1,739,090
Shares redeemed
A-Class		(3,098,351	)		(29,130,895	)
C-Class		(620,604	)		(2,053,748	)
H-Class		(13,046,784	)		(55,835,873	)
Institutional Class		(928,446	)		(3,982,544	)
Y-Class		(4,183,990	)		(13,821,535	)
Net decrease in shares		(18,446,559	)		(60,335,784	)

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Managed Futures Strategy Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
A-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b			2008b,c
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	21.23		$	23.95		$	25.78		$	26.81		$	28.04		$	28.26
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.13	)		(.39	)		(.44	)		(.41	)		(.39	)		(—	)e
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		.29			(2.33	)		(1.39	)		(.62	)		(.84	)		.83
Total from investment operations		.16			(2.72	)		(1.83	)		(1.03	)		(1.23	)		.83
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			—			—			—			(.57	)
Net realized gains		—			—			—			—			—			(.50	)
Total distributions		—			—			—			—			—			(1.07	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	f		—	f		.02
Net asset value, end of period	$	21.39		$	21.23		$	23.95		$	25.78		$	26.81		$	28.04
Total Returng		0.75	%		(11.32	%)		(7.14	%)		(3.84	%)		(4.39	%)		2.96	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	95,778		$	145,950		$	733,469		$	657,317		$	636,083		$	298,987
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.24	%)		(1.71	%)		(1.76	%)		(1.66	%)		(1.42	%)		(0.02	%)
Total expensesh		1.78	%		1.96	%		2.05	%		2.04	%		2.16	%		1.77	%
Net expensesi		1.71	%		1.89	%		1.97	%		1.97	%		2.05	%		1.77	%
Portfolio turnover rate		27	%		172	%		72	%		148	%		125	%		74	%
	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
C-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b			2008b,c
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	20.31		$	23.09		$	25.04		$	26.24		$	27.65		$	28.04
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.20	)		(.53	)		(.61	)		(.59	)		(.58	)		(.16	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		.28			(2.25	)		(1.34	)		(.61	)		(.83	)		.82
Total from investment operations		.08			(2.78	)		(1.95	)		(1.20	)		(1.41	)		.66
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			—			—			—			(.57	)
Net realized gains		—			—			—			—			—			(.50	)
Total distributions		—			—			—			—			—			(1.07	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	f		—	f		.02
Net asset value, end of period	$	20.39		$	20.31		$	23.09		$	25.04		$	26.24		$	27.65
Total Returng		0.39	%		(12.04	%)		(7.79	%)		(4.57	%)		(5.10	%)		2.37	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	38,183		$	49,378		$	96,647		$	158,628		$	225,416		$	125,601
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.98	%)		(2.45	%)		(2.50	%)		(2.41	%)		(2.17	%)		(0.78	%)
Total expensesh		2.53	%		2.70	%		2.80	%		2.79	%		2.92	%		2.51	%
Net expensesi		2.46	%		2.64	%		2.72	%		2.72	%		2.81	%		2.51	%
Portfolio turnover rate		27	%		172	%		72	%		148	%		125	%		74	%

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Managed Futures Strategy Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
H-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b			2008b,c
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	21.23		$	23.95		$	25.78		$	26.81		$	28.04		$	28.26
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.13	)		(.38	)		(.44	)		(.42	)		(.38	)		(.01	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		.29			(2.34	)		(1.39	)		(.61	)		(.85	)		.84
Total from investment operations		.16			(2.72	)		(1.83	)		(1.03	)		(1.23	)		.83
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			—			—			—			(.57	)
Net realized gains		—			—			—			—			—			(.50	)
Total distributions		—			—			—			—			—			(1.07	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	f		—	f		.02
Net asset value, end of period	$	21.39		$	21.23		$	23.95		$	25.78		$	26.81		$	28.04
Total Returng		0.75	%		(11.32	%)		(7.14	%)		(3.84	%)		(4.39	%)		2.96	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	277,431		$	501,109		$	1,059,988		$	1,199,718		$	1,468,770		$	838,511
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.27	%)		(1.70	%)		(1.75	%)		(1.66	%)		(1.41	%)		(0.03	%)
Total expensesh		1.79	%		1.95	%		2.05	%		2.04	%		2.16	%		1.77	%
Net expensesi		1.71	%		1.89	%		1.97	%		1.97	%		2.05	%		1.77	%
Portfolio turnover rate		27	%		172	%		72	%		148	%		125	%		74	%
							Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
							June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
Institutional Class							2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b,j
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period							$	21.38		$	24.06		$	25.84		$	25.58
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd								(.11	)		(.33	)		(.38	)		(.23	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)								.30			(2.35	)		(1.40	)		.49
Total from investment operations								.19			(2.68	)		(1.78	)		.26
Redemption fees collected								—			—			—			—	f
Net asset value, end of period							$	21.57		$	21.38		$	24.06		$	25.84
Total Returng								0.89	%		(11.14	%)		(6.85	%)		0.98	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)							$	30,954		$	45,700		$	101,549		$	134,733
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss								(0.99	%)		(1.45	%)		(1.50	%)		(1.41	%)
Total expensesh								1.53	%		1.70	%		1.80	%		1.78	%
Net expensesi								1.46	%		1.64	%		1.72	%		1.72	%
Portfolio turnover rate								27	%		172	%		72	%		148	%

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Managed Futures Strategy Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded)

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
Y-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b,k
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	21.41		$	24.07		$	25.84		$	25.74
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.12	)		(.32	)		(.37	)		(.26	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		.31			(2.34	)		(1.40	)		.36
Total from investment operations		.19			(2.66	)		(1.77	)		.10
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	f
Net asset value, end of period	$	21.60		$	21.41		$	24.07		$	25.84
Total Returng		0.89	%		(11.05	%)		6.85	%		0.39	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	12,306		$	101,187		$	404,684		$	189,251
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.12	%)		(1.41	%)		(1.47	%)		(1.36	%)
Total expensesh		1.53	%		1.65	%		1.75	%		1.73	%
Net expensesi		1.46	%		1.59	%		1.68	%		1.67	%
Portfolio turnover rate		27	%		172	%		72	%		148	%

^a Unaudited figures for the period ended June 30, 2013. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^b Consolidated.

^c The Fund changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31 in 2008. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^d Net investment loss per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

^e Net investment income is less than $0.01 per share.

^f Redemption fees collected are less than $0.01 per share.

^g Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges and has not been annualized.

^h Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

ⁱ Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers.

^j Since commencement of operations: May 3, 2010. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^k Since commencement of operations: March 29, 2010. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

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NOTES TO Consolidated FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(Unaudited)

1. Organization, Consolidation of Subsidiary and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

The Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”) is registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-ended investment company. Each series, in effect, is representing a separate Fund (collectively the “Funds”). The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust accounts for the assets of each Fund separately. The Trust offers a combination of eight separate classes of shares:

Investor Class shares, Advisor Class shares, A-Class shares, C-Class shares, H-Class shares, Y-Class shares, Institutional Class shares, and Money Market Class shares. Sales of shares of each Class are made without a front-end sales charge at the net asset value per share (“NAV”), with the exception of A-Class shares. A-Class shares are sold at the NAV, plus the applicable front-end sales charge. The sales charge varies depending on the amount purchased, but will not exceed 4.75%. A-Class share purchases of $1 million or more are exempt from the front-end sales charge but have a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. C-Class shares have a 1% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. Institutional Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such as pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, foundations and corporations. Institutional Class shares have a minimum initial investment of $2 million and a minimum account balance of $1 million. Institutional Class shares are offered without a front-end sales charge or CDSC.

At June 30, 2013, the Trust consisted of fifty-one separate funds. This report covers the the Managed Futures Strategy Fund (the “Fund”). Only A-Class, C-Class, H-Class, Y-Class and Institutional Class shares had been issued by the Fund.

Guggenheim Investments (“GI”) provides advisory services and Rydex Fund Services, LLC (“RFS”) provides transfer agent, administrative and accounting services to the Trust. Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (“GDL”) acts as principal underwriter for the Trust. GI, RFS and GDL are affiliated entities.

Consolidation of Subsidiary

The consolidated financial statements of the Fund includes the accounts of a wholly-owned and controlled Cayman Islands subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation for the Fund.

The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in its Subsidiary which acts as an investment vehicle in order to effect certain investments consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies.

A summary of the Fund’s investment in its respective Subsidiary is as follows:

		Subsidiary		% of Total Net
		Net Assets at		Assets of the Fund
	Inception Date	June 30,		at June 30,
	of Subsidiary	2013		2013
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	05/10/12		$47,157,000		10.4	%

Significant Accounting Policies

The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Fund. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount 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 reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.

A. The value of futures contracts is accounted for using the unrealized gain or loss on the contracts that is determined by marking the contracts to their current realized settlement prices. Financial futures contracts are valued at the 4:00 p.m. price on the valuation date. In the event that the exchange for a specific futures contract closes earlier than 4:00 p.m., the futures contract is valued at the Official Settlement Price of the exchange. However, the underlying securities from which the futures contract value is derived are monitored until 4:00 p.m. to determine if fair valuation would provide a more accurate valuation.

Debt securities with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker/dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from independent pricing services, which may consider the trade activity, treasury spreads, yields or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type, as well as prices quoted by dealers who make markets in such securities. Short-term debt securities with a maturity of 60 days or less at acquisition and repurchase agreements are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Listed options are valued at the Official Settlement Price listed by the exchange, usually as of 4:00 p.m. Long options are valued using the bid price and short options are valued using the ask price. In the event that a settlement price is not available, fair valuation is enacted. Over-the-counter options are valued using the average bid price (for long options), or average ask price (for short options) obtained from one or more security dealers.

Open-end investment companies (“Mutual Funds”) are valued at their NAV as of the close of business, on the valuation date.

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ETFs and closed-end investment companies are valued at the last quoted sales price.

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined in good faith by GI under the direction of the Board of Trustees using methods established or ratified by the Board of Trustees. These methods include, but are not limited to: (i) obtaining general information as to how these securities and assets trade; (ii) in connection with futures contracts and options thereupon, and other derivative investments, obtaining information as to how (a) these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the futures or other derivative markets, respectively, and (b) the securities underlying these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the cash market; and (iii) obtaining other information and considerations, including current values in related markets.

B.  Security transactions are recorded on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded using the identified cost basis. Proceeds from lawsuits related to investment holdings are recorded as realized gains in the Fund. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, net of applicable taxes withheld by foreign countries. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discount, is accrued on a daily basis.

C.  Distributions of net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

D.  Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

E.  Certain U.S. Government and Agency Obligations are traded on a discount basis; the interest rates shown on the Schedule of Investments reflect the effective rates paid at the time of purchase by the Fund. Other securities bear interest at the rates shown, payable at fixed dates through maturity.

F.  The Fund may leave cash overnight in its cash account with the custodian, U.S. Bank. Periodically, the Fund may have cash due to the custodian bank as an overdraft balance. A fee is incurred on this overdraft, calculated by multiplying the overdraft by a rate based on the federal funds rate.

Segregated cash with the broker is held as collateral for investments in derivative instruments such as futures contracts or swap agreements.

G.  Interest and dividend income, most expenses, all realized gains and losses, and all unrealized gains and losses are allocated to the Classes based upon the value of the outstanding shares in each Class. Certain costs, such as distribution fees relating to A-Class shares and H-Class shares and service and distribution fees related to C-Class shares, are charged directly to specific Classes. In addition, certain expenses have been allocated to the individual Funds in the Trust on a pro rata basis upon the respective aggregate net assets of each Fund included in the Trust.

H.  Throughout the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund and/or its affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

2.  Financial Instruments

As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes a variety of derivative instruments including options, futures and swap agreements. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

A futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities or other instruments at a set price for delivery at a future date. There are significant risks associated with a Fund’s use of futures contracts and related options, including (i) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the underlying asset and the prices of futures contracts; (ii) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; (iii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (iv) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. When investing in futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

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A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. A Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. Additionally, there is no guarantee that a Fund or an underlying fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap agreement by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same or another party.

An option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and the writer of the option the obligation to buy, the underlying security (put option) or the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of the option the obligation to sell, the underlying security (call option) at any time during the option period. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid. The risk in writing a call option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the underlying securities and a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market or, for over-the-counter options, because of the counterparty’s inability to perform.

In conjunction with the use of futures and swap agreements, the Fund is required to maintain collateral in various forms. The Fund uses, where appropriate, depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes, or the repurchase agreements allocated to the Fund.

The Trust has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Trust monitors the counterparty credit risk.

3. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of an investment advisory contract, the Fund pays GI investment advisory fees calculated at an annualized rate of 0.90% of the average daily net assets.

RFS provides transfer agent and administrative services to the Fund calculated at an annualized rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of A-Class, C-Class, H-Class and Institutional Class and 0.20% of the average daily net assets of Y-Class.

GI has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from the Subsidiary in an amount equal to the management fee paid to GI by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by GI unless GI obtains the prior approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees for such termination. In any event, this undertaking will continue through April 30, 2014.

RFS also provides accounting services to the Fund for fees calculated at annualized rates below, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund.

Fund Accounting Fees	(as a % of net assets)
On the first $250 million		0.10	%
On the next $250 million		0.075	%
On the next $250 million		0.05	%
Over $750 million		0.03	%

RFS engages external service providers to perform other necessary services for the Trust, such as audit and accounting related services, legal services, custody, printing and mailing, etc., on a pass-through basis. Such expenses are allocated to various Funds within the complex based on relative net assets.

The Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan applicable to A-Class shares and H-Class shares for which GDL and other firms that provide distribution and/or shareholder services (“Service Providers”) may receive compensation. If a Service Provider provides distribution services, the Trust will pay distribution fees to GDL at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. GDL, in turn, will pay the Service Provider out of its fees. GDL may, at its discretion, retain a portion of such payments to compensate itself for distribution services.

The Trust has adopted a separate Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan applicable to its C-Class shares that allows the Funds to pay annual distribution and service fees of 1.00% of the Funds’ C-Class shares average daily net assets. The annual 0.25% service fee compensates the shareholder’s financial advisor for providing ongoing services to the shareholder. The annual distribution fee of 0.75% reimburses GDL for paying the shareholder’s financial advisor an ongoing sales commission. GDL advances the first year’s service and distribution fees to the financial advisor. GDL retains the service and distribution fees on accounts with no authorized dealer of record.

For the period ended June 30, 2013, GDL retained sales charges of $158,835 relating to sales of A-Class shares of the Trust.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also officers of GI, RFS and GDL.

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4. Fair Value Measurement

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. A three-tier hierarchy is utilized to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The 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 (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets at June 30, 2013:

	Level 1		Level 1		Level 2		Level 2		Level 3
	Investments		Other Financial		Investments		Other Financial		Investments
	In Securities		Instruments*		In Securities		Instruments*		In Securities		Total
Assets
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	$	132,912,418	$	16,281,235	$	270,071,374	$	2,662,944	$	—	$	421,927,971
Liabilities
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	$	—	$	5,300,265	$	—	$	2,613,235	$	—	$	7,913,500

* Other financial instruments may include futures contracts, which are reported as unrealized gain/loss at period end.

For the period ended June 30, 2013, there were no transfers between levels.

5. Repurchase Agreements

The Funds transfer uninvested cash balances into a single joint account, the daily aggregate balance of which is invested in one or more repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agencies. The collateral is in the possession of the Funds’ custodian and is evaluated to ensure that its market value exceeds, at a minimum, 102% of the original face amount of the repurchase agreements. Each Fund holds a pro rata share of the collateral based on the dollar amount of the repurchase agreement entered into by each Fund.

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At June 30, 2013, the repurchase agreements in the joint account were as follows:

Counterparty and Terms of Agreement	Face Value		Repurchase Price		Collateral	Par Value		Fair Value
HSBC Group					Fannie Mae
0.07%					0.50% - 0.65%
Due 07/01/13	$	860,000,000	$	860,005,017	10/22/15 - 05/27/16	$	298,566,000	$	299,638,582
					Freddie Mac
					0.50% - 0.60%
					10/09/15 - 03/28/16		250,000,000		251,160,833
					Federal Home Loan Bank
					0.13%
					03/19/14		200,000,000		200,947,222
					Federal Farm Credit Bank
					0.30%
					06/04/15		125,000,000		125,454,167
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.					U.S. Treasury Note
0.06%					0.88%
Due 07/01/13		147,807,111		147,807,850	01/31/18		152,694,700		150,763,344
Deutsche Bank					U.S. Treasury Note
0.06%					0.25%
Due 07/01/13		60,000,000		60,000,300	09/15/15		61,428,800		61,200,019

In the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to collect the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. The Funds’ investment advisor, acting under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, reviews the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers with which the Funds enter into repurchase agreements to evaluate potential risks.

6. Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why the Fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Fund’s financial position and results of operations.

The Fund utilized derivatives for the following purposes:

Fund	Index Exposure	Liquidity
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	x	x

The following table represents the notional amount of derivative instruments outstanding, as an approximate percentage of the Fund’s net assets on a daily basis.

	Approximate percentage of Fund’s net assets on a daily basis
Fund		Long			Short
Managed Futures Strategy Fund			65	%		185	%

The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2013:

Derivative Investment Type	Asset Derivatives	Liability Derivatives
Equity/Interest Rate/Currency/Commodity contracts	Variation margin	Variation margin

The following table sets forth the fair value of the Fund’s derivative investments categorized by primary risk exposure at June 30, 2013:

Asset Derivative Investments Value

Futures

Futures

Futures

Futures

Options

Equity

Currency

Interest Rate

Commodity

Purchased Equity

Total Value at

Fund

Contracts*

Contracts*

Contracts*

Contracts*

Contracts

June 30, 2013

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

$

1,347,971

$

3,820,902

$

4,679,345

$

4,949,023

$

4,146,938

$

18,944,179

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Liability Derivative Investments Value

Futures

Futures

Futures

Futures

Options

Equity

Currency

Interest Rate

Commodity

Purchased Equity

Total Value at

Fund

Contracts*

Contracts*

Contracts*

Contracts*

Contracts

June 30, 2013

Managed Futures Strategy Fund

$

2,890,743

$

817,681

$

1,222,022

$

2,983,054

$

—

$

7,913,500

* Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported on the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the period ended June 30, 2013:

Derivative Investment Type	Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Equity/Interest Rate/Currency/Commodity contracts	Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts

The following is a summary of the Fund’s realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivative investments recognized on the Statement of Operations categorized by primary risk exposure for the period ended June 30, 2013:

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statement of Operations
	Futures			Swaps		Futures			Futures			Futures			Options
	Equity			Equity		Currency			Interest Rate			Commodity			Purchased Equity
Fund	Contracts			Contracts		Contracts			Contracts			Contracts			Contracts		Total
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	$	7,647,528		$	490,143	$	7,561,564		$	(3,221,331	)	$	10,355,947		$	74,456	$	22,908,307
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statement of Operations
		Futures			Swaps		Futures			Futures			Futures			Options
		Equity			Equity		Currency			Interest Rate			Commodity			Purchased Equity
Fund		Contracts			Contracts		Contracts			Contracts			Contracts			Contracts		Total
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	$	(2,622,794	)	$	—	$	(2,304,627	)	$	3,269,991		$	(9,997,196	)	$	936,912	$	(10,717,714	)

7. Federal Income Tax Information

The Fund intend to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Fund from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax is required.

Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken, or to be taken, on Federal income tax returns for all open tax years (fiscal years 2009 – 2012), and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

The RIC Modernization Act of 2010 was signed into law on December 22, 2010. It simplified some of the tax provisions applicable to regulated investment companies and the tax reporting to their shareholders, and improved the tax efficiency of certain fund structures. The changes were generally effective for taxable years beginning after the date of enactment.

One of the more prominent changes addresses capital loss carryforwards. The Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Under pre-enactment law, capital losses could be carried forward for eight years, and carried forward as short-term capital, irrespective of the character of the original loss. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may potentially expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

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At June 30, 2013, the cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized gain for all securities for which there was an excess of value over tax cost and the aggregate gross unrealized loss for all securities for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:

			Tax		Tax			Net
	Tax		Unrealized		Unrealized			Unrealized
Fund	Cost		Gain		Loss			Gain
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	$	406,264,832	$	1,376,609	$	(510,711	)	$	865,898

8. Securities Transactions

For the period ended June 30, 2013, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding government securities and short-term investments, were as follows:

Fund	Purchases		Sales
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	$	134,264,749	$	33,812,308

9. Line of Credit

The Trust, along with other affiliated trusts, secured an uncommitted, $75,000,000 line of credit from U.S. Bank, N.A., which expires June 15, 2014. 

This line of credit is reserved for emergency or temporary purposes. Borrowings, if any, under this arrangement bear interest equal to the Prime Rate, minus 2%, which shall be paid monthly, averaging 1.25% for the period ended June 30, 2013. The Fund did not have any borrowings under this agreement at June 30, 2013, and did not participate in borrowing during the period.

10. Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Funds may lend their securities to approved brokers to earn additional income. Security lending income shown on the statement of operations is shown net of rebates paid to the borrowers and earnings on cash collateral investments shared with the lending agent. Within this arrangement, the Funds act as the lender, Credit Suisse acts as the lending agent, and other approved registered broker dealers act as the borrowers. The Funds receive cash collateral, valued at 102% of the value of the securities on loan. Under the terms of the Funds’ securities lending agreement with Credit Suisse, cash collateral is invested in one or more joint repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury or Government Agencies and cash. The Funds bear the risk of loss on cash collateral investments. Collateral is maintained over the life of the loan in an amount not less than the value of loaned securities, as determined at the close of fund business each day; any additional collateral required due to changes in security values is delivered to the Funds the next business day. Although the collateral mitigates the risk, the Funds could experience a delay in recovering its securities and a possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return the securities. The Funds have the right under the securities lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

At June 30, 2013, the Fund participated in securities lending as follows:

Fund	Value of Securities Loaned		Cash Collateral Received
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	$	4,712,780	$	4,846,400

The following represents a breakdown of the collateral for the joint repurchase agreements at June 30, 2013:

Counterparty and Terms of Agreement	Face Value		Repurchase Price		Collateral	Par Value		Fair Value
HSBC Securities, Inc.					Federal Home Loan Bank
0.11%					0.00%
Due 07/01/13	$	53,372,568	$	53,373,221	09/06/13	$	21,437,136	$	21,434,991
					Federal Home Loan Bank
					0.00%
					11/15/13		33,019,728		33,009,492
RBS Securities, Inc.					Federal Home Loan Bank
0.10%					3.18%
Due 07/01/13		6,242,589		6,242,659	11/26/32		6,905,520		6,370,458

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11. Legal Proceedings

Tribune Company

Rydex Series Funds has been named as a defendant in the case entitled Marc S. Kirscher, as Litigation Trustee for the Tribune Litigation Trust v. FitzSimons, No. 12-2652 (S.D.N.Y.) (formerly Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Co. v. FitzSimons, Adv. Pro. No. 10-54010 (Bankr. D. Del.)) (the “FitzSimons” Action), as a result of the ownership of shares in the Tribune Company  (“Tribune”) in 2007 by certain series of the Rydex Series Funds when Tribune effected a leveraged buyout transaction (“LBO”) by which Tribune converted to a privately-held company. The plaintiff has alleged that, in connection with the LBO, insiders and shareholders were paid for their Tribune stock using financing that the insiders knew would, and ultimately did, leave the Tribune insolvent. The plaintiff has asserted claims against certain insiders, shareholders, professional advisers, and others involved in the LBO, and is attempting to obtain from these individuals and entities the proceeds paid out in connection with the LBO.

Rydex Series Funds also has been named as a defendant in one or more of a group of lawsuits filed by a group of Tribune creditors that allege state law constructive fraudulent conveyance claims against former Tribune shareholders (the “SLCFC actions”).

The FitzSimons action and the SLCFC actions have been consolidated with the majority of the other Tribune LBO-related lawsuits in a multidistrict litigation proceeding captioned In re Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litig., No. 11-md-2696 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “MDL Proceeding”). On November 6, 2012, the defendants moved to dismiss the SLCFC actions. On December 21, 2012, the plaintiffs filed a memorandum in opposition to the motion to dismiss. On February 4, 2013, the defendants filed a reply in support of the motion to dismiss. The Court has not yet issued a decision on the motion.

None of these lawsuits allege any wrongdoing on the part of Rydex Series Funds. The following series of Rydex Series Funds held shares of Tribune and tendered these shares as part of Tribune’s LBO: Nova Fund, S&P 500^® Pure Value Fund, Multi-Cap Core Equity Fund, S&P 500^® Fund, Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and Hedged Equity Fund (the “Funds”). The value of the proceeds received by the foregoing Funds was $28,220, $109,242, $9,860, $3,400, $1,181,160, and $10,880, respectively. At this stage of the proceedings, Rydex Series Funds is not able to make a reliable predication as to the outcome of these lawsuits or the effect, if any, on a Fund’s net asset value.

Lyondell Chemical Company

In December 2011, Rydex Series Funds was named as a defendant in Weisfelner, as Trustee of the LB Creditor Trust, v. Fund 1 (In re Lyondell Chemical Co.), Adv. Pro. No. 10-4609 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.).

Similar to the claims made in the Tribune matter, the Weisfelner complaint seeks to have set aside and recovered as fraudulent transfers from former Lyondell Chemical Company (“Lyondell”) shareholders the consideration paid to them pursuant to the cash out merger of Lyondell shareholders in connection with the combination of Lyondell and Basell AF in 2007. Lyondell filed for bankruptcy in 2008.

A motion to dismiss is currently pending before the Bankruptcy Court.

This lawsuit does not allege any wrongdoing on the part of Rydex Series Funds. The following series of Rydex Series Funds received cash proceeds from the cash out merger in the following amounts: Basic Materials Fund - $1,725,168; U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund - $2,193,600; Global 130/30 Strategy Fund - $37,920; Hedged Equity Fund - $1,440; and Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund - $1,116,480. At this stage of the proceedings, Rydex Series Funds is not able to make a reliable predication as to the outcome of these lawsuits or the effect, if any, on a Fund’s net asset value.

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NOTES TO Consolidated FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

12. Offsetting

In the normal course of business, the Funds may have entered in transactions subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or other similar arrangements. Generally, the right to offset in those agreements allows the funds to counteract the exposure to a specific counterparty with collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the arrangements. These arrangements provide for the right to liquidate upon the occurrence of an event of default, credit event upon merger or additional termination event.

The following tables present derivative financial instruments and secured financing transactions that are subject to enforceable netting arrangements and offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities in conformity with U.S. GAAP.

								Gross Amounts Not Offset
								in the Statement of Assets
						Net Amount of Assets		and Liabilities
				Gross Amounts Offset		Presented on the				Cash
		Gross Amounts of		in the Statement of		Statement of Assets		Financial		Collateral		Net
Fund	Instrument1	Recognized Assets		Assets and Liabilities		and Liabilities		Instrument		Received2		Amount
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	Futures Equity Contracts	$	1,347,971	$	—	$	1,347,971	$	—	$	—	$	1,347,971
	Futures Currency Contracts		3,820,902		—		3,820,902		—		—		3,820,902
	Futures Interest Rate Contracts		4,679,345		—		4,679,345		—		—		4,679,345
	Futures Commodity Contracts		4,949,023		—		4,949,023		—		—		4,949,023
	Options Purchased Equity Contracts		4,146,938		—		4,146,938		—		—		4,146,938
	Repurchase agreements		53,349,853		—		53,349,853		—		53,349,853		—
	Securities lending		4,712,780		—		4,712,780		—		4,712,780		—
Total		$	77,006,812	$	—	$	77,006,812	$	—	$	58,062,633	$	18,944,179

								Gross Amounts Not Offset
								in the Statement of Assets
						Net Amount of		and Liabilities
				Gross Amounts Offset		Liabilities Presented				Cash
		Gross Amounts of		in the Statement of		on the Statement of		Financial		Collateral		Net
Fund	Instrument1	Recognized Liabilities		Assets and Liabilities		Assets and Liabilities		Instrument		Pledged2		Amount
Managed Futures Strategy Fund	Futures Equity Contracts	$	2,890,743	$	—	$	2,890,743	$	—	$	—	$	2,890,743
	Futures Currency Contracts		817,681		—		817,681		—		—		817,681
	Futures Interest Rate Contracts		1,222,022		—		1,222,022		—		—		1,222,022
	Futures Commodity Contracts		2,983,054		—		2,983,054		—		—		2,983,054
	Securities lending		4,846,400		—		4,846,400		—		4,846,400		—
Total		$	12,759,900	$	—	$	12,759,900	$	—	$	4,846,400	$	7,913,500

¹ Refer to notes 5 and 10 for additional information regarding repurchase agreements and securities lending arrangements, respectively.

² Excludes maintenance margin deposits held at the broker related to derivatives. These amounts are reflected as Segregated cash with broker on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited)

Proxy Voting Information

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1.800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules Information

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q; which are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and that information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. Copies of the portfolio holdings are also available to shareholders, without charge and upon request, by calling 1.800.820.0888.

Office Locations

The offices of Guggenheim Investments can be found in the following locations:

40 East 52nd Street

16th Floor

New York, NY 10022

(Headquarters)

Four Irvington Centre

805 King Farm Boulevard

Suite 600

Rockville, MD 20850

9401 Indian Creek Parkway

40 Corporate Woods

Suite 850

Overland Park, KS 66210

Distributor Name Change

Effective January 1, 2013, Rydex Distributors, LLC changed its name to Guggenheim Distributors, LLC. The name change marks another step in the business integration process following the acquisition of Rydex by Guggenheim announced last year. The name change did not result in any material change to the day-to-day management or operations of the funds.

Board Considerations in Approving the Investment Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meetings of the Rydex Series Funds’ (the “Trust”) Board of Trustees (the “Board”) held on May 16 and June 5, 2013 (collectively, the “Meetings”), called for the purpose of, among other things, consideration of, and voting on, the approval and continuation of the investment advisory agreement applicable to the series of the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), the Board, including the Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Trust (“Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the investment advisory agreement (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and Security Investors, LLC (referred to herein as the “Adviser”) with respect to each of the Funds for an additional one-year period, based on the Board’s review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by the Adviser.

In reaching the conclusion to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Independent Trustees requested and obtained from the Adviser such information as the Independent Trustees deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Independent Trustees carefully evaluated this information and were advised by independent legal counsel with respect to their deliberations. In addition, the Board also received a memorandum from Fund counsel regarding the responsibilities of the Board for the

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)

approval of investment advisory agreements, and the Independent Trustees met in executive session outside the presence of Fund management, and participated in question and answer sessions with representatives of the Adviser.

In considering the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board determined that the agreement would enable shareholders of the Funds to continue to obtain high quality services at a cost that was appropriate, reasonable, and in the best interests of their shareholders. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the existing Investment Advisory Agreement. In reaching their decision, the Trustees carefully considered information that they had received throughout the year as part of their regular oversight of the Funds, including, in particular, information from the Adviser that the Board had received relating to Investment Advisory Agreement at the Meetings. The Trustees noted that, at the Meetings, they had obtained and reviewed a wide variety of information, including certain comparative information regarding performance of the Funds relative to performance of other comparable funds.

As a part of their consideration of the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement at the Meetings, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, had evaluated a number of considerations, including among others: (a) the nature and quality of the Adviser’s investment advisory and other services; (b) the Adviser’s investment management personnel; (c) the Adviser’s operations and financial condition; (d) the Adviser’s brokerage practices (including any soft dollar arrangements) and investment strategies; (e) the level of the fees that the Adviser charges compared with the fees charged to comparable funds or accounts, giving special attention to the absence of breakpoints in these fees and the rationale provide by the Advisor as to why the addition of breakpoints was not currently appropriate; (f) each Fund’s overall fees and operating expenses compared with similar funds; (g) the level of the Adviser’s profitability from its Fund-related operations; (h) the Adviser’s compliance systems; (i) the Adviser’s policies and compliance procedures applicable to personal securities transactions; (j) the Adviser’s reputation, expertise and resources in the financial markets; and (k) Fund performance compared with similar funds. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any single piece of information that was all-important or controlling. Based on the Board’s deliberations at the Meetings, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, unanimously: (a) concluded that terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable; (b) concluded that the Adviser’s fees were reasonable in light of the services that it provides to the Funds; and (c) agreed to approve and continue the Investment Advisory Agreement based upon the following considerations, among others:

• Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Adviser. At the Meetings, the Board reviewed the scope of services to be provided by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement and noted that there would be no significant differences between the scope of services required to be provided by the Adviser for the past year and the scope of services required to be provided during the upcoming year. The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s representations to the Board that the Adviser would continue to provide investment and related services that were of materially the same quality and quantity as services provided to the Funds in the past, and that these services are appropriate in scope and extent in light of the Funds’ operations, the competitive landscape of the investment company business and investor needs.

• Fund Expenses and Performance of the Funds and the Adviser. At the Meetings, the Board reviewed statistical information provided by the Adviser regarding the expense ratio components and performance of each Fund. The Adviser engaged FUSE Research Network LLC (“FUSE”), an independent, third party research provider, to prepare advisory contract renewal reports to help the Board fulfill its advisory contract renewal responsibilities. The objective of the reports is to present the subject Funds’ relative position regarding fees, expenses and total return performance, with peer group and universe comparisons. This statistical information related to the expense ratio components included actual advisory fees, waivers/reimbursements, and gross and net total expenses for each Fund in comparison to other funds determined by FUSE to comprise each Fund’s applicable peer group. The Board also considered the Adviser’s representation that it found the peer groups compiled by FUSE to be appropriate. The statistical information related to the performance of each Fund included three month and one, three, and five year performance for the Fund compared to its peers.

• Costs of Services Provided to the Funds and Profits Realized by the Adviser and its Affiliates. At the Meetings, the Board had reviewed information about the profitability of the Funds to the Adviser based on the advisory fees payable under the current Investment Advisory Agreement for the last calendar year. At the Meetings, the Board also analyzed the Funds’ expenses, including the investment advisory fees paid to the Adviser, and reviewed reports comparing the expense ratios of the Funds to those of other comparable funds. The Board also reviewed information regarding the direct revenue received by the Advisor and ancillary revenue received by the Advisor and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Funds by the Advisor and/or its affiliates. The Board also discussed the Advisor’s profit margin as reflected in the Adviser’s profitability analysis.

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (concluded)

• Economies of Scale. In connection with its review of the Funds’ profitability analysis at the Meetings, the Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result from increases in the Funds’ asset levels. The Trustees noted that the fees would not change due to breakpoints under the current Investment Advisory Agreement, and that no additional economies of scale would be directly realized as a result of increases in the asset levels of the Funds. In light of the relatively small size of many of the Funds and the fact that the size of individual Funds in the complex increases and decreases significantly from time to time due to unlimited trading that is permitted among most of the Funds in the complex, the Board concluded that economies of scale were not likely to be directly realized as a result of increases in the asset levels of the individual Funds, and accordingly, fee breakpoints were not currently appropriate for the Funds.

• Other Benefits to the Adviser and/or its Affiliates. In addition to evaluating the services provided by the Adviser, the Board had considered the nature, extent, quality and cost of the administrative, distribution, and shareholder services performed by the Adviser’s affiliates under separate agreements at the Meetings. The Board noted that the Adviser reports portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds placed through an affiliate of the Funds or the Adviser at each quarterly Board meeting.

On the basis of the information provided to it and its evaluation of that information, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Funds were reasonable, and that approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement was in the best interests of the Funds.

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)

A Board of Trustees oversees the Trust, as well as other trusts of GI, in which its members have no stated term of service, and continue to serve after election until resignation. The Statement of Additional Information includes further information about Fund Trustees and Officers, and can be obtained without charge by calling 800.820.0888.

All Trustees and Officers may be reached c/o Guggenheim Investments, 805 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 600, Rockville, MD 20850.

TRUSTEE AND OFFICER

Name and	Length of Service as Trustee	Number of Funds
Year of Birth	(Year Began)	Overseen
Donald C. Cacciapaglia*	Rydex Series Funds – 2012	136
(1951)	Rydex Variable Trust – 2012
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 2012
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2012

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Security Investors, LLC: President and CEO from April 2012 to present; Guggenheim Investments: President and Chief Administrative Officer from February 2010 to present; Previous: Channel Capital Group, Inc.: Chairman and CEO from April 2002 to February 2010

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 2012 to present; President from 2012 to present

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

Name and	Length of Service as Trustee	Number of Funds
Year of Birth	(Year Began)	Overseen
Corey A. Colehour	Rydex Series Funds – 1993	136
(1945)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired; Previous: President and Senior Vice President of Schield Management Company (registered investment adviser) from 2003 to 2006

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1993 to present; Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 1995 to present

J. Kenneth Dalton	Rydex Series Funds – 1995	136
(1941)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1995 to present; Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee from 1997 to present; Member of the Governance and Nominating Committees from 1995 to present; and Member of the Risk Oversight Committee from 2010 to present

John O. Demaret	Rydex Series Funds – 1997	136
(1940)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1997 to present; Chairman of the Board from 2006 to present; Member of the Audit Committee from 1997 to present; and Member of the Risk Oversight Committee from 2010 to present

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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES - concluded

Name and	Length of Service as Trustee	Number of Funds
Year of Birth	(Year Began)	Overseen
Werner E. Keller	Rydex Series Funds – 2005	136
(1940)	Rydex Variable Trust – 2005
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 2005
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2005

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Founder and President of Keller Partners, LLC (investment research firm) from 2005 to present; Previous: Retired from 2001 to 2005

Positions held within the Trust: Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2010 to present; Trustee and Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 2005 to present; and Chairman and Member of the Risk Oversight Committee from 2010 to present

Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.	Rydex Series Funds – 2005	136
(1960)	Rydex Variable Trust – 2005
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 2005
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2005

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: President of Global Trends Investments (registered investment adviser) from 1996 to present

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee and Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 2005 to present

Patrick T. McCarville	Rydex Series Funds – 1997	136
(1942)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired; Previous: Chief Executive Officer of Par Industries, Inc., d/b/a Par Leasing from 1977 to 2010

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1997 to present; Member of the Audit Committee from 1997 to present; and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committees from 1997 to present

Roger Somers	Rydex Series Funds – 1993	136
(1944)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Arrow Limousine from 1965 to present

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1993 to present; Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 1995 to present

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Name, Position and		Principal Occupations
Year of Birth		During Past Five Years
Michael P. Byrum* Vice President (1970)	Current: President, Security Benefit Asset Management Holdings, LLC; Senior Vice President, Security Investors, LLC; President & Chief Investment Officer, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Director & Chairman of the Board, Advisor Research Center, Inc.; and Manager, Rydex Specialized Products, LLC
	Previous: Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (f/k/a Rydex Distributors, LLC), Vice President (2009); Rydex Fund Services, LLC, Director (2009–2010), Secretary (2002–2010), Executive Vice President (2002–2006); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.), Director (2008–2010), Chief Investment Officer (2006–2010), President (2004–2010), Secretary (2002–2010); Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Director (2008–2010), Chief Investment Officer (2006–2010), President (2004–2010), Secretary (2002–2010); Rydex Capital Partners, LLC, President & Secretary (2003–2007); Rydex Capital Partners II, LLC, (2003–2007); Rydex Holdings, LLC (f/k/a Rydex Holdings, Inc.), Secretary (2005–2008), Executive Vice President (2005–2006); Advisor Research Center, Inc., Secretary (2006–2009), Executive Vice President (2006); and Rydex Specialized Products, LLC, Secretary (2005–2008)
Nikolaos Bonos* Vice President and Treasurer (1963)	Current: Senior Vice President, Security Investors, LLC; Chief Executive Officer & Manager, Rydex Specialized Products, LLC; Chief Executive Officer & President, Rydex Fund Services, LLC; Vice President, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Treasurer, SBL Fund; Security Equity Fund; Security Income Fund; Security Large Cap Value Fund & Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; and Vice President, Security Benefit Asset Management Holdings, LLC
	Previous: Security Global Investors, LLC, Senior Vice President (2010–2011); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.) Senior Vice President (2006–2011); Rydex Fund Services, LLC (f/k/a Rydex Fund Services, Inc.), Director (2009) & Senior Vice President (2003–2006); and Rydex Specialized Products, LLC, Chief Financial Officer (2005–2009)
Elisabeth Miller* Chief Compliance Officer (1968)	Current: Chief Compliance Officer, Rydex Series Funds, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust, Rydex ETF Trust, Security Equity Fund, Security Income Fund, Security Large Cap Value Fund, Security Mid Cap Growth Fund, SBL Fund, Security Investors, LLC, and Guggenheim Distributors, LLC
	Previous: Senior Manager, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (2004–2009)
Amy J. Lee* Vice President and Secretary (1961)	Current: Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments; Senior Vice President & Secretary, Security Investors, LLC; Secretary & Vice President, Rydex ETF Trust, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust, SBL Fund, Security Equity Fund, Security Income Fund, Security Large Cap Value Fund and Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; Vice President & Secretary, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Secretary, Advisor Research Center, Inc., Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC and Rydex Fund Services, LLC
	Previous: Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security Benefit Corporation (1987–2012); Security Global Investors, LLC, Senior Vice President & Secretary (2007–2011); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.) & Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Senior Vice President & Secretary (2010–2011)
Joseph M. Arruda* Assistant Treasurer (1966)	Current: Assistant Treasurer, SBL Fund; Security Equity Fund; Security Income Fund; Security Large Cap Value Fund & Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; Vice President, Security Investors, LLC; and Chief Financial Officer & Manager, Rydex Specialized Products, LLC
	Previous: Security Global Investors, LLC, Vice President (2010–2011); and Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.) & Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Vice President (2004–2011)

* Officers of the Funds are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Trust, within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, inasmuch as this person is affiliated with Guggenheim Investments.

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GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY POLICIES

Rydex Funds, Guggenheim Funds, Rydex Investments, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC, Security Investors, LLC, Security Distributors, Inc. and Rydex Advisory Services (Collectively “Guggenheim Investments”).

Our Commitment to You

When you become a Guggenheim Investments investor, you entrust us with not only your hard-earned money but also with personal and financial information about you. We recognize that your relationship with us is based on trust and that you expect us to act responsibly and in your best interests. Because we have access to this private information about you, we hold ourselves to the highest standards in its safekeeping and use. This means, most importantly, that we do not sell client information to anyone—whether it is your personal information or if you are a current or former Guggenheim Investments client.

The Information We Collect About You

In the course of doing business with shareholders and investors, we collect nonpublic personal information about you. You typically provide personal information when you complete a Guggenheim Investments account application or when you request a transaction that involves Rydex and Guggenheim Investments funds or one of the Guggenheim Investments affiliated companies. “Nonpublic personal information” is personally identifiable private information about you. For example, it includes information regarding your name and address, Social Security or taxpayer identification number, assets, income, account balance, bank account information and investment activity (e.g., purchase and redemption history).

How We Handle Your Personal Information

As emphasized above, we do not sell information about current or former clients or their accounts to third parties. Nor do we share such information, except when necessary to complete transactions at your request or to make you aware of related investment products and services that we offer. Additional details about how we handle your personal information are provided below. To complete certain transactions or account changes that you direct, it may be necessary to provide identifying information to companies, individuals or groups that are not affiliated with Guggenheim Investments. For example, if you ask to transfer assets from another financial institution to Guggenheim Investments, we will need to provide certain information about you to that company to complete the transaction. To alert you to other Guggenheim Investments investment products and services, we may share your information within the Guggenheim Investments family of affiliated companies. This would include, for example, sharing your information within Guggenheim Investments so we can make you aware of new Rydex and Guggenheim Investments funds or the services offered through another Guggenheim Investments affiliated company. In certain instances, we may contract with nonaffiliated companies to perform services for us. Where necessary, we will disclose information we have about you to these third parties. In all such cases, we provide the third party with only the information necessary to carry out its assigned responsibilities and only for that purpose. And we require these third parties to treat your private information with the same high degree of confidentiality that we do. In certain instances, we may share information with other financial institutions regarding individuals and entities in response to the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Finally, we will release information about you if you direct us to do so, if we are compelled by law to do so or in other circumstances permitted by law.

Opt Out Provisions

We do not sell your personal information to anyone. The law allows you to “opt out” of only certain kinds of information sharing with third parties. The firm does not share personal information about you with any third parties that triggers this opt-out right. This means YOU ARE ALREADY OPTED OUT.

How We Protect Privacy Online

Our concern for the privacy of our shareholders also extends to those who use our web site, guggenheiminvestments.com. Our web site uses some of the most secure forms of online communication available, including encryption technology, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, firewalls and user names and passwords. These technologies provide a high level of security and privacy when you access your account information or initiate online transactions. The Guggenheim Investments web site offers customized features that require our use of “http cookies”—tiny pieces of information that we ask your browser to store. However, we make very limited use of these cookies. We only use cookies for session management and security features on the Guggenheim Investments web site. We do not use them to pull data from your hard drive, to learn your email address, or to view data in cookies created by other web sites. We will not share the information in our cookies or give others access to it. See the legal information area on our web site for more details about web site security and privacy features.

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How We Safeguard Your Personal Information

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about shareholders to our employees and in some cases to third parties (for example, the service providers described above) as permitted by law. We maintain strict physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

We’ll Keep You Informed

As required by federal law, we will notify shareholders of our privacy policy annually. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time, but rest assured that if we do change it, we will tell you promptly. You will also be able to access our privacy policy from our web site at guggenheiminvestments.com. Should you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, contact us at 800.820.0888 or 301.296.5100.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dear SHAREHOLDER	2
ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW	3
ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES	4
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS
MANAGED COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND	6
MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND	15
SPECIALTY FUND
COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND	30
NOTES TO Consolidated FINANCIAL STATEMENTS	36
OTHER INFORMATION	47
INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS	50
GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY POLICIES	53

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June 30, 2013

Dear Shareholder:

Security Investors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is pleased to present the semi-annual shareholder report for one or more of our Funds (the “Funds”) for the period ended June 30, 2013.

The Investment Adviser is part of Guggenheim Investments, which represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a global, diversified financial services firm.

Guggenheim Distributors, LLC is the distributor of the Funds. Guggenheim Distributors, LLC is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.

We encourage you to read the Economic and Market Overview section of the report, which follows this letter, and then the Fund Profile for each Fund.

We are committed to providing innovative investment solutions and appreciate the trust you place in us.

Sincerely,

Donald C. Cacciapaglia

President

July 31, 2013

Read each Fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) carefully before investing. It contains the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information, which should be considered carefully before investing. Obtain a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) at guggenheiminvestments.com or call 800.820.0888.

The Funds may not be suitable for all investors. Investing involves risks, including the entire loss of principal amount invested. Certain Funds may be affected by risks that include those associated with sector concentration, international investing, investing in small and/or medium size companies, and/or the Funds’ possible use of investment techniques and strategies such as leverage, derivatives and short sales of securities. Please see each Fund’s prospectus for more information.

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Economic and Market overview (Unaudited) June 30, 2013

Monetary accommodation from the world’s central banks and continued improvement in the U.S. housing and labor markets benefited the overall U.S. economy for the six month period ended June 30, 2013. However, speculation about the end of quantitative easing in May and June, along with growing fundamental risk in Japan and China, led to a selloff in fixed income and equity markets. For most of the period, equity markets were strong and abundant liquidity and steady quantitative easing had produced a benign credit environment with low default rates.

Housing was the primary locomotive of U.S. economic growth in the period. Housing-related activity, including private residential investment, personal expenditures on household durable goods and utilities, as well as the wealth effect on consumption from home price appreciation, has contributed positively to GDP since 1Q2011. However, housing’s contribution remains dependent on the maintenance of extremely low mortgage rates, which have recently begun moving higher.

Overshadowing solid job gains in the period was slow improvement in the unemployment rate. The participation rate has been relatively flat over the past six months, and in general, has been declining. A bright spot has been the private sector, where the U.S. economy is currently adding jobs at a rate that is over 20% higher than that of the prior expansion.

A number of global central banks implemented interest rate cuts during the period, owing to sluggish global economic growth and continuing weakness in commodity prices. The world is still in a deflationary environment, which has given policymakers a great deal of leeway to extend and expand accommodative monetary policies aimed at stimulating output.

The rise in volatility late in the period was in large part a result of shifting market sentiment, but, fundamentally, economic growth in the U.S. has not changed materially, although the impact of rising rates on housing has yet to be seen. With ongoing weakness in growth and inflation, global central banks are expected to maintain accommodative policies for the foreseeable future.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2013, the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500^® (“S&P 500”) Index* was 13.82%, and in mid-May reached an all-time high.

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index* returned -2.44% for the period, while the Barclays U.S. High Yield Index* returned 1.42%.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index* returned 0.04%.

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) Europe-Australasia-Far East (“EAFE”) Index* returned 4.10%. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index* return was -9.57%.

The opinions and forecasts expressed may not actually come to pass. This information is subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security or strategy.

*Index Definitions:

The following indices are referenced throughout this report. Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees, or expenses.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged market index of U.S. Treasury securities maturing in 90 days that assumes reinvestment of all income.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS, and CMBS.

Barclays U.S. High Yield Index measures the market of USD-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bonds. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB+/BB+ or below.

MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.

S&P 500^® Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure the performance of the broad economy, representing all major industries and is considered a representation of the U.S. stock market.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

All mutual funds have operating expenses and it is important for our shareholders to understand the impact of costs on their investments. Shareholders of a Fund incur two types of costs: (i) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; and exchange fees; and (ii) ongoing costs, including management fees, administrative services, and shareholder reports, among others. These ongoing costs, or operating expenses, are deducted from a fund’s gross income and reduce the investment return of the fund.

A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets, which is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help investors understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period beginning December 31, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013.

The following tables illustrate a Fund’s costs in two ways:

Table 1. Based on actual Fund return. This section helps investors estimate the actual expenses paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the fourth column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. Investors may use the information here, together with the amount invested, to estimate the expenses paid over the period. Simply divide the Fund’s 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 provided under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return. This section is intended to help investors compare a Fund’s cost with those of other mutual funds. The table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses paid during the period. The example is useful in making comparisons because the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on the 5% return. Investors can assess a Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The calculations illustrated above assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, and contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the second table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

More information about a Fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios for the past five years, can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the appropriate Fund prospectus.

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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited) (concluded)

							Beginning		Ending		Expenses
	Expense			Fund			Account Value		Account Value		Paid During
	Ratio1			Return			December 31, 2012		June 30, 2013		Period2
Table 1. Based on actual Fund return3
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund
A-Class		1.87	%		(19.34	%)	$	1,000.00	$	806.60	$	8.38
C-Class		2.62	%		(19.60	%)		1,000.00		804.00		11.72
H-Class		1.88	%		(19.34	%)		1,000.00		806.60		8.42
Institutional Class		1.65	%		(19.22	%)		1,000.00		807.80		7.40
Y-Class		1.54	%		(19.24	%)		1,000.00		807.60		6.90
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund
A-Class		2.56	%		1.98	%		1,000.00		1,019.80		12.82
C-Class		3.33	%		1.63	%		1,000.00		1,016.30		16.65
H-Class		2.58	%		1.98	%		1,000.00		1,019.80		12.92
Institutional Class		2.35	%		2.15	%		1,000.00		1,021.50		11.78
Commodities Strategy Fund
A-Class		1.53	%		(6.91	%)		1,000.00		930.90		7.32
C-Class		2.28	%		(7.28	%)		1,000.00		927.20		10.89
H-Class		1.53	%		(6.90	%)		1,000.00		931.00		7.33
Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return (before expenses)
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund
A-Class		1.87	%		5.00	%	$	1,000.00	$	1,015.52	$	9.35
C-Class		2.62	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,011.80		13.07
H-Class		1.88	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,015.47		9.39
Institutional Class		1.65	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,016.61		8.25
Y-Class		1.54	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,017.16		7.70
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund
A-Class		2.56	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,012.10		12.77
C-Class		3.33	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,008.28		16.58
H-Class		2.58	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,012.00		12.87
Institutional Class		2.35	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,013.14		11.73
Commodities Strategy Fund
A-Class		1.53	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,017.21		7.65
C-Class		2.28	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,013.49		11.38
H-Class		1.53	%		5.00	%		1,000.00		1,017.21		7.65

¹ This ratio represents annualized Net Expenses, which include interest expense related to securities sold short. Excluding short interest expenses, the operating expense ratio of the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund would be 1.40%, 2.15%, 1.40% and 1.15% for the A-Class, C-Class, H-Class and Institutional Class, respectively.

² Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, net of any applicable fee waivers, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

³ Actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period December 31, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

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FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) June 30, 2013

MANAGED COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

OBJECTIVE: Seeks to achieve positive total returns with less volatility than the broad commodity markets.

Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)

“Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.

Inception Dates:
A-Class	June 25, 2009
C-Class	June 25, 2009
H-Class	June 25, 2009
Institutional Class	May 3, 2010
Y-Class	March 29, 2010

Ten Largest Holdings
(% of Total Net Assets)
KKR Financial CLO 2007-A Corp.	8.7		%
COMM 2007-FL14 Mortgage Trust		3.9	%
Geer Mountain Financing Ltd.		3.2	%
Emporia Preferred Funding II Corp.		3.1	%
Emporia Preferred Funding		2.5	%
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.		2.4	%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.		2.3	%
Newcastle CDO Ltd.		2.1	%
COMM 2006-FL12 Mortgage Trust		2.1	%
Acis CLO 2013-1 Ltd.		1.8	%
Top Ten Total		32.1	%

“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)	June 30, 2013
MANAGED Commodities Strategy Fund

	Face
	Amount		Value
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† - 27.0%
KKR Financial CLO 2007-A Corp.
2007-AA, 1.03% due 10/15/171,2	$	3,783,192	$	3,773,922
Geer Mountain Financing Ltd.
2007-1A, 0.59% due 04/01/141,2		1,400,000		1,387,960
Emporia Preferred Funding II Corp.
2006-2A, 0.56% due 10/18/181,2		1,361,765		1,353,703
2006-2X, 0.57% due 10/18/18		1,089,412		1,076,916
Newcastle CDO Ltd.
0.45% due 05/25/52		943,024		915,950
Acis CLO 2013-1 Ltd.
2013-1A, 1.33% due 04/18/241,2		800,000		799,976
Brentwood CLO Corp.
2006-1A, 0.54% due 02/01/221,2		812,184		792,724
NewStar Trust 2005-1
2005-1A, 0.78% due 07/25/181,2		498,202		495,975
N-Star REL CDO VIII Ltd.
2006-8A, 0.48% due 02/01/411,2		464,000		430,522
FM Leveraged Capital Fund II
2006-2A, 1.88% due 11/15/201,2		350,000		349,349
Gleneagles CLO Ltd.
2005-1A, 0.55% due 11/01/171,2		174,577		172,475
Legg Mason Real Estate CDO I Ltd.
2006-1A, 0.47% due 03/25/381,2		165,285		161,270
Total Asset Backed Securities
(Cost $11,687,628)				11,710,742
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 18.3%
Financials - 12.1%
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.
6.00% due 08/15/14		980,000		1,027,714
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.89% due 02/26/161		1,000,000		997,935
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
1.72% due 09/13/161		800,000		799,016
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC
8.00% due 06/01/14		340,000		359,596
8.70% due 10/01/14		300,000		325,611
Bank of America Corp.
4.50% due 04/01/15		600,000		629,356
Morgan Stanley
4.20% due 11/20/14		600,000		620,688
Macquarie Group Ltd.
7.30% due 08/01/142		480,000		506,227
Total Financials				5,266,143
Industrial - 3.1%
Glencore Funding LLC
1.43% due 05/27/161,2		675,000		657,264
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc
1.11% due 06/17/161		450,000		449,865
Anglo American Capital plc
9.38% due 04/08/142		225,000		238,507
Total Industrial				1,345,636
Energy - 1.6%
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas
Company Limited III
5.83% due 09/30/162		639,870		679,862
Financial Institutions - 0.8%
Mack-Cali Realty, LP
5.13% due 02/15/14		200,000		204,650
WEA Finance LLC /
WT Finance Aust Pty Ltd.
5.75% due 09/02/152		144,000		157,328
Total Financial Institutions				361,978
Industrials - 0.7%
International Lease Finance Corp.
2.22% due 06/15/161		300,000		297,750
Total Industrials				297,750
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $7,991,779)				7,951,369
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES† - 11.0%
U.S. Treasury Bill
0.00% due 07/11/13		1,800,000		1,799,990
0.00% due 07/25/13		1,722,000		1,721,979
0.00% due 07/18/13		1,275,000		1,274,986
Total U.S. Treasury Bill				4,796,955
Total U.S. Government Securities
(Cost $4,796,973)				4,796,955
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES†† - 6.5%
COMM 2007-FL14 Mortgage Trust
2007-FL14, 0.37% due 06/15/221,2		1,690,006		1,675,965
COMM 2006-FL12 Mortgage Trust
2006-FL12, 0.32% due 12/15/201,2		916,659		896,046
Banc of America Large Loan Trust
2007-BMB1, 1.29% due 08/15/291,2		270,000		267,534
Total Mortgage Backed Securities
(Cost $2,822,635)				2,839,545

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)	June 30, 2013
MANAGED Commodities Strategy Fund

	Face
	Amount		Value
MUNICIPAL BONDS†† - 1.2%
New York - 1.2%
City of New York New York General
Obligation Unlimited 0.36%
due 04/01/351	$	500,000	$	500,000
Total Municipal Bonds
(Cost $500,000)				500,000
COMMERCIAL PAPER†† - 17.0%
National Grid Holdings, Inc.
0.26% due 07/08/132		700,000		699,965
Ecolab, Inc.
0.21% due 07/18/132		700,000		699,931
Pentair Finance S.A.
0.29% due 07/09/132		600,000		599,960
CBS Corp.
0.23% due 07/01/132		500,000		500,000
AbbVie, Inc.
0.18% due 07/02/132		500,000		499,997
American Water Capital Corp.
0.29% due 07/03/132		500,000		499,992
Aegon N.V.
0.27% due 07/08/132		500,000		499,974
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.
0.25% due 07/17/132		500,000		499,942
Apache Corp.
0.29% due 07/16/132		500,000		499,939
Noble Corporation/Cayman Islands
0.31% due 07/19/132		500,000		499,923
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP
0.27% due 07/24/132		500,000		499,911
Duke Energy Corp.
0.27% due 07/25/132		500,000		499,910
Tesco Treasury Services plc
0.28% due 08/05/132		500,000		499,864
Southern California Edison Co.
0.22% due 07/08/132		400,000		399,983
Total Commercial Paper
(Cost $7,399,291)				7,399,291
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,3 - 3.8%
HSBC Group
issued 06/28/13 at 0.07%
due 07/01/13		1,311,359		1,311,359
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		225,381		225,381
Deutsche Bank
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		91,490		91,490
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $1,628,230)				1,628,230

	Contracts
OPTIONS PURCHASED† - 4.6%
Call options on:
Gold Futures
Expiring May 2015
with strike price of $425.00		40		310,000
Gold Futures
Expiring November 2014
with strike price of $415.00		40		243,600
Silver Futures
Expiring June 2015
with strike price of $23.50		15		157,950
Silver Futures
Expiring November 2014
with strike price of $23.50		15		115,050
Total Call options				826,600
Put options on:
Gold Futures
Expiring November 2013
with strike price of $450.00		50		1,179,500
Total Put options				1,179,500
Total Options Purchased
(Cost $1,945,092)				2,006,100
Total Long Investments - 89.4%
(Cost $38,771,628)			$	38,832,232
OPTIONS WRITTEN† - (1.3)%
Call options on:
Silver Futures
Expiring November 2014
with strike price of $28.25		15		(51,600	)
Gold Futures
Expiring November 2014
with strike price of $700.00		40		(76,800	)
Silver Futures
Expiring June 2015
with strike price of $28.25		15		(85,650	)
Gold Futures
Expiring May 2015
with strike price of $710.00		40		(120,000	)
Total Call options				(334,050	)
Put options on:
Gold Futures
Expiring November 2013
with strike price of $150.00		50		(235,000	)
Total Options Written
(Premiums received $691,408)				(569,050	)
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 11.9%				5,160,598
Total Net Assets - 100.0%			$	43,423,780

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (concluded)	June 30, 2013
MANAGED COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

	Contracts		Unrealized Gain (Loss)
COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED†
August 2013 Live Cattle
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,515,590)		31	$	22,094
October 2013 Sugar #11
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,571,024)		83		21,534
September 2013 WTI Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,721,149)		49		14,843
August 2013 Lean Hogs
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,055,160)		27		13,117
August 2013 Gas Oil
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $523,200)		6		1,565
September 2013 LME Zinc
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,158,844)		25		(10,124	)
September 2013 New York Harbor
Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,202,712)		10		(15,847	)
December 2013 Cotton #2
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,012,560)		24		(27,946	)
September 2013 Brent Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,742,660)		27		(35,193	)
September 2013 Winter Wheat
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $550,000)		16		(37,779	)
September 2013 LME Nickel
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $739,989)		9		(45,275	)
				Unrealized
				Loss
September 2013 Coffee ‘C’
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $903,750)		20	$	(53,640	)
December 2013 Soybean Oil
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,247,520)		46		(62,908	)
December 2013 Soybean Meal
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,303,750)		35		(66,347	)
September 2013 Gasoline RBOB
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,698,795)		15		(70,849	)
September 2013 Wheat
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,477,688)		45		(99,801	)
September 2013 Silver
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $979,750)		10		(104,355	)
November 2013 Soybean
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,814,188)		45		(158,062	)
September 2013 LME Primary Aluminum
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,211,875)		50		(164,063	)
September 2013 Copper
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $3,136,500)		41		(182,748	)
September 2013 Corn
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $3,201,413)		117		(204,679	)
September 2013 Natural Gas
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,034,989)		169		(419,227	)
August 2013 Gold 100 oz.
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,558,030)		37		(793,781	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $46,361,136)			$	(2,479,471	)

  ^† Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4.

^†† Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4.

  ¹ Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at June 30, 2013.

  ² Security is a 144A or Section 4(a)(2) security. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(a)(2) securities is $22,195,900 (cost $22,187,381), or 51.1% of total net assets.

  ³ Repurchase Agreements — See Note 5.

plc — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited)

June 30, 2013

Assets:
Investments, at value
(cost $37,143,398)	$	37,204,002
Repurchase agreements, at value
(cost $1,628,230)		1,628,230
Total investments
(cost $38,771,628)		38,832,232
Segregated cash with broker		2,185,854
Receivables:
Securities sold		3,775,736
Interest		184,318
Fund shares sold		21,357
Total assets		44,999,497
Liabilities:
Options written, at value
(premiums received $691,408)		569,050
Overdraft due to custodian bank		260,629
Payable for:
Fund shares redeemed		364,838
Variation margin		296,498
Management fees		32,351
Distribution and service fees		12,575
Transfer agent and administrative fees		8,986
Portfolio accounting fees		3,594
Miscellaneous		27,196
Total liabilities		1,575,717
Net assets	$	43,423,780
Net assets consist of:
Paid in capital	$	111,189,016
Accumulated net investment loss		(48,573,615	)
Accumulated net realized loss on investments		(16,895,112	)
Net unrealized depreciation on investments		(2,296,509	)
Net assets	$	43,423,780
A-Class:
Net assets	$	13,758,232
Capital shares outstanding		967,227
Net asset value per share	$	14.22
Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value divided by 95.25%)	$	14.93
C-Class:
Net assets	$	5,935,111
Capital shares outstanding		430,761
Net asset value per share	$	13.78
H-Class:
Net assets	$	22,761,736
Capital shares outstanding		1,600,671
Net asset value per share	$	14.22
Institutional Class:
Net assets	$	962,405
Capital shares outstanding		67,140
Net asset value per share	$	14.33
Y-Class:
Net assets	$	6,296
Capital shares outstanding		438
Net asset value per share	$	14.36

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT

OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

Period Ended June 30, 2013

Investment Income:
Interest	$	163,784
Total investment income		163,784
Expenses:
Management fees		471,878
Transfer agent and administrative fees:
A-Class		26,106
C-Class		13,191
H-Class		50,374
Institutional Class		24,773
Y-Class		7
Distribution and service fees:
A-Class		26,106
C-Class		52,765
H-Class		50,374
Portfolio accounting fees		45,781
Registration fees		97,424
Licensing fees		88,349
Trustees’ fees*		10,399
Custodian fees		6,137
Miscellaneous		(28,745	)
Total expenses		934,919
Less:
Expenses waived by Advisor		(59,848	)
Net expenses		875,071
Net investment loss		(711,287	)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments		(20,095	)
Futures contracts		(16,410,514	)
Options purchased		65,646
Options written		(23,436	)
Net realized loss		(16,388,399	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments		(12,364	)
Futures contracts		(2,177,257	)
Options purchased		61,008
Options written		122,358
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		(2,006,255	)
Net realized and unrealized loss		(18,394,654	)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations	$	(19,105,941	)

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

	Period Ended
	June 30,			Year Ended
	2013			December 31,
	(Unaudited)			2012
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets From Operations:
Net investment loss	$	(711,287	)	$	(6,100,973	)
Net realized loss on investments		(16,388,399	)		(103,156,077	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments		(2,006,255	)		5,171,645
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations		(19,105,941	)		(104,085,405	)
Capital share transactions:
Proceeds from sale of shares
A-Class		1,962,493			56,097,770
C-Class		1,070,795			10,530,172
H-Class		6,793,276			148,038,271
Institutional Class		6,694,999			35,895,054
Y-Class		—			5,700,143
Cost of shares redeemed
A-Class		(14,467,149	)		(112,080,141	)
C-Class		(9,190,730	)		(17,548,039	)
H-Class		(40,421,554	)		(233,390,442	)
Institutional Class		(32,142,272	)		(21,403,749	)
Y-Class		—			(4,282,590	)
Net decrease from capital share transactions		(79,700,142	)		(132,443,551	)
Net decrease in net assets		(98,806,083	)		(236,528,956	)
Net assets:
Beginning of period		142,229,863			378,758,819
End of period	$	43,423,780		$	142,229,863
Accumulated net investment loss at end of period	$	(48,573,615	)	$	(47,862,328	)
Capital share activity:
Shares sold
A-Class		122,382			2,385,538
C-Class		65,492			448,122
H-Class		404,116			6,223,527
Institutional Class		392,912			1,592,407
Y-Class		—			232,709
Shares redeemed
A-Class		(876,626	)		(4,974,401	)
C-Class		(576,214	)		(885,922	)
H-Class		(2,446,965	)		(11,443,806	)
Institutional Class		(2,100,881	)		(1,042,526	)
Y-Class		—			(232,709	)
Net decrease in shares		(5,015,784	)		(7,697,061	)

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
A-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	17.63		$	24.04		$	25.78		$	24.07		$	25.00
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.12	)		(.40	)		(.47	)		(.41	)		(.23	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(3.29	)		(6.01	)		.05			4.07			(.70	)
Total from investment operations		(3.41	)		(6.41	)		(.42	)		3.66			(.93	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.92	)		—
Return of Capital		—			—			—			(.03	)		—
Total distributions		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.95	)		—
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e		—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	14.22		$	17.63		$	24.04		$	25.78		$	24.07
Total Returnf		(19.34	%)		(26.66	%)		(1.83	%)		15.51	%		(3.72	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	13,758		$	30,355		$	103,637		$	73,274		$	10,654
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.46	%)		(1.74	%)		(1.76	%)		(1.71	%)		(1.74	%)
Total expenses		1.99	%		2.04	%		2.08	%		2.09	%		1.95	%
Net expensesg		1.87	%		1.88	%		1.92	%		1.93	%		1.84	%
Portfolio turnover rate		62	%		—			—			—			—

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
C-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	17.14		$	23.55		$	25.46		$	23.97		$	25.00
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.18	)		(.55	)		(.66	)		(.59	)		(.33	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(3.18	)		(5.86	)		.07			4.03			(.70	)
Total from investment operations		(3.36	)		(6.41	)		(.59	)		3.44			(1.03	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.92	)		—
Return of capital		—			—			—			(.03	)		—
Total distributions		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.95	)		—
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e		—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	13.78		$	17.14		$	23.55		$	25.46		$	23.97
Total Returnf		(19.60	%)		(27.19	%)		(2.56	%)		14.70	%		(4.16	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	5,935		$	16,141		$	32,476		$	17,587		$	3,642
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(2.24	%)		(2.50	%)		(2.51	%)		(2.46	%)		(2.50	%)
Total expenses		2.75	%		2.79	%		2.83	%		2.83	%		2.70	%
Net expensesg		2.62	%		2.63	%		2.67	%		2.67	%		2.59	%
Portfolio turnover rate		62	%		—			—			—			—

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
H-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	17.63		$	24.04		$	25.77		$	24.06		$	25.00
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.12	)		(.40	)		(.47	)		(.41	)		(.23	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(3.29	)		(6.01	)		.06			4.07			(.71	)
Total from investment operations		(3.41	)		(6.41	)		(.41	)		3.66			(.94	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.92	)		—
Return of Capital		—			—			—			(.03	)		—
Total distributions		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.95	)		—
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e		—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	14.22		$	17.63		$	24.04		$	25.77		$	24.06
Total Returnf		(19.34	%)		(26.63	%)		(1.83	%)		15.51	%		(3.76	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	22,762		$	64,227		$	213,062		$	145,349		$	71,014
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.50	%)		(1.75	%)		(1.76	%)		(1.71	%)		(1.75	%)
Total expenses		2.01	%		2.04	%		2.08	%		2.07	%		1.95	%
Net expensesg		1.88	%		1.88	%		1.92	%		1.91	%		1.84	%
Portfolio turnover rate		62	%		—			—			—			—

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
Institutional Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b,h
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	17.75		$	24.14		$	25.81		$	26.39
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.12	)		(.33	)		(.40	)		(.24	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(3.30	)		(6.06	)		.05			1.61
Total from investment operations		(3.42	)		(6.39	)		(.35	)		1.37
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.92	)
Return of Capital		—			—			—			(.03	)
Total distributions		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.95	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	14.33		$	17.75		$	24.14		$	25.81
Total Returnf		(19.22	%)		(26.48	%)		(1.60	%)		5.47	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	962		$	31,499		$	29,573		$	51,444
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.39	%)		(1.50	%)		(1.50	%)		(1.45	%)
Total expenses		1.78	%		1.79	%		1.84	%		1.88	%
Net expensesg		1.65	%		1.64	%		1.68	%		1.70	%
Portfolio turnover rate		62	%		—			—			—

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded)

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
Y-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b,i
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	17.79		$	24.17		$	25.83		$	25.89
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.09	)		(.35	)		(.39	)		(.26	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(3.34	)		(6.03	)		.05			2.15
Total from investment operations		(3.43	)		6.38			(.34	)		1.89
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.92	)
Return of Capital		—			—			—			(.03	)
Total distributions		—			—			(1.32	)		(1.95	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	14.36		$	17.79		$	24.17		$	25.83
Total Returnf		(19.24	%)		(26.44	%)		(1.52	%)		7.58	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	6		$	8		$	11		$	11
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.08	%)		(1.45	%)		(1.46	%)		(1.41	%)
Total expenses		1.66	%		1.73	%		1.78	%		1.79	%
Net expensesg		1.54	%		1.58	%		1.62	%		1.63	%
Portfolio turnover rate		62	%		—			—			—

^a Unaudited figures for the period ended June 30, 2013. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^b Consolidated.

^c Since commencement of operations: June 25, 2009. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^d Net investment loss per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

^e Redemption fees collected are less than $0.01 per share.

^f Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges and has not been annualized.

^g Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers.

^h Since commencement of operations: May 3, 2010. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

ⁱ Since commencement of operations: March 29, 2010. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

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FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) June 30, 2013

MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND 

OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term capital appreciation with less risk than traditional equity funds.

Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)

“Consolidated Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.

Inception Dates:
A-Class	September 19, 2005
C-Class	September 19, 2005
H-Class	September 19, 2005
Institutional Class	May 3, 2010

Ten Largest Long Holdings
(% of Total Net Assets)
National Financial Partners Corp.	2.6	%
BMC Software, Inc.	2.2	%
Lufkin Industries, Inc.	2.2	%
NYSE Euronext	2.0	%
N.V. Energy, Inc.	2.0	%
Gardner Denver, Inc.	2.0	%
Arbitron, Inc.	1.7	%
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.	1.4	%
True Religion Apparel, Inc.	1.3	%
Life Technologies Corp.	1.2	%
Top Ten Total	18.6	%

“Ten Largest Long Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)	June 30, 2013
MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
COMMON STOCKS† - 58.8%
FINANCIALS - 14.2%
National Financial Partners Corp.*,1		111,558	$	2,823,524
NYSE Euronext1		52,849		2,187,949
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.1		165,788		1,518,619
Colonial Properties Trust1		50,140		1,209,377
Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc.*,1		38,933		543,505
Knight Capital Group, Inc. — Class A*,1		112,554		404,068
Netspend Holdings, Inc.*,1		22,721		362,855
American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd.*,1		12,412		359,328
StellarOne Corp.1		18,013		353,955
BOK Financial Corp.1		4,136		264,911
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.1		6,066		261,506
Allstate Corp.1		5,423		260,955
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.1		6,894		255,698
MFA Financial, Inc.1		29,781		251,649
Everest Re Group Ltd.1		1,961		251,518
XL Group plc — Class A1		8,212		248,988
Hatteras Financial Corp.1		9,651		237,801
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.1		5,117		234,256
American Capital Ltd.*,1		18,107		229,416
CapitalSource, Inc.1		23,868		223,882
Arch Capital Group Ltd.*,1		4,320		222,091
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.1		16,974		213,363
Ares Capital Corp.1		11,674		200,793
Protective Life Corp.1		4,964		190,667
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.1		1,225		185,281
MPG Office Trust, Inc.*,1		57,899		181,803
Douglas Emmett, Inc.1		6,802		169,710
First Financial Holdings, Inc.1		7,997		169,616
Synovus Financial Corp.1		50,216		146,631
Macerich Co.1		2,298		140,109
Bank of America Corp.1		10,785		138,695
PartnerRe Ltd.1		1,471		133,214
Regions Financial Corp.1		13,205		125,844
Torchmark Corp.1		1,899		123,701
American Capital Agency Corp.1		4,933		113,410
SunTrust Banks, Inc.1		2,757		87,038
SLM Corp.1		3,370		77,038
Corrections Corporation of America1		2,206		74,717
Extra Space Storage, Inc.1		1,440		60,379
Wells Fargo & Co.1		1,286		53,073
Discover Financial Services1		1,011		48,164
Morgan Stanley1		888		21,694
Roma Financial Corp.1		1,046		18,995
National Retail Properties, Inc.1		153		5,263
People’s United Financial, Inc.1		306		4,559
Total Financials				15,389,608
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 11.3%
Arbitron, Inc.1		39,611		1,839,972
True Religion Apparel, Inc.1		45,595		1,443,537
rue21, Inc.*,1		26,639		1,108,448
WMS Industries, Inc.*,1		38,992		994,686
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.1		24,664		818,105
7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. ADR*,1		55,379		763,677
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.1		24,979		656,698
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. — Class A1		31,012		405,947
Belo Corp. — Class A1		24,613		343,351
OfficeMax, Inc.1		30,859		315,688
Service Corporation International1		14,553		262,391
Foot Locker, Inc.1		7,446		261,578
Comcast Corp. — Class A1		6,222		260,578
Liberty Interactive Corp. — Class A*,1		11,214		258,034
Thomson Reuters Corp.1,2		7,813		254,469
Chico’s FAS, Inc.1		14,523		247,762
Time Warner Cable, Inc.1		2,155		242,395
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.1		3,738		213,926
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. — Class A1		4,228		191,317
Macy’s, Inc.1		3,523		169,105
Dillard’s, Inc. — Class A1		1,961		160,743
Brinker International, Inc.1		4,045		159,494
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.1		7,507		137,078
Time Warner, Inc.1		1,808		104,539
Fossil Group, Inc.*,1		950		98,144
Lear Corp.1		1,379		83,374
Whirlpool Corp.1		705		80,624
Penn National Gaming, Inc.*,1		1,410		74,533
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.1		2,482		65,153
Hanesbrands, Inc.1		1,225		62,990
PulteGroup, Inc.*,1		2,359		44,751
Carter’s, Inc.1		521		38,590
Delphi Automotive plc1		552		27,981
Darden Restaurants, Inc.1		521		26,300
The Gap, Inc.1		460		19,196
DR Horton, Inc.1		673		14,321
Madison Square Garden Co. — Class A*,1		184		10,902
Total Consumer Discretionary				12,260,377
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 9.6%
BMC Software, Inc.*,1		53,318		2,406,776
Dell, Inc.1		93,923		1,253,872
Intermec, Inc.*,1		100,988		992,713
ExactTarget, Inc.*,1		21,548		726,598
Keynote Systems, Inc.		18,401		363,604
AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.*,1		25,776		297,454
Cisco Systems, Inc.1		10,754		261,429
Alliance Data Systems Corp.*,1		1,440		260,682
STEC, Inc.*		37,932		254,903
Activision Blizzard, Inc.1		17,740		252,972
Western Digital Corp.1		4,045		251,154
KLA-Tencor Corp.1		4,473		249,280
Symantec Corp.1		9,743		218,925
Intel Corp.1		8,946		216,672
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.1		4,657		199,506
Power-One, Inc.*,1		28,720		181,511
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*,1		29,812		171,717
NeuStar, Inc. — Class A*,1		3,370		164,052
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.1		5,606		155,735

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	Shares		Value
Ebix, Inc.1		16,510	$	152,882
AOL, Inc.1		4,136		150,881
Computer Sciences Corp.1		3,217		140,808
QUALCOMM, Inc.1		2,298		140,362
DST Systems, Inc.1		1,838		120,077
Harris Corp.1		2,114		104,115
CoreLogic, Inc.*,1		3,829		88,718
EMC Corp.1		3,738		88,292
LSI Corp.*,1		11,244		80,282
Xerox Corp.1		8,027		72,805
NVIDIA Corp.1		5,086		71,357
Adobe Systems, Inc.*,1		1,410		64,240
Market Leader, Inc.*,1		5,370		57,459
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.1		2,910		50,576
Synopsys, Inc.*,1		1,225		43,794
CA, Inc.1		1,502		43,002
EchoStar Corp. — Class A*,1		980		38,328
Trimble Navigation Ltd.*,1		1,379		35,868
Molex, Inc.1		919		26,963
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*,1		1,379		19,968
Avago Technologies Ltd.1		61		2,280
Total Information Technology				10,472,612
INDUSTRIALS - 5.3%
Gardner Denver, Inc.1		28,623		2,151,877
Northrop Grumman Corp.1		3,126		258,832
Trinity Industries, Inc.1		6,464		248,477
Carlisle Companies, Inc.1		3,922		244,380
Southwest Airlines Co.1		18,690		240,914
Ingersoll-Rand plc1		4,045		224,578
Union Pacific Corp.1		1,429		220,466
FedEx Corp.1		2,145		211,455
Crane Co.1		3,401		203,788
Cintas Corp.1		4,259		193,954
MRC Global, Inc.*,1		6,434		177,706
Avery Dennison Corp.1		4,075		174,247
Raytheon Co.1		2,390		158,027
Air Lease Corp. — Class A1		5,056		139,495
Terex Corp.*,1		5,218		137,233
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*,1		5,086		126,133
Regal-Beloit Corp.1		1,838		119,176
Oshkosh Corp.*,1		2,910		110,493
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.1		1,286		110,262
AGCO Corp.1		2,176		109,213
URS Corp.1		1,930		91,135
GATX Corp.1		827		39,225
Timken Co.1		644		36,244
CNH Global N.V.1		797		33,203
Equifax, Inc.1		491		28,935
Triumph Group, Inc.1		184		14,564
Delta Air Lines, Inc.*,1		245		4,584
Total Industrials				5,808,596
HEALTH CARE - 4.7%
Life Technologies Corp.*,1		16,942		1,253,877
Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. — Class A1		55,239		660,659
Warner Chilcott plc — Class A1		28,094		558,509
Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.*		21,267		441,078
Biogen Idec, Inc.*,1		1,194		256,948
Cooper Companies, Inc.1		2,114		251,672
Amgen, Inc.1		2,472		243,888
Pfizer, Inc.1		6,955		194,810
Medtronic, Inc.1		3,615		186,065
United Therapeutics Corp.*,1		2,818		185,481
MEDNAX, Inc.*,1		1,777		162,738
Perrigo Co.1		898		108,658
ResMed, Inc.1		2,359		106,462
McKesson Corp.1		919		105,226
Merck & Company, Inc.1		1,593		73,995
Omnicare, Inc.1		1,440		68,702
Abbott Laboratories1		1,838		64,109
Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B1		613		41,046
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.1		613		37,166
Tenet Healthcare Corp.*,1		797		36,742
HCA Holdings, Inc.1		735		26,504
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.1		368		24,097
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1		245		22,599
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.1		275		20,609
Cigna Corp.1		122		8,844
Agilent Technologies, Inc.1		122		5,217
Total Health Care				5,145,701
ENERGY - 4.1%
Lufkin Industries, Inc.1		26,434		2,338,616
ConocoPhillips1		4,228		255,793
Chevron Corp.1		2,144		253,721
Valero Energy Corp.1		5,791		201,353
HollyFrontier Corp.1		4,687		200,510
Hess Corp.1		2,941		195,547
Murphy Oil Corp.1		2,788		169,761
Superior Energy Services, Inc.*,1		6,219		161,321
Denbury Resources, Inc.*,1		8,915		154,408
Unit Corp.*,1		2,941		125,228
Marathon Petroleum Corp.1		1,685		119,736
Tesoro Corp.1		1,899		99,356
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.1		4,351		84,214
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.1		1,072		66,946
Phillips 661		797		46,951
Golar LNG Ltd.1		337		10,747
Total Energy				4,484,208
UTILITIES - 4.0%
N.V. Energy, Inc.1		91,771		2,152,949
Westar Energy, Inc.1		8,180		261,434
DTE Energy Co.1		3,860		258,658
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.1		4,504		249,837
American Water Works Company, Inc.1		5,913		243,793
CMS Energy Corp.1		8,946		243,063
Atmos Energy Corp.1		5,913		242,788
SCANA Corp.1		4,167		204,600
Great Plains Energy, Inc.1		8,058		181,627
NRG Energy, Inc.1		5,453		145,595
Integrys Energy Group, Inc.1		1,593		93,238
UGI Corp.1		1,593		62,302
Vectren Corp.1		491		16,611
Total Utilities				4,356,495

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	Shares		Value
MATERIALS - 2.8%
Buckeye Technologies, Inc.1		30,044	$	1,112,831
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.1		3,983		261,125
Westlake Chemical Corp.1		2,635		254,040
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A1		3,829		253,710
Rock Tenn Co. — Class A1		2,451		244,806
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.1		1,379		236,498
Commercial Metals Co.1		15,901		234,858
Greif, Inc. — Class A1		3,523		185,556
Crown Holdings, Inc.*,1		2,635		108,378
Cabot Corp.1		2,421		90,594
Huntsman Corp.1		1,685		27,904
Cytec Industries, Inc.1		153		11,207
Packaging Corporation of America1		214		10,477
NewMarket Corp.1		31		8,139
Total Materials				3,040,123
CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.7%
Smithfield Foods, Inc.*,1		30,666		1,004,312
JM Smucker Co.1		2,543		262,310
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.1		7,138		250,973
CVS Caremark Corp.1		4,381		250,505
Ingredion, Inc.1		3,768		247,257
Energizer Holdings, Inc.1		2,298		230,972
General Mills, Inc.1		3,707		179,901
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. — Class A1		2,268		138,621
Dean Foods Co.*,1		13,665		136,923
Kroger Co.1		2,910		100,511
Flowers Foods, Inc.1		3,723		82,092
Molson Coors Brewing Co. — Class B1		919		43,983
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.*,1		184		13,811
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A*,1		245		12,769
Total Consumer Staples				2,954,940
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.1%
Verizon Communications, Inc.1		1,593		80,191
CenturyLink, Inc.1		459		16,226
Total Telecommunication Services				96,417
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $59,146,534)				64,009,077
CLOSED-END FUNDS† - 13.8%
BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust1		101,635		773,441
BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust1		59,586		773,426
Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc.1		44,447		768,044
AllianceBernstein Income Fund1		102,775		766,701
Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund1		63,823		756,303
Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II1		57,883		665,655
Adams Express Co.1		55,507		664,419
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Income Fund1		44,214		590,256
AllianzGI Equity & Convertible Income Fund1		31,488		577,175
BlackRock Income Opportunity Trust, Inc.1		44,965		452,347
Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund1		33,242		397,574
Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc.1		28,300		363,938
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.1		34,781		354,071
Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund1		30,312		330,401
Tri-Continental Corp.1		18,310		328,115
Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust1		16,280		314,367
Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund1		22,997		308,160
Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund II1		40,562		279,878
John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund1		16,140		272,605
BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Trust1		19,726		266,301
Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.1		19,884		244,971
General American Investors Company, Inc.1		7,564		241,594
Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund, Inc.1		17,691		231,575
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust1,2		23,317		228,507
First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund1		17,056		215,076
BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund II, Inc.1		16,886		214,790
China Fund, Inc.1		10,194		203,676
GDL Fund1		17,845		203,255
Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund1		25,608		203,071
Central Europe Russia and Turkey Fund, Inc.1		6,012		179,278
Morgan Stanley Income Securities, Inc.1		9,535		162,381
Royce Value Trust, Inc.1		10,640		161,302
Putnam High Income Securities Fund1		19,600		154,840
Clough Global Allocation Fund1		10,177		154,385
Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc.1		7,749		146,379
Royce Micro-Capital Trust, Inc.1		12,738		137,698
MFS InterMarket Income Trust I1		16,541		134,313
Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.1		7,482		122,256
Clough Global Opportunities Fund1		8,207		105,624
Liberty All Star Equity Fund1		20,071		104,369
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.1		6,711		103,417
Nuveen New Jersey Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund1		6,998		94,543
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund1		7,217		91,872
Ellsworth Fund Ltd.1		11,985		91,805
Bancroft Fund Ltd.1		5,181		89,787
Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund1		7,631		88,138
Korea Equity Fund, Inc.1		10,766		84,190
Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund, Inc.1		5,184		81,285
New Ireland Fund, Inc.1		7,249		75,027
Liberty All Star Growth Fund, Inc.1		15,533		69,588

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	Shares		Value
Helios Strategic Income Fund, Inc.1		10,873	$	66,325
Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund1		5,719		66,283
Asia Tigers Fund, Inc.1		5,595		64,119
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund, Inc.1		6,583		56,416
First Trust Dividend and Income Fund1		6,406		52,145
DWS Global High Income Fund, Inc.1		6,296		50,998
Nuveen Pennsylvania Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 21		3,677		47,875
India Fund, Inc.1		1,981		37,976
Korea Fund, Inc.1		923		31,816
New Germany Fund, Inc.1		1,703		29,939
European Equity Fund, Inc.1		4,166		29,829
Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.1		1,037		26,029
Greater China Fund, Inc.1		545		5,973
Total Closed-End Funds
(Cost $14,343,431)				14,987,892
	Face
	Amount
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,3 - 9.1%
HSBC Group
issued 06/28/13 at 0.07%
due 07/01/13	$	7,932,074		7,932,074
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		1,363,276		1,363,276
Deutsche Bank
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		553,400		553,400
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $9,848,750)				9,848,750
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL††,4 - 0.1%
Repurchase Agreements
HSBC Securities, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.11%
due 07/01/13		98,748		98,748
RBS Securities, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.10%
due 07/01/13		11,550		11,550
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $110,298)				110,298
Total Long Investments - 81.8%
(Cost $83,449,013)			$	88,956,017
	Shares
COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT† - (31.1)%
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - (0.1)%
Level 3 Communications, Inc.*		5,906		(124,498	)
ENERGY - (1.6)%
Devon Energy Corp.		92		(4,773	)
Williams Companies, Inc.		493		(16,008	)
EXCO Resources, Inc.		8,735		(66,735	)
McDermott International, Inc.*		8,551		(69,947	)
CONSOL Energy, Inc.		4,061		(110,053	)
Peabody Energy Corp.		7,751		(113,475	)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.*		21,685		(113,629	)
Newfield Exploration Co.*		5,014		(119,784	)
Kosmos Energy Ltd.*		12,058		(122,509	)
Ultra Petroleum Corp.*		6,213		(123,142	)
SM Energy Co.		2,091		(125,418	)
Chesapeake Energy Corp.		6,182		(125,989	)
Southwestern Energy Co.*		3,506		(128,074	)
FMC Technologies, Inc.*		2,338		(130,180	)
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.*		2,215		(132,856	)
Cobalt International Energy, Inc.*		5,045		(134,046	)
Range Resources Corp.		1,753		(135,542	)
Total Energy				(1,772,160	)
MATERIALS - (1.7)%
Allied Nevada Gold Corp.*		6,244		(40,461	)
Royal Gold, Inc.		984		(41,407	)
Southern Copper Corp.		1,938		(53,528	)
Dow Chemical Co.		2,369		(76,211	)
Sealed Air Corp.		3,814		(91,345	)
Walter Energy, Inc.		9,566		(99,486	)
Silgan Holdings, Inc.		2,246		(105,472	)
Praxair, Inc.		953		(109,747	)
Alcoa, Inc.		14,241		(111,365	)
Tahoe Resources, Inc.*		8,398		(118,832	)
Celanese Corp. — Class A		2,737		(122,618	)
MeadWestvaco Corp.		3,629		(123,785	)
Albemarle Corp.		1,999		(124,518	)
Aptargroup, Inc.		2,277		(125,713	)
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.		1,569		(126,084	)
Compass Minerals International, Inc.		1,507		(127,387	)
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.		2,461		(129,203	)
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. — Class A		2,707		(130,775	)
Total Materials				(1,857,937	)
CONSUMER STAPLES - (2.0)%
Church & Dwight Company, Inc.		61		(3,764	)
Philip Morris International, Inc.		616		(53,358	)
Altria Group, Inc.		2,277		(79,672	)
Colgate-Palmolive Co.		1,558		(89,258	)
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. — Class A		1,168		(92,541	)
Campbell Soup Co.		2,184		(97,821	)
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A		3,476		(99,170	)
Brown-Forman Corp. — Class B		1,523		(102,878	)
Avon Products, Inc.		5,660		(119,030	)
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A		1,845		(121,346	)
Whole Foods Market, Inc.		2,369		(121,956	)
Fresh Market, Inc.*		2,492		(123,902	)
Hillshire Brands Co.		3,783		(125,142	)
Coca-Cola Co.		3,138		(125,865	)
Sysco Corp.		3,752		(128,168	)
PepsiCo, Inc.		1,569		(128,329	)
Kellogg Co.		1,999		(128,396	)
Bunge Ltd.		1,815		(128,448	)
ConAgra Foods, Inc.		3,691		(128,927	)
Monster Beverage Corp.*		2,184		(132,722	)
Total Consumer Staples				(2,130,693	)

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	Shares		Value
UTILITIES - (2.0)%
PG&E Corp.		1,743	$	(79,707	)
TECO Energy, Inc.		5,845		(100,476	)
FirstEnergy Corp.		2,860		(106,792	)
Aqua America, Inc.		3,537		(110,673	)
Exelon Corp.		3,629		(112,064	)
Ameren Corp.		3,414		(117,578	)
Duke Energy Corp.		1,753		(118,328	)
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.		4,736		(119,868	)
ONEOK, Inc.		2,922		(120,708	)
AES Corp.		10,540		(126,375	)
Calpine Corp.*		5,967		(126,679	)
Questar Corp.		5,352		(127,645	)
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.		5,444		(127,880	)
Southern Co.		2,922		(128,948	)
Pepco Holdings, Inc.		6,397		(128,964	)
Dominion Resources, Inc.		2,296		(130,459	)
ITC Holdings Corp.		1,446		(132,020	)
MDU Resources Group, Inc.		5,188		(134,421	)
Total Utilities				(2,149,585	)
HEALTH CARE - (2.6)%
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*		61		(5,477	)
Bruker Corp.*		892		(14,406	)
Gilead Sciences, Inc.*		369		(18,896	)
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*		430		(29,004	)
Alere, Inc.*		3,107		(76,122	)
Johnson & Johnson		1,323		(113,593	)
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*		1,354		(117,554	)
Hologic, Inc.*		6,121		(118,135	)
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*		2,122		(118,386	)
Humana, Inc.		1,415		(119,398	)
Incyte Corporation Ltd.*		5,598		(123,156	)
Endo Health Solutions, Inc.*		3,353		(123,357	)
Medivation, Inc.*		2,553		(125,608	)
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*		7,197		(125,876	)
Boston Scientific Corp.*		13,688		(126,888	)
Thoratec Corp.*		4,061		(127,150	)
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*		9,873		(127,757	)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*		1,600		(127,792	)
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.*		1,938		(128,199	)
Forest Laboratories, Inc.*		3,169		(129,929	)
Techne Corp.		1,938		(133,877	)
Health Net, Inc.*		4,214		(134,090	)
Actavis, Inc.*		4,521		(570,641	)
Total Health Care				(2,835,291	)
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - (3.3)%
Hyatt Hotels Corp. — Class A*		307		(12,391	)
DeVry, Inc.		461		(14,300	)
Dollar Tree, Inc.*		307		(15,608	)
Yum! Brands, Inc.		276		(19,138	)
McDonald’s Corp.		215		(21,285	)
Garmin Ltd.		614		(22,202	)
Best Buy Company, Inc.		1,046		(28,587	)
Nordstrom, Inc.		523		(31,349	)
NIKE, Inc. — Class B		493		(31,394	)
Choice Hotels International, Inc.		861		(34,173	)
Guess?, Inc.		1,230		(38,167	)
Wynn Resorts Ltd.		307		(39,296	)
Gentex Corp.		1,845		(42,527	)
International Game Technology		2,952		(49,328	)
Wendy’s Co.		8,828		(51,467	)
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.		3,752		(54,592	)
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. — Class A*		154		(56,110	)
DSW, Inc. — Class A		923		(67,813	)
Coach, Inc.		1,323		(75,530	)
Apollo Group, Inc. — Class A*		5,260		(93,207	)
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A		2,386		(96,323	)
Netflix, Inc.*		462		(97,524	)
Groupon, Inc. — Class A*		11,904		(101,184	)
Starbucks Corp.		1,692		(110,809	)
Harman International Industries, Inc.		2,184		(118,373	)
Las Vegas Sands Corp.		2,307		(122,110	)
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.		1,538		(124,839	)
Tiffany & Co.		1,723		(125,503	)
L Brands, Inc.		2,553		(125,735	)
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.		2,030		(126,489	)
JC Penney Company, Inc.*		7,475		(127,673	)
Amazon.com, Inc.*		462		(128,292	)
Staples, Inc.		8,120		(128,783	)
CarMax, Inc.*		2,799		(129,202	)
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.*		2,952		(129,593	)
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. — Class A*		17,655		(131,706	)
Morningstar, Inc.		1,723		(133,670	)
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.*		1,354		(135,617	)
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. — Class A*		5,691		(146,032	)
Cablevision Systems Corp. — Class A		8,735		(146,923	)
Office Depot, Inc.*		82,559		(319,504	)
Total Consumer Discretionary				(3,604,348	)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - (3.5)%
Red Hat, Inc.*		123		(5,882	)
MICROS Systems, Inc.*		369		(15,922	)
Rovi Corp.*		738		(16,856	)
Lender Processing Services, Inc.		614		(19,863	)
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.		1,754		(20,539	)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — Class A*		370		(23,166	)
Western Union Co.		1,385		(23,697	)
Trulia, Inc.*		834		(25,929	)
Microchip Technology, Inc.		861		(32,072	)
Linear Technology Corp.		953		(35,109	)
Citrix Systems, Inc.*		616		(37,163	)
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.		1,579		(41,970	)
Zynga, Inc. — Class A*		17,841		(49,598	)
Fortinet, Inc.*		3,814		(66,745	)
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.		677		(69,013	)
Rackspace Hosting, Inc.*		2,091		(79,228	)
Teradata Corp.*		1,600		(80,368	)
Global Payments, Inc.		1,845		(85,460	)
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.		1,385		(95,371	)

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
NetApp, Inc.		2,654	$	(100,268	)
Riverbed Technology, Inc.*		7,228		(112,468	)
Paychex, Inc.		3,138		(114,600	)
Polycom, Inc.*		11,319		(119,302	)
Juniper Networks, Inc.*		6,367		(122,947	)
VMware, Inc. — Class A*		1,845		(123,597	)
Atmel Corp.*		16,825		(123,664	)
Altera Corp.		3,752		(123,778	)
Ingram Micro, Inc. — Class A*		6,614		(125,600	)
Solera Holdings, Inc.		2,277		(126,715	)
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.		11,873		(127,397	)
AVX Corp.		10,858		(127,582	)
Informatica Corp.*		3,660		(128,027	)
NCR Corp.*		3,907		(128,892	)
ON Semiconductor Corp.*		15,994		(129,232	)
Visa, Inc. — Class A		708		(129,387	)
Hewlett-Packard Co.		5,260		(130,448	)
Salesforce.com, Inc.*		3,445		(131,530	)
JDS Uniphase Corp.*		9,167		(131,821	)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*		33,035		(134,783	)
Diebold, Inc.		4,030		(135,771	)
PMC - Sierra, Inc.*		21,532		(136,728	)
Facebook, Inc. — Class A*		5,505		(136,854	)
VeriFone Systems, Inc.*		8,244		(138,582	)
Total Information Technology				(3,863,924	)
INDUSTRIALS - (3.6)%
Stericycle, Inc.*		61		(6,736	)
MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. — Class A		92		(7,126	)
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B		123		(10,637	)
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.*		369		(17,635	)
Nordson Corp.		307		(21,278	)
Lockheed Martin Corp.		215		(23,319	)
GrafTech International Ltd.*		3,321		(24,177	)
IHS, Inc. — Class A*		430		(44,884	)
Fluor Corp.		769		(45,609	)
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.		831		(49,577	)
Emerson Electric Co.		923		(50,340	)
Copart, Inc.*		1,999		(61,569	)
Joy Global, Inc.		1,291		(62,652	)
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.		892		(64,438	)
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.		1,415		(79,679	)
Tyco International Ltd.		2,645		(87,153	)
Iron Mountain, Inc.		3,445		(91,671	)
Cummins, Inc.		861		(93,384	)
Clean Harbors, Inc.*		1,938		(97,927	)
CSX Corp.		4,276		(99,160	)
Fastenal Co.		2,246		(102,979	)
Deere & Co.		1,415		(114,969	)
Navistar International Corp.*		4,183		(116,120	)
SPX Corp.		1,692		(121,790	)
General Cable Corp.		3,968		(122,016	)
Matson, Inc.		4,891		(122,275	)
KBR, Inc.		3,814		(123,956	)
United Continental Holdings, Inc.*		3,968		(124,159	)
Pentair Ltd.		2,153		(124,207	)
Landstar System, Inc.		2,420		(124,630	)
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.		1,630		(125,999	)
WW Grainger, Inc.		502		(126,594	)
Pall Corp.		1,907		(126,682	)
Donaldson Company, Inc.		3,568		(127,235	)
3M Co.		1,168		(127,721	)
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.		3,384		(128,626	)
United Technologies Corp.		1,385		(128,722	)
General Dynamics Corp.		1,661		(130,106	)
Graco, Inc.		2,060		(130,213	)
Harsco Corp.		5,660		(131,255	)
Precision Castparts Corp.		585		(132,216	)
Rollins, Inc.		5,229		(135,431	)
UTI Worldwide, Inc.		8,387		(138,134	)
Total Industrials				(3,924,986	)
FINANCIALS - (10.7)%
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.		370		(5,180	)
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.		369		(7,465	)
Weyerhaeuser Co.		493		(14,046	)
Investors Bancorp, Inc.		936		(19,731	)
Franklin Resources, Inc.		184		(25,028	)
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.		399		(29,187	)
Kilroy Realty Corp.		738		(39,121	)
SEI Investments Co.		1,415		(40,228	)
UDR, Inc.		1,784		(45,474	)
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.		1,138		(53,110	)
U.S. Bancorp		1,569		(56,719	)
CNA Financial Corp.		1,845		(60,184	)
BB&T Corp.		1,815		(61,492	)
TFS Financial Corp.*		5,885		(65,912	)
BRE Properties, Inc.		1,323		(66,176	)
MetLife, Inc.		1,600		(73,216	)
Washington Federal, Inc.		4,153		(78,409	)
Lazard Ltd. — Class A		2,492		(80,118	)
CIT Group, Inc.*		1,815		(84,633	)
Invesco Ltd.		3,076		(97,817	)
Realty Income Corp.		2,584		(108,321	)
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.		3,506		(108,406	)
Duke Realty Corp.		7,413		(115,569	)
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.		4,736		(115,985	)
Aon plc		1,815		(116,795	)
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.		1,784		(117,244	)
Howard Hughes Corp.*		1,076		(120,609	)
Valley National Bancorp		12,797		(121,188	)
American Campus Communities, Inc.		2,983		(121,289	)
American Tower Corp. — Class A		1,661		(121,535	)
Legg Mason, Inc.		3,968		(123,048	)
Boston Properties, Inc.		1,168		(123,189	)
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.		215		(123,612	)
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. — Class A		646		(124,064	)
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. — Class A*		6,952		(124,510	)
SL Green Realty Corp.		1,415		(124,789	)

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

	Shares		Value
Vornado Realty Trust		1,507	$	(124,855	)
MSCI, Inc. — Class A*		3,783		(125,860	)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. — Class A		7,167		(128,146	)
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.		953		(128,569	)
Brown & Brown, Inc.		4,009		(129,250	)
Loews Corp.		2,922		(129,737	)
ProAssurance Corp.		2,492		(129,983	)
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.		3,261		(130,180	)
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.		3,014		(131,290	)
Bank of Hawaii Corp.		2,615		(131,587	)
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. — Class A		8,275		(132,152	)
Prudential Financial, Inc.		1,815		(132,549	)
First Horizon National Corp.		11,843		(132,642	)
Progressive Corp.		5,229		(132,921	)
CME Group, Inc. — Class A		1,753		(133,193	)
American Express Co.		1,784		(133,372	)
Mercury General Corp.		3,046		(133,902	)
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.		5,536		(134,469	)
City National Corp.		2,122		(134,471	)
BankUnited, Inc.		5,198		(135,200	)
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.		2,030		(135,543	)
Charles Schwab Corp.		6,583		(139,757	)
SVB Financial Group*		1,692		(140,977	)
E*TRADE Financial Corp.*		11,381		(144,083	)
SCBT Financial Corp.		3,498		(176,264	)
Union First Market Bankshares Corp.		17,642		(363,249	)
United Bankshares, Inc.		21,193		(560,555	)
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.		18,145		(1,229,687	)
M&T Bank Corp.		13,931		(1,556,790	)
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.*		9,001		(1,600,010	)
Total Financials				(11,584,642	)
Total Common Stock Sold Short
(Proceeds $32,075,909)				(33,848,064	)
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS SOLD SHORT† - (14.0)%
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF		26		(1,492	)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF		117		(4,513	)
iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF		870		(14,129	)
iShares MSCI Australia ETF		642		(14,496	)
iShares MSCI South Africa ETF		269		(15,720	)
iShares MSCI France ETF		741		(17,273	)
iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF		248		(19,453	)
iShares MSCI Sweden ETF		708		(21,105	)
iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF		1,920		(22,675	)
iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF		874		(24,201	)
iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF		528		(34,426	)
iShares MSCI Belgium Capped ETF		2,959		(40,302	)
iShares MSCI Germany ETF		1,645		(40,632	)
iShares MSCI Singapore ETF		3,291		(42,092	)
iShares MSCI Chile Capped ETF		786		(42,279	)
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF		409		(44,798	)
iShares MSCI Turkey ETF		801		(47,403	)
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF		1,950		(47,600	)
iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF		3,340		(51,937	)
iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF		1,212		(53,158	)
iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF		3,058		(63,606	)
iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF		3,550		(65,001	)
iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF		4,329		(76,450	)
iShares China Large-Capital ETF		2,884		(93,788	)
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF		7,334		(97,542	)
iShares MSCI Canada ETF		3,798		(99,508	)
iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF		2,148		(114,274	)
iShares MSCI Japan ETF		10,234		(114,825	)
Market Vectors Russia ETF		4,985		(125,423	)
iPath MSCI India Index ETN*		2,815		(150,659	)
iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF		7,794		(223,298	)
Powershares QQQ Trust Series 1		3,609		(256,997	)
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF		2,642		(291,782	)
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF		2,929		(300,223	)
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF		2,983		(339,018	)
PowerShares Insured National Municipal Bond Portfolio		14,948		(357,405	)
iShares Agency Bond ETF		3,378		(373,945	)
iShares TIPS Bond ETF		4,119		(461,369	)
iShares US Real Estate ETF		8,018		(532,315	)
iShares MBS ETF		5,149		(541,829	)
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF		6,561		(549,745	)
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF		4,810		(580,759	)
iShares Russell 2000 ETF		6,245		(606,764	)
iShares Core Total US Bond Market ETF		6,472		(693,798	)
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio		28,089		(767,110	)
SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF		32,479		(1,282,596	)
SPDR Nuveen Barclays Municipal Bond ETF		61,975		(1,414,889	)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust		25,198		(4,031,933	)
Total Exchange Traded Funds Sold Short
(Proceeds $15,379,608)				(15,206,535	)
Total Securities Sold Short - (45.1)%
(Proceeds $47,455,517)			$	(49,054,599	)
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 63.3%				68,839,862
Total Net Assets - 100.0%			$	108,741,280

			Unrealized
	Contracts		Gain
EQUITY FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED†
November 2013 CBOE VIX Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,353,500)		258	$	536,162

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			Unrealized
	Contracts		Gain (Loss)
December 2013 CBOE VIX Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,376,000)		256	$	(72,133	)
October 2013 CBOE VIX Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,232,800)		208		(84,739	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $14,962,300)			$	379,290
COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED†
September 2013 Soybean
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,115,875)		94	$	193,307
December 2013 WTI Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,219,181)		66		174,048
December 2013 Cotton #2
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $801,610)		19		(30,168	)
October 2013 Lean Hogs
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,189,870)		151		(38,596	)
December 2013 Corn
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,984,688)		195		(162,459	)
April 2014 Natural Gas
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $3,415,500)		90		(283,367	)
October 2013 Gasoline RBOB
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,209,142)		48		(328,725	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $31,935,866)			$	(475,960	)
COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS SOLD SHORT†
December 2013 Natural Gas
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,208,600)		110	$	445,689
August 2013 Gold 100 oz.
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,463,800)		20		291,740
September 2013 Coffee ‘C’
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,671,938)		37		207,149
March 2014 Corn
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,980,325)		191		161,158
September 2013 Gasoline RBOB
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,096,385)		45		156,375
October 2013 Live Cattle
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,267,100)		45		126,445
July 2013 LME Nickel
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,556,727)		19		118,083
August 2013 Soybean Oil
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $2,560,176)		92		87,988
September 2013 LME Primary Aluminum
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,725,263)		39		84,895
December 2013 Wheat
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,040,050)		31		55,889
September 2013 WTI Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,202,900)		54		38,394
March 2014 Sugar #11
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $595,056)		30		34,502
September 2013 Silver
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,273,675)		13		27,261
July 2013 LME Zinc
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $868,300)		19		18,625
September 2013 Copper
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,989,000)		26		11,925
December 2013 Cocoa
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $434,000)		20		9,554
September 2013 LME Lead
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $922,613)		18		(5,351	)

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			Unrealized
	Contracts		Gain (Loss)
February 2014 Lean Hogs
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,195,600)		155	$	(27,001	)
November 2013 Soybean
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,003,000)		80		(150,693	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $49,054,508)			$	1,692,627
EQUITY FUTURES CONTRACTS SOLD SHORT†
August 2013 CBOE VIX Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,224,680)		276	$	50,616
September 2013 CBOE VIX Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $5,273,250)		267		(516,602	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $10,497,930)			$	(465,986	)

	Units
EQUITY INDEX SWAP AGREEMENTS††
Goldman Sachs International
September 2013 Goldman Sachs
Multi-Hedge Strategies L Index Swap,
Terminating 09/18/135
(Notional Value $10,900,924)		106,252	$	181,085
EQUITY INDEX SWAP AGREEMENTS SOLD SHORT††
Goldman Sachs International
September 2013 Goldman Sachs
Multi-Hedge Strategies S Index Swap,
Terminating 09/18/136
(Notional Value $2,429,452)		24,671	$	49,564

* Non-income producing security.

^† Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4.

^†† Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4.

¹ All or a portion of this security is pledged as short security collateral at June 30, 2013.

² All or portion of this security is on loan at June 30, 2013 — See Note 11.

³ Repurchase Agreements — See Note 5.

⁴ Securities lending collateral — See Note 11.

⁵ Total Return based on Goldman Sachs Multi-Hedge Strategies L Index +/- financing at a variable rate.

⁶ Total Return based on Goldman Sachs Multi-Hedge Strategies S Index +/- financing at a variable rate.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

plc — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited)

June 30, 2013

Assets:
Investments, at value - including $103,387 of securities loaned
(cost $73,489,965)	$	78,996,969
Repurchase agreements, at value
(cost $9,959,048)		9,959,048
Total investments
(cost $83,449,013)		88,956,017
Segregated cash with broker		70,714,602
Cash		1,295,112
Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements		230,649
Receivable for swap settlement		41,154
Receivables:
Fund shares sold		2,133,609
Securities sold		727,088
Dividends		79,519
Interest		9,003
Total assets		164,186,753
Liabilities:
Securities sold short, at value
(proceeds $47,455,517)		49,054,599
Payable for:
Fund shares redeemed		4,728,595
Securities purchased		1,275,030
Upon return of securities loaned		110,298
Management fees		96,286
Variation margin		35,971
Distribution and service fees		27,202
Miscellaneous		117,492
Total liabilities		55,445,473
Net assets	$	108,741,280
Net assets consist of:
Paid in capital	$	154,825,806
Accumulated net investment loss		(1,579,592	)
Accumulated net realized loss on investments		(49,773,476	)
Net unrealized appreciation on investments		5,268,542
Net assets	$	108,741,280
A-Class:
Net assets	$	18,465,937
Capital shares outstanding		798,513
Net asset value per share	$	23.13
Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value divided by 95.25%)	$	24.28
C-Class:
Net assets	$	16,703,408
Capital shares outstanding		766,590
Net asset value per share	$	21.79
H-Class:
Net assets	$	55,124,149
Capital shares outstanding		2,382,016
Net asset value per share	$	23.14
Institutional class:
Net assets	$	18,447,786
Capital shares outstanding		790,842
Net asset value per share	$	23.33

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT

OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

Period Ended June 30, 2013

Investment Income:
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $1,979)	$	1,095,226
Interest		6,704
Income from securities lending, net		867
Other income		11,419
Total investment income		1,114,216
Expenses:
Management fees		682,172
Distribution and service fees:
A-Class		28,386
C-Class		79,494
H-Class		76,734
Short sales dividend expense		464,229
Prime broker interest expense		209,175
Trustees’ fees*		4,493
Custodian fees		107
Miscellaneous		(3,241	)
Total expenses		1,541,549
Less:
Expenses waived by Advisor		(24,532	)
Net expenses		1,517,017
Net investment loss		(402,801	)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investments		10,937,152
Swap agreements		(17,999	)
Futures contracts		1,031,931
Securities sold short		(9,567,899	)
Options purchased		(4,726	)
Net realized gain		2,378,459
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments		(1,719,778	)
Securities sold short		1,618,043
Swap agreements		230,649
Futures contracts		112,354
Options purchased		1,926
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)		243,194
Net realized and unrealized gain		2,621,653
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$	2,218,852

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

	Period Ended
	June 30,			Year Ended
	2013			December 31,
	(Unaudited)			2012
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets From Operations:
Net investment loss	$	(402,801	)	$	(2,163,432	)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments		2,378,459			(435,038	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments		243,194			4,953,461
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations		2,218,852			2,354,991
Capital share transactions:
Proceeds from sale of shares
A-Class		3,895,396			41,635,919
C-Class		5,867,826			9,448,075
H-Class		15,338,151			80,707,028
Institutional Class		4,744,929			15,460,536
Value of proceeds from merger
A-Class		—			1,354,905
C-Class		—			2,433,192
H-Class		—			2,281,147
Cost of shares redeemed
A-Class		(13,572,414	)		(40,779,286	)
C-Class		(6,209,463	)		(8,561,191	)
H-Class		(28,240,317	)		(83,697,859	)
Institutional Class		(730,139	)		(2,331,387	)
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions		(18,906,031	)		17,951,079
Net increase (decrease) in net assets		(16,687,179	)		20,306,070
Net assets:
Beginning of period		125,428,459			105,122,389
End of period	$	108,741,280		$	125,428,459
Accumulated net investment loss at end of period	$	(1,579,592	)	$	(1,176,791	)
Capital share activity:
Shares sold
A-Class		170,442			1,919,863	†
C-Class		271,208			554,953	†
H-Class		670,086			3,696,849	†
Institutional Class		203,964			685,352
Shares redeemed
A-Class		(593,470	)		(1,816,255	)
C-Class		(287,081	)		(401,917	)
H-Class		(1,232,731	)		(3,728,682	)
Institutional Class		(31,666	)		(102,973	)
Net increase (decrease) in shares		(829,248	)		807,190

^† Includes 60,298 A-Class, 114,074 C-Class, 101,429 H-Class shares issued in connection with Fund merger.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended			Year Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			March 31,
A-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c			2009
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	22.68		$	22.21		$	21.66		$	20.57		$	19.96		$	24.61
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.07	)		(.35	)		(.27	)		(.40	)		(.15	)		(.10	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		.52			.82			.98			1.49			.76			(4.37	)
Total from investment operations		.45			.47			.71			1.09			.61			(4.47	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(.16	)		—			—			(.12	)
Net realized gains		—			—			—			—			—			(.06	)
Total distributions		—			—			(.16	)		—			—			(.18	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e		—	e		—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	23.13		$	22.68		$	22.21		$	21.66		$	20.57		$	19.96
Total Returnf		1.98	%		2.02	%		3.39	%		5.30	%		3.06	%		(18.19	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	18,466		$	27,700		$	24,832		$	14,073		$	25,010		$	45,078
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(0.59	%)		(1.54	%)		(1.23	%)		(1.97	%)		(1.47	%)		(0.46	%)
Total expensesg		2.60	%		3.09	%		2.77	%		3.56	%		2.36	%		2.09	%
Net expensesh,i		2.56	%		3.05	%		2.65	%		3.40	%		2.32	%		2.09	%
Portfolio turnover rate		160	%		465	%		433	%		993	%		858	%		1,578	%

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended			Year Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			March 31,
C-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c			2009
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	21.45		$	21.17		$	20.80		$	19.90		$	19.43		$	24.13
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.15	)		(.50	)		(.42	)		(.55	)		(.31	)		(.25	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		.49			.78			.95			1.45			.78			(4.27	)
Total from investment operations		.34			.28			.53			.90			.47			(4.52	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(.16	)		—			—			(.12	)
Net realized gains		—			—			—			—			—			(.06	)
Total distributions		—			—			(.16	)		—			—			(.18	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e		—	e		—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	21.79		$	21.45		$	21.17		$	20.80		$	19.90		$	19.43
Total Returnf		1.63	%		1.23	%		2.62	%		4.52	%		2.42	%		(18.76	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	16,703		$	16,780		$	13,322		$	15,194		$	23,494		$	28,706
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(1.41	%)		(2.33	%)		(1.99	%)		(2.79	%)		(2.07	%)		(1.09	%)
Total expensesg		3.38	%		3.85	%		3.52	%		4.41	%		3.14	%		2.82	%
Net expensesh,i		3.33	%		3.81	%		3.39	%		4.26	%		3.09	%		2.82	%
Portfolio turnover rate		160	%		465	%		432	%		993	%		858	%		1,578	%

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MULTI-HEDGE STRATEGIES FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended			Year Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			March 31,
H-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c			2009
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	22.69		$	22.23		$	21.67		$	20.58		$	19.98		$	24.63
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.07	)		(.36	)		(.27	)		(.43	)		(.21	)		(.07	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		.52			.82			.99			1.52			.81			(4.40	)
Total from investment operations		.45			.46			.72			1.09			.60			(4.47	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(.16	)		—			—			(.12	)
Net realized gains		—			—			—			—			—			(.06	)
Total distributions		—			—			(.16	)		—			—			(.18	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e		—	e		—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	23.14		$	22.69		$	22.23		$	21.67		$	20.58		$	19.98
Total Returnf		1.98	%		2.02	%		3.39	%		5.30	%		3.00	%		(18.17	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	55,124		$	66,818		$	66,161		$	44,421		$	69,351		$	63,229
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(0.64	%)		(1.59	%)		(1.25	%)		(2.08	%)		(1.18	%)		(0.31	%)
Total expensesg		2.63	%		3.07	%		2.78	%		3.69	%		2.37	%		2.07	%
Net expensesh,i		2.58	%		3.03	%		2.65	%		3.54	%		2.33	%		2.07	%
Portfolio turnover rate		160	%		465	%		433	%		993	%		858	%		1,578	%

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded)

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
Institutional Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b,j
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	22.84		$	22.32		$	21.71		$	20.61
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.05	)		(.33	)		(.22	)		(.43	)
Net gain on investments (realized and unrealized)		.54			.85			.99			1.53
Total from investment operations		.49			.52			.77			1.10
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			—			(.16	)		—
Total distributions		—			—			(.16	)		—
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	e
Net asset value, end of period	$	23.33		$	22.84		$	22.32		$	21.71
Total Returnf		2.15	%		2.28	%		3.61	%		5.34	%
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	18,448		$	14,130		$	807		$	296
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(0.40	%)		(1.46	%)		(0.99	%)		(3.10	%)
Total expensesg		2.39	%		3.05	%		2.52	%		5.13	%
Net expensesh,i		2.35	%		3.01	%		2.40	%		4.98	%
Portfolio turnover rate		160	%		465	%		433	%		993	%

^a Unaudited figures for the period ended June 30, 2013. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^b Consolidated.

^c The fund changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31 in 2009. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^d Net investment income loss per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

^e Redemption fees collected are less than $0.01 per share.

^f Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges and has not been annualized.

^g Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

^h Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers, and may include interest or dividend expense.

ⁱ Excluding interest and dividend expense related to short sales, the operating expense ratios for the years or periods presented would be:

	6/30/13			12/31/12			12/31/11			12/31/10			12/31/09			3/31/09
A-Class		1.40	%		1.40	%		1.41	%		1.41	%		1.40	%		1.40	%
C-Class		2.15	%		2.15	%		2.15	%		2.15	%		2.17	%		2.17	%
H-Class		1.40	%		1.40	%		1.41	%		1.41	%		1.41	%		1.40	%
Institutional Class		1.15	%		1.15	%		1.16	%		1.17	%		N/A			N/A

^j Since commencement of operations: May 3, 2010. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

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FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) June 30, 2013

COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

OBJECTIVE: Seeks to provide investment results that correlate, before fees and expenses, to the performance of a benchmark for commodities. The Fund’s current benchmark is the S&P GSCI^TM Commodity Index (the “underlying index”).

Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)

“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.

Inception Dates:
A-Class	May 25, 2005
C-Class	May 25, 2005
H-Class	May 25, 2005

The Fund invests principally in derivative investments such as commodity-linked futures contracts.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)	June 30, 2013
COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

	Face
	Amount		Value
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,1 - 6.8%
HSBC Group
issued 06/28/13 at 0.07%
due 07/01/13	$	855,708	$	855,708
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		147,069		147,069
Deutsche Bank
issued 06/28/13 at 0.06%
due 07/01/13		59,701		59,701
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $1,062,478)				1,062,478
Total Investments - 6.8%
(Cost $1,062,478)			$	1,062,478
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - 93.2%				14,485,568
Total Net Assets - 100.0%			$	15,548,046

			Unrealized
	Contracts		Gain (Loss)
COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED†
December 2013 Gold 100 oz.
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $123,430)		1	$	3,597
October 2013 Sugar #11
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $56,784)		3		1,028
September 2013 Natural Gas
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $107,130)		3		561
October 2013 Live Cattle
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $100,760)		2		93
September 2013 LME Copper
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $168,781)		1		(1	)
September 2013 LME Zinc
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $46,354)		1		(4	)
September 2013 LME Primary Aluminum
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $176,950)		4		(4	)
October 2013 Lean Hogs
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $68,740)		2		(747	)
September 2013 Winter Wheat
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $34,375)		1		(1,528	)
December 2013 Cotton #2
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $42,190)		1		(1,833	)
September 2013 Gasoline RBOB
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $226,506)		2		(2,022	)
September 2013 New York Harbor
Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $240,542)		2		(3,232	)
November 2013 Gas Oil
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $346,200)		4		(3,307	)
November 2013 Soybean
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $125,075)		2		(4,532	)
September 2013 WTI Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $1,059,850)		11		(4,873	)
September 2013 Wheat
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $131,350)		4		(5,826	)
September 2013 Corn
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $164,175)		6		(6,367	)
November 2013 Brent Crude
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $806,160)		8		(7,373	)
July 2013 Goldman Sachs Commodity Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $4,886,400)		32		(24,937	)
August 2013 Goldman Sachs Commodity Index
Futures Contracts
(Aggregate Value of
Contracts $6,845,625)		45		(49,076	)
(Total Aggregate Value of
Contracts $15,757,377)			$	(110,383	)

^† Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4.

^†† Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4.

¹ Repurchase Agreements — See Note 5.

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COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited)

June 30, 2013

Assets:
Repurchase agreements, at value
(cost $1,062,478)	$	1,062,478
Cash		13,491,707
Segregated cash with broker		1,130,527
Receivables:
Fund shares sold		2,735
Interest		6
Total assets		15,687,453
Liabilities:
Payable for:
Variation margin		111,109
Management fees		7,350
Distribution and service fees		3,644
Transfer agent and administrative fees		2,450
Fund shares redeemed		1,791
Portfolio accounting fees		980
Miscellaneous		12,083
Total liabilities		139,407
Net assets	$	15,548,046
Net assets consist of:
Paid in capital	$	38,731,420
Accumulated net investment loss		(2,922,614	)
Accumulated net realized loss on investments		(20,150,377	)
Net unrealized depreciation on investments		(110,383	)
Net assets	$	15,548,046
A-Class:
Net assets	$	2,053,291
Capital shares outstanding		142,411
Net asset value per share	$	14.42
Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value divided by 95.25%)	$	15.14
C-Class:
Net assets	$	2,014,122
Capital shares outstanding		149,174
Net asset value per share	$	13.50
H-Class:
Net assets	$	11,480,633
Capital shares outstanding		795,686
Net asset value per share	$	14.43

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT

OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

Period Ended June 30, 2013

Investment Income:
Interest	$	4,088
Total investment income		4,088
Expenses:
Management fees		84,790
Transfer agent and administrative fees		24,087
Distribution and service fees:
A-Class		4,077
C-Class		11,635
H-Class		17,101
Portfolio accounting fees		9,635
Registration fees		9,921
Trustees’ fees*		1,065
Custodian fees		912
Miscellaneous		5,792
Total expenses		169,015
Less:
Expenses waived by Advisor		(12,530	)
Net expenses		156,485
Net investment loss		(152,397	)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Futures contracts		(299,235	)
Net realized loss		(299,235	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on:
Futures contracts		(496,321	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)		(496,321	)
Net realized and unrealized loss		(795,556	)
Net decrease in net assets resulting
from operations	$	(947,953	)

* Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

	Period Ended
	June 30,			Year Ended
	2013			December 31,
	(Unaudited)			2012
Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets From Operations:
Net investment loss	$	(152,397	)	$	(462,443	)
Net realized loss on investments		(299,235	)		(1,866,445	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments		(496,321	)		603,873
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations		(947,953	)		(1,725,015	)
Distributions to shareholders from:
Net investment income
A-Class		—			(90,394	)
C-Class		—			(72,057	)
H-Class		—			(634,797	)
Total distributions to shareholders		—			(797,248	)
Capital share transactions:
Proceeds from sale of shares
A-Class		143,746			21,757,665
C-Class		120,204			624,941
H-Class		24,948,208			141,800,896
Distributions reinvested
A-Class		—			77,852
C-Class		—			65,263
H-Class		—			597,525
Cost of shares redeemed
A-Class		(3,773,577	)		(20,880,282	)
C-Class		(509,072	)		(1,544,634	)
H-Class		(36,519,405	)		(131,653,400	)
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions		(15,589,896	)		10,845,826
Net increase (decrease) in net assets		(16,537,849	)		8,323,563
Net assets:
Beginning of period		32,085,895			23,762,332
End of period	$	15,548,046		$	32,085,895
Accumulated net investment loss at end of period	$	(2,922,614	)	$	(2,770,217	)
Capital share activity:
Shares sold
A-Class		9,423			1,304,505
C-Class		8,326			40,528
H-Class		1,625,967			8,637,054
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions
A-Class		—			5,129
C-Class		—			4,573
H-Class		—			39,337
Shares redeemed
A-Class		(243,989	)		(1,255,530	)
C-Class		(36,034	)		(100,156	)
H-Class		(2,357,869	)		(8,075,041	)
Net increase (decrease) in shares		(994,176	)		600,399

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COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended			Year Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			March 31,
A-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c			2009
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	15.49		$	16.18		$	17.33		$	16.39		$	13.26		$	32.68
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)d		(.11	)		(.23	)		(.26	)		(.22	)		(.14	)		—	e
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(.96	)		(.05	)		(.36	)		1.16			3.37			(18.80	)
Total from investment operations		(1.07	)		(.28	)		(.62	)		.94			3.23			(18.80	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			(.41	)		(.53	)		—			(.11	)		(.70	)
Total distributions		—			(.41	)		(.53	)		—			(.11	)		(.70	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	f		.01			.08
Net asset value, end of period	$	14.42		$	15.49		$	16.18		$	17.33		$	16.39		$	13.26
Total Returng		(6.91	%)		(1.63	%)		(3.61	%)		5.74	%		24.46	%		(57.55	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	2,053		$	5,840		$	5,223		$	7,192		$	8,553		$	7,189
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		(1.49	%)		(1.40	%)		(1.47	%)		(1.42	%)		(1.24	%)		0.02	%
Total expenses		1.66	%		1.59	%		1.66	%		1.65	%		1.56	%		1.52	%
Net expensesh		1.53	%		1.49	%		1.55	%		1.56	%		1.38	%		1.20	%
Portfolio turnover rate		—			—			—			200	%		220	%		390	%

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended			Year Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			March 31,
C-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c			2009
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	14.56		$	15.34		$	16.58		$	15.80		$	12.86		$	31.96
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment lossd		(.16	)		(.33	)		(.37	)		(.32	)		(.22	)		(.06	)
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(.90	)		(.04	)		(.34	)		1.10			3.26			(18.43	)
Total from investment operations		(1.06	)		(.37	)		(.71	)		.78			3.04			(18.49	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			(.41	)		(.53	)		—			(.11	)		(.70	)
Total distributions		—			(.41	)		(.53	)		—			(.11	)		(.70	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	f		.01			.09
Net asset value, end of period	$	13.50		$	14.56		$	15.34		$	16.58		$	15.80		$	12.86
Total Returng		(7.28	%)		(2.38	%)		(4.32	%)		4.94	%		23.74	%		(58.03	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	2,014		$	2,575		$	3,558		$	4,857		$	6,186		$	4,072
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment loss		(2.24	%)		(2.15	%)		(2.22	%)		(2.17	%)		(2.03	%)		(0.22	%)
Total expenses		2.41	%		2.34	%		2.41	%		2.39	%		2.31	%		2.28	%
Net expensesh		2.28	%		2.24	%		2.30	%		2.30	%		2.15	%		1.95	%
Portfolio turnover rate		—			—			—			200	%		220	%		390	%

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COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded)

This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.

	Period Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended			Period Ended			Year Ended
	June 30,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			December 31,			March 31,
H-Class	2013a,b			2012b			2011b			2010b			2009b,c			2009
Per Share Data
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	15.50		$	16.18		$	17.33		$	16.39		$	13.26		$	32.66
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)d		(.11	)		(.23	)		(.27	)		(.22	)		(.14	)		.13
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized)		(.96	)		(.04	)		(.35	)		1.16			3.37			(18.93	)
Total from investment operations		(1.07	)		(.27	)		(.62	)		.94			3.23			(18.80	)
Less distributions from:
Net investment income		—			(.41	)		(.53	)		—			(.11	)		(.70	)
Total distributions		—			(.41	)		(.53	)		—			(.11	)		(.70	)
Redemption fees collected		—			—			—			—	f		.01			.10
Net asset value, end of period	$	14.43		$	15.50		$	16.18		$	17.33		$	16.39		$	13.26
Total Returng		(6.90	%)		(1.57	%)		(3.67	%)		5.74	%		24.45	%		(57.52	%)
Ratios/Supplemental Data
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)	$	11,481		$	23,671		$	14,982		$	32,290		$	32,019		$	50,622
Ratios to average net assets:
Net investment income (loss)		(1.49	%)		(1.40	%)		(1.47	%)		(1.42	%)		(1.22	%)		0.43	%
Total expenses		1.66	%		1.60	%		1.66	%		1.65	%		1.56	%		1.52	%
Net expensesh		1.53	%		1.49	%		1.56	%		1.56	%		1.37	%		1.20	%
Portfolio turnover rate		—			—			—			200	%		220	%		390	%

^a Unaudited figures for the period ended June 30, 2013. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^b Consolidated.

^c The Fund changed its fiscal year from March 31 to December 31 in 2009. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized.

^d Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.

^e Net investment income is less than $0.01 per share.

^f Redemption fees collected are less than $0.01 per share.

^g Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges and has not been annualized.

^h Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers.

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1. Organization, Consolidation of Subsidiary and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

The Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”) is registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-ended investment company. Each series, in effect, is representing a separate Fund (collectively the “Funds”). The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust accounts for the assets of each Fund separately.

The Trust offers a combination of eight separate classes of shares: Investor Class shares, Advisor Class shares, A-Class shares, C Class shares, H-Class shares, Y-Class shares, Institutional Class shares, and Money Market Class shares. Sales of shares of each Class are made without a front-end sales charge at the net asset value per share (“NAV”), with the exception of A-Class shares. A-Class shares are sold at the NAV, plus the applicable front-end sales charge. The sales charge varies depending on the amount purchased, but will not exceed 4.75%. A-Class share purchases of $1 million or more are exempt from the front-end sales charge but have a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. C-Class shares have a 1% CDSC if shares are redeemed within 12 months of purchase. Institutional Class shares are offered primarily for direct investment by institutions such as pension and profit sharing plans, endowments, foundations and corporations. Institutional Class shares have a minimum initial investment of $2 million and a minimum account balance of $1 million. Institutional Class shares are offered without a front-end sales charge or CDSC.

At June 30, 2013, the Trust consisted of fifty-one separate funds. This report covers the Managed Commodities Strategy Fund, the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and the Commodities Strategy Fund (collectively, the “Funds”). Only A-Class, C-Class, H-Class, Y-Class and Institutional Class shares had been issued by the Funds.

Guggenheim Investments (“GI”) provides advisory services and Rydex Fund Services, LLC (“RFS”) provides transfer agent, administrative and accounting services to the Trust. Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (“GDL”) acts as principal underwriter for the Trust. GI, RFS and GDL are affiliated entities.

Consolidation of Subsidiary

Each of the consolidated financial statements of the Funds include the accounts of a wholly-owned and controlled Cayman Islands subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). Significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation for the Funds.

Each Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in its Subsidiary which acts as an investment vehicle in order to effect certain investments consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies.

A summary of each Fund’s investment in its respective Subsidiary is as follows:

				% of Total
		Subsidiary		Net Assets
	Inception	Net Assets at		of the Fund at
	Date of	June 30,		June 30,
	Subsidiary	2013		2013
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	06/25/09	$	3,136,601		7.2	%
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	09/18/09		5,403,397		5.0	%
Commodities Strategy Fund	09/08/09		2,054,685		13.2	%

Significant Accounting Policies

The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Trust. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount 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 reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.

A. Equity securities listed on an exchange (New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or American Stock Exchange) are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the close of business on the NYSE, usually 4:00 p.m. on the valuation date. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ market system are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price on the valuation date.

Listed options are valued at the Official Settlement Price listed by the exchange, usually as of 4:00 p.m. Long options are valued using the bid price and short options are valued using the ask price. In the event that a settlement price is not available, fair valuation is enacted. Over-the-counter options are valued using the average bid price (for long options), or average ask price (for short options) obtained from one or more security dealers.

The value of futures contracts is accounted for using the unrealized gain or loss on the contracts that is determined by marking the contracts to their current realized settlement prices. Financial futures contracts are valued at the 4:00 p.m. price on the valuation date. In the event that the exchange for a specific futures contract closes earlier than 4:00 p.m., the futures contract is valued at the Official Settlement Price of the exchange. However, the underlying securities from which the futures contract value is derived

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are monitored until 4:00 p.m. to determine if fair valuation would provide a more accurate valuation.

Debt securities with a maturity of greater than 60 days at acquisition are valued at prices that reflect broker/dealer supplied valuations or are obtained from independent pricing services, which may consider the trade activity, treasury spreads, yields or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, and type, as well as prices quoted by dealers who make markets in such securities. Short-term debt securities with a maturity of 60 days or less at acquisition and repurchase agreements are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Open-end investment companies (“Mutual Funds”) are valued at their NAV as of the close of business on the valuation date. Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) and closed-end investment companies are valued at the last quoted sales price.

The value of swap agreements entered into by a Fund is accounted for using the unrealized gain or loss on the agreements that is determined by marking the agreements to the last quoted value of the index that the swap pertains to at the close of the NYSE. The swap’s market value is then adjusted to include dividends accrued, financing charges and/or interest associated with the swap agreements.

Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined in good faith by GI under the direction of the Board of Trustees using methods established or ratified by the Board of Trustees. These methods include, but are not limited to: (i) obtaining general information as to how these securities and assets trade; (ii) in connection with futures contracts and options thereupon, and other derivative investments, obtaining information as to how (a) these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the futures or other derivative markets, respectively, and (b) the securities underlying these contracts and other derivative investments trade in the cash market; and (iii) obtaining other information and considerations, including current values in related markets.

B. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded using the identified cost basis. Proceeds from lawsuits related to investment holdings are recorded as realized gains in the respective Fund. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, net of applicable taxes withheld by foreign countries. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is accrued on a daily basis. Distributions received from investments in REITs are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distribution by the issuer.

C. Distributions of net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

D. When a Fund engages in a short sale of a security, an amount equal to the proceeds is reflected as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the market value of the short sale. The Fund maintains a segregated account of cash and/or securities as collateral for short sales.

Fees, if any, paid to brokers to borrow securities in connection with short sales are recorded as interest expense. In addition, the Fund must pay out the dividend rate of the equity or coupon rate of the treasury obligation to the lender and record this as an expense. Short dividend or interest expense is a cost associated with the investment objective of short sales transactions, rather than an operational cost associated with the day-to-day management of any mutual fund. The Funds may also receive rebate income from the broker resulting from the investment of the proceeds from securities sold short.

E. Upon the purchase of an option, the premium paid is recorded as an investment, the value of which is marked-to-market daily. If a purchased option expires, the Fund realizes a loss in the amount of the cost of the option. When the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, it realizes a gain or loss depending on whether the proceeds from the closing sale transaction are greater or less than the cost of the option. If the Fund exercises a put option, it realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from such sale will be decreased by the premium originally paid. When the Fund exercises a call option, the cost of the security purchased by the Fund upon exercise increases by the premium originally paid.

When the Fund writes (sells) an option, an amount equal to the premium received is entered in that Fund’s accounting records as an asset and equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the option written. When a written option expires, or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, it realizes a gain (or loss if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was sold).

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F. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

G. Swap agreements are marked-to-market daily and the change, if any, is recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made as a result of an agreement or termination of the agreement are recognized as realized gains or losses.

H. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain and loss from investments.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies and currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions. Net unrealized exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at the fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

I. Certain U.S. Government and Agency Obligations are traded on a discount basis; the interest rates shown on the Schedules of Investments reflect the effective rates paid at the time of purchase by the Funds. Other securities bear interest at the rates shown, payable at fixed dates through maturity.

J. The Funds may leave cash overnight in their cash account with the custodian, U.S. Bank. Periodically, a Fund may have cash due to the custodian bank as an overdraft balance. A fee is incurred on this overdraft, calculated by multiplying the overdraft by a rate based on the federal funds rate.

Segregated cash with the broker is held as collateral for investments in derivative instruments such as futures contracts or swap agreements.

K. Interest and dividend income, most expenses, all realized gains and losses, and all unrealized gains and losses are allocated to the Classes based upon the value of the outstanding shares in each Class. Certain costs, such as distribution fees relating to A-Class shares and H-Class shares and service and distribution fees related to C-Class shares, are charged directly to specific Classes. In addition, certain expenses have been allocated to the individual Funds in the Trust on a pro rata basis upon the respective aggregate net assets of each Fund included in the Trust.

L. Throughout the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds and/or their affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

2. Financial Instruments

As part of their investment strategy, the Funds utilize short sales and a variety of derivative instruments including futures, options and swap agreements. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own. If the security sold short decreases in price between the time the Fund sells the security and closes its short position, that Fund will realize a gain on the transaction. Conversely, if the security increases in price during the period, that Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. The risk of such price increases is the principal risk of engaging in short sales.

A futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities or other instruments at a set price for delivery at a future date. There are significant risks associated with a Fund’s use of futures contracts and related options, including (i) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the underlying asset and the prices of futures contracts; (ii) there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; (iii) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (iv) government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. When investing in futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to

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the Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. A Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. Additionally, there is no guarantee that a Fund or an underlying fund could eliminate its exposure under an outstanding swap agreement by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same or another party.

An option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and the writer of the option the obligation to buy, the underlying security (put option) or the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of the option the obligation to sell, the underlying security (call option) at any time during the option period. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid. The risk in writing a call option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the underlying securities and a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market or, for over-the-counter options, because of the counterparty’s inability to perform.

In conjunction with the use of short sales, futures, options and swap agreements, the Funds are required to maintain collateral in various forms. The Funds use, where appropriate, depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes, or the repurchase agreements allocated to each Fund.

The Trust has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Trust monitors the counterparty credit risk.

3. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of an investment advisory contract, the Funds pay GI investment advisory fees calculated at the annualized rates below, based on the average daily net assets of the Funds:

	Management Fees
Fund	(as a % of Net Assets)
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund		0.90	%
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		1.15	%
Commodities Strategy Fund		0.75	%

GI has contractually agreed to waive the management fee it receives from each Subsidiary in an amount equal to the management fee paid to GI by the Subsidiary. This undertaking will continue in effect for so long as the Fund invests in the Subsidiary, and may not be terminated by GI unless GI obtains the prior approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees for such termination. In any event, this undertaking will continue through April 30, 2014.

As part of its agreement with the Trust, GI will pay all expenses of the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except interest expense, taxes (expected to be de minimis), brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with execution of portfolio transactions, short dividend expenses, subsidiary expenses and extraordinary expenses.

RFS provides transfer agent and administrative services to the Funds for fees calculated at an annualized rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of A-Class, C-Class, H-Class and Institutional Class, and 0.20% of the average daily net assets of Y-Class. Fees related to the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund are paid by GI, as previously noted.

RFS also provides accounting services to the Funds for fees calculated at annualized rates below, based on the average daily net assets each Fund. Fees related to the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund are paid by GI, as previously noted.

Fund Accounting Fees	(as a % of Net Assets)
On the first $250 million		0.10	%
On the next $250 million		0.075	%
On the next $250 million		0.05	%
Over $750 million		0.03	%

RFS engages external service providers to perform other necessary services for the Trust, such as audit and accounting related services, legal services, custody, printing and mailing, etc., on a pass through basis. Such expenses vary from Fund to Fund and are allocated to the Funds based on relative net assets. Certain expenses allocated to the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund are paid by GI, as previously noted.

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The Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan applicable to A-Class shares and H-Class shares for which GDL and other firms that provide distribution and/or shareholder services (“Service Providers”) may receive compensation. If a Service Provider provides distribution services, the Trust will pay distribution fees to GDL at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. GDL, in turn, will pay the Service Provider out of its fees. GDL may, at its discretion, retain a portion of such payments to compensate itself for distribution services.

The Trust has adopted a separate Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan applicable to its C-Class shares that allows the Funds to pay annual distribution and service fees of 1.00% of the Funds’ C-Class shares average daily net assets. The annual 0.25% service fee compensates the shareholder’s financial advisor for providing ongoing services to the shareholder. The annual distribution fee of 0.75% reimburses GDL for paying the shareholder’s financial advisor an ongoing sales commission. GDL advances the first year’s service and distribution fees to the financial advisor. GDL retains the service and distribution fees on accounts with no authorized dealer of record.

For the period ended June 30, 2013, GDL retained sales charges of $158,835 relating to sales of A-Class shares of the Trust.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also officers of GI, RFS and GDL.

4. Fair Value Measurement

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. A three-tier hierarchy is utilized to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments. The 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 (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets at June 30, 2013:

	Level 1		Level 1		Level 2		Level 2		Level 3
	Investments		Other Financial		Investments		Other Financial		Investments
	In Securities		Instruments*		In Securities		Instruments*		In Securities		Total
Assets
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	4,796,955	$	2,079,253	$	32,029,177	$	—	$	—	$	38,905,385
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		78,996,969		2,829,805		9,959,048		230,649		—		92,016,471
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		5,279		1,062,478		—		—		1,067,757
Liabilities
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	—	$	3,121,674	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	3,121,674
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		49,054,599		1,699,834		—		—		—		50,754,433
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		115,662		—		—		—		115,662

* Other financial instruments may include futures contracts and/or swaps, which are reported as unrealized gain/loss at period end.

For the period ended June 30, 2013, there were no transfers between levels.

5. Repurchase Agreements

The Funds transfer uninvested cash balances into a single joint account, the daily aggregate balance of which is invested in one or more repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government Agencies. The collateral is in the possession of the

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Funds’ custodian and is evaluated to ensure that its market value exceeds, at a minimum, 102% of the original face amount of the repurchase agreements. Each Fund holds a pro rata share of the collateral based on the dollar amount of the repurchase agreement entered into by each Fund.

At June 30, 2013, the repurchase agreements in the joint account were as follows:

Counterparty and Terms of Agreement	Face Value		Repurchase Price		Collateral	Par Value		Fair Value
HSBC Group					Fannie Mae
0.07%					0.50% - 0.65%
Due 07/01/13	$	860,000,000	$	860,005,017	10/22/15 - 05/27/16	$	298,566,000	$	299,638,582
					Freddie Mac
					0.50% - 0.60%
					10/09/15 - 03/28/16		250,000,000		251,160,833
					Federal Home Loan Bank
					0.13%
					03/19/14		200,000,000		200,947,222
					Federal Farm Credit Bank
					0.30%
					06/04/15		125,000,000		125,454,167
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.					U.S. Treasury Note
0.06%					0.88%
Due 07/01/13		147,807,111		147,807,850	01/31/18		152,694,700		150,763,344
Deutsche Bank					U.S. Treasury Note
0.06%					0.25%
Due 07/01/13		60,000,000		60,000,300	09/15/15		61,428,800		61,200,019

In the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to collect the collateral to offset losses incurred. There is potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral securities, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights. The Funds’ investment advisor, acting under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, reviews the value of the collateral and the creditworthiness of those banks and dealers with which the Funds enter into repurchase agreements to evaluate potential risks.

6. Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why the Funds use derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Funds’ financial position and results of operations.

The following Funds utilized derivatives for the following purposes:

Fund	Index Exposure	Liquidity	Hedging	Income	Speculation
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	x	x
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund			x	x	x
Commodities Strategy Fund	x	x

The following table represents the notional amount of derivative instruments outstanding, as an approximate percentage of the Funds’ net assets on a daily basis.

	Approximate percentage
	of Fund’s net assets on
		a daily basis
Fund	Long	Short
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	105%		—
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	55%		55	%
Commodities Strategy Fund	100%		—

The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2013:

Derivative Investment Type	Asset Derivatives	Liability Derivatives
Equity/Commodity contracts	Variation margin	Variation margin
	Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements	Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements
	Investments, at value	Options written, at value

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The following table sets forth the fair value of the Funds’ derivative investments categorized by primary risk exposure at June 30, 2013:

Asset Derivative Investments Value

							Options		Options
	Futures		Swaps		Futures		Written		Purchased		Total Value at
	Equity		Equity		Commodity		Commodity		Commodity		June 30,
Fund	Contracts*		Contracts		Contracts*		Contracts		Contracts		2013
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	—	$	—	$	73,153	$	—	$	2,006,100	$	2,079,253
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		586,778		230,649		2,243,027		—		—		3,060,454
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		—		5,279		—		—		5,279

Liability Derivative Investments Value

							Options		Options
	Futures		Swaps		Futures		Written		Purchased		Total Value at
	Equity		Equity		Commodity		Commodity		Commodity		June 30,
Fund	Contracts*		Contracts		Contracts*		Contracts		Contracts		2013
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	—	$	—	$	2,552,624	$	569,050	$	—	$	3,121,674
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		673,474		—		1,026,360		—		—		1,699,834
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		—		115,662		—		—		115,662

* Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported on the Schedules of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Funds’ Statements of Operations for the period ended June 30, 2013:

Derivative Investment Type	Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
Equity/Commodity contracts	Net realized gain (loss) on swap agreements
	Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts
	Net realized gain (loss) on options purchased
	Net realized gain (loss) on options written
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on options purchased
	Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on options written

The following is a summary of the Funds’ realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivative investments recognized on the Statements of Operations categorized by primary risk exposure for the period ended June 30, 2013:

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statements of Operations

									Options			Options		Options
	Futures		Swaps			Futures			Written			Purchased		Purchased
	Equity		Equity			Commodity			Commodity			Commodity		Equity
Fund	Contracts*		Contracts			Contracts*			Contracts			Contracts		Contracts			Total
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	—	$	—		$	(16,410,514	)	$	(23,436	)	$	65,646	$	—		$	(16,368,304	)
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		1,057,164		(17,999	)		(25,233	)		—			—		(4,726	)		1,009,206
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		—			(299,235	)		—			—		—			(299,235	)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statements of Operations

									Options		Options		Options
	Futures			Swaps		Futures			Written		Purchased		Purchased
	Equity			Equity		Commodity			Commodity		Commodity		Equity
Fund	Contracts*			Contracts		Contracts*			Contracts		Contracts		Contracts		Total
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	—		$	—	$	(2,177,257	)	$	122,358	$	61,008	$	—	$	(1,993,891	)
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		(930,959	)		230,649		1,043,313			—		—		1,926		344,929
Commodities Strategy Fund		—			—		(496,321	)		—		—		—		(496,321	)

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7. Options Written

Transactions in options written during the period ended June 30, 2013 were as follows:

	Written Call Options
	Number of		Premium
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	contracts		amount
Balance at December 31, 2012		—	$	—
Options Written		110		648,093
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions		—		—
Options expired		—		—
Options exercised		—		—
Balance at June 30, 2013		110	$	648,093

	Written Put Options
	Number of			Premium
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	contracts			amount
Balance at December 31, 2012		—		$	—
Options Written		144			113,227
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions		(94	)		(69,912	)
Options expired		—			—
Options exercised		—			—
Balance at June 30, 2013		50		$	43,315

8. Federal Income Tax Information

The Funds intend to comply with the provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and distribute substantially all taxable net investment income and capital gains sufficient to relieve the Funds from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax is required.

Tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns are evaluated to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken, or to be taken, on Federal income tax returns for all open tax years (fiscal years 2009-2012), and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.

The Managed Commodities Strategy Fund, the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and the Commodities Strategy Fund intend to invest up to 25% of their assets in the Subsidiary which is expected to provide the Funds with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Managed Commodities Strategy Fund, the Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and the Commodities Strategy Fund have received a private letter ruling from the IRS that concludes that the income the Funds receive from the Subsidiary will constitute qualifying income for purposes of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Subsidiary will be classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A foreign corporation, such as the Subsidiary, will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless it is deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business.

In July 2011, the IRS notified the RIC industry that it would not issue further private letter rulings until the (IRS) staff could look at the overall set of issues and consider guidance of broader applicability.

The RIC Modernization Act of 2010 was signed into law on December 22, 2010. It simplified some of the tax provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, the tax reporting to their shareholders and improved the tax efficiency of certain fund structures. The changes were generally effective for taxable years beginning after the date of enactment.

One of the more prominent changes addresses capital loss carry forwards. Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. Under pre-enactment law, capital losses could be carried forward for eight years, and carried forward as short-term capital, irrespective of the character of the original loss. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carry forwards may potentially expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

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At June 30, 2013, the cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized gain for all securities for which there was an excess of value over tax cost and the aggregate gross unrealized loss for all securities for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:

			Tax		Tax			Net
	Tax		Unrealized		Unrealized			Unrealized
Fund	Cost		Gain		Loss			Gain (Loss)
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	71,218,580	$	—	$	(32,386,348	)	$	(32,386,348	)
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		83,580,281		6,397,239		(1,021,503	)		5,375,736
Commodities Strategy Fund		1,432,658		—		(370,180	)		(370,180	)

9. Securities Transactions

For the period ended June 30, 2013, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding government securities and short-term investments, were as follows:

Fund	Purchases		Sales
Managed Commodities Strategy Fund	$	20,004,740	$	5,842,296
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund		44,221,201		43,610,488
Commodities Strategy Fund		—		—

10. Line of Credit

The Trust, along with other affiliated trusts, secured an uncommitted, $75,000,000 line of credit from U.S. Bank, N.A., which expires June 15, 2014. This line of credit is reserved for emergency or temporary purposes. Borrowings, if any, under this arrangement bear interest equal to the Prime Rate, minus 2%, which shall be paid monthly, averaging 1.25% for the period ended June 30, 2013. The Funds did not have any borrowings under this agreement at June 30, 2013, and did not participate in borrowing during the period.

11. Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Funds may lend their securities to approved brokers to earn additional income. Security lending income shown on the statement of operations is shown net of rebates paid to the borrowers and earnings on cash collateral investments shared with the lending agent. Within this arrangement, the Funds act as the lender, Credit Suisse acts as the lending agent, and other approved registered broker dealers act as the borrowers. The Funds receive cash collateral, valued at 102% of the value of the securities on loan. Under the terms of the Funds’ securities lending agreement with Credit Suisse, cash collateral is invested in one or more joint repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury or Government Agencies and cash. The Funds bear the risk of loss on cash collateral investments. Collateral is maintained over the life of the loan in an amount not less than the value of loaned securities, as determined at the close of fund business each day; any additional collateral required due to changes in security values is delivered to the Funds the next business day. Although the collateral mitigates the risk, the Funds could experience a delay in recovering its securities and a possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return the securities. The Funds have the right under the securities lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

At June 30, 2013, the Funds participated in securities lending as follows:

			Cash
	Value of		Collateral
Fund	Securities Loaned		Received
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	$	103,387	$	110,298

The following represents a breakdown of the collateral for the joint repurchase agreements at June 30, 2013:

Counterparty and Terms of Agreement	Face Value		Repurchase Price		Collateral	Par Value		Fair Value
HSBC Securities, Inc.					Federal Home Loan Bank
0.11%					0.00%
Due 07/01/13	$	53,372,568	$	53,373,221	09/06/13	$	21,437,136	$	21,434,991
					Federal Home Loan Bank
					0.00%
					11/15/13		33,019,728		33,009,492
RBS Securities, Inc.					Federal Home Loan Bank
0.10%					3.18%
Due 07/01/13		6,242,589		6,242,659	11/26/32		6,905,520		6,370,458

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12. Legal Proceedings

Tribune Company

Rydex Series Funds has been named as a defendant in the case entitled Marc S. Kirscher, as Litigation Trustee for the Tribune Litigation Trust v. FitzSimons, No. 12-2652 (S.D.N.Y.) (formerly Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Co. v. FitzSimons, Adv. Pro. No. 10-54010 (Bankr. D. Del.)) (the “FitzSimons” Action), as a result of the ownership of shares in the Tribune Company (“Tribune”) in 2007 by certain series of the Rydex Series Funds when Tribune effected a leveraged buyout transaction (“LBO”) by which Tribune converted to a privately-held company. The plaintiff has alleged that, in connection with the LBO, insiders and shareholders were paid for their Tribune stock using financing that the insiders knew would, and ultimately did, leave the Tribune insolvent. The plaintiff has asserted claims against certain insiders, shareholders, professional advisers, and others involved in the LBO, and is attempting to obtain from these individuals and entities the proceeds paid out in connection with the LBO.

Rydex Series Funds also has been named as a defendant in one or more of a group of lawsuits filed by a group of Tribune creditors that allege state law constructive fraudulent conveyance claims against former Tribune shareholders (the “SLCFC actions”).

The FitzSimons action and the SLCFC actions have been consolidated with the majority of the other Tribune LBO-related lawsuits in a multidistrict litigation proceeding captioned In re Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litig., No. 11-md-2696 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “MDL Proceeding”). On November 6, 2012, the defendants moved to dismiss the SLCFC actions. On December 21, 2012, the plaintiffs filed a memorandum in opposition to the motion to dismiss. On February 4, 2013, the defendants filed a reply in support of the motion to dismiss. The Court has not yet issued a decision on the motion.

None of these lawsuits allege any wrongdoing on the part of Rydex Series Funds. The following series of Rydex Series Funds held shares of Tribune and tendered these shares as part of Tribune’s LBO: Nova Fund, S&P 500^® Pure Value Fund, Multi-Cap Core Equity Fund, S&P 500^® Fund, Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund and Hedged Equity Fund (the “Funds”). The value of the proceeds received by the foregoing Funds was $28,220, $109,242, $9,860, $3,400, $1,181,160, and $10,880, respectively. At this stage of the proceedings, Rydex Series Funds is not able to make a reliable predication as to the outcome of these lawsuits or the effect, if any, on a Fund’s net asset value.

Lyondell Chemical Company

In December 2011, Rydex Series Funds was named as a defendant in Weisfelner, as Trustee of the LB Creditor Trust, v. Fund 1 (In re Lyondell Chemical Co.), Adv. Pro. No. 10-4609 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.).

Similar to the claims made in the Tribune matter, the Weisfelner complaint seeks to have set aside and recovered as fraudulent transfers from former Lyondell Chemical Company (“Lyondell”) shareholders the consideration paid to them pursuant to the cash out merger of Lyondell shareholders in connection with the combination of Lyondell and Basell AF in 2007. Lyondell filed for bankruptcy in 2008.

A motion to dismiss is currently pending before the Bankruptcy Court.

This lawsuit does not allege any wrongdoing on the part of Rydex Series Funds. The following series of Rydex Series Funds received cash proceeds from the cash out merger in the following amounts: Basic Materials Fund - $1,725,168; U.S. Long Short Momentum Fund - $2,193,600; Global 130/30 Strategy Fund - $37,920; Hedged Equity Fund - $1,440; and Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund - $1,116,480. At this stage of the proceedings, Rydex Series Funds is not able to make a reliable predication as to the outcome of these lawsuits or the effect, if any, on a Fund’s net asset value.

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13. Offsetting

In the normal course of business, the Funds may have entered in transactions subject to enforceable master netting arrangements or other similar arrangements. Generally, the right to offset in those agreements allows the funds to counteract the exposure to a specific counterparty with collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the arrangements. These arrangements provide for the right to liquidate upon the occurrence of an event of default, credit event upon merger or additional termination event.

The following tables present derivative financial instruments and secured financing transactions that are subject to enforceable netting arrangements and offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities in conformity with U.S. GAAP.

								Gross Amounts Not Offset
								in the Statement of Assets
								and Liabilities
						Net Amount of Assets
				Gross Amounts Offset		Presented on the				Cash
		Gross Amounts of		in the Statement of		Statement of Assets		Financial		Collateral		Net
Fund	Instrument1	Recognized Assets		Assets and Liabilities		and Liabilities		Instrument		Received2		Amount
Managed Commodities
Strategy Fund	Futures Commodity Contracts	$	73,153	$	—	$	73,153	$	—	$	—	$	73,153
	Options Purchased Equity Contracts		2,006,100		—		2,006,100		—		—		2,006,100
	Repurchase agreements		1,628,230		—		1,628,230		—		1,628,230		—
Total			3,707,483		—		3,707,483		—		1,628,230		2,079,253
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	Futures Commodity Contracts		2,829,805		—		2,829,805		—		—		2,829,805
	Swaps Equity Contracts		230,649		—		230,649		—		—		230,649
	Repurchase agreements		9,959,048		—		9,959,048		—		9,959,048		—
	Securities lending		103,387		—		103,387		—		103,387		—
Total			13,122,889		—		13,122,889		—		10,062,435		3,060,454
Commodities Strategy Fund	Futures Commodity Contracts		5,279		—		5,279		—		—		5,279
	Repurchase agreements		1,062,478		—		1,062,478		—		1,062,478		—
Total			1,067,757		—		1,067,757		—		1,062,478		5,279

								Gross Amounts Not Offset
								in the Statement of Assets
								and Liabilities
						Net Amount of
				Gross Amounts Offset		Liabilities Presented				Cash
		Gross Amounts of		in the Statement of		on the Statement of		Financial		Collateral		Net
Fund	Instrument1	Recognized Liabilities		Assets and Liabilities		Assets and Liabilities		Instrument		Pledged2		Amount
Managed Commodities
Strategy Fund	Futures Commodity Contracts	$	2,552,624	$	—	$	2,552,624	$	—	$	—	$	2,552,624
	Options Written Equity Contracts		569,050		—		569,050		—		—		569,050
Total			3,121,674		—		3,121,674		—		—		3,121,674
Multi-Hedge Strategies Fund	Futures Commodity Contracts		1,699,834		—		1,699,834		—		—		1,699,834
	Securities lending		110,298		—		110,298		—		110,298		—
Total			1,810,132		—		1,810,132		—		110,298		1,699,834
Commodities Strategy Fund	Futures Commodity Contracts		115,662		—		115,662		—		—		115,662

¹ Refer to notes 5 and 11 for additional information regarding repurchase agreements and securities lending arrangements, respectively.

² Excludes maintenance margin deposits held at the broker related to derivatives. These amounts are reflected as Segregated cash with broker on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Proxy Voting Information

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1.800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.820.0888. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules Information

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q; which are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and that information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. Copies of the portfolio holdings are also available to shareholders, without charge and upon request, by calling 1.800.820.0888.

Office Locations

The offices of Guggenheim Investments can be found in the following locations:

40 East 52nd Street

16th Floor

New York, NY 10022

(Headquarters)

Four Irvington Centre

805 King Farm Boulevard

Suite 600

Rockville, MD 20850

9401 Indian Creek Parkway

40 Corporate Woods

Suite 850

Overland Park, KS 66210

Distributor Name Change

Effective January 1, 2013, Rydex Distributors, LLC changed its name to Guggenheim Distributors, LLC. The name change marks another step in the business integration process following the acquisition of Rydex by Guggenheim announced last year. The name change did not result in any material change to the day-to-day management or operations of the funds.

Board Considerations in Approving the Investment Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meetings of the Rydex Series Funds’ (the “Trust”) Board of Trustees (the “Board”) held on May 16 and June 5, 2013 (collectively, the “Meetings”), called for the purpose of, among other things, consideration of, and voting on, the approval and continuation of the investment advisory agreement applicable to the series of the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), the Board, including the Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Trust (“Independent Trustees”), unanimously approved the continuation of the investment advisory agreement (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and Security Investors, LLC (referred to herein as the “Adviser”) with respect to each of the Funds for an additional one-year period, based on the Board’s review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by the Adviser.

In reaching the conclusion to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Independent Trustees requested and obtained from the Adviser such information as the Independent Trustees deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Independent Trustees carefully evaluated this information and were advised by independent legal counsel with respect to their deliberations. In addition, the Board also received a memorandum from Fund counsel regarding the responsibilities of the Board for the

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approval of investment advisory agreements, and the Independent Trustees met in executive session outside the presence of Fund management, and participated in question and answer sessions with representatives of the Adviser.

In considering the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board determined that the agreement would enable shareholders of the Funds to continue to obtain high quality services at a cost that was appropriate, reasonable, and in the best interests of their shareholders. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the continuation of the existing Investment Advisory Agreement. In reaching their decision, the Trustees carefully considered information that they had received throughout the year as part of their regular oversight of the Funds, including, in particular, information from the Adviser that the Board had received relating to Investment Advisory Agreement at the Meetings. The Trustees noted that, at the Meetings, they had obtained and reviewed a wide variety of information, including certain comparative information regarding performance of the Funds relative to performance of other comparable funds.

As a part of their consideration of the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement at the Meetings, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, had evaluated a number of considerations, including among others: (a) the nature and quality of the Adviser’s investment advisory and other services; (b) the Adviser’s investment management personnel; (c) the Adviser’s operations and financial condition; (d) the Adviser’s brokerage practices (including any soft dollar arrangements) and investment strategies; (e) the level of the fees that the Adviser charges compared with the fees charged to comparable funds or accounts, giving special attention to the absence of breakpoints in these fees and the rationale provide by the Advisor as to why the addition of breakpoints was not currently appropriate; (f) each Fund’s overall fees and operating expenses compared with similar funds; (g) the level of the Adviser’s profitability from its Fund-related operations; (h) the Adviser’s compliance systems; (i) the Adviser’s policies and compliance procedures applicable to personal securities transactions; (j) the Adviser’s reputation, expertise and resources in the financial markets; and (k) Fund performance compared with similar funds. In its deliberations, the Board did not identify any single piece of information that was all-important or controlling. Based on the Board’s deliberations at the Meetings, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, unanimously: (a) concluded that terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable; (b) concluded that the Adviser’s fees were reasonable in light of the services that it provides to the Funds; and (c) agreed to approve and continue the Investment Advisory Agreement based upon the following considerations, among others:

• Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Adviser. At the Meetings, the Board reviewed the scope of services to be provided by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement and noted that there would be no significant differences between the scope of services required to be provided by the Adviser for the past year and the scope of services required to be provided during the upcoming year. The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s representations to the Board that the Adviser would continue to provide investment and related services that were of materially the same quality and quantity as services provided to the Funds in the past, and that these services are appropriate in scope and extent in light of the Funds’ operations, the competitive landscape of the investment company business and investor needs.

• Fund Expenses and Performance of the Funds and the Adviser. At the Meetings, the Board reviewed statistical information provided by the Adviser regarding the expense ratio components and performance of each Fund. The Adviser engaged FUSE Research Network LLC (“FUSE”), an independent, third party research provider, to prepare advisory contract renewal reports to help the Board fulfill its advisory contract renewal responsibilities. The objective of the reports is to present the subject Funds’ relative position regarding fees, expenses and total return performance, with peer group and universe comparisons. This statistical information related to the expense ratio components included actual advisory fees, waivers/reimbursements, and gross and net total expenses for each Fund in comparison to other funds determined by FUSE to comprise each Fund’s applicable peer group. The Board also considered the Adviser’s representation that it found the peer groups compiled by FUSE to be appropriate. The statistical information related to the performance of each Fund included three month and one, three, and five year performance for the Fund compared to its peers.

• Costs of Services Provided to the Funds and Profits Realized by the Adviser and its Affiliates. At the Meetings, the Board had reviewed information about the profitability of the Funds to the Adviser based on the advisory fees payable under the current Investment Advisory Agreement for the last calendar year. At the Meetings, the Board also analyzed the Funds’ expenses, including the investment advisory fees paid to the Adviser, and reviewed reports comparing the expense ratios of the Funds to those of other comparable funds. The Board also reviewed information regarding the direct revenue received by the Advisor and ancillary revenue received by the Advisor and/ or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Funds by the Advisor and/or its affiliates. The Board also discussed the Advisor’s profit margin as reflected in the Adviser’s profitability analysis.

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OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (concluded)

• Economies of Scale. In connection with its review of the Funds’ profitability analysis at the Meetings, the Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result from increases in the Funds’ asset levels. The Trustees noted that the fees would not change due to breakpoints under the current Investment Advisory Agreement, and that no additional economies of scale would be directly realized as a result of increases in the asset levels of the Funds. In light of the relatively small size of many of the Funds and the fact that the size of individual Funds in the complex increases and decreases significantly from time to time due to unlimited trading that is permitted among most of the Funds in the complex, the Board concluded that economies of scale were not likely to be directly realized as a result of increases in the asset levels of the individual Funds, and accordingly, fee breakpoints were not currently appropriate for the Funds.

• Other Benefits to the Adviser and/or its Affiliates. In addition to evaluating the services provided by the Adviser, the Board had considered the nature, extent, quality and cost of the administrative, distribution, and shareholder services performed by the Adviser’s affiliates under separate agreements at the Meetings. The Board noted that the Adviser reports portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds placed through an affiliate of the Funds or the Adviser at each quarterly Board meeting.

On the basis of the information provided to it and its evaluation of that information, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Funds were reasonable, and that approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement was in the best interests of the Funds.

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited)

A Board of Trustees oversees the Trust, as well as other trusts of GI, in which its members have no stated term of service, and continue to serve after election until resignation. The Statement of Additional Information includes further information about Fund Trustees and Officers, and can be obtained without charge by calling 800.820.0888.

All Trustees and Officers may be reached c/o Guggenheim Investments, 805 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 600, Rockville, MD 20850.

TRUSTEE AND OFFICER
Name and	Length of Service as Trustee	Number of Funds
Year of Birth	(Year Began)	Overseen
Donald C. Cacciapaglia*	Rydex Series Funds – 2012	136
(1951)	Rydex Variable Trust – 2012
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 2012
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2012

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Security Investors, LLC: President and CEO from April 2012 to present; Guggenheim Investments: President and Chief Administrative Officer from February 2010 to present; Previous: Channel Capital Group, Inc.: Chairman and CEO from April 2002 to February 2010

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 2012 to present; President from 2012 to present

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
Name and	Length of Service as Trustee	Number of Funds
Year of Birth	(Year Began)	Overseen
Corey A. Colehour	Rydex Series Funds – 1993	136
(1945)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired; Previous: President and Senior Vice President of Schield Management Company (registered investment adviser) from 2003 to 2006

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1993 to present; Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 1995 to present

J. Kenneth Dalton	Rydex Series Funds – 1995	136
(1941)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1995 to present; Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee from 1997 to present; Member of the Governance and Nominating Committees from 1995 to present; and Member of the Risk Oversight Committee from 2010 to present

John O. Demaret	Rydex Series Funds – 1997	136
(1940)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1997 to present; Chairman of the Board from 2006 to present; Member of the Audit Committee from 1997 to present; and Member of the Risk Oversight Committee from 2010 to present

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited) (continued)

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES – concluded
Name and	Length of Service as Trustee	Number of Funds
Year of Birth	(Year Began)	Overseen
Werner E. Keller	Rydex Series Funds – 2005	136
(1940)	Rydex Variable Trust – 2005
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 2005
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2005

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Founder and President of Keller Partners, LLC (investment research firm) from 2005 to present; Previous: Retired from 2001 to 2005

Positions held within the Trust: Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2010 to present; Trustee and Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 2005 to present; and Chairman and Member of the Risk Oversight Committee from 2010 to present

Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.	Rydex Series Funds – 2005	136
(1960)	Rydex Variable Trust – 2005
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 2005
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2005

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: President of Global Trends Investments (registered investment adviser) from 1996 to present

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee and Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 2005 to present

Patrick T. McCarville	Rydex Series Funds – 1997	136
(1942)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Retired; Previous: Chief Executive Officer of Par Industries, Inc., d/b/a Par Leasing from 1977 to 2010

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1997 to present; Member of the Audit Committee from 1997 to present; and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committees from 1997 to present

Roger Somers	Rydex Series Funds – 1993	136
(1944)	Rydex Variable Trust – 1998
	Rydex Dynamic Funds – 1999
	Rydex ETF Trust – 2003

Principal Occupations During Past Five Years: Current: Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Arrow Limousine from 1965 to present

Positions held within the Trust: Trustee from 1993 to present; Member of the Audit and Governance and Nominating Committees from 1995 to present

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Name, Position and	Principal Occupations
Year of Birth	During Past Five Years

Michael P. Byrum* Vice President (1970)

Current: President, Security Benefit Asset Management Holdings, LLC; Senior Vice President, Security Investors, LLC; President & Chief Investment Officer, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Director & Chairman of the Board, Advisor Research Center, Inc.; and Manager, Rydex Specialized Products, LLC

Previous: Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (f/k/a Rydex Distributors, LLC), Vice President (2009); Rydex Fund Services, LLC, Director (2009–2010), Secretary (2002–2010), Executive Vice President (2002–2006); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.), Director (2008–2010), Chief Investment Officer (2006–2010), President (2004–2010), Secretary (2002–2010); Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Director (2008–2010), Chief Investment Officer (2006–2010), President (2004–2010), Secretary (2002–2010); Rydex Capital Partners, LLC, President & Secretary (2003–2007); Rydex Capital Partners II, LLC, (2003–2007); Rydex Holdings, LLC (f/k/a Rydex Holdings, Inc.), Secretary (2005–2008), Executive Vice President (2005–2006); Advisor Research Center, Inc., Secretary (2006–2009), Executive Vice President (2006); and Rydex Specialized Products, LLC, Secretary (2005–2008)

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INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (Unaudited) (concluded)

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS – concluded

Name, Position and	Principal Occupations
Year of Birth	During Past Five Years

Nikolaos Bonos* Vice President and Treasurer (1963)	Current: Senior Vice President, Security Investors, LLC; Chief Executive Officer & Manager, Rydex Specialized Products, LLC; Chief Executive Officer & President, Rydex Fund Services, LLC; Vice President, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Treasurer, SBL Fund; Security Equity Fund; Security Income Fund; Security Large Cap Value Fund & Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; and Vice President, Security Benefit Asset Management Holdings, LLC
	Previous: Security Global Investors, LLC, Senior Vice President (2010–2011); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.) Senior Vice President (2006–2011); Rydex Fund Services, LLC (f/k/a Rydex Fund Services, Inc.), Director (2009) & Senior Vice President (2003–2006); and Rydex Specialized Products, LLC, Chief Financial Officer (2005–2009)
Elisabeth Miller* Chief Compliance Officer (1968)	Current: Chief Compliance Officer, Rydex Series Funds, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust, Rydex ETF Trust, Security Equity Fund, Security Income Fund, Security Large Cap Value Fund, Security Mid Cap Growth Fund, SBL Fund, Security Investors, LLC, and Guggenheim Distributors, LLC
	Previous: Senior Manager, Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Distributors, LLC (2004–2009)
Amy J. Lee* Vice President and Secretary (1961)	Current: Managing Director, Guggenheim Investments; Senior Vice President & Secretary, Security Investors, LLC; Secretary & Vice President, Rydex ETF Trust, Rydex Dynamic Funds, Rydex Variable Trust, SBL Fund, Security Equity Fund, Security Income Fund, Security Large Cap Value Fund and Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; Vice President & Secretary, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Secretary, Advisor Research Center, Inc., Guggenheim Specialized Products, LLC, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC and Rydex Fund Services, LLC
	Previous: Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security Benefit Corporation (1987–2012); Security Global Investors, LLC, Senior Vice President & Secretary (2007–2011); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a/ PADCO Advisors, Inc.) & Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Senior Vice President & Secretary (2010–2011)
Joseph M. Arruda* Assistant Treasurer (1966)	Current: Assistant Treasurer, SBL Fund; Security Equity Fund; Security Income Fund; Security Large Cap Value Fund & Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; Vice President, Security Investors, LLC; and Chief Financial Officer & Manager, Rydex Specialized Products, LLC
	Previous: Security Global Investors, LLC, Vice President (2010–2011); and Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.) & Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Vice President (2004–2011)

* Officers of the Funds are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Trust, within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, inasmuch as this person is affiliated with Guggenheim Investments.

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GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY POLICIES

Rydex Funds, Guggenheim Funds, Rydex Investments, Guggenheim Distributors, LLC, Security Investors, LLC, Security Distributors, Inc. and Rydex Advisory Services (Collectively “Guggenheim Investments”).

Our Commitment to You

When you become a Guggenheim Investments investor, you entrust us with not only your hard-earned money but also with personal and financial information about you. We recognize that your relationship with us is based on trust and that you expect us to act responsibly and in your best interests. Because we have access to this private information about you, we hold ourselves to the highest standards in its safekeeping and use. This means, most importantly, that we do not sell client information to anyone—whether it is your personal information or if you are a current or former Guggenheim Investments client.

The Information We Collect About You

In the course of doing business with shareholders and investors, we collect nonpublic personal information about you. You typically provide personal information when you complete a Guggenheim Investments account application or when you request a transaction that involves Rydex and Guggenheim Investments funds or one of the Guggenheim Investments affiliated companies. “Nonpublic personal information” is personally identifiable private information about you. For example, it includes information regarding your name and address, Social Security or taxpayer identification number, assets, income, account balance, bank account information and investment activity (e.g., purchase and redemption history).

How We Handle Your Personal Information

As emphasized above, we do not sell information about current or former clients or their accounts to third parties. Nor do we share such information, except when necessary to complete transactions at your request or to make you aware of related investment products and services that we offer. Additional details about how we handle your personal information are provided below. To complete certain transactions or account changes that you direct, it may be necessary to provide identifying information to companies, individuals or groups that are not affiliated with Guggenheim Investments. For example, if you ask to transfer assets from another financial institution to Guggenheim Investments, we will need to provide certain information about you to that company to complete the transaction. To alert you to other Guggenheim Investments investment products and services, we may share your information within the Guggenheim Investments family of affiliated companies. This would include, for example, sharing your information within Guggenheim Investments so we can make you aware of new Rydex and Guggenheim Investments funds or the services offered through another Guggenheim Investments affiliated company. In certain instances, we may contract with nonaffiliated companies to perform services for us. Where necessary, we will disclose information we have about you to these third parties. In all such cases, we provide the third party with only the information necessary to carry out its assigned responsibilities and only for that purpose. And we require these third parties to treat your private information with the same high degree of confidentiality that we do. In certain instances, we may share information with other financial institutions regarding individuals and entities in response to the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Finally, we will release information about you if you direct us to do so, if we are compelled by law to do so or in other circumstances permitted by law.

Opt Out Provisions

We do not sell your personal information to anyone. The law allows you to “opt out” of only certain kinds of information sharing with third parties. The firm does not share personal information about you with any third parties that triggers this opt-out right. This means YOU ARE ALREADY OPTED OUT.

How We Protect Privacy Online

Our concern for the privacy of our shareholders also extends to those who use our web site, guggenheiminvestments.com. Our web site uses some of the most secure forms of online communication available, including encryption technology, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, firewalls and user names and passwords. These technologies provide a high level of security and privacy when you access your account information or initiate online transactions. The Guggenheim Investments web site offers customized features that require our use of “http cookies”—tiny pieces of information that we ask your browser to store. However, we make very limited use of these cookies. We only use cookies for session management and security features on the Guggenheim Investments web site. We do not use them to pull data from your hard drive, to learn your email address, or to view data in cookies created by other web sites. We will not share the information in our cookies or give others access to it. See the legal information area on our web site for more details about web site security and privacy features.

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GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY POLICIES (concluded)

How We Safeguard Your Personal Information

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about shareholders to our employees and in some cases to third parties (for example, the service providers described above) as permitted by law. We maintain strict physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

We’ll Keep You Informed

As required by federal law, we will notify shareholders of our privacy policy annually. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time, but rest assured that if we do change it, we will tell you promptly. You will also be able to access our privacy policy from our web site at guggenheiminvestments.com. Should you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, contact us at 800.820.0888 or 301.296.5100.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable at this time.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable at this time.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable at this time.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a)(2) Separate certifications by the President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are attached.

(b) Separate certifications by the registrant’s President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) are attached.

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) Rydex Series Funds

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia             

Donald C. Cacciapaglia, President

Date September 06, 2013

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 (Signature and Title)* /s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia             

Donald C. Cacciapaglia, President

Date September 06, 2013

By (Signature and Title)*   /s/ Nikolaos Bonos                          

Nikolaos Bonos, Vice President and Treasurer

Date September 06, 2013

^* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.

EX-99.CERT

EX.-12(a)(2)(i)

CERTIFICATION

I, Donald C. Cacciapaglia, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Rydex Series Funds;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 06, 2013
/s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia Donald C. Cacciapaglia,
President

EX.-12(a)(2)(ii)

CERTIFICATION

I, Nikolaos Bonos, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Rydex Series Funds;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 06, 2013
/s/ Nikolaos Bonos
Nikolaos Bonos,
Vice President & Treasurer

EX-99.CERT906

EX. –12(b)(i)

CERTIFICATION

I, Donald C. Cacciapaglia, President of Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”), certify that:

1. The Form N-CSR of the Trust (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Dated: September 06, 2013

/s/ Donald C. Cacciapaglia        

Donald C. Cacciapaglia,
President 

EX. –12(b)(ii)

CERTIFICATION

I, Nikolaos Bonos, Vice President and Treasurer of Rydex Series Funds (the “Trust”), certify that:

1. The Form N-CSR of the Trust (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Dated: September 06, 2013 

/s/Nikolaos Bonos                      
Nikolaos Bonos,
Vice President and Treasurer