UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 FORM N-CSRS Investment Company Act file number 811-8047 SCUDDER YIELDWISE FUNDS -------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 222 South Riverside Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60606 ------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (617) 295-2663 -------------- Salvatore Schiavone Two International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110 --------------------------------------- (Name and Address of Agent for Service) Date of fiscal year end: 7/31 Date of reporting period: 01/31/2005ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS
Scudder YieldWise FundsScudder YieldWise Money FundScudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money FundScudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | ||
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| Semiannual Report to Shareholders | |
| January 31, 2005 |
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Click Here Performance Summary Click Here Information About Each Fund's Expenses Click Here Portfolio Management Review Click Here Portfolio Summary Click Here Investment Portfolio Click Here Financial Statements Click Here Financial Highlights Click Here Notes to Financial Statements Click Here Account Management Resources Click Here Privacy Statement |
This report must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus. To obtain a prospectus for any of our funds, refer to the Account Management Resources information provided in the back of this booklet. We advise you to consider the fund's objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.
An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although money market funds seek to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in them. Please read this fund's prospectus for specific details regarding its risk profile.
Scudder Investments is part of Deutsche Asset Management, which is the marketing name in the US for the asset management activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., Deutsche Asset Management Inc., Deutsche Asset Management Investment Services Ltd., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Scudder Trust Company.
Fund shares are not FDIC-insured and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any bank. Fund shares involve investment risk, including possible loss of principal.
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Scudder YieldWise Money Fund
All performance shown is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.
The 7-day current yield reflects a partial fee waiver. Without this fee waiver the 7-day current yield would have been 1.84% as of January 31, 2005.
Yield Comparison |
[] Fund Yield [] First Tier Retail Money Fund Average |
Weekly 7-Day Current Yield |
Yields are historical, will fluctuate and do not guarantee future performance. Please call (800) 621-1048 for the Fund's most up-to-date performance.
Scudder YieldWise Money Fund is compared to its respective iMoneyNet Category: First Tier Retail Money Fund Average — Category includes a widely-recognized composite of money market funds that invest in only first tier (highest rating) securities. Portfolio Holdings of First Tier funds include US Treasury, US Other, Repos, Time Deposits, Domestic Bank Obligations, Foreign Bank Obligations, First Tier Commercial Paper, Floating Rate Notes and Asset Backed Commercial Paper.
7-day current yield is the annualized net investment income per share for the period shown. Gains or losses are not included.
Lipper Ranking — Money Market Instrument Fund Category as of 1/31/05 | ||||
Period | Rank |
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1-Year | 82 | of | 389 | 22 |
3-Year | 30 | of | 347 | 9 |
5-Year | 17 | of | 302 | 6 |
The Lipper Inc. ranking is based upon changes in net asset value with all dividends reinvested for the periods indicated as of 1/31/2005. The fund is compared to the Lipper Money Market Instrument Fund category. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future performance.
Source: Lipper Inc.
An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
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Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund
All performance shown is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.
The 7-day current yield reflects a partial fee waiver. Without this fee waiver the 7-day current yield would have been 1.66% as of January 31, 2005.
Yield Comparison |
[] Fund Yield [] Government & Agencies Retail Money Fund Average |
Weekly 7-Day Current Yield |
Yields are historical, will fluctuate and do not guarantee future performance. Please call (800) 621-1048 for the Fund's most up-to-date performance.
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund is compared to its respective iMoney Net Category: Government & Agencies Retail Money Fund Average — Category includes the most broadly based of the government retail funds. These funds can invest in US Treasuries, US Other, Repos, whether or not they are backed by US Treasuries and government-backed Floating Rate Notes.
7-day current yield is the annualized net investment income per share for the period shown. Gains or losses are not included.
Lipper Ranking — Government Money Market Fund Category as of 1/31/05 | ||||
Period | Rank |
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1-Year | 29 | of | 127 | 23 |
3-Year | 8 | of | 117 | 7 |
5-Year | 3 | of | 105 | 3 |
The Lipper Inc. ranking is based upon changes in net asset value with all dividends reinvested for the periods indicated as of 1/31/2005. The fund is compared to the Lipper Government Money Market Fund category. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future performance.
Source: Lipper Inc.
An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
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Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund
All performance shown is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.
The 7-day current yield reflects a partial fee waiver. Without this fee waiver the 7-day current yield would have been 1.23% as of January 31, 2005.
Yield Comparison |
[] Fund Yield [] National Tax-Free Retail Money Fund Average |
Weekly 7-Day Current Yield |
Yields are historical, will fluctuate and do not guarantee future performance. Income may be subject to state and local taxes and the alternative minimum tax. Please call (800) 621-1048 for the Fund's most up-to-date performance.
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund is compared to its respective iMoneyNet category: National Tax-Free Retail Money Fund Average — Category consists of all national tax-free and municipal retail funds. Portfolio Holdings of tax-free Funds include Rated and Unrated Demand Notes, Rated and Unrated General Market Notes; Commercial Paper; Put Bonds — 6 months and less; — over 6 months; AMT Paper and Other Tax-Free Holdings.
7-day current yield is the annualized net investment income per share for the period shown. Gains or losses are not included.
Lipper Ranking — Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund Category as of 1/31/05 | ||||
Period | Rank |
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1-Year | 47 | of | 132 | 36 |
3-Year | 15 | of | 118 | 12 |
5-Year | 4 | of | 106 | 4 |
The Lipper Inc. ranking is based upon changes in net asset value with all dividends reinvested for the periods indicated as of 1/31/2005. The fund is compared to the Lipper Tax-Free Money Market Fund category. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future performance.
Source: Lipper Inc.
An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
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As an investor, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section. The following tables are intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses (in dollars) of investing in each Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. In the most recent six-month period, each Fund limited these expenses; had it not done so, expenses would have been higher. The tables are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six-month period ended January 31, 2005.
The tables illustrate each Fund's expenses in two ways:
Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.
Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.
Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expense of owning different funds. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher.
* Expenses are equal to each Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by 365.
Annualized Expense Ratios |
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Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | .55% |
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | .54% |
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | .63% |
For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.
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In the following interview, Portfolio Managers Christine C. Haddad and Joseph Benevento discuss the market environment and the portfolio team's approach to managing Scudder YieldWise Funds during the most recent semiannual period ended January 31, 2005.
Q: Will you discuss the market environment during the six-month period?
A: The year 2004 began with positive economic momentum that carried over from 2003. US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was a healthy 4% for the first quarter of 2004, but job growth, a leading indicator of the health of the US economy, remained weak. The Federal Reserve (the Fed) seemed as if it might hold short-term interest rates steady for all of last year, which would have kept money market interest rates at a low level. As we moved into the second quarter of 2004, however, the rate of job growth picked up substantially. The early April non-farm payroll report showing that 300,000 jobs had been added indicated that the economy was in full recovery, meaning that the Fed would begin to raise rates. It also indicated that the yield curve would steepen substantially, meaning that longer-term money market yields would move higher in relation to shorter-term yields.1
1 Yield Curve — a graph with a left-to-right line that shows how high or low yields are, from the shortest to the longest maturities. Typically (and when the yield curve is characterized as ``steep'' this is especially true) the line rises from left to right as investors who are willing to tie up their money for a longer period of time are rewarded with higher yields.
With the job market back on track, the Fed raised short-term interest rates by 25 basis points (.25%) in June and at each of its four remaining meetings from July to December, to 2.25% on December 14, 2004. In the second half of the year, the US economic expansion displayed resiliency, maintaining a 4% growth rate while weathering a spike in oil prices up to $55 per barrel. One-year money market rates leveled off, as the market perceived that higher energy prices would dampen economic growth and lessen the need for the Fed to take action against inflation by hiking rates in a more aggressive fashion.
As we moved into the fourth quarter of 2004, inflationary pressures indeed began to take hold, and concern over the depreciation of the US dollar emerged as a financial market signal.2 However, the decisive conclusion to a tight presidential contest relieved much of the uncertainty that investors had felt at the start of the quarter. At the end of December, longer-term money market rates moved higher, reflecting a renewed confidence that the economy was on a firm footing and the Fed would continue to raise short-term interest rates at a "measured" pace. This reassured many investors that one-year money market rates would continue to move up in an orderly fashion. The one-year LIBOR rate, an industry standard for measuring one-year money market rates, closed 2004 at 3.10%, its highest level since March 2002.3 At the end of January, LIBOR stood at 3.26%.
2 A falling US dollar, caused by the US trade deficit, means that large foreign holders of US currency in the form of US Treasury securities may need to be compensated in the future with sharply higher interest rates to keep them from selling off their dollars in quantity and making foreign goods prohibitively expensive for US businesses and consumers. From time to time in recent months, a falling dollar has made some market participants more concerned that interest rates will spike.
3 LIBOR, or the London Interbank Offered Rate, is the most widely used benchmark or reference rate for short-term interest rates. LIBOR is the rate of interest at which banks borrow funds from other banks, in large volume, in the international market.
Q: How did the funds perform over the most recent semiannual period?
A: For the period, the funds registered favorable performance and achieved their stated objective of seeking maximum current income consistent with stability of principal (in the case of the Municipal Money Fund, to provide maximum current income that is exempt from regular federal taxes to the extent consistent with stability of principal).
Q: In light of market conditions during the period, what has been the strategy for Scudder YieldWise Money Fund?
A: In the second quarter, as we stated above, one-year money market rates rose sharply in response to concerns that the Fed would raise short-term interest rates aggressively over the next 12 to 24 months. Our strategy was to substantially decrease average maturity in order to reduce risk, limiting our purchases to three-month maturity issues and shorter.4 As we moved into the third quarter and short-term rates stabilized, we continued to reduce the fund's weighted average maturity, believing that higher oil prices were a short-term phenomenon and that a subsequent retraction in oil prices would allow the economy to continue on a steady growth path. Thus, to reduce risk further, we adjusted average maturity downward in expectation of future Fed rate hikes. As the fourth quarter began, and the yield curve once again began to steepen, we moved the fund's weighted average maturity down to an average of 40 days. We believe the fund's current positioning is in line with the market's expectation of a steady series of fed funds rate hikes. It also positions the fund for a possible increase of inflationary pressures, which could mean faster and sharper short-term interest rate increases by the Fed.
4 Shorter-term securities are generally less risky than longer-term securities, and are therefore potentially more attractive in a difficult environment.
During the semiannual period, we maintained a significant allocation in floating-rate securities. The interest rate of floating-rate securities adjusts periodically based on indices such as LIBOR and the federal funds rate. Because the interest rates of these instruments adjust as market conditions change, they provide flexibility in an uncertain interest rate environment. Our decision to increase the fund's allocation in this sector helped performance during the period.
Q: What has been the strategy for Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund?
A: Many investors have been waiting out the Federal Reserve's well-telegraphed series of interest rate hikes, and this has resulted in a ``flight to quality'' into government money market securities. For this reason, Treasury bills and Agency securities have become more expensive, and we have therefore increased the fund's allocation in repurchase agreements.5 In addition, we have shortened the weighted average maturity of the fund as a precautionary measure given the rising rate environment. Going forward, we will continue to monitor economic and inflation indicators to determine the speed in which interest rates may rise.
5 Repurchase Agreements (Repos) — an agreement between a seller and a buyer, usually of government securities, where the seller agrees to repurchase the securities at a given price and usually at a stated time. Repos are widely used money market instruments that serve as an interest bearing, short-term ``parking place'' for large sums of money.
Q: What has been the strategy for Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund?
A: We continued to focus on the highest-quality investments for the Municipal Money Fund while seeking competitive yields across the municipal investment spectrum. During the period, the tax-free money markets were forced to adjust to dramatic changes in supply, due to (1) the $15 billion of supply from California's Revenue Anticipation Notes and Revenue Anticipation Warrants that had entered the market back in October 2003, followed by (2) the sudden withdrawal of this supply from the market last June as California refunded the $15 billion of short-term debt, issuing longer-term debt in its place. It took over a month for the markets, and tax-exempt interest rates, to adjust after this significant withdrawal of supply. (A severe short-term squeeze on supply tends to push prices of tax-exempt money market securities higher, and their yields significantly lower.) Though we were invested in essential-service (such as water resource/power supply-related) bonds from California agencies and counties over the period, we avoided adding new state of California issues because of the state's unsettled financial situation.
Another event that created a temporary imbalance in the tax-free money markets was Microsoft's $30 billion dividend paid in December 2004. Because of automated exchanges of some of this money from brokerage accounts into tax-free money market funds, this event created a surge in demand for floating-rate securities and put significant downward pressure on their yields. Eventually, year-end redemptions and new issuance brought supply and demand within the tax-exempt money market back into balance.
During the reporting period, we maintained a cautious stance by shifting the fund's weighted average maturity to an average of 29 days. The fund also has a targeted portfolio allocation of 75% of assets in floating-rate securities and 25% in fixed-rate instruments. Our decision to increase our floating-rate position helped performance during the period. The interest rate of floating-rate securities adjusts periodically based on indices such as the Bond Market Association Index of Variable Rate Demand Notes.6 Because the interest rates of these instruments adjust as market conditions change, they provide flexibility in an uncertain interest rate environment. In addition, we continued to focus on the highest-quality investments while seeking competitive yields. In particular, we emphasized essential-services revenue issues and what is known as enhanced paper, i.e., securities guaranteed by a third party such as a bank or insurance company.
6 The Bond Market Association Index of Variable Rate Demand Notes is a weekly high-grade market index comprising seven-day tax-exempt variable rate demand notes produced by Municipal Market Data Group. Actual issues are selected from Municipal Market Data's database of more than 10,000 active issues.
Q: What detracted from performance during the period?
A: In December, we kept additional cash on hand — as we do each year — to meet any tax-related redemptions as well as investors' year-end liquidity needs. This detracted somewhat from yield and total return.
Q: Will you describe your investment philosophy?
A: We continue our insistence on the highest credit quality within the funds. We also plan to maintain our conservative investment strategies and standards. We continue to apply a careful approach to investing on behalf of the funds and to seek competitive yield for our shareholders.
The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. The managers' views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation.
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Scudder YieldWise Money Fund
Asset Allocation | 1/31/05 | 7/31/04 |
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Commercial Paper | 46% | 25% |
US Government Sponsored Agencies+ | 16% | 27% |
Floating Rate Notes | 14% | 19% |
Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes | 12% | 15% |
Funding Agreements | 3% | — |
Repurchase Agreements | 8% | 11% |
Promissory Notes | 1% | 2% |
Short-Term Notes | — | 1% |
| 100% | 100% |
+ Not backed by the full faith and credit of the US Government
Weighted Average Maturity |
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Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | 29 days | 58 days |
First Tier Retail Money Fund Average* | 35 days | 41 days |
* The Fund is compared to its respective iMoneyNet Category: First Tier Retail Money Fund Average — Category includes a widely-recognized composite of money market funds that invest in only first tier (highest rating) securities. Portfolio Holdings of First Tier funds include US Treasury, US Other, Repos, Time Deposits, Domestic Bank Obligations, Foreign Bank Obligations, First Tier Commercial Paper, Floating Rate Notes and Asset Backed Commercial Paper.
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund
Asset Allocation | 1/31/05 | 7/31/04 |
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Agencies Not Backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the US Government | 67% | 66% |
Repurchase Agreements | 26% | 21% |
Backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the US Government | 7% | 13% |
| 100% | 100% |
Weighted Average Maturity |
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Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | 23 days | 56 days |
Government & Agencies Retail Money Fund Average** | 34 days | 38 days |
** The Fund is compared to its respective iMoney Net Category: Government & Agencies Retail Money Fund Average — Category includes the most broadly based of the government retail funds. These funds can invest in US Treasuries, US Other, Repos, whether or not they are backed by US Treasuries and government-backed Floating Rate Notes.
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Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund
Asset Allocation | 1/31/05 | 7/31/04 |
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Municipal Investments | 100% | 100% |
Weighted Average Maturity |
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Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | 31 days | 26 days |
National Tax-Free Retail Money Fund Average*** | 32 days | 32 days |
*** The Fund is compared to its respective iMoneyNet category: National Tax-Free Retail Money Fund Average — Category consists of all national tax-free and municipal retail funds. Portfolio Holdings of tax-free Funds include Rated and Unrated Demand Notes, Rated and Unrated General Market Notes; Commercial Paper; Put Bonds — 6 months and less; — over 6 months; AMT Paper and Other Tax-Free Holdings.
Asset allocation is subject to change. For more complete details about the Funds' holdings, see pages 16-26. A quarterly Fact Sheet is available upon request. Information concerning portfolio holdings of each Fund as of month end will be posted to scudder.com on the 15th of the following month. Please see the Account Management Resources section for contact information.
Following the Fund's fiscal first and third quarter-end, a complete portfolio holdings listing is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. This form will be available on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov, and it also may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.
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Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | Principal Amount ($) | Value ($) |
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Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes 12.3% | ||
Bank of America NA, 2.48%, 3/23/2005 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
Credit Suisse First Boston, 2.34%, 2/3/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Natexis Banque Populaires, 2.3%, 3/22/2005 | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
Toronto Dominion Bank, 2.505%, 5/27/2005 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,094 |
UniCredito Italiano SpA: |
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2.47%, 3/21/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
2.5%, 3/22/2005 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
Total Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes (Cost $38,000,094) | 38,000,094 | |
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Commercial Paper** 46.3% | ||
Apreco LLC, 2.49%, 3/15/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,991,320 |
Barclays US Funding LLC, 2.25%, 2/14/2005 | 10,000,000 | 9,991,875 |
Cancara Asset Securitization LLC, 2.39%, 2/11/2005 | 10,000,000 | 9,993,361 |
CC (USA), Inc.: |
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1.93%, 2/28/2005 | 4,000,000 | 3,994,210 |
2.48%, 3/17/2005 | 8,000,000 | 7,975,849 |
CIT Group, Inc.: |
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2.24%, 2/1/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
2.36%, 2/8/2005 | 7,000,000 | 6,996,788 |
Dorada Finance, Inc.: |
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2.42%, 2/25/2005 | 8,000,000 | 7,987,093 |
2.62%, 4/11/2005 | 4,000,000 | 3,979,990 |
General Electric Capital Services, Inc., 2.54%, 2/1/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Genworth Financial, Inc.: |
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2.37%, 2/8/2005 | 5,000,000 | 4,997,696 |
2.46%, 3/15/2005 | 8,000,000 | 7,977,133 |
Giro Funding US Corp.: |
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2.35%, 2/2/2005 | 6,000,000 | 5,999,609 |
2.4%, 2/11/2005 | 4,000,000 | 3,997,333 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.3%, 2/1/2005 | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
Irish Life and Permanent PLC, 2.0%, 3/8/2005 | 5,000,000 | 4,990,278 |
K2 (USA) LLC, 2.01%, 2/28/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,995,477 |
Ranger Funding Co., LLC, 2.44%, 2/17/2005 | 5,000,000 | 4,994,578 |
RWE AG: |
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2.35%, 2/7/2005 | 7,000,000 | 6,997,258 |
2.46%, 3/11/2005 | 5,000,000 | 4,987,069 |
2.5%, 3/14/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,991,493 |
Scaldis Capital LLC, 2.44%, 2/18/2005 | 8,000,000 | 7,990,782 |
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.35%, 2/4/2005 | 10,000,000 | 9,998,042 |
Total Commercial Paper (Cost $142,827,234) | 142,827,234 | |
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Floating Rate Notes 13.9% | ||
Barclays Bank PLC, 2.45%*, 3/24/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,999,704 |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2.01%*, 6/8/2005 | 6,000,000 | 5,999,554 |
Credit Suisse First Boston, 2.46%*, 9/9/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,706 |
Depfa Bank PLC, 2.47%*, 6/15/2005 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
General Electric Co., 2.743%*, 10/24/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,001,923 |
International Business Machines Corp., 2.39%*, 12/8/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,999,414 |
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 2.464%*, 4/21/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Morgan Stanley, 2.49%*, 2/18/2005 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
Tango Finance Corp., 2.37%*, 3/22/2005 | 10,000,000 | 9,999,931 |
Total Floating Rate Notes (Cost $43,001,232) | 43,001,232 | |
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US Government Sponsored Agencies 16.2% | ||
Federal Farm Credit Bank: |
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2.36%*, 6/13/2005 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,819 |
2.41%*, 1/17/2006 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.5%, 3/8/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: |
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1.5%, 2/14/2005 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
2.55%*, 10/7/2005 | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 |
Federal National Mortgage Association: |
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1.75%, 5/23/2005 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
2.53%**, 4/4/2005 | 4,000,000 | 3,982,365 |
7.125%, 2/15/2005 | 1,000,000 | 1,002,012 |
Total US Government Sponsored Agencies (Cost $49,984,196) | 49,984,196 | |
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Promissory Notes 1.3% | ||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.53%*, 5/26/2005 (Cost $4,000,000) | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
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Funding Agreements 2.3% | ||
New York Life Insurance Co., 2.5%, 9/20/2005 (Cost $7,000,000) | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 |
Repurchase Agreements 8.0% | ||
Greenwich Capital Markets, 2.55%, dated 1/31/2005, to be repurchased at $20,001,417 on 2/1/2005 (b) | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
JPMorgan Chase, Inc., 2.52%, dated 1/31/2005, to be repurchased at $4,000,280 on 2/1/2005 (c) | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 2.42%, dated 1/31/2005, to be repurchased at $857,058 on 2/1/2005 (d) | 857,000 | 857,000 |
Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $24,857,000) | 24,857,000 | |
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Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $309,669,756) (a) | 100.3 | 309,669,756 |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | (0.3) | (911,048) |
Net Assets | 100.0 | 308,758,708 |
* Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of January 31, 2005.
** Annualized yield at the time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(a) The cost for federal income tax purposes was $309,669,756.
(b) Collateralized by:
Principal Amount ($) |
| Security | Rate (%) | Maturity | Collateral Value ($) |
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20,017,159 |
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | 3.50 | 11/15/2022 | 19,310,770 |
1,104,112 |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 5.50 | 7/25/2034 | 1,092,266 |
Total Collateral Value | 20,403,036 |
(c) Collateralized by:
Principal Amount ($) |
| Security | Rate (%) | Maturity | Collateral Value ($) |
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3,970,000 |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 5.00 | 4/16/2034 | 3,884,791 |
197,880 |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 4.50 | 5/25/2033 | 198,478 |
Total Collateral Value | 4,083,269 |
(d) Collateralized by $870,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.875%, maturing on 9/15/2005 with a value of $878,770.
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Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | Principal Amount ($) | Value ($) |
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Agencies Not Backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the US Government 71.2% | ||
US Government Sponsored Agencies 58.2% | ||
Federal Farm Credit Bank: |
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2.363%*, 6/13/2005 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,819 |
2.41%*, 1/17/2006 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Federal Home Loan Bank: |
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1.5%, 3/8/2005 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
2.345%*, 9/12/2005 | 6,000,000 | 5,997,729 |
2.39%**, 2/10/2005 | 5,000,000 | 4,997,013 |
4.0%, 2/15/2005 | 1,050,000 | 1,051,055 |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: |
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1.5%, 2/14/2005 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
2.4%**, 3/15/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,991,617 |
Federal National Mortgage Association: |
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1.4%, 2/25/2005 | 10,000,000 | 9,994,212 |
1.75%, 5/23/2005 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
2.33%**, 2/9/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,998,447 |
2.41%**, 3/9/2005 | 2,000,000 | 1,995,200 |
2.51%*, 2/23/2005 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
2.53%**, 4/4/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,986,773 |
7.13%, 2/15/2005 | 750,000 | 751,509 |
| 53,763,374 | |
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US Government Agency Sponsored Pass-Throughs 13.0% | ||
Federal National Mortgage Association: |
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2.08%**, 2/1/2005 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
2.34%**, 2/1/2005 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
2.5%**, 4/1/2005 | 2,000,000 | 1,991,707 |
2.59%**, 4/1/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,987,266 |
2.68%**, 5/2/2005 | 3,000,000 | 2,979,900 |
| 11,958,873 | |
Total Agencies Not backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the US Government (Cost $65,722,247) | 65,722,247 | |
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Backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the US Government 7.8% | ||
Hainan Airlines: |
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Series 2001-1, 2.49%*, 12/15/2007 | 2,407,612 | 2,407,612 |
Series 2001-2, 2.49%*, 12/15/2007 | 2,407,611 | 2,407,611 |
Series 2001-3, 2.49%*, 12/15/2007 | 2,407,611 | 2,407,611 |
Total Backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the US Government (Cost $7,222,834) | 7,222,834 | |
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Repurchase Agreements 26.9% | ||
Bank of America, 2.28%, dated 1/12/2005, to be repurchased at $8,012,160 on 2/5/2005 (b) | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
Greenwich Capital Markets, 2.55%, dated 1/31/2005, to be repurchased at $9,000,638 on 2/1/2005 (c) | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 |
JPMorgan Chase, Inc., 2.52%, dated 1/31/2005, to be repurchased at $6,000,420 on 2/1/2005 (d) | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 2.42%, dated 1/31/2005, to be repurchased at $1,830,123 on 2/1/2005 (e) | 1,830,000 | 1,830,000 |
Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $24,830,000) | 24,830,000 | |
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| % of Net Assets | Value ($) |
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Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $97,775,081) (a) | 105.9 | 97,775,081 |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | (5.9) | (5,476,253) |
Net Assets | 100.0 | 92,298,828 |
* Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of January 31, 2005.
** Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
(a) The cost for federal income tax purposes was $97,775,081.
(b) Collateralized by:
Principal Amount ($) |
| Security | Rate (%) | Maturity | Collateral Value ($) |
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861,223 |
| Federal Mortgage Association | 5.00 | 9/1/2019 | 879,280 |
3,786,784 |
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | 4.00 | 6/1/2019 | 3,723,633 |
3,373,513 |
| Federal National Mortgage Association | 6.50 | 12/1/2030 | 3,557,088 |
Total Collateral Value | 8,160,001 |
(c) Collateralized by a $9,282,537 Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.5%, maturing on 7/25/2034 with a value of $9,182,946.
(d) Collateralized by a $6,207,020 Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.5%, maturing on 5/25/2033 with a value of $6,120,547.
(e) Collateralized by a $1,865,000 Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.5%, maturing on 11/15/2005 with a value of $1,867,266.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | Principal Amount ($) | Value ($) |
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Municipal Investments 99.7% | ||
California 9.1% | ||
California, Housing Finance Agency Revenue, Multi-Family Housing, Series C, AMT, 1.9%*, 2/1/2037 | 3,175,000 | 3,175,000 |
California, School Cash Reserve Program Authority, Series A, 3.0%, 7/6/2005 (b) | 1,600,000 | 1,609,356 |
California, State Economic Recovery Bond, Series C-1, 1.97%*, 7/1/2023 | 550,000 | 550,000 |
California, State University, 1.8%*, 2/7/2005 | 3,120,000 | 3,120,000 |
Hayward, CA, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Timbers Apartments, Series A, AMT, 1.87%*, 3/15/2033 | 1,550,000 | 1,550,000 |
Long Beach, CA, Long Beach Harbor Department, 1.83%*, 3/14/2005 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Los Angeles County, CA, Tax & Revenue Anticipation Notes, Series A, 3.0%, 6/30/2005 | 700,000 | 703,937 |
12,708,293 | ||
Colorado 3.6% | ||
Colorado, Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Revenue, National Jewish Federal Bond Program, Series A1, 1.89%*, 9/1/2033, Bank of America NA (c) | 300,000 | 300,000 |
Colorado, State Educational Loan Program, Series L49J-D, 144A, 1.89%*, 8/9/2005 | 1,930,000 | 1,930,000 |
Larimer County, CO, School District No. R-1 Poudre, Series II-R-4535, 144A, 1.7%*, 12/15/2021 (b) | 2,830,000 | 2,830,000 |
5,060,000 | ||
Delaware 3.6% | ||
Sussex County, DE, Industrial Development Revenue, Perdue Agrirecycle LLC Project, AMT, 1.9%*, 1/1/2013, SunTrust Bank (c) | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Florida 0.9% | ||
Orange County, FL, Health Facilities Authority Revenue, Presbyterian Retirement Project, 1.9%*, 11/1/2028, Bank of America NA (c) | 830,000 | 830,000 |
Orange County, FL, Housing Finance Authority, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Smokewood/Sun, Series A, 1.85%*, 12/1/2022 | 400,000 | 400,000 |
1,230,000 | ||
Georgia 3.9% | ||
Atlanta, GA, Airport Revenue, Series C-3, 1.85%*, 1/1/2030 (b) | 500,000 | 500,000 |
Georgia, Local Government Certificates of Participation, Floaters PT-1652, 1.88%*, 12/1/2022 (b) | 1,405,000 | 1,405,000 |
La Grange, GA, Development Authority Revenue, LaGrange College Project, 1.89%*, 6/1/2031, SunTrust Bank (c) | 1,455,000 | 1,455,000 |
Willacoochie, GA, Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue, Langboard, Inc. Project, AMT, 1.9%*, 5/1/2021, Bank of America NA (c) | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
5,360,000 | ||
Hawaii 2.3% | ||
ABN AMRO, Munitops Certificates Trust, Series 2004-16, 1.89%*, 7/1/2012 (b) | 3,200,000 | 3,200,000 |
Idaho 3.6% | ||
Power County, ID, Industrial Development Authority, FMC Corp. Project, AMT, 1.91%*, 4/1/2014, Wachovia Bank NA (c) | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Illinois 8.5% | ||
Cook County, IL, Industrial Development Revenue, Devorahco LLC Project, Series A, AMT, 1.93%*, 12/1/2034, LaSalle Bank NA (c) | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Illinois, Development Finance Authority, Regional Organization Bank Project, 1.95%*, 12/1/2020, Bank One NA (c) | 2,400,000 | 2,400,000 |
Illinois, Educational Facilities Authority Revenue, Elmhurst College, 1.85%*, 3/1/2033, Bank One NA (c) | 775,000 | 775,000 |
Illinois, Finance Authority Revenue, Series PA-1286, 144A, 1.88%*, 11/15/2023 (b) | 3,515,000 | 3,515,000 |
Lake Zurich, IL, Industrial Development Revenue, Screenco LLC Project, AMT, 1.93%*, 3/1/2018, LaSalle National Bank (c) | 1,870,000 | 1,870,000 |
Tinley Park, IL, Industrial Development Revenue, Harbor Tool Manufacturing, Inc., Project, AMT, 144A, 1.93%*, 7/1/2020, LaSalle Bank NA (c) | 1,245,000 | 1,245,000 |
11,805,000 | ||
Indiana 1.2% | ||
Indiana, Development Finance Authority, Industrial Development Revenue, Enterprise Center IV Project, AMT, 1.93%*, 6/1/2022, LaSalle Bank NA (c) | 1,600,000 | 1,600,000 |
Kentucky 2.6% | ||
Lexington-Fayette County, KY, Industrial Development Revenue, YMCA Central Kentucky, Inc. Project, 1.95%*, 7/1/2019, Bank One Kentucky NA (c) | 1,165,000 | 1,165,000 |
Pendleton, KY, General Obligation, 1.75%*, 4/8/2005, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (c) | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
3,665,000 | ||
Michigan 10.0% | ||
Detroit, MI, Water Supply, ABN AMRO, Munitops Certificates Trust, Series 2003-3, 144A, 1.89%*, 1/1/2011 (b) | 5,650,000 | 5,650,000 |
Detroit, MI, City School District, Series PT-1844, 144A, 1.87%*, 5/1/2011 (b) | 2,595,000 | 2,595,000 |
Farmington Hills, MI, Economic Development Corp., Brookfield Building Association Project, 1.89%*, 11/1/2010, Comerica Bank (c) | 235,000 | 235,000 |
Grand Valley, MI, State University Revenue, Series B, 1.85%*, 6/1/2027 (b) | 615,000 | 615,000 |
Michigan, General Obligation, 2.2%*, 10/5/2005 | 2,100,000 | 2,100,000 |
Michigan, Housing Development Authority, Multi-Family Revenue, River Place Apartments, AMT, 1.86%*, 6/1/2018, Bank of New York (c) | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Michigan, Strategic Fund, Limited Obligation Revenue, Continental Aluminum Project, AMT, 2.0%*, 10/1/2015, Comerica Bank (c) | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Oakland County, MI, Economic Development Corp., Acme Manufacturing Co. Project, AMT, 2.0%*, 11/1/2023, JPMorgan Chase Bank (c) | 665,000 | 665,000 |
13,860,000 | ||
New Hampshire 1.4% | ||
New Hampshire, Business Finance Authority, Exempt Facilities Revenue, Waste Management of NH, Inc. Project, AMT, 1.91%*, 9/1/2012, Wachovia Bank NA (c) | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
New Jersey 2.8% | ||
New Jersey, Tax Anticipation Notes, Series A, 3.0%, 6/24/2005 | 3,050,000 | 3,062,340 |
Salem County, NJ, Industrial Pollution Control, Financing Authority Revenue, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., 1.85%*, 3/1/2012 | 850,000 | 850,000 |
3,912,340 | ||
New Mexico 1.4% | ||
New Mexico, Tax & Revenue Anticipation Notes, Series 2004-A, 3.0%, 6/30/2005 | 2,000,000 | 2,008,914 |
New York 3.2% | ||
City of Rochester, NY, 1.88%*, 2/28/2005 | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
New York City, NY, Industrial Development Agency, Civic Facility Revenue, Lycee Francais de NY Project, Series B, 1.88%*, 6/1/2032, JPMorgan Chase Bank (c) | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Special Obligation Revenue, Series PT-1755, AMT, 144A, 1.93%*, 6/1/2011 (b) | 340,000 | 340,000 |
4,440,000 | ||
North Carolina 2.2% | ||
Moore County, NC, Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Finance Authority Revenue, Klaussner Industries Project, AMT, 1.96%*, 5/1/2010, Wachovia Bank NA (c) | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 |
Ohio 0.6% | ||
Ohio, Higher Educational Facilities Community Revenue, Pooled Program, Series C, 1.9%*, 9/1/2025, Fifth Third Bank (c) | 860,000 | 860,000 |
Pennsylvania 4.3% | ||
Chester County, PA, Industrial Development Authority, Industrial Development Revenue, Bentley Graphic, Inc. Project, AMT, 2.06%*, 12/1/2020, First Tennessee Bank (c) | 4,745,000 | 4,745,000 |
Pennsylvania, Higher Educational Assistance Agency, Student Loan Revenue, Series A, AMT, 1.9%*, 3/1/2027 (b) | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Pennsylvania, Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue, University Properties, Student Housing, Series A, 1.86%*, 8/1/2034, Citizens Bank of PA (c) | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
5,945,000 | ||
Tennessee 0.6% | ||
Clarksville, TN, Public Building Authority Revenue, Pooled Financing Program, 1.92%*, 7/1/2031, Bank of America NA (c) | 850,000 | 850,000 |
Texas 14.4% | ||
Dallas, TX, Independent School District, Series 6038, 1.89%*, 8/15/2024 | 6,175,000 | 6,175,000 |
Harris County, TX, Health Facilities Development Corp. Revenue, Methodist Hospital, 1.9%*, 12/1/2032 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
Houston, TX, State General Obligation, Series A, 1.75%*, 2/11/2005 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Houston, TX, Water & Sewer Systems Revenue, Star Certificates, Series 2003-14, 1.88%*, 6/1/2026 (b) | 1,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
North Texas, Higher Education Authority Inc., Student Loan Revenue, Series A, AMT, 1.88%*, 12/1/2038, LLoyds TSB Bank PLC (c) | 4,400,000 | 4,400,000 |
Texas, Tax & Revenue Anticipation Notes, 3.0%, 8/31/2005 | 6,400,000 | 6,438,228 |
Texas, Water & Sewer Revenue, Water Development Board, State Revolving Fund, 1.9%*, 7/15/2022 | 540,000 | 540,000 |
19,953,228 | ||
Utah 3.8% | ||
Alpine, UT, General Obligation, School District, Floater-PT-436, 144A, 1.88%*, 3/15/2007 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Salt Lake County, UT, Pollution Control Revenue, Service Station Holdings Project, 1.94%*, 2/1/2008 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
5,300,000 | ||
Vermont 4.6% | ||
Vermont, Student Assistance Corp., Student Loan Revenue, 1.9%*, 1/1/2008, State Street Bank & Trust Co. (c) | 6,405,000 | 6,405,000 |
Virginia 3.0% | ||
Henrico County, VA, Economic Development Authority, Industrial Development Revenue, Colonial Mechanical Corp., AMT, 1.91%*, 8/1/2020, Wachovia Bank NA (c) | 4,200,000 | 4,200,000 |
Washington 4.7% | ||
King County, WA, Public Hospital District No. 002, Series RR-II-R-6036, 144A, 1.89%*, 12/1/2023 (b) | 1,280,000 | 1,280,000 |
Washington, State Housing Finance Commission, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Deer Run West Apartments Project, Series A, AMT, 1.92%*, 6/15/2037, Bank of America NA (c) | 5,200,000 | 5,200,000 |
6,480,000 | ||
West Virginia 0.1% | ||
Preston County, WV, Industrial Development Revenue, Allegheny Wood Project, Inc., AMT, 2.0%*, 12/1/2007, Bank One NA (c) | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Wisconsin 3.3% | ||
Pewaukee, WI, Industrial Development Revenue, Mixer Systems, Inc. Project, AMT, 2.0%*, 9/1/2020, Bank One NA (c) | 1,900,000 | 1,900,000 |
Wisconsin, Transportation Authority Revenue, 1.85%*, 3/22/2005 | 2,708,000 | 2,708,000 |
4,608,000 |
| % of Net Assets | Value ($) |
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Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $138,650,775) (a) | 99.7 | 138,650,775 |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | 0.3 | 351,646 |
Net Assets | 100.0 | 139,002,421 |
* Variable rate demand notes are securities whose interest rates are reset periodically at market levels. These securities are often payable on demand and are shown at their current rates as of January 31, 2005.
(a) The cost for federal income tax purposes was $138,650,775.
(b) Bond is insured by one of these companies:
Insurance Coverage | As a % of Total Investment Portfolio | |
AMBAC | AMBAC Assurance Corp. | 3.8 |
FGIC | Financial Guaranty Insurance Company | 2.3 |
FSA | Financial Security Assurance | 0.8 |
MBIA | Municipal Bond Investors Assurance | 10.9 |
(c) Security incorporates a letter of credit from a major bank.
AMT: Subject to alternative minimum tax.
144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of January 31, 2005 (Unaudited) | |||
Assets | Money Fund | Government & Agency Money Fund | Municipal Money Fund |
Investments: Investments in securities, at amortized cost | $ 284,812,756 | $ 72,945,081 | $ 138,650,775 |
Repurchase agreements, at amortized cost | 24,857,000 | 24,830,000 | — |
Total investments in securities, at amortized cost | 309,669,756 | 97,775,081 | 138,650,775 |
Cash | 6,976 | 165 | 125,760 |
Receivable for investments sold | — | — | 25,000 |
Interest receivable | 315,543 | 203,686 | 494,041 |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | 528,566 | 779,500 | 26,263 |
Other assets | 21,782 | 27,698 | 26,044 |
Due from Advisor | — | — | 23,323 |
Total assets | 310,542,623 | 98,786,130 | 139,371,206 |
Liabilities | |||
Payable for investments purchased | — | 5,967,166 | — |
Dividends payable | 95,181 | 27,090 | 28,886 |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | 1,455,014 | 422,203 | 284,678 |
Accrued management fee | 126,364 | 17,393 | — |
Other accrued expenses and payables | 107,356 | 53,450 | 55,221 |
Total liabilities | 1,783,915 | 6,487,302 | 368,785 |
Net assets, at value | $ 308,758,708 | $ 92,298,828 | $ 139,002,421 |
Net Assets | |||
Net assets consist of: Undistributed net investment income | 17,170 | 21,309 | 14,120 |
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) | (4,923) | (24) | 159 |
Paid-in capital | 308,746,461 | 92,277,543 | 138,988,142 |
Net assets, at value | $ 308,758,708 | $ 92,298,828 | $ 139,002,421 |
Shares outstanding | 308,747,182 | 92,276,933 | 138,988,688 |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (Net asset value ÷ outstanding shares of beneficial interest, no par value, unlimited number of shares authorized) | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2005 (Unaudited) | |||
Investment Income | Money Fund | Government & Agency Money Fund | Municipal Money Fund |
Income: Interest | $ 3,060,001 | $ 871,490 | $ 1,276,029 |
Expenses: Management fee | 757,139 | 240,358 | 411,323 |
Services to shareholders | 143,626 | 36,051 | 81,785 |
Custodian fees | 13,879 | 6,191 | 6,689 |
Auditing | 18,666 | 16,608 | 17,206 |
Legal | 13,792 | 6,762 | 11,314 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 10,856 | 10,930 | 15,550 |
Reports to shareholders | 16,621 | 11,688 | 13,586 |
Registration fees | 11,193 | 7,794 | 11,992 |
Other | 8,614 | 3,025 | 5,492 |
Total expenses, before expense reductions | 994,386 | 339,407 | 574,937 |
Expense reductions | (82,895) | (79,536) | (56,492) |
Total expenses, after expense reductions | 911,491 | 259,871 | 518,445 |
Net investment income | 2,148,510 | 611,619 | 757,584 |
Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions | 105 | (24) | 159 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 2,148,615 | $ 611,595 | $ 757,743 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets — Money Fund | ||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | Six Months Ended January 31, 2005 (Unaudited) | Year Ended July 31, |
Operations: Net investment income | $ 2,148,510 | $ 2,918,207 |
Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions | 105 | 2,683 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 2,148,615 | 2,920,890 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (2,148,509) | (2,917,385) |
Fund share transactions: Proceeds from shares sold | 73,668,905 | 200,191,145 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,057,698 | 2,828,165 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (120,860,637) | (353,029,678) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions | (45,134,034) | (150,010,368) |
Increase (decrease) in net assets | (45,133,928) | (150,006,863) |
Net assets at beginning of period | 353,892,636 | 503,899,499 |
Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $17,170 and $17,169, respectively) | $ 308,758,708 | $ 353,892,636 |
Other Information | ||
Shares outstanding at beginning of period | 353,881,216 | 503,891,682 |
Shares sold | 73,668,905 | 200,191,137 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions | 2,057,698 | 2,828,165 |
Shares redeemed | (120,860,637) | (353,029,768) |
Net increase (decrease) in Fund shares | (45,134,034) | (150,010,466) |
Shares outstanding at end of period | 308,747,182 | 353,881,216 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets — Government & Agency Money Fund | ||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | Six Months Ended January 31, 2005 (Unaudited) | Year Ended July 31, |
Operations: Net investment income | $ 611,619 | $ 877,230 |
Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions | (24) | 6,370 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 611,595 | 883,600 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (611,945) | (869,161) |
Fund share transactions: Proceeds from shares sold | 73,433,848 | 124,641,345 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 590,410 | 847,236 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (82,827,700) | (197,463,278) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions | (8,803,442) | (71,974,697) |
Increase (decrease) in net assets | (8,803,792) | (71,960,258) |
Net assets at beginning of period | 101,102,620 | 173,062,878 |
Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $21,309 and $21,635, respectively) | $ 92,298,828 | $ 101,102,620 |
Other Information | ||
Shares outstanding at beginning of period | 101,080,375 | 173,054,992 |
Shares sold | 73,433,848 | 124,641,345 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions | 590,410 | 847,236 |
Shares redeemed | (82,827,700) | (197,463,198) |
Net increase (decrease) in Fund shares | (8,803,442) | (71,974,617) |
Shares outstanding at end of period | 92,276,933 | 101,080,375 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets — Municipal Money Fund | ||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | Six Months Ended January 31, 2005 (Unaudited) | Year Ended July 31, |
Operations: Net investment income | $ 757,584 | $ 1,372,987 |
Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions | 159 | 14,332 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 757,743 | 1,387,319 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (757,584) | (1,371,634) |
Fund share transactions: Proceeds from shares sold | 26,852,387 | 101,201,638 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 735,426 | 1,360,814 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (72,680,120) | (223,009,510) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions | (45,092,307) | (120,447,058) |
Increase (decrease) in net assets | (45,092,148) | (120,431,373) |
Net assets at beginning of period | 184,094,569 | 304,525,942 |
Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $14,120 and $14,120, respectively) | $ 139,002,421 | $ 184,094,569 |
Other Information | ||
Shares outstanding at beginning of period | 184,080,995 | 304,527,549 |
Shares sold | 26,852,387 | 101,203,272 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions | 735,426 | 1,360,814 |
Shares redeemed | (72,680,120) | (223,010,640) |
Net increase (decrease) in Fund shares | (45,092,307) | (120,446,554) |
Shares outstanding at end of period | 138,988,688 | 184,080,995 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | ||||||
Years Ended July 31, | 2005a | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
Selected Per Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Net investment income | .007 | .007 | .012 | .02 | .06 | .06 |
Less distributions from net investment income | (.007) | (.007) | (.012) | (.02) | (.06) | (.06) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Total Return (%)b | .66** | .68 | 1.21 | 2.11 | 5.64c | 5.88 |
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period ($ millions) | 309 | 354 | 504 | 701 | 978 | 930 |
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%) | .60* | .56 | .51 | .47 | .44d | .47 |
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%) | .55* | .49 | .38 | .36 | .34d | .34 |
Ratio of net investment income (%) | 1.30* | .68 | 1.23 | 2.15 | 5.49 | 5.72 |
a For the six months ended January 31, 2005 (Unaudited).
b Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
c Total return for the year ended July 31, 2001 includes the effect of a voluntary capital contribution from the Advisor. Without this contribution the total return would have been lower.
d The ratios of operating expenses excluding costs incurred in connection with a fund complex reorganization before and after expense reductions were .44% and .34%, respectively.
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** Not annualized
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Years Ended July 31, | 2005a | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
Selected Per Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Net investment income | .006 | .006 | .012 | .02 | .06 | .06 |
Less distributions from net investment income | (.006) | (.006) | (.012) | (.02) | (.06) | (.06) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Total Return (%)b | .64** | .64 | 1.16 | 2.09 | 5.67 | 5.94 |
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period ($ millions) | 92 | 101 | 173 | 248 | 388 | 385 |
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%) | .71* | .63 | .65 | .58 | .54c | .63 |
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%) | .54* | .47 | .37 | .31 | .21c | .10 |
Ratio of net investment income (%) | 1.27* | .65 | 1.18 | 2.16 | 5.55 | 5.87 |
a For the six months ended January 31, 2005 (Unaudited).
b Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
c The ratios of operating expenses excluding costs incurred in connection with a fund complex reorganization before and after expense reductions were .53% and .21%, respectively.
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** Not annualized
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Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | ||||||
Years Ended July 31, | 2005a | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
Selected Per Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Net investment income | .005 | .005 | .010 | .02 | .04 | .04 |
Less distributions from net investment income | (.005) | (.005) | (.010) | (.02) | (.04) | (.04) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 | $ 1.00 |
Total Return (%)b | .47** | .54 | 1.03 | 1.63 | 3.86 | 3.96 |
Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period ($ millions) | 139 | 184 | 305 | 352 | 441 | 257 |
Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%) | .70* | .62 | .55 | .54 | .55c | .69 |
Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%) | .63* | .50 | .30 | .16 | .00c | .00 |
Ratio of net investment income (%) | .92* | .55 | 1.03 | 1.64 | 3.76 | 3.98 |
a For the six months ended January 31, 2005 (Unaudited).
b Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
c The ratios of operating expenses excluding costs incurred in connection with a fund complex reorganization before and after expense reductions were .55% and .00%, respectively.
* Annualized
** Not annualized
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A. Significant Accounting Policies
Scudder YieldWise Funds (the "Trust") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end, diversified management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust currently offers three investment funds (the "Funds"). Each Fund takes its own approach to money market investing. Scudder YieldWise Money Fund emphasizes yield through a more diverse universe of investments, while Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund, emphasizes government securities. Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund invests for federally tax-free income.
The Funds' financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The policies described below are followed consistently by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements.
Security Valuation. Portfolio securities are valued utilizing the amortized cost method permitted in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act and certain conditions therein. Under this method, which does not take into account unrealized capital gains or losses on securities, an instrument is initially valued at its cost and thereafter assumes a constant accretion/amortization to maturity of any discount or premium.
Repurchase Agreements. Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with certain banks and broker/dealers whereby the Fund, through its custodian or sub-custodian bank, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the amount of which at the time of purchase and each subsequent business day is required to be maintained at such a level that the market value is equal to at least the principal amount of the repurchase price plus accrued interest. The custodian bank holds the collateral in a separate account until the agreement matures. If the value of the securities falls below the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest, the financial institution deposits additional collateral by the following business day. If the financial institution either fails to deposit the required additional collateral or fails to repurchase the securities as agreed, the Fund has the right to sell the securities and recover any resulting loss from the financial institution. If the financial institution enters into bankruptcy, the Fund's claims on the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.
Federal Income Taxes. Each Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which are applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute all of its taxable and tax-exempt income to its shareholders. Accordingly, the Funds paid no federal income taxes and no federal income tax provisions were required.
At July 31, 2004, the Scudder YieldWise Money Fund had a net tax basis capital loss carryforwards of approximately $5,000 which may be applied against any realized net taxable capital gains of each succeeding year until fully utilized or until July 31, 2010, the expiration date, whichever occurs first.
Distribution of Income. Net investment income of each Fund is declared as a daily dividend and is distributed to shareholders monthly.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital. Temporary book and tax basis differences will reverse in a subsequent period. There were no significant book-to-tax differences for the Funds.
The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.
Expenses. Expenses of the Trust arising in connection with a specific Fund are allocated to that Fund. Other Trust expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust.
Contingencies. In the normal course of business, each Fund may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. Each Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against each Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, each Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
Other. Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis. All discounts and premiums are accreted/amortized for both tax and financial reporting purposes.
B. Related Parties
Management Agreement. Under the Management Agreements with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DeIM" or the "Advisor"), the Advisor directs the investments of the Funds in accordance with their investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The Advisor determines the securities, instruments and other contracts relating to investments to be purchased, sold or entered into by the Funds. In addition to portfolio management services, the Advisor provides certain administrative services in accordance with the Management Agreements. Each Fund pays a monthly investment management fee of 1/12 of the annual rate of 0.50% of the first $215,000,000 of each Fund's average daily net assets, 0.375% of the next $335,000,000 of such net assets, 0.30% of the next $250,000,000 of such net assets and 0.25% of such net assets in excess of $800,000,000, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly.
Effective December 1, 2003, the Advisor has agreed to voluntarily waive all or a portion of its management fee and reimburse or pay operating expenses of each Fund as follows: for Scudder YieldWise Money Fund, to the extent necessary to maintain the Fund's total operating expenses at no more than 0.55%; for Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund, to the extent necessary to maintain the Fund's total operating expenses at no more than 0.54%; for Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund, to the extent necessary to maintain the Fund's total operating expenses at no more than 0.63%. The waiver may be changed or terminated at any time without notice.
Accordingly, for the six months ended January 31, 2005, the Funds incurred the following management fees:
Fund | Total Aggregated ($) | Waived ($) | Annualized Effective Rate (%) |
Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | 757,139 | — | .46 |
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | 240,358 | 55,134 | .39 |
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | 411,323 | 714 | .50 |
The Funds paid insurance premiums to an unaffiliated insurance broker in 2002 and 2003. This broker in turn paid a portion of its commissions to an affiliate of the Advisor, which performed certain insurance brokerage services for the broker. The Advisor has agreed to reimburse the Fund in 2005 for the portion of commissions (plus interest) paid to the affiliate of the Advisor attributable to the premiums paid by the Fund. The amounts for 2002 and 2003 were as follows:
Fund | Amount ($) | |
2002 | 2003 | |
Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | 248 | 162 |
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | 81 | 50 |
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | 121 | 154 |
Service Provider Fees. Scudder Investments Service Company ("SISC"), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the transfer, dividend-paying and shareholder service agent of the Trust. Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between SISC and DST Systems, Inc. ("DST"), SISC has delegated certain transfer agent and dividend paying agent functions to DST. SISC compensates DST out of the Shareholder Servicing Fee it receives from the Funds. For the six months ended January 31, 2005, the amounts charged to the Funds by SISC were as follows:
Fund | Total Aggregated ($) | Waived ($) | Unpaid at January 31, 2005 ($) |
Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | 109,106 | 80,995 | 16,979 |
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | 23,624 | 23,624 | — |
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | 54,685 | 54,685 | — |
Trustees' Fees and Expenses. The Trust pays each Trustee not affiliated with the Advisor retainer fees plus specified amounts for attended board and committee meetings.
C. Expense Reductions
For the six months ended January 31, 2005, the Advisor agreed to reimburse each Fund which represents a portion of the fee savings expected to be realized by the Advisor related to the outsourcing by the Advisor of certain administrative services to an unaffiliated service provider in the following amounts:
Fund | Amount ($) |
Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | 1,775 |
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | 700 |
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | 1,050 |
Each Fund has entered into arrangements with its custodian and transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce a portion of each Fund's expenses. During the six months ended January 31, 2005, no transfer agent credits were earned by the Funds. During the six months ended January 31, 2005, the Funds' custodian fees were reduced as follows:
Fund | Custodian Credits ($) |
Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | 125 |
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | 78 |
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | 43 |
D. Line of Credit
The Funds and several other affiliated funds (the "Participants") share in a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility administered by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities. The Participants are charged an annual commitment fee which is allocated, based upon net assets, among each of the Participants. Interest is calculated at the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5 percent. The Funds may borrow up to a maximum of 33 percent of their net assets under the agreement.
E. Regulatory Matters and Litigation
Since at least July 2003, federal, state and industry regulators have been conducting ongoing inquiries and investigations ("inquiries") into the mutual fund industry, and have requested information from numerous mutual fund companies, including Scudder Investments. It is not possible to determine what the outcome of these inquiries will be or what the effect, if any, would be on the funds or their advisors. Publicity about mutual fund practices arising from these industry-wide inquiries serves as the general basis of a number of private lawsuits against the Scudder funds. These lawsuits, which previously have been reported in the press, involve purported class action and derivative lawsuits, making various allegations and naming as defendants various persons, including certain Scudder funds, the funds' investment advisors and their affiliates, certain individuals, including in some cases fund Trustees/Directors, officers, and other parties. Each Scudder fund's investment advisor has agreed to indemnify the applicable Scudder funds in connection with these lawsuits, or other lawsuits or regulatory actions that may be filed making allegations similar to these lawsuits regarding market timing, revenue sharing, fund valuation or other subjects arising from or related to the pending inquiries. Based on currently available information, the funds' investment advisors believe the likelihood that the pending lawsuits will have a material adverse financial impact on a Scudder fund is remote and such actions are not likely to materially affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements with the Scudder funds.
F. Fund Merger
The Board of the Scudder YieldWise Funds approved, in principle, the following mergers into the Acquiring Scudder Funds.
Acquired Funds | Acquiring Funds |
Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | Scudder Money Market Fund |
Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | Scudder Government & Agency Money Fund |
Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund | Scudder Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund |
Completion of each merger is subject to a number of conditions, including final approval by each participating Fund's Board and approval by shareholders of the Acquired Funds at a shareholder meeting expected to be held within approximately the next five months.
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Automated Information Lines | ScudderACCESS (800) 972-3060 Personalized account information, information on other Scudder funds and services via touchtone telephone and for Classes A, B, and C only, the ability to exchange or redeem shares. |
Web Site | scudder.com View your account transactions and balances, trade shares, monitor your asset allocation, and change your address, 24 hours a day. Obtain prospectuses and applications, blank forms, interactive worksheets, news about Scudder funds, subscription to fund updates by e-mail, retirement planning information, and more. |
For More Information | (800) 621-1048 To speak with a Scudder service representative. |
Written Correspondence | Scudder Investments PO Box 219356 |
Proxy Voting | A description of the fund's policies and procedures for voting proxies for portfolio securities and information about how the fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available on our Web site — scudder.com (type "proxy voting" in the search field) — or on the SEC's Web site — www.sec.gov. To obtain a written copy of the fund's policies and procedures without charge, upon request, call us toll free at (800) 621-1048. |
Principal Underwriter | If you have questions, comments or complaints, contact: Scudder Distributors, Inc. 222 South Riverside Plaza (800) 621-1148 |
| Scudder YieldWise Money Fund | Scudder YieldWise Government & Agency Money Fund | Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund |
Nasdaq Symbol | SYWXX | SYGXX | SYUXX |
CUSIP Number | 81124A-108 | 81124A-207 | 81124A-306 |
Fund Number | 80 | 58 | 67 |
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This privacy statement is issued by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., Deutsche Asset Management, Inc., Scudder Distributors, Inc., Scudder Investor Services, Inc., Scudder Trust Company and the Scudder Funds.
We never sell customer lists or individual client information. We consider privacy fundamental to our client relationships and adhere to the policies and practices described below to protect current and former clients' information. Internal policies are in place to protect confidentiality, while allowing client needs to be served. Only individuals who need to do so in carrying out their job responsibilities may access client information. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal and state standards to protect confidentiality. These safeguards extend to all forms of interaction with us, including the Internet.
In the normal course of business, clients give us nonpublic personal information on applications and other forms, on our websites, and through transactions with us or our affiliates. Examples of the nonpublic personal information collected are name, address, Social Security number and transaction and balance information. To be able to serve our clients, certain of this client information is shared with affiliated and nonaffiliated third party service providers such as transfer agents, custodians, and broker-dealers to assist us in processing transactions and servicing your account with us. In addition, we may disclose all of the information we collect to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with which we have joint marketing agreements. The organizations described above that receive client information may only use it for the purpose designated by the Scudder Companies listed above.
We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about you to other parties as required or permitted by law. For example, we are required or we may provide information to government entities or regulatory bodies in response to requests for information or subpoenas, to private litigants in certain circumstances, to law enforcement authorities, or any time we believe it necessary to protect the firm.
Questions on this policy may be sent to:
Scudder Investments
Attention: Correspondence — Chicago
P.O. Box 219415
Kansas City, MO 64121-9415
September 2004
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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS. Not applicable. ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. Not applicable. ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. Not applicable. ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS Not Applicable ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS Not Applicable 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. The primary function of the Nominating and Governance Committee is to identify and recommend individuals for membership on the Board and oversee the administration of the Board Governance Procedures and Guidelines. Shareholders may recommend candidates for Board positions by forwarding their correspondence by U.S. mail or courier service to the Fund's Secretary for the attention of the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110. Suggestions for candidates must include a resume of the candidate. ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. (a) The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant's Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report. (b) There have been no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's last half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting. ITEM 12. EXHIBITS. (a)(1) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT. (b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.Form N-CSR Item F 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: Scudder YieldWise Money Fund By: /s/Julian Sluyters ---------------------------- Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Date: March 29, 2005 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. Registrant: Scudder YieldWise Money Fund By: /s/Julian Sluyters ---------------------------- Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Date: March 29, 2005 By: /s/Paul Schubert ---------------------------- Paul Schubert Chief Financial Officer Date: March 29, 2005 Form N-CSR Item F 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: Scudder YieldWise Government Money Fund By: /s/Julian Sluyters ---------------------------- Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Date: March 29, 2005 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. Registrant: Scudder YieldWise Government Money Fund By: /s/Julian Sluyters ---------------------------- Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Date: March 29, 2005 By: /s/Paul Schubert ---------------------------- Paul Schubert Chief Financial Officer Date: March 29, 2005 Form N-CSR Item F 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: Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund By: /s/Julian Sluyters ---------------------------- Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Date: March 29, 2005 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. Registrant: Scudder YieldWise Municipal Money Fund By: /s/Julian Sluyters ---------------------------- Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Date: March 29, 2005 By: /s/Paul Schubert ---------------------------- Paul Schubert Chief Financial Officer Date: March 29, 2005