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 811-02753
SBL FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
ONE SECURITY BENEFIT PLACE, TOPEKA, KANSAS 66636-0001
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
RICHARD M. GOLDMAN, PRESIDENT
SBL FUND
ONE SECURITY BENEFIT PLACE
TOPEKA, KANSAS 66636-0001
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (785) 438-3000
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2011
Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
SERIES A (LARGE CAP CORE SERIES)
SERIES B (LARGE CAP VALUE SERIES)
SERIES C (MONEY MARKET SERIES)
SERIES D (MSCI EAFE EQUAL WEIGHT SERIES)
(Formerly, Global Series)
SERIES E (U.S. INTERMEDIATE BOND SERIES)
SERIES J (MID CAP GROWTH SERIES)
SERIES N (MANAGED ASSET ALLOCATION SERIES)
SERIES O (ALL CAP VALUE SERIES)
SERIES P (HIGH YIELD SERIES)
SERIES Q (SMALL CAP VALUE SERIES)
SERIES V (MID CAP VALUE SERIES)
SERIES X (SMALL CAP GROWTH SERIES)
SERIES Y (LARGE CAP CONCENTRATED GROWTH SERIES)
SERIES Z (ALPHA OPPORTUNITY SERIES)
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A B O U T S H A R E H O L D E R S ’ F U N D E X P E N S E S (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 June 30, 2011 and ending December 31, 2011.
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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A B O U T S H A R E H O L D E R S ’ F U N D E X P E N S E S (Unaudited) (concluded)
Expense Ratio1,4 | Fund Return | Beginning Account Value June 30, 2011 | Ending Account Value December 31, 2011 | Expenses Paid During Period2 | ||||||||||||||||
Table 1. Based on actual Fund return3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | 0.88% | (7.77% | ) | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 922.30 | $ | 4.26 | |||||||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 0.79% | (8.19% | ) | 1,000.00 | 918.10 | 3.82 | ||||||||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 0.67% | (0.30% | ) | 1,000.00 | 997.00 | 3.37 | ||||||||||||||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 1.22% | (17.81% | ) | 1,000.00 | 821.90 | 5.60 | ||||||||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 0.81% | 2.09% | 1,000.00 | 1,020.90 | 4.13 | |||||||||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 0.90% | (8.99% | ) | 1,000.00 | 910.10 | 4.33 | ||||||||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 1.39% | (3.52% | ) | 1,000.00 | 964.80 | 6.88 | ||||||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 0.86% | (8.45% | ) | 1,000.00 | 915.50 | 4.15 | ||||||||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 0.89% | (3.25% | ) | 1,000.00 | 967.50 | 4.41 | ||||||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 1.11% | (8.58% | ) | 1,000.00 | 914.20 | 5.36 | ||||||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 0.89% | (11.68% | ) | 1,000.00 | 883.20 | 4.22 | ||||||||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 1.09% | (10.92% | ) | 1,000.00 | 890.80 | 5.19 | ||||||||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated | ||||||||||||||||||||
Growth Series) | 0.98% | (7.57% | ) | 1,000.00 | 924.30 | 4.75 | ||||||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 2.24% | (4.96% | ) | 1,000.00 | 950.40 | 11.01 | ||||||||||||||
Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return (before expenses) |
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Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | 0.88% | 5.00% | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.77 | $ | 4.48 | ||||||||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 0.79% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,021.22 | 4.02 | |||||||||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 0.67% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,021.83 | 3.41 | |||||||||||||||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 1.22% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,019.06 | 6.21 | |||||||||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 0.81% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,021.12 | 4.13 | |||||||||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 0.90% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,020.67 | 4.58 | |||||||||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 1.39% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,018.20 | 7.07 | |||||||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 0.86% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,020.87 | 4.38 | |||||||||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 0.89% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,020.72 | 4.53 | |||||||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 1.11% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,019.61 | 5.65 | |||||||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 0.89% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,020.72 | 4.53 | |||||||||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 1.09% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,019.71 | 5.55 | |||||||||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated | ||||||||||||||||||||
Growth Series) | 0.98% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,020.27 | 4.99 | |||||||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 2.24% | 5.00% | 1,000.00 | 1,013.91 | 11.37 |
1 | Annualized and excludes expenses of the underlying funds in which the Funds invest. |
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 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Expenses shown do not include fees charged by insurance companies. |
3 | Actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period June 30, 2011 to December 31, 2011. |
4 | This ratio represents annualized net expenses which includes dividends on short sales and prime broker interest expense. Excluding these expenses, the operating expense ratio would be 0.14% lower in Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series). |
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M A N A G E R S ’ C O M M E N T A R Y | Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series A (Large Cap Core Series) returned -4.00%, while the benchmark, the S&P 500® Index*, gained 2.11%. The Series pursues its objective by investing 50% of its total assets according to a large cap growth strategy and approximately 50% to a large cap value strategy. The managers rebalance if either strategy equals or exceeds 60% of total assets. The managers use a blended approach, investing in growth stocks and value stocks, and may invest in a limited number of industries and sectors.
The large cap growth manager chooses growth-oriented companies through a combination of a qualitative top-down approach in reviewing growth trends that are based on several fixed-income factors, along with a quantitative fundamental bottom-up approach. The large cap value manager chooses securities of companies that appear to be undervalued relative to assets, growth potential and cash flow. The managers sell a security when the reasons for buying it no longer apply or when the company begins to show deteriorating fundamentals or poor performance.
The benefit of having Financials sector holdings relatively outperform Index counterparts was not enough to offset the poor security selection in the Information Technology and Health Care sectors. The portfolio weight in the Financials sector was in line with that of the Index, but Financials holdings in the portfolio outperformed those in the benchmark. The poor performance of the Information Technology and Health Care sectors accounted for most of the difference between the portfolio and the benchmark. Both sectors had somewhat smaller allocations compared with the benchmark, and in both, performance lagged markedly.
The holdings contributing most to return were Starbucks Corp. and Williams Companies Inc. The main detractors were Computer Sciences Corp. and McDermott International Inc.
From the growth perspective, our indicators are not particularly positive, so we expect to keep the beta of our portion of the portfolio similar to that of the benchmark. We will remain in cyclical names within certain sectors where the dollar’s strength is a tailwind, such as the consumer cyclical sector. We do anticipate that Europe will eventually provide a strong response to its sovereign crisis which should lift the markets.
In the value side of the portfolio, factors expected to affect markets going forward include the trend in corporate earnings, resolution to the European sovereign debt crisis and developments in the U.S. economic recovery as a result of the ongoing budget discussions. We expect the world macroeconomic situation to remain unsettled in the near future and are focused on searching for companies that are underpriced relative to their intrinsic value as determined through our systematic, bottom-up, fundamental-research analysis process.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Mark A. Mitchell, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Mark Bronzo, CFA, Portfolio Manager
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M A N A G E R S ’ C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of the individuals listed above as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*SP 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index covering 500 industrial, utility, transportation and financial companies of the U.S. markets (mostly NYSE Euronext issues).
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
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P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011 |
SERIES A (LARGE CAP CORE SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all U.S. common stocks.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | -4.00 | % | -2.89 | % | 0.13 | % | ||||||
S&P 500 Index | 2.11 | % | -0.25 | % | 2.92 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | May 1, 1979 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 3.2% | |||
Apple, Inc. | 3.1% | |||
Google, Inc. — Class A | 2.9% | |||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 2.5% | |||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.4% | |||
Coca-Cola Co. | 1.9% | |||
TJX Companies, Inc. | 1.9% | |||
Equifax, Inc. | 1.8% | |||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 1.7% | |||
Chevron Corp. | 1.7% | |||
Top Ten Total | 23.1% |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series A (Large Cap Core Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 96.4% | ||||||||
Information Technology — 20.5% |
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Apple, Inc.* | 15,715 | $ | 6,364,575 | |||||
Google, Inc. — Class A* | 9,400 | 6,071,460 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 92,900 | 5,081,630 | ||||||
Western Union Co. | 187,100 | 3,416,446 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 18,400 | 3,383,392 | ||||||
EMC Corp.* | 150,300 | 3,237,462 | ||||||
SanDisk Corp.* | 56,050 | 2,758,221 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 51,950 | 2,732,051 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 77,700 | 2,393,937 | ||||||
Computer Sciences Corp. | 85,000 | 2,014,500 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 102,700 | 1,856,816 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 62,214 | 1,602,633 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. — Class A | 14,700 | 1,492,491 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 42,405,614 | |||||||
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Industrials — 14.9% | ||||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 98,100 | 3,800,394 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 66,300 | 3,603,405 | ||||||
Precision Castparts Corp. | 21,200 | 3,493,548 | ||||||
Eaton Corp. | 76,500 | 3,330,045 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B | 45,400 | 3,322,826 | ||||||
CSX Corp. | 156,010 | 3,285,571 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A | 73,900 | 2,035,945 | ||||||
URS Corp.* | 53,500 | 1,878,920 | ||||||
United Technologies Corp. | 24,700 | 1,805,323 | ||||||
Parker Hannifin Corp. | 13,600 | 1,037,000 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 12,300 | 1,027,173 | ||||||
USG Corp.* | 81,600 | 829,056 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc.* | 37,045 | 797,949 | ||||||
GeoEye, Inc.* | 28,309 | 629,026 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 30,876,181 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 14.3% |
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TJX Companies, Inc. | 60,050 | 3,876,227 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 75,200 | 3,459,952 | ||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 69,100 | 3,434,961 | ||||||
Comcast Corp. — Class A | 140,750 | 3,337,182 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 56,050 | 3,307,511 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 73,750 | 3,151,337 | ||||||
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 117,500 | 2,982,150 | ||||||
Priceline.com, Inc.* | 6,060 | 2,834,323 | ||||||
Time Warner, Inc. | 69,400 | 2,508,116 | ||||||
Best Buy Company, Inc. | 31,200 | 729,144 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 29,620,903 | |||||||
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Energy — 12.7% | ||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 58,750 | 4,979,650 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 33,800 | 3,596,320 | ||||||
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | 49,700 | 3,379,103 | ||||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | 42,200 | 3,221,126 | ||||||
Williams Companies, Inc. | 88,700 | 2,928,874 | ||||||
McDermott International, Inc.* | 215,100 | 2,475,801 | ||||||
Apache Corp. | 20,665 | 1,871,836 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 46,300 | 1,597,813 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 19,000 | 1,384,530 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 42,300 | 942,867 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 26,377,920 | |||||||
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Financials — 11.8% | ||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 241,654 | 6,659,984 | ||||||
Aon Corp. | 72,800 | 3,407,040 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 116,848 | 3,160,738 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 74,800 | 2,332,264 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class A* | 19 | 2,180,345 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 51,436 | 1,710,247 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 59,000 | 1,617,190 | ||||||
BB&T Corp. | 60,717 | 1,528,247 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 32,600 | 1,314,106 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. | 25,100 | 489,701 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 24,399,862 | |||||||
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Health Care — 9.6% | ||||||||
Allergan, Inc. | 39,700 | 3,483,278 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 69,800 | 3,469,758 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 52,850 | 3,465,903 | ||||||
Aetna, Inc. | 80,400 | 3,392,076 | ||||||
Covidien plc | 44,800 | 2,016,448 | ||||||
Forest Laboratories, Inc.* | 41,400 | 1,252,764 | ||||||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.* | 18,400 | 1,028,560 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 19,300 | 978,124 | ||||||
Hospira, Inc.* | 22,460 | 682,110 | ||||||
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Total Health Care | 19,769,021 | |||||||
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Consumer Staples — 6.3% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 55,400 | 3,876,338 | ||||||
CVS Caremark Corp. | 80,900 | 3,299,102 | ||||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 32,400 | 1,936,224 | ||||||
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A | 51,200 | 1,912,832 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd. | 20,900 | 1,195,480 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 10,800 | 899,856 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Staples | 13,119,832 | |||||||
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Materials — 4.4% | ||||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 23,980 | 3,476,620 | ||||||
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. | 74,850 | 3,426,633 | ||||||
Dow Chemical Co. | 72,700 | 2,090,852 | ||||||
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Total Materials | 8,994,105 | |||||||
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Utilities — 1.4% | ||||||||
Edison International | 72,000 | 2,980,800 | ||||||
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Telecommunication Services — 0.5% |
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Windstream Corp. | 89,400 | 1,049,556 | ||||||
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Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $189,537,711) | $ | 199,593,794 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 96.4% | ||||||||
(Cost $189,537,711) | $ | 199,593,794 | ||||||
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Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 3.6% | 7,401,278 | |||||||
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Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 206,995,072 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4. |
plc — Public Limited Company |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 7 |
Series A (Large Cap Core Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | ||||
(cost $189,537,711) | $ | 199,593,794 | ||
Cash | 6,662,196 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 893 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities sold | 1,061,197 | |||
Fund shares sold | 451,649 | |||
Dividends | 202,081 | |||
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Total assets | 207,971,810 | |||
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LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Fund shares redeemed | 408,956 | |||
Securities purchased | 358,966 | |||
Management fees | 131,236 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 16,623 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,240 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 791 | |||
Miscellaneous | 57,926 | |||
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Total liabilities | 976,738 | |||
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NETASSETS | $ | 206,995,072 | ||
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NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 251,362,238 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 1,309,773 | |||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (55,733,022 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 10,056,083 | |||
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Net assets | $ | 206,995,072 | ||
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Capital shares outstanding | 9,277,615 | |||
Net asset value per share | $ | 22.31 | ||
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S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends | $ | 3,355,591 | ||
Interest | 1,050 | |||
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Total investment income | 3,356,641 | |||
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EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 1,713,190 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,240 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 217,001 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 26,879 | |||
Custodian fees | 8,687 | |||
Miscellaneous | 55,871 | |||
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Total expenses | 2,046,868 | |||
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Net investment income | 1,309,773 | |||
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NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (Loss): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 6,631,364 | |||
Options written | 25,685 | |||
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| |||
Net realized gain | 6,657,049 | |||
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| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (16,841,599 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (16,841,599 | ) | ||
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| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (10,184,550 | ) | ||
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| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (8,874,777 | ) | |
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* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
8 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series A (Large Cap Core Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 1,309,773 | $ | 1,927,935 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments | 6,657,049 | 13,313,691 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (16,841,599 | ) | 15,198,690 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (8,874,777 | ) | 30,440,316 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 13,965,682 | 23,255,839 | ||||||
Issuance of shares in connection with the acquisition of SBL Fund Series H* | — | 47,882,828 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (41,915,795 | ) | (43,766,466 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions | (27,950,113 | ) | 27,372,201 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (36,824,890 | ) | 57,812,517 | |||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 243,819,962 | 186,007,445 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 206,995,072 | $ | 243,819,962 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 1,309,773 | $ | 1,927,935 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 602,805 | 1,122,748 | ||||||
Issuance of shares in connection with the acquisition of SBL Fund Series H* | — | 2,188,429 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,815,320 | ) | (2,135,059 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in shares | (1,212,515 | ) | 1,176,118 |
* | Fund Merger — See Note 12. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 9 |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series A (Large Cap Core Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 23.24 | $ | 19.97 | $ | 15.38 | $ | 24.57 | $ | 25.83 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .13 | .18 | .11 | .14 | .14 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (1.06 | ) | 3.09 | 4.48 | (9.33 | ) | (1.40 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (.93 | ) | 3.27 | 4.59 | (9.19 | ) | (1.26 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 22.31 | $ | 23.24 | $ | 19.97 | $ | 15.38 | $ | 24.57 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (4.00% | ) | 16.37% | 29.84% | (37.40% | ) | (4.88% | ) | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 206,995 | $ | 243,820 | $ | 186,007 | $ | 165,109 | $ | 328,995 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.57% | 0.89% | 0.68% | 0.66% | 0.52% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.90% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.90% | 0.89% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 87% | 111% | 78% | 142% | 14% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
10 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series B (Large Cap Value Series) returned -3.88%, while the benchmark, the Russell 1000® Value Index*, rose 0.39%.
Our strategy is to select securities of companies that appear undervalued by the overall market relative to assets, earnings, growth potential or cash flows. Our investment approach is a defined and disciplined process with three key philosophical tenets that drive our investment decisions: a valuation focus, a long-term investment horizon and an opportunistic approach.
Our investment process is fundamentally driven and quantitatively aided. We use proprietary screens to identify potential companies for investment and then perform rigorous fundamental analysis to identify the best ideas. Through this fundamental research, we determine an estimate of intrinsic value and a corresponding valuation target for each company. We construct the portfolio based on the level of conviction generated by the bottom-up analysis and the upside/downside profile associated with each company.
The portfolio’s performance was helped by an underweight and good stock selection in Financials sector, which was the poorest-performing sector in the index, and good stock selection in a solidly performing Energy sector. However, these benefits were not enough to offset the effects of poor stock selection in Information Technology and Health Care. The portfolio’s Technology holdings lost 29% as a group, compared with a loss of about 4% for the Technology names in the Index. The Health Care sector in the Index had positive performance, while the portfolio’s Health Care holdings had negative performance as a group.
The Financials sector contributed most to the Fund’s return over the period. Although the portfolio was underweight Financials (a 22% weighting versus 26% for the Index), our holdings performed better than those in the Index.
Information Technology, Health Care and Industrials detracted the most from the Fund’s return for the period. Security selection was a major factor in the sectors’ relative underperformance.
Recent market volatility has created a high degree of correlation between companies, thus there is little differentiation based on company fundamentals. Our investment approach focuses on identifying those companies where the current valuation doesn’t reflect the underlying fundamental business opportunities. At times like this, patience works against you in the short term, but over longer periods of time, being patient is rewarded with strong investment results.
The holdings contributing most to portfolio performance over the period were Williams Companies, Inc. and Aetna Inc. The main detractors were Computer Sciences Corp. and McDermott International Inc.
Factors expected to affect markets going forward include the trend in corporate earnings, resolution to the European sovereign debt crisis and developments in the U.S. economic recovery as a result of the ongoing budget discussions. We expect the world macroeconomic situation to remain unsettled in the near future and are focused on searching for companies that are underpriced relative to their intrinsic value as determined through our systematic, bottom-up, fundamental research analysis process.
Through periods of uncertainty, we believe holding companies that meet our investment criteria, and staying consistent with our philosophy and process, will benefit our investors over the long term.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Mark A. Mitchell, CFA, Portfolio Manager
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 11
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of Mark Mitchell as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
12 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011 |
SERIES B (LARGE CAP VALUE SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Russell 1000® Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of the large cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe and which includes companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | -3.88 | % | -1.25 | % | 3.21 | % | ||||||
Russell 1000 Value Index | 0.39 | % | -2.64 | % | 3.89 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | May 1, 1979 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
Equifax, Inc. | 4.0% | |||
Chevron Corp. | 3.8% | |||
Western Union Co. | 3.6% | |||
Aon Corp. | 3.6% | |||
Aetna, Inc. | 3.6% | |||
CVS Caremark Corp. | 3.5% | |||
U.S. Bancorp | 3.3% | |||
Edison International | 3.1% | |||
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 3.1% | |||
Williams Companies, Inc. | 3.1% | |||
Top Ten Total | 34.7% |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 13
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series B (Large Cap Value Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 95.7% |
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Financials — 19.2% | ||||||||
Aon Corp. | 190,600 | $ | 8,920,080 | |||||
U.S. Bancorp | 306,746 | 8,297,479 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 272,825 | 7,519,057 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class A* | 50 | 5,737,750 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 135,369 | 4,501,019 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 153,450 | 4,206,064 | ||||||
BB&T Corp. | 161,463 | 4,064,024 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 85,700 | 3,454,567 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. | 65,600 | 1,279,856 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 47,979,896 | |||||||
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Energy — 16.2% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 88,400 | 9,405,760 | ||||||
Williams Companies, Inc. | 232,300 | 7,670,546 | ||||||
McDermott International, Inc.* | 562,700 | 6,476,677 | ||||||
Apache Corp. | 53,922 | 4,884,255 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 120,900 | 4,172,259 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 41,200 | 3,002,244 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 111,800 | 2,492,022 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 26,050 | 2,207,998 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 40,311,761 | |||||||
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Industrials — 14.5% |
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Equifax, Inc. | 256,800 | 9,948,432 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A | 191,700 | 5,281,335 | ||||||
URS Corp.* | 140,200 | 4,923,824 | ||||||
United Technologies Corp. | 63,900 | 4,670,451 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 32,443 | 2,709,315 | ||||||
Parker Hannifin Corp. | 35,400 | 2,699,250 | ||||||
USG Corp.* | 212,400 | 2,157,984 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc.* | 97,191 | 2,093,494 | ||||||
GeoEye, Inc.* | 73,725 | 1,638,169 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 36,122,254 | |||||||
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Information Technology — 13.4% |
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Western Union Co. | 493,700 | 9,014,962 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 204,550 | 6,302,186 | ||||||
Computer Sciences Corp. | 220,300 | 5,221,110 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 267,800 | 4,841,824 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 162,651 | 4,189,890 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. — Class A | 38,800 | 3,939,364 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 33,509,336 | |||||||
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Consumer Staples — 9.8% |
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CVS Caremark Corp. | 213,700 | 8,714,686 | ||||||
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A | 136,300 | 5,092,168 | ||||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 85,200 | 5,091,552 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd. | 54,400 | 3,111,680 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 28,300 | 2,357,956 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Staples | 24,368,042 | |||||||
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Health Care — 9.7% |
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Aetna, Inc. | 211,000 | 8,902,090 | ||||||
Covidien plc | 108,950 | 4,903,839 | ||||||
Forest Laboratories, Inc.* | 107,800 | 3,262,028 | ||||||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.* | 47,000 | 2,627,300 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 51,200 | 2,594,816 | ||||||
Hospira, Inc.* | 59,259 | 1,799,696 | ||||||
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Total Health Care | 24,089,769 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 6.5% |
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Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 306,700 | 7,784,046 | ||||||
Time Warner, Inc. | 181,933 | 6,575,059 | ||||||
Best Buy Company, Inc. | 82,300 | 1,923,351 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 16,282,456 | |||||||
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Utilities — 3.1% |
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Edison International | 189,700 | 7,853,580 | ||||||
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Materials — 2.2% |
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Dow Chemical Co. | 190,500 | 5,478,780 | ||||||
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Telecommunication Services — 1.1% |
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Windstream Corp. | 232,532 | 2,729,926 | ||||||
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Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $218,842,376) | 238,725,800 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 95.7% | ||||||||
(Cost $218,842,376) | $ | 238,725,800 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 4.3% | 10,725,182 | |||||||
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Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 249,450,982 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4. |
plc — Public Limited Company |
14 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) |
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 238,725,800 | ||
Cash | 9,871,474 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 1,208 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities sold | 1,197,728 | |||
Dividends | 447,167 | |||
Fund shares sold | 153,415 | |||
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Total assets | 250,396,792 | |||
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LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Fund shares redeemed | 400,150 | |||
Securities purchased | 336,285 | |||
Management fees | 136,708 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 19,980 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,247 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 422 | |||
Miscellaneous | 50,018 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 945,810 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 249,450,982 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 286,692,488 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 2,783,403 | |||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (59,908,333 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 19,883,424 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 249,450,982 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 10,061,988 | |||
Net asset value per share | $24.79 | |||
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S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends | $ | 4,990,331 | ||
Interest | 2,131 | |||
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| |||
Total investment income | 4,992,462 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES | ||||
Management fees | 1,802,541 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,266 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 263,445 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 26,284 | |||
Custodian fees | 11,449 | |||
Miscellaneous | 80,074 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 2,209,059 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment income | 2,783,403 | |||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): |
| |||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 8,779,610 | |||
Options written | 66,598 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 8,846,208 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (21,354,454 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (21,354,454 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (12,508,246 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (9,724,843 | ) | |
|
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* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 15 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series B (Large Cap Value Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 2,783,403 | $ | 2,285,314 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments | 8,846,208 | 8,890,051 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (21,354,454 | ) | 31,140,335 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (9,724,843 | ) | 42,315,700 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 17,773,916 | 48,004,215 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (56,778,889 | ) | (72,612,503 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (39,004,973 | ) | (24,608,288 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (48,729,816 | ) | 17,707,412 | |||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 298,180,798 | 280,473,386 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 249,450,982 | $ | 298,180,798 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 2,783,403 | $ | 2,285,314 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 700,724 | 2,091,003 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (2,201,359 | ) | (3,163,955 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (1,500,635 | ) | (1,072,952 | ) |
16 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series B (Large Cap Value Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $25.79 | $22.20 | $17.55 | $27.94 | $26.40 | |||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .26 | .19 | .19 | .29 | .25 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (1.26 | ) | 3.40 | 4.46 | (10.68 | ) | 1.29 | |||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (1.00 | ) | 3.59 | 4.65 | (10.39 | ) | 1.54 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $24.79 | $25.79 | $22.20 | $17.55 | $27.94 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (3.88% | ) | 16.17% | 26.50% | (37.19% | ) | 5.83% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $249,451 | $298,181 | $280,473 | $250,972 | $479,972 | |||||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 1.00% | 0.81% | 1.03% | 1.21% | 0.90% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.80% | 0.80% | 0.81% | 0.80% | 0.79% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 19% | 17% | 16% | 32% | 29% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 17 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series C (Money Market Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series C (Money Market Series) returned -0.52%. The Federal Reserve Board continues to hold rates near 0%, making it a challenge to maintain a positive yield. The Fed has signaled that it will continue to keep rates low in the near future.
Composition of Portfolio Assets
At December 31, 2011, the average weighted maturity of the holdings in the Series was 23 days. The Series’ assets were concentrated in commercial paper and U.S. government-sponsored agency bonds and notes. At year-end, approximately 14% of the Series consisted of U.S. government/agency obligations, 41% of Treasury repurchase agreements and 45% in commercial paper.
Market Review
The Federal Reserve has repeatedly stated its intention to keep rates low for the foreseeable future, which will continue to be challenging for money market portfolios as there is very little yield available. Because of the historically low yields, returns in the Series turned negative after the application of management fees. Newly instituted SEC regulations require at least 30% of portfolio assets to be invested in government issues or equivalent securities, such as repurchase agreements. Additionally, average weighted maturity is now limited to a maximum of 60 days. Both changes are on the side of safety but weigh on the yield of money market funds.
The Money Market Series focused on the high quality issuers and short duration periods due to the relatively flat yield curve over 60 day maturities, which provided no incentive to increase the Fund’s duration. In addition, we invested in asset-backed commercial paper of large, well-diversified programs that offer multiple layers of protection.
Outlook
Our philosophy in managing the Money Market Series is to take a conservative approach that doesn’t add risk to the portfolio by reaching for marginal gains in yield. With the yield environment likely to remain as is for the time being, we will continue to manage the Series conservatively with expectations of low returns. As always, we will continue to monitor the economic and market conditions when deciding portfolio strategies and will adjust the asset mix and maturity structure in the portfolio accordingly. Thank you for your investment in the Money Market Series.
We appreciate the confidence that you have placed in us and continue to focus on achieving the Series’ investment goals.
Sincerely,
Steve McFeely, CFA, Portfolio Manager
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of Steve McFeely as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
18 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011
SERIES C (MONEY MARKET SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preservation of capital by investing in money market securities with varying maturities.
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
FADN—Federal Agency Discount Notes
Inception Date: May 1, 1979
The Fund invests principally in money market instruments such as commercial paper.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | -0.52 | % | 1.08 | % | 1.49 | % |
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 19
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series C (Money Market Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
FEDERAL AGENCY DISCOUNT NOTES†† — 13.8% |
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Freddie Mac1 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 4,999,980 | ||||
Fannie Mae1 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,960 | ||||||
Federal Farm Credit Bank2 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,900 | ||||||
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Total Federal Agency Discount Notes |
| 14,999,840 | ||||||
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MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES†† — 0.3% |
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Small Business Administration Pools |
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#503303, | 102,404 | 102,749 | ||||||
#503343, | 77,239 | 77,239 | ||||||
#503295, | 56,304 | 56,492 | ||||||
#502353, | 24,434 | 24,434 | ||||||
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Total Mortgage Backed Securities |
| 260,914 | ||||||
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COMMERCIAL PAPER†† — 45.3% |
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Toyota Motor Credit Corp. | ||||||||
0.15% due 02/27/12 | 4,000,000 | 3,999,155 | ||||||
0.08% due 02/16/12 | 2,000,000 | 1,999,696 | ||||||
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Total Toyota Motor Credit Corp. |
| 5,998,851 | ||||||
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Coca-Cola Co. | ||||||||
0.16% due 04/12/12 | 2,000,000 | 1,999,168 | ||||||
0.20% due 03/01/12 | 1,750,000 | 1,749,750 | ||||||
0.12% due 03/06/12 | 1,500,000 | 1,499,743 | ||||||
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Total Coca-Cola Co. |
| 5,248,661 | ||||||
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John Deere Capital Corp. |
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0.11% due 01/05/12 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,939 | ||||||
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General Reinsurance Corp. |
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0.09% due 01/04/12 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,909 | ||||||
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UBS Finance Delaware LLC |
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0.17% due 01/06/12 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,882 | ||||||
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ING U.S. Funding LLC | ||||||||
0.24% due 01/18/12 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,433 | ||||||
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Barclays U.S. Funding LLC |
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0.20% due 01/27/12 | 5,000,000 | 4,999,278 | ||||||
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General Electric Co. | ||||||||
0.09% due 03/27/12 | 5,000,000 | 4,998,571 | ||||||
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Jupiter Securitization |
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0.14% due 03/20/12 | 3,000,000 | 2,997,725 | ||||||
0.12% due 01/18/12 | 2,000,000 | 1,999,887 | ||||||
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Total Jupiter Securitization |
| 4,997,612 | ||||||
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Westpack Banking Corp. |
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0.47% due 03/15/12 | 3,000,000 | 2,998,313 | ||||||
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Total Commercial Paper (Cost $49,240,516) |
| 49,240,449 | ||||||
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REPURCHASE AGREEMENT††,5 — 40.7% |
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UMB Financial Corp. | 44,174,000 | 44,174,000 | ||||||
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Total Repurchase Agreement |
| 44,174,000 | ||||||
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Total Investments — 100.1% |
| $ | 108,675,203 | |||||
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Liabilities, Less Cash & Other Assets — (0.1)% |
| (58,241 | ) | |||||
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Total Net Assets — 100.0% |
| $ | 108,616,962 |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4. |
1 | On September 7, 2008, the issuer was placed in conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). As conservator, the FHFA has full powers to control the assets and operations of the firm. |
2 | The issuer operates under a Congressional charter; its securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government. |
3 | Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2011. |
4 | Maturity date indicated is next interest reset date. |
5 | Repurchase Agreement — See Note 5. |
20 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series C (Money Market Series) |
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 64,501,203 | ||
Repurchase agreements, at value | 44,174,000 | |||
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Total investments | 108,675,203 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 653 | |||
Cash | 281 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Fund shares sold | 196,801 | |||
Securities sold | 2,337 | |||
Interest | 379 | |||
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Total assets | 108,875,654 | |||
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LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Fund shares redeemed | 151,096 | |||
Management fees | 48,175 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 9,153 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 3,919 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,246 | |||
Miscellaneous | 44,103 | |||
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Total liabilities | 258,692 | |||
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NETASSETS | $ | 108,616,962 | ||
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NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 108,615,702 | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 1,260 | |||
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Net assets | $ | 108,616,962 | ||
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Capital shares outstanding | 8,088,380 | |||
Net asset value per share | $13.43 | |||
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S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Interest | $ | 155,994 | ||
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Total investment income | 155,994 | |||
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EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 597,213 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,263 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 113,469 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 11,366 | |||
Custodian fees | 9,913 | |||
Miscellaneous | 80,916 | |||
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Total expenses | 838,140 | |||
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Net investment loss | (682,146 | ) | ||
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NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | (4 | ) | ||
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Net realized loss | (4 | ) | ||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | 1,797 | |||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 1,797 | |||
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Net realized and unrealized gain | 1,793 | |||
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Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (680,353 | ) | |
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* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 21 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S | Series C (Money Market Series) |
Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment loss | $ | (682,146 | ) | $ | (627,179 | ) | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | (4 | ) | 4,198 | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 1,797 | 25,972 | ||||||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | (680,353 | ) | (597,009 | ) | ||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 174,897,246 | 172,785,092 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (171,790,898 | ) | (219,258,752 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions | 3,106,348 | (46,473,660 | ) | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | 2,425,995 | (47,070,669 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 106,190,967 | 153,261,636 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 108,616,962 | $ | 106,190,967 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 12,988,330 | 12,760,898 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (12,763,672 | ) | (16,195,973 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in shares | 224,658 | (3,435,075 | ) |
22 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series C (Money Market Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.50 | $13.56 | $13.61 | $13.33 | $12.73 | |||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)a | (.08 | ) | (.06 | ) | (.03 | ) | .26 | .60 | ||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | .01 | (— | )c | (.02 | ) | .02 | — | c | ||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (.07 | ) | (.06 | ) | (.05 | ) | .28 | .60 | ||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $13.43 | $13.50 | $13.56 | $13.61 | $13.33 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (0.52% | ) | (0.44% | ) | (0.37% | ) | 2.10% | 4.71% | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $108,617 | $106,191 | $153,262 | $268,318 | $168,661 | |||||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | (0.57% | ) | (0.46% | ) | (0.23% | ) | 1.94% | 4.59% | ||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.70% | 0.70% | 0.67% | 0.65% | 0.66% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | — | — | — | — | — |
a | Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Less than $0.01 per share. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 23 |
M A N A G E R S ’ C O M M E N T A R Y | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series – formerly, the Global Series) returned -15.80%, while the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index*, returned -14.64%.
The strategy provides broad exposure to the companies in the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index, which represents the equity markets of developed countries in Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The Fund seeks performance that corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index. The index weights the issuers in the MSCI EAFE Index (the cap-weighted version of the index) the same weight on the rebalancing date. Between two rebalancings, the weight of securities in the equal weighted index will deviate from equal weight based on the performance of each security.
On May 2, 2011, the Fund’s name was changed from Global Series to MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series, and its investment strategy from a global strategy to a strategy that seeks to correspond to the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index. Prior to May 2, 2011, the Fund’s benchmark was the MSCI World Index.
The best-performing sectors in the Fund over the past 12 months were the Health Care and Energy sectors. The Financials and Industrials sectors were the worst-performing sectors.
The holdings contributing most to the portfolio performance over the period were El Paso Corp. and Exxaro Resources Ltd. They were in the portfolio prior to the change in investment strategy and benchmark on May 2, 2011, but are not part of MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index.
The holdings detracting most from portfolio performance over the period were iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund and Pioneer Corp. Both holdings were in the portfolio prior to the change in investment strategy and benchmark on May 2, 2011, but are not part of MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Michael Byrum, CFA, Portfolio Manager
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of Michael Byrum as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index equally weights the issuers in the MSCI EAFE Index, which is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index is rebalanced quarterly so that each issuer has the same weight on each rebalancing date. The MSCI EAFE Index consists of the following 22 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
24 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011
SERIES D (MSCI EAFE EQUAL WEIGHT SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks performance that corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index (the “Underlying Index”).
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The MSCI EAFE® Equal Weighted Index is an unmanaged equal-weighted version of the MSCI EAFE® Index, which means that each security included in the index has the same weight on each rebalancing date and then fluctuates based on the performance of the security until weights are reset equally on the next rebalancing date. The MSCI EAFE® Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) is an index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Effective April 29, 2011, the Fund changed its principal investment strategy. As a result of the investment strategy change, the Fund’s new benchmark is the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index. The Fund’s performance was previously compared to the MSCI World Index. The MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index-Blended uses performance data for the MSCI World Index from 12/31/01 to 04/28/11, and the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index from 04/29/11 to 12/31/11.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | -15.80 | % | -4.79 | % | 3.22 | % | ||||||
MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index | -14.64 | % | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index-Blended | -12.61 | % | -3.44 | % | 3.28 | % | ||||||
MSCI World Index | -5.54 | % | -2.37 | % | 3.62 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | April 19, 1984 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund | 1.9 | % | ||
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund | 0.3 | % | ||
Orient Overseas International Ltd. | 0.1 | % | ||
Elan Corporation plc | 0.1 | % | ||
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. | 0.1 | % | ||
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd. | 0.1 | % | ||
Banco de Sabadell S.A. | 0.1 | % | ||
Old Mutual plc | 0.1 | % | ||
Nippon Yusen KK | 0.1 | % | ||
Alfresa Holdings Corp. | 0.1 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 3.0 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index and the MSCI World Index are unmanaged indices and, unlike the Fund, have no management fees or operating expenses to reduce their reported returns. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 25
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 96.4% | ||||||||
Financials — 21.4% | ||||||||
Banco de Sabadell S.A. | 62,179 | $ | 236,083 | |||||
Old Mutual plc | 111,247 | 233,950 | ||||||
Banco Popolare SC | 173,920 | 225,066 | ||||||
Raiffeisen Bank International AG | 8,648 | 224,551 | ||||||
Credit Saison Company Ltd. | 11,110 | 222,720 | ||||||
Bankinter S.A. | 35,980 | 221,165 | ||||||
Sino Land Company Ltd. | 155,051 | 220,800 | ||||||
Bank of East Asia Ltd. | 57,920 | 219,253 | ||||||
Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe | 5,475 | 216,945 | ||||||
Banco Popular Espanol S.A. | 47,277 | 215,354 | ||||||
Julius Baer Group Ltd.* | 5,464 | 213,720 | ||||||
Banco Espirito Santo S.A. | 120,095 | 209,807 | ||||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. | 9,927 | 208,460 | ||||||
Iyo Bank Ltd. | 21,000 | 207,354 | ||||||
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB — Class A | 35,559 | 207,125 | ||||||
Aeon Credit Service Company Ltd. | 13,110 | 207,117 | ||||||
Lloyds Banking Group plc* | 514,530 | 207,019 | ||||||
Swedbank AB — Class A | 15,917 | 206,172 | ||||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. | 23,838 | 206,066 | ||||||
Unione di Banche Italiane SCPA | 50,226 | 205,779 | ||||||
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. | 86,840 | 205,734 | ||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | 122,800 | 205,633 | ||||||
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. | 49,000 | 205,626 | ||||||
Nomura Real Estate Office Fund, Inc. — Class A | 40 | 205,535 | ||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. | 8,446 | 205,524 | ||||||
Erste Group Bank AG | 11,688 | 205,476 | ||||||
NTT Urban Development Corp. | 301 | 205,307 | ||||||
Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 4,065 | 204,653 | ||||||
Zurich Financial Services AG* | 903 | 204,288 | ||||||
Westfield Retail Trust | 80,091 | 203,986 | ||||||
Aozora Bank Ltd. | 74,000 | 203,820 | ||||||
Ratos AB — Class B | 17,370 | 203,793 | ||||||
Suncorp Group Ltd. | 23,768 | 203,729 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Ltd. | 5,140 | 203,677 | ||||||
Fonciere Des Regions | 3,170 | 203,471 | ||||||
Hysan Development Company Ltd. | 61,920 | 203,301 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG | 5,336 | 203,255 | ||||||
Joyo Bank Ltd. | 46,000 | 203,196 | ||||||
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp. | 137 | 202,910 | ||||||
ICADE | 2,578 | 202,804 | ||||||
Daiwa House Industry Company Ltd. | 17,000 | 202,754 | ||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | 162,558 | 202,685 | ||||||
Prudential plc | 20,371 | 202,017 | ||||||
Shinsei Bank Ltd. | 194,250 | 201,897 | ||||||
Investor AB — Class B | 10,817 | 201,799 | ||||||
Svenska Handelsbanken AB — Class A | 7,670 | 201,707 | ||||||
ASX Ltd. | 6,438 | 201,375 | ||||||
Bankia S.A.* | 43,241 | 201,166 | ||||||
Gjensidige Forsikring ASA | 17,355 | 201,084 | ||||||
National Australia Bank Ltd. | 8,410 | 200,949 | ||||||
Industrivarden AB — Class C | 16,837 | 200,842 | ||||||
Standard Life plc | 62,665 | 200,692 | ||||||
Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc. | 21,000 | 200,533 | ||||||
Gecina S.A. | 2,383 | 200,446 | ||||||
Insurance Australia Group Ltd. | 65,729 | 200,350 | ||||||
Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp. | 85 | 200,214 | ||||||
Nordea Bank AB | 25,876 | 200,200 | ||||||
Corio N.V. | 4,598 | 199,956 | ||||||
KBC Groep N.V. | 15,878 | 199,947 | ||||||
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | 147,950 | 199,906 | ||||||
Chiba Bank Ltd. | 31,000 | 199,766 | ||||||
Standard Chartered plc | 9,091 | 198,947 | ||||||
Link REIT | 53,990 | 198,815 | ||||||
Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. | 16,710 | 198,801 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG | 1,620 | 198,698 | ||||||
Shizuoka Bank Ltd. | 18,850 | 198,614 | ||||||
Barclays plc | 72,577 | 198,393 | ||||||
SCOR SE | 8,483 | 198,257 | ||||||
IMMOFINANZ AG* | 65,968 | 198,053 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | 7,100 | 197,771 | ||||||
Resolution Ltd. | 50,620 | 197,653 | ||||||
ORIX Corp. | 2,390 | 197,485 | ||||||
UBS AG* | 16,589 | 197,450 | ||||||
Suruga Bank Ltd. | 22,000 | 196,934 | ||||||
Randstad Holding N.V. | 6,653 | 196,813 | ||||||
Wing Hang Bank Ltd. | 24,010 | 196,770 | ||||||
United Overseas Bank Ltd. | 16,710 | 196,717 | ||||||
AIA Group Ltd. | 63,000 | 196,708 | ||||||
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. | 13,210 | 196,683 | ||||||
Banco Santander S.A. | 25,806 | 196,029 | ||||||
Hang Lung Group Ltd. | 35,780 | 196,024 | ||||||
Westfield Group | 24,532 | 195,975 | ||||||
BNP Paribas S.A. | 4,973 | 195,316 | ||||||
Chugoku Bank Ltd. | 14,000 | 195,167 | ||||||
Capital Shopping Centres Group plc | 40,230 | 195,073 | ||||||
Seven Bank Ltd. | 99,400 | 195,003 | ||||||
Government Properties Trust, Inc. | 62,092 | 194,980 | ||||||
AMP Ltd. | 46,834 | 194,972 | ||||||
Hannover Rueckversicherung AG | 3,931 | 194,960 |
26 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG* | 8,290 | $ | 194,784 | |||||
Pohjola Bank plc — Class A | 20,034 | 194,701 | ||||||
SBI Holdings, Inc. | 2,655 | 194,546 | ||||||
Hopewell Holdings Ltd. | 76,000 | 194,340 | ||||||
Kinnevik Investment AB — Class B | 9,971 | 194,274 | ||||||
DNB ASA* | 19,828 | 194,100 | ||||||
Klepierre | 6,804 | 194,060 | ||||||
Hachijuni Bank Ltd. | 34,000 | 193,920 | ||||||
Bank of Yokohama Ltd. | 41,000 | 193,894 | ||||||
Resona Holdings, Inc. | 44,020 | 193,878 | ||||||
ICAP plc | 35,987 | 193,839 | ||||||
Schroders plc | 9,488 | 193,488 | ||||||
Lend Lease Group | 26,401 | 193,353 | ||||||
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. | 62,000 | 193,322 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc* | 617,098 | 193,319 | ||||||
Goodman Group | 331,507 | 193,279 | ||||||
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. | 12,080 | 193,022 | ||||||
Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc. | 99,040 | 193,010 | ||||||
Tokyu Land Corp. | 51,000 | 192,815 | ||||||
Dexus Property Group | 226,930 | 192,658 | ||||||
Sumitomo Realty & Development Company Ltd. | 11,000 | 192,646 | ||||||
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM* | 67,296 | 192,602 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 45,320 | 192,538 | ||||||
Westpac Banking Corp. | 9,409 | 192,482 | ||||||
ING Groep N.V.* | 26,740 | 192,397 | ||||||
Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd. | 67,000 | 192,374 | ||||||
Allianz AG | 2,008 | 192,056 | ||||||
Swiss Re AG* | 3,767 | 191,979 | ||||||
T&D Holdings, Inc. | 20,600 | 191,896 | ||||||
Legal & General Group plc | 120,256 | 191,819 | ||||||
Unibail-Rodamco SE | 1,067 | 191,791 | ||||||
Stockland | 58,654 | 191,384 | ||||||
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. | 14,440 | 191,273 | ||||||
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.* | 24,127 | 190,700 | ||||||
Hiroshima Bank Ltd. | 41,000 | 190,698 | ||||||
Aviva plc | 40,810 | 190,597 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings plc | 24,925 | 190,078 | ||||||
Delta Lloyd N.V. | 11,292 | 189,966 | ||||||
Exor SpA | 9,437 | 189,900 | ||||||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. | 31,420 | 189,668 | ||||||
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA | 581,758 | 189,641 | ||||||
CaixaBank | 38,615 | 189,640 | ||||||
Swire Pacific Ltd. — Class A | 15,710 | 189,634 | ||||||
Bank of Kyoto Ltd. | 22,000 | 189,502 | ||||||
Banca Carige SpA | 98,839 | 189,300 | ||||||
Singapore Exchange Ltd. | 40,000 | 189,037 | ||||||
Baloise Holding AG | 2,756 | 188,956 | ||||||
Investec plc | 35,892 | 188,923 | ||||||
Henderson Land Development Company Ltd. | 37,990 | 188,810 | ||||||
Daito Trust Construction Company Ltd. | 2,200 | 188,645 | ||||||
Mirvac Group | 156,250 | 188,590 | ||||||
Aegon N.V.* | 46,966 | 188,472 | ||||||
Tryg A | 3,391 | 188,333 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 63,990 | 187,888 | ||||||
Bank Hapoalim BM* | 57,643 | 187,809 | ||||||
RSA Insurance Group plc | 114,880 | 187,526 | ||||||
CFS Retail Property Trust | 108,615 | 187,200 | ||||||
Gunma Bank Ltd. | 34,000 | 186,852 | ||||||
Nomura Holdings, Inc. | 61,700 | 186,775 | ||||||
Mapfre S.A. | 58,779 | 186,739 | ||||||
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. | 15,710 | 186,398 | ||||||
NKSJ Holdings, Inc. | 9,500 | 186,371 | ||||||
Sampo Oyj — Class A | 7,501 | 186,081 | ||||||
Global Logistic Properties Ltd.* | 137,330 | 185,810 | ||||||
CNP Assurances | 14,977 | 185,635 | ||||||
3i Group plc | 66,060 | 185,606 | ||||||
British Land Company plc | 25,819 | 185,427 | ||||||
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings | 10,000 | 185,267 | ||||||
Natixis | 73,488 | 184,873 | ||||||
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. | 2,767 | 184,443 | ||||||
First Pacific Co. Ltd. | 177,250 | 184,402 | ||||||
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. | 14,710 | 184,382 | ||||||
AXA S.A. | 14,170 | 184,196 | ||||||
Wheelock & Company Ltd. | 74,060 | 183,467 | ||||||
GAM Holding AG* | 16,878 | 183,281 | ||||||
Commerzbank AG* | 108,270 | 182,563 | ||||||
Hammerson plc | 32,606 | 182,261 | ||||||
Segro plc | 56,292 | 182,205 | ||||||
New World Development Co. Ltd. | 226,000 | 182,160 | ||||||
Kerry Properties Ltd. | 55,030 | 182,097 | ||||||
Societe Generale S.A. | 8,175 | 182,013 | ||||||
Land Securities Group plc | 18,428 | 181,747 | ||||||
Wharf Holdings Ltd. | 40,210 | 181,723 | ||||||
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | 8,200 | 181,642 | ||||||
UOL Group Ltd. | 58,850 | 181,482 | ||||||
Pargesa Holding S.A. | 2,769 | 181,298 | ||||||
CapitaMall Trust | 138,330 | 181,298 | ||||||
Credit Agricole S.A. | 31,966 | 180,358 | ||||||
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 20,280 | 180,114 | ||||||
Nippon Building Fund, Inc. | 22 | 180,070 | ||||||
London Stock Exchange Group plc | 14,589 | 180,026 | ||||||
Ageas | 115,687 | 179,650 | ||||||
Man Group plc | 92,075 | 179,617 | ||||||
Assicurazioni Generali SpA | 11,930 | 179,548 | ||||||
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. | 63,060 | 179,438 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 27 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Mitsubishi Estate Company Ltd. | 12,000 | $ | 179,291 | |||||
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. | 23 | 179,291 | ||||||
Partners Group Holding AG | 1,027 | 179,203 | ||||||
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd. | 21,809 | 179,130 | ||||||
Mediobanca SpA | 31,131 | 179,112 | ||||||
Aeon Mall Company Ltd. | 8,400 | 178,324 | ||||||
City Developments Ltd. | 25,850 | 177,369 | ||||||
Danske Bank A* | 13,872 | 176,187 | ||||||
Israel Discount Bank Ltd. — Class A* | 131,596 | 176,060 | ||||||
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd. | 179 | 176,047 | ||||||
Admiral Group plc | 13,283 | 175,669 | ||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Company Ltd. | 12,000 | 174,925 | ||||||
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust | 123,760 | 174,605 | ||||||
Sony Financial Holdings, Inc. | 11,800 | 173,850 | ||||||
Swiss Life Holding AG* | 1,889 | 173,757 | ||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG* | 3,279 | 171,896 | ||||||
Eurazeo | 4,764 | 169,507 | ||||||
Keppel Land Ltd. | 98,770 | 169,046 | ||||||
CapitaMalls Asia Ltd. | 192,060 | 167,318 | ||||||
CapitaLand Ltd. | 97,000 | 165,269 | ||||||
UniCredit SpA | 18,724 | 155,556 | ||||||
National Bank of Greece S.A.* | 73,871 | 154,864 | ||||||
Banco de Valencia S.A.* | 1,150 | 915 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 39,809,428 | |||||||
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Industrials — 19.3% | ||||||||
Orient Overseas International Ltd. | 43,510 | 254,060 | ||||||
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. | 62,000 | 240,042 | ||||||
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha | 89,000 | 227,790 | ||||||
Wolseley plc | 6,761 | 223,879 | ||||||
Japan Steel Works Ltd. | 32,000 | 222,424 | ||||||
Skanska AB — Class B | 13,359 | 221,272 | ||||||
Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V. | 6,008 | 220,727 | ||||||
Balfour Beatty plc | 52,987 | 217,840 | ||||||
Toyota Tsusho Corp. | 12,210 | 215,900 | ||||||
SKF AB — Class B | 10,180 | 215,356 | ||||||
G4S plc | 50,926 | 214,904 | ||||||
Aggreko plc | 6,859 | 214,767 | ||||||
NGK Insulators Ltd. | 18,000 | 213,746 | ||||||
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | 10,128 | 213,373 | ||||||
Keisei Electric Railway Company Ltd. | 29,000 | 213,252 | ||||||
Auckland International Airport Ltd. | 108,709 | 213,246 | ||||||
West Japan Railway Co. | 4,900 | 212,947 | ||||||
TNT Express N.V. | 28,481 | 212,810 | ||||||
Assa Abloy AB — Class B | 8,483 | 212,734 | ||||||
MAN SE | 2,390 | 212,479 | ||||||
Kintetsu Corp. | 54,000 | 211,173 | ||||||
Kinden Corp. | 25,000 | 211,121 | ||||||
Central Japan Railway Co. | 25 | 211,121 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. | 19,000 | 211,056 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | 22,000 | 210,939 | ||||||
Atlantia SpA | 13,145 | 210,422 | ||||||
Atlas Copco AB — Class A | 9,742 | 209,487 | ||||||
NTN Corp. | 52,000 | 209,432 | ||||||
Invensys plc | 63,611 | 208,365 | ||||||
Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas S.A. | 8,018 | 207,934 | ||||||
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. | 6,638 | 207,451 | ||||||
Bunzl plc | 15,115 | 207,410 | ||||||
Marubeni Corp. | 34,000 | 207,172 | ||||||
Atlas Copco AB — Class B | 10,897 | 207,091 | ||||||
Furukawa Electric Company Ltd. | 90,000 | 206,964 | ||||||
Experian plc | 15,220 | 206,960 | ||||||
Wendel S.A. | 3,102 | 206,733 | ||||||
BAE Systems plc | 46,692 | 206,682 | ||||||
Hino Motors Ltd. | 34,000 | 206,288 | ||||||
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. | 114,020 | 205,909 | ||||||
JTEKT Corp. | 20,910 | 205,650 | ||||||
Hochtief AG | 3,552 | 205,444 | ||||||
Intertek Group plc | 6,483 | 204,806 | ||||||
Vallourec S.A. | 3,154 | 204,729 | ||||||
Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. | 236,000 | 204,687 | ||||||
Keio Corp. | 29,000 | 204,586 | ||||||
Sumitomo Corp. | 15,110 | 204,555 | ||||||
Sandvik AB | 16,660 | 204,419 | ||||||
Cobham plc | 71,699 | 204,123 | ||||||
Brambles Ltd. | 27,867 | 204,089 | ||||||
IHI Corp. | 84,000 | 204,080 | ||||||
Yamato Holdings Company Ltd. | 12,110 | 204,062 | ||||||
Alfa Laval AB | 10,763 | 203,919 | ||||||
Mitsui & Company Ltd. | 13,100 | 203,725 | ||||||
East Japan Railway Co. | 3,200 | 203,716 | ||||||
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. | 18,710 | 203,702 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. | 47,710 | 203,311 | ||||||
NWS Holdings Ltd. | 138,000 | 203,270 | ||||||
Abertis Infraestructuras S.A. | 12,726 | 203,221 | ||||||
Babcock International Group plc | 17,784 | 203,017 | ||||||
Odakyu Electric Railway Company Ltd. | 21,000 | 202,988 | ||||||
Secom Company Ltd. | 4,400 | 202,936 | ||||||
Amada Company Ltd. | 32,000 | 202,884 | ||||||
Deutsche Post AG | 13,193 | 202,825 | ||||||
Nippon Express Company Ltd. | 52,000 | 202,676 | ||||||
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc* | 17,441 | 202,216 | ||||||
ITOCHU Corp. | 19,900 | 202,180 | ||||||
Dai Nippon Printing Company Ltd. | 21,000 | 201,897 |
28 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Tokyu Corp. | 41,000 | $ | 201,884 | |||||
ABB Ltd.* | 10,717 | 201,721 | ||||||
QR National Ltd. | 57,590 | 201,460 | ||||||
Asciano Ltd. | 43,683 | 201,067 | ||||||
Orkla ASA | 26,924 | 200,993 | ||||||
MTR Corp. | 61,920 | 200,511 | ||||||
Transurban Group | 34,848 | 200,323 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. | 9,900 | 200,007 | ||||||
Vinci S.A. | 4,578 | 200,004 | ||||||
Obayashi Corp. | 45,000 | 199,948 | ||||||
Societe BIC S.A. | 2,254 | 199,805 | ||||||
AP Moeller - Maersk A — Class A | 32 | 199,676 | ||||||
Zardoya Otis S.A. | 14,550 | 199,586 | ||||||
Volvo AB — Class B | 18,239 | 199,546 | ||||||
Safran S.A. | 6,642 | 199,453 | ||||||
Tobu Railway Company Ltd. | 39,000 | 199,130 | ||||||
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust | 321,000 | 199,020 | ||||||
Delek Group Ltd.* | 1,057 | 198,867 | ||||||
GEA Group AG | 7,025 | 198,636 | ||||||
Toppan Printing Company Ltd. | 27,000 | 198,545 | ||||||
Adecco S.A.* | 4,737 | 198,447 | ||||||
Kamigumi Company Ltd. | 23,000 | 198,415 | ||||||
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. | 34,000 | 198,337 | ||||||
Geberit AG* | 1,028 | 198,092 | ||||||
AP Moeller - Maersk A — Class B | 30 | 198,060 | ||||||
Nippon Sheet Glass Company Ltd. | 105,770 | 197,881 | ||||||
Weir Group plc | 6,269 | 197,753 | ||||||
Keikyu Corp. | 22,000 | 197,506 | ||||||
Shimizu Corp. | 47,060 | 197,484 | ||||||
Sojitz Corp. | 127,600 | 197,277 | ||||||
SGS S.A. | 119 | 197,003 | ||||||
Ferrovial S.A. | 16,317 | 196,902 | ||||||
Schindler Holding AG — Participation Certificate | 1,687 | 196,484 | ||||||
Bureau Veritas S.A. | 2,690 | 195,984 | ||||||
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd. | 279,060 | 195,779 | ||||||
Fraser and Neave Ltd. | 40,920 | 195,593 | ||||||
JGC Corp. | 8,140 | 195,436 | ||||||
Kajima Corp. | 63,700 | 195,312 | ||||||
Noble Group Ltd. | 223,980 | 195,126 | ||||||
THK Company Ltd. | 9,900 | 195,119 | ||||||
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | 23,280 | 194,984 | ||||||
NSK Ltd. | 30,000 | 194,881 | ||||||
Campbell Brothers Ltd. | 3,889 | 194,878 | ||||||
Thales S.A. | 6,168 | 194,758 | ||||||
Koninklijke Vopak N.V. | 3,684 | 194,629 | ||||||
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. | 113,410 | 194,502 | ||||||
Scania AB — Class B | 13,106 | 194,231 | ||||||
Schindler Holding AG | 1,672 | 194,203 | ||||||
Chiyoda Corp. | 19,070 | 193,995 | ||||||
ComfortDelGro Corporation Ltd. | 177,830 | 193,994 | ||||||
SMC Corp. | 1,200 | 193,634 | ||||||
Asahi Glass Company Ltd. | 23,000 | 193,036 | ||||||
Legrand S.A. | 6,000 | 192,947 | ||||||
Cosco Corporation Singapore Ltd. | 286,000 | 192,930 | ||||||
JS Group Corp. | 10,060 | 192,783 | ||||||
Fiat Industrial SpA* | 22,477 | 192,702 | ||||||
Taisei Corp. | 76,000 | 192,543 | ||||||
Keppel Corporation Ltd. | 26,850 | 192,510 | ||||||
SembCorp Marine Ltd. | 65,280 | 192,252 | ||||||
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. | 77,000 | 192,075 | ||||||
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. | 7,390 | 192,023 | ||||||
Bouygues S.A. | 6,093 | 191,956 | ||||||
Securitas AB — Class B | 22,201 | 191,605 | ||||||
Nidec Corp. | 2,200 | 191,217 | ||||||
Schneider Electric S.A. | 3,628 | 190,989 | ||||||
Eiffage S.A. | 7,882 | 190,790 | ||||||
Ushio, Inc. | 13,200 | 190,703 | ||||||
SembCorp Industries Ltd. | 61,060 | 190,651 | ||||||
Siemens AG | 1,990 | 190,412 | ||||||
Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Ltd. | 11,300 | 190,266 | ||||||
Brenntag AG | 2,043 | 190,222 | ||||||
International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.* | 84,423 | 190,095 | ||||||
Smiths Group plc | 13,372 | 189,931 | ||||||
Sulzer AG | 1,774 | 189,620 | ||||||
Edenred | 7,703 | 189,597 | ||||||
Qantas Airways Ltd.* | 126,654 | 189,142 | ||||||
Serco Group plc | 25,684 | 189,045 | ||||||
Elbit Systems Ltd.* | 4,577 | 187,907 | ||||||
Capita plc | 19,154 | 186,825 | ||||||
Leighton Holdings Ltd. | 9,590 | 186,768 | ||||||
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. | 90,000 | 186,647 | ||||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG | 15,678 | 186,351 | ||||||
Cie de St.-Gobain | 4,842 | 185,879 | ||||||
Prysmian SpA | 14,969 | 185,865 | ||||||
Metso Oyj | 5,011 | 185,785 | ||||||
TOTO Ltd. | 24,000 | 185,215 | ||||||
Komatsu Ltd. | 7,900 | 184,645 | ||||||
Makita Corp. | 5,700 | 184,471 | ||||||
Kubota Corp. | 22,000 | 184,358 | ||||||
ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios S.A. | 6,212 | 184,089 | ||||||
Toll Holdings Ltd. | 42,600 | 183,882 | ||||||
Fuji Electric Company Ltd. | 67,000 | 183,669 | ||||||
DSV A | 10,242 | 183,667 | ||||||
Mabuchi Motor Company Ltd. | 4,400 | 183,214 | ||||||
GS Yuasa Corp. | 34,000 | 182,876 | ||||||
Kone Oyj — Class B | 3,515 | 182,402 | ||||||
Singapore Airlines Ltd. | 23,280 | 182,349 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 29 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Aeroports de Paris | 2,657 | $ | 182,234 | |||||
All Nippon Airways Company Ltd. | 65,000 | 181,564 | ||||||
Kuehne + Nagel International AG | 1,612 | 181,056 | ||||||
Daikin Industries Ltd. | 6,600 | 180,756 | ||||||
Ryanair Holdings plc ADR* | 6,482 | 180,589 | ||||||
Meggitt plc | 32,844 | 179,919 | ||||||
FANUC Corp. | 1,170 | 179,065 | ||||||
Alstom S.A. | 5,894 | 178,708 | ||||||
Wartsila Oyj | 6,072 | 175,383 | ||||||
Finmeccanica SpA | 47,405 | 175,326 | ||||||
Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. | 25,404 | 172,921 | ||||||
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide | 3,441 | 169,211 | ||||||
Nabtesco Corp. | 9,200 | 167,697 | ||||||
N.V. Bekaert S.A. | 5,133 | 164,635 | ||||||
Vestas Wind Systems A* | 14,333 | 154,717 | ||||||
Sydney Airport | 56,566 | 153,905 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 35,790,424 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 13.3% | ||||||||
J Front Retailing Company Ltd. | 46,000 | 222,320 | ||||||
Fast Retailing Company Ltd. | 1,200 | 218,267 | ||||||
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. | 36,000 | 217,487 | ||||||
Lagardere SCA | 8,205 | 216,606 | ||||||
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc. | 10,000 | 216,058 | ||||||
Shimamura Company Ltd. | 2,100 | 214,720 | ||||||
Daihatsu Motor Company Ltd. | 12,000 | 214,213 | ||||||
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. | 20,310 | 212,942 | ||||||
Benesse Holdings, Inc. | 4,400 | 212,940 | ||||||
Marui Group Company Ltd. | 27,300 | 212,810 | ||||||
Modern Times Group AB — Class B | 4,433 | 211,776 | ||||||
Koito Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 15,000 | 210,472 | ||||||
Sekisui Chemical Company Ltd. | 25,420 | 209,714 | ||||||
Intercontinental Hotels Group plc | 11,669 | 209,511 | ||||||
Tatts Group Ltd. | 83,605 | 208,660 | ||||||
ITV plc | 197,121 | 208,495 | ||||||
Sankyo Company Ltd. | 4,100 | 207,477 | ||||||
Pearson plc | 11,034 | 207,193 | ||||||
Hennes & Mauritz AB — Class B | 6,438 | 207,005 | ||||||
Toho Company Ltd. | 11,600 | 206,771 | ||||||
Compass Group plc | 21,754 | 206,441 | ||||||
Sky City Entertainment Group Ltd. | 76,862 | 205,819 | ||||||
Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. | 3,580 | 205,581 | ||||||
ABC-Mart, Inc. | 5,400 | 205,350 | ||||||
Dentsu, Inc. | 6,700 | 204,473 | ||||||
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. | 64,600 | 204,199 | ||||||
Sands China Ltd.* | 72,150 | 203,911 | ||||||
NHK Spring Company Ltd. | 23,000 | 203,794 | ||||||
Rakuten, Inc. | 189 | 203,316 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. | 6,100 | 203,281 | ||||||
Stanley Electric Company Ltd. | 13,800 | 202,778 | ||||||
Toyota Industries Corp. | 7,400 | 201,416 | ||||||
Casio Computer Co. Ltd. | 33,110 | 200,888 | ||||||
Oriental Land Company Ltd. | 1,900 | 200,689 | ||||||
OPAP S.A. | 22,694 | 200,582 | ||||||
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.* | 109,140 | 200,107 | ||||||
Jupiter Telecommunications Company Ltd. | 197 | 199,636 | ||||||
Nokian Renkaat Oyj | 6,199 | 199,587 | ||||||
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. | 16,620 | 199,518 | ||||||
NOK Corp. | 11,600 | 199,387 | ||||||
Shimano, Inc. | 4,100 | 199,220 | ||||||
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. | 5,360 | 198,846 | ||||||
WPP plc | 18,946 | 198,773 | ||||||
Suzuki Motor Corp. | 9,600 | 198,560 | ||||||
NGK Spark Plug Company Ltd. | 16,000 | 198,519 | ||||||
USS Company Ltd. | 2,190 | 198,030 | ||||||
Wolters Kluwer N.V. | 11,452 | 197,918 | ||||||
Sodexo | 2,756 | 197,833 | ||||||
Nitori Holdings Company Ltd. | 2,100 | 196,986 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Company Ltd. | 21,910 | 196,982 | ||||||
SJM Holdings Ltd. | 120,630 | 196,944 | ||||||
Aisin Seiki Company Ltd. | 6,900 | 196,682 | ||||||
TUI Travel plc | 76,139 | 195,950 | ||||||
Reed Elsevier N.V. | 16,796 | 195,770 | ||||||
Sony Corp. | 10,900 | 195,710 | ||||||
GKN plc | 68,783 | 195,500 | ||||||
Mediaset SpA | 70,634 | 195,426 | ||||||
Takashimaya Company Ltd. | 27,000 | 195,388 | ||||||
Honda Motor Company Ltd. | 6,400 | 195,235 | ||||||
Sekisui House Ltd. | 22,000 | 195,219 | ||||||
Crown Ltd. | 23,562 | 194,974 | ||||||
Bridgestone Corp. | 8,600 | 194,972 | ||||||
Husqvarna AB — Class B | 42,306 | 194,915 | ||||||
Carnival plc | 5,896 | 194,595 | ||||||
McDonald’s Holdings Company Japan Ltd. | 7,210 | 194,559 | ||||||
Publicis Groupe S.A. | 4,229 | 194,526 | ||||||
Next plc | 4,575 | 194,412 | ||||||
TABCORP Holdings Ltd. | 69,568 | 194,262 | ||||||
Isuzu Motors Ltd. | 42,000 | 194,258 | ||||||
Eutelsat Communications S.A. | 4,970 | 193,912 | ||||||
Echo Entertainment Group Ltd.* | 52,802 | 193,893 | ||||||
Daimler AG | 4,413 | 193,709 | ||||||
Denso Corp. | 7,000 | 193,348 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.* | 163,070 | 192,794 | ||||||
Mazda Motor Corp.* | 109,000 | 192,595 | ||||||
PPR | 1,344 | 192,447 | ||||||
Electrolux AB | 12,069 | 192,365 | ||||||
Luxottica Group SpA | 6,849 | 192,330 | ||||||
Axel Springer AG | 4,471 | 192,118 | ||||||
Toyota Boshoku Corp. | 18,410 | 192,065 | ||||||
SES S.A. | 8,000 | 191,990 | ||||||
Reed Elsevier plc | 23,840 | 191,986 | ||||||
Sanoma Oyj | 16,726 | 191,881 | ||||||
Yamaha Corp. | 20,910 | 191,795 |
30 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Nikon Corp. | 8,600 | $ | 191,508 | |||||
Genting Singapore plc* | 164,330 | 191,302 | ||||||
Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. | 13,420 | 191,092 | ||||||
Asics Corp. | 16,910 | 190,696 | ||||||
Sanrio Co. Ltd. | 3,700 | 190,120 | ||||||
Swatch Group AG | 508 | 190,101 | ||||||
Swatch Group AG/REG | 2,850 | 189,939 | ||||||
Inditex S.A. | 2,318 | 189,820 | ||||||
Renault S.A. | 5,458 | 189,291 | ||||||
Lifestyle International Holdings Ltd. | 85,520 | 188,513 | ||||||
Wynn Macau Ltd. | 74,960 | 188,206 | ||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont S.A. | 3,707 | 187,501 | ||||||
Kingfisher plc | 48,153 | 187,496 | ||||||
Whitbread plc | 7,715 | 187,288 | ||||||
Burberry Group plc | 10,170 | 187,020 | ||||||
Accor S.A. | 7,379 | 187,017 | ||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin — Class B | 3,149 | 186,128 | ||||||
Rinnai Corp. | 2,600 | 186,124 | ||||||
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc | 16,342 | 185,921 | ||||||
Adidas AG | 2,853 | 185,560 | ||||||
Autogrill SpA | 18,974 | 185,136 | ||||||
Marks & Spencer Group plc | 38,331 | 185,091 | ||||||
Toyoda Gosei Company Ltd. | 11,600 | 184,919 | ||||||
Yamada Denki Company Ltd. | 2,700 | 183,812 | ||||||
Sharp Corp. | 21,000 | 183,617 | ||||||
Shangri-La Asia Ltd. | 106,270 | 183,352 | ||||||
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. | 64,340 | 183,035 | ||||||
Societe Television Francaise 1 | 18,736 | 182,862 | ||||||
Yamaha Motor Company Ltd. | 14,400 | 182,222 | ||||||
Li & Fung Ltd. | 98,040 | 181,523 | ||||||
Fiat SpA | 39,485 | 181,393 | ||||||
Fairfax Media Ltd. | 245,957 | 181,137 | ||||||
Continental AG* | 2,901 | 180,555 | ||||||
Christian Dior S.A. | 1,522 | 180,434 | ||||||
Pirelli & C SpA | 21,347 | 179,699 | ||||||
JCDecaux S.A.* | 7,799 | 179,597 | ||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | 2,679 | 179,444 | ||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. | 1,262 | 178,664 | ||||||
Panasonic Corp. | 20,910 | 177,668 | ||||||
Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. | 93,900 | 176,246 | ||||||
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG* | 3,463 | 175,738 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG | 1,293 | 173,432 | ||||||
Peugeot S.A. | 10,807 | 169,360 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 24,795,961 | |||||||
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Materials — 10.6% | ||||||||
Daicel Corp. | 36,000 | 219,358 | ||||||
Boliden AB | 14,756 | 215,468 | ||||||
Nisshin Steel Company Ltd. | 140,000 | 214,629 | ||||||
CRH plc | 10,763 | 213,937 | ||||||
SSAB AB — Class A | 24,052 | 211,948 | ||||||
Holmen AB — Class B | 7,332 | 210,609 | ||||||
HeidelbergCement AG | 4,948 | 209,958 | ||||||
Antofagasta plc | 11,135 | 209,954 | ||||||
Nippon Steel Corp. | 84,000 | 209,536 | ||||||
Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. | 115,040 | 209,245 | ||||||
Yamato Kogyo Company Ltd. | 7,280 | 209,027 | ||||||
Iluka Resources Ltd. | 13,128 | 208,136 | ||||||
James Hardie Industries SE | 29,693 | 207,136 | ||||||
Hitachi Metals Ltd. | 19,000 | 206,613 | ||||||
Nippon Paper Group, Inc. | 9,400 | 205,171 | ||||||
Asahi Kasei Corp. | 34,000 | 204,963 | ||||||
ArcelorMittal | 11,195 | 204,704 | ||||||
Kazakhmys plc | 14,206 | 204,424 | ||||||
Fletcher Building Ltd. | 42,686 | 204,018 | ||||||
Sims Metal Management Ltd. | 15,766 | 203,999 | ||||||
Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SGPS S.A. | 29,635 | 203,907 | ||||||
Air Water, Inc. | 16,000 | 203,716 | ||||||
Boral Ltd. | 55,252 | 203,454 | ||||||
Ube Industries Ltd. | 74,000 | 202,858 | ||||||
JFE Holdings, Inc. | 11,200 | 202,843 | ||||||
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. | 9,080 | 202,551 | ||||||
Shin-Etsu Chemical Company Ltd. | 4,100 | 201,884 | ||||||
Sika AG | 107 | 201,629 | ||||||
Kobe Steel Ltd. | 130,040 | 201,049 | ||||||
Kuraray Company Ltd. | 14,130 | 201,018 | ||||||
Daido Steel Company Ltd. | 32,000 | 200,806 | ||||||
Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd. | 14,710 | 200,669 | ||||||
Svenska Cellulosa AB — Class B | 13,538 | 200,633 | ||||||
OJI Paper Company Ltd. | 39,000 | 200,143 | ||||||
Teijin Ltd. | 65,000 | 200,143 | ||||||
BASF SE | 2,864 | 199,729 | ||||||
Randgold Resources Ltd. | 1,951 | 199,539 | ||||||
Umicore S.A. | 4,836 | 199,448 | ||||||
Lafarge S.A. | 5,667 | 199,179 | ||||||
Givaudan S.A.* | 209 | 199,143 | ||||||
Stora Enso Oyj | 33,247 | 199,116 | ||||||
Novozymes A — Class B | 6,421 | 198,207 | ||||||
Voestalpine AG | 7,036 | 197,308 | ||||||
Rexam plc | 35,998 | 197,196 | ||||||
Akzo Nobel N.V. | 4,078 | 197,158 | ||||||
Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. | 54,000 | 197,142 | ||||||
Kaneka Corp. | 37,000 | 197,090 | ||||||
Arkema S.A. | 2,781 | 196,856 | ||||||
Amcor Ltd. | 26,661 | 196,620 | ||||||
Syngenta AG* | 669 | 195,864 | ||||||
Norsk Hydro ASA | 42,204 | 195,740 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. | 72,000 | 195,505 | ||||||
Xstrata plc | 12,845 | 195,114 | ||||||
Linde AG | 1,311 | 195,017 | ||||||
Air Liquide S.A. | 1,573 | 194,582 | ||||||
Showa Denko K.K. | 96,000 | 194,569 | ||||||
Salzgitter AG | 3,889 | 194,412 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 31 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Anglo American plc | 5,259 | $ | 194,277 | |||||
BHP Billiton plc | 6,633 | 193,370 | ||||||
Toray Industries, Inc. | 27,000 | 193,283 | ||||||
Glencore International plc | 31,691 | 192,947 | ||||||
Vedanta Resources plc | 12,248 | 192,894 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. | 35,010 | 192,857 | ||||||
Sumitomo Metal Mining Company Ltd. | 15,000 | 192,737 | ||||||
BHP Billiton Ltd. | 5,469 | 192,546 | ||||||
Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | 52,000 | 192,543 | ||||||
Johnson Matthey plc | 6,734 | 191,922 | ||||||
JSR Corp. | 10,400 | 191,867 | ||||||
Orica Ltd. | 7,720 | 191,411 | ||||||
OZ Minerals Ltd. | 18,632 | 190,770 | ||||||
Holcim Ltd.* | 3,560 | 190,450 | ||||||
UPM-Kymmene Oyj | 17,276 | 190,254 | ||||||
Incitec Pivot Ltd. | 59,755 | 190,086 | ||||||
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. plc | 19,245 | 189,954 | ||||||
Israel Corporation Ltd.* | 304 | 189,801 | ||||||
Koninklijke DSM N.V. | 4,085 | 189,514 | ||||||
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 62,000 | 189,295 | ||||||
Lanxess AG | 3,647 | 188,780 | ||||||
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. | 27,000 | 188,372 | ||||||
Yara International ASA | 4,679 | 187,751 | ||||||
Israel Chemicals Ltd.* | 18,111 | 187,666 | ||||||
Kansai Paint Company Ltd. | 21,000 | 187,437 | ||||||
Rio Tinto plc | 3,849 | 186,786 | ||||||
Acerinox S.A. | 14,562 | 186,748 | ||||||
Rio Tinto Ltd. | 3,013 | 185,837 | ||||||
Imerys S.A. | 4,008 | 184,594 | ||||||
Tosoh Corp. | 68,850 | 184,268 | ||||||
Lonmin plc | 12,049 | 183,304 | ||||||
Hitachi Chemical Company Ltd. | 10,400 | 183,219 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. | 33,000 | 183,071 | ||||||
ThyssenKrupp AG | 7,951 | 182,377 | ||||||
Fresnillo plc | 7,514 | 178,207 | ||||||
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. | 40,557 | 177,137 | ||||||
Nitto Denko Corp. | 4,900 | 175,323 | ||||||
Solvay S.A. | 2,117 | 174,401 | ||||||
Lynas Corporation Ltd.* | 162,227 | 173,403 | ||||||
OneSteel Ltd. | 235,329 | 168,496 | ||||||
K+S AG | 3,702 | 167,291 | ||||||
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | 5,525 | 167,279 | ||||||
Alumina Ltd. | 143,320 | 163,455 | ||||||
Wacker Chemie AG | 2,015 | 162,061 | ||||||
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Total Materials | 19,684,711 | |||||||
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Consumer Staples — 7.0% | ||||||||
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. | 9,140 | 221,464 | ||||||
Kikkoman Corp. | 19,000 | 218,215 | ||||||
Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A.* | 12,442 | 213,337 | ||||||
Swedish Match AB | 6,000 | 212,972 | ||||||
Lawson, Inc. | 3,400 | 212,252 | ||||||
Ajinomoto Company, Inc. | 17,280 | 207,441 | ||||||
Kirin Holdings Company Ltd. | 17,000 | 206,730 | ||||||
Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. | 17,010 | 206,189 | ||||||
Unicharm Corp. | 4,180 | 206,095 | ||||||
Koninklijke Ahold N.V. | 15,301 | 206,026 | ||||||
Barry Callebaut AG* | 207 | 203,959 | ||||||
Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion S.A.* | 44,987 | 203,468 | ||||||
Imperial Tobacco Group plc | 5,376 | 203,233 | ||||||
Aryzta AG | 4,204 | 203,196 | ||||||
Kao Corp. | 7,400 | 202,185 | ||||||
British American Tobacco plc | 4,261 | 202,180 | ||||||
Woolworths Ltd. | 7,874 | 202,156 | ||||||
Kerry Group plc — Class A | 5,508 | 201,610 | ||||||
Coca-Cola West Company Ltd. | 11,600 | 201,195 | ||||||
Yamazaki Baking Company Ltd. | 15,280 | 200,703 | ||||||
Seven & I Holdings Company Ltd. | 7,200 | 200,650 | ||||||
Diageo plc | 9,184 | 200,626 | ||||||
Shiseido Company Ltd. | 10,900 | 200,383 | ||||||
Unilever N.V. | 5,826 | 200,319 | ||||||
Suedzucker AG | 6,275 | 200,167 | ||||||
Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. | 16,000 | 198,727 | ||||||
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. | 9,050 | 198,707 | ||||||
Nestle S.A. | 3,456 | 198,684 | ||||||
Heineken Holding N.V. | 4,852 | 198,538 | ||||||
Unilever plc | 5,899 | 198,176 | ||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. | 3,237 | 198,158 | ||||||
FamilyMart Company Ltd. | 4,900 | 197,986 | ||||||
Aeon Company Ltd. | 14,410 | 197,887 | ||||||
Japan Tobacco, Inc. | 42 | 197,532 | ||||||
Beiersdorf AG | 3,483 | 197,509 | ||||||
Nissin Foods Holdings Company Ltd. | 5,040 | 197,422 | ||||||
Metcash Ltd. | 47,774 | 197,419 | ||||||
Henkel AG & Company KGaA | 4,063 | 196,643 | ||||||
SABMiller plc | 5,568 | 195,963 | ||||||
Tate & Lyle plc | 17,913 | 195,865 | ||||||
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. | 355,290 | 195,846 | ||||||
WM Morrison Supermarkets plc | 38,637 | 195,690 | ||||||
Heineken N.V. | 4,225 | 195,572 | ||||||
Yakult Honsha Company Ltd. | 6,200 | 195,336 | ||||||
J Sainsbury plc | 41,491 | 195,130 | ||||||
Pernod-Ricard S.A. | 2,087 | 193,535 | ||||||
Tesco plc | 30,744 | 192,648 | ||||||
L’Oreal S.A. | 1,840 | 192,155 | ||||||
MEIJI Holdings Company Ltd. | 4,600 | 190,945 | ||||||
Lindt & Spruengli AG — Participation Certificate | 64 | 190,372 |
32 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Associated British Foods plc | 11,074 | $ | 190,228 | |||||
Carlsberg A — Class B | 2,695 | 190,030 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. | 16,072 | 189,218 | ||||||
Danone | 2,993 | 188,120 | ||||||
Casino Guichard Perrachon S.A. | 2,227 | 187,555 | ||||||
Wesfarmers Ltd. | 6,214 | 187,504 | ||||||
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc | 3,794 | 187,328 | ||||||
Kesko Oyj — Class B | 5,545 | 186,280 | ||||||
Wilmar International Ltd. | 48,280 | 186,107 | ||||||
Delhaize Group S.A. | 3,279 | 184,180 | ||||||
Jeronimo Martins SGPS S.A.* | 10,986 | 181,832 | ||||||
Colruyt S.A. | 4,796 | 181,537 | ||||||
Olam International Ltd. | 105,410 | 173,096 | ||||||
Carrefour S.A. | 7,506 | 171,101 | ||||||
Lindt & Spruengli AG | 5 | 167,093 | ||||||
Metro AG | 4,063 | 148,271 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Staples | 12,938,676 | |||||||
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Information Technology — 6.5% | ||||||||
Shimadzu Corp. | 25,640 | 217,192 | ||||||
Keyence Corp. | 900 | 217,020 | ||||||
Yahoo Japan Corp. | 660 | 212,569 | ||||||
ASML Holding N.V. | 5,048 | 212,143 | ||||||
Konami Corp. | 7,010 | 209,927 | ||||||
Hexagon AB — Class B | 13,986 | 209,101 | ||||||
Nomura Research Institute Ltd. | 9,200 | 207,977 | ||||||
Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. | 4,600 | 206,483 | ||||||
Citizen Holdings Company Ltd. | 35,210 | 204,481 | ||||||
NTT Data Corp. | 64 | 204,381 | ||||||
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. | 8,600 | 203,687 | ||||||
Fujitsu Ltd. | 39,000 | 202,676 | ||||||
Gree, Inc. | 5,880 | 202,595 | ||||||
Hoya Corp. | 9,400 | 202,484 | ||||||
Sage Group plc | 44,299 | 202,419 | ||||||
Trend Micro, Inc. | 6,700 | 200,295 | ||||||
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. | 17,800 | 199,736 | ||||||
Otsuka Corp. | 2,900 | 199,688 | ||||||
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. | 9,200 | 199,610 | ||||||
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson — Class B | 19,383 | 198,263 | ||||||
Yaskawa Electric Corp. | 23,000 | 195,726 | ||||||
Oracle Corporation Japan | 5,900 | 195,236 | ||||||
Dena Company Ltd. | 6,500 | 194,992 | ||||||
ARM Holdings plc | 21,224 | 194,983 | ||||||
Canon, Inc. | 4,400 | 194,933 | ||||||
Square Enix Holdings Company Ltd. | 9,910 | 194,543 | ||||||
NICE Systems Ltd.* | 5,714 | 194,264 | ||||||
Foxconn International Holdings Ltd.* | 301,150 | 194,263 | ||||||
Hitachi Ltd. | 37,000 | 194,206 | ||||||
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. | 26,010 | 193,968 | ||||||
Dassault Systemes S.A. | 2,416 | 193,624 | ||||||
Computershare Ltd. | 23,593 | 193,300 | ||||||
Hirose Electric Company Ltd. | 2,200 | 192,932 | ||||||
Ricoh Company Ltd. | 22,000 | 191,789 | ||||||
Rohm Company Ltd. | 4,100 | 191,230 | ||||||
Seiko Epson Corp. | 14,380 | 191,123 | ||||||
Amadeus IT Holding S.A. — Class A | 11,688 | 189,594 | ||||||
Omron Corp. | 9,400 | 188,928 | ||||||
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | 5,380 | 188,234 | ||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. | 3,700 | 188,197 | ||||||
Nippon Electric Glass Company Ltd. | 19,000 | 188,099 | ||||||
Brother Industries Ltd. | 15,110 | 185,513 | ||||||
Neopost S.A. | 2,751 | 185,334 | ||||||
Murata Manufacturing Company Ltd. | �� | 3,600 | 184,981 | |||||
Yokogawa Electric Corp. | 20,480 | 184,924 | ||||||
STMicroelectronics N.V. | 31,056 | 184,507 | ||||||
United Internet AG | 10,264 | 183,298 | ||||||
NEC Corp.* | 90,000 | 182,409 | ||||||
AtoS | 4,142 | 181,760 | ||||||
Infineon Technologies AG | 24,040 | 180,934 | ||||||
Toshiba Corp. | 44,000 | 180,070 | ||||||
Nintendo Company Ltd. | 1,300 | 179,031 | ||||||
Alcatel-Lucent* | 114,565 | 178,945 | ||||||
Kyocera Corp. | 2,210 | 177,730 | ||||||
Indra Sistemas S.A. | 13,945 | 177,518 | ||||||
SAP AG | 3,312 | 175,083 | ||||||
Elpida Memory, Inc.* | 37,600 | 174,884 | ||||||
TDK Corp. | 3,900 | 172,782 | ||||||
Capital Gemini S.A. | 5,421 | 169,382 | ||||||
Advantest Corp. | 17,700 | 168,560 | ||||||
Ibiden Company Ltd. | 8,400 | 166,101 | ||||||
Sumco Corp. | 22,360 | 165,296 | ||||||
Nokia Oyj | 33,372 | 162,898 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 12,058,831 | |||||||
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Health Care — 6.0% | ||||||||
Elan Corporation plc* | 18,209 | 252,605 | ||||||
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd.* | 3,100 | 239,236 | ||||||
Alfresa Holdings Corp. | 5,400 | 227,660 | ||||||
Cochlear Ltd. | 3,563 | 225,956 | ||||||
Santen Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. | 5,380 | 221,575 | ||||||
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Company Ltd. | 19,110 | 217,740 | ||||||
Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd. | 10,900 | 216,102 | ||||||
Shionogi & Company Ltd. | 16,700 | 214,581 | ||||||
Chugai Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. | 13,000 | 214,330 | ||||||
Ono Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. | 3,810 | 213,839 | ||||||
Eisai Company Ltd. | 5,160 | 213,520 | ||||||
Suzuken Company Ltd. | 7,700 | 213,483 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG | 1,250 | 211,860 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 33 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Astellas Pharma, Inc. | 5,200 | $ | 211,459 | |||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. | 4,800 | 210,783 | ||||||
Smith & Nephew plc | 21,560 | 209,455 | ||||||
Grifols S.A.* | 12,442 | 209,312 | ||||||
Shire plc | 6,006 | 209,140 | ||||||
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. | 4,930 | 208,806 | ||||||
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company Ltd. | 17,000 | 208,055 | ||||||
Medipal Holdings Corp. | 19,910 | 207,972 | ||||||
Ramsay Health Care Ltd. | 10,531 | 207,679 | ||||||
Sanofi | 2,818 | 206,951 | ||||||
Tsumura & Co. | 7,000 | 206,444 | ||||||
CSL Ltd. | 6,287 | 205,783 | ||||||
William Demant Holding A* | 2,465 | 204,970 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline plc | 8,961 | 204,801 | ||||||
Novartis AG | 3,572 | 204,212 | ||||||
Otsuka Holdings Company Ltd. | 7,230 | 203,270 | ||||||
Straumann Holding AG | 1,177 | 203,121 | ||||||
Miraca Holdings, Inc. | 5,080 | 202,289 | ||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.* | 5,000 | 201,207 | ||||||
Getinge AB — Class B | 7,892 | 199,977 | ||||||
AstraZeneca plc | 4,317 | 199,473 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. | 12,600 | 199,387 | ||||||
Merck KGaA | 1,997 | 199,067 | ||||||
Novo Nordisk A — Class B | 1,731 | 198,907 | ||||||
Bayer AG | 3,110 | 198,815 | ||||||
Celesio AG | 12,530 | 198,469 | ||||||
Actelion Ltd.* | 5,775 | 198,279 | ||||||
UCB S.A. | 4,704 | 197,900 | ||||||
Sonova Holding AG* | 1,879 | 196,542 | ||||||
Sonic Healthcare Ltd. | 17,034 | 196,536 | ||||||
Olympus Corp. | 14,930 | 196,299 | ||||||
Synthes, Inc.1 | 1,164 | 195,177 | ||||||
Terumo Corp. | 4,140 | 194,979 | ||||||
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA | 2,864 | 194,578 | ||||||
Cie Generale d’Optique Essilor International S.A. | 2,756 | 194,552 | ||||||
Fresenius SE & Company KGaA | 2,085 | 192,864 | ||||||
Lonza Group AG* | 3,236 | 191,204 | ||||||
QIAGEN N.V.* | 13,740 | 189,364 | ||||||
Sysmex Corp. | 5,720 | 186,381 | ||||||
Coloplast A — Class B | 1,293 | 185,946 | ||||||
Orion Oyj — Class B | 9,538 | 185,761 | ||||||
Grifols S.A.* | 1,244 | 13,525 | ||||||
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Total Health Care | 11,112,178 | |||||||
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Utilities — 4.7% | ||||||||
Toho Gas Company Ltd. | 34,000 | 216,448 | ||||||
Tokyo Gas Company Ltd. | 46,000 | 211,563 | ||||||
Hokuriku Electric Power Co. | 11,300 | 210,967 | ||||||
EDP Renovaveis S.A.* | 33,931 | 207,604 | ||||||
Osaka Gas Company Ltd. | 52,000 | 205,379 | ||||||
Chugoku Electric Power Company, Inc. | 11,710 | 205,233 | ||||||
Electric Power Development Company Ltd. | 7,700 | 204,780 | ||||||
Shikoku Electric Power Company, Inc. | 7,100 | 203,490 | ||||||
Kyushu Electric Power Company, Inc. | 14,210 | 203,448 | ||||||
Hokkaido Electric Power Company, Inc. | 14,200 | 202,198 | ||||||
Verbund AG | 7,533 | 202,131 | ||||||
SP AusNet | 208,325 | 200,302 | ||||||
Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc. | 10,710 | 199,952 | ||||||
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. | 34,080 | 199,655 | ||||||
Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. | 13,000 | 199,467 | ||||||
GDF Suez | 7,262 | 198,477 | ||||||
AGL Energy Ltd. | 13,529 | 198,303 | ||||||
International Power plc ADR | 37,726 | 197,580 | ||||||
Contact Energy Ltd.* | 47,727 | 195,790 | ||||||
Gas Natural SDG S.A. | 11,369 | 195,160 | ||||||
Enagas S.A. | 10,506 | 194,281 | ||||||
Enel SpA | 47,659 | 193,905 | ||||||
EDP — Energias de Portugal S.A. | 61,640 | 190,723 | ||||||
Hong Kong & China Gas Company Ltd. | 82,200 | 190,508 | ||||||
SSE plc | 9,466 | 189,805 | ||||||
Red Electrica Corp. S.A. | 4,434 | 189,725 | ||||||
Snam Rete Gas SpA | 42,820 | 188,735 | ||||||
CLP Holdings Ltd. | 22,140 | 188,287 | ||||||
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA | 55,840 | 188,169 | ||||||
United Utilities Group plc | 19,971 | 187,815 | ||||||
Centrica plc | 41,618 | 186,937 | ||||||
Acciona S.A. | 2,159 | 186,438 | ||||||
Enel Green Power SpA | 89,260 | 186,432 | ||||||
Power Assets Holdings Ltd. | 25,100 | 185,666 | ||||||
Iberdrola S.A. | 29,555 | 185,075 | ||||||
Severn Trent plc | 7,968 | 185,015 | ||||||
National Grid plc | 19,065 | 184,920 | ||||||
Fortum Oyj | 8,498 | 181,342 | ||||||
Tohoku Electric Power Company, Inc. | 18,710 | 179,637 | ||||||
EDF S.A. | 7,310 | 177,843 | ||||||
A2A SpA | 189,110 | 177,792 | ||||||
E.ON AG | 8,166 | 176,159 | ||||||
Veolia Environnement S.A. | 16,002 | 175,375 | ||||||
Suez Environnement Co. | 15,046 | 173,309 | ||||||
RWE AG | 4,797 | 168,539 | ||||||
Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.* | 52,820 | 125,582 | ||||||
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Total Utilities | 8,795,941 | |||||||
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34 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Energy — 4.0% | ||||||||
Fugro N.V. | 3,680 | $ | 213,800 | |||||
Royal Dutch Shell plc — Class B | 5,545 | 211,345 | ||||||
Royal Dutch Shell plc — Class A | 5,694 | 209,684 | ||||||
Cie Generale de Geophysique — Veritas* | 8,870 | 208,105 | ||||||
Cosmo Oil Company Ltd. | 74,000 | 206,704 | ||||||
Tenaris S.A. | 11,169 | 206,397 | ||||||
Repsol YPF S.A. | 6,719 | 206,374 | ||||||
Tullow Oil plc | 9,315 | 202,692 | ||||||
Petrofac Ltd. | 9,017 | 201,669 | ||||||
BG Group plc | 9,381 | 200,558 | ||||||
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. | 29,600 | 199,589 | ||||||
Statoil ASA | 7,769 | 199,385 | ||||||
AMEC plc | 14,131 | 199,065 | ||||||
BP plc | 27,826 | 198,998 | ||||||
Technip S.A. | 2,110 | 198,289 | ||||||
Idemitsu Kosan Company Ltd. | 1,900 | 195,998 | ||||||
Total S.A. | 3,832 | 195,877 | ||||||
SBM Offshore N.V. | 9,494 | 195,593 | ||||||
WorleyParsons Ltd. | 7,400 | 194,301 | ||||||
ENI SpA | 9,320 | 193,094 | ||||||
JX Holdings, Inc. | 31,810 | 192,174 | ||||||
Seadrill Ltd. | 5,730 | 191,604 | ||||||
Saipem SpA | 4,481 | 190,490 | ||||||
Subsea 7 S.A.* | 10,262 | 190,447 | ||||||
OMV AG | 6,240 | 189,279 | ||||||
Inpex Corp. | 30 | 189,035 | ||||||
TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. | 17,280 | 188,807 | ||||||
Santos Ltd. | 15,057 | 188,511 | ||||||
Caltex Australia Ltd. | 15,587 | 187,653 | ||||||
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. | 4,770 | 186,536 | ||||||
Origin Energy Ltd. | 13,665 | 186,458 | ||||||
Aker Solutions ASA | 17,714 | 186,437 | ||||||
Lundin Petroleum AB* | 7,504 | 184,476 | ||||||
Cairn Energy plc* | 44,702 | 184,196 | ||||||
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. | 5,847 | 183,128 | ||||||
Galp Energia SGPS S.A. — Class B | 12,165 | 179,149 | ||||||
Neste Oil Oyj | 16,239 | 164,019 | ||||||
Transocean Ltd. | 4,070 | 157,158 | ||||||
Essar Energy plc* | 54,019 | 143,805 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 7,500,879 | |||||||
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Telecommunication Services — 3.6% | ||||||||
Telstra Corporation Ltd. | 61,095 | 208,097 | ||||||
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. | 126,870 | 204,430 | ||||||
TeliaSonera AB | 29,892 | 203,128 | ||||||
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | 110 | 202,222 | ||||||
Vodafone Group plc | 72,275 | 200,823 | ||||||
Telekom Austria AG | 16,719 | 199,871 | ||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | 3,900 | 199,383 | ||||||
Belgacom S.A. | 6,334 | 198,688 | ||||||
Tele2 AB — Class B | 10,160 | 197,661 | ||||||
BT Group plc | 66,425 | 196,949 | ||||||
Iliad S.A. | 1,595 | 196,808 | ||||||
Swisscom AG | 518 | 196,270 | ||||||
StarHub Ltd. | 85,980 | 192,893 | ||||||
Millicom International Cellular S.A. | 1,925 | 192,847 | ||||||
Koninklijke KPN N.V. | 16,089 | 192,485 | ||||||
Telenor ASA | 11,676 | 191,506 | ||||||
Vivendi S.A. | 8,742 | 191,413 | ||||||
Telecom Italia SpA | 177,069 | 190,416 | ||||||
TDC A/S | 23,607 | 189,310 | ||||||
Elisa Oyj | 9,034 | 188,571 | ||||||
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. | 79,060 | 188,340 | ||||||
Telecom Italia SpA | 209,812 | 187,887 | ||||||
Mobistar S.A. | 3,575 | 187,320 | ||||||
Inmarsat plc | 29,516 | 185,481 | ||||||
Cellcom Israel Ltd.* | 10,972 | 183,433 | ||||||
France Telecom S.A. | 11,578 | 181,817 | ||||||
Telefonica S.A. | 10,491 | 181,717 | ||||||
KDDI Corp. | 28 | 180,070 | ||||||
Softbank Corp. | 6,100 | 179,664 | ||||||
Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corporation Ltd.* | 97,794 | 179,118 | ||||||
PCCW Ltd. | 520,210 | 178,838 | ||||||
Portugal Telecom SGPS S.A. | 31,036 | 178,726 | ||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG | 15,445 | 177,185 | ||||||
Partner Communications Company Ltd.* | 19,572 | 172,821 | ||||||
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. | 46,351 | 172,748 | ||||||
Chorus Ltd.* | 7 | 17 | ||||||
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Total Telecommunication Services |
| 6,648,953 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Common Stocks | 179,135,982 | |||||||
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PREFERRED STOCKS†† — 0.6% |
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Henkel AG & Company KGaA† | 3,339 | 192,670 | ||||||
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG† | 10,342 | 188,906 | ||||||
Porsche Automobil Holding SE† | 3,445 | 184,343 | ||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG† | 3,819 | 180,633 | ||||||
RWE AG† | 5,398 | 177,675 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG† | 1,181 | 176,902 | ||||||
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc* | 1,462,110 | 2,271 | ||||||
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Total Preferred Stocks | 1,103,400 | |||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 35 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded)
December 31, 2011 | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS† — 2.3% |
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iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund | 72,534 | $ | 3,592,609 | |||||
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund | 58,464 | 532,607 | ||||||
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund | 4,302 | 66,552 | ||||||
iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund | 6,003 | 65,012 | ||||||
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Total Exchange Traded Funds | 4,256,780 | |||||||
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SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS†† — 0.5% |
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State Street General Account U.S. Government Fund | 898,624 | 898,624 | ||||||
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Total Short Term Investments | 898,624 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 99.8% | $ | 185,394,786 | ||||||
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Cash & Other Assets, | 351,980 | |||||||
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Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 185,746,766 |
INVESTMENT CONCENTRATION
At December 31, 2011, the investment diversification of the Series was as follows:
Country | % of Net Assets | Value | ||||||
Japan | 33.7 | % | $ | 62,665,292 | ||||
United Kingdom | 10.7 | % | 19,770,567 | |||||
France | 7.0 | % | 12,914,429 | |||||
Australia | 6.9 | % | 12,753,921 | |||||
Germany | 5.0 | % | 9,367,899 | |||||
Switzerland | 4.1 | % | 7,565,798 | |||||
Hong Kong | 3.7 | % | 6,831,892 | |||||
Sweden | 3.6 | % | 6,725,869 | |||||
Singapore | 2.9 | % | 5,406,462 | |||||
United States | 2.9 | % | 5,350,581 | |||||
Italy | 2.9 | % | 5,317,439 | |||||
Spain | 2.8 | % | 5,153,644 | |||||
Netherlands | 2.7 | % | 4,994,985 | |||||
Finland | 1.5 | % | 2,774,061 | |||||
Israel | 1.3 | % | 2,442,255 | |||||
Denmark | 1.2 | % | 2,268,010 | |||||
Belgium | 1.2 | % | 2,250,307 | |||||
Austria | 0.9 | % | 1,633,614 | |||||
Norway | 0.8 | % | 1,556,996 | |||||
Portugal | 0.7 | % | 1,351,748 | |||||
New Zealand | 0.6 | % | 1,023,320 | |||||
Ireland | 0.4 | % | 803,272 | |||||
Luxembourg | 0.4 | % | 795,938 | |||||
Greece | 0.4 | % | 741,531 | |||||
Jersey | 0.3 | % | 599,446 | |||||
Bermuda | 0.3 | % | 570,698 | |||||
China | 0.2 | % | 397,533 | |||||
Macau | 0.2 | % | 392,117 | |||||
Mauritius | 0.2 | % | 339,651 | |||||
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.1 | % | 252,605 | |||||
Bangladesh | 0.1 | % | 191,604 | |||||
Isle Of Man | 0.1 | % | 191,302 | |||||
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Total Investments | 99.8 | % | $ | 185,394,786 | ||||
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* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs, except as noted — See Note 4. |
1 | Security is a 144A or Section 4(2) security. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(2) securities is $195,177 (cost $194,376), or 0.1% of total net assets. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
36 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 185,394,786 | ||
Foreign currency, at value | 13,827 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 1,159 | |||
Cash | 2,034 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Fund shares sold | 207,912 | |||
Securities sold | 207,436 | |||
Dividends | 192,534 | |||
Foreign taxes reclaim | 76,241 | |||
Interest | 373 | |||
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Total assets | 186,096,302 | |||
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LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Fund shares redeemed | 113,102 | |||
Management fees | 110,843 | |||
Professional fees | 41,440 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 23,752 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,246 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 1,166 | |||
Miscellaneous | 56,987 | |||
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Total liabilities | 349,536 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 185,746,766 | ||
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NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 252,066,278 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 1,977,489 | |||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (29,185,115 | ) | ||
Net unrealized depreciation on investments and foreign currency | (39,111,886 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 185,746,766 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 21,530,161 | |||
Net asset value per share | $ | 8.63 | ||
|
|
S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $608,497) | $ | 5,761,075 | ||
Interest | 175 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 5,761,250 | |||
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| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 1,920,345 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,264 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 354,103 | |||
Custodian fees | 307,756 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 20,813 | |||
Miscellaneous | 237,590 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 2,865,871 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment income | 2,895,379 | |||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 39,496,206 | |||
Futures contracts | 1,465,730 | |||
Foreign currency | (525,361 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 40,436,575 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (80,179,750 | ) | ||
Foreign currency | 35,291 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (80,144,459 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (39,707,884 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (36,812,505 | ) | |
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 37 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 2,895,379 | $ | 1,249,884 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency | 40,436,575 | 23,779,086 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency | (80,144,459 | ) | 12,068,682 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (36,812,505 | ) | 37,097,652 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 11,891,306 | 32,674,755 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (58,976,775 | ) | (70,209,110 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (47,085,469 | ) | (37,534,355 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets | (83,897,974 | ) | (436,703 | ) | ||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 269,644,740 | 270,081,443 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 185,746,766 | $ | 269,644,740 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 1,977,489 | $ | 382,985 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 1,188,367 | 3,626,239 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (5,964,233 | ) | (7,794,783 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (4,775,866 | ) | (4,168,544 | ) |
38 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 10.25 | $ | 8.86 | $ | 7.40 | $ | 12.01 | $ | 11.03 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .12 | .04 | .09 | .11 | .08 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (1.74 | ) | 1.35 | 1.37 | (4.72 | ) | .90 | |||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (1.62 | ) | 1.39 | 1.46 | (4.61 | ) | .98 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 8.63 | $ | 10.25 | $ | 8.86 | $ | 7.40 | $ | 12.01 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (15.80% | ) | 15.69% | 19.73% | (38.38% | ) | 8.88% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 185,747 | $ | 269,645 | $ | 270,081 | $ | 275,965 | $ | 550,177 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 1.23% | 0.49% | 1.12% | 1.09% | 0.67% | |||||||||||||||
Total expensesc | 1.21% | 1.26% | 1.27% | 1.26% | 1.26% | |||||||||||||||
Net expensesd | 1.21% | 1.26% | 1.27% | 1.25% | 1.26% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 171% | 283% | 317% | 302% | 115% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
d | Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers. |
e | Security Investors, LLC (“SI”) became the sub-advisor of Series D effective May 1, 2008. Prior to May 1, 2008, Oppenheimer sub-advised 50% of Series D and SI sub-advised 50%. |
f | Security Global Investors, LLC (SGI) became sub-advisor of 50% of Series D effective August 1, 2007. Oppenheimer sub-advised the remaining 50%. Prior to August 1, 2007, Oppenheimer sub-advised the Series. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 39 |
M A N A G E R S ’ C O M M E N T A R Y | Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | |||
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) gained 5.16%, underperforming the benchmark Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond® Index* return of 5.80%.
The U.S. Intermediate Bond Series primarily invests in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade debt securities and maintain a dollar-weighted average duration of 3 to 10 years. The Series’ investment approach uses a bottom-up process in selecting asset classes and securities. We emphasize rigorous credit analysis and relative value in selecting securities. Credit analysis includes assessing factors such as an issuer’s management experience, cash flow, position in its market, capital structure and general economic and market factors. Relative-value analysis includes earnings growth, profitability trends, the issuer’s financial strength and valuation analysis. Relative valuation also compares the credit risk and yield of a security to that of other securities of the same or another asset class.
Composition of Portfolio Assets
At the end of the year, the fund held 65% in corporate issues, 31% in U.S. Government securities. Other securities, such as asset-backed securities, preferred stock and cash constituted 4% of the portfolio.
U.S. Intermediate Bond Market Review
The bond market experienced a strong rally in 2011, as interest rates across the entire maturity spectrum declined significantly. The Federal Reserve staked out its position to keep the federal funds rate close to zero until 2013, which caused investors to buy longer assets to obtain higher yields. A flight to the safety of U.S. Treasuries due to the spreading European debt crisis also increased demand, despite the downgrading of U.S. credit quality from AAA to AA+. The 30-year U.S. Treasury bond declined 145 basis points in 2011, spearheading the bond market rally.
The intermediate Treasury portion of the Barclays index returned 6.57% in 2011, while the intermediate corporate sector returned 5.52%. Investment-grade bond issuance ran slightly ahead of the pace from 2010 at $874 billion.
Domestic economic fundamentals slowly began to improve late in the year. The four-week moving average for jobless claims fell to 373,250 for the week ended December 31, the lowest level since June, 2008. Also, the unemployment rate ended the year at 8.5%, down from 9.8% in November 2010. This improvement forms the basis for our 2012 outlook.
Outlook
The upcoming year will be filled with tremendous challenges, issues and opportunities for our portfolios. An evolving debt crisis in Europe, highlighted by the prospect of austerity and tighter fiscal integration, will play out through 2012 and beyond. In the United States, elections for president and many congressional seats will color the fiscal debate in which many tax breaks are set to expire after 2012. These political difficulties are offset by the relatively healthy economic fundamentals the U.S. economy is experiencing.
40 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
M A N A G E R S ’ C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
Our investment process examines the yield curve – the difference between yields on three-month and 10-year maturity Treasuries to project the economic landscape. Over the last thirty years, a yield curve with its current shape has typically produced GDP growth of 2.7% within three quarters, so we feel cautiously optimistic about U.S. growth prospects. Also, the Cleveland Federal Reserve places only a 6.5% chance of recession in the U.S. within the next twelve months, supporting our view. Because of this outlook, we will look to selectively add to our higher quality corporate bond holdings, recognizing the political risk inherent in 2012.
Thank you for your investment in the U.S. Intermediate Bond Series. We recognize there are many investment fund alternatives available today and appreciate the confidence you place in us.
Sincerely,
Daniel W. Portanova, Portfolio Manager
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of Daniel Portanova as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond® Index – The index measures the performance of U.S. Dollar denominated U.S. Treasuries, government-related and investment grade U.S. corporate securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than one year and less than ten years.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 41
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011 |
SERIES E (U.S. INTERMEDIATE BOND SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks to provide current income.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond® Index is an unmanaged index that tracks U.S. dollar denominated U.S. Treasuries, government-related and investment grade U.S. corporate securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 1 year and less than 10 years.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate | 5.16 | % | 2.59 | % | 3.47 | % | ||||||
Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit | 5.80 | % | 5.88 | % | 5.20 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | April 26, 1985 | |||
Portfolio Composition by Quality Rating (Based on Standard and Poor’s Ratings) | ||||
Fixed Income Instruments | ||||
AA+ | 38.9 | % | ||
BBB+ | 12.4 | % | ||
A | 11.8 | % | ||
AA- | 10.0 | % | ||
A- | 9.5 | % | ||
BBB | 4.6 | % | ||
BB+ | 3.8 | % | ||
Other | 8.9 | % | ||
Other Instruments Preferred Stocks | 0.1 | % | ||
Total Investments | 100.0 | % |
The chart above reflects percentages of the value of total investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
42 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS††† — 0.1% |
| |||||||
Woodbourne Capital | ||||||||
Trust III*,1,2,3,4,5 | 300,000 | $ | 41,905 | |||||
Woodbourne Capital | ||||||||
Trust II*,1,2,3,4,5 | 300,000 | 41,905 | ||||||
Woodbourne Capital | ||||||||
Trust I*,1,2,3,4,5 | 300,000 | 41,904 | ||||||
Woodbourne Capital | ||||||||
Trust IV*,1,2,3,4,5 | 300,000 | 41,904 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $1,205,796) | 167,618 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
FACE AMOUNT | ||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS†† — 65.4% |
| |||||||
Financials — 21.0% | ||||||||
General Electric Capital Corp. | ||||||||
6.00% due 06/15/12 | $ | 2,000,000 | 2,044,960 | |||||
2.80% due 01/08/13 | 2,000,000 | 2,038,000 | ||||||
3.35% due 10/17/16 | 750,000 | 781,049 | ||||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC | ||||||||
5.00% due 05/15/18 | 2,000,000 | 2,005,186 | ||||||
3.87% due 01/15/15 | 2,000,000 | 1,992,536 | ||||||
7.00% due 04/15/15 | 500,000 | 537,500 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | ||||||||
4.65% due 06/01/14 | 2,000,000 | 2,111,776 | ||||||
6.30% due 04/23/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,132,636 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | ||||||||
8.60% due 08/15/19 | 2,000,000 | 2,324,114 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | ||||||||
8.50% due 05/22/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,177,086 | ||||||
6.37% due 08/12/14 | 500,000 | 524,760 | ||||||
4.75% due 05/19/15 | 500,000 | 506,380 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | ||||||||
4.37% due 01/31/13 | 2,000,000 | 2,067,002 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. | 1,800,000 | 1,825,020 | ||||||
New York Life Global Funding | ||||||||
2.45% due 07/14/164,5 | 1,500,000 | 1,537,071 | ||||||
Standard Chartered plc | ||||||||
6.40%2,3,4,5 | 1,750,000 | 1,425,169 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | ||||||||
5.87% due 02/15/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,027,196 | ||||||
USAA Capital Corp. | ||||||||
1.05% due 09/30/144,5 | 500,000 | 498,492 | ||||||
Residential Capital LLC | ||||||||
8.50% due 06/01/12 | 650,000 | 403,000 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Financials | 25,958,933 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 11.1% |
| |||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | ||||||||
6.25% due 07/15/19 | 4,500,000 | 5,129,780 | ||||||
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ||||||||
5.60% due 09/01/20 | 3,000,000 | 3,376,230 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | ||||||||
6.25% due 08/15/17 | 2,000,000 | 2,374,588 | ||||||
Johns Hopkins University | ||||||||
5.25% due 07/01/19 | $ | 1,500,000 | $ | 1,783,605 | ||||
Walt Disney Co. | ||||||||
1.35% due 08/16/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,002,767 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary |
| 13,666,970 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Materials — 6.1% | ||||||||
Praxair, Inc. | ||||||||
4.62% due 03/30/15 | 1,500,000 | 1,655,745 | ||||||
5.20% due 03/15/17 | 1,000,000 | 1,153,552 | ||||||
4.38% due 03/31/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,072,609 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. | ||||||||
3.12% due 12/15/14 | 2,500,000 | 2,634,317 | ||||||
Airgas, Inc. | ||||||||
4.50% due 09/15/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,059,559 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Materials | 7,575,782 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Staples — 5.8% | ||||||||
General Mills, Inc. | ||||||||
5.70% due 02/15/17 | 1,200,000 | 1,405,990 | ||||||
5.25% due 08/15/13 | 1,000,000 | 1,068,678 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp. | ||||||||
5.00% due 02/01/14 | 2,000,000 | 2,155,232 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | ||||||||
1.30% due 01/15/17 | 2,000,000 | 1,986,654 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | ||||||||
1.80% due 09/01/16 | 500,000 | 508,576 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 7,125,130 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Information Technology — 5.7% |
| |||||||
Google, Inc. | ||||||||
1.25% due 05/19/14 | 2,500,000 | 2,537,620 | ||||||
Amphenol Corp. | ||||||||
4.75% due 11/15/14 | 2,000,000 | 2,142,940 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | ||||||||
2.37% due 05/16/16 | 1,200,000 | 1,250,005 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | ||||||||
2.95% due 06/01/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,062,272 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Information Technology |
| 6,992,837 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Health Care — 5.2% | ||||||||
Wyeth | ||||||||
5.50% due 03/15/13 | 2,000,000 | 2,114,206 | ||||||
AstraZeneca plc | ||||||||
5.90% due 09/15/17 | 1,750,000 | 2,113,829 | ||||||
Novartis Securities Investment Ltd. | ||||||||
5.12% due 02/10/19 | 1,000,000 | 1,175,252 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc. | ||||||||
4.85% due 05/15/13 | 500,000 | 529,163 | ||||||
Medtronic, Inc. | ||||||||
3.00% due 03/15/15 | 500,000 | 528,012 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Health Care | 6,460,462 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Utilities — 3.9% | ||||||||
American Water Capital Corp. | ||||||||
6.08% due 10/15/17 | 3,000,000 | 3,489,738 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 43 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded)
December 31, 2011 | Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | ||||||||
6.37% due 01/15/15 | $ | 600,000 | $ | 685,609 | ||||
Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. | ||||||||
5.70% due 09/15/12 | 600,000 | 620,173 | ||||||
East Coast Power LLC | ||||||||
7.07% due 03/31/12 | 18,089 | 18,159 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Utilities | 4,813,679 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Telecommunication Services — 3.6% |
| |||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
| |||||||
1.95% due 03/28/14 | 3,000,000 | 3,061,968 | ||||||
AT&T, Inc. | ||||||||
4.85% due 02/15/14 | 1,300,000 | 1,401,231 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Telecommunication Services |
| 4,463,199 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Industrials — 1.7% | ||||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. | ||||||||
3.12% due 01/15/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,121,596 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Energy — 1.3% | ||||||||
Statoil ASA | ||||||||
2.90% due 10/15/14 | 1,500,000 | 1,574,063 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Corporate Bonds | ||||||||
(Cost $75,767,321) | 80,752,651 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES† — 30.6% |
| |||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes | ||||||||
0.50% due 11/15/13 | 5,000,000 | 5,023,045 | ||||||
2.75% due 02/15/19 | 3,250,000 | 3,559,511 | ||||||
2.25% due 03/31/16 | 3,000,000 | 3,199,923 | ||||||
2.13% due 05/31/15 | 3,000,000 | 3,167,109 | ||||||
1.75% due 07/31/15 | 3,000,000 | 3,131,250 | ||||||
1.00% due 10/31/16 | 3,000,000 | 3,029,064 | ||||||
0.12% due 09/30/13 | 3,000,000 | 2,994,024 | ||||||
2.25% due 05/31/14 | 2,500,000 | 2,615,430 | ||||||
1.38% due 04/15/12 | 2,500,000 | 2,509,472 | ||||||
2.25% due 07/31/18 | 2,000,000 | 2,127,188 | ||||||
2.00% due 01/31/16 | 2,000,000 | 2,110,000 | ||||||
3.13% due 05/15/19 | 1,500,000 | 1,681,875 | ||||||
2.63% due 08/15/20 | 1,500,000 | 1,617,774 | ||||||
2.12% due 08/15/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,025,625 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total U.S. Government Securities |
| |||||||
(Cost $36,288,980) | 37,791,290 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES†† — 0.7% |
| |||||||
Homebanc Mortgage Trust | ||||||||
2006-1, | ||||||||
2.47% due 04/25/372 | 1,069,126 | 617,193 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Chase Mortgage Finance Corp. | ||||||||
2005-A1 2A2, | ||||||||
2.81% due 12/25/352 | 208,473 | 200,510 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust | ||||||||
2006-A3, | ||||||||
2.81% due 04/25/362 | 107,755 | 68,902 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Ginnie Mae I | ||||||||
#518436, | ||||||||
7.25% due 09/15/29 | 17,458 | 20,428 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Fannie Mae6 | ||||||||
FNR 1990-68 J, | ||||||||
6.95% due 07/25/20 | 1,637 | 1,803 | ||||||
FNR 1990-103 K, | ||||||||
7.50% due 09/25/20 | 595 | 655 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Fannie Mae | 2,458 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Freddie Mac6 | ||||||||
FHR 188 H, | ||||||||
7.00% due 09/15/21 | 748 | 834 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Mortgage Backed Securities |
| |||||||
(Cost $1,408,082) | 910,325 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† — 0.1% |
| |||||||
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC | ||||||||
0.55% due 08/25/352 | 186,791 | 172,450 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Asset Backed Securities | ||||||||
(Cost $186,791) | 172,450 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 96.9% | ||||||||
(Cost $114,856,970) | $ | 119,794,334 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 3.1% | 3,780,570 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 123,574,904 | ||||||
|
|
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4. |
††† | Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 4. |
1 | Illiquid security. |
2 | Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2011. |
3 | Perpetual maturity. |
4 | Security was acquired through a private placement. |
5 | Security is a 144A or Section 4(2) security. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(2) securities is $3,628,350 (cost $4,941,686), or 2.9% of total net assets. |
6 | On September 7, 2008, the issuer was placed in conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). As conservator, the FHFA has full powers to control the assets and operations of the firm. |
plc | — Public Limited Company |
44 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | ||||
(cost $114,856,970) | $ | 119,794,334 | ||
Cash | 2,686,365 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 539 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Interest | 1,176,656 | |||
Fund shares sold | 105,187 | |||
Investment advisor | 13,172 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 123,776,253 | |||
|
| |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Fund shares redeemed | 86,440 | |||
Management fees | 78,910 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 9,995 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,250 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 2,180 | |||
Miscellaneous | 21,574 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 201,349 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 123,574,904 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 132,085,038 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 2,419,921 | |||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (15,867,419 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 4,937,364 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 123,574,904 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 9,052,818 | |||
Net asset value per share | $13.65 | |||
|
|
S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Interest | $ | 4,358,226 | ||
Dividends | 33,127 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 4,391,353 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 974,632 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,253 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 123,452 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 13,319 | |||
Custodian fees | 5,304 | |||
Miscellaneous | 53,667 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 1,195,627 | |||
Less: | ||||
Expenses waived by Advisor | (142,582 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net expenses | 1,053,045 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment income | 3,338,308 | |||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (Loss): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 2,006,145 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 2,006,145 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | ||||
(depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | 1,351,543 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | ||||
(depreciation) | 1,351,543 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized gain | 3,357,688 | |||
|
| |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 6,695,996 | | |
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 45 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 3,338,308 | $ | 3,587,347 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | 2,006,145 | (112,077 | ) | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 1,351,543 | 4,402,681 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 6,695,996 | 7,877,951 | ||||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 44,342,161 | 52,561,403 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (54,554,705 | ) | (63,916,537 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (10,212,544 | ) | (11,355,134 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets | (3,516,548 | ) | (3,477,183 | ) | ||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 127,091,452 | 130,568,635 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 123,574,904 | $ | 127,091,452 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 2,419,921 | $ | 2,600,468 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 3,325,643 | 4,129,189 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (4,063,434 | ) | (5,010,128 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (737,791 | ) | (880,939 | ) |
46 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 12.98 | $ | 12.24 | $ | 11.29 | $ | 12.36 | $ | 12.01 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .34 | .35 | .37 | .58 | .60 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | .33 | .39 | .58 | (1.65 | ) | (.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | .67 | .74 | .95 | (1.07 | ) | .35 | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 13.65 | $ | 12.98 | $ | 12.24 | $ | 11.29 | $ | 12.36 | ||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||
Total Returnb | 5.16% | 6.05% | 8.41% | (8.66% | ) | 2.91% | ||||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 123,575 | $ | 127,091 | $ | 130,569 | $ | 99,070 | $ | 121,652 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 2.57% | 2.72% | 3.08% | 4.80% | 4.90% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.92% | 0.93% | 0.91% | |||||||||||||||
Net expensesc | 0.81% | 0.79% | 0.77% | 0.78% | 0.76% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 49% | 38% | 76% | 34% | 31% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 47 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) returned -4.33%, compared with the benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Growth Index*, which returned -1.65% . The Series seeks to deliver long-term-capital appreciation by investing in a concentrated portfolio of midcap growth securities. It seeks to identify securities that are in the early-to-middle stages of growth and primarily invests in companies that offer unique proprietary products or are within profitable market niches with rapid growth potential.
The Series uses a combination of a qualitative top-down approach in reviewing growth trends that is based on several fixed income factors, such as bond spreads and interest rates, along with a quantitative, fundamental bottom-up approach.
The portfolio’s performance was helped by stock selection in Materials and Financials, the sectors contributing the most to the portfolio’s relative performance. However, this was not enough to offset the effects of poor stock selection in the Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors, which detracted the most from portfolio performance. The underweight to Consumer Staples also hurt performance; holdings in the portfolio amounted to less than a percent of the total portfolio size and had a loss of almost 3%, compared with a 14% return for the sector in the Index, which accounted for almost 6% of the Index weight.
The holdings contributing most to portfolio performance over the period were Goodrich Corp. and Nuance Communications. Leading detractors to performance were Rovi Corp. and Johnson Controls Inc.
Given the slope of the Treasury Yield Curve (the difference between the 3-month and 10-year), we continue to believe the U.S. economy will avoid recession, but turn in subpar 1.5% -2% growth over the next year or so. Additionally, bond spreads (10-year single-A bond) have widened, but not to the levels we saw in 2008. Both factors indicate a diminished risk environment but not a crisis such as 2008.
Since our indicators are not particularly positive, we expect to keep the beta of our portfolio similar to that of the benchmark. We will remain in cyclical names within certain sectors where the dollar’s strength is a tailwind, such as the consumer cyclical sector. We do anticipate that Europe will eventually provide a strong response to its sovereign crisis which should lift the markets.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Joseph O’Connor, Portfolio Manager
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of Joseph O’Connor as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Russell Midcap® Growth Index measures the performance of the mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell Midcap Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
48 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011
SERIES J (MID CAP GROWTH SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks capital appreciation.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Russell Midcap® Growth Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of the mid cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe and which includes companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
Average Annual Returns* | ||||||||||||
Periods Ended 12/31/111 | ||||||||||||
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | -4.33 | % | -1.66 | % | 2.36 | % | ||||||
Russell Midcap Growth Index | -1.65 | % | 2.44 | % | 5.29 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | October 1, 1992 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
iShares Russell Midcap Growth | ||||
Index Fund | 4.5 | % | ||
Ball Corp. | 3.3 | % | ||
Oil States International, Inc. | 2.9 | % | ||
Airgas, Inc. | 2.8 | % | ||
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | 2.7 | % | ||
Macy’s, Inc. | 2.7 | % | ||
Gardner Denver, Inc. | 2.4 | % | ||
Nuance Communications, Inc. | 2.3 | % | ||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 2.2 | % | ||
Alliance Data Systems Corp. | 2.2 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 28.0 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Russell Midcap Growth Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 91.1% | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 20.9% | ||||||||
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | 97,750 | $ | 3,697,883 | |||||
Macy’s, Inc. | 112,600 | 3,623,468 | ||||||
Penn National Gaming, Inc.* | 79,040 | 3,009,053 | ||||||
Jarden Corp. | 99,475 | 2,972,313 | ||||||
Priceline.com, Inc.* | 5,420 | 2,534,988 | ||||||
Life Time Fitness, Inc.* | 51,300 | 2,398,275 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 57,500 | 2,120,600 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 41,350 | 1,766,885 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.* | 19,600 | 1,567,020 | ||||||
Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.* | 28,000 | 1,470,840 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc.* | 20,950 | 1,335,353 | ||||||
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.* | 21,550 | 1,249,254 | ||||||
International Game Technology | 43,850 | 754,220 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 28,500,152 | |||||||
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Information Technology — 20.4% | ||||||||
Nuance Communications, Inc.* | 126,070 | 3,171,921 | ||||||
Alliance Data Systems Corp.* | 29,150 | 3,026,936 | ||||||
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.* | 55,775 | 2,930,418 | ||||||
SanDisk Corp.* | 57,100 | 2,809,891 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc.* | 128,400 | 2,645,040 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* | 237,770 | 2,472,808 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 33,800 | 1,777,542 | ||||||
Rovi Corp.* | 64,800 | 1,592,784 | ||||||
Adobe Systems, Inc.* | 48,900 | 1,382,403 | ||||||
Solera Holdings, Inc. | 30,700 | 1,367,378 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc.* | 65,400 | 1,334,814 | ||||||
VeriFone Systems, Inc.* | 37,000 | 1,314,240 | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc.* | 34,200 | 1,037,286 | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc.* | 16,550 | 1,004,916 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 27,868,377 | |||||||
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Industrials — 14.1% | ||||||||
Gardner Denver, Inc. | 42,550 | 3,278,903 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 40,250 | 2,720,900 | ||||||
AMETEK, Inc. | 64,625 | 2,720,712 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 29,300 | 2,149,741 | ||||||
Cooper Industries plc | 39,100 | 2,117,265 | ||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 22,100 | 1,945,242 | ||||||
Roper Industries, Inc. | 22,040 | 1,914,615 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 17,040 | 1,805,218 | ||||||
Joy Global, Inc. | 8,050 | 603,509 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 19,256,105 | |||||||
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Health Care — 10.5% | ||||||||
CareFusion Corp.* | 115,300 | 2,929,773 | ||||||
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.* | 64,600 | 2,230,638 | ||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR | 46,555 | 1,878,960 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | 3,345 | 1,548,768 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.* | 32,825 | 1,476,140 | ||||||
Cepheid, Inc.* | 42,000 | 1,445,220 | ||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc.* | 40,240 | 1,405,583 | ||||||
Covidien plc | 30,900 | 1,390,809 | ||||||
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Total Health Care | 14,305,891 | |||||||
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Materials — 10.4% | ||||||||
Ball Corp. | 127,862 | 4,565,952 | ||||||
Airgas, Inc. | 48,850 | 3,814,208 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 39,750 | 2,047,523 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 7,600 | 1,505,636 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 9,200 | 1,333,816 | ||||||
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 21,200 | 972,656 | ||||||
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Total Materials | 14,239,791 | |||||||
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Energy — 9.0% | ||||||||
Oil States International, Inc.* | 51,000 | 3,894,870 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 34,200 | 3,060,216 | ||||||
Ensco plc ADR | 62,850 | 2,948,922 | ||||||
QEP Resources, Inc. | 80,800 | 2,367,440 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 12,271,448 | |||||||
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Financials — 5.0% | ||||||||
Discover Financial Services | 113,200 | 2,716,800 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 286,550 | 2,203,569 | ||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 33,650 | 1,916,368 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 6,836,737 | |||||||
Consumer Staples — 0.8% | ||||||||
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Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. — Class A | 21,100 | 1,024,827 | ||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
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(Cost $119,457,492) | 124,303,328 | |||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS† — 4.5% |
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iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund | 112,165 | 6,174,683 | ||||||
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Total Exchange Traded Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $6,544,033) | 6,174,683 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 95.6% | ||||||||
(Cost $126,001,525) | $ | 130,478,011 | ||||||
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Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 4.4% | 5,990,698 | |||||||
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Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 136,468,709 | ||||||
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* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
plc — Public Limited Company
50 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | ||||
(cost $126,001,525) | $ | 130,478,011 | ||
Cash | 5,814,800 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 670 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities sold | 509,742 | |||
Fund shares sold | 388,934 | |||
Dividends | 65,379 | |||
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Total assets | 137,257,536 | |||
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LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Securities purchased | 496,914 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 166,143 | |||
Management fees | 87,367 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 11,066 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,254 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 584 | |||
Miscellaneous | 24,499 | |||
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Total liabilities | 788,827 | |||
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NETASSETS | $ | 136,468,709 | ||
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NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 161,352,272 | ||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (29,360,049 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 4,476,486 | |||
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Net assets | $ | 136,468,709 | ||
|
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Capital shares outstanding | 4,747,200 | |||
Net asset value per share | $28.75 | |||
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S TAT E M E N T O F O P E R AT I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends | $ | 1,251,870 | ||
Interest | 839 | |||
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Total investment income | 1,252,709 | |||
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EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 1,159,494 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,248 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 146,867 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 13,771 | |||
Custodian fees | 7,487 | |||
Miscellaneous | 49,246 | |||
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Total expenses | 1,402,113 | |||
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Net investment loss | (149,404 | ) | ||
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NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (Loss): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 17,884,969 | |||
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Net realized gain | 17,884,969 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (24,499,861 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (24,499,861 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (6,614,892 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (6,764,296 | ) | |
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* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 51 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Net investment loss | $ | (149,404 | ) | $ | (148,617 | ) | ||
Net realized gain on investments | 17,884,969 | 27,380,262 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (24,499,861 | ) | 6,259,709 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (6,764,296 | ) | 33,491,354 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 15,343,716 | 20,323,993 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (41,499,200 | ) | (38,700,127 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (26,155,484 | ) | (18,376,134 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (32,919,780 | ) | 15,115,220 | |||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 169,388,489 | 154,273,269 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 136,468,709 | $ | 169,388,489 | ||||
Accumulated net investment loss at end of year | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 506,362 | 779,286 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,396,435 | ) | (1,516,423 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (890,073 | ) | (737,137 | ) |
52 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 30.05 | $ | 24.20 | $ | 16.81 | $ | 28.00 | $ | 31.26 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment lossa | (.03 | ) | (.02 | ) | (.03 | ) | (.01 | ) | (.04 | ) | ||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (1.27 | ) | 5.87 | 7.42 | (11.18 | ) | (3.22 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (1.30 | ) | 5.85 | 7.39 | (11.19 | ) | (3.26 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 28.75 | $ | 30.05 | $ | 24.20 | $ | 16.81 | $ | 28.00 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (4.33% | ) | 24.17% | 43.96% | (39.96% | ) | (10.43% | ) | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 136,469 | $ | 169,388 | $ | 154,273 | $ | 122,030 | $ | 252,066 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment loss | (0.10% | ) | (0.10% | ) | (0.13% | ) | (0.06% | ) | (0.14% | ) | ||||||||||
Total expensesc | 0.91% | 0.91% | 0.92% | 0.91% | 0.90% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 155% | 130% | 136% | 203% | 34% |
a | Net investment loss per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 53 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
Performance
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) rose 0.65%, underperforming its weighted benchmark that is 60% S&P® 500 Index* and 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate® Bond Index*, which gained 4.61%. The S&P 500® Index rose 2.11% over the year and the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate® Bond Index gained 7.84%.
Market Environment
Major U.S. equity market indices traded in a wide range in 2011 but were ultimately little changed for the year. As the year began, equities climbed as the U.S. economy showed signs of strengthening and the Federal Reserve was in the midst of purchasing $600 billion in Treasury securities through June to suppress longer-term interest rates and promote economic growth. Equities started falling in May, however, as the U.S. and European economies weakened and the European sovereign debt crisis intensified. Volatility remained high through the end of the year, as a congressional super committee failed to reach a deficit reduction agreement and European leaders made only incremental progress in addressing the debt crisis.
Equities in developed non-U.S. countries fared notably worse than U.S. shares in 2011, due in small part to a stronger dollar versus other currencies. European markets fell sharply amid weakening economies, rising bond yields, the implementation of fiscal austerity measures and a lack of confidence in leaders’ ability to stem the debt crisis. Developed Asian markets, including Japan, also struggled. Emerging markets equities performed worse than developed markets over the last year as economic growth slowed in response to tighter monetary policies. Slower growth in developed economies and investors’ increased risk aversion in the last few months also weighed on market performance. Markets in all major emerging regions declined sharply, especially emerging Europe.
U.S. bonds produced strong returns in 2011, though it was a volatile year that started on a weak note. In the first quarter of 2011, U.S. Treasury bond yields rose and prices fell amid expectations for stronger economic growth and despite the Fed’s purchases of Treasury securities. Over the rest of the year, Treasury bond yields plunged to historic lows and prices soared as slower global growth, equity market weakness, and the intensifying European sovereign debt crisis prompted investors to favor less risky investments. Municipal and corporate bonds also did very well. High yield securities trailed investment-grade issues, as solid returns in the first half of the year were followed by flat performance in the second half as risk aversion increased and credit spreads widened amid economic concerns.
Portfolio Review
The portfolio’s holdings of small-cap equities and non-U.S. equities contributed to underperformance, as both of these sectors underperformed the S&P 500 for the year. Our overweight position to equities relative to fixed income also weighed on performance, as the S&P 500 Index underperformed the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Strong security selection in the foreign equity and large-cap equity portfolios boosted relative returns, but the effect was mitigated by unfavorable selection in the high-grade-bond portfolio. Our decision to underweight small-cap equities provided a modest positive contribution to performance, as large-cap stocks outpaced their smaller-cap counterparts over the period.
Outlook
We are overweight stocks relative to the neutral allocation. Stocks are reasonably valued, and prospects for corporate earnings growth remain supportive, while the current low-yield environment is less favorable for bond returns. Our expectations are for a low-growth environment rather than a recession in
54 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
the U.S. Uncertainty surrounding the European sovereign debt crisis and persistently high unemployment in the U.S. have contributed to lowered global growth expectations over the next several quarters. Recent U.S. economic data make recession appear less likely, although they are not encouraging for the unemployment rate. Risk awareness remains heightened. Within equities, the portfolio is neutral between U.S. and non-U.S. equity markets as expectations of weaker economic growth in Europe and many other developed markets are balanced by expectations for relatively higher growth in emerging markets. We are underweight to small-cap stocks, as valuations favor large-cap stocks.
The portfolio is overweight to high-yield relative to investment-grade bonds. Within the high-yield sector, we anticipate that realized default levels will likely be lower than those implied by recent spread widening, as many high-yield issuers have improved their liquidity profile by extending maturities and refinancing to lower-coupon debt.
Yields on government bonds have touched historic lows recently, as the Federal Reserve has announced its intended policy to extend the maturity of its Treasury holdings. U.S. interest rates are near historically low levels, providing negative real yields despite low-to-moderate inflation.
Sincerely,
Edmond M. Notzon, Portfolio Manager
T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price serves as sub-advisor to the Managed Allocation Fund and is not affiliated with Security Benefit. However, Security Benefit has business relationships with T. Rowe Price. Please be advised that the information contained in our commentary shares the views of our portfolio manager as of the most recent quarter-end and are subject to change based on market and other conditions.
Performance information and other portfolio-related statistics are not derived from official fund records and have not been prepared with a view towards dissemination to the public, and therefore, may need to be revised or supplemented.
*S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index covering 500 industrial, utility, transportation and financial companies of the U.S. markets (mostly NYSE Euronext issues).
*Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond® Index — The index covers the USD-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market of SEC-registered securities. The index includes bonds from the Treasury, Government-Related, Corporate, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM passthroughs), ABS, and CMBS sectors.
Information contained therein about a fund’s portfolio holdings, asset allocation, or country diversification is historical and is no indication of future portfolio composition, which will vary. Our legal review of the materials was limited to the accuracy of the information about T. Rowe Price, its affiliates, and the portfolios under the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. We have not reviewed the information or the presentation of this information for compliance with applicable SEC and FINRA Rules, which is the responsibility of the FINRA member distributing the securities.
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P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011 |
SERIES N (MANAGED ASSET ALLOCATION SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks a high level of total return.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all U.S. common stocks. The Blended Index is 60% S&P 500 Index and 40% Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that tracks investment grade bonds including U.S. Treasury and agency issues, corporate bond issues, asset-backed, commercial mortgage-backed and mortgage-backed securities and Yankee issues.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 0.65 | % | 1.54 | % | 4.58 | % | ||||||
S&P 500 Index | 2.11 | % | -0.25 | % | 2.92 | % | ||||||
Blended Index | 4.61 | % | 2.90 | % | 4.40 | % |
Inception Date: | June 1, 1995 | |||
Portfolio Composition by Sector | ||||
(Ratings Based on Standard and Poor’s) | ||||
Common Stocks | ||||
Information Technology | 10.6 | % | ||
Financials | 10.1 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary | 8.4 | % | ||
Energy | 7.9 | % | ||
Industrials | 7.7 | % | ||
Health Care | 7.6 | % | ||
Consumer Staples | 6.5 | % | ||
Other | 7.5 | % | ||
Fixed Income Instruments | ||||
AA+ | 15.4 | % | ||
AAA | 2.3 | % | ||
BBB | 2.3 | % | ||
BBB- | 2.0 | % | ||
A- | 1.6 | % | ||
BBB+ | 1.3 | % | ||
B | 0.8 | % | ||
Other | 6.0 | % | ||
Other Instruments | ||||
Short Term Investments | 1.8 | % | ||
Preferred Stocks | 0.2 | % | ||
Warrants | 0.0 | % | ||
Total Investments | 100.0 | % |
The chart above reflects percentages of the value of total investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The S&P 500 Index and the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index are unmanaged indices and, unlike the Fund, have no management fees or operating expenses to reduce their reported returns. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
56 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 65.6% |
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Information Technology — 10.5% |
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Apple, Inc.* | 2,600 | $ | 1,053,000 | |||||
Microsoft Corp. | 24,700 | 641,212 | ||||||
Google, Inc. — Class A* | 800 | 516,720 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 2,720 | 500,154 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 16,500 | 298,320 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 4,700 | 257,090 | ||||||
Dell, Inc.* | 12,400 | 181,412 | ||||||
Broadcom Corp. — Class A* | 5,400 | 158,544 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc.* | 24,700 | 155,363 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 6,000 | 153,900 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A | 400 | 149,128 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. — Class A | 1,300 | 131,989 | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc.* | 4,000 | 121,320 | ||||||
EMC Corp.* | 5,600 | 120,624 | ||||||
Adobe Systems, Inc.* | 4,200 | 118,734 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 4,500 | 115,920 | ||||||
Red Hat, Inc.* | 2,550 | 105,290 | ||||||
Atmel Corp.* | 12,830 | 103,923 | ||||||
Accenture plc — Class A | 1,700 | 90,491 | ||||||
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.* | 6,500 | 90,025 | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 1,600 | 86,416 | ||||||
ASML Holding N.V. | 1,937 | 81,403 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc.* | 3,900 | 79,599 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 7,100 | 76,041 | ||||||
Canon, Inc. | 1,600 | 70,885 | ||||||
Sumsung Electronics Company Ltd. | 75 | 68,500 | ||||||
Western Union Co. | 3,200 | 58,432 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 2,000 | 58,220 | ||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 10,100 | 54,540 | ||||||
Nippon Electric Glass Company Ltd. | 5,000 | 49,500 | ||||||
Hamamatsu Photonics KK | 1,400 | 48,983 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 1,900 | 46,075 | ||||||
CA, Inc. | 2,200 | 44,473 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 16,129 | 40,299 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. | 3,100 | 40,238 | ||||||
Software AG | 1,064 | 39,317 | ||||||
Xerox Corp. | 4,700 | 37,412 | ||||||
Kakaku.com, Inc. | 900 | 32,997 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 1,600 | 32,158 | ||||||
eBay, Inc.* | 1,000 | 30,330 | ||||||
NVIDIA Corp.* | 2,000 | 27,720 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 800 | 21,272 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc.* | 1,000 | 20,600 | ||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. | 1,596 | 19,663 | ||||||
Venture Corporation Ltd. | 4,000 | 19,120 | ||||||
Cymer, Inc.* | 380 | 18,909 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 560 | 18,822 | ||||||
Semtech Corp.* | 720 | 17,870 | ||||||
Factset Research Systems, Inc. | 200 | 17,456 | ||||||
Sumco Corp. | 2,300 | 17,003 | ||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.* | 2,190 | 16,907 | ||||||
Ariba, Inc.* | 590 | 16,567 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. | 340 | 16,109 | ||||||
Alcatel-Lucent* | 10,246 | 16,004 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 500 | 15,055 | ||||||
Ixia* | 1,430 | 15,029 | ||||||
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 540 | 14,062 | ||||||
NS Solutions Corp. | 700 | 13,951 | ||||||
Nintendo Company Ltd. | 100 | 13,772 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp.* | 350 | 12,957 | ||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.* | 400 | 12,912 | ||||||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.* | 1,070 | 11,481 | ||||||
Hosiden Corp. | 1,700 | 11,352 | ||||||
Trimble Navigation Ltd.* | 260 | 11,284 | ||||||
CommVault Systems, Inc.* | 260 | 11,107 | ||||||
Taleo Corp. — Class A* | 280 | 10,833 | ||||||
Riverbed Technology, Inc.* | 450 | 10,575 | ||||||
Aruba Networks, Inc.* | 510 | 9,445 | ||||||
Websense, Inc.* | 470 | 8,803 | ||||||
Logica plc | 8,786 | 8,420 | ||||||
Plexus Corp.* | 300 | 8,214 | ||||||
Nuance Communications, Inc.* | 320 | 8,051 | ||||||
SYNNEX Corp.* | 260 | 7,920 | ||||||
Intersil Corp. — Class A | 650 | 6,786 | ||||||
Finisar Corp.* | 393 | 6,572 | ||||||
Cree, Inc.* | 250 | 5,510 | ||||||
AVX Corp. | 360 | 4,594 | ||||||
CyberOptics Corp.* | 550 | 4,307 | ||||||
Avid Technology, Inc.* | 460 | 3,924 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* | 350 | 3,640 | ||||||
RealD, Inc.* | 430 | 3,414 | ||||||
OpenTable, Inc.* | 80 | 3,130 | ||||||
Accelrys, Inc.* | 403 | 2,708 | ||||||
Supertex, Inc.* | 140 | 2,643 | ||||||
BTU International, Inc.* | 870 | 2,262 | ||||||
Rovi Corp.* | 90 | 2,212 | ||||||
Informatica Corp.* | 50 | 1,846 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 6,671,770 | |||||||
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Financials — 9.9% |
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Wells Fargo & Co. | 15,091 | 415,908 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 12,336 | 410,172 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B* | 3,500 | 267,050 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 7,200 | 194,760 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 7,290 | 191,800 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 1,298 | 167,364 | ||||||
Chubb Corp. | 2,000 | 138,440 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 4,300 | 134,074 | ||||||
American Express Co. | 2,800 | 132,076 | ||||||
Aon Corp. | 2,500 | 117,000 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | 3,600 | 113,832 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 57 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Allstate Corp. | 4,100 | $ | 112,381 | |||||
Bank of America Corp. | 19,778 | 109,966 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 1,200 | 108,516 | ||||||
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. | 4,912 | 103,149 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 6,700 | 101,371 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 1,700 | 98,039 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc. — Class A | 400 | 97,468 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 2,600 | 87,568 | ||||||
Standard Chartered plc | 3,851 | 84,275 | ||||||
Barclays plc ADR | 7,500 | 82,425 | ||||||
AXA S.A. | 6,321 | 82,167 | ||||||
Public Storage | 600 | 80,676 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 2,000 | 79,320 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust | 1,000 | 76,860 | ||||||
DNB ASA* | 7,419 | 72,626 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 1,800 | 72,558 | ||||||
Swedbank AB — Class A | 5,435 | 70,399 | ||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 1,600 | 69,216 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG | 493 | 60,468 | ||||||
Unibail-Rodamco SE | 332 | 59,676 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 4,500 | 57,240 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 2,800 | 56,252 | ||||||
BNP Paribas S.A. | 1,385 | 54,396 | ||||||
General Growth Properties, Inc. — Class W* | 3,550 | 52,008 | ||||||
Sun Life Financial, Inc. | 2,800 | 51,949 | ||||||
Westfield Retail Trust | 20,198 | 51,443 | ||||||
ProLogis, Inc. | 1,782 | 50,947 | ||||||
Sony Financial Holdings, Inc. | 3,400 | 50,092 | ||||||
AIA Group Ltd. | 16,000 | 49,958 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 2,620 | 48,915 | ||||||
SLM Corp. | 3,500 | 46,900 | ||||||
Soho China Ltd. | 70,000 | 46,597 | ||||||
Nordea Bank AB | 5,937 | 45,934 | ||||||
Legg Mason, Inc. | 1,900 | 45,695 | ||||||
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. | 2,910 | 45,541 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 15,410 | 45,247 | ||||||
Loews Corp. | 1,200 | 45,180 | ||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 900 | 44,676 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG | 1,171 | 44,605 | ||||||
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. | 5,000 | 44,407 | ||||||
NYSE Euronext | 1,700 | 44,370 | ||||||
Banco Santander Brasil S.A. ADR | 5,400 | 43,956 | ||||||
Svenska Handelsbanken AB — Class A | 1,636 | 43,024 | ||||||
BM&FBovespa S.A. | 8,100 | 42,597 | ||||||
Travelers Companies, Inc. | 700 | 41,419 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG* | 1,649 | 38,745 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 400 | 38,424 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | 500 | 38,170 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Ltd. | 950 | 37,645 | ||||||
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. | 2,765 | 36,625 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 8,600 | 36,536 | ||||||
Kerry Properties Ltd. | 11,000 | 36,399 | ||||||
Prudential plc | 3,582 | 35,522 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 1,400 | 33,600 | ||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd. | 1,367 | 33,264 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 5,900 | 32,391 | ||||||
China Citic Bank Corporation Ltd. — Class H | 56,886 | 32,008 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 1,200 | 29,520 | ||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Company Ltd. | 2,000 | 29,154 | ||||||
Challenger Ltd. | 6,900 | 29,148 | ||||||
Swiss Life Holding AG* | 285 | 26,215 | ||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG* | 439 | 23,014 | ||||||
Zions Bancorporation | 1,300 | 21,164 | ||||||
Bank of Yokohama Ltd. | 4,000 | 18,916 | ||||||
Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. | 330 | 18,724 | ||||||
ING Groep N.V.* | 2,521 | 18,139 | ||||||
SL Green Realty Corp. | 261 | 17,393 | ||||||
Societe Generale S.A. | 774 | 17,233 | ||||||
Close Brothers Group plc | 1,775 | 17,079 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 550 | 17,028 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 439 | 16,731 | ||||||
LaSalle Hotel Properties | 690 | 16,705 | ||||||
Markel Corp.* | 40 | 16,587 | ||||||
Duke Realty Corp. | 1,350 | 16,268 | ||||||
Westamerica Bancorporation | 350 | 15,365 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust | 240 | 14,938 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 380 | 14,296 | ||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | 7,980 | 13,363 | ||||||
Erste Group Bank AG | 744 | 13,080 | ||||||
Home Bancshares, Inc. | 504 | 13,059 | ||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 300 | 13,044 | ||||||
City National Corp. | 290 | 12,812 | ||||||
Louisiana Bancorp, Inc. — Class (mid) Warrants risk* | 800 | 12,680 | ||||||
Weingarten Realty Investors | 570 | 12,437 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp.* | 382 | 12,243 | ||||||
Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc.* | 1,047 | 11,936 | ||||||
Eaton Vance Corp. | 500 | 11,820 | ||||||
Potlatch Corp. | 375 | 11,666 | ||||||
ESSA Bancorp, Inc. | 1,110 | 11,622 | ||||||
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. | 300 | 11,025 | ||||||
East West Bancorp, Inc. | 540 | 10,665 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorporation* | 1,680 | 10,466 | ||||||
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. — Class A | 410 | 10,156 | ||||||
Goldcrest Company Ltd. | 540 | 8,594 | ||||||
St. Joe Co.* | 580 | 8,503 | ||||||
TCF Financial Corp. | 800 | 8,256 | ||||||
WR Berkley Corp. | 240 | 8,254 | ||||||
ProAssurance Corp. | 100 | 7,982 |
58 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. | 630 | $ | 7,579 | |||||
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | 270 | 7,425 | ||||||
Employers Holdings, Inc. | 380 | 6,874 | ||||||
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | 380 | 6,737 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc.* | 190 | 6,625 | ||||||
Radian Group, Inc. | 2,480 | 5,803 | ||||||
SeaBright Holdings, Inc. | 700 | 5,355 | ||||||
Popular, Inc.* | 3,840 | 5,338 | ||||||
Financial Engines, Inc.* | 220 | 4,913 | ||||||
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. | 10 | 4,535 | ||||||
Fortegra Financial Corp.* | 650 | 4,342 | ||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 350 | 4,039 | ||||||
First Defiance Financial Corp. | 270 | 3,939 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc. — Class A* | 110 | 3,622 | ||||||
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. — Class A | 170 | 2,540 | ||||||
Greenhill & Company, Inc. | 40 | 1,455 | ||||||
Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. | 20 | 351 | ||||||
Bank of Kentucky Financial Corp. | 10 | 201 | ||||||
Rouse Properties, Inc. — Class W* | 1 | 14 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 6,323,244 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 8.3% |
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Amazon.com, Inc.* | 1,300 | 225,030 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 2,200 | 220,726 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. | 5,600 | 210,000 | ||||||
Comcast Corp. — Class A | 8,300 | 196,793 | ||||||
Kohl’s Corp. | 2,970 | 146,569 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 3,450 | 145,038 | ||||||
Time Warner, Inc. | 4,000 | 144,560 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 3,100 | 142,631 | ||||||
Priceline.com, Inc.* | 300 | 140,313 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 3,160 | 135,027 | ||||||
CarMax, Inc.* | 4,000 | 121,920 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. | 3,400 | 113,304 | ||||||
Carnival Corp. | 3,400 | 110,976 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc. — Class B | 1,080 | 104,080 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 2,000 | 102,440 | ||||||
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.* | 1,700 | 98,549 | ||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont S.A. | 1,935 | 97,873 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 1,600 | 94,416 | ||||||
Macy’s, Inc. | 2,700 | 86,886 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. | 1,800 | 85,554 | ||||||
WPP plc | 8,097 | 84,950 | ||||||
International Game Technology | 4,800 | 82,560 | ||||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc. | 1,239 | 78,763 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp.* | 1,900 | 78,166 | ||||||
Honda Motor Company Ltd. | 2,500 | 76,263 | ||||||
General Motors Co.* | 3,680 | 74,594 | ||||||
DIRECTV — Class A* | 1,700 | 72,692 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. — Class A* | 200 | 67,548 | ||||||
Discovery Communications, Inc. — Class C* | 1,773 | 66,842 | ||||||
Johnson Controls, Inc. | 2,100 | 65,646 | ||||||
AutoZone, Inc.* | 200 | 64,994 | ||||||
Compass Group plc | 6,800 | 64,531 | ||||||
PPR | 445 | 63,720 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 1,300 | 57,954 | ||||||
Jupiter Telecommunications Company Ltd. | 57 | 57,763 | ||||||
Persimmon plc | 7,848 | 57,289 | ||||||
Kingfisher plc | 14,143 | 55,070 | ||||||
Coach, Inc. | 800 | 48,832 | ||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | 726 | 48,629 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Company Ltd. | 5,100 | 45,852 | ||||||
Liberty Interactive Corp. — Class A* | 2,800 | 45,402 | ||||||
Inditex S.A. | 533 | 43,647 | ||||||
Benesse Holdings, Inc. | 900 | 43,556 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 1,100 | 42,757 | ||||||
Nikon Corp. | 1,900 | 42,310 | ||||||
Hasbro, Inc. | 1,300 | 41,457 | ||||||
Parkson Retail Group Ltd. | 32,500 | 39,837 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A | 1,338 | 39,029 | ||||||
Harman International Industries, Inc. | 1,000 | 38,040 | ||||||
GKN plc | 12,526 | 35,602 | ||||||
Netflix, Inc.* | 500 | 34,645 | ||||||
Ford Motor Co.* | 3,200 | 34,432 | ||||||
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | 700 | 33,579 | ||||||
Informa plc | 5,208 | 29,225 | ||||||
Aisin Seiki Company Ltd. | 1,000 | 28,505 | ||||||
Liberty Global, Inc. — Class A* | 685 | 28,106 | ||||||
H&R Block, Inc. | 1,700 | 27,761 | ||||||
PDG Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participacoes | 8,700 | 27,545 | ||||||
Lennar Corp. — Class A | 1,400 | 27,510 | ||||||
Groupon, Inc. — Class (mid) Warrants risk* | 1,300 | 26,819 | ||||||
Accor S.A. | 1,005 | 25,471 | ||||||
Gentex Corp. | 840 | 24,856 | ||||||
JC Penney Company, Inc. | 700 | 24,605 | ||||||
Autoliv, Inc. | 422 | 22,944 | ||||||
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.* | 700 | 22,820 | ||||||
Lojas Renner S.A. | 800 | 20,782 | ||||||
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 800 | 20,304 | ||||||
Mattel, Inc. | 700 | 19,432 | ||||||
Pool Corp. | 632 | 19,023 | ||||||
Aegis Group plc | 8,314 | 18,646 | ||||||
Television Broadcasts Ltd. | 3,000 | 18,193 | ||||||
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. | 400 | 17,988 | ||||||
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 430 | 15,858 | ||||||
Toll Brothers, Inc.* | 740 | 15,111 | ||||||
Hibbett Sports, Inc.* | 320 | 14,458 | ||||||
Koito Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 1,000 | 14,031 | ||||||
Rent-A-Center, Inc. | 370 | 13,690 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 59 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
DISH Network Corp. — Class A | 460 | $ | 13,101 | |||||
Fossil, Inc.* | 160 | 12,698 | ||||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc.* | 210 | 12,569 | ||||||
Charter Communications, Inc. — Class A* | 220 | 12,527 | ||||||
Choice Hotels International, Inc. | 300 | 11,415 | ||||||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 160 | 11,141 | ||||||
Wynn Resorts Ltd. | 100 | 11,049 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 260 | 10,010 | ||||||
Education Management Corp.* | 340 | 9,517 | ||||||
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | 620 | 9,480 | ||||||
Liberty Media Corp.— Liberty Capital — Class A* | 120 | 9,366 | ||||||
Madison Square Garden Co. — Class A* | 295 | 8,449 | ||||||
Gaylord Entertainment Co.* | 320 | 7,725 | ||||||
Lamar Advertising Co. — Class A* | 280 | 7,700 | ||||||
Esprit Holdings Ltd. | 5,555 | 7,167 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International* | 672 | 7,009 | ||||||
Thor Industries, Inc. | 240 | 6,583 | ||||||
Culp, Inc.* | 640 | 5,453 | ||||||
Sonic Corp.* | 780 | 5,249 | ||||||
Ascena Retail Group, Inc.* | 148 | 4,399 | ||||||
AMC Networks, Inc. — Class A* | 115 | 4,322 | ||||||
Winnebago Industries, Inc.* | 580 | 4,280 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | 130 | 3,220 | ||||||
Ameristar Casinos, Inc. | 175 | 3,026 | ||||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | 260 | 2,896 | ||||||
Ascent Capital Group, Inc. — Class A* | 43 | 2,181 | ||||||
Anvil Holdings, Inc.*,†† | 30 | 90 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 5,275,941 | |||||||
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Energy — 7.8% |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | 13,907 | 1,178,757 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. | 6,150 | 654,360 | ||||||
Schlumberger Ltd. | 4,814 | 328,844 | ||||||
Royal Dutch Shell plc — Class B ADR | 3,300 | 250,833 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 1,900 | 178,030 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 2,300 | 167,601 | ||||||
Spectra Energy Corp. | 4,700 | 144,525 | ||||||
Statoil ASA | 4,722 | 121,186 | ||||||
Williams Companies, Inc. | 3,500 | 115,570 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 1,800 | 111,600 | ||||||
Baker Hughes, Inc. | 2,140 | 104,090 | ||||||
FMC Technologies, Inc.* | 1,884 | 98,401 | ||||||
El Paso Corp. | 3,600 | 95,652 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. | 1,700 | 94,758 | ||||||
BP plc ADR | 2,100 | 89,754 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 1,300 | 73,840 | ||||||
BG Group plc | 3,301 | 70,573 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 700 | 68,957 | ||||||
Concho Resources, Inc.* | 660 | 61,875 | ||||||
Peabody Energy Corp. | 1,800 | 59,598 | ||||||
Newfield Exploration Co.* | 1,500 | 56,595 | ||||||
ENI SpA | 2,544 | 52,707 | ||||||
China Oilfield Services Ltd. — Class H | 32,000 | 50,514 | ||||||
Beach Energy Ltd. | 39,729 | 50,187 | ||||||
Noble Corp.* | 1,600 | 48,352 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co.* | 1,500 | 47,910 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 1,400 | 46,606 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 1,300 | 44,863 | ||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR | 1,900 | 44,631 | ||||||
Consol Energy, Inc. | 1,100 | 40,370 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 1,700 | 35,785 | ||||||
Saipem SpA | 805 | 34,221 | ||||||
Cimarex Energy Co. | 550 | 34,045 | ||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 1,100 | 31,713 | ||||||
Arch Coal, Inc. | 1,950 | 28,295 | ||||||
McDermott International, Inc.* | 2,400 | 27,624 | ||||||
Equities Corp. | 500 | 27,395 | ||||||
Apache Corp. | 300 | 27,174 | ||||||
Cameron International Corp.* | 500 | 24,595 | ||||||
Whiting Petroleum Corp.* | 460 | 21,477 | ||||||
Fugro N.V. | 307 | 17,836 | ||||||
WorleyParsons Ltd. | 619 | 16,253 | ||||||
Complete Production Services, Inc.* | 420 | 14,095 | ||||||
Modec, Inc. | 800 | 13,792 | ||||||
HollyFrontier Corp. | 580 | 13,572 | ||||||
Range Resources Corp. | 200 | 12,388 | ||||||
Oasis Petroleum, Inc.* | 410 | 11,927 | ||||||
Westmoreland Coal Co.* | 820 | 10,455 | ||||||
Ultra Petroleum Corp.* | 280 | 8,296 | ||||||
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.* | 270 | 6,475 | ||||||
Contango Oil & Gas Co.* | 110 | 6,400 | ||||||
Comstock Resources, Inc.* | 290 | 4,437 | ||||||
Forest Oil Corp.* | 320 | 4,336 | ||||||
Goodrich Petroleum Corp.* | 270 | 3,707 | ||||||
Venoco, Inc.* | 480 | 3,250 | ||||||
Quicksilver Resources, Inc.* | 480 | 3,221 | ||||||
RigNet, Inc.* | 130 | 2,176 | ||||||
Exterran Holdings, Inc.* | 220 | 2,002 | ||||||
GeoMet, Inc.* | 2,040 | 1,897 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 5,000,378 | |||||||
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Industrials — 7.6% |
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General Electric Co. | 28,000 | 501,480 | ||||||
Boeing Co. | 3,490 | 255,991 | ||||||
3M Co. | 2,800 | 228,844 | ||||||
United Technologies Corp. | 3,110 | 227,310 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 4,700 | 221,088 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 4,200 | 195,678 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B | 2,600 | 190,294 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 2,900 | 157,615 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. | 1,600 | 144,960 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 1,300 | 137,722 | ||||||
CSX Corp. | 6,400 | 134,784 |
60 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Ingersoll-Rand plc | 4,400 | $ | 134,068 | |||||
Cummins, Inc. | 1,300 | 114,426 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 1,300 | 108,563 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. | 5,000 | 101,013 | ||||||
Precision Castparts Corp. | 600 | 98,874 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | 9,000 | 86,293 | ||||||
Mitsui & Company Ltd. | 5,500 | 85,533 | ||||||
Cooper Industries plc | 1,500 | 81,225 | ||||||
SembCorp Industries Ltd. | 23,900 | 74,624 | ||||||
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc* | 6,119 | 70,946 | ||||||
Central Japan Railway Co. | 8 | 67,559 | ||||||
Siemens AG | 672 | 64,300 | ||||||
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | 2,729 | 57,494 | ||||||
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | 6,700 | 56,117 | ||||||
Stericycle, Inc.* | 700 | 54,544 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. | 2,900 | 53,621 | ||||||
ABB Ltd.* | 2,692 | 50,670 | ||||||
Pall Corp. | 800 | 45,720 | ||||||
Joy Global, Inc. | 600 | 44,982 | ||||||
DCC plc | 1,877 | 44,402 | ||||||
Bouygues S.A. | 1,371 | 43,192 | ||||||
Legrand S.A. | 1,320 | 42,448 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. | 1,400 | 39,844 | ||||||
AP Moeller — Maersk A — Class B | 6 | 39,612 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. | 900 | 39,249 | ||||||
Cookson Group plc | 4,795 | 37,907 | ||||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 700 | 37,198 | ||||||
Fluor Corp. | 700 | 35,175 | ||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 500 | 34,890 | ||||||
Raytheon Co. | 700 | 33,866 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 400 | 32,360 | ||||||
Carillion plc | 6,789 | 31,718 | ||||||
Cintas Corp. | 900 | 31,329 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 3,500 | 29,960 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 400 | 27,040 | ||||||
Cargotec Oyj — Class B | 672 | 19,984 | ||||||
Makita Corp. | 600 | 19,418 | ||||||
Kansas City Southern* | 250 | 17,002 | ||||||
Waste Connections, Inc. | 500 | 16,570 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. — Class B | 240 | 16,046 | ||||||
Manpower, Inc. | 430 | 15,372 | ||||||
Greenbrier Companies, Inc.* | 630 | 15,296 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Class A* | 360 | 14,447 | ||||||
Nordson Corp. | 350 | 14,413 | ||||||
FTI Consulting, Inc.* | 320 | 13,574 | ||||||
Knight Transportation, Inc. | 860 | 13,450 | ||||||
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 370 | 13,013 | ||||||
RailAmerica, Inc.* | 860 | 12,805 | ||||||
Babcock & Wilcox Co.* | 515 | 12,432 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 300 | 12,288 | ||||||
Middleby Corp.* | 130 | 12,225 | ||||||
UTI Worldwide, Inc. | 870 | 11,562 | ||||||
Corporate Executive Board Co. | 300 | 11,430 | ||||||
John Bean Technologies Corp. | 698 | 10,728 | ||||||
Consolidated Graphics, Inc.* | 210 | 10,139 | ||||||
Toshiba Machine Company Ltd. | 2,000 | 10,082 | ||||||
Aegion Corp.* | 630 | 9,664 | ||||||
Covanta Holding Corp. | 700 | 9,583 | ||||||
Herman Miller, Inc. | 500 | 9,225 | ||||||
Actuant Corp. — Class A | 400 | 9,076 | ||||||
HEICO Corp. — Class A | 205 | 8,067 | ||||||
General Cable Corp.* | 320 | 8,003 | ||||||
Navigant Consulting, Inc.* | 680 | 7,759 | ||||||
Nippon Yusen KK | 3,000 | 7,678 | ||||||
Belden, Inc. | 220 | 7,322 | ||||||
American Reprographics Co.* | 1,590 | 7,298 | ||||||
Harsco Corp. | 310 | 6,380 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp.* | 260 | 5,559 | ||||||
CLARCOR, Inc. | 110 | 5,499 | ||||||
SkyWest, Inc. | 360 | 4,532 | ||||||
H&E Equipment Services, Inc.* | 320 | 4,294 | ||||||
United Continental Holdings, Inc.* | 170 | 3,208 | ||||||
USG Corp.* | 300 | 3,048 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. | 80 | 2,969 | ||||||
American Science & Engineering, Inc. | 40 | 2,724 | ||||||
A123 Systems, Inc.* | 180 | 290 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 4,840,982 | |||||||
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Health Care — 7.5% |
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Pfizer, Inc. | 22,772 | 492,786 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 7,358 | 482,538 | ||||||
Merck & Company, Inc. | 8,436 | 318,037 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline plc ADR | 5,000 | 228,150 | ||||||
Sanofi | 2,910 | 213,708 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 4,200 | 212,856 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 2,910 | 186,851 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 4,200 | 148,008 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc.* | 3,200 | 130,976 | ||||||
Abbott Laboratories | 2,300 | 129,329 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 2,600 | 129,246 | ||||||
Celgene Corp.* | 1,800 | 121,680 | ||||||
WellPoint, Inc. | 1,600 | 106,000 | ||||||
Covidien plc | 2,275 | 102,398 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 1,300 | 101,283 | ||||||
DENTSPLY International, Inc. | 2,800 | 97,972 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 1,900 | 94,012 | ||||||
Bayer AG | 1,241 | 79,334 | ||||||
Fresenius SE & Company KGaA | 843 | 77,978 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.* | 1,700 | 76,449 | ||||||
Express Scripts, Inc.* | 1,700 | 75,973 | ||||||
Allergan, Inc. | 800 | 70,192 | ||||||
Biogen Idec, Inc.* | 600 | 66,030 | ||||||
Elekta AB — Class B | 1,501 | 65,099 | ||||||
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.* | 1,100 | 58,762 | ||||||
CSL Ltd. | 1,753 | 57,378 | ||||||
Astellas Pharma, Inc. | 1,400 | 56,931 | ||||||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.* | 1,000 | 55,900 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG | 323 | 54,745 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 800 | 46,448 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* | 600 | 42,420 |
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc.* | 1,200 | $ | 41,916 | |||||
HCA Holdings, Inc.* | 1,900 | 41,857 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.* | 500 | 37,905 | ||||||
CR Bard, Inc. | 400 | 34,200 | ||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. — Class A | 900 | 33,471 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.* | 5,800 | 30,972 | ||||||
St. Jude Medical, Inc. | 900 | 30,870 | ||||||
Terumo Corp. | 600 | 28,258 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 300 | 26,283 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.* | 300 | 19,329 | ||||||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 240 | 17,160 | ||||||
Gen-Probe, Inc.* | 280 | 16,554 | ||||||
Life Technologies Corp.* | 400 | 15,564 | ||||||
Medicines Co.* | 830 | 15,471 | ||||||
AMERIGROUP Corp.* | 260 | 15,361 | ||||||
Dendreon Corp.* | 1,990 | 15,124 | ||||||
Chugai Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. | 900 | 14,838 | ||||||
Alkermes plc* | 850 | 14,756 | ||||||
Covance, Inc.* | 300 | 13,716 | ||||||
Omnicare, Inc. | 390 | 13,435 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.* | 748 | 13,097 | ||||||
Hospira, Inc.* | 400 | 12,148 | ||||||
Pharmacyclics, Inc.* | 800 | 11,856 | ||||||
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.* | 600 | 11,364 | ||||||
Incyte Corporation Ltd.* | 630 | 9,456 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.* | 310 | 9,449 | ||||||
Theravance, Inc.* | 400 | 8,840 | ||||||
Human Genome Sciences, Inc.* | 1,010 | 7,464 | ||||||
Thoratec Corp.* | 220 | 7,383 | ||||||
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.* | 190 | 7,058 | ||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.* | 750 | 6,375 | ||||||
Techne Corp. | 90 | 6,143 | ||||||
Maxygen, Inc.* | 1,010 | 5,686 | ||||||
STERIS Corp. | 180 | 5,368 | ||||||
Community Health Systems, Inc.* | 300 | 5,235 | ||||||
Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 650 | 4,839 | ||||||
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 100 | 3,962 | ||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 110 | 3,782 | ||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* | 130 | 3,553 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 100 | 3,321 | ||||||
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.* | 130 | 3,099 | ||||||
Exelixis, Inc.* | 600 | 2,841 | ||||||
Health Management Associates, Inc. — Class A* | 340 | 2,506 | ||||||
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. — Class A | 60 | 1,995 | ||||||
Codexis, Inc.* | 26 | 138 | ||||||
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Total Health Care | 4,813,467 | |||||||
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Consumer Staples — 6.5% |
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Procter & Gamble Co. | 9,273 | 618,602 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 6,297 | 417,806 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 5,200 | 363,844 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 4,230 | 331,970 | ||||||
Nestle S.A. | 4,430 | 254,679 | ||||||
Tesco plc | 28,671 | 179,659 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 3,700 | 149,517 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 1,600 | 147,824 | ||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | 4,600 | 136,390 | ||||||
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A | 3,625 | 135,430 | ||||||
CVS Caremark Corp. | 2,968 | 121,035 | ||||||
Kroger Co. | 4,900 | 118,678 | ||||||
Unilever plc | 3,316 | 111,400 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. | 2,100 | 106,197 | ||||||
Whole Foods Market, Inc. | 1,500 | 104,370 | ||||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 1,700 | 101,592 | ||||||
Pernod-Ricard S.A. | 935 | 86,706 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | 3,000 | 77,340 | ||||||
Molson Coors Brewing Co. — Class B | 1,500 | 65,310 | ||||||
Energizer Holdings, Inc.* | 840 | 65,083 | ||||||
Avon Products, Inc. | 3,600 | 62,892 | ||||||
Kirin Holdings Company Ltd. | 5,000 | 60,803 | ||||||
FamilyMart Company Ltd. | 1,300 | 52,527 | ||||||
L’Oreal S.A. | 433 | 45,219 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 600 | 44,136 | ||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 1,100 | 31,460 | ||||||
Boston Beer Company, Inc. — Class A* | 180 | 19,541 | ||||||
House Foods Corp. | 800 | 15,050 | ||||||
Hansen Natural Corp.* | 120 | 11,057 | ||||||
Walgreen Co. | 300 | 9,918 | ||||||
Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | 190 | 9,787 | ||||||
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | 410 | 9,705 | ||||||
Alliance One International, Inc.* | 3,160 | 8,595 | ||||||
Pantry, Inc.* | 370 | 4,429 | ||||||
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. | 80 | 3,661 | ||||||
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.* | 80 | 3,588 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd. | 40 | 2,288 | ||||||
Reed’s, Inc.* | 770 | 847 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Staples | 4,088,935 | |||||||
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Materials — 2.9% |
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Monsanto Co. | 2,100 | 147,147 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. | 3,138 | 115,447 | ||||||
BHP Billiton Ltd. | 3,176 | 111,817 | ||||||
Praxair, Inc. | 1,000 | 106,900 | ||||||
Rio Tinto Ltd. | 1,491 | 91,963 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. | 1,000 | 83,490 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 2,000 | 78,700 | ||||||
Newmont Mining Corp. | 1,300 | 78,013 | ||||||
BASF SE | 996 | 69,459 | ||||||
Asahi Kasei Corp. | 11,000 | 66,312 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 2,100 | 62,160 | ||||||
Rio Tinto plc | 1,244 | 60,369 | ||||||
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. | 1,400 | 57,792 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A | 1,660 | 53,933 |
62 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. | 600 | $ | 53,562 | |||||
Dow Chemical Co. | 1,800 | 51,768 | ||||||
Umicore S.A. | 1,163 | 47,965 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 1,200 | 47,484 | ||||||
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. | 951 | 43,537 | ||||||
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | 600 | 37,410 | ||||||
SSAB AB — Class A | 3,837 | 33,812 | ||||||
Antofagasta plc | 1,628 | 30,696 | ||||||
Wacker Chemie AG | 380 | 30,562 | ||||||
United States Steel Corp. | 1,000 | 26,460 | ||||||
Air Water, Inc. | 2,000 | 25,464 | ||||||
Hitachi Chemical Company Ltd. | 1,300 | 22,902 | ||||||
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | 200 | 17,038 | ||||||
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 320 | 16,474 | ||||||
Koppers Holdings, Inc. | 460 | 15,806 | ||||||
Kobe Steel Ltd. | 10,000 | 15,461 | ||||||
Domtar Corp. | 193 | 15,432 | ||||||
Allied Nevada Gold Corp.* | 500 | 15,140 | ||||||
Clearwater Paper Corp.* | 380 | 13,532 | ||||||
Cabot Corp. | 400 | 12,856 | ||||||
Showa Denko KK | 6,000 | 12,161 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. | 230 | 11,847 | ||||||
American Vanguard Corp. | 840 | 11,206 | ||||||
Tosoh Corp. | 4,000 | 10,705 | ||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 140 | 10,557 | ||||||
Haynes International, Inc. | 150 | 8,190 | ||||||
Senomyx, Inc.* | 2,310 | 8,039 | ||||||
Myers Industries, Inc. | �� | 600 | 7,404 | |||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 350 | 4,603 | ||||||
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Total Materials | 1,841,575 | |||||||
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Telecommunication Services — 2.5% |
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AT&T, Inc. | 24,292 | 734,590 | ||||||
Vodafone Group plc ADR | 7,400 | 207,422 | ||||||
American Tower Corp. — Class A | 1,830 | 109,818 | ||||||
Telefonica S.A. | 5,063 | 87,698 | ||||||
Crown Castle International Corp.* | 1,900 | 85,120 | ||||||
America Movil SAB de CV ADR | 3,200 | 72,320 | ||||||
Telecom Italia SpA — Savings Shares | 69,484 | 62,223 | ||||||
Telstra Corporation Ltd. | 17,572 | 59,852 | ||||||
Sprint Nextel Corp.* | 21,000 | 49,140 | ||||||
KDDI Corp. | 7 | 45,018 | ||||||
Softbank Corp. | 1,500 | 44,180 | ||||||
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. | 48,000 | 18,479 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. — Class A* | 290 | 12,458 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 200 | 8,024 | ||||||
NTELOS Holdings Corp. | 315 | 6,420 | ||||||
NII Holdings, Inc.* | 250 | 5,325 | ||||||
Lumos Networks Corp. | 315 | 4,832 | ||||||
Leap Wireless International, Inc.* | 240 | 2,230 | ||||||
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Total Telecommunication Services | 1,615,149 | |||||||
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Utilities — 2.1% |
| |||||||
Exelon Corp. | 5,000 | 216,850 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 3,234 | 143,266 | ||||||
AES Corp.* | 11,600 | 137,344 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 1,700 | 124,185 | ||||||
SSE plc | 5,430 | 108,878 | ||||||
Edison International | 2,300 | 95,220 | ||||||
Sempra Energy | 1,700 | 93,500 | ||||||
GDF Suez | 2,606 | 71,224 | ||||||
E.ON AG | 3,116 | 67,219 | ||||||
Calpine Corp.* | 4,080 | 66,626 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 2,900 | 58,261 | ||||||
TECO Energy, Inc. | 2,100 | 40,194 | ||||||
OGE Energy Corp. | 410 | 23,251 | ||||||
PG&E Corp. | 500 | 20,610 | ||||||
National Fuel Gas Co. | 270 | 15,007 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Corp. | 350 | 14,872 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 500 | 14,710 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 610 | 11,120 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 440 | 9,442 | ||||||
GenOn Energy, Inc.* | 3,574 | 9,328 | ||||||
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. | 200 | 8,670 | ||||||
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Total Utilities | 1,349,777 | |||||||
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Total Common Stocks | 41,821,218 | |||||||
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PREFERRED STOCKS† — 0.2% |
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Volkswagen AG | 549 | 82,235 | ||||||
GMAC Capital Trust I | 450 | 8,703 | ||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 450 | 8,275 | ||||||
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Total Preferred Stocks | 99,213 | |||||||
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WARRANTS†† — 0.0% |
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Anvi Holdings, Inc. — Class A | 333 | 6 | ||||||
Anvi Holdings, Inc. — Class B | 370 | 4 | ||||||
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Total Warrants | 10 | |||||||
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SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS†† — 1.7% |
| |||||||
T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund | 867,347 | 867,347 | ||||||
State Street General Account Money Market Fund | 236,990 | 236,990 | ||||||
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Total Short Term Investments | 1,104,337 | |||||||
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
CORPORATE BONDS†† — 12.5% | ||||||||
Financials — 3.5% | ||||||||
General Electric Capital Corp. | $ | 140,000 | $ | 142,096 | ||||
5.30% due 02/11/21 | 10,000 | 10,689 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 55,000 | 57,253 | ||||||
4.59% due 12/15/15 | 30,000 | 30,192 | ||||||
5.38% due 08/09/20 | 25,000 | 25,707 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | 110,000 | 104,413 | ||||||
Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc. | 70,000 | 69,016 | ||||||
7.75% due 05/14/38 | 35,000 | 33,254 | ||||||
SLM Corp. | 25,000 | 25,750 | ||||||
5.38% due 05/15/14 | 25,000 | 25,018 | ||||||
5.05% due 11/14/14 | 25,000 | 24,657 | ||||||
5.13% due 08/27/12 | 15,000 | 15,077 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 60,000 | 66,941 | ||||||
4.65% due 06/01/14 | 15,000 | 15,838 | ||||||
E*Trade Financial Corp. | 57,000 | 64,410 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. | 50,000 | 54,486 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings plc | 50,000 | 53,130 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,875 | ||||||
7.00% due 05/01/17 | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
PNC Funding Corp. | 35,000 | 38,111 | ||||||
4.38% due 08/11/20 | 10,000 | 10,812 | ||||||
ProLogis, LP | 25,000 | 24,952 | ||||||
6.63% due 12/01/19 | 20,000 | 21,770 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 35,000 | 36,123 | ||||||
3.70% due 08/01/15 | 10,000 | 9,797 | ||||||
Svensk Exportkredit AB | 40,000 | 44,563 | ||||||
Sun Life Financial Global Funding, LP | 45,000 | 44,455 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 30,000 | 31,677 | ||||||
4.50% due 11/16/21 | 10,000 | 10,100 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 15,000 | 16,852 | ||||||
5.63% due 03/15/17 | 10,000 | 10,883 | ||||||
5.00% due 06/01/21 | 10,000 | 10,362 | ||||||
Banque PSA Finance S.A. | 40,000 | 37,069 | ||||||
ERAC USA Finance LLC | 20,000 | 21,563 | ||||||
4.50% due 08/16/213,4 | 15,000 | 15,385 | ||||||
US Bancorp | 30,000 | 30,984 | ||||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC | 25,000 | 30,625 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 30,000 | 30,596 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp | 25,000 | 30,596 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services | 25,000 | 30,474 | ||||||
Jefferies Group, Inc. | 20,000 | 17,700 | ||||||
6.25% due 01/15/36 | 15,000 | 12,265 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland plc | 30,000 | 29,186 | ||||||
RCI Banque S.A. | 30,000 | 28,557 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 25,000 | 27,417 | ||||||
Regency Centers, LP | 15,000 | 16,335 | ||||||
6.00% due 06/15/20 | 10,000 | 11,064 | ||||||
Kilroy Realty, LP | 25,000 | 26,832 | ||||||
Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida | 25,000 | 26,000 | ||||||
KeyCorp | 15,000 | 15,554 | ||||||
5.10% due 03/24/21 | 10,000 | 10,385 | ||||||
CNH Capital LLC | 25,000 | 25,750 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, LP | 25,000 | 25,687 | ||||||
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC | 25,000 | 25,656 | ||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,625 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Capital I | 30,000 | 25,392 | ||||||
Hospitality Properties Trust | 25,000 | 25,320 | ||||||
Rouse Company, LP | 25,000 | 25,281 | ||||||
GTP Acquisition Partners I LLC | 25,000 | 24,894 | ||||||
American Tower REIT, Inc. | 15,000 | 15,771 | ||||||
7.25% due 05/15/19 | 8,000 | 9,058 | ||||||
Nuveen Investments, Inc. | 25,000 | 24,812 |
64 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
HUB International Holdings, Inc. | $ | 25,000 | $ | 24,812 | ||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | 25,000 | 24,679 | ||||||
HBOS plc | 40,000 | 24,470 | ||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 20,000 | 23,984 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 25,000 | 23,819 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 20,000 | 20,545 | ||||||
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | 20,000 | 20,367 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 20,000 | 20,347 | ||||||
Provident Funding Associates, LP | 25,000 | 19,250 | ||||||
Provident Companies, Inc. | 15,000 | 16,312 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. | 15,000 | 15,282 | ||||||
USB Capital XIII Trust | 15,000 | 15,239 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXVII | 15,000 | 15,094 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 10,000 | 9,711 | ||||||
5.45% due 05/18/17 | 5,000 | 4,778 | ||||||
Travelers Companies, Inc. | 10,000 | 10,651 | ||||||
Unum Group | 10,000 | 10,297 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 10,000 | 10,216 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, LP | 10,000 | 10,214 | ||||||
Ventas Realty, LP | 10,000 | 9,779 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. | 10,000 | 9,550 | ||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 5,000 | 6,128 | ||||||
UnumProvident Finance Co. plc | 5,000 | 5,536 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 2,232,152 | |||||||
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Energy — 2.0% |
| |||||||
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust | 80,000 | 88,000 | ||||||
Petrobras International Finance Co. — Pifco | 35,000 | 38,303 | ||||||
7.88% due 03/15/19 | 15,000 | 17,906 | ||||||
5.75% due 01/20/20 | 10,000 | 10,701 | ||||||
Nabors Industries, Inc. | 20,000 | 25,158 | ||||||
4.63% due 09/15/213,4 | 20,000 | 20,314 | ||||||
Buckeye Partners, LP | 25,000 | 27,400 | ||||||
6.05% due 01/15/18 | 15,000 | 16,613 | ||||||
Enterprise Products Operating LLC | 15,000 | 15,529 | ||||||
7.55% due 04/15/38 | 10,000 | 12,840 | ||||||
5.95% due 02/01/41 | 10,000 | 11,209 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 20,000 | 26,870 | ||||||
6.00% due 01/15/40 | 10,000 | 11,831 | ||||||
Equities Corp. | 35,000 | 35,331 | ||||||
Apache Corp. | 30,000 | 35,062 | ||||||
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 25,000 | 31,627 | ||||||
Williams Partners, LP | 25,000 | 30,482 | ||||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | 25,000 | 28,978 | ||||||
Magellan Midstream Partners, LP | 20,000 | 23,655 | ||||||
4.25% due 02/01/21 | 5,000 | 5,240 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co. | 25,000 | 28,813 | ||||||
Weatherford International Ltd. | 25,000 | 28,359 | ||||||
Plains All American Pipeline, LP | 20,000 | 22,321 | ||||||
6.50% due 05/01/18 | 5,000 | 5,815 | ||||||
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | 25,000 | 27,156 | ||||||
Cie Generale de Geophysique — Veritas | 25,000 | 27,000 | ||||||
Antero Resources Finance Corp. | 25,000 | 27,000 | ||||||
Concho Resources, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,844 | ||||||
Regency Energy Partners, LP | 25,000 | 26,563 | ||||||
Rowan Companies, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,269 | ||||||
SM Energy Co. | 25,000 | 26,000 | ||||||
WPX Energy, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,594 | ||||||
MEG Energy Corp. | 25,000 | 25,562 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,563 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 65 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Peabody Energy Corp. | $ | 25,000 | $ | 25,500 | ||||
Berry Petroleum Co. | 25,000 | 25,250 | ||||||
Talisman Energy, Inc. | 25,000 | 24,578 | ||||||
Exterran Holdings, Inc. | 25,000 | 23,750 | ||||||
EXCO Resources, Inc. | 25,000 | 23,625 | ||||||
Penn Virginia Corp. | 25,000 | 23,250 | ||||||
Noble Energy, Inc. | 20,000 | 23,139 | ||||||
Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. | 25,000 | 22,625 | ||||||
Enbridge Energy Partners, LP | 10,000 | 11,144 | ||||||
5.20% due 03/15/20 | 10,000 | 11,109 | ||||||
Ferrellgas, LP | 25,000 | 22,000 | ||||||
BP Capital Markets plc | 20,000 | 20,948 | ||||||
NuStar Logistics, LP | 20,000 | 20,829 | ||||||
Ensco plc | 20,000 | 20,403 | ||||||
Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. | 25,000 | 18,850 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | 15,000 | 17,453 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | 15,000 | 16,750 | ||||||
El Paso Natural Gas Co. | 13,000 | 14,597 | ||||||
Petroplus Finance Ltd. | 25,000 | 12,375 | ||||||
Enogex LLC | 10,000 | 11,317 | ||||||
Petrohawk Energy Corp. | 10,000 | 11,250 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP | 5,000 | 5,086 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Energy | 1,267,736 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Telecommunication Services — 1.3% |
| |||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 50,000 | 57,358 | ||||||
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. | 50,000 | 53,000 | ||||||
Telefonica Emisiones SAU | 25,000 | 25,621 | ||||||
3.99% due 02/16/16 | 25,000 | 24,038 | ||||||
News America, Inc. | 30,000 | 32,874 | ||||||
4.50% due 02/15/21 | 15,000 | 15,727 | ||||||
Crown Castle Towers LLC | 38,000 | 41,927 | ||||||
Telecom Italia Capital S.A. | 30,000 | 28,817 | ||||||
6.18% due 06/18/14 | 10,000 | 9,619 | ||||||
Historic TW, Inc. | 25,000 | 29,795 | ||||||
DISH DBS Corp. | 25,000 | 28,250 | ||||||
Digicel Ltd. | 25,000 | 28,000 | ||||||
CSC Holdings LLC | 25,000 | 27,656 | ||||||
Videotron Ltee | 25,000 | 27,531 | ||||||
SBA Telecommunications, Inc. | 25,000 | 27,188 | ||||||
Windstream Corp. | 25,000 | 27,062 | ||||||
CC Holdings GS V LLC | 25,000 | 26,938 | ||||||
UPC Holding BV | 25,000 | 26,656 | ||||||
Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC and Cequel Capital Corp. | 25,000 | 26,500 | ||||||
CCO Holdings LLC | 25,000 | 26,344 | ||||||
EH Holding Corp. | 25,000 | 26,250 | ||||||
Sprint Nextel Corp. | 25,000 | 26,250 | ||||||
TCM Sub LLC | 25,000 | 25,919 | ||||||
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,344 | ||||||
CommScope, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
West Corp. | 25,000 | 24,812 | ||||||
Level 3 Financing, Inc. | 25,000 | 24,625 | ||||||
Intelsat Luxembourg S.A. | 25,000 | 24,125 | ||||||
Avaya, Inc. | 25,000 | 22,500 | ||||||
Nielsen Finance LLC | 16,000 | 18,380 |
66 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
COX Communications, Inc. | $ | 10,000 | $ | 13,390 | ||||
|
| |||||||
Total Telecommunication Services | 847,496 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Materials -— 1.0% | ||||||||
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. | 50,000 | 53,125 | ||||||
Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A. | ||||||||
5.13% due 07/09/13 | 40,000 | 41,732 | ||||||
5.00% due 01/21/21 | 10,000 | 10,388 | ||||||
Barrick North America Finance LLC | 40,000 | 47,386 | ||||||
ArcelorMittal | 45,000 | 43,019 | ||||||
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. | 40,000 | 42,516 | ||||||
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. | 35,000 | 37,625 | ||||||
Teck Resources Ltd. | ||||||||
10.25% due 05/15/16 | 15,000 | 17,250 | ||||||
9.75% due 05/15/14 | 10,000 | 11,752 | ||||||
CF Industries, Inc. | 25,000 | 28,625 | ||||||
Ashland, Inc. | 25,000 | 27,875 | ||||||
Solutia, Inc. | 25,000 | 27,312 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | 25,000 | 27,187 | ||||||
Huntsman International LLC | 25,000 | 26,500 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,031 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,860 | ||||||
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd. | 25,000 | 25,250 | ||||||
JMC Steel Group | 25,000 | 24,375 | ||||||
Cascades, Inc. | 25,000 | 24,250 | ||||||
Ryerson Holding Corp. | 50,000 | 22,250 | ||||||
International Paper Co. | 20,000 | 21,259 | ||||||
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. | 25,000 | 18,625 | ||||||
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | 15,000 | 14,946 | ||||||
Newcrest Finance Pty Ltd. | 10,000 | 9,864 | ||||||
Lyondell Chemical Co. | 8,000 | 8,740 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Materials | 663,742 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 1.0% | ||||||||
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. | 50,000 | 54,750 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 35,000 | 36,078 | ||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp. | 35,000 | 35,784 | ||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 25,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International | 25,000 | 28,562 | ||||||
DIRECTV Holdings LLC | ||||||||
5.88% due 10/01/19 | 15,000 | 16,884 | ||||||
3.55% due 03/15/15 | 10,000 | 10,409 | ||||||
DineEquity, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,844 | ||||||
QVC, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,812 | ||||||
Regal Entertainment Group | 25,000 | 26,812 | ||||||
Ticketmaster Entertainment LLC | 25,000 | 26,625 | ||||||
Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,531 | ||||||
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,969 | ||||||
AMC Entertainment, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,875 | ||||||
Univision Communications, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,375 | ||||||
Academy Ltd. | 25,000 | 24,688 | ||||||
Shea Homes, LP | 25,000 | 23,375 | ||||||
inVentiv Health, Inc. | 25,000 | 22,875 | ||||||
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc | 20,000 | 22,403 | ||||||
RadioShack Corp. | 25,000 | 21,500 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. | 20,000 | 21,281 | ||||||
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc. | 20,000 | 20,137 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 67 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Grupo Televisa SAB | $ | 15,000 | $ | 16,914 | ||||
Time Warner Cable, Inc. | 15,000 | 15,807 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. | 10,000 | 11,425 | ||||||
Kohl’s Corp. | 5,000 | 5,123 | ||||||
WPP Finance 2010 | 5,000 | 4,964 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 633,802 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Utilities — 0.9% | ||||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 35,000 | 43,042 | ||||||
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | 35,000 | 37,927 | ||||||
Nisource Finance Corp. | ||||||||
5.95% due 06/15/41 | 25,000 | 26,832 | ||||||
6.25% due 12/15/40 | 5,000 | 5,452 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 30,000 | 31,702 | ||||||
Massachusetts Electric Co. | 25,000 | 31,391 | ||||||
Nevada Power Co. | 25,000 | 31,220 | ||||||
Consumers Energy Co. | 25,000 | 27,298 | ||||||
DPL, Inc. | 25,000 | 27,000 | ||||||
AES Corp. | 25,000 | 26,937 | ||||||
Calpine Corp. | 25,000 | 26,750 | ||||||
SESI LLC | 25,000 | 26,250 | ||||||
Tampa Electric Co. | 20,000 | 25,446 | ||||||
GenOn Energy, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,312 | ||||||
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC | 25,000 | 21,219 | ||||||
DCP Midstream Operating, LP | 20,000 | 20,184 | ||||||
LG&E and KU Energy LLC | 20,000 | 19,698 | ||||||
Exelon Generation Company LLC | 15,000 | 18,277 | ||||||
Inergy, LP | 18,000 | 18,090 | ||||||
Westar Energy, Inc. | 15,000 | 16,966 | ||||||
Public Service Company of Oklahoma | 15,000 | 16,726 | ||||||
Allegheny Energy Supply Company LLC | 15,000 | 16,372 | ||||||
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC | 15,000 | 15,336 | ||||||
Transocean, Inc. | 15,000 | 15,316 | ||||||
PPL WEM Holdings plc | 15,000 | 15,036 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. | 10,000 | 11,525 | ||||||
AGL Capital Corp. | 5,000 | 5,590 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Utilities | 602,894 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Industrials — 0.9% | ||||||||
International Lease Finance Corp. | ||||||||
8.25% due 12/15/20 | 25,000 | 25,250 | ||||||
6.63% due 11/15/13 | 25,000 | 24,875 | ||||||
GATX Corp. | ||||||||
4.85% due 06/01/21 | 20,000 | 20,496 | ||||||
3.50% due 07/15/16 | 15,000 | 15,070 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | ||||||||
11.75% due 03/15/153,4 | 25,000 | 26,125 | ||||||
7.75% due 12/17/19 | 8,772 | 9,430 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 30,000 | 34,413 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 25,000 | 27,236 | ||||||
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. | 25,000 | 27,125 | ||||||
TransDigm, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,875 | ||||||
Building Materials Corporation of America | 25,000 | 26,250 | ||||||
CDW LLC | 25,000 | 26,063 | ||||||
ARAMARK Holdings Corp. | 25,000 | 25,750 | ||||||
Kansas City Southern de Mexico S.A. de CV | 25,000 | 25,688 | ||||||
L-3 Communications Corp. | 25,000 | 24,701 | ||||||
Roper Industries, Inc. | 20,000 | 23,632 | ||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC | 20,000 | 23,120 |
68 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Ply Gem Industries, Inc. | $ | 25,000 | $ | 21,781 | ||||
Nortek, Inc. | 25,000 | 21,125 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. | 20,000 | 21,078 | ||||||
Holcim US Finance Sarl & Cie SCS | 20,000 | 20,609 | ||||||
Valmont Industries, Inc. | 15,000 | 17,362 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 15,000 | 16,148 | ||||||
Continental Airlines 2010-1 | 10,000 | 10,150 | ||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. | 10,000 | 10,136 | ||||||
Continental Airlines, Inc. | 9,269 | 9,871 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines 2010-2 Class A | 9,532 | 9,651 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines 2011-1 Class A | 5,000 | 5,050 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Industrials | 575,060 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Health Care — 0.8% | ||||||||
CHS | ||||||||
8.00% due 11/15/193,4 | 25,000 | 25,250 | ||||||
8.88% due 07/15/15 | 15,000 | 15,487 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | ||||||||
4.63% due 11/15/41 | 15,000 | 15,772 | ||||||
4.70% due 02/15/21 | 10,000 | 11,242 | ||||||
3.88% due 10/15/20 | 10,000 | 10,620 | ||||||
Express Scripts, Inc. | ||||||||
3.13% due 05/15/16 | 25,000 | 25,139 | ||||||
6.25% due 06/15/14 | 10,000 | 10,899 | ||||||
Biomet, Inc. | 25,000 | 27,125 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,801 | ||||||
Grifols, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,250 | ||||||
Bausch & Lomb, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,250 | ||||||
Health Management Associates, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,000 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,594 | ||||||
HCA, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,563 | ||||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 25,000 | 25,437 | ||||||
Vanguard Health Holdings Company, II LLC | 25,000 | 24,812 | ||||||
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC | 25,000 | 24,000 | ||||||
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. | 25,000 | 21,000 | ||||||
Life Technologies Corp. | 20,000 | 20,783 | ||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV | 15,000 | 15,257 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 15,000 | 15,180 | ||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 10,000 | 11,197 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 10,000 | 10,235 | ||||||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. | 10,000 | 10,057 | ||||||
WellPoint, Inc. | 5,000 | 5,401 | ||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 5,000 | 5,135 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Health Care | 486,486 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Information Technology — 0.6% | ||||||||
Xerox Corp. | ||||||||
6.75% due 02/01/17 | 100,000 | 114,548 | ||||||
6.35% due 05/15/18 | 25,000 | 28,162 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | ||||||||
3.00% due 09/15/16 | 30,000 | 30,211 | ||||||
4.65% due 12/09/21 | 10,000 | 10,551 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,937 | ||||||
Seagate Technology HDD Holdings | 25,000 | 26,750 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 25,000 | 26,375 | ||||||
iGate Corp. | 25,000 | 25,813 | ||||||
CDW LLC | 25,000 | 25,125 | ||||||
First Data Corp. | 25,000 | 21,750 | ||||||
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. | 25,000 | 18,063 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc. | 10,000 | 10,182 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 69 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Broadcom Corp. | $ | 5,000 | $ | 5,118 | ||||
|
| |||||||
Total Information Technology | 369,585 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Staples — 0.5% | ||||||||
Altria Group, Inc. | ||||||||
4.75% due 05/05/21 | 30,000 | 33,031 | ||||||
4.13% due 09/11/15 | 20,000 | 21,712 | ||||||
9.25% due 08/06/19 | 5,000 | 6,714 | ||||||
Reynolds American, Inc. | 30,000 | 35,773 | ||||||
Rite Aid Corp. | 25,000 | 27,562 | ||||||
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. | 25,000 | 25,437 | ||||||
Del Monte Corp. | 25,000 | 24,000 | ||||||
Bunge North America Finance, LP | 20,000 | 21,841 | ||||||
Safeway, Inc. | 20,000 | 20,511 | ||||||
Wesfarmers Ltd. | 20,000 | 20,159 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 15,000 | 15,590 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 15,000 | 15,205 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp. | 10,000 | 10,355 | ||||||
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | 10,000 | 10,147 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 288,037 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Corporate Bonds | 7,966,990 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES†† — 11.9% |
| |||||||
Fannie Mae5 | ||||||||
#AE7966, 4.50% due 12/01/40 | 283,033 | 303,017 | ||||||
#889829, 5.00% due 07/01/35 | 199,601 | 217,853 | ||||||
#995051, 6.00% due 03/01/37 | 185,058 | 203,860 | ||||||
#725946, 5.50% due 11/01/34 | 182,280 | 199,147 | ||||||
#AH8935, 4.50% due 04/01/41 | 166,359 | 177,169 | ||||||
#808951, 6.00% due 01/01/35 | 155,701 | 172,201 | ||||||
#AI3115, 4.50% due 07/01/41 | 150,694 | 160,486 | ||||||
#725704, 6.00% due 08/01/34 | 132,040 | 147,188 | ||||||
#AE9765, 4.00% due 11/01/40 | 133,396 | 140,257 | ||||||
#888884, 5.50% due 12/01/35 | 90,884 | 100,572 | ||||||
#AD6061, 5.00% due 07/01/40 | 92,409 | 99,935 | ||||||
#AE6371, 4.00% due 12/01/40 | 87,784 | 92,299 | ||||||
#AA0774, 4.50% due 04/01/24 | 86,390 | 92,125 | ||||||
#AH1059, 4.00% due 12/01/25 | 76,640 | 80,853 | ||||||
#745554, 6.50% due 03/01/36 | 69,779 | 78,758 | ||||||
#AD6374, 5.00% due 05/01/40 | 71,646 | 77,481 | ||||||
#AD3125, 4.50% due 05/01/40 | 71,167 | 75,792 | ||||||
#938883, 5.00% due 06/01/37 | 65,865 | 71,198 | ||||||
#735676, 5.00% due 07/01/35 | 64,842 | 70,224 | ||||||
#933890, 5.00% due 04/01/23 | 64,223 | 69,126 | ||||||
#AD0220, 6.00% due 10/01/38 | 55,618 | 61,355 | ||||||
#AD6437, 5.00% due 06/01/40 | 55,356 | 60,418 | ||||||
#888223, 5.50% due 01/01/36 | 54,190 | 59,204 | ||||||
#AE0098, 5.50% due 02/01/38 | 49,855 | 54,651 | ||||||
#AE4680, 4.00% due 11/01/40 | 48,477 | 50,970 | ||||||
#545759, 6.50% due 07/01/32 | 43,935 | 48,907 | ||||||
#889543, 5.50% due 08/01/37 | 44,140 | 48,238 | ||||||
#804395, 5.50% due 12/01/34 | 42,716 | 46,909 | ||||||
#190404, 4.50% due 05/01/40 | 43,922 | 46,776 | ||||||
#AL1105, 4.50% due 12/01/40 | 41,916 | 45,554 | ||||||
#AD5995, 5.00% due 06/01/40 | 41,733 | 45,132 | ||||||
#AI6621, 4.50% due 08/01/41 | 38,821 | 41,343 | ||||||
#AJ6089, 3.50% due 12/01/41 | 39,942 | 41,114 | ||||||
#AH3526, 4.50% due 02/01/41 | 36,714 | 39,100 | ||||||
#842123, 5.50% due 10/01/35 | 35,271 | 38,513 | ||||||
#AH0798, 4.00% due 12/01/25 | 35,759 | 37,724 | ||||||
#AI4869, 4.00% due 06/01/26 | 35,489 | 37,484 | ||||||
#AE7537, 5.00% due 10/01/40 | 33,163 | 35,864 | ||||||
#889983, 6.00% due 10/01/38 | 31,218 | 34,409 | ||||||
#190367, 5.50% due 01/01/36 | 31,382 | 34,266 | ||||||
#AH0943, 4.00% due 12/01/40 | 28,523 | 30,154 | ||||||
#AB1424, 5.00% due 09/01/40 | 27,684 | 29,939 | ||||||
#AE0949, 4.00% due 02/01/41 | 28,066 | 29,509 | ||||||
#AD7156, 4.50% due 07/01/25 | 27,070 | 28,867 | ||||||
#745412, 5.50% due 12/01/35 | 25,499 | 27,859 | ||||||
#AH1560, 4.00% due 01/01/41 | 26,263 | 27,614 | ||||||
#964926, 6.00% due 08/01/38 | 24,797 | 27,316 | ||||||
#AE0549, 5.50% due 05/01/40 | 25,011 | 27,286 | ||||||
#AD0767, 5.00% due 07/01/37 | 23,319 | 25,219 | ||||||
#900362, 6.00% due 09/01/36 | 22,743 | 25,089 | ||||||
#745944, 5.00% due 12/01/33 | 23,156 | 25,042 | ||||||
#995564, 5.00% due 12/01/19 | 23,074 | 24,922 | ||||||
#555417, 6.00% due 05/01/33 | 21,088 | 23,507 | ||||||
#893353, 6.00% due 09/01/36 | 20,843 | 23,123 | ||||||
#AE4834, 5.00% due 10/01/40 | 21,269 | 23,002 | ||||||
#745216, 2.37% due 11/01/351 | 21,579 | 22,833 | ||||||
#AE1592, 5.50% due 09/01/40 | 20,723 | 22,583 | ||||||
#AI7398, 4.00% due 07/01/26 | 20,874 | 22,048 | ||||||
#790788, 6.00% due 09/01/34 | 19,728 | 21,963 | ||||||
#AE7955, 4.00% due 12/01/40 | 20,135 | 21,171 | ||||||
#AB1545, 4.50% due 10/01/40 | 19,269 | 20,521 | ||||||
#AB1479, 5.00% due 09/01/40 | 18,919 | 20,460 | ||||||
#896329, 6.50% due 09/01/36 | 18,093 | 20,374 | ||||||
#AH8980, 4.00% due 04/01/26 | 19,282 | 20,367 | ||||||
#791574, 6.00% due 08/01/34 | 18,210 | 20,299 | ||||||
#AE9739, 4.00% due 12/01/40 | 18,896 | 19,977 | ||||||
#725231, 5.00% due 02/01/34 | 17,616 | 19,051 | ||||||
#725238, 5.00% due 03/01/34 | 17,575 | 19,007 | ||||||
#790629, 6.00% due 09/01/34 | 16,589 | 18,469 | ||||||
#AE7996, 4.50% due 11/01/40 | 17,028 | 18,134 | ||||||
#255459, 6.00% due 11/01/34 | 16,307 | 18,121 | ||||||
#AE0105, 5.50% due 02/01/38 | 16,463 | 18,047 | ||||||
#AE4438, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 17,053 | 18,028 | ||||||
#790237, 6.00% due 08/01/34 | 15,986 | 17,797 | ||||||
#735502, 6.00% due 04/01/35 | 15,724 | 17,474 | ||||||
#905196, 5.42% due 12/01/361 | 15,668 | 16,697 | ||||||
#796104, 5.50% due 10/01/34 | 14,953 | 16,408 |
70 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
#AB1461, 4.00% due 09/01/40 | $ | 14,758 | $ | 15,602 | ||||
#745418, 5.50% due 04/01/36 | 13,763 | 15,028 | ||||||
#AD7406, 5.00% due 07/01/40 | 13,665 | 14,778 | ||||||
#AB1963, 4.00% due 12/01/40 | 13,454 | 14,224 | ||||||
#AE7909, 4.50% due 11/01/40 | 11,925 | 12,700 | ||||||
#254793, 5.00% due 07/01/33 | 11,530 | 12,469 | ||||||
#888010, 5.99% due 09/01/361 | 11,443 | 12,395 | ||||||
#254550, 6.50% due 12/01/32 | 9,730 | 11,050 | ||||||
#AB2090, 4.00% due 01/01/41 | 10,180 | 10,704 | ||||||
#AE8031, 4.50% due 11/01/40 | 9,559 | 10,180 | ||||||
#357280, 6.50% due 05/01/17 | 7,285 | 8,005 | ||||||
#745946, 5.50% due 11/01/36 | 7,194 | 7,849 | ||||||
#AE8081, 4.50% due 12/01/40 | 7,264 | 7,736 | ||||||
#790217, 6.00% due 08/01/34 | 6,464 | 7,202 | ||||||
#650075, 6.50% due 07/01/32 | 6,229 | 7,074 | ||||||
#AE8283, 4.00% due 11/01/40 | 6,681 | 7,063 | ||||||
#357748, 5.50% due 04/01/35 | 5,925 | 6,470 | ||||||
#AE4889, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 6,145 | 6,461 | ||||||
FNR 2006-35 GK, 6.00% due 08/25/32 | 6,240 | 6,381 | ||||||
#923129, 5.50% due 08/01/34 | 5,818 | 6,356 | ||||||
#789885, 5.50% due 07/01/19 | 5,693 | 6,199 | ||||||
#995023, 5.50% due 08/01/37 | 4,648 | 5,075 | ||||||
#848522, 2.45% due 12/01/351 | 3,474 | 3,708 | ||||||
#981614, 5.00% due 06/01/23 | 3,129 | 3,368 | ||||||
#889565, 5.50% due 08/01/37 | 2,184 | 2,386 | ||||||
#254234, 5.50% due 03/01/17 | 1,481 | 1,609 | ||||||
#555345, 5.50% due 02/01/18 | 1,387 | 1,507 | ||||||
#254140, 5.50% due 01/01/17 | 1,374 | 1,492 | ||||||
#625931, 5.50% due 01/01/17 | 1,068 | 1,160 | ||||||
FNS 319 2, 6.50% due 02/01/326 | 4,920 | 881 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Fannie Mae | 4,592,861 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Freddie Mac5 | ||||||||
#G05958, 5.00% due 08/01/40 | 180,463 | 194,089 | ||||||
#G01805, 4.50% due 04/01/35 | 134,375 | 143,612 | ||||||
#A93996, 4.50% due 09/01/40 | 129,312 | 137,102 | ||||||
#Q04540, 3.50% due 11/01/41 | 94,863 | 97,484 | ||||||
#G04814, 5.50% due 10/01/38 | 80,958 | 87,956 | ||||||
#A93547, 4.50% due 08/01/40 | 79,571 | 84,365 | ||||||
#AC9580, 4.50% due 02/01/40 | 72,880 | 77,616 | ||||||
#G05955, 5.00% due 08/01/40 | 72,086 | 77,529 | ||||||
#A97059, 4.00% due 02/01/41 | 70,823 | 74,399 | ||||||
#A21263, 4.50% due 04/01/34 | 67,581 | 71,843 | ||||||
#G03156, 5.50% due 08/01/37 | 60,555 | 65,790 | ||||||
#G06023, 4.00% due 09/01/40 | 50,031 | 52,549 | ||||||
#G05695, 4.50% due 11/01/39 | 43,262 | 45,882 | ||||||
#G05849, 4.50% due 05/01/40 | 37,234 | 39,477 | ||||||
#A93101, 5.00% due 07/01/40 | 35,730 | 38,428 | ||||||
#J03640, 6.00% due 10/01/21 | 31,341 | 34,302 | ||||||
#J02272, 5.50% due 07/01/20 | 30,834 | 33,631 | ||||||
#J15840, 4.00% due 06/01/26 | 24,051 | 25,279 | ||||||
#1G1353, 5.93% due 12/01/361 | 22,865 | 24,696 | ||||||
#D86309, 5.00% due 11/01/33 | 17,545 | 19,295 | ||||||
#A15907, 5.00% due 11/01/33 | 15,371 | 16,904 | ||||||
#A12118, 5.00% due 08/01/33 | 13,117 | 14,121 | ||||||
#A15852, 5.00% due 11/01/33 | 12,142 | 13,353 | ||||||
#J03203, 6.00% due 08/01/21 | 11,741 | 12,792 | ||||||
#J03672, 6.00% due 11/01/21 | 11,290 | 12,346 | ||||||
#G06800, 4.00% due 10/01/41 | 11,628 | 12,215 | ||||||
#1G1762, 4.98% due 11/01/351 | 10,843 | 11,484 | ||||||
#G06021, 5.50% due 01/01/40 | 10,246 | 11,131 | ||||||
#E99966, 5.00% due 10/01/18 | 8,789 | 9,466 | ||||||
#A93261, 4.00% due 08/01/40 | 7,415 | 7,788 | ||||||
#A91947, 5.00% due 04/01/40 | 6,848 | 7,365 | ||||||
#1B3203, 6.01% due 01/01/371 | 6,202 | 6,556 | ||||||
#J03254, 6.00% due 08/01/21 | 5,221 | 5,697 | ||||||
#1G0661, 5.42% due 01/01/361 | 5,169 | 5,523 | ||||||
#A92240, 4.50% due 05/01/40 | 4,631 | 4,910 | ||||||
#G08421, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 3,756 | 3,945 | ||||||
#A94184, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 2,865 | 3,009 | ||||||
#E01341, 5.50% due 03/01/18 | 2,490 | 2,687 | ||||||
#B10343, 5.00% due 11/01/18 | 2,155 | 2,321 | ||||||
#A94251, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 1,957 | 2,056 | ||||||
#A94381, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 1,732 | 1,819 | ||||||
#E99933, 5.00% due 10/01/18 | 1,669 | 1,798 | ||||||
#A94185, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 1,664 | 1,747 | ||||||
#A94617, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 966 | 1,015 | ||||||
#A94250, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 955 | 1,004 | ||||||
#A94576, 4.00% due 10/01/40 | 921 | 968 | ||||||
#C68205, 7.00% due 06/01/32 | 740 | 851 | ||||||
#1B0527, 2.53% due 09/01/321 | 748 | 763 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Freddie Mac | 1,600,958 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Ginnie Mae | ||||||||
G2 4854, 4.50% due 11/20/40 | 150,181 | 164,115 | ||||||
G2 4748, 5.50% due 07/20/40 | 139,090 | 156,116 | ||||||
#605561, 5.50% due 11/15/34 | 21,142 | 23,854 | ||||||
G2 3517, 6.00% due 02/20/34 | 14,895 | 16,913 | ||||||
G2 3530, 5.50% due 03/20/34 | 11,304 | 12,758 | ||||||
G2 3529, 5.00% due 03/20/34 | 6,649 | 7,400 | ||||||
G2 3295, 5.50% due 10/20/32 | 4,756 | 5,370 | ||||||
G2 3490, 6.50% due 12/20/33 | 4,278 | 4,894 | ||||||
#781312, 7.00% due 12/15/13 | 1,903 | 1,953 | ||||||
G2 2102, 8.00% due 10/20/25 | 442 | 524 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Ginnie Mae | 393,897 | |||||||
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| |||||||
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. | ||||||||
5.55% due 05/12/45 | 110,000 | 120,285 | ||||||
2006-CB15, 5.81% due 05/12/161 | 65,000 | 70,305 | ||||||
2004-LDP4, 4.82% due 10/15/421 | 49,808 | 51,912 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. | 242,502 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Commercial Mortgage Loan Trust | 175,000 | 178,525 | ||||||
Citigroup | 137,458 | 145,424 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 71 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I | $ | 102,969 | $ | 103,718 | ||||
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust | 70,000 | 75,476 | ||||||
Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc. | 58,998 | 58,975 | ||||||
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities | 45,000 | 49,550 | ||||||
American Tower Trust | 45,000 | 47,720 | ||||||
Bank of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. | ||||||||
2005-J, 5.24% due 11/25/351 | 18,163 | 15,731 | ||||||
2004-A, 2.84% due 02/25/341 | 14,867 | 12,147 | ||||||
2004-H, 2.75% due 09/25/341 | 9,349 | 7,900 | ||||||
2004-I, 2.75% due 10/25/341 | 5,064 | 4,648 | ||||||
2004-D, 2.88% due 05/25/341 | 1,509 | 1,268 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Bank of America Mortgage Securities, Inc. | 41,694 | |||||||
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| |||||||
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust | 39,829 | 35,551 | ||||||
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust | 12,881 | 11,895 | ||||||
WaMu Mortgage Pass Trough Certificates | 8,616 | 7,459 | ||||||
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc. | 5,231 | 5,232 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Mortgage Backed Securities | 7,591,437 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES† — 4.2% |
| |||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes | ||||||||
2.62% due 04/30/16 | 740,000 | 800,645 | ||||||
1.75% due 08/15/12 | 435,000 | 439,418 | ||||||
2.12% due 08/15/21 | 375,000 | 384,609 | ||||||
2.63% due 07/31/14 | 325,000 | 344,069 | ||||||
3.13% due 09/30/13 | 135,000 | 141,734 | ||||||
2.25% due 05/31/14 | 105,000 | 109,848 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Notes | 2,220,323 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds | 365,000 | 492,294 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total U.S. Government Securities | 2,712,617 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
MUNICIPAL BONDS†† — 1.4% | ||||||||
California — 0.3% | ||||||||
East Bay Municipal Utility District Revenue Bonds | 40,000 | 49,283 | ||||||
Bay Area Toll Authority Revenue Bonds | 25,000 | 32,618 | ||||||
City of Los Angeles Department of Airports Revenue Bonds | 20,000 | 25,651 | ||||||
District of Columbia Revenue Bonds | 20,000 | 22,165 | ||||||
Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency Revenue Bonds | 20,000 | 21,864 | ||||||
Regional Transportation District Revenue Bonds | 20,000 | 21,737 | ||||||
San Diego County Water Authority Revenue Bonds | 15,000 | 18,862 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total California | 192,180 | |||||||
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Illinois — 0.2% | ||||||||
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago General Obligation Limited | 40,000 | 48,982 | ||||||
Chicago Transit Authority Revenue Bonds | 30,000 | 35,013 | ||||||
City of Chicago Illinois O’Hare International Airport Revenue Revenue Bonds | 20,000 | 24,127 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Illinois | 108,122 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
New York — 0.2% | ||||||||
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue Revenue Bonds | 45,000 | 52,288 | ||||||
Housing Development Corp. Revenue Bonds | 25,000 | 27,115 | ||||||
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue Bonds | 10,000 | 14,006 | ||||||
City of New York New York General Obligation Unlimited | 10,000 | 11,739 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total New York | 105,148 | |||||||
|
|
72 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Virginia — 0.2% | ||||||||
University of Virginia Revenue Bonds | $ | 45,000 | $ | 53,188 | ||||
Virginia Public Building Authority Revenue Bonds | 35,000 | 40,133 | ||||||
Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board Revenue Bonds | 5,000 | 5,756 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Virginia | 99,077 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Maryland — 0.1% | ||||||||
Maryland State Transportation Authority Revenue Bonds | ||||||||
5.75% due 07/01/41 | 40,000 | 49,684 | ||||||
5.89% due 07/01/43 | 20,000 | 25,135 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Maryland | 74,819 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Florida — 0.1% | ||||||||
State of Florida Lottery Revenue Revenue Bonds | 50,000 | 60,143 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Utah — 0.1% | ||||||||
Utah Transit Authority Revenue Bonds | 40,000 | 51,068 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Canada — 0.1% | ||||||||
Province of Ontario Canada | 50,000 | 49,846 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Kansas — 0.1% | ||||||||
Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds | 30,000 | 32,579 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Massachusetts — 0.0% | ||||||||
Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Obligation Limited | 25,000 | 31,937 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Texas — 0.0% | ||||||||
City of Houston Texas General Obligation Limited | 10,000 | 12,275 | ||||||
Texas Transportation Commission Revenue Bonds | 10,000 | 11,617 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Texas | 23,892 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Washington — 0.0% | ||||||||
State of Washington General Obligation Unlimited | ||||||||
5.00% due 07/01/22 | 5,000 | 6,159 | ||||||
5.00% due 06/01/22 | 5,000 | 6,150 | ||||||
5.00% due 07/01/23 | 5,000 | 6,060 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Washington | 18,369 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Oregon — 0.0% | ||||||||
State of Oregon General Obligation Unlimited | 15,000 | 17,636 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
District Of Columbia — 0.0% | ||||||||
District of Columbia Revenue Bonds | 10,000 | 12,047 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Municipal Bonds | 876,863 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES†† — 1.1% |
| |||||||
GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust | 114,000 | 115,795 | ||||||
Ginnie Mae | ||||||||
3.50% due 12/20/41 | 95,000 | 99,052 | ||||||
4.50% due 12/20/396 | 99,896 | 15,582 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Ginnie Mae | 114,634 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
GE Equipment Midticket LLC | 100,000 | 100,474 | ||||||
World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust | ||||||||
4.66% due 05/15/17 | 55,000 | 57,651 | ||||||
3.96% due 04/15/19 | 30,000 | 32,012 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust | 89,663 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Ally Auto Receivables Trust | 60,000 | 62,598 | ||||||
Navistar Financial Corporation Owner Trust | 50,000 | 50,208 | ||||||
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust | 50,000 | 47,487 | ||||||
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust | 34,000 | 34,258 | ||||||
Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust | ||||||||
5.74% due 04/20/283,4 | 23,724 | 24,246 | ||||||
5.36% due 10/20/283,4 | 6,874 | 6,952 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust | 31,198 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
CarMax Auto Owner Trust | 25,000 | 25,878 | ||||||
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates | 19,570 | 12,353 | ||||||
Chase Funding Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates | 5,846 | 4,031 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Asset Backed Securities | 688,577 | |||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 73 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS†† — 0.3% |
| |||||||
South Africa Government International Bond | $ | 65,000 | $ | 71,175 | ||||
Mexico Government International Bond | 45,000 | 47,025 | ||||||
Brazilian Government International Bond | 35,000 | 46,287 | ||||||
Peruvian Government International Bond | 20,000 | 25,150 | ||||||
Poland Government International Bond | 20,000 | 20,346 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Foreign Government Bonds | 209,983 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 98.9% | $ | 63,071,245 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, | 703,798 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 63,775,043 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, except as noted — See Note 4. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4. |
1 | Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2011. |
2 | Perpetual maturity. |
3 | Security was acquired through a private placement. |
4 | Security is a 144A or Section 4(2) security. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(2) securities is $1,954,682 (cost $1,942,031), or 3.1% of total net assets. |
5 | On September 7, 2008, the issuer was placed in conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). As conservator, the FHFA has full powers to control the assets and operations of the firm. |
6 | Security is an interest-only strip. Rate indicated is effective yield at December 31, 2011. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
74 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 63,071,245 | ||
Foreign currency, at value | 6,876 | |||
Cash | 530 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 345 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities sold | 1,011,003 | |||
Interest | 193,387 | |||
Dividends | 60,074 | |||
Fund shares sold | 28,508 | |||
Foreign taxes reclaim | 10,287 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 64,382,255 | |||
|
| |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Securities purchased | 454,663 | |||
Management fees | 54,146 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 35,407 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 8,122 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,257 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 1,474 | |||
Miscellaneous | 51,143 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 607,212 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 63,775,043 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 67,209,329 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 746,310 | |||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (8,538,921 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency | 4,358,325 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 63,775,043 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 3,184,876 | |||
Net asset value per share | $20.02 | |||
|
|
S T AT E M E N T O F O P E R AT I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $42,499) | $ | 1,017,556 | ||
Interest (net of foreign withholding tax of $661) | 1,124,156 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 2,141,712 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 724,875 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,236 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 108,731 | |||
Pricing fees | 112,255 | |||
Custodian fees | 96,114 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 7,560 | |||
Miscellaneous | 54,462 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 1,129,233 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment income | 1,012,479 | |||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 3,381,946 | |||
Foreign currency | (2,169 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 3,379,777 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (4,070,137 | ) | ||
Foreign currency | (1,423 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (4,071,560 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (691,783 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 320,696 | ||
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 75 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 1,012,479 | $ | 1,073,404 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency | 3,379,777 | 2,284,043 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency | (4,071,560 | ) | 4,504,009 | |||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 320,696 | 7,861,456 | ||||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 3,984,353 | 12,578,193 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (19,263,587 | ) | (21,137,677 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (15,279,234 | ) | (8,559,484 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets | (14,958,538 | ) | (698,028 | ) | ||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 78,733,581 | 79,431,609 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 63,775,043 | $ | 78,733,581 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 746,310 | $ | 751,365 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 199,479 | 691,770 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (973,315 | ) | (1,148,435 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (773,836 | ) | (456,665 | ) |
76 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 19.89 | $ | 17.99 | $ | 14.31 | $ | 19.67 | $ | 18.55 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .28 | .26 | .27 | .34 | .32 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (.15 | ) | 1.64 | 3.41 | (5.70 | ) | .80 | |||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | .13 | 1.90 | 3.68 | (5.36 | ) | 1.12 | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 20.02 | $ | 19.89 | $ | 17.99 | $ | 14.31 | $ | 19.67 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | 0.65% | 10.56% | 25.63% | (27.25% | ) | 6.04% | ||||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 63,775 | $ | 78,734 | $ | 79,432 | $ | 76,421 | $ | 117,423 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 1.40% | 1.40% | 1.71% | 1.94% | 1.63% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 1.56% | 1.50% | 1.66% | 1.52% | 1.41% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 44% | 52% | 46% | 82% | 75% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 77 |
M A N A G E R S ’ C O M M E N T A R Y | Series O (All Cap Value Series) | |||
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series O (All Cap Value Series) returned -4.35%, while the benchmark, the Russell 3000® Value Index*, returned -0.10%.
Our strategy is to select securities of small- to large-sized companies that appear undervalued by the overall market relative to assets, earnings, growth potential or cash flows. Our investment approach is a defined and disciplined process with three key philosophical tenets that drive our investment decisions: a valuation focus, a long-term investment horizon and an opportunistic approach.
Our investment process is fundamentally driven and quantitatively aided. We use proprietary screens to identify potential companies for investment and then perform rigorous fundamental analysis to identify the best ideas. Through this fundamental research, we determine an estimate of intrinsic value and a corresponding valuation target for each company. We construct the portfolio based on the level of conviction generated by the bottom-up analysis and the upside/downside profile associated with each company.
The portfolio’s performance was helped by being underweight the poorly performing Financials sector, as well as good stock selection there, and good stock selection in a solidly performing Energy sector. However, these benefits were not enough to offset the effects of poor stock selection in Industrials (where the portfolio was also nearly twice the weight of the Index) and Information Technology. The portfolio’s Technology holdings as a group lost 25%, compared with a loss of about 5% for the Technology names in the Index.
The Financials sector contributed most to the Fund’s return over the period. Although the portfolio was underweight Financials (a 19% weighting versus 27% for the Index), our holdings performed better than those in the Index.
Industrials and Information Technology detracted the most from the Fund’s return for the period. Security selection was a major factor in the two sectors’ relative underperformance.
The holdings contributing most to portfolio performance over the period were Williams Companies, Inc. and Aetna Inc. The main detractors were Computer Sciences Corp. and McDermott International Inc.
Factors expected to affect markets going forward include the trend in corporate earnings, resolution to the European sovereign debt crisis and developments in the U.S. economic recovery as a result of the ongoing budget discussions. We expect the world macroeconomic situation to remain unsettled in the near future and are focused on searching for companies that are underpriced relative to their intrinsic value as determined through our systematic, bottom-up, fundamental-research analysis process.
Through periods of uncertainty, we believe holding companies that meet our investment criteria, and staying consistent with our philosophy and process, will benefit our investors over the long term. We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
James Schier, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Mark A. Mitchell, CFA, Portfolio Manager
78 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
M A N A G E R S ’ C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series O (All Cap Value Series) | |||
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of James Schier and Mark A. Mitchell as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Russell 3000® Value Index measures the performance of the broad value segment of the U.S. equity value universe. It includes those Russell 3000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 79
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011 |
SERIES O (ALL CAP VALUE SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Russell 3000® Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the broad value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 3000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | -4.35 | % | -1.24 | % | 3.69 | % | ||||||
Russell 3000 Value Index | -0.10 | % | -2.58 | % | 4.08 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | June 1, 1995 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
Equifax, Inc. | 3.4 | % | ||
Western Union Co. | 2.8 | % | ||
Chevron Corp. | 2.7 | % | ||
CVS Caremark Corp. | 2.3 | % | ||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 2.3 | % | ||
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 2.2 | % | ||
Williams Companies, Inc. | 2.2 | % | ||
Aon Corp. | 2.1 | % | ||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 2.1 | % | ||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B | 2.0 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 24.1 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Russell 3000 Value Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
80 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | ||||||
December 31, 2011 | Series O (All Cap Value Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 97.1% |
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Financials — 19.3% | ||||||||
Aon Corp. | 63,300 | $ | 2,962,440 | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 102,633 | 2,828,565 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B* | 35,900 | 2,739,170 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 82,317 | 2,226,675 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 56,000 | 1,862,000 | ||||||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 47,800 | 1,763,342 | ||||||
BB&T Corp. | 68,200 | 1,716,594 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 61,650 | 1,689,827 | ||||||
WR Berkley Corp. | 49,000 | 1,685,110 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 44,320 | 1,548,984 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 33,300 | 1,342,323 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. — Class A | 18,855 | 985,174 | ||||||
Alleghany Corp.* | 2,513 | 716,934 | ||||||
Employers Holdings, Inc. | 33,000 | 596,970 | ||||||
Ocwen Financial Corp. | 35,117 | 508,494 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. | 25,750 | 502,383 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 6,450 | 479,687 | ||||||
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | 6,530 | 249,773 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 19,545 | 227,699 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 26,632,144 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Industrials — 17.0% |
| |||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 119,700 | 4,637,178 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A | 77,100 | 2,124,105 | ||||||
URS Corp.* | 55,200 | 1,938,624 | ||||||
GeoEye, Inc.* | 86,160 | 1,914,475 | ||||||
United Technologies Corp. | 25,800 | 1,885,722 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc.* | 73,000 | 1,572,420 | ||||||
Parker Hannifin Corp. | 14,000 | 1,067,500 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. | 12,600 | 1,052,226 | ||||||
Covanta Holding Corp. | 67,000 | 917,230 | ||||||
USG Corp.* | 79,100 | 803,656 | ||||||
Trex Company, Inc.* | 34,800 | 797,268 | ||||||
Orbital Sciences Corp.* | 48,821 | 709,369 | ||||||
General Cable Corp.*,1 | 28,000 | 700,280 | ||||||
Navigant Consulting, Inc.* | 58,500 | 667,485 | ||||||
Aegion Corp.* | 37,300 | 572,182 | ||||||
FTI Consulting, Inc.* | 13,260 | 562,489 | ||||||
Saia, Inc.* | 39,000 | 486,720 | ||||||
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.* | 7,928 | 304,673 | ||||||
ICF International, Inc.* | 11,100 | 275,058 | ||||||
DryShips, Inc.* | 102,700 | 205,400 | ||||||
United Stationers, Inc. | 4,990 | 162,474 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 23,356,534 | |||||||
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Energy — 14.9% |
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Chevron Corp.2 | 35,100 | 3,734,640 | ||||||
Williams Companies, Inc. | 89,900 | 2,968,498 | ||||||
McDermott International, Inc.* | 210,000 | 2,417,100 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 29,400 | 2,142,378 | ||||||
Apache .Corp. | 22,410 | 2,029,898 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 46,300 | 1,597,813 | ||||||
Plains Exploration & Production Co.* | 26,960 | 989,971 | ||||||
Gulfport Energy Corp.* | 31,900 | 939,455 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 42,000 | 936,180 | ||||||
SandRidge Energy, Inc.* | 87,511 | 714,090 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 8,400 | 711,984 | ||||||
Goodrich Petroleum Corp.* | 32,356 | 444,248 | ||||||
Arch Coal, Inc. | 28,500 | 413,535 | ||||||
Resolute Energy Corp.* | 33,700 | 363,960 | ||||||
USEC, Inc.* | 94,070 | 107,240 | ||||||
Ocean Rig UDW, Inc.* | 746 | 9,101 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 20,520,091 | |||||||
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Information Technology — 13.1% |
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Western Union Co. | 210,500 | 3,843,730 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 103,200 | 3,179,592 | ||||||
Computer Sciences Corp. | 106,600 | 2,526,420 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 106,700 | 1,929,136 | ||||||
IXYS Corp.* | 176,300 | 1,909,329 | ||||||
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 63,352 | 1,631,948 | ||||||
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.* | 68,700 | 1,115,688 | ||||||
Symmetricom, Inc.* | 129,300 | 696,927 | ||||||
Cree, Inc.* | 22,700 | 500,308 | ||||||
Power-One, Inc.* | 111,315 | 435,242 | ||||||
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. ADR* | 104,515 | 244,565 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 18,012,885 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 9.7% |
| |||||||
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 119,000 | 3,020,220 | ||||||
Time Warner, Inc. | 71,266 | 2,575,553 | ||||||
Cabela’s, Inc.* | 79,237 | 2,014,205 | ||||||
Penn National Gaming, Inc.* | 23,500 | 894,645 | ||||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc.1 | 70,000 | 779,800 | ||||||
Best Buy Company, Inc. | 32,300 | 754,851 | ||||||
Apollo Group, Inc. — Class A*,1 | 13,290 | 715,932 | ||||||
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | 52,392 | 466,289 | ||||||
Maidenform Brands, Inc.* | 24,850 | 454,755 | ||||||
Scholastic Corp. | 14,500 | 434,565 | ||||||
Jack in the Box, Inc.* | 20,000 | 418,000 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc.* | 15,120 | 330,523 | ||||||
DeVry, Inc. | 7,270 | 279,604 | ||||||
Fred’s, Inc. — Class A | 12,550 | 182,979 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 13,321,921 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Consumer Staples — 7.4% |
| |||||||
CVS Caremark Corp. | 78,600 | 3,205,308 | ||||||
Kraft Foods, Inc. — Class A | 53,700 | 2,006,232 | ||||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 32,800 | 1,960,128 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd.1 | 19,600 | 1,121,120 | ||||||
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.* | 8,052 | 688,446 | ||||||
JM Smucker Co. | 8,710 | 680,861 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 18,480 | 541,279 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 10,203,374 | |||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 81 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded) | ||||||
December 31, 2011 | Series O (All Cap Value Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Health Care — 6.7% |
| |||||||
Covidien plc | 49,500 | $ | 2,227,995 | |||||
Aetna, Inc. | 39,900 | 1,683,381 | ||||||
Mednax, Inc.* | 17,500 | 1,260,175 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 19,000 | 962,920 | ||||||
Forest Laboratories, Inc.* | 24,550 | 742,883 | ||||||
Hospira, Inc.* | 16,455 | 499,738 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.* | 24,443 | 427,997 | ||||||
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.* | 7,200 | 402,480 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B | 9,340 | 362,952 | ||||||
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.* | 29,594 | 348,321 | ||||||
Community Health | ||||||||
Systems, Inc.* | 19,030 | 332,073 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Health Care | 9,250,915 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Materials — 4.9% |
| |||||||
Dow Chemical Co. | 72,700 | 2,090,852 | ||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.* | 164,000 | 1,323,480 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 29,900 | 985,504 | ||||||
Owens-Illinois, Inc.* | 47,630 | 923,069 | ||||||
Bemis Company, Inc. | 16,300 | 490,304 | ||||||
HB Fuller Co. | 17,108 | 395,366 | ||||||
Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. | 24,990 | 334,616 | ||||||
Zoltek Companies, Inc.* | 30,900 | 235,458 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Materials | 6,778,649 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Utilities — 3.3% |
| |||||||
Edison International | 64,800 | 2,682,720 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 22,000 | 738,760 | ||||||
Great Plains Energy, Inc. | 23,922 | 521,021 | ||||||
Allete, Inc. | 8,000 | 335,840 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 13,819 | 296,556 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Utilities | 4,574,897 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Telecommunication Services — 0.8% |
| |||||||
Windstream Corp. | 93,500 | 1,097,690 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Common Stocks | 133,749,100 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 97.1% | $ | 133,749,100 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
CONTRACTS | ||||||||
OPTIONS WRITTEN — (0.1)% |
| |||||||
Call Options on: | ||||||||
Bunge Ltd. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $62.50† | 105 | (1,155 | ) | |||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $15.00†† | 134 | (2,680 | ) | |||||
General Cable Corp. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $27.00† | 209 | (6,270 | ) | |||||
Apollo Group, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $50.00† | 132 | (67,320 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Call Options | (77,425 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Put Options on: | ||||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $35.00† | 188 | (4,700 | ) | |||||
General Cable Corp. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $21.00†† | 252 | (5,040 | ) | |||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $12.50†† | 161 | (24,150 | ) | |||||
Bunge Ltd. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $60.00† | 110 | (34,100 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Put Options | (67,990 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Options Written | (145,415 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 3.0% | 4,190,443 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 137,794,128 | ||||||
|
|
* | 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 collateral for open call option written contracts at December 31, 2011. |
2 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral for open put option written contracts at December 31, 2011. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
82 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series O (All Cap Value Series) |
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 133,749,100 | ||
Cash | 4,378,421 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 701 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Dividends | 184,821 | |||
Fund shares sold | 117,940 | |||
Securities sold | 10,200 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 138,441,183 | |||
|
| |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Options written, at value (premiums received $307,379) | 145,415 | |||
Payable for: | ||||
Fund shares redeemed | 253,241 | |||
Securities purchased | 115,972 | |||
Management fees | 81,486 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 11,058 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,254 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 660 | |||
Miscellaneous | 36,969 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 647,055 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 137,794,128 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 160,479,638 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 1,075,134 | |||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (24,936,551 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 1,175,907 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 137,794,128 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 6,454,724 | |||
Net asset value per share | $21.35 | |||
|
|
S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends | $ | 2,410,411 | ||
Interest | 508 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 2,410,919 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 1,085,680 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,244 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 147,340 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 11,777 | |||
Custodian fees | 8,422 | |||
Miscellaneous | 57,322 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 1,335,785 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment income | 1,075,134 | |||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 4,088,938 | |||
Options written | 102,205 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 4,191,143 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (12,945,666 | ) | ||
Options written | 375,133 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (12,570,533 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (8,379,390 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting | $ | (7,304,256 | ) | |
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 83 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S | Series O (All Cap Value Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 1,075,134 | $ | 1,084,849 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments | 4,191,143 | 1,512,399 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (12,570,533 | ) | 22,227,783 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (7,304,256 | ) | 24,825,031 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 15,737,462 | 27,268,992 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (36,360,715 | ) | (48,290,199 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (20,623,253 | ) | (21,021,207 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (27,927,509 | ) | 3,803,824 | |||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 165,721,637 | 161,917,813 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 137,794,128 | 165,721,637 | |||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 1,075,134 | $ | 1,084,849 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 687,537 | 1,385,350 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,656,071 | ) | (2,423,605 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (968,534 | ) | (1,038,255 | ) |
84 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series O (All Cap Value Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008d | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 22.32 | $ | 19.14 | $ | 14.39 | $ | 23.37 | $ | 22.73 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .15 | .14 | .16 | .34 | .34 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (1.12 | ) | 3.04 | 4.59 | (9.32 | ) | .30 | |||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (.97 | ) | 3.18 | 4.75 | (8.98 | ) | .64 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 21.35 | $ | 22.32 | $ | 19.14 | $ | 14.39 | $ | 23.37 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (4.35% | ) | 16.61% | 33.01% | (38.43% | ) | 2.82% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 137,794 | $ | 165,722 | $ | 161,918 | $ | 156,634 | $ | 288,233 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.69% | 0.68% | 1.00% | 1.72% | 1.42% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.87% | 1.09% | 1.14% | |||||||||||||||
Net expensesc | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.85% | 1.07% | 1.14% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 19% | 11% | 19% | 124% | 25% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers. |
d | Security Investors, LLC (SI) became the advisor of Series O effective August 15, 2008. Prior to August 15, 2008, T.Rowe Price sub-advised the Series. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 85 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series P (High Yield Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series P (High Yield Series) returned -0.04%, underperforming the 4.98% performance of its benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield Index*.
The High Yield Series primarily invests in a diversified portfolio consisting of a broad range of high-yield, high-risk debt securities rated below the top-four long-term credit rating categories and maintain a dollar-weighted average duration of 3 to 15 years.
The Series’ investment approach uses a bottom-up process in selecting high yield securities. We emphasize rigorous credit analysis and relative value in selecting securities. Credit analysis includes assessing factors such as an issuer’s management experience, its debt service coverage or ability to make interest payments on its debt, cash flow, and general economic and market factors. Relative value analysis compares the credit risk and yield of a security to that of other securities. We search for securities that appear to be inexpensive relative to comparable securities and securities that have the potential for an upgrade of their credit rating.
Performance in the high yield bond market slowed considerably in 2011, after a stabilizing economy and rising strength of corporate balance sheets led to strong results in 2009 and 2010. In mid-2011, concern about the European sovereign debt situation and potential slowing in the U.S. economy drove investors to less risky Treasuries, and spreads between yields on high-yield securities and Treasuries widened. In addition, the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented Operation Twist, further depressing Treasury yields. A rebound in the fourth quarter was attributable to improved U.S. growth and actions by central banks to boost liquidity for European banks. Still, Treasuries and higher-quality corporate bonds (those rated BB and higher) both outperformed lower-quality high-yield bonds for the year.
Investor appetite for income and yield continues to be solid in a low interest rate environment, which is expected to continue as the Federal Reserve Bank has reiterated its intention to keep interest rates low for well beyond 2012. In addition, U.S. corporations still have large amounts of cash and have strongly improved balance sheets. The continued strength of bond issuance in 2011 in part helped them refinance at more attractive rates, which we expect to keep default rates low. The default rate for high yield securities for the year was 1.8%, well below the 4% historical long-term average, making the additional yield available in high yield bonds relative to U.S. Treasury securities attractive.
The economy appears to be continuing its slow but gradual recovery, eluding the outright recession that is threatening Europe. Despite volatility in the high-yield sector that will be around as long as the European situation persists, its low default rate and relatively better yields compared with other fixed-income investments should help to attract investors in the coming months.
We feel comfortable with the composition of our portfolio and are optimistic that good opportunities will be presented as the economy continues to improve. Therefore, we plan to keep the structure of the portfolio consistent as 2012 gets underway. However, we will continue to monitor valuations and adjust the portfolio accordingly throughout the year.
We appreciate your business and thank you for being an investor in the Series.
Sincerely,
David Toussaint, CFA, CPA, Portfolio Manager
86 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series P (High Yield Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of David Toussaint as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Barclays Capital U.S. High-Yield Index – The U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond 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.
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 www.rydexsgi. com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 87
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011 |
SERIES P (HIGH YIELD SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks high current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | -0.04 | % | 7.34 | % | 8.41 | % | ||||||
Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield Index | 4.98 | % | 7.54 | % | 8.85 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | August 5, 1996 | |||
Portfolio Composition by Quality Rating (Based on Standard and Poor’s Ratings) | ||||
Fixed Income Instruments | ||||
B- | 19.4 | % | ||
B | 13.6 | % | ||
BB- | 12.3 | % | ||
CCC+ | 10.4 | % | ||
B+ | 9.6 | % | ||
BB+ | 8.9 | % | ||
CCC | 8.2 | % | ||
Other | 16.1 | % | ||
Other Instruments | ||||
Common Stock | 0.9 | % | ||
Preferred Stocks | 0.6 | % | ||
Warrants | 0.0 | % | ||
Total Investments | 100.0 | % |
The chart above reflects percentages of the value of total investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
88 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series P (High Yield Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 0.9% | ||||||||
Energy — 0.6% | ||||||||
Stallion Oilfield Holdings Ltd.*,†††,1,2 | 19,265 | $ | 635,745 | |||||
Financials — 0.3% | ||||||||
CIT Group, Inc.* | 7,613 | 265,465 | ||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 10,000 | 115,400 | ||||||
Leucadia National Corp. | 247 | 5,617 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 386,482 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 0.0% | ||||||||
Adelphia Recovery Trust* | 5,270 | 198 | ||||||
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Industrials — 0.0% | ||||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc.* | 1 | 8 | ||||||
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Health Care — 0.0% | ||||||||
MEDIQ, Inc.*,†††,1 | 92 | 1 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Common Stocks | 1,022,434 | |||||||
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| |||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.6% | ||||||||
Citigroup Capital XIII | 25,000 | 651,500 | ||||||
U.S. Shipping Corp.*,†††,1 | 24,529 | 12,264 | ||||||
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Total Preferred Stocks | 663,764 | |||||||
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WARRANTS††† — 0.0% | ||||||||
SemGroup Corp. 11/30/14*,1 | 2,040 | 11,179 | ||||||
Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.1 | 478 | 5 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Warrants | 11,184 | |||||||
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| |||||||
FACE AMOUNT | ||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS†† — 87.3% | ||||||||
Financials — 17.9% | ||||||||
Nelnet, Inc. | $ | 4,250,000 | 3,627,281 | |||||
Nuveen Investments, Inc. | 2,550,000 | 2,530,875 | ||||||
Nuveen Investments, Inc. | 250,000 | 245,625 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc. | 2,200,000 | 2,197,250 | ||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | 1,600,000 | 1,512,000 | ||||||
6.75% due 12/01/14 | 650,000 | 655,673 | ||||||
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | 1,750,000 | 1,719,375 | ||||||
CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | 1,700,000 | 1,572,500 | ||||||
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC | 1,000,000 | 1,075,000 | ||||||
8.13% due 01/15/20 | 400,000 | 470,827 | ||||||
Rabobank Capital Funding Trust II 5.26%2,3,4,5 | 1,400,000 | 1,313,547 | ||||||
Icahn Enterprises LP | 1,000,000 | 1,040,000 | ||||||
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC 8.25% due 09/01/17 | 500,000 | 520,000 | ||||||
9.25% due 04/01/15 | 500,000 | 513,125 | ||||||
E*Trade Financial Corp. | 900,000 | 1,017,000 | ||||||
Progress Capital Trust I | 700,000 | 717,020 | ||||||
Aviv Healthcare Properties, LP | 250,000 | 245,000 | ||||||
USI Holdings Corp. | 100,000 | 95,750 | ||||||
FCB Capital Trust I | 75,000 | 76,255 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Financials | 21,144,103 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 15.5% |
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Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 2,500,000 | 2,562,500 | ||||||
Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority | 2,500,000 | 2,412,500 | ||||||
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. | 2,000,000 | 1,960,000 | ||||||
Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. | 1,125,000 | 1,226,250 | ||||||
Roadhouse Financing, Inc. | 1,260,000 | 1,225,350 | ||||||
Dave & Buster’s, Inc. | 1,125,000 | 1,141,875 | ||||||
AMC Entertainment, Inc. | 1,000,000 | 987,500 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International | 1,000,000 | 952,500 | ||||||
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority | 1,750,000 | 826,875 | ||||||
CKE Restaurants, Inc. | 750,000 | 817,500 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc. | 750,000 | 815,625 | ||||||
Travelport LLC | 1,325,000 | 788,375 | ||||||
Sonic Automotive, Inc. | 585,000 | 615,713 | ||||||
XM Satellite Radio, Inc. | 500,000 | 567,500 | ||||||
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. | 500,000 | 542,500 | ||||||
Sally Holdings LLC | 400,000 | 418,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 89 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series P (High Yield Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. | $ | 200,000 | $ | 195,500 | ||||
Fisher Communications, Inc. | 170,000 | 172,975 | ||||||
Baker & Taylor, Inc. | 150,000 | 117,000 | ||||||
Metaldyne Corp. | 1,000,000 | — | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary |
| 18,346,038 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Industrials — 12.7% | ||||||||
GeoEye, Inc. | 2,250,000 | 2,317,500 | ||||||
Air Canada | 2,650,000 | 2,285,625 | ||||||
UAL 2009-2B Pass Through Trust | 2,134,681 | 2,262,762 | ||||||
International Lease Finance Corp. | 2,000,000 | 2,060,000 | ||||||
BE Aerospace, Inc. | 1,500,000 | 1,642,500 | ||||||
Kansas City Southern Railway | 1,500,000 | 1,591,875 | ||||||
ARAMARK Holdings Corp. | 1,000,000 | 1,030,000 | ||||||
Alion Science and Technology Corp. | 1,500,000 | 780,000 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 750,000 | 735,000 | ||||||
American Railcar Industries, Inc. | 208,000 | 208,000 | ||||||
Triumph Group, Inc. | 100,000 | 106,500 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Industrials | 15,019,762 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Health Care — 11.3% | ||||||||
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. | 2,805,984 | 2,883,149 | ||||||
IASIS Healthcare LLC | 2,250,000 | 1,963,125 | ||||||
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC | 2,000,000 | 1,920,000 | ||||||
HealthSouth Corp. | 1,769,000 | 1,782,267 | ||||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 1,000,000 | 1,122,500 | ||||||
STHI Holding Corp. 8.00% due 03/15/182,4 | 950,000 | 976,125 | ||||||
CHS | 603,000 | 622,597 | ||||||
8.00% due 11/15/192,4 | 150,000 | 151,500 | ||||||
Apria Healthcare Group, Inc. | 600,000 | 619,500 | ||||||
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc. | 500,000 | 499,375 | ||||||
Radnet Management, Inc. | 400,000 | 352,000 | ||||||
Symbion, Inc. | 211,751 | 210,163 | ||||||
DJO Finance LLC | 250,000 | 194,375 | ||||||
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International | 100,000 | 98,750 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Health Care | 13,395,426 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Telecommunication Services — 6.8% |
| |||||||
Intelsat Luxembourg S.A. | 1,500,000 | 1,451,250 | ||||||
Sprint Capital Corp. | 1,600,000 | 1,316,000 | ||||||
West Corp. | 1,250,000 | 1,315,625 | ||||||
Block Communications, Inc. | 1,125,000 | 1,146,094 | ||||||
DISH DBS Corp. | 1,000,000 | 1,067,500 | ||||||
Avaya, Inc. | 750,000 | 675,000 | ||||||
9.75% due 11/01/15 | 400,000 | 360,000 | ||||||
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. | 500,000 | 315,000 | ||||||
Clearwire Communications LLC | 300,000 | 287,250 | ||||||
Bonten Media Acquisition Co. | 126,868 | 101,494 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Telecommunication Services |
| 8,035,213 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Utilities — 6.3% | ||||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | 1,500,000 | 1,522,500 | ||||||
8.25% due 09/01/20 | 500,000 | 502,500 | ||||||
AES Red Oak LLC | 1,673,164 | 1,723,359 | ||||||
Elwood Energy LLC | 1,110,400 | 1,085,416 | ||||||
Edison Mission Energy | 1,650,000 | 973,500 | ||||||
Calpine Corp. | 500,000 | 537,500 | ||||||
Targa Resources Partners, LP | 500,000 | 527,500 | ||||||
Inergy, LP | 300,000 | 304,500 | ||||||
MarkWest Energy Partners, LP | 250,000 | 261,875 |
90 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series P (High Yield Series) |
FACE AMOUNT | VALUE | |||||||
East Coast Power LLC | $ | 10,853 | $ | 10,895 | ||||
|
| |||||||
Total Utilities | 7,449,545 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Consumer Staples — 4.8% | ||||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc. | 1,000,000 | 1,100,000 | ||||||
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. | 750,000 | 718,125 | ||||||
9.00% due 04/15/192,4 | 250,000 | 237,500 | ||||||
Rite Aid Corp. | 1,000,000 | 912,500 | ||||||
Armored Autogroup, Inc. | 1,100,000 | 849,750 | ||||||
American Achievement Corp. | 1,050,000 | 808,500 | ||||||
Bumble Bee Holdco SCA | 600,000 | 534,000 | ||||||
Bumble Bee Acquisition Corp. | 476,000 | 483,140 | ||||||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 50,000 | 54,688 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 5,698,203 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Materials — 4.3% | ||||||||
Berry Plastics Corp. | 2,000,000 | 2,010,000 | ||||||
Ineos Group Holdings Ltd. | 2,500,000 | 1,987,500 | ||||||
Sino-Forest Corp. | 2,275,000 | 591,500 | ||||||
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd. | 500,000 | 508,750 | ||||||
Methanex Corp. | 5,000 | 5,143 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Materials | 5,102,893 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Information Technology — 4.1% |
| |||||||
Seagate Technology HDD Holdings | 1,350,000 | 1,444,500 | ||||||
NCO Group, Inc. | 1,000,000 | 945,000 | ||||||
Seagate HDD Cayman | 900,000 | 924,750 | ||||||
First Data Corp. | 1,000,000 | 830,000 | ||||||
SunGard Data Systems, Inc. | 600,000 | 639,000 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Information Technology |
| 4,783,250 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Energy — 3.6% | ||||||||
Stallion Oilfield Holdings Ltd. | 1,450,000 | 1,551,500 | ||||||
Tesoro Corp. | 900,000 | 922,500 | ||||||
Westmoreland Coal Co. | 800,000 | 784,000 | ||||||
Petroquest Energy, Inc. | 500,000 | 515,000 | ||||||
BreitBurn Energy Partners, LP | 250,000 | 261,563 | ||||||
SM Energy Co. | 150,000 | 154,500 | ||||||
SemGroup, LP | 1,700,000 | — | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Energy | 4,189,063 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Corporate Bonds | 103,163,496 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† — 4.7% |
| |||||||
Financials — 1.4% | ||||||||
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | 1,000,000 | 1,121,250 | ||||||
E*Trade Financial Corp. | 750,000 | 585,000 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Financials | 1,706,250 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Industrials — 1.3% | ||||||||
DryShips, Inc. | 2,166,000 | 1,489,125 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 0.9% |
| |||||||
Sonic Automotive, Inc. | 800,000 | 1,059,000 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Energy — 0.8% | ||||||||
USEC, Inc. | 2,050,000 | 950,687 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Health Care — 0.3% | ||||||||
Invacare Corp. | 350,000 | 377,563 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Convertible Bonds | 5,582,625 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS†† — 0.2% |
| |||||||
Mexico Government International Bond | 116,000 | 116,000 | ||||||
Banque Centrale de Tunisie S.A. | 80,000 | 80,800 | ||||||
South Africa Government International Bond | 35,000 | 35,571 | ||||||
Chile Government International Bond | 25,000 | 25,027 | ||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 91 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded) | ||
December 31, 2011 | Series P (High Yield Series) |
VALUE | ||||
Total Foreign Government Bonds | $ | 257,398 | ||
|
| |||
Total Investments — 93.7% | $ | 110,700,901 | ||
|
| |||
Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 6.3% | 7,455,225 | |||
|
| |||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 118,156,126 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, except as noted — See Note 4. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs, except as noted — See Note 4. |
††† | Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 4. |
1 | Illiquid security. |
2 | Security was acquired through a private placement. |
3 | Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2011. |
4 | Security is a 144A or Section 4(2) security. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(2) securities is $24,949,100 (cost $27,248,127), or 21.1% of total net assets. |
5 | Perpetual maturity. |
6 | Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations. |
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
92 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series P (High Yield Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value (cost $112,740,446) | $ | 110,700,901 | ||
Cash | 5,164,852 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 586 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Interest | 2,374,671 | |||
Fund shares sold | 77,102 | |||
Other | 5,500 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 118,323,612 | |||
|
| |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Management fees | 75,018 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 47,726 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 9,502 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,257 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 1,562 | |||
Miscellaneous | 31,421 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 167,486 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 118,156,126 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 105,692,419 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 11,992,669 | |||
Accumulated net realized gain on investments | 2,505,083 | |||
Net unrealized depreciation on investments | (2,034,045 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 118,156,126 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 4,414,213 | |||
Net asset value per share | $26.77 | |||
|
|
S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends | $ | 77,419 | ||
Interest | 10,330,661 | |||
Other income | 142 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 10,408,222 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 944,235 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,227 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 119,602 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 13,102 | |||
Custodian fees | 3,983 | |||
Miscellaneous | 59,522 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 1,165,671 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment income | 9,242,551 | |||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 2,885,909 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 2,885,909 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (11,100,467 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (11,100,467 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (8,214,558 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 1,027,993 | ||
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 93 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series P (High Yield Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 9,242,551 | $ | 10,673,737 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments | 2,885,909 | 2,994,714 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (11,100,467 | ) | 5,366,847 | |||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 1,027,993 | 19,035,298 | ||||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 62,415,591 | 74,340,620 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (83,736,331 | ) | (94,059,284 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (21,320,740 | ) | (19,718,664 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets | (20,292,747 | ) | (683,366 | ) | ||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 138,448,873 | 139,132,239 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 118,156,126 | $ | 138,448,873 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 11,992,669 | $ | 12,997,748 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 2,320,705 | 2,988,727 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (3,076,874 | ) | (3,815,878 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (756,169 | ) | (827,151 | ) |
94 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series P (High Yield Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 26.78 | $ | 23.20 | $ | 13.37 | $ | 19.18 | $ | 18.79 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | 2.00 | 2.02 | 1.89 | 1.57 | 1.38 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (2.01 | ) | 1.56 | 7.94 | (7.38 | ) | (.99 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (0.01 | ) | 3.58 | 9.83 | (5.81 | ) | .39 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 26.77 | $ | 26.78 | $ | 23.20 | $ | 13.37 | $ | 19.18 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (0.04% | ) | 15.43% | 73.52% | (30.29% | ) | 2.08% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 118,156 | $ | 138,449 | $ | 139,132 | $ | 83,219 | $ | 115,301 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 7.34% | 8.16% | 10.24% | 9.02% | 7.19% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.93% | 0.94% | 0.94% | 0.94% | 0.92% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 64% | 56% | 48% | 33% | 50% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 95 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) returned -4.61%, outperforming the Russell 2000® Value Index,* which returned -5.50%.
Our strategy is to select securities of small companies that appear undervalued by the overall market relative to assets, earnings, growth potential or cash flows. Our investment approach is a defined and disciplined process with three key philosophical tenets that drive our investment decisions: a valuation focus, a long-term investment horizon and an opportunistic approach.
Our investment process is fundamentally driven and quantitatively aided. We use proprietary screens to identify potential companies for investment and then perform rigorous fundamental analysis to identify the best ideas. Through this fundamental research, we determine an estimate of intrinsic value and a corresponding valuation target for each company. We construct the portfolio based on the level of conviction generated by the bottom-up analysis and the upside/downside profile associated with each company.
Outperformance of the portfolio stemmed from good stock selection and an overweight in the Energy, sector, plus good stock selection in the Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors. These effects more than offset an overweight and poor stock selection in the Industrials sector (the largest allocation in the portfolio) and an overweight in the Information Technology sector. The Financials sector also detracted slightly from overall return. Its holdings moderately underperformed those in the benchmark, but it was only 50% of the weight of the sector in the benchmark.
Among the top contributors to performance were Global Industries, Ltd. and LSB Industries, Inc. Stocks detracting the most from performance were GeoEye Inc. and USEC Inc.
Factors expected to affect markets going forward include the trend in corporate earnings, resolution to the European sovereign debt crisis and developments in the U.S. economic recovery as a result of the ongoing budget discussions. We expect the world macroeconomic situation to remain unsettled in the near future and are focused on searching for companies that are underpriced relative to their intrinsic value as determined through our systematic, bottom-up, fundamental research analysis process.
Through periods of uncertainty, we believe holding companies that meet our investment criteria, and staying consistent with our philosophy and process, will benefit our investors over the long term.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
James Schier, CFA, Portfolio Manager
96 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of James Schier as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 97
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011
SERIES Q (SMALL CAP VALUE SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Russell 2000® Value Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of the small cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe and which includes companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap | -4.61 | % | 4.19 | % | 10.42 | % | ||||||
Russell 2000 Value | -5.50 | % | -1.87 | % | 6.40 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | May 1, 2000 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 3.0 | % | ||
Cabela’s, Inc. | 2.9 | % | ||
Parker Drilling Co. | 2.5 | % | ||
Gulfport Energy Corp. | 2.2 | % | ||
Standard Microsystems Corp. | 2.2 | % | ||
Myers Industries, Inc. | 2.1 | % | ||
Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. | 1.9 | % | ||
Reinsurance Group of America, | ||||
Inc. — Class A | 1.9 | % | ||
GeoEye, Inc. | 1.9 | % | ||
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. | 1.9 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 22.5 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Russell 2000 Value Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
98 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 97.0% | ||||||||
Industrials — 18.2% | ||||||||
GeoEye, Inc.* | 90,857 | $ | 2,018,843 | |||||
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. | 334,920 | 1,862,155 | ||||||
ICF International, Inc.* | 69,100 | 1,712,298 | ||||||
Navigant Consulting, Inc.* | 129,880 | 1,481,931 | ||||||
FTI Consulting, Inc.* | 31,810 | 1,349,380 | ||||||
Orbital Sciences Corp.* | 92,421 | 1,342,877 | ||||||
Aegion Corp.* | 80,500 | 1,234,870 | ||||||
Saia, Inc.* | 92,000 | 1,148,160 | ||||||
General Cable Corp.*,1 | 43,400 | 1,085,434 | ||||||
Celadon Group, Inc. | 84,479 | 997,697 | ||||||
Covanta Holding Corp. | 71,600 | 980,204 | ||||||
EnergySolutions, Inc.* | 291,210 | 899,839 | ||||||
Vitran Corporation, Inc. — Class A* | 144,643 | 833,144 | ||||||
Energy Recovery, Inc.* | 303,190 | 782,230 | ||||||
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.* | 17,721 | 681,018 | ||||||
DryShips, Inc.* | 247,320 | 494,640 | ||||||
ESCO Technologies, Inc. | 12,827 | 369,161 | ||||||
Marten Transport Ltd. | 19,879 | 357,623 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 19,631,504 | |||||||
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Financials — 17.4% | ||||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.2 | �� | 93,200 | 3,257,340 | |||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. — Class A | 39,155 | 2,045,849 | ||||||
Horace Mann Educators Corp. | 122,440 | 1,678,652 | ||||||
1st Source Corp. | 65,430 | 1,657,342 | ||||||
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. | 380,040 | 1,637,972 | ||||||
SeaBright Holdings, Inc. | 197,060 | 1,507,509 | ||||||
Ocwen Financial Corp. — Class (mid) Warrants risk* | 84,041 | 1,216,914 | ||||||
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | 29,320 | 1,121,490 | ||||||
Employers Holdings, Inc. | 55,490 | 1,003,814 | ||||||
Solar Senior Capital Ltd. | 48,299 | 760,709 | ||||||
Lexington Realty Trust | 99,400 | 744,506 | ||||||
AMERISAFE, Inc.* | 28,364 | 659,463 | ||||||
MGIC Investment Corp.* | 150,190 | 560,209 | ||||||
Bancfirst Corp. | 13,037 | 489,409 | ||||||
Redwood Trust, Inc. | 24,900 | 253,482 | ||||||
First Marblehead Corp.* | 125,556 | 146,901 | ||||||
PrivateBancorp, Inc. | 7,903 | 86,775 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 18,828,336 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 16.5% | ||||||||
Cabela’s, Inc.* | 121,007 | 3,075,998 | ||||||
International Speedway Corp. — Class A | 74,100 | 1,878,435 | ||||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc.1 | 164,500 | 1,832,530 | ||||||
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.* | 390,302 | 1,701,717 | ||||||
Maidenform Brands, Inc.*,1 | 89,120 | 1,630,896 | ||||||
Penn National Gaming, Inc.* | 38,520 | 1,466,456 | ||||||
DeVry, Inc. | 33,490 | 1,288,025 | ||||||
Coldwater Creek, Inc.* | 1,045,558 | 1,233,758 | ||||||
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | 109,210 | 971,969 | ||||||
MDC Partners, Inc. — Class A | 71,002 | 959,947 | ||||||
Scholastic Corp. | 31,800 | 953,046 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc.* | 32,290 | 705,859 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 17,698,636 | |||||||
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Information Technology — 16.2% | ||||||||
Standard Microsystems Corp.* | 90,349 | 2,328,294 | ||||||
Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc.* | 462,740 | 2,059,193 | ||||||
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.* | 124,000 | 2,013,760 | ||||||
IXYS Corp.* | 184,200 | 1,994,886 | ||||||
Insight Enterprises, Inc.* | 105,649 | 1,615,373 | ||||||
Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.* | 69,900 | 1,436,445 | ||||||
Digi International, Inc.* | 127,249 | 1,420,099 | ||||||
Cree, Inc.* | 50,270 | 1,107,951 | ||||||
Perficient, Inc.* | 73,460 | 735,335 | ||||||
Intermec, Inc.* | 98,630 | 676,602 | ||||||
Power-One, Inc.* | 166,825 | 652,286 | ||||||
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. ADR* | 253,598 | 593,419 | ||||||
Symmetricom, Inc.* | 108,549 | 585,079 | ||||||
Methode Electronics, Inc. | 29,471 | 244,315 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 17,463,037 | |||||||
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Energy — 11.4% | ||||||||
Parker Drilling Co.* | 372,860 | 2,673,406 | ||||||
Gulfport Energy Corp.* | 81,805 | 2,409,157 | ||||||
Abraxas Petroleum Corp.* | 573,860 | 1,893,738 | ||||||
Tesco Corp.* | 109,070 | 1,378,645 | ||||||
Goodrich Petroleum Corp.* | 86,026 | 1,181,137 | ||||||
Petroleum Development Corp.* | 30,850 | 1,083,143 | ||||||
Resolute Energy Corp.* | 75,600 | 816,480 | ||||||
Sanchez Energy Corp.* | 26,811 | 462,758 | ||||||
USEC, Inc.* | 271,330 | 309,316 | ||||||
Ocean Rig UDW, Inc.* | 1,797 | 21,923 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 12,229,703 | |||||||
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Materials — 8.2% | ||||||||
Myers Industries, Inc. | 179,400 | 2,213,796 | ||||||
TPC Group, Inc.* | 66,740 | 1,557,044 | ||||||
A. Schulman, Inc. | 58,850 | 1,246,443 | ||||||
Zoltek Companies, Inc.* | 138,200 | 1,053,084 | ||||||
Landec Corp.* | 181,144 | 999,915 | ||||||
HB Fuller Co. | 40,373 | 933,020 | ||||||
Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. | 58,100 | 777,959 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Materials | 8,781,261 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Staples — 3.6% | ||||||||
Spartan Stores, Inc. | 79,360 | 1,468,160 | ||||||
Orchids Paper Products Co. | 80,438 | 1,463,972 | ||||||
Smart Balance, Inc.* | 166,476 | 892,311 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Staples | 3,824,443 | |||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 99 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded)
December 31, 2011 | Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Health Care — 3.2% |
| |||||||
ICU Medical, Inc.* | 44,740 | $ | 2,013,300 | |||||
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.* | 65,010 | 765,168 | ||||||
Greatbatch, Inc.* | 30,401 | 671,862 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Health Care | 3,450,330 | |||||||
|
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Utilities — 2.3% | ||||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 57,670 | 1,936,559 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 25,365 | 544,333 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Utilities | 2,480,892 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $98,714,713) | 104,388,142 | |||||||
|
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CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS†† — 0.1% |
| |||||||
Thermoenergy Corp.*,3 | 116,667 | 63,024 | ||||||
|
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Total Convertible Preferred Stocks |
| |||||||
(Cost $111,410) | 63,024 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
WARRANTS†† — 0.0% |
| |||||||
Thermoenergy Corp. | 315,468 | 6,309 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Warrants | ||||||||
(Cost $28,492) | 6,309 | |||||||
|
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FACE AMOUNT | ||||||||
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† — 0.2% |
| |||||||
Industrials — 0.2% | ||||||||
DryShips, Inc. | $ | 400,000 | 275,000 | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Convertible Bonds | ||||||||
(Cost $305,718) | 275,000 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 97.3% |
| |||||||
(Cost $99,160,333) | $ | 104,732,475 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
CONTRACTS | ||||||||
OPTIONS WRITTEN — (0.1)% |
| |||||||
Call Options on: | ||||||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $15.00†† | 102 | (2,040 | ) | |||||
General Cable Corp. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $27.00† | 155 | (4,650 | ) | |||||
Maidenform Brands, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $25.00†† | 197 | (7,880 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Call Options | (14,570 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Put Options on: | ||||||||
General Cable Corp. | 194 | (3,880 | ) | |||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | 121 | (18,150 | ) | |||||
Maidenform Brands, Inc. | 218 | (104,640 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Put Options | (126,670 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Options Written | ||||||||
(Premiums received $162,846) | (141,240 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.8% | 2,995,471 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 107,586,706 |
* | 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 collateral for open call option written contracts at December 31, 2011. |
2 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral for open put option written contracts at December 31, 2011. |
3 | PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) — Stock issued by a company in the secondary market as a means of raising capital more quickly and less expensively than through registration of a secondary public offering. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
100 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 104,732,475 | ||
Cash | 3,602,506 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 474 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities sold | 603,073 | |||
Fund shares sold | 178,535 | |||
Dividends | 62,332 | |||
Interest | 1,694 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 109,181,089 | |||
|
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LIABILITIES: | ||||
Options written, at value | 141,240 | |||
Payable for: | ||||
Securities purchased | 1,004,424 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 333,606 | |||
Management fees | 86,097 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 8,610 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,257 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 783 | |||
Miscellaneous | 17,366 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 1,594,383 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 107,586,706 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 94,582,850 | ||
Accumulated net realized gain on investments | 7,410,108 | |||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 5,593,748 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 107,586,706 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 3,353,153 | |||
Net asset value per share | $32.09 | |||
|
|
S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R AT I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign | $ | 984,199 | ||
Interest | 12,564 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 996,763 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 1,145,604 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,237 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 114,558 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 11,269 | |||
Custodian fees | 11,280 | |||
Miscellaneous | 39,916 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 1,347,864 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment loss | (351,101 | ) | ||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 21,781,379 | |||
Options written | 261,995 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 22,043,374 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | ||||
Investments | (28,165,569 | ) | ||
Options written | (7,232 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | (28,172,801 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (6,129,427 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (6,480,528 | ) | |
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 101 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment loss | $ | (351,101 | ) | $ | (265,148 | ) | ||
Net realized gain on investments | 22,043,374 | 16,705,449 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (28,172,801 | ) | 6,331,311 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (6,480,528 | ) | 22,771,612 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 29,722,322 | 35,686,770 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (42,482,171 | ) | (57,091,222 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (12,759,849 | ) | (21,404,452 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (19,240,377 | ) | 1,367,160 | |||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 126,827,083 | 125,459,923 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 107,586,706 | $ | 126,827,083 | ||||
Accumulated net investment loss at end of year | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 862,428 | 1,205,270 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,278,876 | ) | (1,981,985 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (416,448 | ) | (776,715 | ) |
102 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 33.64 | $ | 27.60 | $ | 17.70 | $ | 28.82 | $ | 26.14 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)a | (.10 | ) | (.06 | ) | (.01 | ) | .06 | (.12 | ) | |||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (1.45 | ) | 6.10 | 9.91 | (11.18 | ) | 2.80 | |||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (1.55 | ) | 6.04 | 9.90 | (11.12 | ) | 2.68 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 32.09 | $ | 33.64 | $ | 27.60 | $ | 17.70 | $ | 28.82 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (4.61% | ) | 21.88% | 55.93% | (38.58% | ) | 10.25% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 107,587 | $ | 126,827 | $ | 125,460 | $ | 85,944 | $ | 166,871 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | (0.29% | ) | (0.22% | ) | (0.02% | ) | 0.24% | (0.42% | ) | |||||||||||
Total expenses | 1.12% | 1.12% | 1.14% | 1.19% | 1.18% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 51% | 38% | 126% | 25% | 42% |
a | Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Security Investors, LLC (SI) became the advisor of Series Q effective February 9, 2009. Prior to February 9, 2009, Wells Capital Management, Inc. sub-advised the Series. |
The accompanying notes are a integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 103 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) returned -7.49%, while the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 2500® Value Index*, returned -3.36%.
Our strategy is to select securities of small- to medium-sized companies that appear undervalued by the overall market relative to assets, earnings, growth potential or cash flows. Our investment approach is a defined and disciplined process with three key philosophical tenets that drive our investment decisions: a valuation focus, a long-term investment horizon and an opportunistic approach.
Our investment process is fundamentally driven and quantitatively aided. We use proprietary screens to identify potential companies for investment and then perform rigorous fundamental analysis to identify the best ideas. Through this fundamental research, we determine an estimate of intrinsic value and a corresponding valuation target for each company. We construct the portfolio based on the level of conviction generated by the bottom-up analysis and the upside/downside profile associated with each company.
The portfolio’s performance was helped by an overweight and good stock selection in the Energy sector, and good stock selection in the Financials sector (Financials weight was half the Index weight). However, these benefits were not enough to offset poor stock selection and an overweight in Industrials and poor stock selection in Information Technology.
The holdings contributing most to portfolio performance over the period were Global Industries Ltd. and RehabCare. The main detractors were Computer Sciences Corp. and GeoEye Inc.
Factors expected to affect markets going forward include the trend in corporate earnings, resolution to the European sovereign debt crisis and developments in the U.S. economic recovery as a result of the ongoing budget discussions. We expect the world macroeconomic situation to remain unsettled in the near future and are focused on searching for companies that are underpriced relative to their intrinsic value as determined through our systematic, bottom-up, fundamental research analysis process.
Through periods of uncertainty, we believe holding companies that meet our investment criteria, and staying consistent with our philosophy and process, will benefit our investors over the long term.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
James Schier, CFA, Portfolio Manager
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of James Schier as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Russell 2500® Value Index measures the performance of the small- to mid-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
104 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011 |
SERIES V (MID CAP VALUE SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Russell 2500® Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of small-to-mid cap U.S. companies with greater-than-average value orientation.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap | -7.49 | % | 2.71 | % | 9.87 | % | ||||||
Russell 2500 Value | -3.36 | % | -0.58 | % | 7.16 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | May 1, 1997 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 3.5 | % | ||
Cabela’s, Inc. | 3.0 | % | ||
American Financial Group, Inc. | 2.6 | % | ||
WR Berkley Corp. | 2.5 | % | ||
Gulfport Energy Corp. | 2.5 | % | ||
Computer Sciences Corp. | 2.5 | % | ||
Plains Exploration & Production Co. | 2.0 | % | ||
Maxwell Technologies, Inc. | 2.0 | % | ||
Owens-Illinois, Inc. | 2.0 | % | ||
Covanta Holding Corp. | 2.0 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 24.6 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Russell 2500 Value Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 105
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 97.3% |
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Financials — 19.7% |
| |||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 249,360 | $ | 8,715,132 | |||||
American Financial Group, Inc.1 | 176,400 | 6,507,396 | ||||||
WR Berkley Corp. | 184,000 | 6,327,760 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of | 92,263 | 4,820,742 | ||||||
Alleghany Corp.* | 14,317 | 4,084,497 | ||||||
Ocwen Financial Corp.* | 200,911 | 2,909,191 | ||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 37,400 | 2,781,438 | ||||||
Fifth Street Finance Corp. | 233,474 | 2,234,346 | ||||||
Lexington Realty Trust | 254,053 | 1,902,857 | ||||||
Employers Holdings, Inc. | 98,600 | 1,783,674 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 37,010 | 1,467,817 | ||||||
Endurance Specialty | 34,886 | 1,334,389 | ||||||
MGIC Investment Corp.* | 349,620 | 1,304,083 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp | 111,784 | 1,302,284 | ||||||
Investors Real Estate Trust | 133,340 | 972,715 | ||||||
Redwood Trust, Inc. | 61,138 | 622,385 | ||||||
First Marblehead Corp.* | 303,741 | 355,377 | ||||||
Bimini Capital Management, | 209,849 | 76,805 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 49,502,888 | |||||||
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Industrials — 19.3% |
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Covanta Holding Corp. | 359,910 | 4,927,168 | ||||||
GeoEye, Inc.* | 210,100 | 4,668,422 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc.* | 216,000 | 4,652,640 | ||||||
Navigant Consulting, Inc.* | 336,919 | 3,844,246 | ||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 88,000 | 3,409,120 | ||||||
FTI Consulting, Inc.* | 75,770 | 3,214,163 | ||||||
Aegion Corp.* | 190,000 | 2,914,600 | ||||||
General Cable Corp.*,2 | 116,510 | 2,913,915 | ||||||
Orbital Sciences Corp.* | 196,164 | 2,850,263 | ||||||
URS Corp.* | 76,820 | 2,697,918 | ||||||
Babcock & Wilcox Co.* | 93,950 | 2,267,953 | ||||||
ICF International, Inc.* | 88,000 | 2,180,640 | ||||||
Trex Company, Inc.* | 80,300 | 1,839,673 | ||||||
Atlas Air Worldwide | 43,219 | 1,660,906 | ||||||
Saia, Inc.* | 106,900 | 1,334,112 | ||||||
United Stationers, Inc. | 37,810 | 1,231,094 | ||||||
DryShips, Inc.* | 578,750 | 1,157,500 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Home & | 24,300 | 413,829 | ||||||
Thermoenergy Corp.* | 905,961 | 167,603 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 48,345,765 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 13.4% |
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Cabela’s, Inc.* | 300,533 | 7,639,549 | ||||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc.2 | 387,500 | 4,316,750 | ||||||
Apollo Group, Inc. — Class A*,2 | 71,000 | 3,824,770 | ||||||
Penn National Gaming, Inc.* | 92,020 | 3,503,201 | ||||||
Maidenform Brands, Inc.* | 142,060 | 2,599,698 | ||||||
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | 270,121 | 2,404,077 | ||||||
Scholastic Corp. | 78,384 | 2,349,168 | ||||||
Jack in the Box, Inc.* | 86,000 | 1,797,400 | ||||||
Smith & Wesson Holding | 390,096 | 1,700,819 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc.*,2 | 68,000 | 1,486,480 | ||||||
DeVry, Inc. | 32,430 | 1,247,258 | ||||||
Fred’s, Inc. — Class A | 46,220 | 673,888 | ||||||
HydroGen Corp.*,4 | 672,346 | 6,791 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 33,549,849 | |||||||
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Energy — 10.7% |
| |||||||
Gulfport Energy Corp.* | 211,977 | 6,242,723 | ||||||
Plains Exploration & | 138,700 | 5,093,064 | ||||||
SandRidge Energy, Inc.* | 580,574 | 4,737,484 | ||||||
McDermott International, Inc.* | 281,900 | 3,244,669 | ||||||
Goodrich Petroleum Corp.* | 209,877 | 2,881,611 | ||||||
Resolute Energy Corp.* | 187,500 | 2,025,000 | ||||||
Sanchez Energy Corp.* | 62,422 | 1,077,404 | ||||||
Arch Coal, Inc. | 55,000 | 798,050 | ||||||
USEC, Inc.* | 598,070 | 681,800 | ||||||
Ocean Rig UDW, Inc.* | 4,205 | 51,301 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 26,833,106 | |||||||
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Information Technology — 9.6% |
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Computer Sciences Corp. | 263,310 | 6,240,447 | ||||||
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.* | 308,863 | 5,015,935 | ||||||
IXYS Corp.* | 444,290 | 4,811,661 | ||||||
Cree, Inc.* | 123,310 | 2,717,752 | ||||||
Power-One, Inc.* | 508,621 | 1,988,708 | ||||||
Symmetricom, Inc.* | 360,140 | 1,941,155 | ||||||
Satyam Computer Services | 612,124 | 1,432,370 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 24,148,028 | |||||||
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Materials — 8.4% |
| |||||||
Owens-Illinois, Inc.* | 256,010 | 4,961,474 | ||||||
Bemis Company, Inc. | 126,310 | 3,799,405 | ||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.* | 415,010 | 3,349,131 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 95,950 | 3,162,512 | ||||||
HB Fuller Co. | 89,121 | 2,059,586 | ||||||
Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. | 137,550 | 1,841,794 | ||||||
Zoltek Companies, Inc.* | 127,260 | 969,721 | ||||||
Landec Corp.* | 173,000 | 954,960 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Materials | 21,098,583 | |||||||
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Utilities — 5.7% |
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Great Plains Energy, Inc. | 188,305 | 4,101,283 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 101,800 | 3,418,444 | ||||||
UGI Corp. | 77,209 | 2,269,945 | ||||||
Allete, Inc. | 45,600 | 1,914,288 | ||||||
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 63,731 | 1,367,667 | ||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 36,950 | 1,322,440 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Total Utilities | 14,394,067 | |||||||
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106 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued) | ||||
December 31, 2011 | Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Health Care — 5.5% |
| |||||||
Mednax, Inc.* | 43,115 | $ | 3,104,711 | |||||
Hologic, Inc.* | 146,044 | 2,557,230 | ||||||
Forest Laboratories, Inc.* | 76,380 | 2,311,259 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, | 51,140 | 1,987,300 | ||||||
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.* | 160,530 | 1,889,438 | ||||||
Community Health | ||||||||
Systems, Inc.* | 103,730 | 1,810,088 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Health Care | 13,660,026 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Staples — 5.0% |
| |||||||
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.* | 44,239 | 3,782,434 | ||||||
JM Smucker Co. | 47,440 | 3,708,385 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. | 104,520 | 3,061,391 | ||||||
Bunge Ltd.2 | 32,510 | 1,859,572 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 12,411,782 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $237,116,540) | 243,944,094 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS†† — 0.1% |
| |||||||
Thermoenergy Corp.*,3 | 308,333 | 166,561 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks |
| |||||||
(Cost $294,438) | 166,561 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
WARRANTS†† — 0.0% |
| |||||||
Thermoenergy Corp. | ||||||||
$0.30, 07/31/15*,3 | 833,734 | 16,675 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Warrants |
| |||||||
(Cost $75,300) | 16,675 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
FACE | ||||||||
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† — 1.0% |
| |||||||
Energy — 0.6% |
| |||||||
USEC, Inc. | ||||||||
3.00% due 10/01/14 | $ | 3,500,000 | 1,623,125 | |||||
|
| |||||||
Industrials — 0.4% |
| |||||||
DryShips, Inc. | ||||||||
5.00% due 12/01/14 | 1,325,000 | 910,938 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Convertible Bonds |
| |||||||
(Cost $4,512,353) | 2,534,063 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 98.4% |
| |||||||
(Cost $241,998,631) | $ | 246,661,393 | ||||||
|
|
CONTRACTS | ||||||||
OPTIONS WRITTEN — (0.1)% | ||||||||
Call Options on: | ||||||||
Bunge Ltd. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $62.50† | 191 | (2,101 | ) | |||||
Hanesbrands, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $30.00† | 248 | (2,480 | ) | |||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $15.00†† | 243 | (4,860 | ) | |||||
General Cable Corp. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $27.00† | 374 | (11,220 | ) | |||||
Apollo Group, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $50.00† | 244 | (124,440 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Call Options | (145,101 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Put Options on: | ||||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $35.00† | 340 | (8,500 | ) | |||||
General Cable Corp. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $21.00†† | 465 | (9,300 | ) | |||||
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $12.50†† | 292 | (43,800 | ) | |||||
Bunge Ltd. | ||||||||
Expiring January 2012 with strike price of $60.00† | 199 | (61,690 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Put Options | (123,290 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Options Written | ||||||||
(Premiums received $604,688) |
| (268,391 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, | ||||||||
Less Liabilities — 1.7% | 4,227,179 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 250,620,181 |
* | 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 collateral for open put option written contracts at December 31, 2011. |
2 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral for open call option written contracts at December 31, 2011. |
3 | PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) — Stock issued by a company in the secondary market as a means of raising capital more quickly and less expensively than through registration of a secondary public offering. |
4 | Affiliated issuers — See Note 9. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 107 |
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) |
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value | $ | 246,654,602 | ||
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value | 6,791 | |||
|
| |||
Total investments | 246,661,393 | |||
Cash | 4,080,895 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 1,231 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Fund shares sold | 241,353 | |||
Securities sold | 207,781 | |||
Dividends | 198,546 | |||
Interest | 32,005 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 251,423,204 | |||
|
| |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Options written, at value | 268,391 | |||
Payable for: | ||||
Management fees | 158,839 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 79,656 | |||
Securities purchased | 33,378 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 20,119 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,259 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 892 | |||
Miscellaneous | 239,489 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 803,023 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 250,620,181 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 241,708,377 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 748,307 | |||
Accumulated net realized gain on investments | 3,164,438 | |||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 4,999,059 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 250,620,181 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 4,688,832 | |||
Net asset value per share | $53.45 | |||
|
|
S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends | $ | 3,224,766 | ||
Interest | 147,191 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 3,371,957 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 2,189,539 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,234 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 277,338 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 27,121 | |||
Custodian fees | 13,389 | |||
Miscellaneous | 91,029 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 2,623,650 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment income | 748,307 | |||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): |
| |||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 22,450,415 | |||
Options written | 422,381 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 22,872,796 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | (45,095,674 | ) | ||
Options written | 722,290 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | (44,373,384 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (21,500,588 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting | $ | (20,752,281 | ) | |
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
108 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S | Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 748,307 | $ | 2,289,761 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments | 22,872,796 | 8,736,520 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (44,373,384 | ) | 38,807,545 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (20,752,281 | ) | 49,833,826 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 20,299,766 | 43,590,963 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (65,345,769 | ) | (81,736,566 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (45,046,003 | ) | (38,145,603 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (65,798,284 | ) | 11,688,223 | |||||
NETASSETS: | 316,418,465 | 304,730,242 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 250,620,181 | $ | 316,418,465 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 748,307 | $ | 2,289,761 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 353,775 | 863,776 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,141,272 | ) | (1,600,455 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (787,497 | ) | (736,679 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 109 |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 57.78 | $ | 49.05 | $ | 34.08 | $ | 47.64 | $ | 46.78 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .15 | .39 | .38 | .49 | .36 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized | (4.48 | ) | 8.34 | 14.59 | (14.05 | ) | .50 | |||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (4.33 | ) | 8.73 | 14.97 | (13.56 | ) | .86 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 53.45 | $ | 57.78 | $ | 49.05 | $ | 34.08 | $ | 47.64 | ||||||||||
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| |||||||||||||||||||
Total Returnb | (7.49% | ) | 17.80% | 43.93% | (28.46% | ) | 1.84% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 250,620 | $ | 316,418 | $ | 304,730 | $ | 244,884 | $ | 409,211 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.26% | 0.75% | 0.97% | 1.15% | 0.73% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.90% | 0.90% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 0.89% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 28% | 25% | 29% | 56% | 45% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
110 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) returned -1.96%, compared with the benchmark, the Russell 2000® Growth Index*, which returned -2.91%.
The Series seeks to deliver long-term growth of capital by investing in securities of small-sized companies that have solid potential for long-term growth. The Series selects companies that appear to have sustainable revenue and earnings growth, a competitive advantage, superior financial characteristics and strong management.
The Series uses a combination of a qualitative macroeconomic approach in reviewing growth trends that is based on several fixed income factors, such as bond spreads and interest rates, along with a quantitative, fundamental bottom-up approach.
The portfolio’s performance was helped by stock selection in Consumer Discretionary and Health Care, the sectors contributing the most to the portfolio’s relative outperformance. Holdings in the portfolio’s Consumer Discretionary sector, whose nearly 19% weight was modestly larger than the Index allocation, returned almost 3%, compared with a loss of nearly 6% in the sector in the Index. The sectors that detracted the most from performance were Industrials, where stock selection was the main factor in underperformance, and in Energy, where stock selection was a slight headwind to performance.
The holdings contributing most to portfolio performance over the period were SonoSite Inc. and Endologix Inc. Leading detractors to performance were VanceInfo Technologies, Inc., and Smith Micro Software Inc.
Given the slope of the Treasury Yield Curve (the difference between the 3-month and 10-year), we continue to believe the U.S. economy will avoid recession, but turn in subpar 1.5% -2% growth over the next year or so. Additionally, bond spreads (10-year single-A bond) have widened, but not to the levels we saw in 2008. Both factors indicate a diminished risk environment but not a crisis such as 2008.
Since our indicators are not particularly positive, we expect to keep the beta of our portfolio similar to that of the benchmark. We will remain in cyclical names within certain sectors where the dollar’s strength is a tailwind, such as the consumer cyclical sector. We do anticipate that Europe will eventually provide a strong response to its sovereign crisis which should lift the markets.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Joseph O’Connor, Portfolio Manager
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of Joseph O’Connor as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 111
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011
SERIES X (SMALL CAP GROWTH SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of small-to-mid cap U.S. companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | -1.96 | % | -0.79 | % | 3.88 | % | ||||||
Russell 2000 Growth Index | -2.91 | % | 2.09 | % | 4.48 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | October 15, 1997 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund | 4.0 | % | ||
Oil States International, Inc. | 2.5 | % | ||
Alliance Data Systems Corp. | 2.1 | % | ||
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. | 1.9 | % | ||
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. | 1.7 | % | ||
Plains Exploration & Production Co. | 1.6 | % | ||
Nuance Communications, Inc. | 1.6 | % | ||
Penn National Gaming, Inc. | 1.6 | % | ||
Jarden Corp. | 1.6 | % | ||
Solutia, Inc. | 1.6 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 20.2 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Russell 2000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
112 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 93.7% |
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Information Technology — 26.1% |
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Alliance Data Systems Corp.* | 7,175 | $ | 745,052 | |||||
Nuance Communications, Inc.* | 22,780 | 573,145 | ||||||
Aspen Technology, Inc.* | 25,350 | 439,823 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* | 40,470 | 420,888 | ||||||
Solera Holdings, Inc. | 9,400 | 418,676 | ||||||
Aruba Networks, Inc.* | 22,400 | 414,848 | ||||||
CommVault Systems, Inc.* | 9,500 | 405,840 | ||||||
SYNNEX Corp.* | 13,050 | 397,503 | ||||||
Rovi Corp.* | 14,700 | 361,326 | ||||||
Sourcefire, Inc.* | 11,150 | 361,037 | ||||||
IAC/InterActiveCorp. | 8,425 | 358,905 | ||||||
Netgear, Inc.* | 10,600 | 355,842 | ||||||
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.* | 55,400 | 329,076 | ||||||
LogMeIn, Inc.* | 8,450 | 325,747 | ||||||
Nanometrics, Inc.* | 17,090 | 314,798 | ||||||
TIBCO Software, Inc.* | 12,950 | 309,635 | ||||||
SolarWinds, Inc.* | 11,070 | 309,407 | ||||||
Newport Corp.* | 20,800 | 283,088 | ||||||
Informatica Corp.* | 7,650 | 282,514 | ||||||
Cavium, Inc.* | 9,800 | 278,614 | ||||||
Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc.* | 11,810 | 269,859 | ||||||
Opnet Technologies, Inc. | 7,190 | 263,657 | ||||||
Harmonic, Inc.* | 51,700 | 260,568 | ||||||
Ciena Corp.* | 20,000 | 242,000 | ||||||
Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd.* | 30,900 | 227,733 | ||||||
Riverbed Technology, Inc.* | 9,600 | 225,600 | ||||||
VanceInfo Technologies, Inc. ADR* | 15,050 | 136,504 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 9,311,685 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 18.1% | ||||||||
Penn National Gaming, Inc.* | 15,015 | 571,621 | ||||||
Jarden Corp. | 19,090 | 570,409 | ||||||
SodaStream International Ltd.* | 17,025 | 556,547 | ||||||
Life Time Fitness, Inc.* | 11,155 | 521,496 | ||||||
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.* | 10,200 | 462,264 | ||||||
Gentex Corp. | 15,350 | 454,206 | ||||||
Select Comfort Corp.* | 19,250 | 417,533 | ||||||
Vail Resorts, Inc. | 8,935 | 378,487 | ||||||
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. | 9,710 | 376,651 | ||||||
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.* | 36,400 | 369,824 | ||||||
Lennar Corp. — Class A | 18,780 | 369,027 | ||||||
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.* | 5,225 | 339,207 | ||||||
MDC Partners, Inc. — Class A | 23,600 | 319,072 | ||||||
Cost Plus, Inc.* | 29,300 | 285,675 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc.* | 12,930 | 282,650 | ||||||
Harman International Industries, Inc. | 4,980 | 189,439 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 6,464,108 | |||||||
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Health Care — 16.1% | ||||||||
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.* | 20,110 | 694,398 | ||||||
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.* | 56,290 | 535,318 | ||||||
Cepheid, Inc.* | 14,475 | 498,085 | ||||||
Endologix, Inc.* | 38,300 | 439,684 | ||||||
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 12,520 | 430,438 | ||||||
Mednax, Inc.* | 5,400 | 388,854 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.* | 21,520 | 376,815 | ||||||
NxStage Medical, Inc.* | 20,500 | 364,490 | ||||||
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | 10,445 | 351,892 | ||||||
Haemonetics Corp.* | 5,095 | 311,916 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. | 4,510 | 276,418 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.* | 7,200 | 221,976 | ||||||
Health Management Associates, Inc. — Class A* | 27,430 | 202,159 | ||||||
Dynavax Technologies Corp.* | 57,800 | 191,896 | ||||||
AngioDynamics, Inc.* | 10,710 | 158,615 | ||||||
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 8,400 | 146,076 | ||||||
NuVasive, Inc.* | 6,700 | 84,353 | ||||||
CardioNet, Inc.* | 30,915 | 73,269 | ||||||
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Total Health Care | 5,746,652 | |||||||
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Industrials — 12.9% | ||||||||
Wabtec Corp. | 7,600 | 531,620 | ||||||
WABCO Holdings, Inc.* | 10,430 | 452,662 | ||||||
BE Aerospace, Inc.* | 11,250 | 435,487 | ||||||
Crane Co. | 8,050 | 376,015 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. | 9,940 | 368,873 | ||||||
Kansas City Southern* | 5,315 | 361,473 | ||||||
Pall Corp. | 6,235 | 356,330 | ||||||
Navistar International Corp.* | 8,750 | 331,450 | ||||||
AECOM Technology Corp.* | 15,470 | 318,218 | ||||||
Regal-Beloit Corp. | 5,480 | 279,316 | ||||||
Towers Watson & Co. — Class A | 4,550 | 272,681 | ||||||
Pentair, Inc. | 8,130 | 270,648 | ||||||
Polypore International, Inc.* | 5,525 | 243,045 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 4,597,818 | |||||||
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Energy — 8.2% | ||||||||
Oil States International, Inc.* | 11,460 | 875,200 | ||||||
Plains Exploration & Production Co.* | 15,850 | 582,012 | ||||||
Superior Energy Services, Inc.* | 16,470 | 468,407 | ||||||
CARBO Ceramics, Inc. | 3,625 | 447,071 | ||||||
Stone Energy Corp.* | 14,950 | 394,381 | ||||||
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.* | 6,000 | 158,100 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 2,925,171 | |||||||
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Materials — 4.4% | ||||||||
Solutia, Inc.* | 32,600 | 563,328 | ||||||
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | 10,230 | 469,352 | ||||||
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | 4,510 | 281,198 | ||||||
Silgan Holdings, Inc. | 6,300 | 243,432 | ||||||
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Total Materials | 1,557,310 | |||||||
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Financials — 3.6% | ||||||||
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.* | 20,050 | 613,730 | ||||||
Amtrust Financial Services, Inc. | 15,100 | 358,625 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp.* | 9,450 | 302,873 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 1,275,228 | |||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 113 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded)
December 31, 2011 | Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Utilities �� 2.2% | ||||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 12,210 | $ | 436,996 | |||||
ITC Holdings Corp. | 4,920 | 373,330 | ||||||
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Total Utilities | 810,326 | |||||||
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| |||||||
Telecommunication Services — 1.2% |
| |||||||
SBA Communications Corp. — Class A* | 10,250 | 440,340 | ||||||
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Consumer Staples — 0.9% |
| |||||||
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. — Class A | 6,600 | 320,562 | ||||||
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Total Common Stocks | ||||||||
(Cost $30,864,945) | 33,449,200 | |||||||
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EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS† — 4.0% |
| |||||||
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund | 17,090 | 1,439,491 | ||||||
|
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Total Exchange Traded Funds | ||||||||
(Cost $1,382,792) | 1,439,491 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments — 97.7% |
| |||||||
(Cost $32,247,737) | $ | 34,888,691 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.3% | 822,461 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 35,711,152 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
114 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 34,888,691 | ||
Cash | 667,831 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 266 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities sold | 411,169 | |||
Fund shares sold | 52,283 | |||
Dividends | 5,787 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 36,026,027 | |||
|
| |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Securities purchased | 134,680 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 133,747 | |||
Management fees | 26,091 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 2,916 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,255 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 417 | |||
Miscellaneous | 14,769 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 314,875 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 35,711,152 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 36,663,793 | ||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (3,593,595 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 2,640,954 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 35,711,152 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 1,928,510 | |||
Net asset value per share | $18.52 | |||
|
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S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R AT I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $1,565) | $ | 195,947 | ||
Interest | 148 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 196,095 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 370,457 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,235 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 41,403 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 4,640 | |||
Custodian fees | 5,119 | |||
Miscellaneous | 22,019 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 468,873 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment loss | (272,778 | ) | ||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 6,867,850 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized gain | 6,867,850 | |||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (7,888,658 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (7,888,658 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (1,020,808 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (1,293,586 | ) | |
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 115 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S | ||
I N N E T A S S E T S | Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) |
Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment loss | $ | (272,778 | ) | $ | (241,351 | ) | ||
Net realized gain on investments | 6,867,850 | 7,184,670 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (7,888,658 | ) | 3,495,741 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (1,293,586 | ) | 10,439,060 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 15,638,648 | 12,681,783 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (24,783,255 | ) | (12,367,420 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions | (9,144,607 | ) | 314,363 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (10,438,193 | ) | 10,753,423 | |||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 46,149,345 | 35,395,922 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 35,711,152 | $ | 46,149,345 | ||||
Accumulated net investment loss at end of year | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 818,023 | 797,473 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,332,009 | ) | (793,196 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in shares | (513,986 | ) | 4,277 |
116 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 18.89 | $ | 14.52 | $ | 10.74 | $ | 20.35 | $ | 19.27 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment lossa | (.12 | ) | (.10 | ) | (.04 | ) | (.12 | ) | (.17 | ) | ||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized | (.25 | ) | 4.47 | 3.82 | (9.49 | ) | 1.25 | |||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (.37 | ) | 4.37 | 3.78 | (9.61 | ) | 1.08 | |||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 18.52 | $ | 18.89 | $ | 14.52 | $ | 10.74 | $ | 20.35 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (1.96% | ) | 30.10% | 35.20% | (47.22% | ) | 5.60% | |||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 35,711 | $ | 46,149 | $ | 35,396 | $ | 30,284 | $ | 81,833 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment loss | (0.63% | ) | (0.65% | ) | (0.30% | ) | (0.80% | ) | (0.82% | ) | ||||||||||
Total expensesc | 1.08% | 1.09% | 1.10% | 1.24% | 1.20% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 91% | 88% | 100% | 209% | 137% |
a | Net investment loss per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
d | Security Investors, LLC (“SI”) became the advisor of Series X effective December 1, 2008. Prior to December 1, 2008, RS Investments, Inc. sub-advised the Series. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 117 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | |||||
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) returned -4.32%, compared with the benchmark, the Russell 1000® Growth Index*, which gained 2.64%.
The Series seeks to deliver long-term growth of capital by investing in securities that have demonstrated consistent above-average returns. It primarily invests in stocks of large companies that appear to have solid potential for growth. The Series uses a combination of a qualitative top-down approach in reviewing growth trends that are based on several fixed income factors, such as bond spreads and interest rates, along with a quantitative fundamental bottom-up approach.
The portfolio is constructed with 25-30 names; holdings are replaced when the fundamentals of a company or the original thesis for selecting the security changes.
The portfolio’s performance was helped most by its Industrials and Information Technology holdings. The Industrials sector benefited by being slightly overweight and good stock selection, while Technology was a slight underweight relative to the benchmark, and also benefited from good stock selection. However, this was not enough to offset the effects of poor stock selection in Energy and Financials sectors, the largest detractors to portfolio performance. The portfolio’s Energy holdings lost 20% as a group, compared with a 4% gain for the Index, while the portfolio’s Financials names lost 32% compared with a 2% loss for the Index.
The holdings contributing most to portfolio performance over the period were Starbucks Corp. and TJX Cos. Leading detractors to performance were Baker Hughes, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Given the slope of the Treasury Yield Curve (the difference between the 3-month and 10-year), we continue to believe the U.S. economy will avoid recession, but turn in subpar 1.5%-2% growth over the next year or so. Additionally, bond spreads (10-year single-A bond) have widened, but not to the levels we saw in 2008. Both factors indicate a diminished risk environment but not a crisis such as 2008.
Since our indicators are not particularly positive, we expect to keep the beta of our portfolio similar to that of the benchmark. We will remain in cyclical names within certain sectors where the dollar’s strength is a tailwind, such as the consumer cyclical sector. We do anticipate that Europe will eventually provide a strong response to its sovereign crisis which should lift the markets.
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Mark Bronzo, CFA, Portfolio Manager
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of Mark Bronzo as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, Fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date Fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
118 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011
SERIES Y (LARGE CAP CONCENTRATED GROWTH SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The Russell 1000® Growth Index is an unmanaged index measuring the performance of the large cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe and which includes companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | ||||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | -4.32 | % | -2.56 | % | 0.18 | % | ||||||
Russell 1000 Growth Index | 2.64 | % | 2.50 | % | 2.60 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | May 3, 1999 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
Apple, Inc. | 5.7 | % | ||
Google, Inc. — Class A | 5.4 | % | ||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 4.5 | % | ||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 3.7 | % | ||
Coca-Cola Co. | 3.5 | % | ||
TJX Companies, Inc. | 3.4 | % | ||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 3.2 | % | ||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 3.2 | % | ||
Precision Castparts Corp. | 3.1 | % | ||
Allergan, Inc. | 3.1 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 38.8 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The Russell 1000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 96.0% |
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Information Technology — 26.3% |
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Apple, Inc.* | 5,335 | $ | 2,160,675 | |||||
Google, Inc. — Class A* | 3,190 | 2,060,421 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 31,470 | 1,721,409 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. | 6,225 | 1,144,653 | ||||||
EMC Corp.* | 50,970 | 1,097,894 | ||||||
SanDisk Corp.* | 19,020 | 935,974 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. | 17,610 | 926,110 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 10,047,136 | |||||||
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Consumer Discretionary — 20.8% | ||||||||
TJX Companies, Inc. | 20,350 | 1,313,592 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 25,500 | 1,173,255 | ||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | 23,440 | 1,165,202 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 19,250 | 1,135,942 | ||||||
Comcast Corp. — Class A | 47,800 | 1,133,338 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 25,010 | 1,068,677 | ||||||
Priceline.com, Inc.* | 2,045 | 956,467 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Discretionary | 7,946,473 | |||||||
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Industrials — 15.1% | ||||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. | 22,470 | 1,221,245 | ||||||
Precision Castparts Corp. | 7,180 | 1,183,192 | ||||||
Eaton Corp. | 26,040 | 1,133,521 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B | 15,370 | 1,124,930 | ||||||
CSX Corp. | 52,970 | 1,115,548 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 5,778,436 | |||||||
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Energy — 9.6% | ||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 16,580 | 1,405,321 | ||||||
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | 16,870 | 1,146,991 | ||||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | 14,330 | 1,093,809 | ||||||
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Total Energy | 3,646,121 | |||||||
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Health Care — 9.3% | ||||||||
Allergan, Inc. | 13,440 | 1,179,226 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 17,970 | 1,178,473 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 23,550 | 1,170,671 | ||||||
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Total Health Care | 3,528,370 | |||||||
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Materials — 6.1% | ||||||||
EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. | 25,550 | 1,169,679 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 7,970 | 1,155,491 | ||||||
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Total Materials | 2,325,170 | |||||||
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Financials — 5.3% | ||||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 44,890 | 1,237,168 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 25,320 | 789,478 | ||||||
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Total Financials | 2,026,646 | |||||||
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Consumer Staples — 3.5% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 18,860 | 1,319,634 | ||||||
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Total Common Stocks | 36,617,986 | |||||||
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Total Investments — 96.0% | $ | 36,617,986 | ||||||
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Cash & Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 4.0% | 1,512,513 | |||||||
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Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 38,130,499 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 4. |
120 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) |
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 36,617,986 | ||
Cash | 1,160,751 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 161 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Fund shares sold | 242,873 | |||
Securities sold | 219,570 | |||
Dividends | 10,597 | |||
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Total assets | 38,251,938 | |||
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LIABILITIES: | ||||
Payable for: | ||||
Securities purchased | 77,601 | |||
Management fees | 24,234 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 3,070 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,253 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 1,011 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 522 | |||
Miscellaneous | 12,748 | |||
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Total liabilities | 121,439 | |||
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NETASSETS | $ | 38,130,499 | ||
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NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 45,492,339 | ||
Undistributed net investment income | 79,982 | |||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (9,068,805 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 1,626,983 | |||
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Net assets | $ | 38,130,499 | ||
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Capital shares outstanding | 4,005,440 | |||
Net asset value per share | $9.52 | |||
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S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends | $ | 474,274 | ||
Interest | 166 | |||
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Total investment income | 474,440 | |||
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EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 301,604 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,239 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 38,203 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 4,102 | |||
Custodian fees | 3,645 | |||
Miscellaneous | 21,665 | |||
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Total expenses | 394,458 | |||
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Net investment income | 79,982 | |||
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NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | 2,231,026 | |||
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Net realized gain | 2,231,026 | |||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | (3,803,150 | ) | ||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (3,803,150 | ) | ||
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Net realized and unrealized loss | (1,572,124 | ) | ||
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Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations | $ | (1,492,142 | ) | |
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* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 121 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S | Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 79,982 | $ | 393,229 | ||||
Net realized gain on investments | 2,231,026 | 5,376,784 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (3,803,150 | ) | 369,592 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (1,492,142 | ) | 6,139,605 | |||||
CAPITALSHARETRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 9,477,854 | 13,108,406 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (13,425,947 | ) | (17,015,613 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (3,948,093 | ) | (3,907,207 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (5,440,235 | ) | 2,232,398 | |||||
NETASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 43,570,734 | 41,338,336 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 38,130,499 | $ | 43,570,734 | ||||
Undistributed net investment income at end of year | $ | 79,982 | $ | 393,229 | ||||
CAPITALSHAREACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 981,487 | 1,459,746 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (1,357,067 | ) | (1,926,758 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (375,580 | ) | (467,012 | ) |
122 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | Year Ended December 31, 2010 | Year Ended December 31, 2009 | Year Ended December 31, 2008 | Year Ended December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 9.95 | $ | 8.53 | $ | 6.40 | $ | 10.17 | $ | 10.84 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment incomea | .02 | .08 | .03 | .01 | .06 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | (.45 | ) | 1.34 | 2.10 | (3.78 | ) | (.73 | ) | ||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | (.43 | ) | 1.42 | 2.13 | (3.77 | ) | (.67 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 9.52 | $ | 9.95 | $ | 8.53 | $ | 6.40 | $ | 10.17 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | (4.32% | ) | 16.65% | 33.28% | (37.07% | ) | (6.18% | ) | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 38,130 | $ | 43,571 | $ | 41,338 | $ | 33,584 | $ | 66,323 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.20% | 0.96% | 0.37% | 0.14% | 0.51% | |||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 0.98% | 0.96% | 1.00% | 0.97% | 0.93% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 153% | 182% | 151% | 214% | 16% |
a | Net investment income per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 123 |
M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
To Our Shareholders:
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, the Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) rose 1.77%, compared with the benchmark, the S&P 500® Index*, which gained 2.11%.
The Series pursues its objective of seeking long-term growth of capital by investing approximately 37.5% of its total assets according to a long/short strategy in domestic equity securities and 37.5% of its total assets according to a long/short strategy in non-U.S. securities. The manager invests the remaining 25% of total assets in a portfolio of equity securities, equity derivative securities and fixed-income securities intended to track the S&P 500 Index.
The Series pursues its domestic long/short strategy using fundamental and technical analysis to identify quality securities trading at attractive valuations. This strategy uses a top-down perspective to formulate long-term themes and a bottom-up approach to identify individual securities. The Series’ global long/short strategy uses quantitative and qualitative techniques to identify long and short investment opportunities; however, the Series is currently unable to pursue the global long/short strategy, which affects its ability to meet its investment objective. The Series primarily uses S&P 500 futures for the portion of total assets that is intended to track the S&P 500 Index.
Non-U.S. Strategy Performance
Most of the long holdings in the non-U.S. strategy are held as short sale collateral in a special custody account and are deemed illiquid due to the Series’ exposure to Lehman Brothers International Europe (LBIE).
Domestic Long/Short Strategy Performance
For the domestic long/short strategy, contributors to performance included an underweight allocation and favorable stock selection within the Financials sector. The cash allocation also positively contributed to relative returns during a very volatile period for the equity market.
Leaders in the Financials sector included Simon Property Group and U.S. Bancorp. The domestic long/short strategy benefited from having minimal exposure to the banking industry during the year.
Stock selection within the Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors detracted from performance in this period. These positions included Mastec and Corn Products International.
Broad Market Tracking
The Series primarily used S&P 500 e-mini futures for the portion of Fund assets that was intended to track the S&P 500 Index. After strong performance for the first half of the fiscal year, the U.S. and European debt crises weighed down equity markets, causing the Index to finish the year about flat.
As referenced in Note 11 of the Notes to Financials in this shareholder report, Guggenheim Investments (GI) is working to resolve certain outstanding short-sale transactions with Lehman Brothers International Europe (LBIE) and its administrator. The Fund’s exposure to LBIE due to these transactions consists of short sale proceeds held by LBIE and long positions held as collateral at the Fund’s custodian. Release of the collateral requires the consent of LBIE and Lehman Brothers, Inc., an entity that is subject to a liquidation proceeding. Due to the valuations assigned to the short positions, which are based on certain assumptions, resolution of these matters could ultimately result in the Fund’s realizing values that are materially different from those indicated in this report, which would materially affect the Fund’s net asset value (either positively or negatively). GI is uncertain when it will resume its full investment program.
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M A N A G E R ’ S C O M M E N T A R Y (concluded) | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | |
December 31, 2011 | (Unaudited) |
We appreciate your business and the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Bill Jenkins, CFA, Portfolio Manager
(Mainstream Investment Advisers)
Charles Craig, CFA, Portfolio Manager
(Mainstream Investment Advisers)
Michael Byrum, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Guggenheim Investments
Michael Dellapa, CFA, CAIA, Portfolio Manager
Guggenheim Investments
Ryan Harder, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Guggenheim Investments
Yon Perullo, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Guggenheim Investments
The opinions and forecasts expressed are those of the individuals listed above as of 12/31/2011, and 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.
Mainstream Investment Advisors, LLC is not affiliated with Guggenheim Investments.
Performance displayed represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Of course, fund performance is subject to daily market volatility and may be better or worse since the end of the last quarter. For up-to-date fund performance, call us at 800.820.0888 or visit www.rydex-sgi.com.
*S&P 500® Index is a capitalization-weighted index covering 500 industrial, utility, transportation and financial companies of the U.S. markets (mostly NYSE Euronext issues).
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 www.rydex-sgi.com or call 800.820.0888.
The referenced fund(s) is/are distributed by Rydex Distributors, LLC (RDL). Guggenheim Investments represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, which includes Security Investors, LLC and Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, the investment advisor to the referenced fund(s). Rydex Distributors, LLC, is affiliated with Guggenheim Partners, LLC and Security Investors, LLC.
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P E R F O R M A N C E R E P O R T A N D F U N D P R O F I L E (Unaudited) December 31, 2011
SERIES Z (ALPHA OPPORTUNITY SERIES)
OBJECTIVE: Seeks long-term growth of capital.
Cumulative Fund Performance*
The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all U.S. common stocks.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended 12/31/111
1 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception (07/07/03) | ||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 1.77 | % | 4.31 | % | 8.41 | % | ||||||
S&P 500 Index | 2.11 | % | -0.25 | % | 4.78 | % |
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
** | Substantially all of the short holdings were fair valued by the Valuation Committee at December 31, 2011 due to exposure to LBIE – See Note 11. The total market value of fair valued securities amounts to (45%) of total net assets. |
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Date: | July 7, 2003 | |||
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) | ||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 4.8 | % | ||
Johnson & Johnson | 4.3 | % | ||
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. ADR | 3.7 | % | ||
Altria Group, Inc. | 3.1 | % | ||
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A | 2.4 | % | ||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B | 2.3 | % | ||
U.S. Bancorp | 2.2 | % | ||
Joy Global, Inc. | 2.1 | % | ||
AT&T, Inc. | 2.0 | % | ||
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | 1.9 | % | ||
Top Ten Total | 28.8 | % |
“Ten Largest Holdings” exclude any temporary cash or derivative investments.
* | The performance data represents past performance that is not predictive of future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns are historical and include changes in principal and reinvested dividends and capital gains and do not reflect the effect of taxes. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index and, unlike the Fund, has no management fees or operating expenses to reduce its reported return. |
1 | Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
126 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S
December 31, 2011 | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS† — 94.9% | ||||||||
Industrials — 17.8% | ||||||||
Joy Global, Inc.1,2 | 4,800 | $ | 359,856 | |||||
Trinity Industries, Inc.1,2 | 10,800 | 324,648 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp.1,2 | 3,993 | 323,034 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B | 3,670 | 268,607 | ||||||
Landstar System, Inc. | 4,124 | 197,622 | ||||||
AO Smith Corp.1,2 | 4,500 | 180,540 | ||||||
Kirby Corp.* | 2,607 | 171,645 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc.* | 6,997 | 150,715 | ||||||
Towers Watson & Co. — Class A1,2 | 2,400 | 143,832 | ||||||
Chart Industries, Inc.* | 2,544 | 137,554 | ||||||
Waste Connections, Inc. | 3,806 | 126,131 | ||||||
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. — Class A1,2 | 3,000 | 102,630 | ||||||
Ryder System, Inc. | 1,634 | 86,831 | ||||||
Carlisle Companies, Inc. | 1,906 | 84,436 | ||||||
General Electric Co.1,2 | 4,500 | 80,595 | ||||||
Ryanair Holdings plc ADR* | 2,599 | 72,408 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp.1,2 | 1,100 | 64,328 | ||||||
Con-way, Inc.1,2 | 1,800 | 52,488 | ||||||
Allegiant Travel Co.* | 906 | 48,326 | ||||||
Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.* | 1,786 | 31,469 | ||||||
WESCO International, Inc.* | 431 | 22,847 | ||||||
Hexcel Corp.* | 816 | 19,755 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.*,1,2 | 183 | 5,724 | ||||||
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Total Industrials | 3,056,021 | |||||||
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Consumer Staples — 17.7% | ||||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc.1,2 | 10,500 | 824,040 | ||||||
Altria Group, Inc.1,2 | 17,800 | 527,770 | ||||||
Herbalife Ltd.1,2 | 5,200 | 268,684 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. | 5,446 | 220,073 | ||||||
Unilever plc ADR | 5,740 | 192,405 | ||||||
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.1,2 | 2,300 | 137,448 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 1,467 | 135,536 | ||||||
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A | 1,068 | 119,958 | ||||||
Sanderson Farms, Inc. | 1,907 | 95,598 | ||||||
British American Tobacco plc ADR | 972 | 92,223 | ||||||
Safeway, Inc.1,2 | 4,200 | 88,368 | ||||||
Corn Products International, Inc. | 1,359 | 71,470 | ||||||
Beam, Inc. | 1,089 | 55,789 | ||||||
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.* | 817 | 53,415 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp. — Class B | 473 | 38,081 | ||||||
Andersons, Inc. | 818 | 35,714 | ||||||
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 761 | 27,830 | ||||||
Smithfield Foods, Inc.* | 817 | 19,837 | ||||||
Industrias Bachoco SAB de CV ADR | 865 | 16,496 | ||||||
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.* | 2,178 | 12,545 | ||||||
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Total Consumer Staples | 3,033,280 | |||||||
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Information Technology — 15.2% | ||||||||
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. ADR*,1,2 | 16,000 | 640,160 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A | 1,102 | 410,848 | ||||||
CA, Inc.1,2 | 14,900 | 301,203 | ||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc.*,1,2 | 2,800 | 104,748 | ||||||
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.* | 1,923 | 101,034 | ||||||
International Business | ||||||||
Machines Corp. | 544 | 100,031 | ||||||
Avnet, Inc.*,1,2 | 3,200 | 99,488 | ||||||
Symantec Corp.*,1,2 | 6,300 | 98,595 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. ADR | 7,618 | 98,348 | ||||||
Baidu, Inc. ADR* | 792 | 92,244 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 1,604 | 87,739 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 2,509 | 65,134 | ||||||
Harmonic, Inc.*,1,2 | 11,700 | 58,968 | ||||||
Open Text Corp.* | 969 | 49,555 | ||||||
Infosys Ltd. ADR | 887 | 45,574 | ||||||
Amkor Technology, Inc.*,1,2 | 9,800 | 42,728 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,872 | 33,846 | ||||||
Red Hat, Inc.* | 817 | 33,734 | ||||||
Seagate Technology plc | 1,906 | 31,258 | ||||||
Mellanox Technologies Ltd.* | 872 | 28,331 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 1,070 | 27,445 | ||||||
MercadoLibre, Inc. | 272 | 21,635 | ||||||
ValueClick, Inc.* | 986 | 16,062 | ||||||
IAC/InterActiveCorp. | 268 | 11,417 | ||||||
Mitek Systems, Inc.* | 1,192 | 8,642 | ||||||
Ellie Mae, Inc.* | 467 | 2,639 | ||||||
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Total Information Technology | 2,611,406 | |||||||
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Health Care — 12.5% | ||||||||
Johnson & Johnson1,2 | 11,338 | 743,546 | ||||||
Viropharma, Inc.*,1,2 | 10,500 | 287,595 | ||||||
AstraZeneca plc1,2 | 2,800 | 129,378 | ||||||
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.*,1,2 | 2,400 | 126,000 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline plc1,2 | 5,500 | 125,701 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc.1,2 | 1,900 | 121,999 | ||||||
Life Technologies Corp.*,1,2 | 3,000 | 116,730 | ||||||
Forest Laboratories, Inc.*,1,2 | 3,600 | 108,936 | ||||||
Lincare Holdings, Inc.1,2 | 4,100 | 105,411 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc.1,2 | 1,900 | 94,012 | ||||||
Owens & Minor, Inc.1,2 | 2,800 | 77,812 | ||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*,1,2 | 2,100 | 57,393 | ||||||
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.*,1,2 | 4,100 | 48,257 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Health Care | 2,142,770 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — 12.4% | ||||||||
Mattel, Inc. | 9,566 | 265,552 | ||||||
TJX Companies, Inc.1,2 | 3,800 | 245,290 | ||||||
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.1,2 | 3,900 | 224,874 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc.1,2 | 4,600 | 218,638 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 127 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Limited Brands, Inc.1,2 | 5,400 | $ | 217,890 | |||||
Walt Disney Co.1,2 | 4,322 | 162,075 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 2,996 | 153,455 | ||||||
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.* | 2,881 | 134,427 | ||||||
Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.* | 1,906 | 123,738 | ||||||
The Gap, Inc.1,2 | 6,300 | 116,865 | ||||||
Jack in the Box, Inc.*,1,2 | 4,200 | 87,780 | ||||||
PVH Corp.1,2 | 900 | 63,441 | ||||||
RadioShack Corp.1,2 | 5,500 | 53,405 | ||||||
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. | 1,907 | 30,798 | ||||||
Express, Inc.* | 1,050 | 20,937 | ||||||
Perfumania Holdings, Inc.* | 827 | 8,601 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 2,127,766 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Financials — 8.8% |
| |||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B* | 5,174 | 394,776 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 14,210 | 384,380 | ||||||
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. | 418 | 189,546 | ||||||
Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.1,2 | 6,300 | 149,625 | ||||||
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.1,2 | 3,200 | 122,400 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 3,812 | 105,059 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 818 | 68,786 | ||||||
Chubb Corp. | 676 | 46,793 | ||||||
Genworth Financial, Inc. — Class A*,1,2 | 4,200 | 27,510 | ||||||
CNA Financial Corp. | 816 | 21,828 | ||||||
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Ltd.*,†††,3 | 16,638 | — | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Financials | 1,510,703 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Telecommunication Services — 3.6% |
| |||||||
AT&T, Inc.1,2 | 11,300 | 341,712 | ||||||
American Tower Corp. | 2,172 | 130,342 | ||||||
China Mobile Ltd. ADR | 1,595 | 77,342 | ||||||
Crown Castle International Corp.* | 1,584 | 70,963 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Telecommunication Services | 620,359 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Energy — 3.1% |
| |||||||
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.1,2 | 2,930 | 223,647 | ||||||
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.* | 2,711 | 135,306 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips1,2 | 1,500 | 109,305 | ||||||
Sanchez Energy Corp.* | 2,780 | 47,983 | ||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc.* | 1,906 | 16,563 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Energy | 532,804 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Materials — 2.6% |
| |||||||
Monsanto Co. | 1,904 | 133,413 | ||||||
Newmont Mining Corp. | 2,097 | 125,841 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. | 1,633 | 94,404 | ||||||
Teck Resources Ltd. — Class B | 1,295 | 45,571 | ||||||
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.* | 4,886 | 39,430 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Materials | 438,659 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Utilities — 1.2% |
| |||||||
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.1,2 | 5,400 | 214,218 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Common Stocks | 16,287,986 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS† — 2.9% |
| |||||||
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | 10,038 | 326,135 | ||||||
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund | 4,283 | 154,102 | ||||||
Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 374 | 14,291 | ||||||
iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund | 78 | 1,499 | ||||||
United States Heating Oil Fund, LP* | 38 | 1,249 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Exchange Traded Funds |
| 497,276 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS† — 0.3% |
| |||||||
Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc.* | 2,868 | 55,496 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Closed-End Funds | 55,496 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS†† — 0.3% |
| |||||||
State Street General Account U.S. Government Fund | 59,925 | 59,925 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Short Term Investments |
| 59,925 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
FACE AMOUNT | ||||||||
FEDERAL AGENCY DISCOUNT NOTES†† — 11.7% |
| |||||||
Fannie Mae4 | $ | 2,000,000 | 1,999,984 | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Federal Agency Discount Notes |
| 1,999,984 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT††,5 — 3.0% |
| |||||||
State Street issued 12/30/11 at 0.01% due 01/03/12 | 507,256 | 507,256 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Repurchase Agreement |
| 507,256 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Long Investments — 113.1% |
| 19,407,923 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
SHARES | ||||||||
COMMON STOCKS SOLD SHORT — (45.4)% |
| |||||||
Consumer Staples — (0.7)% |
| |||||||
Bridgford Foods Corp.*,† | 403 | (3,933 | ) | |||||
Mizuho Trust & Banking | ||||||||
Company Ltd.†††,3,6 | 18,800 | (26,216 | ) | |||||
Hansen Natural Corp.*,†††,3,6 | 3,270 | (96,825 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Staples | (126,974 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Telecommunication Services — (1.2)% |
| |||||||
Clearwire Corp. — Class A*,†††,3,6 | 2,660 | (30,138 | ) |
128 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (continued)
December 31, 2011 | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
Global Crossing Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 2,520 | $ | (40,244 | ) | ||||
Leap Wireless International, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 1,600 | (69,440 | ) | |||||
SBA Communications Corp. — Class A*,†††,3,6 | 2,600 | (74,854 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Telecommunication Services | (214,676 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Utilities — (1.5)% |
| |||||||
Korea Electric Power Corp. ADR†††,3,6 | 19,460 | (263,294 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Energy — (1.7)% |
| |||||||
Aquila Resources Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 2,860 | (22,783 | ) | |||||
Modec, Inc.†††,3,6 | 1,000 | (25,772 | ) | |||||
Sevan Marine ASA*,†††,3,6 | 6,300 | (33,049 | ) | |||||
Trican Well Service Ltd.†††,3,6 | 2,200 | (37,447 | ) | |||||
Queensland Gas Company Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 13,600 | (52,898 | ) | |||||
BPZ Resources, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 6,000 | (112,800 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Energy | (284,749 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Materials — (2.4)% |
| |||||||
China National Building Material Company Ltd. — Class H†††,3,6 | 17,300 | (23,432 | ) | |||||
Anhui Conch Cement Company Ltd.†††,3,6 | 5,500 | (24,761 | ) | |||||
Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd.†††,3,6 | 70,000 | (25,165 | ) | |||||
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 4,780 | (39,865 | ) | |||||
Western Areas NL†††,3 | 6,600 | (47,324 | ) | |||||
Zoltek Companies, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 2,900 | (52,867 | ) | |||||
Silver Wheaton Corp.†††,3,6 | 6,500 | (68,246 | ) | |||||
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.†††,3,6,7 | 1,900 | (125,613 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Materials | (407,273 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Information Technology — (5.0)% |
| |||||||
STR Holdings, Inc.*,† | 437 | (3,597 | ) | |||||
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 1,270 | (33,299 | ) | |||||
VeriSign, Inc.†††,3,6 | 1,300 | (33,319 | ) | |||||
Access Company Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 18 | (34,682 | ) | |||||
Electronic Arts, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 900 | (36,720 | ) | |||||
Intermec, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 2,570 | (50,937 | ) | |||||
Baidu, Inc. ADR*,†††,3,6 | 200 | (53,726 | ) | |||||
Riverbed Technology, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 4,100 | (54,530 | ) | |||||
Rambus, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 3,680 | (56,451 | ) | |||||
Red Hat, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 3,300 | (58,905 | ) | |||||
VMware, Inc. — Class A*,†††,3,6 | 2,500 | (71,450 | ) | |||||
Equinix, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 1,000 | (79,940 | ) | |||||
Imperial Energy Corporation plc*,†††,3,6 | 4,200 | (83,657 | ) | |||||
SAVVIS, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 5,900 | (86,966 | ) | |||||
Cree, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 4,200 | (115,332 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Information Technology | (853,511 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Industrials — (6.6)% |
| |||||||
China Communications | 16,000 | (16,571 | ) | |||||
China Merchants Holdings | 4,900 | (17,461 | ) | |||||
China National Materials Company Ltd.†††,3,6 | 37,600 | (19,168 | ) | |||||
Japan Steel Works Ltd.†††,3,6 | 1,600 | (22,196 | ) | |||||
Arrow Energy Holdings Pty Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 9,500 | (24,514 | ) | |||||
Ausenco Ltd.†††,3,6 | 2,300 | (24,817 | ) | |||||
Toyo Tanso Company Ltd.†††,3,6 | 600 | (32,408 | ) | |||||
Sino Gold Mining Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 9,100 | (37,425 | ) | |||||
Ryanair Holdings plc*,†††,3,6 | 10,200 | (38,219 | ) | |||||
Meyer Burger Technology AG*,†††,3,6 | 200 | (49,879 | ) | |||||
USG Corp.*,†††,3,6 | 5,580 | (160,258 | ) | |||||
Beijing Capital International Airport Company Ltd. — Class H†††,3,6 | 232,000 | (200,659 | ) | |||||
Brisa Auto-Estradas de | ||||||||
Portugal S.A.†††,3,6 | 47,200 | (490,927 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Industrials | (1,134,502 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Financials — (7.1)% |
| |||||||
C C Land Holdings Ltd.†††,3,6 | 53,000 | (14,782 | ) | |||||
Franshion Properties China Ltd.†††,3,6 | 84,600 | (23,552 | ) | |||||
Aozora Bank Ltd.†††,3,6 | 17,300 | (27,861 | ) | |||||
Monex Group, Inc.†††,3,6 | 83 | (29,140 | ) | |||||
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.†††,3,6 | 12,000 | (49,593 | ) | |||||
Aeon Mall Company Ltd.†††,3,6 | 1,900 | (58,221 | ) | |||||
PrivateBancorp, Inc.†††,3,6 | 2,400 | (103,200 | ) | |||||
Erste Group Bank AG†††,3,6 | 5,500 | (337,971 | ) | |||||
Wells Fargo & Co.†††,3,6 | 12,937 | (565,622 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Financials | (1,209,942 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Health Care — (8.3)% |
| |||||||
Sepracor, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 1,350 | (23,625 | ) | |||||
Exelixis, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 4,700 | (30,127 | ) | |||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 200 | (56,100 | ) | |||||
Zeltia S.A.*,†††,3,6 | 8,500 | (57,969 | ) | |||||
Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 3,240 | (64,282 | ) | |||||
Sequenom, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 3,140 | (64,715 | ) | |||||
Luminex Corp.*,†††,3,6 | 2,700 | (68,823 | ) | |||||
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 1,960 | (72,167 | ) | |||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 2,700 | (74,709 | ) | |||||
Align Technology, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 6,300 | (76,860 | ) | |||||
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 2,900 | (77,575 | ) | |||||
Intercell AG*,†††,3,6 | 2,000 | (78,778 | ) | |||||
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 3,070 | (78,838 | ) | |||||
XenoPort, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 1,790 | (82,036 | ) | |||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 3,810 | (82,715 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 129 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S (concluded)
December 31, 2011 | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) |
SHARES | VALUE | |||||||
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 1,900 | $ | (82,954 | ) | ||||
Basilea Pharmaceutica*,†††,3,6 | 500 | (83,364 | ) | |||||
Cepheid, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 5,500 | (84,700 | ) | |||||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 3,000 | (88,230 | ) | |||||
athenahealth, Inc.*,†††,3,6 | 2,700 | (96,795 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Health Care | (1,425,362 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Consumer Discretionary — (10.9)% |
| |||||||
Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc.†††,3,6 | 1,300 | (21,836 | ) | |||||
Genting Singapore plc*,†††,3,6 | 132,800 | (43,724 | ) | |||||
bwin Interactive Entertainment | ||||||||
AG*,†††,3,6 | 1,700 | (48,431 | ) | |||||
Riversdale Mining Ltd.*,†††,3,6 | 7,100 | (54,029 | ) | |||||
Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment plc*,†††,3,6 | 16,200 | (60,974 | ) | |||||
Sky Deutschland AG*,†††,3,6 | 4,200 | (68,951 | ) | |||||
Focus Media Holding Ltd. ADR*,†††,3,6 | 2,500 | (75,000 | ) | |||||
Marui Group Company Ltd.†††,3,6 | 31,000 | (233,861 | ) | |||||
Pool Corp.†††,3,6 | 12,350 | (305,663 | ) | |||||
Electrolux AB†††,3,6 | 32,100 | (422,058 | ) | |||||
Volkswagen AG†††,3,6 | 1,300 | (539,374 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | (1,873,901 | ) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Common Stocks Sold Short |
| (7,794,184 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS SOLD SHORT†—(0.2)% |
| |||||||
PowerShares DB Commodity | ||||||||
Index Tracking Fund* | 437 | (11,729 | ) | |||||
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund* | 691 | (19,956 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Exchange Traded Funds Sold Short |
| (31,685 | ) | |||||
|
| |||||||
Total Securities Sold Short—(45.6)% |
| $ | (7,825,869 | ) | ||||
|
| |||||||
Cash & Other Assets, |
| 5,578,511 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% |
| $ | 17,160,565 | |||||
CONTRACTS | UNREALIZED GAIN | |||||||
FUTURES CONTRACTS PURCHASED† |
| |||||||
March 2012 S&P 500 Index Mini Futures Contracts (Aggregate Value of Contracts $2,878,450) | 46 | $ | 51,166 | |||||
|
|
* | Non-income producing security. |
† | Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, except as noted — See Note 4. |
†† | Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4. |
††† | Value determined based on Level 3 inputs — See Note 4. |
1 | All or a portion of this security is pledged as short security collateral at December 31, 2011. |
2 | All or a portion of the security is deemed illiquid due to the Fund’s exposure to Lehman Brothers International Europe (“LBIE”) prime brokerage services. The total market value of illiquid securities is $9,155,348 (cost $8,362,915), or 53.4% of total net assets. The security was deemed liquid at the time of purchase. |
3 | Illiquid security. |
4 | On September 7, 2008, the issuer was placed in conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). As conservator, the FHFA has full powers to control the assets and operations of the firm. |
5 | Repurchase Agreement — See Note 5. |
6 | All or a portion of this security was fair valued by the Valuation Committee at December 31, 2011. The total market value of fair valued securities amounts to $(7,786,654) (proceeds $7,620,060), or (45.4%) of total net assets. |
7 | Security was acquired through a private placement. |
ADR — American Depositary Receipt |
plc — Public Limited Company |
130 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series)
S T A T E M E N T O F A S S E T S A N D L I A B I L I T I E S | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||
ASSETS: | ||||
Investments, at value | $ | 18,900,667 | ||
Repurchase agreements, at value | 507,256 | |||
|
| |||
Total investments | 19,407,923 | |||
Restricted cash denominated in a foreign currency, at value | 3,799,935 | |||
Restricted cash† | 1,895,998 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 93 | |||
Receivables: | ||||
Securities sold | 657,423 | |||
Dividends | 29,889 | |||
Foreign taxes reclaim | 687 | |||
|
| |||
Total assets | 25,791,948 | |||
|
| |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Securities sold short, at value | 7,825,869 | |||
Overdraft due to custodian bank | 174,076 | |||
Payable for: | ||||
Securities purchased | 541,450 | |||
Management fees | 18,288 | |||
Variation margin | 13,570 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 2,263 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 2,194 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 817 | |||
Fund shares redeemed | 484 | |||
Miscellaneous | 52,372 | |||
|
| |||
Total liabilities | 8,631,383 | |||
|
| |||
NETASSETS | $ | 17,160,565 | ||
|
| |||
NETASSETSCONSISTOF: | ||||
Paid in capital | $ | 22,067,805 | ||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (5,687,017 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency | 779,777 | |||
|
| |||
Net assets | $ | 17,160,565 | ||
|
| |||
Capital shares outstanding | 995,235 | |||
Net asset value per share | $ | 17.24 | ||
|
|
S T A T E M E N T O F O P E R A T I O N S | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2011 | ||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $2,141) | $ | 303,783 | ||
Interest | 7,006 | |||
|
| |||
Total investment income | 310,789 | |||
|
| |||
EXPENSES: | ||||
Management fees | 239,464 | |||
Transfer agent/maintenance fees | 25,208 | |||
Fund accounting/administration fees | 28,736 | |||
Custodian fees | 45,383 | |||
Legal fees | 40,004 | |||
Prime broker interest expense | 12,911 | |||
Directors’ fees* | 2,407 | |||
Short sales dividend expense | 1,730 | |||
Miscellaneous | 42,025 | |||
|
| |||
Total expenses | 437,868 | |||
|
| |||
Net investment loss | (127,079 | ) | ||
|
| |||
NET REALIZEDAND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||||
Investments | (231,994 | ) | ||
Futures contracts | 40,141 | |||
Foreign currency | (811 | ) | ||
Securities sold short | 35,476 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized loss | (157,188 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||||
Investments | 675,420 | |||
Securities sold short | 1,209 | |||
Futures contracts | (9,237 | ) | ||
Foreign currency | (16,630 | ) | ||
|
| |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 650,762 | |||
|
| |||
Net realized and unrealized gain | 493,574 | |||
|
| |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 366,495 | ||
|
|
* | Relates to Directors not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
† | All or portion of this amount represents values related to Lehman Brothers International Europe prime brokerage services — See Note 11. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 131 |
S T A T E M E N T S O F C H A N G E S I N N E T A S S E T S | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) |
Year Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment loss | $ | (127,079 | ) | $ | (143,193 | ) | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency | (157,188 | ) | 4,448,020 | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency | 650,762 | (461,019 | ) | |||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 366,495 | 3,843,808 | ||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 43,743 | 413,198 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (4,398,826 | ) | (5,741,168 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from capital share transactions | (4,355,083 | ) | (5,327,970 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets | (3,988,588 | ) | (1,484,162 | ) | ||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 21,149,153 | 22,633,315 | ||||||
End of year | $ | 17,160,565 | $ | 21,149,153 | ||||
Accumulated net investment loss at end of year | $ | — | $ | (30 | ) | |||
CAPITAL SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||||||||
Shares sold | 2,443 | 27,315 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (252,895 | ) | (395,170 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in shares | (250,452 | ) | (367,855 | ) |
132 | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
F I N A N C I A L H I G H L I G H T S | Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period, and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Series’ performance for the periods presented.
Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 16.98 | $ | 14.03 | $ | 10.76 | $ | 16.50 | $ | 13.96 | ||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)a | (.12 | ) | (.10 | ) | (.06 | ) | (.16 | ) | .01 | |||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) | .38 | 3.05 | 3.33 | (5.58 | ) | 2.53 | ||||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations | .26 | 2.95 | 3.27 | (5.74 | ) | 2.54 | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 17.24 | $ | 16.98 | $ | 14.03 | $ | 10.76 | $ | 16.50 | ||||||||||
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Total Returnb | 1.77% | 20.74% | 30.39% | (34.79% | ) | 18.19% | ||||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 17,161 | $ | 21,149 | $ | 22,633 | $ | 26,977 | $ | 48,869 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | (0.66% | ) | (0.89% | ) | (0.52% | ) | (1.09% | ) | 0.10% | |||||||||||
Total expensesc | 2.29% | 2.27% | 2.85% | 2.79% | 2.50% | |||||||||||||||
Net expensesd | 2.29% | 2.07% | 1.74% | 2.79% | 2.50% | |||||||||||||||
Operating expensese | 2.21% | 1.90% | 1.69% | 2.70% | 2.44% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | 730% | 768% | 555% | 990% | 1,770% |
a | Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
b | Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. |
c | Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. |
d | Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers. |
e | Operating expenses exclude interest and dividend expense from securities sold short. |
f | Security Global Investors, LLC (SGI) became the sub-advisor of 37.5% of the assets of Series Z effective August 18, 2008. Also effective August 18, 2008, Mainstream Investment Advisers, LLC (Mainstream) sub-advised 37.5% of the assets and Security Investors, LLC (SI) managed 25%. Prior to August 18, 2008, Mainstream sub-advised 60% of the assets and SI managed the remaining 40% of the assets. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 133 |
N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
SBL Fund (the “Trust”), a Kansas business trust, is registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-ended investment company of the series type. The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par value shares. Each Series, in effect, represents a separate Fund (the “Fund”, or collectively the “Funds”). Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (“SBL”) and SBL’s affiliated life insurance company as well as unaffiliated life insurance companies purchase shares of the Funds for their variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts. At December 31, 2011, the Trust consisted of fourteen separate Funds.
The Trust is required to account for the assets of each Fund separately and to allocate general liabilities of the Trust to each Fund based on the net asset value of each Fund. Guggenheim Investments (“GI”) provides advisory, administrative and accounting services to the Trust and Rydex Fund Services, LLC (“RFS”) provides transfer agent services to the Trust. Rydex Distributors, LLC (“RDL”) acts as principal underwriter for the Trust. GI, RFS and RDL are affiliated entities.
T. Rowe Price serves as investment sub-advisor on behalf of Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) and Mainstream serves as investment sub-advisor on behalf of Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series). The sub-advisors furnish investment advisory services, supervise and arrange for the purchase and sale of securities and provide for the compilation and maintenance of records pertaining to such investment advisory services, subject to the control and supervision of the Board of Directors of the Trust and GI. Prior to January 14, 2011, Security Global Investors, LLC (“SGI”) acted as a subadvisor to the Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) and a portion of the total assets of Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series). Effective January 14, 2011, SGI was merged with and into GI.
Significant Accounting Policies
The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 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. Security Valuation – Valuations of the Funds’ securities are supplied by pricing services approved by the Board of Directors. The Trust’s officers, through the Valuation Committee under the general supervision of the Board of Directors, regularly review procedures used by, and valuations provided by, the pricing services.
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, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there has been no sale on such exchange or NASDAQ on such day, the security is valued at the closing bid price on such day.
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, yield 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 held by the Trust 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 held by the Trust 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 purchased and sold by the Trust 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.
Generally, trading in foreign securities markets is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of the NYSE. The values of foreign securities are determined as of the close of such foreign markets or the close of the NYSE, if earlier. All investments quoted in foreign currency are valued in U.S. dollars on the basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at the close of business. Investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. The Valuation Committee will determine the current value of such foreign securities by taking into consideration certain factors which may include those discussed above, as well as the following factors, among others: the value of the securities traded on other foreign markets, ADR trading, closed-end fund
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N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S (continued)
trading, foreign currency exchange activity, and the trading prices of financial products that are tied to foreign securities such as WEBS®. In addition, the Board of Directors has authorized the Valuation Committee and GI to use prices and other information supplied by a third party pricing vendor in valuing foreign securities.
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 Directors using methods established or ratified by the Board of Directors. These methods include, but are not limited to: (i) general information as to how these securities and assets trade; (ii) in connection with futures contracts and options thereupon, and other derivative investments, 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) other information and considerations, including current values in related markets.
B. Foreign Currency Transactions – The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Funds. Foreign investments may also subject the Funds to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which could affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains and 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.
C. Futures – Series Z utilized futures contracts to obtain broad index exposure. Returns may be enhanced by purchasing futures contracts instead of the underlying securities when futures are believed to be priced more attractively than the underlying securities. There are several risks in connection with the use of futures contracts. Risks may be caused by an imperfect correlation between
movements in the price of the instruments and the price of the underlying securities. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market. Futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of securities at a specified future delivery date and at a specific price. Upon entering into a contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. 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. Cash deposits are shown as restricted cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; securities held as collateral are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
D. Options Written – Certain Funds wrote call options on a covered basis and put options on securities that are traded on recognized securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets. Call and put options on securities give the writer the obligation to sell or purchase a security at a specified price, until a certain date. Options were used minimally to hedge the Funds’ portfolio, to increase returns, to maintain exposure to the equity markets, and create liquidity. The risk in writing a covered call option is that a Fund may forego the opportunity for profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a covered 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 is the risk that 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. An amount equal to the premium received is entered in the 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 a 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).
E. Securities Sold Short – Certain Funds may make short sales “against the box,” in which the Fund enters into a short sale of a security it owns. At no time will more than 15% of the value of the Funds’ net assets be in deposits on short sales against the box. When a Fund makes a short sale, the Fund does not immediately deliver the securities sold from its own account, or receive the proceeds from the sale. To complete the sale, the Fund must borrow the security (generally from the broker through which the short sale is made) in order to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund must replace the security borrowed by purchasing it
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. | THE GUGGENHEIM FUNDS ANNUAL REPORT | 135 |
N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S (continued)
at the market price at the time of replacement or delivering the security from its own portfolio. The Fund is said to have a “short position” in securities sold until it delivers them to the broker, at which time it receives the proceeds of the sale. Certain Funds may make short sales that are not “against the box,” which create opportunities to increase the Funds’ return but, at the same time, involve specific risk considerations and may be considered a speculative technique. Such short sales theoretically involve unlimited loss potential, as the market price of securities sold short may continually increase, although a Fund may mitigate such losses by replacing the securities sold short before the market price has increased significantly. For financial statement purposes, an amount equal to the settlement amount is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the short position. Subsequent fluctuations in the market prices of securities sold, but not yet purchased, may require purchasing the securities at prices which differ from the market value reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds are liable for any dividends or interest payable on securities while those securities are in a short position. As collateral for its short positions, the Fund is required under the 1940 Act to maintain segregated assets consisting of cash, cash equivalents or liquid securities. These segregated assets are valued consistent with Note 1A and are required to be adjusted daily to reflect changes in the market value of the securities sold short.
F. Security Transactions and Investment Income –
Securities 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. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, net of applicable taxes withheld by foreign countries. Taxable noncash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discount, is accrued on a daily basis. Realized gains (losses) on pay downs of mortgage and asset backed securities are classified as interest income. 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.
G. Expenses – Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged directly to the Fund. Other expenses common to various Funds within the Fund complex are generally allocated amongst such Funds on the basis of average net assets.
H. Distributions to Shareholders – The Funds are required by the Internal Revenue Code to distribute substantially all income and capital gains to shareholders. Each year, the Funds determine whether to declare and pay actual dividends or whether to secure consent of its shareholders
to report and deduct a consent dividend. A consent dividend is treated for tax purposes as a distribution to shareholders occurring on the last day of the Fund’s taxable year and a shareholder contribution to capital occurring on the same day. It is the Trust’s current practice to utilize the consent dividend procedures. The character of any distributions made from net investment income and net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for income tax purposes.
I. Earnings Credits – Under the fee arrangement with the custodian, the Funds may earn credits based on overnight custody cash balances. These credits are utilized to reduce related custodial expenses. The custodian fees disclosed in the Statement of Operations are before the reduction in expense from the related earnings credits, if any. For the year ended December 31, 2011, there were no earnings credits received.
J. Indemnifications – Under the Funds’ organizational documents, its Officers and Directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, 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. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Management fees are paid monthly to GI, based on the following annual rates for the year ended December 31, 2011. GI pays the sub-advisors out of the advisory fees it receives.
Management Fees (as a % of net assets) | ||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | 0.75 | % | ||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 0.65 | % | ||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 0.50 | % | ||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 0.70 | %1 | ||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 0.75 | % | ||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 0.75 | % | ||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 1.00 | % | ||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 0.70 | % | ||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 0.75 | % | ||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 0.95 | % | ||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 0.75 | % | ||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 0.85 | % | ||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated | ||||
Growth Series) | 0.75 | % | ||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 1.25 | % |
1 Effective May 1, 2011, the management fee of Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) changed to 0.70% of the average daily net assets. Prior to May 1, 2011, Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) had a management fee of 1.00% .
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N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S (continued)
GI also acts as the administrative agent for the Funds, and as such performs administrative functions and the bookkeeping, accounting and pricing functions for each Fund. For these services, GI receives the following:
Fund Accounting/ Administrative Fees (as a % of net assets)* | ||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 0.150% | |||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 0.150% | |||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 0.095% | |||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 0.150% |
* The minimum annual charge for administrative fees is $25,000 for Series A, B, C, E, J, O, P, Q, V, X, Y and Z and $60,000 for Series D and N.
RFS is paid the following for providing transfer agent services to the Funds:
Annual charge per account | $5.00 – $8.00 | |
Transaction fee | $0.60 – $1.10 | |
Minimum annual charge per Fund | $25,000 | |
Certain out-of-pocket charges | Varies |
For the year ended December 31, 2011, the investment advisory contract for Series E, Series O, and Series Z provides that the total expenses be limited to 0.81%, 1.00%, and 2.35%, respectively, of average daily net assets, exclusive of brokerage costs, dividends on securities sold short, expenses of other investment companies in which a fund invests, interest, taxes, litigation, indemnification, and extraordinary expenses (as determined under generally accepted accounting principles). These contracts are in effect through May 1, 2013. GI is entitled to reimbursement by the Series for fees waived or expenses reimbursed during any of the previous 36 months, beginning on the date of the expense limitation agreement, if on any day the estimated operating expenses are less than the indicated percentages. At December 31, 2011, the amount of fees waived or expenses reimbursed that are subject to recoupment are presented in the following table:
Fees Waived | Expires in | |||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | $ | 142,582 | 2014 | |||||
162,543 | 2013 | |||||||
170,154 | 2012 | |||||||
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$ | 475,279 | |||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | $ | — | 2014 | |||||
— | 2013 | |||||||
36,989 | 2012 | |||||||
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$ | 36,989 |
Fees Waived | Expires in | |||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | $ | — | 2014 | |||||
44,725 | 2013 | |||||||
244,101 | 2012 | |||||||
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$ | 288,826 |
For the year ended December 31, 2011, no amounts were recouped by GI.
At December 31, 2011, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company, through its insurance company separate accounts, owned shares of the Series, as follows:
Percent of Outstanding shares owned | ||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | 99.99% | |||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 100.00% | |||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 100.00% | |||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 99.66% | |||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 99.96% | |||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 99.38% | |||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 99.32% | |||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 98.07% | |||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 98.69% | |||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 97.76% | |||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 97.90% | |||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 98.57% | |||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 99.82% | |||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 100.00% |
3. 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 them 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 on Federal income tax returns for all open tax years (fiscal years 2008-2011), and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.
The RIC Modernization Act of 2010 was signed into law on December 22, 2010 and seeks to simplify some of the tax provisions applicable to regulated investment companies and the tax reporting to their shareholders, and to improve the tax efficiency of certain fund structures. The changes are generally effective for taxable years beginning after the date of enactment.
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N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S (continued)
One of the more prominent changes addresses capital loss carryforwards. Funds will be 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.
During 2011, the Funds declared ordinary and long-term capital gain consent dividends, effective for the year ended December 31, 2010, as shown below.
Ordinary Consent Dividends | Long-Term Capital Gain Consent Dividends | |||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | 4,030,354 | $ | 1,730,063 | ||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 2,285,314 | 2,252,176 | ||||||
Series D (MSCI Equal Weight Series) | 13,587,873 | 7,698,733 | ||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Series | 3,811,519 | — | ||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 4,484,278 | 10,710,842 | ||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 1,147,178 | 687,148 | ||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 1,084,849 | — | ||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 10,938,114 | — | ||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | — | 9,636,619 | ||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 2,289,761 | — | ||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 2,051,653 | 4,187,547 | ||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 3,222,696 | 648,630 | ||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 1,228,159 | 2,731,086 |
Short term distributions are treated as ordinary distributions for federal income tax purposes.
The tax character of distributable earnings/(accumulated losses) at December 31, 2011, was as follows:
Components of distributable earnings:
Undistributed Ordinary Income | Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain | Accumulated Capital and Other Losses* | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)** | Other Temporary Differences | Total Accumulated Earnings/(Deficit) | |||||||||||||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | 1,309,773 | $ | 264,353 | $ | (55,314,502 | ) | $ | 9,373,210 | — | $ | (44,367,166 | ) | |||||||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 2,783,403 | — | (59,470,313 | ) | 19,445,404 | — | (37,241,506 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | — | — | — | 1,260 | — | 1,260 | ||||||||||||||||||
Series D (MSCI Equal Weight Series) | 18,636,317 | 18,035,555 | (63,778,456 | ) | (39,212,928 | ) | — | (66,319,512 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Series | 3,506,317 | — | (15,867,419 | ) | 3,850,968 | — | (8,510,134 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | — | 9,048,164 | (37,490,328 | ) | 3,558,601 | — | (24,883,563 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 1,066,575 | 113,994 | (7,531,915 | ) | 2,917,060 | — | (3,434,286 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 1,075,134 | — | (24,870,379 | ) | 1,109,735 | — | (22,685,510 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 10,795,692 | 4,422,739 | (2,274,194 | ) | (480,530 | ) | — | 12,463,707 | ||||||||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | — | 7,479,607 | — | 5,524,249 | — | 13,003,856 | ||||||||||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 775,649 | 3,178,447 | — | 4,957,708 | — | 8,911,804 | ||||||||||||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 325,519 | 4,946,763 | (8,732,993 | ) | 2,508,070 | — | (952,641 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 79,982 | 1,231,110 | (10,125,834 | ) | 1,452,902 | — | (7,361,840 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | — | — | (5,552,980 | ) | 700,910 | 55,170 | (4,796,900 | ) |
* | The Fund had net capital loss carryovers and deferred post October losses as identified below. |
** | Any differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of wash sale losses, the differences between book and tax basis passive foreign investment companies and bond discount accretion. |
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N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S (continued)
For the year, the capital loss carryovers utilized or expired, the accumulated net realized loss on sales of investments for federal income tax purposes which are available to offset future taxable gains, and post-October losses that are deferred to the first day of the next fiscal year are shown in the table below:
Capital Loss Carryovers:
Capital Loss Carryovers Utilized | Capital Loss Carryovers Expired | Remaining Capital Loss Carryovers | Annual Limitations* | Expires In | Deferred Post-October Losses | |||||||||||||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | 8,855,698 | $ | — | $ | 23,839,610 | $ | 8,855,698 | 2016 | $ | 2,387,088 | |||||||||||||
— | — | 29,087,804 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 8,855,698 | $ | — | $ | 52,927,414 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | $ | 10,989,658 | $ | 10,261 | $ | — | $ | 10,999,919 | 2011 | $ | 2,094,904 | |||||||||||||
— | — | 29,474,335 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 27,901,075 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 10,989,658 | $ | 10,261 | $ | 57,375,410 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series D (MSCI Equal Weight Series) | $ | 9,820,391 | $ | — | $ | 43,071,596 | $ | 9,820,391 | 2016 | $ | 4,856,109 | |||||||||||||
— | — | 15,850,751 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 9,820,391 | $ | — | $ | 58,922,347 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Series) | $ | 350,320 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 5,322,700 | 2012 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
1,363,161 | — | 1,368,173 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 838,194 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 937,378 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 12,363,518 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 360,156 | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 1,713,481 | $ | — | $ | 15,867,419 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | $ | 9,297,672 | $ | — | $ | 25,475,410 | $ | 5,795,514 | 2016 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
— | — | 12,014,918 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 9,297,672 | $ | — | $ | 37,490,328 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | $ | 1,407,273 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,942,348 | 2016 | $ | 479 | |||||||||||||
1,535,075 | — | 7,531,915 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 2,942,348 | $ | — | $ | 7,531,915 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | $ | 4,233,665 | $ | — | $ | 12,072,232 | $ | 6,099,793 | 2016 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
— | — | 12,798,147 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 4,233,665 | $ | — | $ | 24,870,379 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,274,194 | ||||||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | $ | 14,581,372 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | 2017 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | $ | 18,619,728 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | 2017 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | $ | 1,455,499 | $ | — | $ | 7,277,494 | $ | 1,455,499 | 2016 | $ | — | |||||||||||||
— | — | 1,455,499 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 1,455,499 | $ | — | $ | 8,732,993 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series Y | $ | 1,598,274 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,598,274 | 2011 | $ | 536,188 | |||||||||||||
— | — | 338,147 | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 7,653,224 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 1,598,274 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 1,598,274 | $ | — | $ | 9,589,645 | |||||||||||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 4,684,418 | $ | 780,736 | 2016 | $ | 80,214 | |||||||||||||
— | — | 780,736 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unlimited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
— | — | 7,612 | Short Term | |||||||||||||||||||||
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 5,472,766 |
* | In accordance with Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, a portion of certain Series losses are subject to an annual limitation. Note, this annual limitation is generally applicable to all of the capital loss carryovers shown with respect to each Series. This limitation does not relate only to the loss shown on the first column of each Series. |
Net investment income and net realized gains (losses) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes because of temporary or permanent book/tax differences. These differences are primarily due to post-October losses, losses deferred due to wash sales, foreign currency gains and losses, and the “mark-to-market” of certain passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) for tax purposes. Additional differences may result from the tax treatment of net investment losses and expired capital loss carryforwards. To the extent these differences are permanent, reclassifications are made to the appropriate equity accounts in the period that the differences arise. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV per share.
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On the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, the following reclassifications were made for permanent book/tax differences:
Accumulated Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Undistributed Net Investment Income | Paid-In Capital | ||||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | (3,832,482 | ) | $ | (1,927,935 | ) | $ | 5,760,417 | ||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | (2,241,915 | ) | (2,285,314 | ) | 4,527,229 | |||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 4 | 682,146 | (682,150 | ) | ||||||||
Series D (MSCI Equal Weight Series) | (19,985,731 | ) | (1,300,875 | ) | 21,286,606 | |||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Series | (292,664 | ) | (3,518,855 | ) | 3,811,519 | |||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | (15,195,120 | ) | 149,404 | 15,045,716 | ||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | (796,792 | ) | (1,017,534 | ) | 1,814,326 | |||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | — | (1,084,849 | ) | 1,084,849 | ||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | (690,484 | ) | (10,247,630 | ) | 10,938,114 | |||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | (9,636,619 | ) | 351,101 | 9,285,518 | ||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | — | (2,289,761 | ) | 2,289,761 | ||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | (6,511,978 | ) | 272,778 | 6,239,200 | ||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | (3,478,097 | ) | (393,229 | ) | 3,871,326 | |||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | (3,960,164 | ) | 127,109 | 3,833,055 |
At December 31, 2011, 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 Cost | Tax Unrealized Gain | Tax Unrealized Loss | Net Unrealized Gain | |||||||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | 190,220,583 | $ | 22,925,863 | $ | (13,552,652 | ) | $ | 9,373,211 | |||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 219,280,396 | 42,424,033 | (22,978,629 | ) | 19,445,404 | |||||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 108,673,943 | 3,120 | (1,860 | ) | 1,260 | |||||||||||
Series D (MSCI Equal Weight Series) | 224,603,051 | 4,463,777 | (43,672,042 | ) | (39,208,265 | ) | ||||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Series | 115,943,365 | 6,228,557 | (2,377,588 | ) | 3,850,969 | |||||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 126,919,409 | 10,720,070 | (7,161,468 | ) | 3,558,602 | |||||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 60,153,553 | 6,775,637 | (3,857,945 | ) | 2,917,692 | |||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 132,801,329 | 15,849,524 | (14,901,753 | ) | 947,771 | |||||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 111,186,933 | 7,408,183 | (7,894,215 | ) | (486,032 | ) | ||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 99,229,833 | 16,216,289 | (10,713,647 | ) | 5,502,642 | |||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 242,039,982 | 44,069,920 | (39,448,509 | ) | 4,621,411 | |||||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 32,380,623 | 5,551,697 | (3,043,629 | ) | 2,508,068 | |||||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 35,165,083 | 2,687,331 | (1,234,428 | ) | 1,452,903 | |||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 18,716,576 | 2,017,201 | (1,325,854 | ) | 691,347 |
4. Fair Value Measurement
In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, 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.
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The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets at December 31, 2011:
Level 1 Investments In Securities | Level 1 Other Financial Instruments* | Level 2 Investments In Securities | Level 2 Other Financial Instruments* | Level 3 Investments In Securities | Level 3 Other Financial Instruments* | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | 199,593,794 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 199,593,794 | ||||||||||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 238,725,800 | — | — | — | — | — | 238,725,800 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | — | — | 108,675,203 | — | — | — | 108,675,203 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 184,493,891 | — | 900,895 | — | — | — | 185,394,786 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 37,791,290 | — | 81,835,426 | — | 167,618 | — | 119,794,334 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 130,478,011 | — | — | — | — | — | 130,478,011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 44,632,958 | — | 18,438,287 | — | — | — | 63,071,245 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 133,749,100 | — | — | — | — | — | 133,749,100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 1,038,188 | — | 109,003,519 | — | 659,194 | — | 110,700,901 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 104,388,142 | — | 344,333 | — | — | — | 104,732,475 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 243,944,094 | — | 2,717,299 | — | — | — | 246,661,393 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 34,888,691 | — | — | — | — | — | 34,888,691 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 36,617,986 | — | — | — | — | — | 36,617,986 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 16,840,758 | 51,166 | 2,567,165 | — | — | — | 19,459,089 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | $ | — | $ | 113,545 | $ | — | $ | 31,870 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 145,415 | ||||||||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | — | 4,650 | — | 136,590 | — | — | 141,240 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | — | 210,431 | — | 57,960 | — | — | 268,391 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 39,215 | — | — | — | 7,786,654 | — | 7,825,869 |
* | Other financial instruments include futures contracts which are reported as unrealized gain/loss at period end, and options written. |
Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Funds recognize transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period. For the year ended December 31, 2011, Series P had a security with a total value of $1 transfer from Level 1 to Level 3. The fair market value of this security was adjusted due to a change in the securities valuation method. There were no other securities that transferred between levels.
Summary of Fair Value Level 3 Activity
Following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value for the year ended December 31, 2011:
LEVEL 3 – Fair value measurement using significant unobservable inputs | ||||
Total | ||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | ||||
Assets: | ||||
Beginning Balance | $233,592 | |||
Total change in unrealized gains or losses included in earnings | (65,974 | ) | ||
Ending Balance | $167,618 | |||
Series P (High Yield Series) | ||||
Assets: | ||||
Beginning Balance | $630,259 | |||
Total realized gains or losses included in earnings | 5,981 | |||
Total change in unrealized gains or losses included in earnings | 41,884 | |||
Sales | (18,931 | ) | ||
Transfers into Level 3 | 1 | |||
Ending Balance | $659,194 | |||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | ||||
Assets: | ||||
Beginning Balance | $7,786,654 | |||
Total change in unrealized gains or losses included in earnings | — | |||
Ending Balance | $7,786,654 |
The total change in unrealized gains or losses included on the Statements of Operations attributable to Level 3 investments still held at December 31, 2011 was $(65,974) for Series E, $44,474 for Series P and $0 for Series Z.
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5. Repurchase Agreements
In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, it is the Funds’ policy that their custodian takes possession of the underlying collateral. 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.
At December 31, 2011, the collateral for the repurchase agreements in the joint account was as follows:
Fund | Counterparty and Terms of Agreement | Face Value | Repurchase Price | Collateral | Par Value | Fair Value | ||||||||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | UMB Financial Corp. | Federal Home Loan Bank | ||||||||||||||||||
0.01% | 2.38% – 3.13% | |||||||||||||||||||
due 01/03/12 | $ | 44,174,000 | $ | 44,174,049 | 12/13/13 – 03/14/14 | $ | 42,870,000 | $ | 45,058,626 | |||||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | State Street | U.S. Treasury Note | ||||||||||||||||||
0.00% | 1.00% | |||||||||||||||||||
due 01/03/12 | 507,256 | 507,256 | 08/31/16 | 515,000 | 521,438 |
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. generally accepted accounting principles requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why the Funds use derivative instruments, how these derivatives instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Funds’ financial position and results of operations.
During the year ended December 31, 2011, certain Funds sought to gain exposure to their respective benchmarks by investing in financial-linked derivative instruments, including options and futures.
The following Funds entered into futures contracts and options written for the following purposes:
Fund | Index Exposure | Liquidity | Hedging | |||
Series A–Large Cap Core Series | x | x | ||||
Series B–Large Cap Value Series | x | x | ||||
Series D–MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series | x | |||||
Series O–All Cap Value Series | x | x | ||||
Series Q–Small Cap Value Series | x | x | ||||
Series V–Mid Cap Value Series | x | x | ||||
Series Z–Alpha Opportunity Series | 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, while the risk to the fund is limited to the profit earned on such derivatives.
Approximate percentage of Fund’s net assets on a daily basis | ||||||||
Fund | Long | Short | ||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 0% | 0% | ||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 0% | 0% | ||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 0% | 0% | ||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 17% | 0% |
The following is a summary of the location of derivative investments on the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2011:
Location on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities | ||||
Derivative Investments Type | Asset Derivatives | Liability Derivatives | ||
Equity contracts | Variation margin | Variation margin | ||
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 December 31, 2011:
Asset Derivative Investments Value | ||||||||||||
Fund | Futures Equity Contracts* | Options Written Equity Contracts | Total Value at December 31, 2011 | |||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | $51,166 | $ — | $51,166 | |||||||||
Liability Derivative Investments Value |
| |||||||||||
Fund | Futures Equity Contracts* | Options Written Equity Contracts | Total Value at December 31, 2011 | |||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | $ — | $145,415 | $145,415 | |||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | — | 141,240 | 141,240 | |||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | — | 268,391 | 268,391 |
* | 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 year ended December 31, 2011:
Derivative Investment Type | Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives | |
Equity contracts | Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on options written | ||
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 year ended December 31, 2011:
Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Investments Recognized in the Statement of Operations
Fund | Futures Equity Contracts | Options Written Equity Contracts | Total | |||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | — | $ 25,685 | $ | 25,685 | |||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | — | 66,598 | 66,598 | |||||||||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 1,465,730 | — | 1,465,730 | |||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | — | 102,205 | 102,205 | |||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | — | 261,995 | 261,995 | |||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | — | 422,381 | 422,381 | |||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 40,141 | — | 40,141 | |||||||||
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Investments Recognized on the Statements of Operations | ||||||||||||
Fund | Futures Equity Contracts | Options Written Equity Contracts | Total | |||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | $ | — | $375,133 | $ | 375,133 | |||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | — | (7,232 | ) | (7,232 | ) | |||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | — | 722,290 | 722,290 | |||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | (9,237 | ) | — | (9,237 | ) |
7. Other Liabilities
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) and Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) each wrote put option contracts through Lehman Brothers, Inc. (“Lehman”) that were exercised prior to the option contracts expiration and prior to the bankruptcy filing by Lehman, during September 2008. However, these transactions have not settled and the securities have not been delivered to the Series as of December 31, 2011.
Although the ultimate resolution of these transactions is uncertain, the Series have recorded a liability on their respective books equal to the difference between the strike price on the put options and the market prices of the underlying security on the exercise date. The amount of liability recorded as of December 31, 2011 was $18,615 for Series A and $205,716 for Series V.
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8. Securities Transactions
During the year ended December 31, 2011, purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding government and short-term investments, were:
Purchases | Sales | |||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | $ | 194,256,638 | $ | 221,228,604 | ||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 51,457,524 | 87,438,562 | ||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | — | — | ||||||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 404,096,525 | 448,848,268 | ||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 21,394,516 | 23,464,875 | ||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 231,224,348 | 259,309,772 | ||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 20,527,666 | 32,054,541 | ||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 29,412,345 | 48,102,005 | ||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 76,326,450 | 86,689,572 | ||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 60,782,922 | 72,179,816 | ||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 80,023,074 | 126,431,728 | ||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 38,608,625 | 47,991,834 | ||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 59,661,088 | 63,987,724 | ||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 61,255,135 | 60,250,759 |
During the year ended December 31, 2011, purchases and sales of government securities, excluding short-term investments, were:
Purchases | Sales | |||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | $ | 40,105,195 | $ | 39,853,828 | ||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 10,300,627 | 11,995,858 |
9. Affiliated Transactions
Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares of a portfolio company of a fund, or control of or by, or common control under Guggenheim Partners, LLC, result in that portfolio company being considered an affiliated company of such fund, as defined in the 1940 Act. Transactions for the year ended December 31, 2011 in which the portfolio company is an “affiliated person” are as follows:
Fund | Security | Value 12/31/10 | Additions | Reductions | Value 12/31/11 | Shares 12/31/11 | Investment Income | |||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | Common Stock: HydroGen Corp. | $14,792 | $ — | $ — | $6,791 | 672,346 | $ — |
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10. Options Written
Transactions in options written during the year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:
Written Call Options
Series O | Series Q | Series V | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2010 | 1,146 | $ | 124,440 | 1,382 | $ | 113,798 | 3,231 | $ | 332,827 | |||||||||||||||
Options written | 1,057 | 184,328 | 2,004 | 165,687 | 2,340 | 390,389 | ||||||||||||||||||
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Options expired | (674 | ) | (64,696 | ) | (1,911 | ) | (176,616 | ) | (2,106 | ) | (184,324 | ) | ||||||||||||
Options exercised | (949 | ) | (108,262 | ) | (1,021 | ) | (21,148 | ) | (2,165 | ) | (245,583 | ) | ||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2011 | 580 | $ | 135,810 | 454 | $ | 81,721 | 1,300 | $ | 293,309 |
Written Put Options | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series A | Series B | Series O | Series Q | Series V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2010 | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | 206 | $ | 26,787 | 130 | $ | 23,140 | 639 | $ | 95,086 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options written | 140 | 25,685 | 363 | 66,598 | 1,242 | 303,548 | 955 | 146,768 | 4,491 | 846,339 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions | — | — | — | — | — | — | (168 | ) | (17,655 | ) | (397 | ) | (41,720 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options expired | (140 | ) | (25,685 | ) | (363 | ) | (66,598 | ) | (284 | ) | (37,509 | ) | (384 | ) | (71,128 | ) | (1,227 | ) | (207,028 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Options exercised | — | — | — | — | (453 | ) | (121,257 | ) | — | — | (2,210 | ) | (381,298 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2011 | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | 711 | $ | 171,569 | 533 | $ | 81,125 | 1,296 | $ | 311,379 |
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11. Series Z
The Fund contracted with Lehman Brothers International Europe (“LBIE”) to provide prime brokerage services related to the Fund’s short selling. On September 15, 2008, LBIE was placed into administration and a third party administrator was named (the “Administrator”). The Fund’s exposure to LBIE consists of short sale proceeds held by LBIE, and restricted long positions held at the Fund’s custodian, as collateral for said short sales. The Fund has delivered a Notice of Termination of Loans to LBIE and the Administrator. The Fund is working to resolve these issues with LBIE and the Administrator. As of December 31, 2011, included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are the value of restricted long positions of $9,155,348, cash collateral of $586,580, restricted cash representing the value of short sale proceeds of $4,509,353 and liabilities for short sales of $7,786,654, representing the value of securities sold short at the date the short sales were deemed by the Fund to have been terminated. If these short sales had not been terminated, the value of the liability related to these securities sold short would have been $6,855,893 as of December 31, 2011, resulting in an increase in net assets of $930,761 (or 5.4%). Until such time as the liability for short sales is settled and all restrictions are removed by LBIE and Lehman Brothers International, the Fund cannot sell such restricted long positions and/or utilize the restricted cash balances to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives and/or meet Fund redemption or other Fund obligations. Based on the ultimate terms of such settlement, the value assigned to these positions may ultimately differ from the fair valuations assigned to them by the Fund and there is no guarantee that the Fund will ultimately recover the full value of the assets that are subject to restrictions. Accordingly, a settlement could ultimately result in the Fund realizing values that are materially different from those indicated herein, which would materially impact the Fund’s net asset value. As of the close of business on October 3, 2008, and until further notice, the Fund is not accepting subscriptions for shares from either new or existing shareholders.
Effective as of August 1, 2011, GI has agreed to purchase shares of the Fund from time to time to provide the Fund with liquidity if needed to meet redemptions. The intent of the agreement is to provide liquidity to the Fund in the event that shareholders seek to redeem shares of the Fund at a time that there are not sufficient unrestricted assets.
12. Fund Merger
On April 30, 2010, Series A (Large Cap Core Series) acquired all of the net assets of Series H (Enhanced Index Series), a separate series of the Fund, in exchange for shares of the Series A (Large Cap Core Series), pursuant to an agreement and plan of reorganization approved by the Board of Directors and approved by the shareholders of the Series H (Enhanced Index Series). The acquisition was accomplished through a combination of a tax-free exchange of the outstanding shares of the Series H (Enhanced Index Series) 5,066,966 valued at $47,882,828 for respective shares of the Series A (Large Cap Core Series) 2,188,429. For financial reporting purposes, the net assets received and shares issued by Series A (Large Cap Core Series) were recorded at fair value; however, the Series H (Enhanced Index Series)’s cost of the investments was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of Series A (Large Cap Core Series) realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.
Series H (Enhanced Index Series)’s net assets on April 30, 2010 were $47,882,828, including $1,097,678 of unrealized appreciation. Series H (Enhanced Index Series)’s net assets were primarily comprised of investments with a fair value of $45,146,242. The aggregate net assets of Series A (Large Cap Core Series) immediately before and after the acquisition were $204,742,194 and $252,625,022, respectively.
The financial statements reflect the operations of the Series A (Large Cap Core Series) for the period prior to the acquisition and the combined fund for the period subsequent to the fund merger. Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Series H (Enhanced Index Series) that have been included in the combined fund’s Statement of Operations since the acquisition was completed. Assuming the acquisition had been completed January 1, 2010, Series A (Large Cap Core Series) pro-forma net investment income, net realized and unrealized gain on investments and net increase in net assets from operations for the period January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 would have been $2,093,242, $34,973,609 and $37,066,851, respectively. Security Investors, LLC and Series H (Enhanced Index Series) bore one-half of the expenses related to the reorganization.
13. Series D Name and Objective Change
At a meeting held on February 16, 2011 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved the following changes with respect to Series D, each effective on April 29, 2011:
• | The change of the Fund’s name to “MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series;” |
• | The change of the Fund’s investment objective to “performance that corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the MSCI EAFE Equal Weighted Index;” |
• | The change of the Fund’s investment strategies to reflect the new name and investment objective; |
• | The change of the Fund’s benchmark index in light of the foregoing changes to the Fund’s investment objective and strategies; and |
• | A new lower investment advisory fee of 0.70% of average daily net assets on an annual basis (instead of 1.00% prior to April 29, 2011). |
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14. Legal Proceedings
Tribune Company
SBL Fund may be a putative member of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in the case entitled Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Co. v. FitzSimons (In re Tribune Co.), Adv. Pro. No. 10-54010 (Bankr. D. Del.), as a result of ownership of shares in the Tribune Company (“Tribune”) in 2007 by certain series of the SBL Fund when Tribune effected a leveraged buyout transaction (“LBO”) by which Tribune converted to a privately-held company. In its complaint, the Unsecured Creditors Committee (the “UCC”) has alleged that, in connection with the LBO, insiders and major shareholders were overpaid for their Tribune stock using financing that the insiders knew would, and ultimately did, leave Tribune insolvent. The UCC has asserted claims against certain insiders, major 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. This adversary proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court has been stayed pending further order of the Bankruptcy Court.
In June 2011, a group of Tribune creditors, not including the UCC, filed multiple actions involving state law constructive fraudulent conveyance claims against former Tribune shareholders. SBL Fund has been named as a defendant and may be a putative member of one or more proposed defendant classes in one or more of these suits. These cases have been consolidated in a multidistrict litigation proceeding in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and have been stayed pending further order of that court or of the Bankruptcy Court.
None of these lawsuits allege any wrongdoing on the part of SBL Fund. The following series of SBL Fund held shares of Tribune and tendered these shares as part of Tribune’s LBO: Series H (Enhanced Index Series) (which was merged into Series A (Large Cap Core Series)), Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) and Series O (All Cap Value Series) (the “Funds”). The value of the proceeds received by the foregoing Funds was $158,950, $51,000 and $3,774,000, respectively. At this stage of the proceedings, SBL Fund 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
SBL Fund may be named as a putative member of the proposed defendant class in Weisfelner, as Trustee of the LB Creditor Trust, v. Reichman (In re Lyondell Chemical Co.), No. 653522/2011 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.).
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.
This lawsuit does not allege any wrongdoing on the part of SBL Fund. The following series of SBL Fund received cash proceeds from the cash out merger in the following amounts: Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) — $ 28,800. At this stage of the proceedings, SBL Fund is not able to make a reliable predication as to the outcome of this lawsuit or the effect, if any, on a Fund’s net asset value.
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R E P O R T O F I N D E P E N D E N T R E G I S T E R E D P U B L I C | ||
A C C O U N T I N G F I R M |
To the Contract Holders and Board of Directors of
SBL Fund
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of SBL Fund (comprising, Series A–Large Cap Core Series, Series B–Large Cap Value Series, Series C–Money Market Series, Series D–MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series, Series E–U.S. Intermediate Bond Series, Series J–Mid Cap Growth Series, Series N–Managed Asset Allocation Series, Series O–All Cap Value Series, Series P–High Yield Series, Series Q–Small Cap Value Series, Series V–Mid Cap Value Series, Series X–Small Cap Growth Series, Series Y–Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series, and Series Z–Alpha Opportunity Series) (the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2011, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As more fully discussed in Note 11 to the financial statements, Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) (“Series Z”) previously utilized the services of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“Lehman”) to provide prime broker services related to Series Z’s securities sold short. On September 15, 2008, Lehman was placed into administration. The financial records of Lehman are now being handled by the administrators. Information flow to Series Z from the administrators has been limited. Management has recorded in the financial statements its best estimate of the liability for securities sold short due to Lehman, based upon management’s assessment of all available evidence, including information supplied by the administrators. Significant uncertainty exists regarding the ultimate timing and manner of settlement, as well as the ultimate liability for securities sold short due to Lehman, and the difference between amounts currently recorded and that which may ultimately be due may be material.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the respective portfolios constituting the SBL Fund at December 31, 2011, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and their financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Chicago, Illinois
February 29, 2012
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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 September 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.820.0888. The proxy statement information is also available from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
At a special meeting of shareholders held on November 22, 2011, the shareholders of the Funds voted on whether to approve a new investment advisory agreement between SBL Fund and GI. A description of the number of shares voted is as follows:
Fund | Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstained | |||||||||
Series A (Large Cap Core Series) | 9,183,033 | 122,085 | 233,873 | |||||||||
Series B (Large Cap Value Series) | 10,109,678 | 95,778 | 206,194 | |||||||||
Series C (Money Market Series) | 10,625,267 | 44,168 | 440,169 | |||||||||
Series D (MSCI EAFE Equal Weight Series) | 21,200,877 | 547,797 | 543,190 | |||||||||
Series E (U.S. Intermediate Bond Series) | 8,930,598 | 97,754 | 191,123 | |||||||||
Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) | 4,613,807 | 90,170 | 141,688 | |||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 3,349,068 | 46,522 | 101,419 | |||||||||
Series O (All Cap Value Series) | 6,344,270 | 143,448 | 128,754 | |||||||||
Series P (High Yield Series) | 3,676,771 | 74,671 | 72,602 | |||||||||
Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) | 3,197,327 | 72,048 | 82,110 | |||||||||
Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) | 4,506,228 | 94,938 | 114,934 | |||||||||
Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) | 1,837,334 | 71,954 | 64,850 | |||||||||
Series Y (Large Cap Concentrated Growth Series) | 3,292,552 | 273,814 | 50,070 | |||||||||
Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) | 964,394 | 1,659 | 82,930 |
At a special meeting of shareholders held on November 22, 2011, the shareholders of the Trust also voted on whether to approve the election of nominees to the Board of Directors. A description of the number of shares voted is as follows:
Donald C. Cacciapaglia | Donald A. Chubb, Jr. | Harry W. Craig, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
For | 92,389,725 | For | 92,688,369 | For | 92,651,254 | |||||||||||
Withhold | 3,672,190 | Withhold | 3,373,546 | Withhold | 3,410,661 | |||||||||||
Total | 96,061,915 | Total | 96,061,915 | Total | 96,061,915 | |||||||||||
Jerry B. Farley | Richard M. Goldman | Penny A. Lumpkin | ||||||||||||||
For | 92,569,429 | For | 92,251,353 | For | 92,555,434 | |||||||||||
Withhold | 3,492,486 | Withhold | 3,810,562 | Withhold | 3,506,481 | |||||||||||
Total | 96,061,915 | Total | 96,061,915 | Total | 96,061,915 | |||||||||||
Maynard F. Oliverius | ||||||||||||||||
For | 92,365,668 | |||||||||||||||
Withhold | 3,696,247 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 96,061,915 |
At a special meeting of shareholders held on November 22, 2011, the shareholders of Series N also voted on whether to approve a change to the fundamental investment policy on diversification of investments. A description of the number of shares voted is as follows:
Fund | Shares For | Shares Against | Shares Abstained | |||||||||
Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) | 3,348,397 | 46,522 | 102,090 |
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Quarterly Portfolio Schedules Information
Each of the GI Funds files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Forms N-Q of each such Fund are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1.800. SEC.0330. The portfolio holdings of each of the GI Funds are available on their website, www.securitybenefit.com or by calling 1.800.888.2461.
A description of the policies and procedures that the GI Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available upon request, free of charge by calling 1.800.888.2461, or accessing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the GI Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30 is available upon request, free of charge by calling 1.800.888.2461, or accessing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.
The statement of additional information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Funds’ Directors and is available upon request without charge by calling 1.800.888.2461.
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
Guggenheim Transaction
On September 20, 2011, Guggenheim Capital, LLC agreed to purchase the indirect holding company of Security Investors, LLC, the Funds’ investment manager (the “Investment Manager”) (the “Transaction”). Guggenheim Capital, LLC’s subsidiary, Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), is a global, independent, privately-held, diversified financial services firm with more than 1,500 dedicated professionals.
The Transaction should not result in material changes to the day-to-day management and operation of the Funds or any increase in fees. The parties expect the Transaction to be completed in early 2012. However, it is subject to various conditions, and could be delayed or even terminated due to unforeseen circumstances.
In anticipation of the Transaction, the Board of Directors of the Fund (the “Board”) called a special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”), at which shareholders of the Funds of record as of October 3, 2011 were asked to consider the approval of a new investment management agreement between the Funds and the Investment Manager (the “New Agreement”). This approval was necessary because, under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Transaction could have resulted in the termination of the Funds’ current investment management agreement with the Investment Manager (the “Current Agreement”). The Funds’ shareholders approved the New Agreement, the terms of which are substantially identical to the corresponding Current Agreement, except with respect to the date of execution, and the New Agreement will take effect if the Transaction is completed.
Election of Board Members
The Board also approved a proposal to elect seven individuals to the Boards. The Board proposed the election of the following nominees: Donald C. Cacciapaglia, Donald A. Chubb, Jr., Harry W. Craig, Jr., Jerry B. Farley, Richard M. Goldman, Penny A. Lumpkin and Maynard F. Oliverius. Each of the nominees, other than Mr. Cacciapaglia, currently serves as a Director. In connection with the Transaction, the Board believes that expanding the Board to include Mr. Cacciapaglia, who is a member of senior management of Guggenheim’s investment management business, and who would serve on other boards in the GI family of funds, would be beneficial to the Funds and their shareholders. However, for regulatory and governance reasons the term of Mr. Cacciapaglia, an “interested person” (as that term is defined for regulatory purposes), would not be effective until an additional non-interested Director is also appointed (or the balance is otherwise maintained). This search for an additional noninterested Director is still underway. The Trusts’ shareholders ultimately approved the aforementioned proposal.
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Board Considerations in Approving the Investment Advisory and Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements
At an in-person meeting of the Board of Directors of SBL Fund held August 10, 2011, called for the purpose of, among other things, voting on the approval of investment advisory agreements applicable to the series of the SBL Fund (collectively, the “Funds”), the SBL Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), including the independent Directors, unanimously approved the investment advisory agreement between SBL Fund and GI (referred to herein as the “Adviser”) and the sub-investment advisory agreements between the Adviser and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price”) with respect to Series N and Mainstream Investment Advisers LLC (“Mainstream”) with respect to Series Z.
At an in-person meeting of the Board held August 16, 2011, the Board also considered new investment advisory and sub-investment advisory agreements that were required as a result of a proposed change in the corporate ownership structure of the Adviser (the “Transaction”). The Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the law that regulates mutual funds, including the Funds, requires that a fund’s investment advisory agreement terminate whenever there is deemed to be a “change in control” of the investment adviser. The change in the corporate ownership structure of the Adviser could potentially be deemed to constitute a “change in control” (as this term is used for regulatory purposes) of the Adviser. Before an investment advisory agreement terminates, a new investment advisory agreement must be in effect in order for the investment adviser to continue to manage the fund’s investments. For that reason, the Board was asked to approve new investment advisory agreements for the Funds and a new sub-investment advisory agreement for each of Series N and Series Z.
At the meeting of August 16, 2011, the Board considered the new investment advisory and sub-investment advisory agreements, pursuant to which, subject to approval by each Fund’s shareholders of the new investment advisory agreements, the Adviser would continue to serve each Fund as investment adviser (and T. Rowe Price would continue to serve as sub-investment adviser to Series N and Mainstream as sub-investment adviser to Series Z) after the completion of the Transaction. At the meeting, the Board considered information about the Transaction and voted in favor of the new investment advisory and sub-investment advisory agreements.
In reaching the conclusion to approve the investment advisory and investment sub-advisory agreements, the Directors requested and obtained from the Adviser such information as the Directors deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the proposed agreements. The Directors carefully evaluated this information and were advised by legal counsel with respect to their deliberations.
Prior to the Board meetings on August 10, 2011 and August 16, 2011, representatives of Guggenheim Capital informed the Board of the Transaction. With respect to the Transaction, the Board reviewed materials received from Guggenheim Capital, including information relating to the terms of the Transaction. The Board also reviewed information regarding Guggenheim Capital, including, but not limited to: (a) certain representations concerning Guggenheim Capital’s financial condition, (b) information regarding the new proposed ownership structure and its possible effect on shareholders, (c) information regarding the consideration to be paid by Guggenheim Capital, and (d) potential conflicts of interest.
In considering the new investment advisory and sub-investment advisory agreements, the Board determined that the agreements would enable shareholders of the Funds to continue to obtain high quality services at a cost that is appropriate, reasonable, and in the best interests of their shareholders. The Board, including the independent Directors, unanimously approved the new agreements. In reaching their decision, the Directors 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, T. Rowe Price and Mainstream (collectively, the “Advisers”) that the Board had received relating to the current investment advisory agreements at the Board meeting of August 10, 2011. The Directors noted that, at the meeting, 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 mutual funds. They also considered the evolution of the GI family of funds and the Adviser since the change in control of the Investment Adviser in 2010 and Guggenheim Capital’s commitment to the success of the Adviser and the Funds.
In addition, as a part of their required consideration of the renewal of the current investment advisory agreements at the meeting of August 10, 2011, the Directors, including the independent Directors, had evaluated a number of considerations, including among others: (a) the quality of the Advisers’ investment advisory and other services; (b) the Advisers’ investment management personnel; (c) the Advisers’ operations and financial condition; (d) the Advisers’ 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 mutual funds or accounts; (f) each Fund’s overall fees and operating expenses compared with similar mutual funds; (g) the level of the Adviser’s profitability from its Fund-related operations; (h) revenue sharing arrangements entered into by the Adviser (whereby certain of its profits are shared with other parties in exchange for certain services); (i) the Advisers’ compliance systems; (j) the Advisers’ policies on and compliance procedures for personal securities transactions; (k) the Advisers’ reputation, expertise and resources in the financial markets; and (l) Fund performance compared with similar mutual funds. Based on the Board’s deliberations at the meetings of August 10, 2011 and August 16, 2011, and its evaluation of the information regarding the Transaction and the fact that the Transaction is not expected to change the level and quality of services rendered by the Advisers
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to any of the Funds, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, unanimously: (a) concluded that terms of the current and new investment advisory agreements are fair and reasonable; (b) concluded that the Advisers’ fees were reasonable in light of the services that they provide to the Funds; and (c) agreed to approve the current investment advisory agreements and, subject to shareholder approval, the new investment advisory agreements, based upon the following considerations, among others:
• | Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by the Advisers. |
At the meeting of August 10, 2011, the Board reviewed the scope of services to be provided by the Advisers under the current investment advisory agreements, and, at the meeting of August 16, 2011, noted that there would be no significant differences between the scope of services required to be provided by the Advisers under the current investment advisory agreements (which had been recently approved by shareholders and renewed by the Board at the meeting of August 10, 2011) and the scope of services required to be provided by the Advisers under the new investment advisory agreements. The Board noted that the key investment and management personnel of the Advisers servicing the Funds were expected to remain with the Adviser following the Transaction. The Directors also considered Guggenheim Capital’s representations to the Board that the Adviser would continue to provide investment and related services that were materially the same quality and quantity as services provided to the Funds in the past, and that these services were appropriate in scope and extent in light of the Funds’ operations, the competitive landscape of the investment company business and investor needs.
• | The investment performance of the Funds. At the meeting of August 10, 2011, the Board had reviewed statistical information prepared by the Adviser regarding the expense ratio components and performance of each Fund. Based on the representations made by Guggenheim Capital that the Adviser would continue to operate following the closing of the Transaction in much the same manner as it currently operates, the Board concluded that the investment performance of the Adviser was not expected to be affected by the Transaction. |
• | The cost of investment management and sub-advisory services provided and the level of profitability. At the meeting of August 10, 2011, 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 agreements. At that meeting, the Board had also analyzed the Funds’ expenses, including the investment advisory fees paid to the Adviser. At the meeting of August 16, 2011, the Board considered the fact that the fee rates payable to the Adviser would be the same under each Fund’s new investment advisory agreement as they are under such Fund’s current investment advisory agreement. With respect to anticipated profitability, the Board noted that it was too early to predict how the Transaction would affect the Adviser’s profitability with respect to the Funds, but noted that this matter would be given further consideration on an ongoing basis. |
• | Whether the investment management fees reflect economies of scale. In connection with its review of the Funds’ profitability analysis at the meeting of August 10, 2011, the Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result from increases in the Funds’ asset levels. The Directors noted that the fees would not change under the new investment advisory agreements, and that no additional economies of scale would be directly realized as a result of the Transaction. They also noted that they will have the opportunity to again review the appropriateness of the fee payable to the Adviser under the new investment advisory agreements when the next renewal of the agreements comes before the Board. |
• | Benefits (such as soft dollars) to the Advisers from their relationship with the Funds. In addition to evaluating the services provided by the Advisers, the Board had considered the nature, extent, quality and cost of the distribution services performed by the Distributor under a separate agreement at the meeting of August 10, 2011. The Board also considered the terms of the Transaction and the changes to the corporate ownership structure of the Adviser, noting that the Adviser would no longer be a subsidiary of Security Benefit Corporation. In this regard, the Board noted that, under the corporate structure after the Transaction, the Adviser would be more closely controlled by Guggenheim Capital, which could benefit Guggenheim Capital. The Board also noted that the costs associated with the Transaction would be borne by Guggenheim Capital (or its affiliates) and not the Funds. |
On the basis of the information provided to it and its evaluation of that information, the Board, including the independent Directors, concluded that the terms of the investment advisory and investment sub-advisory agreements for the Funds were reasonable, and that approval of the current and new investment advisory and investment sub-advisory agreements were in the best interests of the Funds.
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DIRECTORS
The business address of each director is One Security Benefit Place, Topeka, KS 66636-0001
Name | Principal Occupations | |
Donald A. Chubb, Jr.** (12-14-46) 1994 | Business Broker — Griffith & Blair Realtors | |
Harry W. Craig, Jr.** (05-11-39) 2004 | Chairman, CEO, Secretary & Director — The Martin Tractor Company, Inc. | |
Jerry B. Farley** (09-20-46) 2005 | President — Washburn University | |
Penny A. Lumpkin** (08-20-39) 1993 | Partner — Vivian’s Gift Shop (Corporate Retail) Vice President - Palmer Companies, Inc. (Small Business and Shopping Center Development) Vice President — PLB (Real Estate Equipment Leasing) | |
Maynard F. Oliverius** (12-18-43) 1998 | President & Chief Executive Officer — Stormont-Vail HealthCare | |
Richard M. Goldman* (03-04-61) 2008 (President, Director & | Senior Vice President — Security Benefit Corporation (2007 to present) Chief Executive Officer — Security Benefit Asset Management Holdings, LLC (2010 to present) Chief Executive Officer & Manager — Rydex Holdings, LLC (2009 to present) President, CEO & Member Representative — Security Investors, LLC (2007 to present) President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager — Rydex Distributors, LLC (2009 to present) Manager — Rydex Fund Services, LLC (2009 to present) President — SBL Fund, Security Equity Fund, Security Income Fund, Security Large Cap Value Fund and Security Mid Cap Growth Fund (2008 to present) Director — First Security Benefit Life and Annuity Insurance Company of New York (2007 to 2010) Director and Chief Executive Officer — Rydex Advisors, LLC (2009 to 2010) Director and Chief Executive Officer — Rydex Advisors II, LLC (2009 to 2010) Manager and President — Security Global Investors, LLC (2007 to 2010) Director — Security Distributors, Inc. (2007 to 2009) Managing Member — R.M. Goldman Partner, LLC (2006 to 2007) |
* | This Director is deemed to be an “interested person” of the Funds under the 1940 Act, as amended, by reason of his position with the Funds’ Investment Manager and/or the parent of the Investment Manager. This Director is also an officer of the funds. |
** | These Directors serve on the Fund’s joint audit committee, the purpose of which is to meet with the independent registered public accounting firm, to review the work of the independent registered public accounting firm, and to oversee the handling by Security Investors of the accounting and financial reporting functions for the Funds. |
*** | Each Director oversees 31 Security Funds portfolios and serves until the next annual meeting, or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified. |
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OFFICERS*
The business address of each officer is One Security Benefit Place, Topeka, KS 66636-0001
Name | Principal Occupations | |
Mark P. Bronzo (11-01-60) Vice President — 2008 | Current: Portfolio Manager, Security Investors, LLC
Previous: Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Nationwide Separate Accounts LLC (2003-2008) | |
Keith A. Fletcher (02-18-58) Vice President — 2010 | Current: Senior Vice President, Security Investors, LLC; Vice President, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Vice President, Rydex Specialized Products, LLC; Vice President, Rydex Distributors, LLC; Vice President, Rydex Fund Services, LLC; Vice President and Director, Advisor Research Center, Inc.; and Vice President, SBL Fund; Security Equity Fund; Security Income Fund; Security Large Cap Value Fund & Security Mid Cap Growth Fund
Previous: Security Global Investors, LLC, Vice President (2010- 2011); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.) & Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Vice President (2009-2011); Lyster Watson and Company, Managing Director (2007-2008); and Fletcher Financial Group, Inc., Chief Executive Officer (2004-2007) | |
Joanna Haigney (10-10-66) Chief Compliance Officer — 2010 | Current: Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary, SBL Fund; Security Equity Fund; Security Income Fund; Security Large Cap Value Fund & Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; Vice President, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Vice President, Security Benefit Asset Management Holdings, LLC; and Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Security Investors, LLC
Previous: Security Global Investors, LLC, Senior Vice President (2010-2011); Rydex Advisors, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors, Inc.) and Rydex Advisors II, LLC (f/k/a PADCO Advisors II, Inc.), Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President (2010-2011); Rydex Capital Partners I, LLC & Rydex Capital Partners II, LLC, Chief Compliance Officer (2006-2007); and Rydex Fund Services, LLC (f/k/a Rydex Fund Services, Inc.), Vice President (2001-2006) | |
Nikolaos Bonos (05-30-63) Treasurer — 2010 | 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) |
* | Officers serve until the next annual meeting or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified. |
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OFFICERS* (concluded)
The business address of each officer is One Security Benefit Place, Topeka, KS 66636-0001
Name | Principal Occupations | |
Joseph M. Arruda (09-05-66) Assistant Treasurer — 2010 | 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) | |
Amy J. Lee (06-05-61) Vice President — 2007 Secretary — 1987 | Current: Senior Vice President & Secretary, Security Investors, LLC; Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer, Security Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and Security Benefit Corporation; Associate General Counsel, First Security Benefit Life Insurance and Annuity of New York; Vice President & Secretary, SBL Fund; Security Equity Fund; Security Income Fund; Security Large Cap Value Fund & Security Mid Cap Growth Fund; Vice President & Secretary, Rydex Holdings, LLC; Secretary, Advisor Research Center, Inc., Rydex Specialized Products, LLC, Rydex Distributors, LLC and Rydex Fund Services, LLC; and Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Clinic and Hospital
Previous: 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); and Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc., Director (2004-2008) | |
Mark A. Mitchell (08-24-64) Vice President — 2003 | Current: Portfolio Manager, Security Investors, LLC
Previous: Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (2003-2010) | |
Joseph C. O’Connor (07-15-60) Vice President — 2008 | Current: Portfolio Manager, Security Investors, LLC
Previous: Managing Director, Nationwide Separate Accounts LLC (2003-2008) | |
Daniel W. Portanova (10-02-60) Vice President — 2008 | Current: Portfolio Manager, Security Investors, LLC
Previous: Managing Director, Nationwide Separate Accounts LLC (2003-2008) | |
James P. Schier (12-28-57) Vice President — 1998 | Current: Senior Portfolio Manager, Security Investors, LLC
Previous: Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (1998-2010) | |
David G. Toussaint (10-10-66) Vice President — 2005 | Current: Portfolio Manager, Security Investors, LLC
Previous: Assistant Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (2005-2009) |
* | Officers serve until the next annual meeting or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified. |
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G U G G E N H E I M I N V E S T M E N T S P R I V A C Y P O L I C I E S |
Rydex Funds, Guggenheim Funds, Rydex Investments, Rydex Distributors, Inc., 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, www.rydex-sgi.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.
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 www.rydex-sgi.com. Should you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, contact us at 800.820.0888 or 301.296.5100.
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GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS
One Security Benefit Place
Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001
securitybenefit.com
Rydex Distributors, Inc.
460425800
Item 2. | Code of Ethics. |
The registrant’s Board of Directors has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. No substantive amendments were approved or waivers were granted to the Code during the period covered by this report. The Code is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.
Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
The registrant’s Board of Directors has determined that Maynard Oliverius, an “independent” Directors serving on the registrant's audit committee, is an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Under applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and Board of Directors in the absence of such designation or identification.
Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
(a)-(d) The aggregate Audit Fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant, for the audit of the annual financial statements in connection with statutory and regulatory filings for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were $287,600 and $304,673, respectively. The aggregate Audit Related Fees by the Registrant’s principal accountant billed for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were $5,420 and $4,466, respectively. The aggregate Tax Fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning, including preparation of tax returns and distribution assistance, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 was $68,060 and $46,452, respectively.
(e) The audit committee has adopted a policy whereby audit and non-audit services performed by the registrant’s principal accountant for the registrant, its investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment advisor that provides ongoing services to the registrant require pre-approval in advance at regularly scheduled audit committee meetings. If such service is required between regularly scheduled audit committee meetings, the chairman of the audit committee, Penny Lumpkin, is authorized to pre-approve the service with full committee approval at the next scheduled meeting. There shall be no waivers of the pre-approval process. No services described in (b)-(d) above were approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for the most recent fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year for services rendered to the registrant, the investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the advisor that provides ongoing services to the registrant were $103,479 and $50,918, respectively. These aggregate fees were less than the aggregate fees billed for the same periods by the registrant’s principal accountant for audit services rendered to the registrant, the investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the advisor that provides ongoing services to the registrant.
(h) All non-audit services rendered in (g) above were pre-approved by the registrant’s audit committee. As such, the audit committee has considered these services in maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
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. |
The registrant does not currently have in place procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.
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)(1) The registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is attached.
(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) A certification 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)) is 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) SBL Fund | ||
By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Richard M. Goldman | |
Richard M. Goldman, President |
Date March 09, 2012
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Richard M. Goldman | |
Richard M. Goldman, President |
Date March 09, 2012
By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Nikolaos Bonos | |
Nikolaos Bonos, Treasurer |
Date March 09, 2012
* | Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature. |