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- 09525
Rydex Dynamic Funds
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
702 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 200
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Amy J. Lee
Rydex Dynamic Funds
702 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 200
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-301-296-5100
Date of fiscal year end: March 31
Date of reporting period: April 1, 2022 – September 30, 2022
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
The registrant’s semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), is as follows:
9.30.2022
Rydex Funds Semi-Annual Report
Domestic Equity Funds |
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S&P 500® 2x Strategy Fund |
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Inverse S&P 500® 2x Strategy Fund |
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NASDAQ-100® 2x Strategy Fund |
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Inverse NASDAQ-100® 2x Strategy Fund |
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Dow 2x Strategy Fund |
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Inverse Dow 2x Strategy Fund |
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Russell 2000® 2x Strategy Fund |
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Inverse Russell 2000® 2x Strategy Fund |
GuggenheimInvestments.com |
DYN-SEMI-0922x0323 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
DEAR SHAREHOLDER |
2 |
ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW |
3 |
A BRIEF NOTE ON THE COMPOUNDING OF RETURNS |
5 |
ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES |
6 |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
9 |
INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
21 |
NASDAQ-100® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
28 |
INVERSE NASDAQ-100® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
36 |
DOW 2x STRATEGY FUND |
43 |
INVERSE DOW 2x STRATEGY FUND |
50 |
RUSSELL 2000® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
57 |
INVERSE RUSSELL 2000® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
83 |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
90 |
OTHER INFORMATION |
104 |
INFORMATION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS |
109 |
GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS PRIVACY NOTICE |
115 |
LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM |
118 |
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September 30, 2022 |
Dear Shareholder:
Security Investors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser”) is pleased to present the semi-annual shareholder report for a selection of our funds (the “Fund” or “Funds”). This report covers performance for the six-month period ended September 30, 2022.
The Investment Adviser is part of Guggenheim Investments, which represents the investment management businesses of Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), a global, diversified financial services firm.
Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is the distributor of the Funds. Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC is affiliated with Guggenheim and the Investment Adviser.
We encourage you to read the Economic and Market Overview section of the report, which follows this letter.
We are committed to providing innovative investment solutions and appreciate the trust you place in us.
Sincerely,
Security Investors, LLC
October 31, 2022
Read a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) carefully before investing. It contains the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information, which should be considered carefully before investing. Obtain a prospectus and summary prospectus (if available) at guggenheiminvestments.com or call 800.820.0888.
This material is not intended as a recommendation or as investment advice of any kind, including in connection with rollovers, transfers, and distributions. Such material is not provided in a fiduciary capacity, may not be relied upon for or in connection with the making of investment decisions, and does not constitute a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. All content has been provided for informational or educational purposes only and is not intended to be and should not be construed as legal or tax advice and/or a legal opinion. Always consult a financial, tax and/or legal professional regarding your specific situation.
Inverse and leveraged Funds are not suitable for all investors. ● These Funds should be utilized only by investors who (a) understand the risks associated with the use of leverage, (b) understand the consequences of seeking daily leveraged investment results, (c) understand the risk of shorting, and (d) intend to actively monitor and manage their investments. ● The more a Fund invests in leveraged instruments, the more the leverage will magnify any gains or losses on those investments. ● Inverse Funds involve certain risks, which include increased volatility due to the Funds’ possible use of short sales of securities and derivatives, such as options and futures. ● The Funds’ use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, may expose the Funds’ shareholders to additional risks that they would not be subject to if they invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. ● Short-selling involves increased risks and costs. You risk paying more for a security than you received from its sale. ● Leveraged and inverse Funds seek to provide investment results that match the performance of a specific benchmark, before fees and expenses, on a daily basis. Because the Funds seek to track the performance of their benchmark on a daily basis, mathematical compounding, especially with respect to those Funds that use leverage as part of their investment strategy, may prevent a fund from correlating with the monthly, quarterly, annual or other period performance of its benchmark. Due to the compounding of daily returns, leveraged and inverse Funds’ returns over periods other than one day will likely differ in amount and possibly direction from the benchmark return for the same period. For those Funds that consistently apply leverage, the value of the fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in its benchmark index. The Funds rebalance their portfolios on a daily basis, increasing exposure in response to that day’s gains or reducing exposure in response to that day’s losses. Daily rebalancing will impair a fund’s performance if the benchmark experiences volatility. Investors should monitor their leveraged and inverse Funds’ holdings consistent with their strategies, as frequently as daily. ● For more on these and other risks, please read the prospectus.
These funds are considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of their assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of fund shares than would occur in a more diversified fund.
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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited) |
September 30, 2022 |
Equity and fixed income markets declined during the six-month period ended September 30, 2022, amid continued market volatility, Federal Reserve policy, and global economic headwinds.
The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has abandoned talk of a soft or even “softish” landing, with the latest Summary of Economic Projections pointing to a 90-basis-point rise in the unemployment rate, an increase never before experienced without a recession. One basis point equals 0.01%. The seemingly endless string of upside inflation surprises has cemented the Fed’s view that the labor market needs to soften and economic activity needs to weaken further, which could require interest rates heading even higher.
Signs are indicating that the economy is heading in the direction the Fed wants. While gross domestic product (“GDP”) rebounded in the third quarter of 2022 to an inflation-adjusted 2.6%, private domestic demand (consumption and fixed investment) continued to slow, growing just 0.1%. The slowdown was led by a significant contraction in housing activity, historically the first sector to be hit by rising rates, cutting about 1.4 percentage points from GDP’s growth rate. The sharp tightening in financial conditions indicates a broader economic slowdown is ahead, which may help to loosen up the labor market. Signs of a labor market slowdown are already evident, with monthly job growth at less than half the pace of early 2022, wage growth cooling, and job openings falling sharply.
Inflation remains high, but a variety of factors point to a substantial moderation in 2023. Goods prices have stopped rising, and supply chain improvement and input and import costs suggest outright deflation could lie ahead. Services inflation is now the main price stability concern, but even the Bureau of Labor Statistics and several Fed speakers have acknowledged that the lagged data on home rental prices doesn’t reflect the sharp slowdown in market rents that has taken place (and that would start to show up in the data next year).
With the economy cooling and inflation likely to fall, it is fair to expect that rate hikes are nearly coming to an end, particularly with rising strains in financial markets and overseas. But having been repeatedly burned by expectations that inflation would cool and fearing a replay of the “stop-start” rate hike campaigns of the 1970s, the Fed will likely err on the side of overdoing it with rate hikes, viewing a recession as the “least bad” outcome for the economy.
For the six-month period ended September 30, 2022, the S&P 500® Index* returned -20.20%. The MSCI Europe-Australasia-Far East (“EAFE”) Index* returned -22.51%. The return of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index* was -21.70%.
In the bond market, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index* posted a -9.22% return for the six-month period, while the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index* returned -10.41%. The return of the ICE Bank of America (“BofA”) 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index* was 0.57% for the six-month period.
The opinions and forecasts expressed may not actually come to pass. This information is subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions, and should not be construed as a recommendation of any specific security or strategy.
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ECONOMIC AND MARKET OVERVIEW (Unaudited) |
September 30, 2022 |
*Index Definitions:
The following indices are referenced throughout this report. Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect transaction costs, fees, or expenses.
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including U.S. Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities or “MBS” (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, or “ARM”, pass-throughs), asset-backed securities (“ABS”), and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) (agency and non-agency).
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index measures the U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB +/BB + or below.
Dow Jones Industrial Average® is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged market index of U.S. Treasury securities maturing in 90 days that assumes reinvestment of all income.
MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. & Canada.
MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets.
NASDAQ-100® Index includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial securities listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market based on market capitalization. The Index reflects companies across major industry groups including computer hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology. It does not contain securities of financial companies including investment companies.
Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.
S&P 500® is a broad-based index, the performance of which is based on the performance of 500 widely held common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.
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A BRIEF NOTE ON THE COMPOUNDING OF RETURNS (Unaudited) |
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The Funds described in this report are benchmarked daily to leveraged and/or inverse leveraged versions of published indices. To properly evaluate the performance of these funds, it is essential to understand the effect of mathematical compounding on their respective returns.
Because of the nonlinear effects of leverage applied over time, it is possible for a fund to perform in-line with its benchmark for several individual periods in a row, yet seem to trail the benchmark over the entire period on a cumulative basis. It is also possible that a fund that performs in-line with its benchmark on a daily basis may seem to outperform its benchmark over longer periods.
An Example of Compounding
For example, consider a hypothetical fund that is designed to produce returns that correspond to 150% of an index. On the first day of a period, the index rises from a level of 100 to a level of 106, producing a 6.0% gain and an expectation that the fund will rise by 9.0%. On the same day, the fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”) increases from $10.00 to $10.90 for a gain of 9.0% — in line with its benchmark.
On day two, assume the index falls from 106 to 99 for a loss of about 6.6%. The fund, as expected, falls 9.9% to a price of $9.82. On each day, the fund performed exactly in line with its benchmark, but for the two-day period, the fund was down 1.8%, while the index was down only 1.0%. Without taking into account the daily compounding of returns, one would expect the fund to lose 1.5% and would see the fund as trailing by 0.3% when in fact it had performed perfectly. This example is summarized in the table below.
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Index |
Index |
Fund |
Fund |
Fund |
Assessment |
Start |
100 |
$ 10.00 |
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Day 1 |
106 |
6.0% |
9.0% |
$ 10.90 |
9.0% |
In line |
Day 2 |
99 |
-6.6% |
-9.9% |
$ 9.82 |
-9.9% |
In line |
Cumulative |
-1.0% |
-1.5% |
-1.8% |
-0.3% |
As illustrated by this simple example, the effect of leverage can make it difficult to form expectations or judgments about fund performance given only the returns of the unleveraged index.
Because certain funds seek to track the performance of their benchmark on a daily basis, mathematical compounding, especially with respect to those funds that use leverage as part of their investment strategy, may prevent a fund from correlating with the monthly, quarterly, annual or other period performance of its benchmark. Due to the compounding of daily returns, leveraged and inverse funds’ returns over periods other than one day will likely differ in amount and possibly direction from the benchmark return for the same period. Investors should monitor their leveraged and inverse funds’ holdings to ensure that they are consistent with their strategies, as frequently as daily. For those funds that consistently apply leverage, the value of the fund’s shares will tend to increase or decrease more than the value of any increase or decrease in its benchmark index. For more on correlation, leverage and other risks, please read the prospectus.
In general, any change in direction in an index will produce compounding that seems to work against an investor. Were the index to move in the same direction (either up or down) for two or more periods in a row, the compounding of those returns would work in an investor’s favor, causing the fund to seemingly beat its benchmark.
As a general rule of thumb, more leverage in a fund will magnify the compounding effect, while less leverage will generally produce results that are more in line with expectations. In addition, periods of high volatility in an underlying index will also cause the effects of compounding to be more pronounced, while lower volatility will produce a more muted effect.
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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited) |
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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, 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 March 31, 2022 and ending September 30, 2022.
The following tables illustrate the Funds’ 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 fifth 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 the Funds’ expenses, including annual expense ratios for periods up to five years (subject to the Fund’s inception date), can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to the appropriate Fund prospectus.
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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)(continued) |
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Expense |
Fund |
Beginning |
Ending |
Expenses |
Table 1. Based on actual Fund return3 |
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S&P 500® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.81% |
(39.56%) |
$ 1,000.00 |
$ 604.40 |
$ 7.28 |
C-Class |
2.56% |
(39.79%) |
1,000.00 |
602.10 |
10.28 |
H-Class |
1.81% |
(39.56%) |
1,000.00 |
604.40 |
7.28 |
Inverse S&P 500® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.91% |
44.80% |
1,000.00 |
1,448.00 |
11.72 |
C-Class |
2.71% |
44.29% |
1,000.00 |
1,442.90 |
16.60 |
H-Class |
1.97% |
44.87% |
1,000.00 |
1,448.70 |
12.09 |
NASDAQ-100® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.85% |
(48.94%) |
1,000.00 |
510.60 |
7.01 |
C-Class |
2.60% |
(49.14%) |
1,000.00 |
508.60 |
9.83 |
H-Class |
1.84% |
(48.94%) |
1,000.00 |
510.60 |
6.97 |
Inverse NASDAQ-100® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
2.38% |
56.16% |
1,000.00 |
1,561.60 |
15.28 |
C-Class |
3.03% |
55.50% |
1,000.00 |
1,555.00 |
19.41 |
H-Class |
2.23% |
56.28% |
1,000.00 |
1,562.80 |
14.33 |
Dow 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.85% |
(32.74%) |
1,000.00 |
672.60 |
7.76 |
C-Class |
2.60% |
(32.99%) |
1,000.00 |
670.10 |
10.89 |
H-Class |
1.86% |
(32.75%) |
1,000.00 |
672.50 |
7.80 |
Inverse Dow 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.93% |
35.84% |
1,000.00 |
1,358.40 |
11.41 |
C-Class |
2.64% |
35.36% |
1,000.00 |
1,353.60 |
15.58 |
H-Class |
1.94% |
35.79% |
1,000.00 |
1,357.90 |
11.47 |
Russell 2000® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.86% |
(38.27%) |
1,000.00 |
617.30 |
7.54 |
C-Class |
2.60% |
(38.49%) |
1,000.00 |
614.90 |
10.53 |
H-Class |
1.87% |
(38.28%) |
1,000.00 |
617.20 |
7.58 |
Inverse Russell 2000® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.92% |
36.27% |
1,000.00 |
1,362.70 |
11.37 |
C-Class |
2.63% |
35.80% |
1,000.00 |
1,358.00 |
15.55 |
H-Class |
1.96% |
36.19% |
1,000.00 |
1,361.90 |
11.61 |
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ABOUT SHAREHOLDERS’ FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)(concluded) |
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Expense |
Fund |
Beginning |
Ending |
Expenses |
Table 2. Based on hypothetical 5% return (before expenses) |
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S&P 500® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.81% |
5.00% |
$ 1,000.00 |
$ 1,015.99 |
$ 9.15 |
C-Class |
2.56% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,012.23 |
12.91 |
H-Class |
1.81% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.99 |
9.15 |
Inverse S&P 500® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.91% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.49 |
9.65 |
C-Class |
2.71% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,011.48 |
13.67 |
H-Class |
1.97% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.19 |
9.95 |
NASDAQ-100® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.85% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.79 |
9.35 |
C-Class |
2.60% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,012.03 |
13.11 |
H-Class |
1.84% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.84 |
9.30 |
Inverse NASDAQ-100® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
2.38% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,013.14 |
12.01 |
C-Class |
3.03% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,009.88 |
15.27 |
H-Class |
2.23% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,013.89 |
11.26 |
Dow 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.85% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.79 |
9.35 |
C-Class |
2.60% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,012.03 |
13.11 |
H-Class |
1.86% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.74 |
9.40 |
Inverse Dow 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.93% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.39 |
9.75 |
C-Class |
2.64% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,011.83 |
13.31 |
H-Class |
1.94% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.34 |
9.80 |
Russell 2000® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.86% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.74 |
9.40 |
C-Class |
2.60% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,012.03 |
13.11 |
H-Class |
1.87% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.69 |
9.45 |
Inverse Russell 2000® 2x Strategy Fund |
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A-Class |
1.92% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.44 |
9.70 |
C-Class |
2.63% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,011.88 |
13.26 |
H-Class |
1.96% |
5.00% |
1,000.00 |
1,015.24 |
9.90 |
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Annualized and excludes expenses of the underlying funds in which the Funds invest, if any. |
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 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
3 |
Actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period March 31, 2022 to September 30, 2022. |
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PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) |
September 30, 2022 |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND
OBJECTIVE: Seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the performance of the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Dates: |
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A-Class |
September 1, 2004 |
C-Class |
November 27, 2000 |
H-Class |
May 19, 2000 |
Ten Largest Holdings (% of Total Net Assets) |
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Apple, Inc. |
5.6% |
Microsoft Corp. |
4.6% |
Amazon.com, Inc. |
2.7% |
Tesla, Inc. |
1.9% |
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A |
1.5% |
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C |
1.4% |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B |
1.3% |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
1.3% |
Johnson & Johnson |
1.2% |
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
1.0% |
Top Ten Total |
22.5% |
“Ten Largest Holdings” excludes any temporary cash or derivative investments. |
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended September 30, 2022
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6 Month† |
1 Year |
5 Year |
10 Year |
A-Class Shares |
(39.56%) |
(34.09%) |
9.92% |
17.34% |
A-Class Shares with sales charge‡ |
(42.43%) |
(37.22%) |
8.85% |
16.77% |
C-Class Shares |
(39.79%) |
(34.59%) |
9.09% |
16.46% |
C-Class Shares with CDSC§ |
(40.39%) |
(35.23%) |
9.09% |
16.46% |
H-Class Shares |
(39.56%) |
(34.09%) |
9.91% |
17.33% |
S&P 500 Index |
(20.20%) |
(15.47%) |
9.24% |
11.70% |
* |
The performance data above 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. |
† |
6 month returns are not annualized. |
‡ |
Fund returns are calculated using the maximum sales charge of 4.75%. |
§ |
Fund returns include a CDSC of 1% if redeemed within 12 months of purchase. |
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Value |
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COMMON STOCKS† - 80.5% |
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Technology - 18.2% |
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Apple, Inc. |
44,884 | $ | 6,202,969 | |||||
Microsoft Corp. |
22,159 | 5,160,831 | ||||||
NVIDIA Corp. |
7,440 | 903,141 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. |
1,200 | 532,812 | ||||||
Accenture plc — Class A |
1,879 | 483,467 | ||||||
Salesforce, Inc.* |
2,956 | 425,191 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
2,715 | 420,228 | ||||||
Adobe, Inc.* |
1,391 | 382,803 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. |
3,337 | 377,014 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. |
838 | 324,574 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. |
2,683 | 318,767 | ||||||
Intel Corp. |
12,200 | 314,394 | ||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* |
4,796 | 303,874 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. |
4,513 | 275,609 | ||||||
ServiceNow, Inc.* |
600 | 226,566 | ||||||
Analog Devices, Inc. |
1,544 | 215,141 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. |
2,585 | 211,789 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc.* |
1,900 | 177,783 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. |
3,278 | 164,228 | ||||||
Activision Blizzard, Inc. |
2,115 | 157,229 | ||||||
Lam Research Corp. |
407 | 148,962 | ||||||
Synopsys, Inc.* |
454 | 138,702 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. |
1,806 | 136,480 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* |
814 | 133,032 | ||||||
KLA Corp. |
421 | 127,407 | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc.* |
646 | 120,673 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductor N.V. |
780 | 115,058 | ||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc. |
315 | 113,287 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. |
952 | 106,824 | ||||||
MSCI, Inc. — Class A |
239 | 100,808 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. |
1,642 | 100,211 | ||||||
Fortinet, Inc.* |
1,945 | 95,558 | ||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. |
785 | 90,832 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — Class A |
1,538 | 88,343 | ||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp.* |
1,287 | 80,219 | ||||||
HP, Inc. |
2,704 | 67,384 | ||||||
EPAM Systems, Inc.* |
170 | 61,572 | ||||||
ANSYS, Inc.* |
259 | 57,420 | ||||||
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* |
466 | 50,794 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. |
348 | 50,223 | ||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. |
132 | 47,969 | ||||||
Paycom Software, Inc.* |
144 | 47,519 | ||||||
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. |
3,861 | 46,255 | ||||||
Tyler Technologies, Inc.* |
124 | 43,090 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. |
477 | 40,674 | ||||||
NetApp, Inc. |
653 | 40,388 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp. — Class A* |
154 | 40,350 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. |
216 | 39,370 | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc.*,†† |
367 | 38,168 | ||||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.* |
472 | 37,911 | ||||||
Leidos Holdings, Inc. |
406 | 35,513 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. |
466 | 35,020 | ||||||
PTC, Inc.* |
314 | 32,844 | ||||||
Seagate Technology Holdings plc |
580 | 30,873 | ||||||
Western Digital Corp.* |
930 | 30,271 | ||||||
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.* |
455 | 25,425 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.* |
307 | 24,379 | ||||||
DXC Technology Co.* |
683 | 16,720 | ||||||
Total Technology |
20,214,938 | |||||||
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 18.1% |
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UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
2,779 | 1,403,506 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
7,812 | 1,276,168 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. |
7,100 | 896,375 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. |
2,343 | 757,609 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
16,675 | 729,698 | ||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
5,253 | 705,005 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. |
4,100 | 669,366 | ||||||
Merck & Company, Inc. |
7,527 | 648,225 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. |
11,564 | 647,815 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. |
1,164 | 590,369 | ||||||
Abbott Laboratories |
5,203 | 503,442 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. |
1,945 | 502,374 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
6,344 | 450,995 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. |
4,606 | 382,344 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. |
3,901 | 372,038 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. |
1,589 | 358,161 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. |
713 | 323,873 | ||||||
Medtronic plc |
3,948 | 318,801 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. |
1,012 | 309,014 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.* |
3,436 | 295,736 | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. |
1,235 | 279,345 | ||||||
Cigna Corp. |
907 | 251,665 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
3,724 | 229,734 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc. — Class A |
4,072 | 223,268 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* |
762 | 220,629 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* |
318 | 219,061 | ||||||
Altria Group, Inc. |
5,351 | 216,073 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc. |
1,391 | 206,271 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. |
1,000 | 202,540 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* |
1,061 | 198,874 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson and Co. |
847 | 188,737 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. |
376 | 182,431 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. |
2,478 | 174,079 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.* |
4,254 | 164,757 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* |
1,842 | 152,204 | ||||||
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. — Class A |
689 | 148,755 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. |
427 | 145,125 | ||||||
General Mills, Inc. |
1,770 | 135,600 | ||||||
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. |
1,666 | 134,030 | ||||||
Centene Corp.* |
1,698 | 132,121 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. |
2,135 | 122,015 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.* |
1,000 | 118,250 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. |
640 | 117,626 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.* |
431 | 115,077 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. |
469 | 114,019 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
1,003 | 112,877 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc. — Class A |
473 | 108,639 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. |
1,514 | 107,055 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.* |
554 | 100,352 |
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Monster Beverage Corp.* |
1,143 | $ | 99,395 | |||||
Cintas Corp. |
256 | 99,377 | ||||||
Hershey Co. |
436 | 96,125 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. |
435 | 94,960 | ||||||
Dexcom, Inc.* |
1,166 | 93,910 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. |
2,524 | 90,410 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.* |
467 | 89,099 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. |
823 | 88,925 | ||||||
Kroger Co. |
1,935 | 84,656 | ||||||
CoStar Group, Inc.* |
1,176 | 81,908 | ||||||
Baxter International, Inc. |
1,496 | 80,575 | ||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* |
247 | 80,473 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Class A |
466 | 79,467 | ||||||
Kraft Heinz Co. |
2,367 | 78,940 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
623 | 65,135 | ||||||
Gartner, Inc.* |
235 | 65,022 | ||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. — Class A |
462 | 62,523 | ||||||
Equifax, Inc. |
364 | 62,400 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.* |
173 | 57,062 | ||||||
Tyson Foods, Inc. — Class A |
860 | 56,700 | ||||||
United Rentals, Inc.* |
208 | 56,185 | ||||||
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings |
269 | 55,094 | ||||||
Quanta Services, Inc. |
425 | 54,141 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. |
220 | 54,138 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. |
809 | 53,944 | ||||||
McCormick & Company, Inc. |
744 | 53,025 | ||||||
Kellogg Co. |
758 | 52,802 | ||||||
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. |
721 | 51,508 | ||||||
STERIS plc |
297 | 49,385 | ||||||
Waters Corp.* |
178 | 47,976 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.* |
742 | 47,874 | ||||||
Clorox Co. |
366 | 46,991 | ||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. |
1,426 | 46,530 | ||||||
PerkinElmer, Inc. |
375 | 45,124 | ||||||
Align Technology, Inc.* |
216 | 44,736 | ||||||
J M Smucker Co. |
317 | 43,559 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. |
346 | 42,451 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.* |
223 | 39,286 | ||||||
Avery Dennison Corp. |
241 | 39,211 | ||||||
Hormel Foods Corp. |
860 | 39,078 | ||||||
Cooper Companies, Inc. |
147 | 38,793 | ||||||
Catalent, Inc.* |
532 | 38,496 | ||||||
Incyte Corp.* |
549 | 36,585 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp. — Class B |
543 | 36,148 | ||||||
Bio-Techne Corp. |
117 | 33,228 | ||||||
ABIOMED, Inc.* |
135 | 33,164 | ||||||
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. |
427 | 33,041 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc. |
3,603 | 30,698 | ||||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* |
151 | 29,717 | ||||||
Nielsen Holdings plc |
1,069 | 29,633 | ||||||
Campbell Soup Co. |
598 | 28,178 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. |
139 | 28,003 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co. — Class B |
559 | 26,826 | ||||||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. — Class A* |
64 | 26,697 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.* |
404 | 26,571 | ||||||
Robert Half International, Inc. |
326 | 24,939 | ||||||
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. |
112 | 24,919 | ||||||
Rollins, Inc. |
688 | 23,860 | ||||||
Dentsply Sirona, Inc. |
640 | 18,144 | ||||||
Organon & Co. |
756 | 17,690 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc. — Class B |
195 | 17,195 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.* |
165 | 13,657 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical |
20,148,405 | |||||||
Financial - 12.0% |
||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. — Class B* |
5,362 | 1,431,761 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
8,713 | 910,509 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. — Class A |
4,858 | 863,024 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc. — Class A |
2,535 | 720,802 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
20,770 | 627,254 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
11,270 | 453,279 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. |
4,537 | 326,074 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
3,979 | 314,381 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
1,014 | 297,153 | ||||||
American Tower Corp. — Class A REIT |
1,383 | 296,930 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc. — Class A |
448 | 246,525 | ||||||
American Express Co. |
1,782 | 240,409 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
5,754 | 239,769 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. |
1,241 | 225,713 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. REIT |
2,200 | 223,520 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. |
1,483 | 221,397 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. |
1,738 | 201,973 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc. — Class A |
1,068 | 189,175 | ||||||
Crown Castle, Inc. REIT |
1,287 | 186,036 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. |
1,219 | 182,143 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. |
3,941 | 171,591 | ||||||
Aon plc — Class A |
627 | 167,955 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp |
4,017 | 161,965 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. REIT |
271 | 154,155 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
1,659 | 149,891 | ||||||
Public Storage REIT |
469 | 137,328 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. |
1,991 | 121,013 | ||||||
Travelers Companies, Inc. |
705 | 108,006 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. |
2,259 | 107,257 | ||||||
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. |
624 | 106,841 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. REIT |
1,835 | 106,797 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. |
1,140 | 105,074 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. |
803 | 99,998 | ||||||
Aflac, Inc. |
1,709 | 96,046 | ||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc. |
1,105 | 94,787 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. |
522 | 92,039 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. REIT |
321 | 91,373 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. REIT |
1,377 | 88,569 | ||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT |
973 | 87,327 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. REIT |
2,862 | 85,431 | ||||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT |
854 | 84,700 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. |
2,185 | 84,166 | ||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
321 | 80,876 | ||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT |
415 | 76,439 | ||||||
Discover Financial Services |
812 | 73,827 | ||||||
First Republic Bank |
543 | 70,889 |
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Shares |
Value |
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T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. |
671 | $ | 70,462 | |||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT |
398 | 68,738 | ||||||
Equity Residential REIT |
1,006 | 67,623 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
1,092 | 66,405 | ||||||
Willis Towers Watson plc |
327 | 65,707 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp |
2,039 | 65,167 | ||||||
CBRE Group, Inc. — Class A* |
954 | 64,405 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT |
2,200 | 62,832 | ||||||
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT |
441 | 61,824 | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. |
960 | 59,462 | ||||||
SVB Financial Group* |
176 | 59,097 | ||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT |
1,723 | 58,186 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. |
1,007 | 57,077 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. |
577 | 57,019 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. |
4,285 | 56,476 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
2,776 | 55,714 | ||||||
Duke Realty Corp. REIT |
1,144 | 55,141 | ||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT |
343 | 53,189 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. |
619 | 52,962 | ||||||
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. |
1,473 | 50,612 | ||||||
Principal Financial Group, Inc. |
689 | 49,711 | ||||||
Ventas, Inc. REIT |
1,188 | 47,722 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT |
193 | 46,750 | ||||||
KeyCorp |
2,771 | 44,391 | ||||||
Cincinnati Financial Corp. |
473 | 42,367 | ||||||
Brown & Brown, Inc. |
696 | 42,094 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial |
1,431 | 40,340 | ||||||
W R Berkley Corp. |
607 | 39,200 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT |
864 | 37,990 | ||||||
Camden Property Trust REIT |
317 | 37,866 | ||||||
UDR, Inc. REIT |
907 | 37,831 | ||||||
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. |
315 | 36,971 | ||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT |
1,603 | 36,741 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. REIT |
1,838 | 33,837 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT |
2,124 | 33,729 | ||||||
Boston Properties, Inc. REIT |
424 | 31,787 | ||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. |
117 | 30,706 | ||||||
Loews Corp. |
594 | 29,605 | ||||||
Signature Bank |
187 | 28,237 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. |
389 | 27,658 | ||||||
Globe Life, Inc. |
269 | 26,819 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. REIT |
458 | 24,663 | ||||||
Assurant, Inc. |
158 | 22,953 | ||||||
Zions Bancorp North America |
447 | 22,734 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. |
460 | 20,199 | ||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT |
216 | 19,466 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. |
1,352 | 18,522 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. |
844 | 18,163 | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust REIT |
479 | 11,094 | ||||||
Total Financial |
13,350,411 | |||||||
Communications - 10.1% |
||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.* |
26,334 | 2,975,742 | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc. — Class A* |
17,815 | 1,704,005 | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc. — Class C* |
15,931 | 1,531,765 | ||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc. — Class A* |
6,776 | 919,368 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co.* |
5,417 | 510,986 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
12,303 | 492,120 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
12,478 | 473,790 | ||||||
Comcast Corp. — Class A |
13,084 | 383,754 | ||||||
AT&T, Inc. |
21,172 | 324,779 | ||||||
Netflix, Inc.* |
1,321 | 311,016 | ||||||
T-Mobile US, Inc.* |
1,788 | 239,896 | ||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc.* |
118 | 193,899 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. |
496 | 111,089 | ||||||
Charter Communications, Inc. — Class A* |
329 | 99,802 | ||||||
Twitter, Inc.* |
1,998 | 87,592 | ||||||
Arista Networks, Inc.* |
732 | 82,635 | ||||||
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.* |
6,564 | 75,486 | ||||||
Corning, Inc. |
2,260 | 65,585 | ||||||
CDW Corp. |
402 | 62,744 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. |
1,632 | 60,074 | ||||||
VeriSign, Inc.* |
277 | 48,115 | ||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. |
113 | 45,212 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc.* |
452 | 42,348 | ||||||
Match Group, Inc.* |
841 | 40,158 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. |
609 | 38,422 | ||||||
Etsy, Inc.* |
376 | 37,649 | ||||||
NortonLifeLock, Inc. |
1,759 | 35,426 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. |
1,162 | 29,747 | ||||||
Paramount Global — Class B |
1,500 | 28,560 | ||||||
Fox Corp. — Class A |
911 | 27,950 | ||||||
F5, Inc.* |
177 | 25,617 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. |
959 | 25,049 | ||||||
Lumen Technologies, Inc. |
2,830 | 20,602 | ||||||
News Corp. — Class A |
1,146 | 17,316 | ||||||
Fox Corp. — Class B |
418 | 11,913 | ||||||
DISH Network Corp. — Class A* |
746 | 10,317 | ||||||
News Corp. — Class B |
355 | 5,474 | ||||||
Total Communications |
11,196,002 | |||||||
Consumer, Cyclical - 8.0% |
||||||||
Tesla, Inc.* |
7,914 | 2,099,188 | ||||||
Home Depot, Inc. |
3,054 | 842,721 | ||||||
Costco Wholesale Corp. |
1,316 | 621,507 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. |
4,235 | 549,280 | ||||||
McDonald’s Corp. |
2,186 | 504,398 | ||||||
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. |
1,899 | 356,651 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc. — Class B |
3,755 | 312,115 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. |
3,409 | 287,242 | ||||||
TJX Companies, Inc. |
3,481 | 216,240 | ||||||
Target Corp. |
1,378 | 204,482 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. |
674 | 161,666 | ||||||
General Motors Co. |
4,332 | 139,014 | ||||||
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.* |
189 | 132,933 | ||||||
Ford Motor Co. |
11,734 | 131,421 | ||||||
AutoZone, Inc.* |
58 | 124,232 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. — Class A* |
82 | 123,226 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc. — Class A |
820 | 114,915 | ||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. |
815 | 98,305 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. |
845 | 89,857 | ||||||
Ross Stores, Inc. |
1,040 | 87,641 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. |
1,033 | 86,452 |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)(continued) |
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Shares |
Value |
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Dollar Tree, Inc.* |
627 | $ | 85,335 | |||||
Cummins, Inc. |
419 | 85,271 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. |
1,707 | 78,590 | ||||||
Copart, Inc.* |
636 | 67,670 | ||||||
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. |
2,131 | 66,913 | ||||||
WW Grainger, Inc. |
135 | 66,041 | ||||||
DR Horton, Inc. |
940 | 63,309 | ||||||
Aptiv plc* |
805 | 62,959 | ||||||
Genuine Parts Co. |
420 | 62,714 | ||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc.* |
154 | 61,783 | ||||||
Tractor Supply Co. |
330 | 61,340 | ||||||
Lennar Corp. — Class A |
758 | 56,509 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co.* |
1,763 | 54,371 | ||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc.* |
1,905 | 53,454 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
364 | 45,981 | ||||||
Best Buy Company, Inc. |
595 | 37,687 | ||||||
Pool Corp. |
118 | 37,549 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp.* |
976 | 36,620 | ||||||
LKQ Corp. |
774 | 36,494 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.* |
9 | 35,884 | ||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc. |
107 | 33,191 | ||||||
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.* |
422 | 32,089 | ||||||
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.* |
971 | 31,587 | ||||||
CarMax, Inc.* |
473 | 31,228 | ||||||
VF Corp. |
981 | 29,342 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International |
969 | 28,799 | ||||||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. |
180 | 28,141 | ||||||
Hasbro, Inc. |
386 | 26,024 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. |
688 | 25,800 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.* |
652 | 24,711 | ||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc.* |
1,931 | 23,249 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. |
704 | 22,106 | ||||||
Bath & Body Works, Inc. |
678 | 22,103 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. |
161 | 21,704 | ||||||
Tapestry, Inc. |
748 | 21,266 | ||||||
Carnival Corp.* |
2,933 | 20,619 | ||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.* |
637 | 20,549 | ||||||
Wynn Resorts Ltd.* |
307 | 19,350 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. |
1,118 | 15,529 | ||||||
Alaska Air Group, Inc.* |
377 | 14,760 | ||||||
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.* |
1,252 | 14,222 | ||||||
Ralph Lauren Corp. — Class A |
127 | 10,786 | ||||||
Total Consumer, Cyclical |
8,957,115 | |||||||
Industrial - 6.2% |
||||||||
Union Pacific Corp. |
1,855 | 361,391 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. |
4,387 | 359,120 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc. — Class B |
2,174 | 351,188 | ||||||
Honeywell International, Inc. |
2,002 | 334,274 | ||||||
Deere & Co. |
826 | 275,793 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
701 | 270,789 | ||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. |
1,569 | 257,441 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. |
432 | 203,178 | ||||||
General Electric Co. |
3,258 | 201,703 | ||||||
Boeing Co.* |
1,658 | 200,751 | ||||||
3M Co. |
1,645 | 181,772 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. |
1,118 | 179,115 | ||||||
CSX Corp. |
6,362 | 169,484 | ||||||
Eaton Corporation plc |
1,183 | 157,765 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. |
837 | 151,204 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. |
698 | 146,336 | ||||||
General Dynamics Corp. |
668 | 141,730 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. |
1,757 | 128,647 | ||||||
Amphenol Corp. — Class A |
1,767 | 118,318 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. |
569 | 118,255 | ||||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. |
888 | 107,936 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. |
710 | 105,414 | ||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. |
950 | 104,842 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International plc |
2,047 | 100,753 | ||||||
Trane Technologies plc |
688 | 99,629 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. |
381 | 92,320 | ||||||
Carrier Global Corp. |
2,500 | 88,900 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.* |
535 | 84,188 | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc. — Class A |
610 | 82,984 | ||||||
TransDigm Group, Inc. |
153 | 80,298 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. |
1,249 | 79,686 | ||||||
AMETEK, Inc. |
682 | 77,346 | ||||||
Rockwell Automation, Inc. |
343 | 73,783 | ||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.* |
67 | 72,636 | ||||||
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. |
272 | 67,665 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. |
395 | 62,296 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. |
1,057 | 61,623 | ||||||
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. |
185 | 59,587 | ||||||
Ingersoll Rand, Inc. |
1,198 | 51,826 | ||||||
Dover Corp. |
427 | 49,780 | ||||||
Amcor plc |
4,465 | 47,909 | ||||||
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.* |
139 | 46,908 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. |
535 | 46,738 | ||||||
Ball Corp. |
934 | 45,131 | ||||||
IDEX Corp. |
224 | 44,766 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. |
540 | 43,929 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. |
486 | 42,919 | ||||||
Jacobs Solutions, Inc. |
379 | 41,118 | ||||||
Trimble, Inc.* |
736 | 39,943 | ||||||
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. |
246 | 38,479 | ||||||
Garmin Ltd. |
458 | 36,782 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. |
628 | 36,587 | ||||||
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
368 | 35,442 | ||||||
Nordson Corp. |
161 | 34,175 | ||||||
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. |
1,098 | 33,961 | ||||||
Generac Holdings, Inc.* |
190 | 33,847 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. |
439 | 33,017 | ||||||
Snap-on, Inc. |
158 | 31,813 | ||||||
Packaging Corporation of America |
279 | 31,329 | ||||||
Masco Corp. |
670 | 31,282 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. |
119 | 26,358 | ||||||
Allegion plc |
261 | 23,407 | ||||||
Westrock Co. |
756 | 23,353 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. |
384 | 20,617 | ||||||
Pentair plc |
489 | 19,868 | ||||||
Sealed Air Corp. |
431 | 19,184 | ||||||
A O Smith Corp. |
382 | 18,558 |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | 13 |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)(continued) |
September 30, 2022 |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
|
Shares |
Value |
||||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc.* |
157 | $ | 14,317 | |||||
Total Industrial |
6,853,483 | |||||||
Energy - 3.8% |
||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
12,383 | 1,081,160 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. |
5,351 | 768,778 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips |
3,782 | 387,050 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. |
1,741 | 194,522 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. |
709 | 153,520 | ||||||
Schlumberger N.V. |
4,202 | 150,852 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
1,481 | 147,108 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
2,214 | 136,050 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. |
1,171 | 125,121 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. |
1,946 | 117,013 | ||||||
Phillips 66 |
1,429 | 115,349 | ||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.* |
402 | 111,543 | ||||||
Williams Companies, Inc. |
3,620 | 103,641 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. |
5,891 | 98,026 | ||||||
Hess Corp. |
828 | 90,244 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. |
1,328 | 68,047 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. |
2,695 | 66,351 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. |
528 | 63,603 | ||||||
Baker Hughes Co. |
3,006 | 63,005 | ||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. — Class A |
2,364 | 61,748 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. |
2,013 | 45,453 | ||||||
Equities Corp. |
1,099 | 44,784 | ||||||
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.* |
165 | 38,191 | ||||||
APA Corp. |
970 | 33,164 | ||||||
Total Energy |
4,264,323 | |||||||
Utilities - 2.5% |
||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. |
5,838 | 457,758 | ||||||
Southern Co. |
3,158 | 214,744 | ||||||
Duke Energy Corp. |
2,288 | 212,830 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. |
2,473 | 170,909 | ||||||
Sempra Energy |
934 | 140,044 | ||||||
American Electric Power Company, Inc. |
1,526 | 131,923 | ||||||
Exelon Corp. |
2,947 | 110,395 | ||||||
Xcel Energy, Inc. |
1,625 | 104,000 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. |
1,054 | 90,391 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. |
937 | 83,796 | ||||||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. |
1,482 | 83,333 | ||||||
Constellation Energy Corp. |
971 | 80,777 | ||||||
Eversource Energy |
1,029 | 80,221 | ||||||
American Water Works Company, Inc. |
539 | 70,156 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. |
576 | 66,269 | ||||||
Edison International |
1,133 | 64,105 | ||||||
Ameren Corp. |
768 | 61,862 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. |
604 | 60,780 | ||||||
PG&E Corp.* |
4,784 | 59,800 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. |
1,613 | 59,681 | ||||||
PPL Corp. |
2,187 | 55,440 | ||||||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. |
1,870 | 52,697 | ||||||
CMS Energy Corp. |
862 | 50,203 | ||||||
AES Corp. |
1,985 | 44,861 | ||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. |
415 | 42,268 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. |
682 | 40,511 | ||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. |
746 | 39,530 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. |
1,206 | 30,379 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. |
699 | 26,751 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. |
336 | 21,675 | ||||||
Total Utilities |
2,808,089 | |||||||
Basic Materials - 1.6% |
||||||||
Linde plc |
1,481 | 399,263 | ||||||
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
659 | 153,369 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. |
701 | 143,530 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. |
4,249 | 116,125 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. |
737 | 106,437 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. |
2,358 | 99,107 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. |
2,134 | 93,747 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. |
348 | 92,025 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. |
778 | 83,238 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. |
698 | 77,262 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. |
1,488 | 74,995 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. |
757 | 68,758 | ||||||
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. |
592 | 56,980 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. — Class A |
756 | 56,912 | ||||||
Mosaic Co. |
1,026 | 49,586 | ||||||
FMC Corp. |
374 | 39,532 | ||||||
International Paper Co. |
1,076 | 34,109 | ||||||
Celanese Corp. — Class A |
296 | 26,741 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. |
365 | 25,933 | ||||||
Total Basic Materials |
1,797,649 | |||||||
Total Common Stocks |
||||||||
(Cost $77,751,058) |
89,590,415 | |||||||
Face |
||||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 19.4% |
||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills |
||||||||
1.34% due 10/04/221,2 |
$ | 16,958,000 | 16,956,862 | |||||
2.35% due 10/04/222 |
3,500,000 | 3,499,765 | ||||||
2.70% due 11/08/222,3 |
1,181,000 | 1,177,801 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills |
||||||||
(Cost $21,632,918) |
21,634,428 | |||||||
FEDERAL AGENCY DISCOUNT NOTES†† - 2.7% |
||||||||
Freddie Mac |
||||||||
2.28% due 10/03/222 |
3,000,000 | 2,999,620 | ||||||
Total Federal Agency Discount Notes |
||||||||
(Cost $2,999,620) |
2,999,620 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,4 - 26.8% |
||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
16,927,961 | 16,927,961 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
6,510,754 | 6,510,754 |
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SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)(continued) |
September 30, 2022 |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
|
Face |
Value |
||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. |
$ | 6,318,041 | $ | 6,318,041 | ||||
Total Repurchase Agreements |
||||||||
(Cost $29,756,756) |
29,756,756 | |||||||
Total Investments - 129.4% |
||||||||
(Cost $132,140,352) |
$ | 143,981,219 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (29.4)% |
(32,742,589 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 111,238,630 |
Futures Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
Description |
Number of |
Expiration |
Notional |
Value and |
||||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts Purchased† |
||||||||||||||||
S&P 500 Index Mini Futures Contracts |
12 | Dec 2022 | $ | 2,158,350 | $ | (41,987 | ) |
Total Return Swap Agreements |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Counterparty |
Index |
Type |
Financing |
Payment |
Maturity |
Units |
Notional |
Value and |
||||||||||||||||
OTC Equity Index Swap Agreements†† |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International |
S&P 500 Index |
Pay |
3.53% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.45%) |
At Maturity | 11/17/22 | 12,365 | $ | 44,337,197 | $ | (1,184,576 | ) | |||||||||||||
BNP Paribas |
S&P 500 Index |
Pay |
3.68% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.60%) |
At Maturity | 11/17/22 | 4,107 | 14,726,339 | (1,822,941 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank plc |
S&P 500 Index |
Pay |
3.41% (SOFR + 0.45%) |
At Maturity | 11/16/22 | 19,950 | 71,534,147 | (11,643,535 | ) | |||||||||||||||
$ | 130,597,683 | $ | (14,651,052 | ) |
* |
Non-income producing security. |
** |
Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation). Variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
† |
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs, unless otherwise noted — See Note 4. |
†† |
Value determined based on Level 2 inputs— See Note 4. |
1 |
All or a portion of this security is pledged as equity index swap collateral at September 30, 2022. |
2 |
Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
3 |
All or a portion of this security is pledged as futures collateral at September 30, 2022. |
4 |
Repurchase Agreements — See Note 6. |
plc — Public Limited Company |
|
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust |
|
SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
|
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | 15 |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)(concluded) |
September 30, 2022 |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at September 30, 2022 (See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements):
Investments in Securities (Assets) |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
$ | 89,552,247 | $ | 38,168 | $ | — | $ | 89,590,415 | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills |
— | 21,634,428 | — | 21,634,428 | ||||||||||||
Federal Agency Discount Notes |
— | 2,999,620 | — | 2,999,620 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements |
— | 29,756,756 | — | 29,756,756 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets |
$ | 89,552,247 | $ | 54,428,972 | $ | — | $ | 143,981,219 |
Investments in Securities (Liabilities) |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
||||||||||||
Equity Futures Contracts** |
$ | 41,987 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 41,987 | ||||||||
Equity Index Swap Agreements** |
— | 14,651,052 | — | 14,651,052 | ||||||||||||
Total Liabilities |
$ | 41,987 | $ | 14,651,052 | $ | — | $ | 14,693,039 |
** |
This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
16 | THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited) |
September 30, 2022 |
Assets: |
||||
Investments, at value (cost $102,383,596) |
$ | 114,224,463 | ||
Repurchase agreements, at value (cost $29,756,756) |
29,756,756 | |||
Cash |
1,023 | |||
Segregated cash with broker |
2,317,599 | |||
Receivables: |
||||
Fund shares sold |
870,496 | |||
Dividends |
78,913 | |||
Interest |
2,435 | |||
Securities lending income |
15 | |||
Total assets |
147,251,700 | |||
Liabilities: |
||||
Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap agreements |
14,651,052 | |||
Payable for: |
||||
Swap settlement |
19,461,590 | |||
Securities purchased |
1,032,741 | |||
Fund shares redeemed |
406,901 | |||
Variation margin on futures contracts |
139,260 | |||
Management fees |
106,519 | |||
Transfer agent and administrative fees |
46,327 | |||
Distribution and service fees |
31,232 | |||
Portfolio accounting/administration fees |
10,983 | |||
Trustees’ fees* |
1,989 | |||
Miscellaneous |
124,476 | |||
Total liabilities |
36,013,070 | |||
Net assets |
$ | 111,238,630 | ||
Net assets consist of: |
||||
Paid in capital |
$ | 174,987,291 | ||
Total distributable earnings (loss) |
(63,748,661 | ) | ||
Net assets |
$ | 111,238,630 | ||
A-Class: |
||||
Net assets |
$ | 14,613,046 | ||
Capital shares outstanding |
99,078 | |||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 147.49 | ||
Maximum offering price per share (Net asset value divided by 95.25%) |
$ | 154.85 | ||
C-Class: |
||||
Net assets |
$ | 2,326,607 | ||
Capital shares outstanding |
19,091 | |||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 121.87 | ||
H-Class: |
||||
Net assets |
$ | 94,298,977 | ||
Capital shares outstanding |
640,386 | |||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 147.25 |
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) |
Six Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
Investment Income: |
||||
Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $255) |
$ | 1,095,569 | ||
Interest |
295,701 | |||
Income from securities lending, net |
213 | |||
Total investment income |
1,391,483 | |||
Expenses: |
||||
Management fees |
747,417 | |||
Distribution and service fees: |
||||
A-Class |
24,548 | |||
C-Class |
15,544 | |||
H-Class |
179,184 | |||
Transfer agent and administrative fees |
195,615 | |||
Portfolio accounting/administration fees |
145,829 | |||
Registration fees |
120,824 | |||
Professional fees |
30,411 | |||
Trustees’ fees* |
14,212 | |||
Custodian fees |
11,669 | |||
Interest expense |
884 | |||
Line of credit fees |
310 | |||
Miscellaneous |
38,339 | |||
Total expenses |
1,524,786 | |||
Less: |
||||
Expenses reimbursed by Adviser |
(13,280 | ) | ||
Net expenses |
1,511,506 | |||
Net investment loss |
(120,023 | ) | ||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss): |
||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: |
||||
Investments |
(5,577,832 | ) | ||
Swap agreements |
(17,528,087 | ) | ||
Futures contracts |
(6,026,431 | ) | ||
Net realized loss |
(29,132,350 | ) | ||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: |
||||
Investments |
(30,982,991 | ) | ||
Swap agreements |
(21,094,142 | ) | ||
Futures contracts |
(4,332,390 | ) | ||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(56,409,523 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized loss |
(85,541,873 | ) | ||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | (85,661,896 | ) |
* |
Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | 17 |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS |
|
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations: |
||||||||
Net investment loss |
$ | (120,023 | ) | $ | (1,421,880 | ) | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments |
(29,132,350 | ) | 31,882,929 | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments |
(56,409,523 | ) | 18,401,359 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
(85,661,896 | ) | 48,862,408 | |||||
Distributions to shareholders: |
||||||||
A-Class |
— | (638,005 | ) | |||||
C-Class |
— | (129,149 | ) | |||||
H-Class |
— | (5,420,004 | ) | |||||
Total distributions to shareholders |
— | (6,187,158 | ) | |||||
Capital share transactions: |
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
||||||||
A-Class |
3,952,715 | 10,058,176 | ||||||
C-Class |
665,306 | 6,241,752 | ||||||
H-Class |
915,800,886 | 2,678,786,580 | ||||||
Distributions reinvested |
||||||||
A-Class |
— | 596,576 | ||||||
C-Class |
— | 124,603 | ||||||
H-Class |
— | 3,384,086 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
||||||||
A-Class |
(5,211,415 | ) | (11,283,008 | ) | ||||
C-Class |
(1,061,304 | ) | (5,746,450 | ) | ||||
H-Class |
(966,353,220 | ) | (2,623,614,829 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions |
(52,207,032 | ) | 58,547,486 | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets |
(137,868,928 | ) | 101,222,736 | |||||
Net assets: |
||||||||
Beginning of period |
249,107,558 | 147,884,822 | ||||||
End of period |
$ | 111,238,630 | $ | 249,107,558 | ||||
Capital share activity: |
||||||||
Shares sold |
||||||||
A-Class |
20,771 | 42,022 | ||||||
C-Class |
4,314 | 30,523 | ||||||
H-Class |
4,790,492 | 11,231,162 | ||||||
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions |
||||||||
A-Class |
— | 2,238 | ||||||
C-Class |
— | 562 | ||||||
H-Class |
— | 12,715 | ||||||
Shares redeemed |
||||||||
A-Class |
(26,983 | ) | (47,296 | ) | ||||
C-Class |
(6,551 | ) | (27,545 | ) | ||||
H-Class |
(5,049,351 | ) | (10,978,856 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in shares |
(267,308 | ) | 265,525 |
18 | THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.
A-Class |
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
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Per Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 244.03 | $ | 195.48 | $ | 86.56 | $ | 117.21 | $ | 104.90 | $ | 89.56 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: |
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Net investment income (loss)b |
(.12 | ) | (1.47 | ) | (.75 | ) | .12 | .18 | .07 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) |
(96.42 | ) | 55.90 | 110.89 | (28.08 | ) | 12.13 | 21.60 | ||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
(96.54 | ) | 54.43 | 110.14 | (27.96 | ) | 12.31 | 21.67 | ||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains |
— | (5.88 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (2.69 | ) | — | (6.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions |
— | (5.88 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (2.69 | ) | — | (6.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 147.49 | $ | 244.03 | $ | 195.48 | $ | 86.56 | $ | 117.21 | $ | 104.90 | ||||||||||||
|
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Total Returnc |
(39.56 | %) | 27.59 | % | 127.44 | % | (24.76 | %) | 11.73 | % | 23.92 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ | 14,613 | $ | 25,694 | $ | 21,176 | $ | 10,134 | $ | 13,607 | $ | 10,259 | ||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: |
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Net investment income (loss) |
(0.12 | %) | (0.61 | %) | (0.51 | %) | 0.10 | % | 0.16 | % | 0.07 | % | ||||||||||||
Total expenses |
1.82 | % | 1.75 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.84 | % | 1.85 | % | 1.77 | % | ||||||||||||
Net expensesd |
1.81 | % | 1.75 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.84 | % | 1.85 | % | 177 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate |
211 | % | 610 | % | 634 | % | 328 | % | 367 | % | 276 | % |
C-Class |
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
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Per Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 202.40 | $ | 164.10 | $ | 73.30 | $ | 100.33 | $ | 90.47 | $ | 78.49 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: |
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Net investment income (loss)b |
(.71 | ) | (2.70 | ) | (1.51 | ) | (.60 | ) | (.60 | ) | (.61 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) |
(79.82 | ) | 46.88 | 93.53 | (23.74 | ) | 10.46 | 18.92 | ||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
(80.53 | ) | 44.18 | 92.02 | (24.34 | ) | 9.86 | 18.31 | ||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains |
— | (5.88 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (2.69 | ) | — | (6.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions |
— | (5.88 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (2.69 | ) | — | (6.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 121.87 | $ | 202.40 | $ | 164.10 | $ | 73.30 | $ | 100.33 | $ | 90.47 | ||||||||||||
|
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Total Returnc |
(39.79 | %) | 26.62 | % | 125.76 | % | (25.33 | %) | 10.90 | % | 23.00 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ | 2,327 | $ | 4,317 | $ | 2,919 | $ | 2,381 | $ | 4,208 | $ | 13,739 | ||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: |
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Net investment income (loss) |
(0.88 | %) | (1.36 | %) | (1.23 | %) | (0.56 | %) | (0.63 | %) | (0.68 | %) | ||||||||||||
Total expenses |
2.57 | % | 2.50 | % | 2.56 | % | 2.58 | % | 2.57 | % | 2.52 | % | ||||||||||||
Net expensesd |
2.56 | % | 2.50 | % | 2.56 | % | 2.58 | % | 2.57 | % | 2.52 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate |
211 | % | 610 | % | 634 | % | 328 | % | 367 | % | 276 | % |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | 19 |
S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.
H-Class |
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
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Per Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 243.65 | $ | 195.18 | $ | 86.43 | $ | 117.04 | $ | 104.76 | $ | 89.45 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: |
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Net investment income (loss)b |
(.13 | ) | (1.46 | ) | (.78 | ) | .14 | .17 | .03 | |||||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) |
(96.27 | ) | 55.81 | 110.75 | (28.06 | ) | 12.11 | 21.61 | ||||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
(96.40 | ) | 54.35 | 109.97 | (27.92 | ) | 12.28 | 21.64 | ||||||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gains |
— | (5.88 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (2.69 | ) | — | (6.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions |
— | (5.88 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (2.69 | ) | — | (6.33 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 147.25 | $ | 243.65 | $ | 195.18 | $ | 86.43 | $ | 117.04 | $ | 104.76 | ||||||||||||
|
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Total Return |
(39.56 | %) | 27.59 | % | 127.44 | % | (24.77 | %) | 11.72 | % | 23.92 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ | 94,299 | $ | 219,097 | $ | 123,790 | $ | 77,320 | $ | 124,359 | $ | 127,448 | ||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
(0.13 | %) | (0.61 | %) | (0.53 | %) | 0.11 | % | 0.15 | % | 0.03 | % | ||||||||||||
Total expenses |
1.82 | % | 1.75 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.84 | % | 1.84 | % | 1.75 | % | ||||||||||||
Net expensesd |
1.81 | % | 1.75 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.84 | % | 1.84 | % | 1.75 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate |
211 | % | 610 | % | 634 | % | 328 | % | 367 | % | 276 | % |
a |
Unaudited figures for the period ended September 30, 2022. Percentage amounts for the period, except total return and portfolio turnover rate, have been annualized. |
b |
Net investment income (loss) per share was computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period. |
c |
Total return does not reflect the impact of any applicable sales charges. |
d |
Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after expense waivers and reimbursements, as applicable. |
20 | THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
PERFORMANCE REPORT AND FUND PROFILE (Unaudited) |
September 30, 2022 |
INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND
OBJECTIVE: Seeks to provide investment results that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of a specific benchmark on a daily basis. The Fund’s current benchmark is 200% of the inverse (opposite) of the performance of the S&P 500® Index (the “underlying index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its investment objective over a period of time greater than one day.
Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)
“Holdings Diversification (Market Exposure as % of Net Assets)” excludes any temporary cash investments.
Inception Dates: |
|
A-Class |
September 1, 2004 |
C-Class |
March 7, 2001 |
H-Class |
May 19, 2000 |
The Fund invests principally in derivative investments such as swap agreements and futures contracts.
Average Annual Returns*
Periods Ended September 30, 2022
|
6 Month† |
1 Year |
5 Year |
10 Year |
A-Class Shares |
44.80% |
21.97% |
(25.35%) |
(26.28%) |
A-Class Shares with sales charge‡ |
37.92% |
16.17% |
(26.07%) |
(26.64%) |
C-Class Shares |
44.29% |
21.07% |
(25.90%) |
(26.83%) |
C-Class Shares with CDSC§ |
43.29% |
20.07% |
(25.90%) |
(26.83%) |
H-Class Shares |
44.87% |
22.07% |
(25.32%) |
(26.28%) |
S&P 500 Index |
(20.20%) |
(15.47%) |
9.24% |
11.70% |
* |
The performance data above 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. |
† |
6 month returns are not annualized. |
‡ |
Fund returns are calculated using the maximum sales charge of 4.75%. |
§ |
Fund returns include a CDSC of 1% if redeemed within 12 months of purchase. |
THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | 21 |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) |
September 30, 2022 |
INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
|
Face |
Value |
||||||
FEDERAL AGENCY DISCOUNT NOTES†† - 57.5% |
||||||||
Freddie Mac |
||||||||
2.28% due 10/03/221 |
$ | 13,000,000 | $ | 12,998,353 | ||||
Federal Home Loan Bank |
||||||||
3.00% due 11/01/221 |
2,500,000 | 2,493,542 | ||||||
3.22% due 12/01/221 |
2,500,000 | 2,486,950 | ||||||
Total Federal Agency Discount Notes |
||||||||
(Cost $17,978,255) |
17,978,845 | |||||||
FEDERAL AGENCY NOTES†† - 19.2% |
||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank |
||||||||
3.00% (SOFR + 0.02%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 01/03/23◊ |
5,000,000 | 5,000,135 | ||||||
Federal Farm Credit Bank |
||||||||
3.07% (Commercial Prime Lending Rate - 3.18%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 10/25/22◊ |
1,000,000 | 1,000,006 | ||||||
Total Federal Agency Notes |
||||||||
(Cost $6,000,000) |
6,000,141 | |||||||
U.S. TREASURY BILLS†† - 2.4% |
||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills |
||||||||
2.70% due 11/08/221 |
475,000 | 473,713 | ||||||
1.34% due 10/04/221,2 |
273,000 | 272,982 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Bills |
||||||||
(Cost $746,590) |
746,695 | |||||||
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS††,3 - 32.3% |
||||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
5,750,910 | 5,750,910 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
2,211,888 | 2,211,888 | ||||||
Barclays Capital, Inc. |
2,146,418 | 2,146,418 | ||||||
Total Repurchase Agreements |
||||||||
(Cost $10,109,216) |
10,109,216 | |||||||
Total Investments - 111.4% |
||||||||
(Cost $34,834,061) |
$ | 34,834,897 | ||||||
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (11.4)% |
(3,568,373 | ) | ||||||
Total Net Assets - 100.0% |
$ | 31,266,524 |
Total Return Swap Agreements |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Counterparty |
Index |
Type |
Financing |
Payment |
Maturity |
Units |
Notional |
Value and |
||||||||||||||||
OTC Equity Index Swap Agreements Sold Short†† |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs International |
S&P 500 Index |
Receive |
3.43% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.35%) |
At Maturity | 11/17/22 | 13,004 | $ | 46,628,880 | $ | 5,324,917 | ||||||||||||||
BNP Paribas |
S&P 500 Index |
Receive |
3.28% (Federal Funds Rate + 0.20%) |
At Maturity | 11/17/22 | 3,214 | 11,525,530 | 1,712,508 | ||||||||||||||||
Barclays Bank plc |
S&P 500 Index |
Receive |
3.26% (SOFR + 0.30%) |
At Maturity | 11/16/22 | 1,213 | 4,349,118 | 576,639 | ||||||||||||||||
$ | 62,503,528 | $ | 7,614,064 |
†† |
Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 4. |
◊ |
Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at September 30, 2022. In some instances, the effective rate is limited by a minimum rate floor or a maximum rate cap established by the issuer. The settlement status of a position may also impact the effective rate indicated. In some cases, a position may be unsettled at period end and may not have a stated effective rate. In instances where multiple underlying reference rates and spread amounts are shown, the effective rate is based on a weighted average. |
1 |
Rate indicated is the effective yield at the time of purchase. |
2 |
All or a portion of this security is pledged as equity index swap collateral at September 30, 2022. |
3 |
Repurchase Agreements — See Note 6. |
plc — Public Limited Company |
|
SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
|
See Sector Classification in Other Information section. |
22 | THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)(concluded) |
September 30, 2022 |
INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at September 30, 2022 (See Note 4 in the Notes to Financial Statements):
Investments in Securities (Assets) |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
||||||||||||
Federal Agency Discount Notes |
$ | — | $ | 17,978,845 | $ | — | $ | 17,978,845 | ||||||||
Federal Agency Notes |
— | 6,000,141 | — | 6,000,141 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills |
— | 746,695 | — | 746,695 | ||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements |
— | 10,109,216 | — | 10,109,216 | ||||||||||||
Equity Index Swap Agreements** |
— | 7,614,064 | — | 7,614,064 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets |
$ | — | $ | 42,448,961 | $ | — | $ | 42,448,961 |
** |
This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end. |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | 23 |
INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Unaudited) |
September 30, 2022 |
Assets: |
||||
Investments, at value (cost $24,724,845) |
$ | 24,725,681 | ||
Repurchase agreements, at value (cost $10,109,216) |
10,109,216 | |||
Segregated cash with broker |
293,000 | |||
Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap agreements |
7,614,064 | |||
Receivables: |
||||
Swap settlement |
6,003,389 | |||
Fund shares sold |
1,735,401 | |||
Interest |
5,230 | |||
Total assets |
50,485,981 | |||
Liabilities: |
||||
Segregated cash due to broker |
12,460,000 | |||
Payable for: |
||||
Securities purchased |
5,000,000 | |||
Fund shares redeemed |
1,672,194 | |||
Management fees |
23,517 | |||
Transfer agent and administrative fees |
10,522 | |||
Distribution and service fees |
6,943 | |||
Portfolio accounting/administration fees |
2,678 | |||
Trustees’ fees* |
426 | |||
Miscellaneous |
43,177 | |||
Total liabilities |
19,219,457 | |||
Net assets |
$ | 31,266,524 | ||
Net assets consist of: |
||||
Paid in capital |
$ | 257,036,845 | ||
Total distributable earnings (loss) |
(225,770,321 | ) | ||
Net assets |
$ | 31,266,524 | ||
A-Class: |
||||
Net assets |
$ | 1,043,554 | ||
Capital shares outstanding |
17,651 | |||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 59.12 | ||
Maximum offering price per share (Net asset value divided by 95.25%) |
$ | 62.07 | ||
C-Class: |
||||
Net assets |
$ | 618,278 | ||
Capital shares outstanding |
12,324 | |||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 50.17 | ||
H-Class: |
||||
Net assets |
$ | 29,604,692 | ||
Capital shares outstanding |
498,351 | |||
Net asset value per share |
$ | 59.41 |
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) |
Six Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
Investment Income: |
||||
Interest |
$ | 229,139 | ||
Total investment income |
229,139 | |||
Expenses: |
||||
Management fees |
141,197 | |||
Distribution and service fees: |
||||
A-Class |
2,276 | |||
C-Class |
2,836 | |||
H-Class |
36,239 | |||
Transfer agent and administrative fees |
35,480 | |||
Interest expense |
48,785 | |||
Portfolio accounting/administration fees |
28,406 | |||
Professional fees |
5,980 | |||
Custodian fees |
2,170 | |||
Trustees’ fees* |
2,000 | |||
Line of credit fees |
250 | |||
Miscellaneous |
32,162 | |||
Total expenses |
337,781 | |||
Less: |
||||
Expenses reimbursed by Adviser |
(2,678 | ) | ||
Net expenses |
335,103 | |||
Net investment loss |
(105,964 | ) | ||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss): |
||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: |
||||
Investments |
58 | |||
Swap agreements |
6,820,508 | |||
Futures contracts |
497,867 | |||
Net realized gain |
7,318,433 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: |
||||
Investments |
1,105 | |||
Swap agreements |
7,670,807 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
7,671,912 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain |
14,990,345 | |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 14,884,381 |
* |
Relates to Trustees not deemed “interested persons” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. |
24 | THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT |
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INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS |
|
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations: |
||||||||
Net investment loss |
$ | (105,964 | ) | $ | (308,179 | ) | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments |
7,318,433 | (8,983,170 | ) | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments |
7,671,912 | 18,112 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
14,884,381 | (9,273,237 | ) | |||||
Capital share transactions: |
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
||||||||
A-Class |
18,237,300 | 21,266,336 | ||||||
C-Class |
2,047,542 | 1,683,696 | ||||||
H-Class |
975,721,595 | 1,165,130,479 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
||||||||
A-Class |
(19,956,303 | ) | (19,627,834 | ) | ||||
C-Class |
(1,810,043 | ) | (1,672,131 | ) | ||||
H-Class |
(973,468,076 | ) | (1,155,831,242 | ) | ||||
Net increase from capital share transactions |
772,015 | 10,949,304 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets |
15,656,396 | 1,676,067 | ||||||
Net assets: |
||||||||
Beginning of period |
15,610,128 | 13,934,061 | ||||||
End of period |
$ | 31,266,524 | $ | 15,610,128 | ||||
Capital share activity: |
||||||||
Shares sold |
||||||||
A-Class |
348,742 | 480,514 | ||||||
C-Class |
48,796 | 43,146 | ||||||
H-Class |
20,129,870 | 25,635,805 | ||||||
Shares redeemed |
||||||||
A-Class |
(389,865 | ) | (437,122 | ) | ||||
C-Class |
(42,036 | ) | (43,010 | ) | ||||
H-Class |
(19,948,970 | ) | (25,532,772 | ) | ||||
Net increase in shares |
146,537 | 146,561 |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT | 25 |
INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.
A-Class |
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
||||||||||||||||||
Per Share Data |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 40.83 | $ | 59.25 | $ | 167.99 | $ | 182.33 | $ | 224.59 | $ | 296.28 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)b |
(.25 | ) | (.71 | ) | (.58 | ) | (.50 | ) | .45 | (1.95 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) |
18.54 | (17.71 | ) | (108.16 | ) | (13.54 | ) | (42.71 | ) | (69.74 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
18.29 | (18.42 | ) | (108.74 | ) | (14.04 | ) | (42.26 | ) | (71.69 | ) | |||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
— | — | — | (.30 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Total distributions |
— | — | — | (.30 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 59.12 | $ | 40.83 | $ | 59.25 | $ | 167.99 | $ | 182.33 | $ | 224.59 | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Returnc |
44.80 | % | (31.09 | %) | (64.73 | %) | (7.66 | %) | (18.81 | %) | (24.20 | %) | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ | 1,044 | $ | 2,399 | $ | 911 | $ | 10,143 | $ | 1,664 | $ | 1,972 | ||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
(0.89 | %) | (1.56 | %) | (1.67 | %) | (0.28 | %) | 0.23 | % | (0.74 | %) | ||||||||||||
Total expenses |
1.92 | % | 1.77 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.82 | % | 1.85 | % | 1.76 | % | ||||||||||||
Net expensesd |
1.91 | % | 1.77 | % | 1.81 | % | 1.82 | % | 1.85 | % | 1.76 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate |
— | — | — | — | — | 53 | % |
C-Class |
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
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Per Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 34.77 | $ | 50.84 | $ | 145.28 | $ | 158.86 | $ | 197.04 | $ | 262.01 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: |
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Net investment income (loss)b |
(.29 | ) | (.88 | ) | (.83 | ) | (.75 | ) | (.85 | ) | (3.05 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) |
15.69 | (15.19 | ) | (93.61 | ) | (12.53 | ) | (37.33 | ) | (61.92 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
15.40 | (16.07 | ) | (94.44 | ) | (13.28 | ) | (38.18 | ) | (64.97 | ) | |||||||||||||
Less distributions from: |
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Net investment income |
— | — | — | (.30 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Total distributions |
— | — | — | (.30 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 50.17 | $ | 34.77 | $ | 50.84 | $ | 145.28 | $ | 158.86 | $ | 197.04 | ||||||||||||
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Total Returnc |
44.29 | % | (31.61 | %) | (65.01 | %) | (8.29 | %) | (19.39 | %) | (24.79 | %) | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (in thousands) |
$ | 618 | $ | 193 | $ | 276 | $ | 362 | $ | 631 | $ | 814 | ||||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: |
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Net investment income (loss) |
(1.18 | %) | (2.24 | %) | (2.43 | %) | (0.55 | %) | (0.48 | %) | (1.40 | %) | ||||||||||||
Total expenses |
2.73 | % | 2.50 | % | 2.55 | % | 2.58 | % | 2.56 | % | 2.52 | % | ||||||||||||
Net expensesd |
2.71 | % | 2.50 | % | 2.55 | % | 2.58 | % | 2.56 | % | 2.52 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate |
— | — | — | — | — | 53 | % |
26 | THE RYDEX FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT |
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
INVERSE S&P 500® 2x STRATEGY FUND |
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (concluded) |
This table is presented to show selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period and to assist shareholders in evaluating a Fund’s performance for the periods presented.
H-Class |
Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
Year Ended |
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Per Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 41.01 | $ | 59.45 | $ | 168.56 | $ | 182.85 | $ | 225.22 | $ | 297.20 | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from investment operations: |
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Net investment income (loss)b |
(.16 | ) | (.71 | ) | (.55 | ) | — | e | .50 | (1.70 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments (realized and unrealized) |
18.56 | (17.73 | ) | (108.56 | ) | (13.99 | ) | (42.87 | ) | (70.28 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations |
18.40 | (18.44 | ) | (109.11 | ) | (13.99 | ) | (42.37 |