Guggenheim High Yield
Historical Performance
Objective And Strategy
ObjectiveHigh current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.
StrategyPursues its objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in a broad range of high yield, high risk debt securities rated below the top four long-term rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined by Security Investors, LLC (the "Investment Manager") to be of comparable quality (also known as "junk bonds"). These debt securities may include, without limitation: corporate bonds and notes, convertible securities, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and senior secured floating rate corporate loans ("Senior Loans"). The Series also may invest in a variety of investment vehicles that seek to track the performance of a specific index, such as exchange traded funds ("ETFs") and other mutual funds. The Series may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities that are in default at the time of purchase. The debt securities in which the Series invests will primarily be domestic securities, but may also include dollar denominated foreign securities. The Series’ dollar-weighted average maturity is generally expected to be between 3 and 15 years.
Tax Inefficient Fund
Principle Risks
* This portfolio invests in securities of foreign issuers which involves risks not typically associated with domestic issuers, including currency fluctuations and the possibility of political and economic instability. Emerging markets involve risks in addition to those generally associated with foreign securities, because political and economic structures in many emerging markets may be undergoing significant evolution and rapid development.
* This portfolio can leverage or use leveraged instruments or derivatives. Portfolios that use leverage, that is, borrow money, are subject to the risk that the cost of borrowing money to leverage will exceed the returns for the securities purchased or that the securities purchased may actually go down in value. Thus the portfolio's net asset value can decrease more quickly than if the portfolio had not borrowed. Portfolios that use leveraged instruments or derivatives such as futures, options and swap agreements, may expose the portfolio to additional risks that it would not be subject to if it invested directly in the securities underlying those derivatives. The more a portfolio invests in leveraged instruments, the more the leverage will magnify any gains or losses on those investments.
* Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate risk because the prices of fixed income securities tend to move in the opposite direction of interest rates. When interest rates rise, fixed income security prices fall. When interest rates fall, fixed income security prices rise.
* Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security may be unable to make interest payments and/or repay principal when due. A downgrade to an issuer’s credit rating or a perceived change in an issuer’s financial strength may affect a security’s value, and thus, impact the VA Short-Term Fixed Portfolio’s performance.
* During periods of declining interest rates, the issuer of a security may exercise its option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled, forcing the portfolio to reinvest in lower yielding securities.
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High Yield08/1996
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Documents
- Fund Prospectus and Other Forms