Rydex Series Trust Consumer Products Fund

Scorecard
4 / 5 Stars
Lipper
4 4 5 1
Zacks Investment Research
1 (Strong Buy)
Standard & Poor's
4 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
A+ (Buy)

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Performance

The fund has returned 20.87 percent over the past year, 16.82 percent over the past three years, 10.54 percent over the past five years, and 10.60 percent over the past decade.

Trailing Returns Updated 04.30.2013
Year to date 17.9%
1 Year 20.9%
3 Years (Annualized) 16.8%
5 Years (Annualized) 10.5%
10 Years (Annualized) 10.6%

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Summary

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Consumer Products Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. It will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Consumer Products Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. The fund is non-diversified.

Fees

Fees are High compared to funds in the same category.
Rydex Series Trust Consumer Products Fund has an expense ratio of 1.84 percent.

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Risk

Risk is Below Average compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.

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