Mutual Fund Summary Prospectus (497k)

 

 

 

Before you invest, you may wish to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You may obtain the Prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and most recent reports to shareholders, at no cost by visiting http://guggenheiminvestments.com/services/prospectuses-and-reports, calling [phone] or e-mailing [e-mail]. The Fund’s Prospectus and SAI, both dated January 28, 2013, as revised from time to time, and the Fund’s most recent shareholder reports, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

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Small Cap Growth Fund

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Small Cap Growth Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in the Family of Funds, as defined on page 39 of the Fund’s prospectus. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the “Buying Shares – Class A Shares” section on page 37 of the Fund’s prospectus and the “How to Purchase Shares” section on page 36 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.

 

		Class A				Class B				Class C
SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)			4.75%				Closed to new subscriptions				None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is lower)			None				5%				1%
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees			0.85%				0.85%				0.85%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees			0.25%				1.00%				1.00%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses			0.01%				0.01%				0.01%
Other Expenses			1.09%				1.95%				1.08%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses			2.20%				3.81%				2.94%

EXAMPLE

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although the actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

		Redeemed																Not Redeemed
Class		1 Year				3 Years				5 Years				10 Years				1 Year				3 Years				5 Years				10 Years
A		$	687			$	1,130			$	1,599			$	2,889			$	687			$	1,130			$	1,599			$	2,889
B		$	883			$	1,464			$	2,162			$	3,694			$	383			$	1,164			$	1,962			$	3,694
C		$	397			$	910			$	1,548			$	3,261			$	297			$	910			$	1,548			$	3,261

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 82% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its assets (net assets, plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) in equity securities, which include common and preferred stocks, warrants and securities convertible into common or preferred stocks, of companies that, when purchased, have market capitalizations that are usually within the range of companies in the Russell 2500 Growth Index. The Fund’s benchmark is the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which measures the performance of securities of smaller U.S. companies with greater-than-average growth orientation. Although a universal definition of small-capitalization companies does not exist, the Fund generally defines small capitalization companies as

 

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those whose market capitalization is similar to the market capitalization of companies in the Russell 2500 Growth Index, which is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of small-to-mid cap U.S. companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. As of December 31, 2012, the Russell 2500 Growth Index consisted of securities of companies with capitalizations that ranged from $28 million to $5 billion.

Security Investors, LLC, also known as Guggenheim Investments (the “Investment Manager”), uses a combination of a qualitative economic approach in reviewing growth trends that is based upon several fixed income factors, such as bond spreads and interest rates, along with a quantitative fundamental bottom-up approach in selecting growth stocks. The Investment Manager chooses portfolio securities that it believes are attractively valued with the greatest potential for long term growth of capital and may invest in a limited number of industries or industry sectors. The Investment Manager identifies the securities of companies that it believes are in the early to middle stages of growth and are valued at a reasonable price. Equity securities considered to have appreciation potential may include securities of smaller and less mature companies which have unique proprietary products or profitable market niches and the potential to grow very rapidly (including, without limitation, technology companies).

The Fund typically sells a stock if its growth prospects diminish, or if better opportunities become available.

The Fund also may invest a portion of its assets in derivatives, including options and futures contracts. These instruments may be used to hedge the Fund's portfolio, to increase returns or to maintain exposure to the equity markets. The Fund may also invest in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”).

The Fund may actively trade its investments without regard to the length of time they have been owned by the Fund, which results in higher portfolio turnover.

The Fund may, from time to time, invest a portion of its assets in technology stocks.

The Fund may invest in a variety of investment vehicles, including those that seek to track the composition and performance of a specific index, such as exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) and other mutual funds. The Fund may use these index-based investments as a way of managing its cash position, to gain exposure to the equity markets, or a particular sector of the equity market, while maintaining liquidity. Certain investment company securities and other securities in which the Fund may invest are restricted securities, which may be illiquid.

Under adverse or unstable market conditions, the Fund could invest some or all of its assets in cash, fixed-income securities, government bonds, money market securities, or repurchase agreements. Although the Fund would do this only in seeking to avoid losses, the Fund may be unable to pursue its investment objective during that time, and it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate and is subject to investment risks, which means investors could lose money. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are listed below.

Derivatives Risk – Derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including possible illiquidity of the derivative, limited ability to enter into or unwind a position, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, leverage risk, lack of availability and the risk that the counterparty may default on its obligations. If the Investment Manager is incorrect about its expectations of market conditions, the use of derivatives could result in a loss, which in some cases may be unlimited.

Equity Securities Risk – Equity securities include common stocks and other equity securities (and securities convertible into stocks), and the prices of equity securities fluctuate in value more than other investments. They reflect changes in the issuing company’s financial condition and changes in the overall market. Common stocks generally represent the riskiest investment in a company. The Fund may lose a substantial part, or even all, of its investment in a company’s stock. Growth stocks may be more volatile than value stocks.

Foreign Securities Risk – Foreign securities, including investments in foreign securities through ADRs, carry additional risks when compared to U.S. securities, including currency fluctuations, adverse political and economic developments, unreliable or untimely information, less liquidity, limited legal recourse and higher transactional costs.

Growth Stocks Risk – Growth stocks typically invest a high portion of their earnings back into their business and may lack the dividend yield that could cushion their decline in a market downturn. Growth stocks may be more volatile than other stocks because they are more sensitive to investor perceptions regarding the growth potential of the issuing company.

 

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Investment in Investment Vehicles Risk – Investing in other investment vehicles, including ETFs and other mutual funds, subjects the Fund to those risks affecting the investment vehicle, including the possibility that the value of the underlying securities held by the investment vehicle could decrease. Moreover, the Fund and its shareholders will incur its pro rata share of the underlying vehicles’ expenses.

Leverage Risk – The Fund’s use of leverage, through borrowings or instruments such as derivatives, may cause the Fund to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged.

Liquidity and Valuation Risk – In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell particular investments within a reasonable time at a fair price, or the price at which it has been valued by the Investment Manager for purposes of the Fund’s net asset value, causing the Fund to be less liquid and unable to realize what the Investment Manager believes should be the price of the investment.

Management Risk – The Fund is actively managed, which means that investment decisions are made based on investment views. There is no guarantee that the investment views will be successful. Furthermore, active trading that can accompany active management, also called “high turnover,” may have a negative impact on performance. Active trading may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which are ultimately passed on to shareholders of the Fund.

Market Risk – The market value of the securities held by the Fund may fluctuate resulting from factors affecting the individual company or other factors such as changing economic, political or financial market conditions.

Preferred Securities Risk – A company’s preferred stock generally pays dividends only after the company makes required payments to holders of its bonds and other debt. For this reason, the value of preferred stock will usually react more strongly than bonds and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects.

Regulatory and Legal Risk – U.S. and other regulators and governmental agencies may implement additional regulations and legislators may pass new laws that affect the investments held by the Fund, the strategies used by the Fund or the level of regulation or taxation applying to the Fund (such as regulations related to investments in derivatives). These may impact the investment strategies, performance, costs and operations of the Fund or taxation of shareholders.

Restricted Securities Risk – Restricted securities generally cannot be sold to the public and may involve a high degree of business, financial and liquidity risk, which may result in substantial losses to the Fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk – The Fund is subject to the risk that small capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole. Small-capitalization companies may be more vulnerable than larger, more established organizations to adverse business or economic developments. Securities of small-capitalization companies may experience much more price volatility, greater spreads between their bid and ask prices, significantly lower trading volumes, and cyclical or static growth prospects. Small-capitalization companies often have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, and may therefore be more vulnerable to adverse developments than larger capitalization companies.

Technology Stocks Risk – Stocks of companies involved in the technology sector may be very volatile.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s Class A share performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one, five, and ten years have compared to those of a broad measure of market performance. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling 1-800-820-0888.

The bar chart does not reflect the impact of the sales charge applicable to Class A shares which, if reflected, would lower the returns shown.

RS Investment Management Co. LLC served as the sub-adviser to the Fund from September 30, 2002 to November 24, 2008. Since then, advisory services have been provided by the Investment Manager, and the Fund has new principal investment strategies.

 

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Highest Quarter Return 2Q 2003 27.57%		Lowest Quarter Return 4Q 2008 -26.11%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

(for the periods ended December 31, 2012)

After-tax returns shown in the table are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of any state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns are shown for Class A only. After-tax returns for Class B and C will vary.

 

		1 Year				5 Years				10 Years
Class A
Return Before Taxes			5.30%				-2.21%				6.54%
Return After Taxes on Distributions			5.30%				-2.23%				6.35%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares			3.44%				-1.87%				5.71%
Class B			3.48%				-2.38%				6.55%
Class C			8.69%				-1.77%				6.38%
Index
Russell 2000 Growth Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)			14.59%				3.49%				9.80%

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

Security Investors, LLC, also known as Guggenheim Investments (the “Investment Manager”), serves as the investment manager of the Fund. Joseph O’Connor is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund and holds the title of “Portfolio Manager” with the Investment Manager. He has managed the Fund since January 2009.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

You may purchase or redeem Fund shares through your broker/ dealer, other financial intermediary that has an agreement with Guggenheim Distributors, LLC, the Fund’s distributor, or through the transfer agent (by mail or telephone, if you select the telephone option on your account application). You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of any class of the Fund on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Class B shares are closed to new subscriptions from either existing or new shareholders. The minimum initial investment is $100. Subsequent investments must be $100 (or $20 under an Accumulation Plan).

TAX INFORMATION

Fund distributions are taxable as ordinary income or capital gains (or a combination of both), unless your investment is in an IRA or other tax-advantaged retirement account.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER/DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase Fund shares through a broker/dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker/dealer or other intermediary and your sales person to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your sales person or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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