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At Guggenheim Investments, we are dedicated to providing flexibility to all our shareholders—including unlimited trading privileges for most of our funds (see a fund’s prospectus for full details). We do not permit investors to initiate trades after a fund’s pricing time. On the subject of market timing, Guggenheim Investments stated policy has always been to permit unlimited trading privileges in certain funds, with no exchange fees, to all shareholders—not a selected few. While not immune from all the effects of active trading, Guggenheim Investments Funds’ portfolios are well positioned to manage and minimize the potential negative effects associated with frequent trading and large cash flows.

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Certain Guggenheim Investments Funds are not suitable for purchase by active investors. These funds charge a redemption fee on shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase.

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Third-party trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.  Please refer to specific trademark and service mark information for each of the Guggenheim Investments Funds in their respective Prospectuses, SAIs or websites.

“Dow Jones Industrial Average’s,” and “DJIAs” are service marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Guggenheim Investments and its affiliates. STOXX Limited claims copyright and other proprietary interest in Dow Jones STOXX 50 Index. The Dow Jones STOXX°’ 50 Index and the related trademarks have been licensed for certain purposes by Rydex Investments and its affiliates. “Standard & Poor’s”, “S&P”, “S&P 500”, “S&P DTI’, “Standard & Poor’s Midcap 400”, “S&P Midcap 400’. “Standard & Poor’s Small Cap 600”, “S&P 500 Pure Value”, “S&P 500 Pure Growth”, “S&P Midcap 400 Pure Value”, “S&P Midcap 400 Pure Growth”, “S&P Small Cap 600 Pure Value”, and “S&P SmalICap 600 Pure Growth” are trademarks of Standard and Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and have been licensed for use by Guggenheim Investments and its affiliates.  Citigroup® is a registered trademark of Citigroup and/or its affiliates and has been licensed for use by the S&P. Russell 2000® Index is a trademark of Russell Investment Group (Russell) and has been licensed for use by Guggenheim Investments and affiliates. “Intercontinental Exchange”, “ICE”, “The U.S. Dollar Index®” and “USDX® are registered trademarks or service marks of the ICE Futures U.S., Inc. and have been licensed for use by Guggenheim Investments and its affiliates. Guggenheim Investments Funds are not sponsored, issued, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, S&P, Citigroup, Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc., Russell Investment Group (“Russell”), ICE Futures U.S., Inc, or any affiliate of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (“TSE”).  The publisher of the Topic 100 Index, NASDAQ®, NASDAQ 100®, and NASDAQ 100 Index®, are registered trademarks of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (which with its affiliates is referred to as the “Corporations”) and are licensed for use by Guggenheim Investments and its affiliates. Guggenheim Investments Funds have not been passed on by the Corporations as to their legality or suitability. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTIES AND BEAR NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNDS. The aforementioned firms make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the funds.

Merrill Lynch Factor Model, BofA Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and the Factor Model (“BofAML IP”) are property of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated or its affiliates (“BofAML”) and have been licensed for use by Guggenheim Investments. Certain trademarks and other marks (the “Component Sponsor Marks”) are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, MSCI, Inc. or Frank Russell Company or any of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Component Sponsors”) and have been licensed for use by BofAML. Neither Guggenheim Investments nor the Guggenheim Investments Funds are sponsored, endorsed, passed on, recommended, sold, or promoted by BofAML or the Entities. BofAML IP AND THE ENTITY MARKS ARE LICENSED ON AN “AS IS WHERE IS” BASIS. NEITHER BofAML NOR ANY OF ITS ENTITIES MAKES ANY WARRANTIES INCLUDING ABOUT THEIR SUITABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, AND/OR COMPLETENESS AND HAVE NO LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR USE OR THE GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS FUNDS.

The Credit Suisse Long Short Liquid Index and Credit Suisse Event Driven Liquid Index are trademarks of Credit Suisse Alternative Capital, Inc. or one of its affiliates (“Credit Suisse”) and have been licensed for use by Guggenheim Investments and its affiliates. Guggenheim Investments Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Credit Suisse, and Credit Suisse makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products.

“BNY Mellon”, “BNY Mellon ADR Index” and “BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index”, a sub index of “BNY Mellon ADR Index” are service marks of The Bank of New York Mellon and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Rydex Advisors, LLC and Rydex Advisors II, LLC, d/b/a Rydex Investments. The Funds are based on the BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index (the “Index”) and are not sponsored, endorsed, sold, recommended or promoted by The Bank of New York Mellon or any of Its subsidiaries or affiliates, and none of The Bank of New York Mellon or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates makes any representation or warranty. express or implied, to the purchasers or owners of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in financial products generally or in these products particularly, the ability of the Index to track market performance or the suitability or appropriateness of the products for such purchasers, owners or such member of the public. The relationship between The Bank of New York Mellon, on one hand, and Rydex Advisors, LLC and Rydex Advisors II, LLC, d/b/a Rydex Investments, on the other, is limited to the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of The Bank of New York Mellon and BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by The Bank of New York Mellon without regard to Rydex Advisors, LLC and Rydex Advisors II, LLC, d/b/a Rydex Investments or their products. Neither The Bank of New York Mellon nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates has any obligation to take the needs of Rydex Advisors, LLC and Rydex Advisors II, LLC, d/b/a Rydex Investments or the purchasers or owners of their products into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. Neither The Bank of New York Mellon nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is responsible for, or has participated in, the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the products to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the products are to be converted into cash.

Neither The Bank of New York Mellon nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates has any obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the products. NEITHER THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN, AND NEITHER THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. NEITHER THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS FUNDS, PURCHASERS OR OWNERS OF THE GUGGENHEIM INVESTMENTS FUNDS OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. NEITHER THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON NOR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE. INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Use of Indexes as a Benchmark

Standard & Poor’s Corp., The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., the Frank Russell Company, ICE Futures U.S., Inc., Nikkei Inc., Goldman, Sachs and Co. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Dow Jones & Company Inc., Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon, STDXX Limited and the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Certain Guggenheim Investments Funds and/or Guggenheim Investments and/or its affiliates have licensed the use of indices for use in investment portfolio construction and marketing from third-party index providers (the “Index Publishers”).  The Index Publishers do not sponsor, issue, endorse, sell or promote any fund and make no representation or warranty, implied or express, and expressly disclaims any such warranty, to the investors in the funds, or any member of the public, regarding: the advisability of investing in index funds; the ability of any index to track stock market performance; the accuracy and/or the completeness of the aforementioned indices or any data included therein; the results to be obtained by any funds, the investors in funds, or any person or entity from the use of the indices or data included therein; and the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose for use with respect to the indices or any data included therein. Further, none of the Index Publishers recommend that any person invest in funds or any other securities; have any responsibility or liability for or make any decisions about the timing, amount or pricing of funds; have any responsibility or liability for the administration, management or marketing of funds; consider the needs of funds or the investors in funds in determining, composing or calculating the indexes or has any obligation to do so; will have any liability in connection with the funds or for any errors, omissions or interruptions in connection with the indices or the related data; will be liable for any bat profits or indirect punitive, special or consequential damages or losses, even if such Index Publisher knows that they might occur.

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Guggenheim Investments Funds welcomes your e-mail correspondence. Our associates are available to address your general questions as well as respond to your suggestions for improvement. Internet and email communications are not confidential, It is possible that information transmitted to us may be read or obtained by other parties. In an attempt to protect your privacy, our e-mail responses do not include personal account information such as social security numbers or account numbers.

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