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LoCorr Macro
Strategies Fund |
| LoCorr Long/Short
Commodities Strategy Fund |
Class |
A |
LFMAX |
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LCSAX |
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LFMCX |
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LCSCX |
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LFMIX |
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LCSIX |
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LoCorr Dynamic
Opportunity Fund |
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Income Fund |
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A |
LEQAX |
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A |
LSPAX |
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LEQCX |
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LSPCX |
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LEQIX |
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LoCorr Market Trend
Fund |
Class |
A |
LOTAX |
Class |
C |
LOTCX |
Class |
I |
LOTIX |
PROSPECTUS
April 30,
2024
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Advised
by:
LoCorr
Fund Management, LLC
687
Excelsior Boulevard
Excelsior,
MN 55331 |
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www.LoCorrFunds.com |
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1-855-LCFUNDS |
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This
Prospectus provides important information about the Class A, Class C and Class I
shares of the Funds that you should know before investing. Please read it
carefully and keep it for future reference.
As
permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"), paper copies of the Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports
are no longer sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the
reports from the Funds or your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer
or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website
(www.LoCorrFunds.com), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is
posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
You
may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge by contacting
your financial intermediary, or if you invest directly with the Funds, you can
call 1-855-523-8637 or send an email request to [email protected] to let the
Funds know of your request. Your election to receive shareholder reports in
paper will apply to all Funds held in your account.
These
securities have not been approved or disapproved by the SEC or the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") nor has the SEC or the CFTC passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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LOCORR
MARKET TREND FUND SUMMARY |
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Back
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LOCORR
MACRO STRATEGIES FUND SUMMARY
Investment
Objectives: The
Fund's primary investment objective is capital appreciation in rising and
falling equity markets with
managing volatility as a secondary objective.
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund: This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table
and example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of
Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future,
at least $25,000 in the Fund. More
information about these and other discounts is available from your financial
intermediary, in How
to Purchase Shares
on page 88 of this Prospectus, and in Appendix
A to this Prospectus.
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Shareholder
Fees
(fees
paid directly from your investment) |
Class
A |
Class
C |
Class
I |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering
price)
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5.75% |
None |
None |
Maximum
Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as
a % of original purchase price) |
1.00%⁽¹⁾ |
1.00%⁽²⁾ |
None |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other
Distributions |
None |
None |
None |
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses
that you pay each year as a
percentage
of the value of your investment) |
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Management
Fees |
1.65% |
1.65% |
1.65% |
Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.25% |
1.00% |
0.00% |
Other
Expenses |
0.24% |
0.24% |
0.24% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
2.14% |
2.89% |
1.89% |
(1) Applied to purchases of $1 million or more that are redeemed
within 12 months of their purchase.
(2) Applied to shares redeemed within 12 months of their
purchase.
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 your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon
these assumptions your costs would be:
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1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
A |
$880 |
$1,206 |
$1,658 |
$2,905 |
C |
$392 |
$895 |
$1,523 |
$3,214 |
I |
$192 |
$594 |
$1,021 |
$2,212 |
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 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 ended December 31, 2023, the
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 74% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment
objectives by allocating its assets using two principal strategies:
•“Managed
Futures” Strategy
•“Fixed
Income” Strategy
The
Managed Futures strategy is designed to produce capital appreciation by
capturing returns related to the commodity and financial markets by investing
long or short in: (i) futures, (ii) forwards, (iii) options, (iv) spot
contracts, or (v) swaps, each of which may be tied to (a) currencies, (b)
interest rates, (c) stock market indices, (d) energy resources, (e) metals or
(f) agricultural products. These derivative instruments are used as substitutes
for securities, interest rates, currencies and commodities and for hedging. The
Fund may also invest in cash-settled Bitcoin and/or Ether futures contracts
traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ("CME"). The Fund will allocate less
than 5% of Fund assets in these digital asset futures (also referred to as
crypto futures). To the extent the Fund uses swaps or structured notes under the
Managed Futures strategy, the investments will generally have payments linked to
commodity or financial derivatives. The Fund does not invest more than 25% of
its assets in contracts with any one counterparty. Managed futures
sub-strategies may include investment styles that rely upon buy and sell signals
generated from technical analysis systems such as trend-pattern recognition, as
well as from fundamental economic analysis and relative value comparisons.
Managed Futures strategy investments will be made without restriction as to
country.
The
Fund will execute its Managed Futures strategy primarily by directly investing
by the Fund or by investing up to 25% of its total assets (measured at the time
of purchase) in a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). The
Fund and the Subsidiary will invest primarily in futures, forwards, options,
spot contracts, swaps, and other assets intended to serve as margin or
collateral for derivative positions. The Subsidiary is subject to the same
investment restrictions as the Fund.
The
Fund’s Adviser may delegate management of the Fund’s Managed Futures Strategy to
one or more sub-advisers.
The Adviser
anticipates that, based upon its analysis of long-term historical returns and
volatility of various asset classes, the Fund will allocate approximately 25% of
its assets to the Managed Futures strategy and approximately 75% of its assets
to the Fixed Income strategy. However, as market conditions change the portion
allocated may be higher or lower.
The
Fixed Income strategy is designed to generate interest income and preserve
principal by investing primarily in investment grade securities including: (1)
obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or
instrumentalities, (2) securities issued or guaranteed by foreign governments,
their political subdivisions or agencies or instrumentalities, (3) bonds, notes,
or similar debt obligations issued by U.S. or foreign corporations or
special-purpose entities backed by corporate debt obligations, (4) U.S.
asset-backed securities (“ABS”), (5) U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities
(“MBS”), (6) U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), (7) interest
rate-related futures contracts, (8) interest rate-related or credit
default-related swap contracts and (9) money market funds. The Fund defines
investment grade fixed income securities as those that are rated, at the time
purchased, in the top four categories by a rating agency such as Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
(“S&P”), or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality. However,
the fixed income portion of the Fund’s portfolio will be invested without
restriction as to individual issuer country, type of entity, or capitalization
Futures and swap contracts are used for hedging purposes and as substitutes for
fixed income securities. The Fund’s Adviser delegates management of the Fund’s
Fixed Income strategy portfolio to a sub-adviser.
The
Fund seeks to achieve its secondary investment objective primarily by (1)
diversifying the Managed Futures strategy investments among asset classes and
sub-strategies that are not expected to have returns that are highly correlated
to each other or the equity markets and (2) by selecting Fixed Income strategy
investments that are short-term to medium-term interest income-generating
securities (those with maturities or average lives of less than 10 years) that
are expected to be less volatile than the equity
markets
in general and that are not expected to have returns that are highly correlated
to the equity markets or the Managed Futures strategy.
The
Adviser, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Fund and other Funds it
advises or may advise in the future that are each a series of LoCorr Investment
Trust, was granted an exemptive order from the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") that permits the adviser, with Board of Trustees approval, to
enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with sub-advisers without obtaining
shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified within 90 days of the
engagement of an additional sub-adviser or sub-advisers to manage a portion of
the Fund's portfolio.
ADVISER’S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
The
Adviser will pursue the Fund’s investment objectives, in part, by utilizing its
investment and risk management process.
•Sub-Adviser
Selection
represents the result of quantitative and qualitative reviews that will identify
a sub-adviser chosen for its managed futures expertise, historical performance,
management accessibility, commitment, investment strategy, as well as process
and methodology. Using this selection process, the Adviser believes it can
identify a sub-adviser that can produce positive, risk-adjusted returns. The
Adviser replaces a sub-adviser when its returns are below expectations or it
deviates from its traditional investment process.
•Risk
Management
represents the ongoing attention to the historical return performance of each
Underlying Fund as well as the interaction or correlation of returns between
Underlying Funds. Using this risk management process, the Adviser believes the
Fund, over time, will not be highly correlated to the equity markets and will
provide the potential for reducing volatility in investors’ portfolios.
SUB-ADVISER’S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
Graham
Capital Management, L.P.
Graham
Capital Management, L.P. (“GCM”) serves as a sub-adviser to the Fund. GCM
executes the strategy within the Macro Strategies Fund by employing
macro-oriented quantitative investment techniques to select long and short
positions in the global futures and foreign exchange markets. These techniques
are designed to produce attractive absolute and risk-adjusted returns while
maintaining low correlation to traditional asset classes. The strategy within
the Macro Strategies Fund is a quantitative trading system driven by
trend-following models. This program signals buy and sell orders based on a
number of factors, including price, volatility, and length of time a position
has been held in the portfolio. The strategy employs sophisticated techniques to
gradually enter and exit positions over the course of a trend in order to
maximize profit opportunities. It is expected that the average holding period of
instruments traded pursuant to the strategy within the Macro Strategies Fund
will be approximately six to eight weeks; however, that average may differ
depending on various factors and the system will make daily adjustments to
positions based on both price activity and market volatility. The program trades
a broad range of markets, including global interest rates, foreign exchange,
global stock indices and commodities.
Millburn
Ridgefield Corporation
Millburn
Ridgefield Corporation (“Millburn”) serves as a sub-adviser to the Fund.
Millburn’s Diversified Program invests in a diversified portfolio of futures,
forward and spot contracts (and may also invest in option and swap contracts) on
currencies, interest rate instruments, stock indices, metals, energy and
agricultural commodities. Millburn invests globally pursuant to its proprietary
quantitative and systematic trading methodology, based upon signals generated
from an analysis of price, price-derivatives, fundamental and other quantitative
data. Millburn’s Diversified Program generally seeks maximum diversification
subject to liquidity and sector concentration constraints. Each market is traded
using a diversified set of trading systems, which may be optimized for groups of
markets, sectors or specific markets. The following factors, among others, are
considered in constructing a universe of markets to
trade:
profitability, liquidity of markets, professional judgment, desired
diversification, transaction costs, exchange regulations and depth of market.
Revolution
Capital Management, LLC
Revolution
Capital Management, LLC (“Revolution”) serves as a sub-adviser to the Fund.
Revolution focuses on short-term, systematic and quantitative trading, applying
statistical analysis to all aspects of research, development, and operations.
The strategy seeks to provide superior risk-adjusted returns while maintaining
low correlations both to traditional equity and bond investments as well as the
trend-following strategies often employed by commodity trading
advisors.
R.G.
Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc.
R.G.
Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc. (“Niederhoffer”) serves as a sub-adviser
to the Fund. Niederhoffer provides asset management services for the Fund using
its Smart Alpha Program. The R.G. Niederhoffer Smart Alpha Program seeks to
achieve three key objectives: (1) Stable absolute returns regardless of market
environment, with zero correlation to Fixed Income, Equities and Hedge Funds;
(2) Strong, consistent downside and upside protection for portfolios containing
Global Bonds, Global Equities, Hedge Funds, and CTAs, and (3) Daily/monthly
liquidity and high transparency.
Nuveen
Asset Management, LLC
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Nuveen”), serves as a sub-adviser to
the Fund, selects securities using a “top-down” approach that begins with the
formulation of Nuveen’s general economic outlook. Following this, various
sectors and industries are analyzed and selected for investment. Finally, Nuveen
selects individual securities within these sectors or industries that it
believes have above peer-group expected yield, potential for capital
preservation or appreciation. Nuveen selects futures and swaps to hedge interest
rate and credit risks and as substitutes for securities when it believes
derivatives provide a better return profile or when specific securities are
temporarily unavailable. Nuveen sells securities and derivatives to adjust
interest rate risk, adjust credit risk, when a price target is reached, or when
a security’s or derivative’s price outlook is deteriorating.
Principal Investment
Risks: As with all
mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your
investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset
value and performance.
The
following risks apply to the Fund’s direct investments in securities and
derivatives as well as the Fund’s indirect risks through investing in Underlying
Funds and the Subsidiary. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical
order to facilitate finding particular risks and comparing them with other
funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a principal risk of investing in
the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears. It is important to read
the provided risk disclosures in their entirety.
•ABS,
MBS and CMBS Risk: ABS, MBS and CMBS are subject to credit risk because underlying loan
borrowers may default. Additionally, these securities are subject to prepayment
risk because the underlying loans held by the issuers may be paid off prior to
maturity. The value of these securities may go down as a result of changes in
prepayment rates on the underlying mortgages or loans. During periods of
declining interest rates, prepayment rates usually increase and the Fund may
have to reinvest prepayment proceeds at a lower interest rate. CMBS are less
susceptible to this risk because underlying loans may have prepayment penalties
or prepayment lock out periods.
•Bitcoin
and Ether Futures Risk: The
market for Bitcoin and ether futures ("crypto futures") may be less developed,
and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established futures
markets. While the crypto futures market has grown substantially since the first
crypto futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth
will continue. The price for crypto futures contracts is based on a number of
factors, including the supply of and the demand for crypto futures contracts.
Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements,
and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for crypto futures
contracts. Crypto futures may trade at a significant premium to the “spot” price
of the underlying digital asset. Additional demand, including demand resulting
from the purchase, or anticipated
purchase,
of crypto futures contracts by the Fund or other entities may increase that
premium, perhaps significantly. It is not possible to predict whether or for how
long such conditions will continue. To the extent the Fund purchases crypto
futures contracts at a premium and the premium declines, the value of an
investment in the Fund also should be expected to decline. The performance of
crypto futures contracts and the underlying digital asset may differ and they
may not be correlated with each other, over short or long periods of
time.
Crypto
may experience very high volatility and related investments, such as Bitcoin or
ether futures, may be affected by such volatility. As digital assets, Bitcoin
and ether operate without central authority and neither is backed by any
government. Large sales by a few holders of significant amounts of crypto
(commonly referred to as “whales”) could depress the price of the applicable
crypto. Federal, state or foreign governments may restrict the use and exchange
of crypto, and regulation in the U.S. is still developing. Increased regulation
might tend to depress the price of crypto. Legal or regulatory changes may
negatively impact the operation of the crypto markets or restrict the use of
crypto. The realization of any of these risks could result in a decline in the
acceptance of bitcoin and/or ether and consequently a reduction in the value of
the respective crypto, crypto futures, and the
Fund.
•Commodity
Risk:
Investing
in
the commodities markets may subject the Fund to greater volatility
than investments in traditional securities. Commodity prices may be influenced
by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and environmental
factors as well as changes in government regulation such as tariffs, embargoes
or burdensome production rules and restrictions.
•Credit
Risk: There is a risk that issuers and counterparties will not make payments
on securities and other investments held by the Fund, resulting in losses to the
Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities held by the Fund may be
lowered if an issuer’s financial condition changes.
•Derivatives
Risk: Derivatives are subject to tracking risk because they may not be
perfect substitutes for the instruments they are intended to hedge or replace.
Short positions are subject to potentially unlimited liability. Futures
positions held by the Fund may incur significant losses caused by unanticipated
market movements and such losses may be unlimited. Purchased options may expire
worthless. Over the counter derivatives, such as swaps, are subject to
counterparty default. Leverage inherent in derivatives will tend to magnify the
Fund’s losses.
•Fixed
Income Risk: Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of
fixed income securities owned by the Fund. The value of fixed income securities
typically falls when an issuer’s credit quality declines and may even become
worthless if an issuer defaults.
•Foreign
Currency Risk:
Currency trading risks include market risk, credit risk and country risk. Market
risk results from adverse changes in exchange rates in the currencies the Fund
is long or short. Credit risk results because a currency-trade counterparty may
default. Country risk arises because a government may interfere with
transactions in its currency.
•Foreign
Investment Risk: Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S.
investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse
political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility,
less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and
differing auditing and legal standards. Investing in emerging markets imposes
risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed
countries.
•Interest
Rates and Bond Maturities Risk: Interest rate changes may adversely affect the market value of an
investment. Fixed-income securities typically decline in value when interest
rates rise. Fixed-income securities typically increase in value when interest
rates decline. The Fund may experience adverse exposure from either increasing
or declining rates. Bonds with longer maturities will be more affected by
interest rate changes than intermediate-term bonds.
•Issuer-Specific
Risk: The
value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and
can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of
securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than those of larger issuers.
The value of certain types of
securities can be more volatile due to increased sensitivity to
adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic
developments.
•Leverage
Risk:
Using derivatives to increase the Fund’s combined long and short
exposure creates leverage, which can magnify the Fund’s potential for gain or
loss and, therefore, amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund’s
share price.
•Liquidity
Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would
be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such
illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the
Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to
satisfy its obligations.
•Management
Risk: The Adviser’s and sub-advisers’ judgments about the attractiveness,
value and potential appreciation of particular asset classes, securities and
derivatives in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not
produce the desired results. Additionally, the Adviser’s judgments about the
potential performance of the sub-adviser may also prove incorrect and may not
produce the desired results.
•Market
Risk: Overall securities and derivatives market risks may affect the value
of individual instruments in which the Fund invests. Factors such as domestic
and foreign economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and
political and social events affect the securities and derivatives markets.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and
conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely
impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks
may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the
global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect
companies worldwide. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19
and aggressive measures taken worldwide in response by governments. The effects
of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will
likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more
dramatically than others. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and any other outbreak
of an infectious disease or other serious public health concern could have, a
significant negative impact on economic and market conditions and could trigger
a prolonged period of global economic slowdown. When the value of the Fund’s
investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value and you
could lose money.
•Portfolio
Turnover Risk: Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and
distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would
increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs,
which could detract from the Fund’s performance.
•Restricted
Securities Risk: Rule 144A securities, which are restricted securities, may not be
readily marketable in broad public markets. A Rule 144A restricted security
carries the risk that the Fund may not be able to sell a security when the
portfolio managers consider it desirable to do so and/or may have to sell the
security at a lower price. In addition, transaction costs may be higher for Rule
144A securities than for more liquid securities. Although there is a substantial
institutional market for Rule 144A securities, it is not possible to predict
exactly how the market for Rule 144A securities will develop. A restricted
security that when purchased was liquid in the institutional markets may
subsequently become illiquid.
•Short
Position Risk: The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the
price of the short position instrument increases in value between the date of
the short position sale and the date on which an offsetting position is
purchased. The Fund is required to make a margin deposit in connection with such
short sales. The Fund may have to pay a fee to borrow particular securities and
will often be obligated to pay over any dividends and accrued interest on
borrowed securities. Short positions may be considered speculative transactions
and involve special risks, including greater reliance on the Adviser’s ability
to accurately anticipate the future value of a security or instrument. The
Fund’s losses are potentially unlimited in a short position
transaction.
•Underlying
Funds Risk:
Underlying Funds are subject to management fees and other expenses, which will
be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund
will be higher than the cost of investing directly in an Underlying Fund and may
be higher than other
mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Underlying
Funds are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the
fund.
•Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary Risk: The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and, unless otherwise noted in this
Prospectus, is not subject to all of the investor protections of the 1940 Act.
Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which
the Fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized, could result in the
inability of the Fund and/or Subsidiary to operate as described in this
Prospectus and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders. Your cost
of investing in the Fund will be higher because you indirectly bear the expenses
of the Subsidiary.
Who
Should Invest in the Fund?
The
Adviser believes the Fund is appropriate for investors seeking the
low-correlation benefits of managed futures investing, relative to traditional
stock portfolios.
Performance:
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of
the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the
Fund’s Class I shares from year to year and by showing how the one-year,
five-year, ten-year and since inception average annual total returns for the
Fund’s Class I shares compare with that of a broad-based securities index and a
secondary index The returns in the
bar chart and best/worst quarter are for Class I shares which do not have sales
charges. The performance of Class A and Class C Shares would be lower due to
differing expense structures and sales charges. The
returns in the table reflect the maximum applicable sales load of 5.75% on Class
A shares, and the maximum deferred sales load of 1.00% on Class C shares for the
one-year period. The Fund’s past
performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the
Fund will perform in the future and does not guarantee future
results. Net asset value (“NAV”) per share information and
updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at
www.LoCorrFunds.com.
Calendar Year Total Return
LoCorr Macro Strategies Fund – Class I
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Highest
Quarterly Return: |
Q2 2014 |
8.13% |
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Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
Q4 2023 |
-7.25% |
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Average Annual
Total Return as of December 31, 2023 |
| 1
Year |
5
Years |
10
Years |
Since
Inception (3/24/2011)(1) |
Class
I Shares |
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Return Before
Taxes |
-6.58% |
5.15% |
4.85% |
2.32% |
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
-7.72% |
2.77% |
2.61% |
0.61% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions
and
Sale of Fund
Shares |
-3.88% |
3.14% |
2.87% |
1.08% |
Class
A Shares |
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Return Before
Taxes |
-12.11% |
3.66% |
3.97% |
1.59% |
Class
C Shares |
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Return Before
Taxes |
-7.48% |
4.10% |
3.80% |
1.31% |
ICE
BofA 3-Month Treasury Bill Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
5.05% |
1.89% |
1.26% |
1.00% |
Barclay
CTA Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
-0.40% |
4.44% |
2.44% |
1.36% |
(1)
The Fund offers three classes of shares. The Class I shares and
Class C shares commenced operations on March 24, 2011 and Class A shares
commenced operations on March 22, 2011. “Since
Inception” performance for Class A shares is shown as of March 22,
2011.
After-tax
returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal
income tax rates and does not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the individual
investor’s situation and may differ from those shown. Furthermore,
the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares
through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement
Accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax
returns are shown for Class I shares only and will vary for Class A and Class C
shares. The Fund’s
return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares is greater than its
return after taxes on distributions because it includes a tax benefit resulting
from the capital losses that would have been incurred, and could be utilized
against other capital gains an investor may
have.
Adviser:
LoCorr Fund Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers:
Jon C. Essen, Chief Financial Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2011; Sean Katof, Chief
Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a portfolio manager
since 2016.
Sub-Adviser:
Graham
Capital Management, L.P.
Portfolio
Managers: Kenneth
G. Tropin, Chairman of GCM, and Pablo Calderini, President and Chief Investment
Officer of GCM, have each served the Fund as portfolio managers since 2016.
Sub-Adviser:
Millburn
Ridgefield Corporation
Portfolio
Managers:
Harvey Beker, Co-Chairman; Barry Goodman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Director of Trading; and Grant Smith, Co-Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Investment Officer, have each served the Fund as portfolio managers since
2016. Michael Soss, Co-Chief Investment Officer, has served the Fund as
portfolio manager since 2024.
Sub-Adviser:
Revolution Capital Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers: Michael
Mundt, Principal, and Theodore Robert Olson, Principal and Chief Compliance
Officer, have served the Fund as portfolio managers since 2016.
Sub-Adviser:
R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc.
Portfolio
Manager:
Roy Niederhoffer founded R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, Inc. in 1993.
Niederhoffer employs a quantitative, behavioral finance-based strategy to trade
equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities to provide returns that
are both valuable on a stand-alone basis and
also
provide significant downside protection to clients’ portfolios. Mr. Niederhoffer
leads the Management Committee and brings nearly 30 years of experience in the
hedge fund industry.
Sub-Adviser:
Nuveen
Asset Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers:
Tony Rodriguez, Portfolio Manager of the sub-adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since 2017. Peter Agrimson, Portfolio Manager of the
sub-adviser, has served as a portfolio manager since 2018.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares: You
may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading by written request, telephone, wire transfer,
website, or through your broker. You may also exchange shares of the Fund for
shares of another Fund in the LoCorr Investment Trust. Redemptions will be paid
by ACH, check or wire transfer. The minimum initial investment amount for Class
A and Class C shares is $2,500. The minimum initial investment in Class I shares
is $100,000. The minimum subsequent investment amount for all classes is $500.
The Fund or its Adviser may waive any investment minimum.
Tax
Information: Dividends
and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest
your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are
taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you
are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If
you purchase the Fund 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 salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
LOCORR
LONG/SHORT COMMODITIES STRATEGY FUND SUMMARY
Investment
Objectives:
The Fund's primary investment objective is capital appreciation in
rising and falling commodities markets with
managing volatility as a secondary objective.
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund: This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table
and example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of
Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future,
at least $25,000 in the Fund. More
information about these and other discounts is available from your financial
intermediary, in How
to Purchase Shares
on page 88 of this Prospectus, and in Appendix
A
to this Prospectus.
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Shareholder
Fees
(fees
paid directly from your investment) |
| Class
A |
Class
C |
Class
I |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering
price)
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5.75% |
None |
None |
Maximum
Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as
a % of original purchase price) |
1.00%⁽¹⁾ |
1.00%⁽²⁾ |
None |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other
Distributions |
None |
None |
None |
Annual Fund
Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage
of the value of your investment) |
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Management
Fees |
1.50% |
1.50% |
1.50% |
Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.25% |
1.00% |
0.00% |
Other
Expenses(3) |
0.61% |
0.61% |
0.61% |
Swap
and Commodity Pool Fees and Expenses(4) |
0.34% |
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Remaining
Other Expenses |
0.27% |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
2.36% |
3.11% |
2.11% |
(1)
Applied to purchases of $1 million or more that are redeemed
within 12 months of their purchase.
(2) Applied to shares redeemed
within 12 months of their purchase.
(3) "Other Expenses"
include both the expenses of the Fund's consolidated wholly-owned subsidiary
("Subsidiary") and the fee paid to the counterparty of the Fund's total return
swap ("Swap") and the Fund's commodity pool ("Commodity Pool"), which are the
primary ways the Fund seeks exposure to managers' (which are generally commodity
trading advisors ("CTAs")) trading vehicles (each, an "Underlying Fund"). The
Swap is designed to replicate the aggregate returns of the trading strategies of
the CTAs through a customized index. More information regarding the Subsidiary
and the investments made to pursue the Fund's Commodities strategy can be found
in the "Principal Investment Strategies" section of this Prospectus.
(4)
The cost of the Swap and
the Commodity Pool does not include the fees and expenses of the CTAs included
in the Swap and Commodity Pool. The returns of the Swap and the Commodity Pool
will be reduced and its losses increased by the costs associated with the Swap
and Commodity Pool, which are the fees and expenses deducted by the counterparty
in the calculation of the returns on the Swap and Commodity Pool, including the
management and performance fees of the CTAs. A performance fee for one or more
managers represented in the Swap and Commodity Pool may be deducted from the
return of the Swap and Commodity Pool even if the aggregate respective returns
of the Swap and Commodity Pool are negative. These fees, which are not reflected
in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table, are embedded in the returns of the
Swap and Commodity Pool and represent an indirect cost of investing in the Fund.
Generally, the management fees and performance fees of the CTAs included
in the Swap and Commodity Pool may range up to 1.50% of the Fund's allocated net
assets and up to 20% of the returns, respectively. Such fees are accrued daily
within the index and deducted from the Swap and Commodity Pool value quarterly.
Fees have been restated to reflect current
expenses.
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 your actual
costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs would
be:
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Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
A |
$900 |
$1,269 |
$1,763 |
$3,116 |
C |
$414 |
$960 |
$1,630 |
$3,420 |
I |
$214 |
$661 |
$1,134 |
$2,441 |
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 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 period ended December 31, 2023,
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment
objectives by allocating its assets using two principal strategies:
•“Commodities”
Strategy
•“Fixed
Income” Strategy
The
Commodities strategy is designed to produce capital appreciation by capturing
returns related to the commodities markets by investing primarily in securities
of one or more (1) limited partnerships, (2) corporations, (3) limited liability
companies and (4) other types of pooled investment vehicles, including commodity
pools (collectively, “Underlying Funds”) and derivative instruments, such as
swap contracts, structured notes or other securities or derivatives, that
provide exposure to the managers of Underlying Funds. Each Underlying Fund
invests according to its manager’s sub-strategy, long or short in one or a
combination of: (i) futures, (ii) forwards, (iii) options, (iv) spot contracts,
or (v) swaps, each of which may be tied to (a) energy resources, (b) metals or
(c) agricultural products. These derivative instruments are used as substitutes
for commodities and for hedging. The Fund may also invest in cash-settled
Bitcoin and/or Ether futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
("CME"). The Fund will allocate less than 5% of Fund assets in these digital
asset futures (also referred to as crypto futures). To the extent the Fund uses
swaps or structured notes under the Commodities strategy, the investments will
generally have payments linked to commodity or financial derivatives that are
designed to produce returns similar to those of the Underlying Funds and their
respective sub-strategies. The Fund does not invest more than 25% of its assets
in contracts with any one counterparty. Commodities sub-strategies may include
investment styles that rely upon buy and sell signals generated from technical
analysis systems such as trend-pattern recognition, as well as from fundamental
economic analysis and relative value comparisons. Commodities strategy
investments are made without restriction as to the Underlying Fund’s country.
The
Fund executes its Commodities strategy primarily by investing up to 25% of its
total assets (measured at the time of purchase) in a wholly-owned and controlled
subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). The Subsidiary invests the majority of its assets
in one or more Underlying Funds, swap contracts, structured notes and other
investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for derivative positions.
The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions as the Fund.
To
the extent the Adviser is utilizing derivatives to gain exposure to managers, it
is anticipated that the Fund uses a total return swap (the "Swap"), a type of
derivative instrument based on a customized index (the "Index") designed to
replicate the aggregate returns of the managers selected by the Adviser. The
Swap is based on a notional amount agreed upon by the Adviser and the
counterparty. The Adviser may add or remove managers from the Swap or adjust the
notional exposure between the managers within the Swap. Generally, the fees and
expenses of the Swap are based on the notional value. The Index is calculated by
the counterparty to the Swap and includes a deduction for fees of the
counterparty as well as management and performance fees of the managers. Because
the Index is designed to replicate the
returns
of managers selected by the Adviser, the performance of the Fund will depend on
the ability of the managers to generate returns in excess of the costs of the
Index.
The Adviser
anticipates that, based upon its analysis of long-term historical returns and
volatility of various asset classes, the Fund will allocate approximately 25% of
its assets to the Commodities strategy and approximately 75% of its assets to
the Fixed Income strategy. However, as market conditions change the portion
allocated may be higher or lower.
The
Fixed Income strategy is designed to generate interest income and preserve
principal by investing primarily in investment grade securities including: (1)
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies
or instrumentalities, (2) securities issued or guaranteed by foreign
governments, their political subdivisions or agencies or instrumentalities, (3)
bonds, notes, or similar debt obligations issued by U.S. or foreign corporations
or special-purpose entities backed by corporate debt obligations, (4) U.S.
asset-backed securities (“ABS”), (5) U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities
(“MBS”), (6) U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), (7) interest
rate-related futures contracts, (8) interest rate-related or credit
default-related swap contracts and (9) money market funds. The Fund defines
investment grade fixed income securities as those that are rated, at the time
purchased, in the top four categories by a rating agency such as Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
(“S&P”), or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality. However,
the fixed income portion of the Fund’s portfolio will be invested without
restriction as to individual issuer country, type of entity, or capitalization.
Futures and swap contracts are used for hedging purposes and as substitutes for
fixed income securities. The Fund’s Adviser delegates management of the Fund’s
Fixed Income strategy portfolio to a sub-adviser.
The
Fund seeks to achieve its secondary investment objective primarily by (1)
diversifying the Commodities strategy investments among sub-strategies that are
not expected to have returns that are highly correlated to each other or the
commodities markets and (2) by selecting Fixed Income strategy investments that
are short-term to medium-term interest income-generating securities (those with
maturities or average lives of less than 10 years) that are expected to be less
volatile than the commodities markets in general and that are not expected to
have returns that are highly correlated to the commodities markets or the
Commodities strategy.
The
Adviser, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Fund and other Funds it
advises or may advise in the future that are each a series of LoCorr Investment
Trust, was granted an exemptive order from the U.S. Securities Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") that permits the Adviser, with Board of Trustees
approval, to enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with sub-advisers
without obtaining shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified within 90
days of the engagement of an additional sub-adviser or sub-advisers to manage a
portion of the Fund's portfolio.
ADVISER’S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
The
Adviser will pursue the Fund’s investment objectives, in part, by utilizing its
investment and risk management process.
•Underlying
Fund
selection by the Adviser, or including an Underlying Fund in a derivative
investment designed to replicate the returns of an Underlying Fund, represents
the result of quantitative and qualitative reviews that identify Underlying
Funds and their managers chosen for their alternative investment market niche
(investments other than stocks and bonds), historical performance, management
accessibility, commitment, investment strategy, as well as process and
methodology. Using this selection process, the Adviser believes it can identify
Underlying Funds with above-average expected returns and lower-than-average
volatility.
•Risk
Management
represents the ongoing attention to the historical return performance of each
Underlying Fund as well as the interaction or correlation of returns between
Underlying Funds. Using this risk management process, the adviser believes the
Fund, over time, will not be highly correlated to the commodities markets and
will provide the potential for reducing volatility in investors’ portfolios.
The
Adviser buys securities that it believes offer above-average expected returns
and lower-than-average volatility and sells them when it believes they have
reached their target price, to adjust asset allocation or when more attractive
investments are available.
SUB-ADVISER’S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Nuveen”) serves as the Fund’s
sub-adviser for its Fixed Income Strategy. The sub-adviser selects securities
using a “bottom-up” approach that begins with fundamental analysis. The
portfolio construction process emphasizes income generation with risk control by
focusing on broad diversification across issuer and sector. The sub-adviser is
typically strategically over-weighted in non-Treasury sectors. Portfolios are
diversified among agency, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed, commercial
mortgage-backed, asset-backed, supranational, sovereign, and municipal
securities. The sub-adviser may select futures and swaps to hedge interest rate
and credit risks and as substitutes for securities when it believes derivatives
provide a better return profile or when specific securities are temporarily
unavailable. The sub-adviser may sell securities and derivatives to adjust
interest rate risk, adjust credit risk, when a price target is reached, or when
a security’s or derivative’s price outlook is deteriorating.
Principal Investment
Risks: As with all
mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your
investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset
value and performance.
The
following risks apply to the Fund’s direct investments in securities and
derivatives as well as the Fund’s indirect risks through investing in Underlying
Funds and the Subsidiary. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical
order to facilitate finding particular risks and comparing them with other
funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a principal risk of investing in
the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears. It is important to read
the provided risk disclosures in their entirety.
•ABS,
MBS and CMBS Risk: ABS, MBS and CMBS are subject to credit risk because underlying loan
borrowers may default. Additionally, these securities are subject to prepayment
risk because the underlying loans held by the issuers may be paid off prior to
maturity. The value of these securities may go down as a result of changes in
prepayment rates on the underlying mortgages or loans. During periods of
declining interest rates, prepayment rates usually increase and the Fund may
have to reinvest prepayment proceeds at a lower interest rate. CMBS are less
susceptible to this risk because underlying loans may have prepayment penalties
or prepayment lock out periods.
•Bitcoin
and Ether Futures Risk: The
market for Bitcoin and ether futures ("crypto futures") may be less developed,
and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established futures
markets. While the crypto futures market has grown substantially since the first
crypto futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth
will continue. The price for crypto futures contracts is based on a number of
factors, including the supply of and the demand for crypto futures contracts.
Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral requirements,
and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for crypto futures
contracts. Crypto futures may trade at a significant premium to the “spot” price
of the underlying digital asset. Additional demand, including demand resulting
from the purchase, or anticipated purchase, of crypto futures contracts by the
Fund or other entities may increase that premium, perhaps significantly. It is
not possible to predict whether or for how long such conditions will continue.
To the extent the Fund purchases crypto futures contracts at a premium and the
premium declines, the value of an investment in the Fund also should be expected
to decline. The performance of crypto futures contracts and the underlying
digital asset may differ and they may not be correlated with each other, over
short or long periods of time.
Crypto
may experience very high volatility and related investments, such as Bitcoin or
ether futures, may be affected by such volatility. As digital assets, Bitcoin
and ether operate without central authority and neither is backed by any
government. Large sales by a few holders of significant amounts of crypto
(commonly referred to as “whales”) could depress the price of the applicable
crypto. Federal, state or foreign governments may restrict the use and exchange
of crypto, and regulation in the U.S. is still developing. Increased regulation
might tend to depress
the
price of crypto. Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation
of the crypto markets or restrict the use of crypto. The realization of any of
these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of bitcoin and/or ether
and consequently a reduction in the value of the respective crypto, crypto
futures, and the Fund.
•Commodity
Risk:
Investing
in
the commodities markets may subject the Fund to greater volatility
than investments in traditional securities. Commodity prices may be influenced
by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and environmental
factors as well as changes in government regulation such as tariffs, embargoes
or burdensome production rules and restrictions.
•Commodity
Pool Risk:
Commodity Pools are privately offered investment vehicles that are not
registered under The Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) and will not be
subject to all of the investor protections of the 1940 Act. Commodity pools may
incur a significant degree of leverage which can magnify the Fund’s potential
loss or gain. Commodity pools are also subject to investment advisory fees and
other expenses, including performance fees, which will be indirectly paid by the
Fund.
•Credit
Risk: There is a risk that issuers and counterparties will not make
payments on securities and other investments held by the Fund, resulting in
losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities held by the
Fund may be lowered if an issuer’s financial condition
changes.
•Derivatives
Risk:
Derivatives are subject to tracking risk because they may not be perfect
substitutes for the instruments they are intended to hedge or replace. Short
positions are subject to potentially unlimited liability. Futures positions held
by the Fund may incur significant losses caused by unanticipated market
movements and such losses may be unlimited. Purchased options may expire
worthless. Over the counter derivatives, such as swaps, are subject to
counterparty default. Leverage inherent in derivatives will tend to magnify the
Fund’s losses. The Fund may engage in transactions involving dealer options as
well as exchange-traded options. Certain additional risks are specific to dealer
options. While the Fund might look to a clearing corporation to exercise
exchange-traded options, if the Fund were to purchase a dealer option it would
need to rely on the dealer from which it purchased the option to perform if the
option were exercised. Failure by the dealer to do so would result in the loss
of the premium paid by the Fund as well as loss of the expected benefit of the
transaction.
•Fixed
Income Risk: Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of
fixed income securities owned by the Fund. The value of fixed income securities
typically falls when an issuer’s credit quality declines and may even become
worthless if an issuer defaults.
•Foreign
Currency Risk: Currency trading risks include market risk, credit risk and country
risk. Market risk results from adverse changes in exchange rates in the
currencies the Fund is long or short. Credit risk results because a
currency-trade counterparty may default. Country risk arises because a
government may interfere with transactions in its currency.
•Foreign
Investment Risk: Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S.
investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse
political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility,
less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and
differing auditing and legal standards. Investing in emerging markets imposes
risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed
countries.
•Interest
Rates and Bond Maturities Risk: Interest rate changes may adversely affect the market value of an
investment. Fixed-income securities typically decline in value when interest
rates rise. Fixed-income securities typically increase in value when interest
rates decline. The Fund may experience adverse exposure from either increasing
or declining rates. Bonds with longer maturities will be more affected by
interest rate changes than intermediate-term bonds.
•Issuer-Specific
Risk: The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market
as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.
The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than those of
larger issuers. The value of certain types of securities can be more volatile
due to increased sensitivity to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market,
or economic developments.
•Leverage
Risk:
Using derivatives to increase the Fund’s combined long and short
exposure creates leverage, which can magnify the Fund’s potential for gain or
loss and, therefore, amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund’s
share price.
•Liquidity
Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would
be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such
illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the
Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to
satisfy its obligations.
•Management
Risk: The Adviser’s and sub-adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness,
value and potential appreciation of particular asset classes, securities and
derivatives in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not
produce the desired results. Additionally, the Adviser’s judgments about the
potential performance of the sub-adviser may also prove incorrect and may not
produce the desired results.
•Market
Risk: Overall securities and derivatives market risks may affect the value
of individual instruments in which the Fund invests. Factors such as domestic
and foreign economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and
political and social events affect the securities and derivatives markets.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and
conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely
impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks
may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the
global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect
companies worldwide. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19
and aggressive measures taken worldwide in response by governments. The effects
of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will
likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more
dramatically than others. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and any other outbreak
of an infectious disease or other serious public health concern could have, a
significant negative impact on economic and market conditions and could trigger
a prolonged period of global economic slowdown. When the value of the Fund’s
investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value and you
could lose money.
•Portfolio
Turnover Risk: Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and
distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would
increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs,
which could detract from the Fund’s performance.
•Restricted
Securities Risk: Rule 144A securities, which are restricted securities, may not be
readily marketable in broad public markets. A Rule 144A restricted security
carries the risk that the Funds may not be able to sell a security when the
portfolio managers consider it desirable to do so and/or may have to sell the
security at a lower price. In addition, transaction costs may be higher for Rule
144A securities than for more liquid securities. Although there is a substantial
institutional market for Rule 144A securities, it is not possible to predict
exactly how the market for Rule 144A securities will develop. A restricted
security that when purchased was liquid in the institutional markets may
subsequently become illiquid.
•Short
Position Risk: The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the
price of the short position instrument increases in value between the date of
the short position sale and the date on which an offsetting position is
purchased. The Fund is required to make a margin deposit in connection with such
short sales; The Fund may have to pay a fee to borrow particular securities and
will often be obligated to pay over any dividends and accrued interest on
borrowed securities. Short positions may be considered speculative transactions
and involve special risks, including greater reliance on the Adviser’s ability
to accurately anticipate the future value of a security or instrument. The
Fund’s losses are potentially unlimited in a short position
transaction.
•Swap
Risk: Swap agreements are subject to the risk that the counterparty to
the swap will default on its obligation to pay the Fund and the risk that the
Fund will not be able to meet its obligations to pay the counterparty to the
swap. Swap agreements may also involve fees, commissions or other costs that may
reduce the Fund's gains from a swap agreement or may cause the Fund to lose
money.
•Underlying
Funds Risk:
Underlying Funds are subject to management fees and other expenses, which will
be indirectly paid by the Fund. In addition to management fees and other
expenses,
certain Underlying Fund assets may be subject to additional
performance-based fees based on a percentage of Underlying Fund profits. As a
result, the cost of investing in the Fund will be higher than the cost of
investing directly in an Underlying Fund and may be higher than other mutual
funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each Underlying Fund may pay
performance-based fees to each manager without regard to the performance of
other managers and the Underlying Fund’s overall profitability. Underlying Funds
are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the
fund.
•Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary Risk: The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act and, unless
otherwise noted in this Prospectus, is not subject to all of the investor
protections of the 1940 Act. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the
Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are
organized, could result in the inability of the Fund and/or Subsidiary to
operate as described in this Prospectus and could negatively affect the Fund and
its shareholders. Your cost of investing in the Fund will be higher because you
indirectly bear the expenses of the Subsidiary.
Who
Should Invest in the Fund?
The
Adviser believes the Fund is appropriate for investors seeking the
low-correlation benefits of commodities strategy investing, relative to
traditional stock portfolios.
Performance:
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of
the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the
Fund’s Class I shares from year to year and by showing how the one-year,
five-year, ten-year and since inception average annual total returns of the
Fund’s Class I shares compare with that of a broad-based securities index and a
secondary index. The returns in the
bar chart and best/worst quarter are for Class I shares which do not have sales
charges. The performance of Class A and Class C Shares would be lower due to
differing expense structures and sales charges. The
returns in the table reflect the maximum applicable sales load of 5.75% on Class
A shares, and the maximum deferred sales load of 1.00% on Class C shares for the
one-year period. The Fund’s past
performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the
Fund will perform in the future and does not guarantee future
results. Net asset value (“NAV”) per share information and
updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at
www.LoCorrFunds.com.
Calendar Year Total Return
LoCorr Long/Short Commodities Strategy Fund – Class
I
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Highest
Quarterly Return: |
Q1 2020 |
15.67% |
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Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
Q4 2016 |
-5.19% |
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Average Annual
Total Return as of December 31, 2023 |
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Year |
5
Years |
10
Years |
Since
Inception
(12/31/2011)(1) |
Class
I Shares |
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Return Before
Taxes |
-3.07% |
4.05% |
8.12% |
4.42% |
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
-3.81% |
2.19% |
5.75% |
2.51% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Fund
Shares |
-1.82% |
2.34% |
5.36% |
2.55% |
Class
A Shares |
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Return Before
Taxes |
-8.86% |
2.60% |
7.21% |
3.66% |
Class
C Shares |
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Return Before
Taxes |
-4.03% |
3.02% |
7.02% |
3.36% |
ICE
BofA 3-Month Treasury Bill Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
5.05% |
1.89% |
1.26% |
1.06% |
HFRI
Macro Commodity Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
-2.70% |
8.99% |
4.85% |
3.28% |
(1) The Fund's inception date is December 31, 2011, the date to which
performance is measured. The Fund commenced operations on January 1,
2012.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest
individual federal marginal income tax rates and does not reflect the impact of
state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the
individual investor’s situation and may differ from those shown. Furthermore, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to
investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k)
plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only and will
vary for Class A and Class C shares. The Fund’s
return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares is greater than its
return after taxes on distributions because it includes a tax benefit resulting
from the capital losses that would have been incurred, and could be utilized
against other capital gains an investor may
have.
Adviser:
LoCorr Fund Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers:
Jon
C. Essen, Chief Financial Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2012; Sean Katof, Chief
Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a portfolio manager
since 2016.
Sub-Adviser:
Nuveen
Asset Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers:
Tony Rodriguez, Portfolio Manager of the sub-adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since 2017. Peter Agrimson, Portfolio Manager of the
sub-adviser, has served as a portfolio manager since 2018.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares: You
may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading by written request, telephone, wire transfer,
website, or through your broker. You may also exchange shares of the Fund for
shares of another Fund in the LoCorr Investment Trust. Redemptions will be paid
by ACH, check or wire transfer. The minimum initial investment amount for Class
A and Class C shares is $2,500. The minimum initial investment in Class I shares
is $100,000. The minimum subsequent investment amount for all classes is $500.
The Fund or its Adviser may waive any investment minimum.
Tax
Information: Dividends
and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest
your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are
taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you
are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If
you purchase the Fund 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 salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
LOCORR
MARKET TREND FUND SUMMARY
Investment
Objectives: The
Fund's primary investment objective is capital appreciation in rising and
falling equity markets with
managing volatility as a secondary objective.
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund: This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table
and example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of
Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future,
at least $25,000 in the Fund. More
information about these and other discounts is available from your financial
intermediary, in How
to Purchase Shares
on page 88 of this Prospectus, and in Appendix
A
to this Prospectus.
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Shareholder
Fees (fees paid directly from your
investment) |
Class
A |
Class
C |
Class
I |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering
price) |
5.75% |
None |
None |
Maximum
Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a % of original purchase
price) |
1.00%⁽¹⁾ |
1.00%⁽²⁾ |
None |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other
Distributions |
None |
None |
None |
Annual Fund
Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage
of the value of your investment) |
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Management
Fees |
1.50% |
1.50% |
1.50% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.25% |
1.00% |
0.00% |
Other
Expenses |
0.25% |
0.25% |
0.25% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
2.00% |
2.75% |
1.75% |
(1) Applied to purchases of $1 million or more that are redeemed
within 12 months of their purchase.
(2) Applied to shares that are redeemed within 12 months of their
purchase.
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 your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon
these assumptions your costs would be:
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1
Year |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
A |
$866 |
$1,166 |
$1,591 |
$2,768 |
C |
$378 |
$853 |
$1,454 |
$3,080 |
I |
$178 |
$551 |
$949 |
$2,062 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys
and sells financial instruments (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher
portfolio turnover 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 ended December 31,
2023, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 77% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies: The
Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by allocating its assets using
two principal strategies:
•"Market
Trend" Strategy
•"Fixed
Income" Strategy
The
Market Trend strategy is a macro-oriented quantitative strategy that employs
various investment techniques to select long and short positions in the global
futures and foreign exchange markets. These techniques are designed to produce
attractive absolute and risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low correlation
to traditional asset classes. The Market Trend strategy is a quantitative
trading system driven by trend-following models. The program signals buy and
sell orders based on a number of factors, including price, volatility, and
length of time a position has been held in the portfolio, and employs
sophisticated techniques to gradually enter and exit positions over the course
of a trend in order to maximize profit opportunities. It is expected that the
average holding period of instruments traded pursuant to the Market Trend
strategy will be approximately 50 days; however, that average may differ
depending on various factors and the program will make daily adjustments to
positions based on both price activity and market volatility. The program trades
a broad range of markets, including global interest rates, foreign exchange,
global stock indices and commodities. LoCorr Fund Management, LLC, the Fund’s
adviser (the “Adviser”), delegates management of the Fund's Market Trend
strategy portfolio to a sub-adviser, Graham Capital Management, L.P. ("GCM").
The
Fund will execute a portion of its Market Trend strategy by directly investing
in the Fund or by investing up to 25% of its total assets (measured at the time
of purchase) in a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"). The
Fund and the Subsidiary will invest the majority of its assets in futures
contracts and other investments (short to medium term investment grade
securities) intended to serve as margin or collateral for futures positions. The
Subsidiary is managed by the Adviser and sub-advised by GCM and is subject to
the same investment restrictions as the Fund, when viewed on a consolidated
basis.
The
Fixed Income strategy is designed to generate interest income and preserve
principal by investing primarily in investment grade securities including: (1)
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies
or instrumentalities, (2) securities issued or guaranteed by foreign
governments, their political subdivisions or agencies or instrumentalities, (3)
bonds, notes, or similar debt obligations issued by U.S. or foreign corporations
or special-purpose entities backed by corporate debt obligations, (4) U.S.
asset-backed securities ("ABS"), (5) U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities
("MBS"), (6) U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS"), (7) interest
rate-related futures contracts, (8) interest rate-related or credit default swap
contracts and (9) money market funds. The Fund defines investment grade fixed
income securities as those that are rated, at the time purchased, in the top
four categories by a rating agency such as Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
("Moody's") or Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P"), or, if
unrated, determined to be of comparable quality. However, the fixed income
portion of the Fund's portfolio will be invested without restriction as to
individual issuer country, type of entity, or capitalization. Futures and swap
contracts are used for hedging purposes and as substitutes for fixed income
securities. The Fund's Adviser delegates management of the Fund's Fixed Income
strategy portfolio to a sub-adviser, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC ("Nuveen").
The Adviser
anticipates that, based upon its analysis of long-term historical returns and
volatility of various asset classes, the Fund will allocate approximately 25% of
its assets to the Market Trend strategy and approximately 75% of its assets to
the Fixed Income strategy. However, as market conditions change the portion
allocated may be higher or lower.
The
Fund seeks to achieve its secondary investment objective primarily by (1)
diversifying the Market Trend strategy investments among financial instruments
that are not expected to have returns that are highly correlated to each other
or the equity markets and (2) by selecting Fixed Income strategy investments
that are short-term to medium-term interest income-generating securities (those
with maturities or average lives of less than 10 years) that are expected to be
less volatile than the equity
markets
in general and that are not expected to have returns that are highly correlated
to the equity markets or the Market Trend strategy.
The
Adviser, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Fund and other Funds it
advises or may advise in the future that are each a series of LoCorr Investment
Trust, was granted an exemptive order from the U.S. Securities Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") that permits the Adviser, with Board of Trustees
approval, to enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with sub-advisers
without obtaining shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified within 90
days of the engagement of an additional sub-adviser or sub-advisers to manage a
portion of the Fund's portfolio.
The
Fund and the Subsidiary are each a "commodity pool" under the U.S. Commodity
Exchange Act and the Adviser is a "commodity pool operator" registered with and
regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"). As a result,
additional CFTC-mandated disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping obligations
apply with respect to the Fund and the Subsidiary under CFTC and SEC harmonized
regulations.
ADVISER'S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
The
Adviser will pursue the Fund's investment objectives, in part, by utilizing its
sub-adviser selection and risk management process.
•Sub-adviser
Selection.
The Adviser selects sub-advisers it believes can successfully execute the Fund's
overall investment strategies. The Adviser also monitors and evaluates the
performance of the sub-advisers and implements procedures to ensure each
sub-adviser complies with the Fund's investment policies and restrictions.
•Risk
Management.
The Adviser manages the expected volatility of the Fund's returns by monitoring
the interaction and correlation of the returns between the Market Trend and
Fixed Income strategies. Using this risk management process, the Adviser
believes the Fund's returns, over time, will not be highly correlated to the
equity markets and will provide the potential for reducing volatility in
investors' portfolios.
SUB-ADVISERS'
INVESTMENT PROCESS
Graham
Capital Management, L.P.
GCM
executes the Market Trend strategy by employing macro-oriented quantitative
investment techniques to select long and short positions in the global futures
and foreign exchange markets These techniques are designed to produce attractive
absolute and risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low correlation to
traditional asset classes. Futures contracts and foreign exchange forward
contracts have leverage inherent in their terms as the Fund need only post a
margin deposit and does not have to pay the full price of the contract.
The
Market Trend strategy is based on a quantitative investment program that has its
origins in GCM’s trend-following trading systems, dating as far back as 1995.
Such systems generally are based on computerized mathematical models and can
rely both on technical (i.e., historic price and volume data) and fundamental
(i.e., general economic, interest rate and industrial production data)
information as the basis for their trading decisions. GCM’s trend systems are
designed to participate selectively in potential profit opportunities that can
occur during periods of price trends in a diverse number of U.S. and
international markets. The trend systems establish positions in markets where
the price action of a particular market signals the computerized systems used by
GCM that a potential trend in prices is occurring. The trend systems are
designed to analyze, mathematically, the recent trading characteristics of each
market and statistically compare such characteristics to the historical trading
patterns of the particular market. The trend systems also employ proprietary
risk management and trade filter strategies that seek to benefit from sustained
price trends while reducing risk and volatility exposure. Positions are adjusted
to reflect changes in prices and trends and to manage
risk.
Nuveen
Asset Management, LLC
Nuveen
executes the Fixed Income strategy by selecting securities using a "top-down"
approach that begins with the formulation of its general economic outlook.
Following this, various sectors and industries are analyzed and selected for
investment. Finally, Nuveen selects individual securities within these sectors
or industries that it believes have above peer-group expected yield, potential
for capital preservation or appreciation. Nuveen also selects futures and swaps
to hedge interest rate and credit risks and as substitutes for securities when
it believes derivatives provide a better return profile or when specific
securities are temporarily unavailable. Nuveen sells securities and derivatives
to adjust interest rate risk, adjust credit risk, when a price target is
reached, or when a security's or derivative's price outlook is
deteriorating.
Principal Investment
Risks: As with all
mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your
investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund's net asset
value and performance.
The
following risks apply to the Fund's direct investments in securities and
derivatives as well as the Fund's indirect risks through investing in the
Subsidiary. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical order to
facilitate finding particular risks and comparing them with other funds. Each
risk summarized below is considered a principal risk of investing in the Fund,
regardless of the order in which it appears. It is important to read the
provided risk disclosures in their entirety.
•ABS,
MBS and CMBS Risk: ABS, MBS and CMBS are subject to credit risk because underlying loan
borrowers may default. Additionally, these securities are subject to prepayment
risk because the underlying loans held by the issuers may be paid off prior to
maturity. The value of these securities may go down as a result of changes in
prepayment rates on the underlying mortgages or loans. During periods of
declining interest rates, prepayment rates usually increase and the Fund may
have to reinvest prepayment proceeds at a lower interest rate. CMBS are less
susceptible to this risk because underlying loans may have prepayment penalties
or prepayment lock out periods.
•Commodity
Risk: Investing in the commodities markets may subject the Fund to greater
volatility than investments in traditional securities. Commodity prices may be
influenced by unfavorable weather, animal and plant disease, geologic and
environmental factors as well as changes in government regulation such as
tariffs, embargoes or burdensome production rules and
restrictions.
•Convertible
Bond Risk: Convertible bonds are particularly sensitive to changes in interest
rates when their conversion to equity feature is small relative to the interest
and principal value of the bond. Convertible issuers may not be able to make
principal and interest payments on the bond as they become due. Convertible
bonds may also be subject to prepayment or redemption risk. If a convertible
bond held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund will be required to
surrender the security for redemption, convert it into the issuing company's
common stock or cash at a time that may be unfavorable to the Fund. When a
convertible bond's value is more closely tied to its conversion to stock
feature, it is sensitive to the underlying stock's price.
•Credit
Risk: There is a risk that issuers and counterparties will not make
payments on securities and other investments held by the Fund, resulting in
losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities held by the
Fund may be lowered if an issuer's financial condition
changes.
•Derivatives
Risk: Derivatives are subject to tracking risk because they may not be
perfect substitutes for the instruments they are intended to hedge or replace.
Short positions are subject to potentially unlimited liability. Futures
positions held by the Fund may incur significant losses caused by unanticipated
market movements and such losses may be unlimited. Purchased options may expire
worthless. Over the counter derivatives, such as swaps, are subject to
counterparty default. Leverage inherent in derivatives such as futures will tend
to magnify the Fund’s losses.
•Fixed
Income Risk: Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of
fixed income securities owned by the Fund. The value of fixed income securities
typically falls when an issuer's credit quality declines and may even become
worthless if an issuer defaults.
•Foreign
Currency Risk: Currency trading risks include market risk, credit risk and country
risk. Market risk results from adverse changes in exchange rates in the
currencies the Fund is long or short. Credit risk results because a
currency-trade counterparty may default. Country risk arises because a
government may interfere with transactions in its currency.
•Foreign
Investment Risk: Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S.
investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse
political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility,
less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and
differing auditing and legal standards. Investing in emerging markets imposes
risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed
countries.
•Interest
Rates and Bond Maturities Risk: Interest rate changes may adversely affect the market value of an
investment. Fixed-income securities typically decline in value when interest
rates rise. Fixed-income securities typically increase in value when interest
rates decline. The Fund may experience adverse exposure from either increasing
or declining rates. Bonds with longer maturities will be more affected by
interest rate changes than intermediate-term bonds.
•Issuer-Specific
Risk: The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market
as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.
The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than those of
larger issuers. The value of certain types of securities can be more volatile
due to increased sensitivity to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market,
or economic developments.
•Leverage
Risk: Using derivatives to increase the Fund's combined long and short
exposure creates leverage, which can magnify the Fund's potential for gain or
loss and, therefore, amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund's
share price.
•Liquidity
Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would
be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such
illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the
Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to
satisfy its obligations.
•Management
Risk: The Adviser's and each sub-adviser's judgments about the
attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular asset classes,
securities and derivatives in which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect
and may not produce the desired results. Additionally, the Adviser's judgments
about the potential performance of the sub-advisers may also prove incorrect and
may not produce the desired results.
•Market
Risk: Overall securities and derivatives market risks may affect the value
of individual instruments in which the Fund invests. Factors such as domestic
and foreign economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and
political and social events affect the securities and derivatives markets.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and
conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely
impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks
may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the
global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect
companies worldwide. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19
and aggressive measures taken worldwide in response by governments. The effects
of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will
likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more
dramatically than others. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and any other outbreak
of an infectious disease or other serious public health concern could have, a
significant negative impact on economic and market conditions and could trigger
a prolonged period of global economic slowdown. When the value of the Fund's
investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value and you
could lose money.
•Portfolio
Turnover Risk: Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and
distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would
increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs,
which could detract from the Fund’s performance.
•Restricted
Securities Risk: Rule 144A securities, which are restricted securities, may not be
readily marketable in broad public markets. A Rule 144A restricted security
carries the risk that the Funds may not be able to sell a security when the
portfolio managers consider it desirable to do so and/or may have to sell the
security at a lower price. In addition, transaction costs may be higher for Rule
144A securities than for more liquid securities. Although there is a substantial
institutional market for Rule 144A securities, it is not possible to predict
exactly how the market for Rule 144A securities will develop. A restricted
security that when purchased was liquid in the institutional markets may
subsequently become illiquid.
•Short
Position Risk: The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the
price of the short position instrument increases in value between the date of
the short position sale and the date on which an offsetting position is
purchased. The Fund is required to make a margin deposit in connection with such
short sales; The Fund may have to pay a fee to borrow particular securities and
will often be obligated to pay over any dividends and accrued interest on
borrowed securities. Short positions may be considered speculative transactions
and involve special risks, including greater reliance on the Adviser's ability
to accurately anticipate the future value of a security or instrument. The
Fund's losses are potentially unlimited in a short position
transaction.
•Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary Risk:
The Subsidiary will not be registered under the 1940 Act and, unless otherwise
noted in this Prospectus, will not be subject to all of the investor protections
of the 1940 Act. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman
Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized,
could result in the inability of the Fund and/or Subsidiary to operate as
described in this Prospectus and could negatively affect the Fund and its
shareholders. By investing in commodities indirectly through the Subsidiary, the
Fund will obtain exposure to the commodities markets within the federal tax
requirements that apply to the Fund. However, because the Subsidiary is a
controlled foreign corporation, any income received from its investments will be
passed through to the Fund as ordinary income, which may be taxed at less
favorable rates than capital gains. Additionally, losses at the subsidiary are
not available to be carried forward nor offset by gains at the Fund level. Your
cost of investing in the Fund will be higher because you indirectly bear the
expenses of the Subsidiary.
Who
Should Invest in the Fund?
The
Adviser believes the Fund is appropriate for investors seeking the
low-correlation benefits of Market Trend investing, relative to traditional
stock portfolios.
Performance:
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of
the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance
from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns for
one-year, 5-years and since inception compare with that of a broad-based
securities index and a secondary index. The returns in the
bar chart and best/worst quarter are for Class I shares which do not have sales
charges. The performance of Class A and Class C Shares would be lower due to
differing expense structures and sales charges. The
returns in the table reflect the maximum applicable sales load of 5.75% on Class
A shares, and the maximum deferred sales load of 1.00% on Class C shares for the
one-year period. The Fund’s past
performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the
Fund will perform in the future and does not guarantee future
results. Updated performance information is available at no cost
to shareholders by visiting www.LoCorrFunds.com or by calling
1-855-523-8637. Net asset value (“NAV”) per
share information may be obtained by visiting www.LoCorrFunds.com/performance.html.
Calendar Year Total Return
LoCorr Market Trend Fund – Class I
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Highest
Quarterly Return: |
Q1 2022 |
21.48% |
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Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
Q4 2023 |
-14.38% |
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1
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5
Years |
Since
Inception
(6/30/2014)(1) |
Class
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Return
Before Taxes |
-10.98% |
7.74% |
4.27% |
Return After
Taxes on Distributions |
-11.90% |
5.90% |
3.04% |
Return After
Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund
Shares |
-6.47% |
5.44% |
2.90% |
Class A Shares Return Before Taxes |
-16.31% |
6.23% |
3.37% |
Class C Shares Return Before Taxes |
-11.90% |
6.67% |
3.23% |
ICE
BofA 3-Month Treasury Bill Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
5.05% |
1.89% |
1.32% |
Barclay
CTA Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
-0.40% |
4.44% |
2.50% |
(1)The
Fund's inception date is June 30, 2014, the date to which performance is
measured. The Fund commenced operations on July 1,
2014.
After-tax
returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal
income tax rates and does not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the individual
investor’s situation and may differ from those shown. Furthermore, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to
investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k)
plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only and will
vary for Class A and Class C shares. The Fund’s
return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares is greater than its
return after taxes on distributions because it includes a tax benefit resulting
from the capital losses that would have been incurred, and could be utilized
against other capital gains an investor may
have.
Investment
Adviser: LoCorr
Fund Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers: Jon
C. Essen, Chief Financial Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2014; Sean Katof, Chief
Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a portfolio manager
since 2016.
Sub-Adviser
(Market Trend Strategy):
Graham Capital Management, L.P.
Portfolio
Managers: Kenneth
G. Tropin, Chairman of GCM, and Pablo Calderini, President and Chief Investment
Officer of GCM, have each served the Fund as a portfolio manager since it
commenced operations in 2014.
Sub-Adviser
(Fixed Income Strategy): Nuveen
Asset Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers: Tony
Rodriguez, Portfolio Manager of the sub-adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since 2017. Peter Agrimson, Portfolio Manager of the
sub-adviser, has served as a portfolio manager since 2018.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares: You
may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading by written request, telephone, website, wire
transfer or through your broker. You may also exchange shares of the Fund for
shares of another Fund in the LoCorr Investment Trust. Redemptions will be paid
by ACH, check or wire transfer. The minimum initial investment amount for Class
A and Class C shares is $2,500. The minimum initial investment in Class I shares
is $100,000. The minimum subsequent investment amount for all classes is $500.
The Fund or its Adviser may waive any investment minimum.
Tax
Information: Dividends
and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest
your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are
taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you
are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If
you purchase the Fund 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 salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
LOCORR
DYNAMIC OPPORTUNITY FUND SUMMARY
Investment
Objectives:
The Fund's investment objective is long-term capital
appreciation with
reduced volatility compared to traditional broad-based equity market indices as
a secondary objective.
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund: This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table
and example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of
Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future,
at least $25,000 in the Fund. More
information about these and other discounts is available from your financial
intermediary, in How
to Purchase Shares
on page 88 of this Prospectus, and in Appendix
A to this Prospectus.
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Shareholder
Fees
(fees
paid directly from your investment) |
Class
A |
Class
C |
Class
I |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering
price)
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5.75% |
None |
None |
Maximum
Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as
a % of original purchase price) |
1.00%⁽¹⁾ |
1.00%⁽²⁾ |
None |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other
Distributions |
None |
None |
None |
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses
that you pay each year as a
percentage
of the value of your investment) |
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Management
Fees |
1.50% |
1.50% |
1.50% |
Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.25% |
1.00% |
0.00% |
Other
Expenses |
0.78% |
0.78% |
0.78% |
Dividend
Expense |
0.23% |
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Remaining
Other Expenses(3) |
0.55% |
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
2.53% |
3.28% |
2.28% |
Fee
Waiver and/or Reimbursement(4) |
-0.06% |
-0.06% |
-0.06% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After
Fee
Waiver and/or Reimbursement(4) |
2.47% |
3.22% |
2.22% |
(1) Applied to purchases of $1
million or more that are redeemed within 12 months of their
purchase.
(2) Applied to shares redeemed within 12 months of their
purchase.
(3) "Other Expenses
includes expenses incurred by the Fund in the normal course of operations
together with recoupment of management fees previously reimbursed to the Fund.
Such expenses are borne by the Fund separately from the management fees paid to
the Advisor.
(4) The Fund's
Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or absorb expenses of
the Fund, until at least April 30, 2025, to ensure that Total Annual
Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Reimbursement (exclusive of any
Rule 12b-1 distribution and/or servicing fees, taxes, interest, brokerage
commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization,
dividend expenses on short sales, swap fees, indirect expenses, expenses of
other investment companies in which the Fund may invest, or extraordinary
expenses such as litigation expenses and inclusive of offering and
organizational costs incurred prior to the commencement of operations) will not
exceed 1.99% of the Fund’s daily average net assets attributable to each class
of the Fund. These fee waivers and expense reimbursements are subject to
possible recoupment from the Fund within three years following the date on which
the fee waiver or expense reimbursement occurred, if the Fund is able to make
the repayment without exceeding its current expense limitations and the
repayment is approved by the Board of Trustees. This agreement may be terminated
only by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, on 60 days’ written notice to the Adviser.
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, that the
Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and reflects the
expense limitation in the first year only.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon
these assumptions your costs would be:
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$911 |
$1,312 |
$1,838 |
$3,272 |
C |
$425 |
$1,004 |
$1,707 |
$3,572 |
I |
$225 |
$707 |
$1,215 |
$2,611 |
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 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 ended December 31, 2023,
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 932% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies:
Under normal market
conditions, the Fund invests in long or short positions in equity securities of
domestic and foreign companies. The Fund defines equity securities as (1) common
stocks, (2) preferred stocks and (3) debt securities that are convertible into
stock. The Fund invests in securities of issuers without restriction as to
capitalization or country, including emerging markets. The Fund invests in
convertible debt securities of any maturity or credit quality, including those
known as "junk bonds." Junk bonds are rated below Baa3 by Moody's Investors
Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or equivalently by another nationally recognized
statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). The Fund may invest a portion of its
assets in private placement offerings which may be illiquid.
The
Fund's Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's primary investment objective of
long-term capital appreciation by using a "long/short equity" strategy that is
executed by allocating assets to a sub-adviser that has a long/short equity
investment strategy. The Adviser may also engage an additional sub-adviser or
additional sub-advisers if it believes they will enhance the Fund’s performance
or reduce volatility. The Adviser may also use one or more exchange-traded funds
("ETFs") to execute a portion of the long/short equity strategy rather than
allocate assets to a sub-adviser, when it believes that doing so will help the
Fund achieve its investment objective. The Fund anticipates reduced return
volatility when compared to traditional broad-based equity market indices
because the short element of its strategies is expected to produce a hedging
effect.
The
Adviser, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Fund and other Funds it
advises or may advise in the future that are each a series of LoCorr Investment
Trust, was granted an exemptive order from the U.S. Securities Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") that permits the adviser, with Board of Trustees
approval, to enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with sub-advisers
without obtaining shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified within 90
days of the engagement of an additional sub-adviser or sub-advisers to manage a
portion of the Fund's portfolio.
ADVISER’S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
The
Adviser will pursue the Fund’s investment objectives, in part, by utilizing its
sub-adviser selection and its risk management process to select the appropriate
sub-adviser(s) to help the Fund achieve its objectives.
•Sub-Adviser
Selection
represents the result of quantitative and qualitative reviews that will identify
a sub-adviser chosen for its long/short equity market niche, historical
performance, management accessibility, commitment, investment strategy, as well
as process and methodology. Using this selection process, the Adviser believes
it can identify a sub-adviser that can produce positive, risk-adjusted returns.
The Adviser replaces a sub-adviser when its returns are below expectations or it
deviates from its traditional investment process.
SUB-ADVISERS’
INVESTMENT PROCESS
Kettle
Hill Capital Management, LLC (“KHCM”) serves as a sub-adviser to the Fund.
KHCM’s investment strategy is a value-oriented, fundamentals- and
research-driven, bottom-up equity long/short approach. The strategy focuses on
unique risk-reward strategies within the small-cap universe, seeking to generate
superior absolute returns over the investment cycle and balancing return
potential of the portfolio against risks inherent in individual stocks, industry
selection, small-cap investing, and broader markets and economies. For both long
and short investments, KHCM selects companies ranked by relative value.
Millrace
Asset Group, Inc. (“Millrace”) serves as a sub-adviser to the Fund. Millrace
manages a long/short US equity strategy based on their fundamental, bottom-up
research of, predominantly, smaller companies. Their objective is to deliver
returns over the course of a full market cycle that exceed the US equity market
with less downside exposure during market downturns. The portfolio is
diversified by the number of holdings as well as the sector
exposure.
Principal Investment
Risks: As with all
mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your
investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund’s net asset
value and performance.
The
following risks apply to the Fund’s direct investments in securities and
derivatives as well as the Fund’s indirect risks through investing in Underlying
Funds and the Subsidiary. The principal risks are presented in alphabetical
order to facilitate finding particular risks and comparing them with other
funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a principal risk of investing in
the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears. It is important to read
the provided risk disclosures in their entirety.
•Convertible
Securities Risk: A convertible security is a fixed-income security (a debt
instrument or a preferred stock) which may be converted at a stated price within
a specified period of time into a certain quantity of the common stock of the
same or a different issuer. The market value of a convertible security performs
like that of a regular debt security, that is, if market interest rates rise,
the value of the convertible security falls.
•Credit
Risk: There is a risk that convertible debt issuers will not make payments
on securities held by the Fund, resulting in losses to the Fund. In addition,
the credit quality of convertible debt securities held by the Fund may be
lowered if an issuer's financial condition changes.
•Derivatives
Risk: Derivatives
are subject to tracking risk because they may not be perfect substitutes for the
instruments they are intended to hedge or replace. Short positions are subject
to potentially unlimited liability. Futures positions held by the Fund may incur
significant losses caused by unanticipated market movements and such losses may
be unlimited. Purchased options may expire worthless. Over the counter
derivatives, such as swaps, are subject to counterparty default. Leverage
inherent in derivatives will tend to magnify the Fund’s
losses.
•Emerging
Market Risk: Investments in securities of issuers in emerging markets will be
subject to risks of foreign securities in general and with those of emerging
markets as well. Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable
governments, weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with fewer
security holder rights. Emerging market economies may be based on only a few
industries and security issuers may be more susceptible to economic weakness and
more likely to default. Securities of issuers in emerging markets securities
also tend to be less liquid.
•Equity
Market Risk: Common and preferred stocks are susceptible to general stock market
fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market
confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. Convertible bonds may
decline in value if the price of a common stock falls below the conversion
price. Investor perceptions are based on various and unpredictable factors
including expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and fiscal
policies; inflation and interest rates; economic expansion or contraction and
global or regional political, economic and banking crises.
•ETF
Risk:
ETFs are subject to investment advisory fees and other expenses, which will be
indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund will
be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may be higher than
other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. Each ETF is subject
to specific risks, depending on the nature of the
ETF.
•Foreign
Investment Risk: Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S.
investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse
political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility,
less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and
differing auditing and legal standards. Investing in emerging markets imposes
risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed
countries.
•High
Yield or Junk Bond Risk: Lower-quality convertible debt securities, known as "high yield" or
"junk" bonds, present greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an
increased risk of default. An economic downturn or period of rising interest
rates could adversely affect the market for these bonds and reduce the Fund's
ability to sell its bonds. The lack of a liquid market for these bonds could
decrease the Fund's share price.
•Interest
Rates and Bond Maturities Risk: Interest rate changes may adversely affect the market value of an
investment. Fixed-income securities typically decline in value when interest
rates rise. Fixed-income securities typically increase in value when interest
rates decline. The Fund may experience adverse exposure from either increasing
or declining rates. Bonds with longer maturities will be more affected by
interest rate changes than intermediate-term bonds.
•Issuer-Specific
Risk: The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market
as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.
The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than those of
larger issuers. The value of certain types of securities can be more volatile
due to increased sensitivity to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market,
or economic developments.
•Liquidity
Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would
be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such
illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the
Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to
satisfy its obligations.
•Management
Risk:
The Adviser's judgments about an investment or the investment expertise of a
sub-adviser may prove to be inaccurate and may not produce the desired results.
A sub-adviser's judgments about the attractiveness, value and potential
appreciation or depreciation of a particular security in which the Fund invests
or sells short may prove to be inaccurate and may not produce the desired
results.
•Market
Risk: Overall securities market risks may affect the value of individual
instruments in which the Fund invests. Factors such as domestic and foreign
economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels, and political and
social events affect the securities markets. Global economies and financial
markets are increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one
country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different
country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain
events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and
other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. Recent
examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures
taken worldwide in response by governments. The effects of COVID-19 have
contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will likely affect
certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more dramatically
than others. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and any other outbreak of an
infectious disease or other serious public health concern could have, a
significant negative impact on economic and market conditions and could trigger
a prolonged period of global economic slowdown. When the value of the Fund's
investments goes down, your investment in the Fund decreases in value and you
could lose money.
•Portfolio
Turnover Risk: Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and
distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would
increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs,
which could detract from the Fund’s performance.
•Preferred
Stock Risk:
Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of preferred
stock. Preferred stocks are also subject to credit and default risk, which is
the possibility that an issuer of preferred stock will fail to make its dividend
payments.
•REIT
Risk: Real estate values rise and fall in response to a variety of factors,
including local, regional and national economic conditions, interest rates and
tax considerations. An individual REIT's performance depends on the types and
locations of the rental properties it owns and on how well it manages those
properties.
•Short
Position Risk: The
Fund will engage in short selling, which is significantly different from the
investment activities commonly associated with long-only stock funds. Positions
in shorted securities are speculative and more risky than "long" positions
(purchases) because the cost of the replacement security is unknown. Therefore,
the potential loss on an uncovered short is unlimited, whereas the potential
loss on long positions is limited to the original purchase price. You should be
aware that any strategy that includes selling securities short could suffer
significant losses. Shorting will also result in higher transaction costs (such
as interest and dividends), which reduce the Fund's return, and may result in
higher taxes.
•Small
and Medium Capitalization Company Risk:
Small and mid-sized companies may have limited product lines, markets or
financial resources, and they may be dependent on a limited management group.
Equities of smaller companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market
movements than those of larger, more established companies or the market
averages in general.
•Underlying
Funds Risk:
Underlying Funds are subject to management fees and other expenses, which will
be indirectly paid by the Fund. As a result, the cost of investing in the Fund
will be higher than the cost of investing directly in an Underlying Fund and may
be higher than other mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds.
Underlying Funds are subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the
fund.
Who
Should Invest in the Fund?
The
Adviser believes the Fund is appropriate for investors seeking long-term capital
appreciation with reduced volatility.
Performance:
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of
the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the
Fund’s Class I shares from year to year and by showing how the one-year,
five-year, ten-year and since inception average annual total returns for the
Fund’s Class I shares compare with that of a broad-based securities index and a
secondary index. The returns in the
bar chart and best/worst quarter are for Class I shares which do not have sales
charges. The performance of Class A and Class C Shares would be lower due to
differing expense structures and sales charges. The
returns in the table reflect the maximum applicable sales load of 5.75% on Class
A shares, and the maximum deferred sales load of 1.00% on Class C shares for the
one-year period. The Fund’s past
performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the
Fund will perform in the future and does not guarantee future
results. Net asset value (“NAV”) per share information and
updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at
www.LoCorrFunds.com.
Calendar Year Total Return
LoCorr Dynamic Opportunity Fund – Class I
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Highest
Quarterly Return: |
Q4 2020 |
16.49% |
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Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
Q1 2020 |
-24.01% |
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5
Years |
10
Years |
Since
Inception
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Class
I Shares |
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Before Taxes |
3.44% |
5.03% |
2.00% |
3.22% |
Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
2.85% |
4.47% |
1.51% |
2.76% |
Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund
Shares |
2.08% |
3.81% |
1.46% |
2.45% |
Class
A Shares |
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Before Taxes |
-2.71% |
3.53% |
1.13% |
2.38% |
Class
C Shares |
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Before Taxes |
2.43% |
3.96% |
0.97% |
2.18% |
S&P
500 Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
26.29% |
15.69% |
12.03% |
12.71% |
Morningstar
Long/Short Equity Fund Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
9.94% |
6.02% |
3.57% |
4.05% |
After-tax
returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal
income tax rates and does not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the individual
investor’s situation and may differ from those shown. Furthermore,
the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares
through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement
Accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax
returns are shown for Class I shares only and will vary for Class A and Class C
shares.
Adviser:
LoCorr
Fund Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers: Jon
C. Essen, Chief Financial Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2013; Sean Katof, Chief
Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a portfolio manager
since 2016.
Sub-Adviser:
Kettle
Hill Capital Management, LLC
Portfolio
Manager:
Andrew Y. Kurita, Managing Partner of KHCM, has served the Fund as a sub-adviser
portfolio manager since 2015.
Sub-Adviser:
Millrace
Asset Group, Inc.
Portfolio
Managers:
William L. Kitchel III and Whitney M. Maroney have each served the Fund as a
sub-adviser portfolio manager since 2022.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares: You
may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading by written request, telephone, wire transfer,
website, or through your broker. You may also exchange shares of the Fund for
shares of another Fund in the LoCorr Investment Trust. Redemptions will be paid
by ACH, check or wire transfer. The minimum initial investment amount for Class
A and Class C shares is $2,500. The minimum initial investment in Class I shares
is $100,000. The minimum subsequent investment amount for all classes is $500.
The Fund or its Adviser may waive any investment minimum.
Tax
Information: Dividends
and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest
your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are
taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you
are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If
you purchase the Fund 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 salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
LOCORR
SPECTRUM INCOME FUND SUMMARY
Investment
Objectives: The
Fund's primary investment objective is current income
with capital appreciation as a secondary
objective.
Fees and Expenses of the
Fund: This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions
and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table
and example below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on purchases of
Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future,
at least $25,000 in the Fund. More
information about these and other discounts is available from your financial
intermediary, in How
to Purchase Shares
on page 88 of this Prospectus, and in Appendix
A to this Prospectus.
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(fees
paid directly from your investment) |
Class
A |
Class
C |
Class
I |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a % of offering
price)
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5.75% |
None |
None |
Maximum
Deferred Sales Charge (Load)
(as
a % of original purchase price) |
1.00%⁽¹⁾ |
1.00%⁽²⁾ |
None |
Maximum
Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and other
Distributions |
None |
None |
None |
Redemption
Fee (as a % of amount redeemed if sold within 60 days)
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2.00% |
2.00% |
2.00% |
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses
that you pay each year as a
percentage
of the value of your investment) |
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Management
Fees |
1.30% |
1.30% |
1.30% |
Distribution
and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
0.25% |
1.00% |
0.00% |
Other
Expenses(3) |
0.48% |
0.48% |
0.48% |
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses(4) |
1.13% |
1.13% |
1.13% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
3.16% |
3.91% |
2.91% |
(1)Applied to purchases of $1 million or more that are redeemed
within 12 months of their purchase.
(2)Applied to shares redeemed within 12 months of their
purchase.
(3)"Other
Expenses" includes expenses incurred by the Fund in the normal course of
operations together with recoupment of management fees previously reimbursed to
the Fund. Such expenses are borne by the Fund separately from the management
fees paid to the Advisor.
(4)Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of
investing in other investment companies. The operating expenses in this fee
table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund's financial highlights
because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses
incurred by the Fund.
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, that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same, and reflects the
expense limitation in the first year only. Although your
actual costs may be higher or lower, based upon these assumptions your costs
would be:
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3
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5
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10
Years |
A |
$976 |
$1,493 |
$2,134 |
$3,842 |
C |
$493 |
$1,192 |
$2,009 |
$4,130 |
I |
$294 |
$901 |
$1,533 |
$3,233 |
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 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 ended December 31, 2023,
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 38% of the average value of its
portfolio.
Principal Investment
Strategies: The
Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by allocating its assets
primarily among income-producing securities using an "Income" Strategy.
The Income
strategy employed by the Fund's sub-adviser attempts to produce current income
and capital appreciation. The primary focus of this portfolio is exchange traded
“pass-through” securities that distribute substantially all of their profits
directly to their shareholders. The main categories of such securities include
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”), Master Limited Partnerships (”MLPs”),
Closed End Funds (“CEFs”), Royalty Trusts, and Business Development Companies
(”BDCs”). In addition to such securities, the sub-adviser may include in the
portfolio exchange traded common stocks and bonds, including those issued by
foreign entities. These securities may be of any market capitalization or, in
the case of bonds, any maturity or credit quality. These may include bonds of
higher yield and higher risk, commonly called "junk bonds" that may be rated BB+
and below by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or similarly
rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization
(“NRSRO”).
To
reduce overall portfolio market risk or security specific risk, the Adviser may
employ hedging strategies. These strategies attempt to mitigate potential losses
in value in certain Fund holdings. The Adviser attempts to hedge risks by
investing long and/or short in exchange-traded futures, ETFs and exchange-traded
and over-the-counter options, selling securities short and entering into swap
contracts. The Adviser takes short positions in equity or interest rate futures
contracts to protect against declines in the equity market and debt market,
respectively. The Adviser may also invest in inverse ETFs (those that are
designed to have price changes that move in the opposite direction of a market
index) to protect against declines in the equity market and debt market. The
Adviser may invest in protective put options that give the Fund the right to
sell a security at a specific price regardless of the decline in the market
price. The Adviser may also combine long and short (written) put and call
options in "spread" transactions that are designed to protect the Fund over a
range of price changes. Short selling is also used to hedge against overall
market or sector price declines. Similarly, swaps contracts (agreements to
exchange payments based on price changes in an index or specific security) are
used to hedge against overall market, sector or security-specific price
declines.
The
composition of the portfolio will vary over time according to the sub-adviser’s
evaluation of economic and market conditions, including prospects for growth and
inflation, as they affect the potential returns from different classes of
securities. This strategic evaluation is combined with fundamental research on
the individual securities considered for inclusion in the portfolio in order to
determine the composition of the portfolio at any point in time. Depending on
market conditions, the Fund’s assets may be solely allocated to its Income
Strategy for significant periods of time.
The
Adviser, on behalf of itself and on behalf of the Fund and other funds it
advises or may advise in the future that are each a series of LoCorr Investment
Trust, was granted an exemptive order from the Securities Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) that permits the Adviser, with Board of Trustees approval, to enter
into or amend sub-advisory agreements with sub-advisers without obtaining
shareholder approval. Shareholders will be notified within 90 days of the
engagement of an additional sub-adviser or sub-advisers to manage a portion of
the Fund's portfolio.
ADVISER'S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
The
Adviser will pursue the Fund's investment objectives, in part, by utilizing its
investment and risk management process.
The
Adviser buys securities that it believes offer above-average expected returns
and lower-than-average volatility and sells them when it believes they have
reached their target price, to adjust asset allocation or when more attractive
investments are available.
SUB-ADVISER'S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
Bramshill
Investments (“Bramshill”) serves as sub-adviser for the Spectrum Income Fund
with respect to the Fund’s Income strategy. The sub-adviser's approach towards
management of the Income Strategy involves both "top down" and "bottom up"
elements:
•Security
Selection: The
sub-adviser screens for securities with attractive yields, liquidity and
industry classification. The sub-adviser considers criteria including but not
limited to discount to book value, discounted cash flows, discount to the net
asset value, sustainability and/or growth of distributions; quality of
management; and the security’s consistency with the portfolio manager’s
macroeconomic views. High-yielding securities may include non-investment grade
securities.
•Sector
Selection: The
relative concentration of each category of assets is based on the sub-adviser’s
outlook on the economic and inflationary conditions. This evaluation is based on
macroeconomic data and forecasts, as well as technical analysis of market
performance of asset classes.
The totality of this process is intended to produce a portfolio that
offers current and projected yields meaningfully greater than those provided by
broad common stock or investment grade bond indexes. The sub-adviser believes
that its research processes make it likely that those yields will be sustained
or increased, and that there is a reasonable expectation that modest capital
gains can be achieved over a market cycle.
Principal Investment
Risks: As with all
mutual funds, there is the risk that you could lose money through your
investment in the Fund. Many factors affect the Fund's net asset
value and performance.
The
following risks apply to the Fund's direct investments in securities as well as
the Fund's indirect risks through investing in Underlying Funds. The principal
risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding particular risks
and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a
principal risk of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it
appears. It is important to read the provided risk disclosures in their
entirety.
•BDC
Risk: BDCs may carry risks similar to those of a private equity or
venture capital fund. BDC company securities are not redeemable at the option of
the shareholder and they may trade in the market at a discount to their net
asset value. BDCs usually trade at a discount to their net asset value because
they invest in unlisted securities and have limited access to capital markets.
BDCs are subject to management and other expenses, which will be indirectly paid
by the Fund.
•Credit
Risk: There is a risk that issuers and counterparties will not make
payments on securities and other investments held by the Fund, resulting in
losses to the Fund. In addition, the credit quality of securities held by the
Fund may be lowered if an issuer's financial condition
changes.
•Derivatives
Risk: Derivatives
are subject to tracking risk because they may not be perfect substitutes for the
instruments they are intended to hedge or replace. Short positions are subject
to potentially unlimited liability. Futures positions held by the Fund may incur
significant losses caused by unanticipated market movements and such losses may
be unlimited. Purchased options may expire worthless. Over the counter
derivatives, such as swaps, are subject to counterparty default. Leverage
inherent in derivatives will tend to magnify the Fund’s
losses.
•Fixed
Income Risk: Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of
fixed income securities owned by the Fund. The value of fixed income securities
typically falls when an issuer's credit quality declines and may even become
worthless if an issuer defaults.
•Foreign
Investment Risk: Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S.
investments, including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse
political, social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility,
less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and
differing auditing and legal standards. Investing in emerging markets imposes
risks different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed
countries.
•Hedging
Strategies Risk:
There is no assurance that the Fund will succeed in hedging the underlying
portfolio holdings because the value of the hedging vehicle may not correlate
perfectly with the underlying portfolio asset. The Adviser is not aware of any
security or combination of securities that would provide a perfect hedge to the
Fund's holdings. Each of the hedging strategies has inherent leverage risk that
may tend to magnify the Fund's losses. Derivative contracts, such as futures,
have leverage inherent in their terms because of low margin deposits normally
required. Consequently, a relatively small price movement in the futures
contract reference index may result in an immediate and substantial loss to the
Fund. Over-the-counter instruments, such as swaps and certain purchased options,
are subject to counterparty default risk and liquidity risk. Swap agreements
also involve fees, commissions or other costs that may reduce the Fund's gains
from a swap agreement or may cause the Fund to lose money. The Fund will incur a
loss as a result of a short position if the price of the short position
instrument increases in value between the date of the short position sale and
the date on which an offsetting position is purchased. Short positions may be
considered speculative transactions and involve special risks, including greater
reliance on the Adviser's ability to accurately anticipate the future value of a
security or instrument. The Fund's losses are potentially unlimited in a short
position transaction. The Adviser covers hedging positions (buys back, sells or
closes out positions) when it believes market price trends are no longer
unfavorable or security-specific risks are acceptable or when a different
hedging vehicle is more attractive.
•High-Yield
or Junk Bond Risk: Lower-quality convertible debt securities, known as "high yield" or
"junk" bonds, present greater risk than bonds of higher quality, including an
increased risk of default. These investments are considered speculative. An
economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the
market for these bonds and reduce the Fund's ability to sell its bonds. The lack
of a liquid market for these bonds could decrease the Fund's share
price.
•Interest
Rates and Bond Maturities Risk: Interest rate changes may adversely affect the market value of an
investment. Fixed-income securities typically decline in value when interest
rates rise. Fixed-income securities typically increase in value when interest
rates decline. The Fund may experience adverse exposure from either increasing
or declining rates. Bonds with longer maturities will be more affected by
interest rate changes than intermediate-term bonds.
•Issuer-Specific
Risk: The value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market
as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.
The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than those of
larger issuers. The value of certain types of securities can be more volatile
due to increased sensitivity to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market,
or economic developments.
•Liquidity
Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments of the Fund would
be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the Fund from selling such
illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price, or possibly requiring the
Fund to dispose of other investments at unfavorable times or prices in order to
satisfy its obligations.
•Management
Risk: The Adviser's and sub-adviser's judgments about the attractiveness,
value and potential appreciation of particular asset classes and securities in
which the Fund invests may prove to be incorrect and may not produce the desired
results. Additionally, the Adviser's judgments about the potential performance
of the sub-adviser may also prove incorrect and may not produce the desired
results.
•Market
Risk:
Overall securities market risks may affect the value of individual instruments
in which the Fund invests. Factors such as domestic and foreign economic growth
and market
conditions, interest rate levels, and political and social events
affect the securities markets. Global economies and financial markets are
increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or
financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or
financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments
adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances,
such risks might affect companies worldwide. Recent examples include pandemic
risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken worldwide in response by
governments. The effects of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in
global markets and will likely affect certain countries, companies, industries
and market sectors more dramatically than others. The COVID-19 pandemic has had,
and any other outbreak of an infectious disease or other serious public health
concern could have, a significant negative impact on economic and market
conditions and could trigger a prolonged period of global economic slowdown.
When the value of the Fund's investments goes down, your investment in the Fund
decreases in value and you could lose money.
•Mutual
Fund Risk: Mutual funds are subject to investment advisory fees and other
expenses, which will be indirectly paid by the Fund. Mutual funds are subject to
specific risks, depending on the nature of the mutual fund's
strategy.
•Portfolio
Turnover Risk: Active and frequent trading may lead to the realization and
distribution to shareholders of higher short-term capital gains, which would
increase their tax liability. Frequent trading also increases transaction costs,
which could detract from the Fund’s performance.
•Real
Estate Industry Risk:
The Fund's portfolio will be significantly impacted by the performance of the
real estate market generally, and the Fund may be exposed to greater risk and
experience higher volatility than would a more economically diversified
portfolio. Property values may fall due to increasing vacancies or declining
rents resulting from economic, legal, cultural, or technological developments.
Real estate company prices also may drop because of the failure of borrowers to
pay their loans and poor management, and residential developers, in particular,
could be negatively impacted by falling home prices, slower mortgage
origination, and rising construction costs. Real estate loans are subject to
prepayment risk because the debtor may pay its obligation early, reducing the
amount of interest payments.
◦Mezzanine Loan Risk: The terms of
mezzanine loans may restrict transfer of the interests securing such loans,
including an involuntary transfer upon foreclosure, or may require the consent
of the senior lender or other members or partners of or equity holders in the
related real estate company, or may otherwise prohibit a change of control of
the related real estate company. These and other limitations on realization on
the collateral securing a mezzanine loan or the practical limitations on the
availability and effectiveness of such a remedy may affect the likelihood of
repayment in the event of a default.
•REIT
Risk: Real estate values rise and fall in response to a variety of factors,
including local, regional and national economic conditions, interest rates and
tax considerations. An individual REIT's performance depends on the types and
locations of the rental properties it owns and on how well it manages those
properties.
•Royalty
Trust Risk: Royalty trusts are subject to cash-flow fluctuations and revenue
decreases due to a sustained decline in demand for crude oil, natural gas and
refined petroleum products, risks related to economic conditions, higher taxes
or other regulatory actions that increase costs for royalty trusts. Also,
royalty trusts do not guarantee minimum distributions or even return of
capital.
•Small
and Medium Capitalization Stock Risk: The value of small or medium capitalization company common stocks
may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than those of larger,
more established companies or the market averages in general.
•Written
Call Option Risk:
Selling covered call options will limit the Fund's gain, if any, on its
underlying securities. The Fund continues to bear the risk of a decline in the
value of its underlying stocks. Option premiums are treated as short-term
capital gains and when distributed
to
shareholders, are usually taxable as ordinary income, which may have a higher
tax rate than long-term capital gains for shareholders holding Fund shares in a
taxable account. Call options involve risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other
traditional investments. These risks include risk of mispricing or improper
valuation and the risk that changes in the value of the call option may not
correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index. Derivative prices
are highly volatile and may fluctuate substantially during a short period of
time. Such prices are influenced by numerous factors that affect the markets,
including, but not limited to, changing supply and demand relationships;
government programs and policies; national and international political and
economic events, changes in interest rates, inflation and deflation and changes
in supply and demand relationships.
Who
Should Invest in the Fund?
The
Adviser believes the Fund is appropriate for investors seeking current income
and capital appreciation.
Performance:
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of
the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the performance of the
Fund’s Class I shares from year to year and by showing how the one-year,
five-year, ten-year and since inception average annual total returns for the
Fund’s Class I shares compare with that of a broad-based securities index and a
secondary index. The returns in the
bar chart and best/worst quarter are for Class I shares which do not have sales
charges. The performance of Class A and Class C Shares would be lower due to
differing expense structures and sales charges. The
returns in the table reflect the maximum applicable sales load of 5.75% on Class
A shares, and the maximum deferred sales load of 1.00% on Class C shares for the
one-year period. The Fund’s past
performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the
Fund will perform in the future and does not guarantee future
results. Net asset value (“NAV”) per share information and
updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at
www.LoCorrFunds.com.
Calendar Year Total Return
LoCorr Spectrum Income Fund – Class I
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Highest
Quarterly Return: |
Q4 2020 |
21.56% |
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Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
Q1 2020 |
-35.56% |
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Average
Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2023 |
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1
Year |
5
Years |
10
Years |
Since
Inception
(12/31/2013)(1) |
Class
I Shares |
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Return
Before Taxes |
2.02% |
5.00% |
1.39% |
1.39% |
Return
After Taxes on Distributions |
0.68% |
3.92% |
0.13% |
0.13% |
Return
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund
Shares |
1.68% |
3.61% |
0.64% |
0.64% |
Class A Shares
Return Before Taxes
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-4.13% |
3.50% |
0.52% |
0.52% |
Class C Shares
Return Before Taxes
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0.82% |
3.93% |
0.36% |
0.36% |
Bloomberg
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
5.53% |
1.10% |
1.81% |
1.81% |
Morningstar
Aggressive Allocation Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes) |
17.30% |
9.59% |
6.74% |
6.74% |
(1)
The
Fund's inception date is December 31, 2013, the date to which performance is
measured. The Fund commenced operations on January 1, 2014.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest
individual federal marginal income tax rates and does not reflect the impact of
state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the
individual investor’s situation and may differ from those shown. Furthermore, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to
investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k)
plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns are shown for Class I shares only and will
vary for Class A and Class C shares. The Fund’s
return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares is greater than its
return after taxes on distributions because it includes a tax benefit resulting
from the capital losses that would have been incurred, and could be utilized
against other capital gains an investor may
have.
Adviser:
LoCorr
Fund Management, LLC
Portfolio
Managers: Jon
C. Essen, Chief Financial Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a
portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2014; Sean Katof, Chief
Investment Officer of the Adviser, has served the Fund as a portfolio manager
since 2016.
Sub-Adviser:
Bramshill
Investments, LLC
Portfolio
Managers: Steven
C. Carhart, Co-Portfolio Manager, Bramshill Investments, LLC, has served the
Fund as a portfolio manager since it commenced operations in 2014. Art
DeGaetano, Co-Portfolio Manager, Bramshill Investments, LLC, has served the Fund
as a portfolio manager since 2016. Justin Byrnes, Co-Portfolio Manager,
Bramshill Investments, LLC, has served the Fund as a portfolio manager since
2023.
Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares: You
may purchase and redeem shares of the Fund on any day that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading by written request, telephone, wire transfer,
website, or through your broker. You may also exchange shares of your Fund for
shares of another Fund in the LoCorr Investment Trust. Redemptions will be paid
by ACH, check or wire transfer. The minimum initial investment amount for Class
A and Class C shares is $2,500. The minimum initial investment in Class I shares
is $100,000. The minimum subsequent investment amount for all classes is $500.
The Fund or its Adviser may waive any investment minimum.
Tax
Information: Dividends
and capital gain distributions you receive from the Fund, whether you reinvest
your distributions in additional Fund shares or receive them in cash, are
taxable to you at either ordinary income or capital gains tax rates unless you
are investing through a tax-deferred plan such as an IRA or 401(k) plan.
Payments
to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If
you purchase the Fund 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 salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND RELATED
RISKS
Investment
Objectives:
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LoCorr
Macro Strategies Fund (“Macro Strategies Fund”)
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The
Fund's primary investment objective is capital appreciation in rising and
falling equity markets with managing volatility as a secondary
objective.
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LoCorr
Long/Short Commodities Strategy Fund (“Commodities Fund”) |
The
Fund's primary investment objective is capital appreciation in rising and
falling commodities markets with managing volatility as a secondary
objective.
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LoCorr
Market Trend Fund
("Market
Trend Fund") |
The
Fund's primary investment objective is capital appreciation in rising and
falling equity markets with managing volatility as a secondary objective.
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LoCorr
Dynamic Opportunity Fund (“Dynamic Opportunity Fund")
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The
Fund's primary investment objective is long-term capital appreciation with
reduced volatility compared to traditional broad-based equity market
indices as a secondary objective.
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LoCorr
Spectrum Income Fund
(“Spectrum
Income Fund”)
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The
Fund's primary investment objective is current income with capital
appreciation as a secondary objective.
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Each
Fund’s investment objective, may be changed without shareholder approval by the
Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board of Trustees” or the “Board”) upon 60 days’
written notice to shareholders.
Principal
Investment Strategies:
Macro
Strategies Fund
The
Macro Strategies Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by allocating
assets using two principal strategies:
•Managed
Futures
•Fixed
Income
The
Managed Futures strategy is designed to produce capital appreciation by
capturing returns related to the commodity markets. The Managed Futures strategy
directly invests primarily in (i) futures, (ii) forwards, (iii) options, (iv)
spot contracts, and (v) swaps, each of which may be tied to currencies, interest
rates, stock market indices, energy resources, metals, or agricultural products.
The
Fund may also invest in exchange-traded Bitcoin and/or Ether Futures. Bitcoin
and Ether are digital assets, also known as crypto, that can be transferred on a
peer-to-peer basis. The
Fund does not invest directly in or hold Bitcoin or Ether. Unlike
traditional currencies, Crypto is decentralized, meaning that the supply of the
respective crypto is not determined by a central government, but rather by
software protocols that limit both the total amount that will be produced and
the rate at which such crypto is released into its respective market/network.
Each crypto network is a decentralized record of transactions that is kept in
multiple locations and updated by multiple contributors to the network. In
addition, the official ledger or record of who owns what crypto is not
maintained by any central entity, but rather, is maintained by multiple
different independent computers and entities simultaneously. Ownership and
transaction records for crypto are protected through public-key cryptography on
a “blockchain.” Public-key
cryptography
uses a pair of keys to encrypt and decrypt data — a public key and a private
key. The public key can be disclosed to others so that anyone can send encrypted
data to the holder, but that data can only be decrypted with the holder’s
private key.
The
crypto transactions are verified by “miners” for Bitcoin and “validators” for
Ether. These miners and validators operate via networks that connect multiple
computers that run open-source software which follows the rules and procedures
covering each crypto's separate network. With respect to Bitcoin, miners create
new Bitcoin by solving complex math problems that verify transactions in the
digital asset. Miners support the Bitcoin network by adding new blocks of data
on bitcoin transactions to the blockchain. To add bitcoin transactions to the
blockchain, miners’ computers must solve complex equations generated by the
blockchain system. Miners are rewarded with a certain amount of bitcoin
algorithmically determined by the blockchain system for supporting the Bitcoin
network. Similarly, validators, also known as stakers, are responsible for
processing ethereum transactions, storing data related to these transactions,
and adding new blocks of data to the chain. Validators will receive an interest
in the new blocks of chain.
Each
separate crypto network is collectively maintained by developers (who propose
improvements to the protocols) and users. Crypto is a relatively new asset class
and is subject to unique and substantial risks, including the risk that the
value of the Fund’s investments could decline rapidly, including to zero. Crypto
Futures have historically been more volatile than traditional asset
classes.
The
Fund will only invest in cash-settled Crypto Futures. “Cash-settled” means that
when the relevant futures contract expires, if the value of the underlying
digital asset exceeds the futures contract price, the seller pays to the
purchaser cash in the amount of that excess, and if the futures contract price
exceeds the value of the underlying asset, the purchaser pays to the seller cash
in the amount of that excess. For example, in a cash-settled futures contract on
bitcoin, the amount of cash to be paid is equal to the difference between the
value of the bitcoin underlying the futures contract at the close of the last
trading day of the contract and the futures contract price specified in the
agreement. Currently, the only such contracts are traded on, or subject to the
rules of, the CME, a commodity exchange registered with the CFTC.
The
Fund's investments in derivative instruments may be used as substitutes for
securities, interest rates, currencies and commodities and for hedging. To the
extent the Fund uses swaps or structured notes under the Managed Futures
strategy, the investments will generally have payments linked to commodity or
financial derivatives that are designed to produce returns similar to those of
the Underlying Funds and their respective sub-strategies. The Fund does not
invest more than 25% of its assets in contracts with any one counterparty.
Sub-strategies may include investment styles that rely upon buy and sell signals
generated from technical analysis systems such as trend-pattern recognition, as
well as from fundamental economic analysis and relative value comparisons.
Investments made according to the Fund’s strategy will be made without
restriction as to the country.
The
Macro Strategies Fund will execute a portion of its Managed Futures strategy by
directly investing in the Fund or by investing up to 25% of its total assets
(measured at the time of purchase) in the Subsidiary. The Fund or the Subsidiary
will invest the majority of its assets in futures contracts, forward contracts
and other investments (short to medium term investment grade securities)
intended to serve as margin or collateral for such contracts. The Subsidiary is
managed by the Adviser, which selects sub-advisers to assist in the Subsidiary’s
management. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions as the
Fund, when viewed on a consolidated basis. The Fund does not intend to create or
invest to gain primary control in an entity primarily engaged in investment
activities other than the Subsidiary.
The
Adviser anticipates that, based upon its analysis of long-term historical
returns and volatility of various asset classes, the Fund will allocate
approximately 25% of its assets to its Managed Futures strategy, as applicable,
and approximately 75% of its assets to the Fixed Income strategy. However, as
market conditions change, the portion allocated to each strategy may
change.
The
Fixed Income strategy is designed to generate interest income and preserve
principal by investing primarily in investment grade securities including: (1)
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies
or instrumentalities, (2) securities issued or guaranteed by foreign
governments,
their political subdivisions or agencies or instrumentalities, (3) bonds, notes,
or similar debt obligations issued by U.S. or foreign corporations or
special-purpose entities backed by corporate debt obligations, (4) ABS, (5) MBS,
(6) CMBS, (7) interest rate-related futures contracts, (8) interest rate-related
or credit default-related swap contracts and (9) money market funds. Each Fund
defines investment grade fixed income securities as those that are rated, at the
time purchased, in the top four categories by a rating agency, such as Moody’s
or S&P, or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality. However, the
fixed income portion of each Fund’s portfolio will be invested without
restriction as to individual issuer country, type of entity, or capitalization.
Futures and swap contracts are used for hedging purposes and as substitutes for
fixed income securities. The Adviser delegates management of the Fund’s Fixed
Income strategy portfolio to a sub-adviser.
The
Fund seeks to achieve its secondary investment objective primarily by (1)
diversifying the Managed Futures strategy investments, as applicable, among
asset classes and sub-strategies that are not expected to have returns that are
highly correlated to each other or the equity or commodities markets, as
applicable, and (2) by selecting Fixed Income strategy investments that are
short-term to medium-term interest income-generating securities (those with
maturities or average lives of less than 10 years) that are expected to be less
volatile than and not highly correlated to the equity or commodities markets or
the Managed Futures strategy, as applicable.
Commodities
Fund
The
Commodities Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by allocating assets
using two principal strategies:
•Commodities
•Fixed
Income
The
Commodities strategy is designed to produce capital appreciation by capturing
returns related to the commodity markets. The Commodities strategy invests
primarily in securities of one or more (1) limited partnerships, (2)
corporations, (3) limited liability companies and (4) other types of pooled
investment vehicles, including commodity pools (collectively, “Underlying
Funds”) and derivative instruments, such as swap contracts, structured notes or
other securities or derivatives, that provide exposure to the managers of
Underlying Funds. Each Underlying Fund invests according to its manager’s
sub-strategy, long or short in one or a combination of: (i) futures, (ii)
forwards, (iii) options, (iv) spot contracts, or (v) swaps, each of which may be
tied to energy resources, metals, and agricultural products. To the extent the
Fund uses swaps or structured notes under the Commodities strategy, the
investments will generally have payments linked to commodity or financial
derivatives that are designed to produce returns similar to those of the
Underlying Funds and their respective sub-strategies. The Fund does not invest
more than 25% of its assets in contracts with any one counterparty.
Sub-strategies may include investment styles that rely upon buy and sell signals
generated from technical analysis systems such as trend-pattern recognition, as
well as from fundamental economic analysis and relative value comparisons.
Investments made according to the Fund’s strategy will be made without
restriction as to the country.
The
Fund may also invest in exchange-traded Bitcoin and/or Ether Futures. Bitcoin
and Ether are digital assets, also known as crypto, that can be transferred on a
peer-to-peer basis. The
Fund does not invest directly in Bitcoin or Ether. Unlike
traditional currencies, Crypto is decentralized, meaning that the supply of the
respective crypto is not determined by a central government, but rather by
software protocols that limit both the total amount that will be produced and
the rate at which such crypto is released into its respective market/network.
Each crypto network is a decentralized record of transactions that is kept in
multiple locations and updated by multiple contributors to the network. In
addition, the official ledger or record of who owns what crypto is not
maintained by any central entity, but rather, is maintained by multiple
different independent computers and entities simultaneously. Ownership and
transaction records for crypto are protected through public-key cryptography on
a “blockchain.” Public-key cryptography uses a pair of keys to encrypt and
decrypt data — a public key and a private key. The public key can be disclosed
to others so that anyone can send encrypted data to the holder, but that data
can only be decrypted with the holder’s private key.
The
crypto transactions are verified by “miners” for Bitcoin and “validators” for
Ether. These miners and validators operate via networks that connect multiple
computers that run open-source software which follows the rules and procedures
covering each crypto's separate network. With respect to Bitcoin, miners create
new Bitcoin by solving complex math problems that verify transactions in the
digital asset. Miners support the Bitcoin network by adding new blocks of data
on bitcoin transactions to the blockchain. To add bitcoin transactions to the
blockchain, miners’ computers must solve complex equations generated by the
blockchain system. Miners are rewarded with a certain amount of bitcoin
algorithmically determined by the blockchain system for supporting the Bitcoin
network. Similarly, validators, also known as stakers, are responsible for
processing ethereum transactions, storing data related to these transactions,
and adding new blocks of data to the chain. Validators will receive an interest
in the new blocks of chain.
Each
separate crypto network is collectively maintained by developers (who propose
improvements to the protocols) and users. Crypto is a relatively new asset class
and is subject to unique and substantial risks, including the risk that the
value of the Fund’s investments could decline rapidly, including to zero. Crypto
Futures have historically been more volatile than traditional asset
classes.
The
Fund will only invest in cash-settled Crypto Futures. “Cash-settled” means that
when the relevant futures contract expires, if the value of the underlying
digital asset exceeds the futures contract price, the seller pays to the
purchaser cash in the amount of that excess, and if the futures contract price
exceeds the value of the underlying asset, the purchaser pays to the seller cash
in the amount of that excess. For example, in a cash-settled futures contract on
bitcoin, the amount of cash to be paid is equal to the difference between the
value of the bitcoin underlying the futures contract at the close of the last
trading day of the contract and the futures contract price specified in the
agreement. Currently, the only such contracts are traded on, or subject to the
rules of, the CME, a commodity exchange registered with the CFTC.
The
Commodities Fund will execute its Commodities strategy primarily by investing up
to 25% of the Fund’s total assets (measured at the time of purchase) in the
Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will invest the majority of its assets in one or more
Underlying Funds, swap contracts, structured notes and other investments
intended to serve as margin or collateral for derivative positions. The
Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions as the Fund.
The
Fund does not intend to create or invest to gain primary control in an entity
primarily engaged in investment activities other than the
Subsidiary.
To
the extent that the Adviser is utilizing derivatives to gain exposure to
managers, it is anticipated that the Commodities Fund will use a swap designed
to replicate the aggregate returns of the managers selected by the Adviser. The
swap is based on a notional amount agreed upon by the Adviser and the
counterparty. The Adviser may add or remove managers from the swap or adjust the
notional exposure between the managers within the swap. Generally, the fees and
expenses of the swap are based on the notional value. The Index is calculated by
the counterparty to the Swap and includes a deduction for fees of the
counterparty as well as management and performance fees of the managers. Because
the Index is designed to replicate the returns of managers selected by the
Adviser, the performance of the Fund will depend on the ability of the managers
to generate returns in excess of the costs of the Index.
The
Adviser anticipates that, based upon its analysis of long-term historical
returns and volatility of various asset classes, the Fund will allocate
approximately 25% of its assets to its Commodities strategy and approximately
75% of its assets to the Fixed Income strategy. However, as market conditions
change, the portion allocated to each strategy may change.
The
Fixed Income strategy is designed to generate interest income and preserve
principal by investing primarily in investment grade securities including: (1)
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies
or instrumentalities, (2) securities issued or guaranteed by foreign
governments, their political subdivisions or agencies or instrumentalities, (3)
bonds, notes, or similar debt obligations issued by U.S. or foreign corporations
or special-purpose entities backed by corporate debt obligations, (4) ABS, (5)
MBS, (6) CMBS, (7) interest rate-related futures contracts, (8) interest
rate-related or credit default-related swap contracts and (9) money market
funds. Each Fund defines investment grade fixed income securities as those that
are rated, at the time purchased, in the top four categories by a rating agency,
such as Moody’s or S&P, or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable
quality. However, the fixed income portion of each Fund’s portfolio will be
invested without restriction as to
individual
issuer country, type of entity, or capitalization. Futures and swap contracts
are used for hedging purposes and as substitutes for fixed income securities.
The Adviser delegates management of the Fund’s Fixed Income strategy portfolio
to a sub-adviser.
The
Fund seeks to achieve its secondary investment objective primarily by (1)
diversifying the Commodities strategy investments among asset classes and
sub-strategies that are not expected to have returns that are highly correlated
to each other or the equity or commodities markets, as applicable, and (2) by
selecting Fixed Income strategy investments that are short-term to medium-term
interest income-generating securities (those with maturities or average lives of
less than 10 years) that are expected to be less volatile than and not highly
correlated to the equity or commodities markets or the Commodities strategy.
Market
Trend Fund
The
Market Trend Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by allocating its
assets using two principal strategies:
•"Market
Trend" Strategy
•"Fixed
Income" Strategy
The
Market Trend strategy is a macro-oriented quantitative strategy that employs
various investment techniques to select long and short positions in the global
futures and foreign exchange markets. These techniques are designed to produce
attractive absolute and risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low correlation
to traditional asset classes. The Market Trend strategy is a quantitative
trading system driven by trend-following models. The program signals buy and
sell orders based on a number of factors, including price, volatility, and
length of time a position has been held in the portfolio, and employs
sophisticated techniques to gradually enter and exit positions over the course
of a trend in order to maximize profit opportunities. It is expected that the
average holding period of instruments traded pursuant to the Market Trend
strategy will be approximately 50 days; however, that average may differ
depending on various factors and the program will make daily adjustments to
positions based on both price activity and market volatility. The Fund's Adviser
delegates management of the Fund's Market Trend strategy portfolio to a
sub-adviser, GCM.
The
program trades in a broad range of markets, including global interest rates,
foreign exchange, global stock indices and commodities. When trading derivative
instruments, such as futures or forward contracts, the Fund is only required to
post initial or variation margin with the exchange or clearing broker. The use
of margin in trading these instruments has the effect of creating leverage,
which can expose the Fund to substantial gains or losses occurring from
relatively small price changes in the value of the underlying instrument and can
increase the volatility of the Fund’s returns. Volatility is a statistical
measure of the dispersion of returns of an investment, where higher volatility
generally indicates greater risk. GCM employs macro-oriented quantitative
investment techniques to select long and short positions in the global futures
and foreign exchange markets. These techniques are designed to produce
attractive absolute and risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low correlation
to traditional asset classes. GCM expects the average holding period of
instruments traded pursuant to the Market Trend strategy, will be approximately
50 days, although the daily adjustments will be made to positions based on both
price activity and market volatility.
The
Fund will execute a portion of its Market Trend strategy by directly investing
in the Fund or by investing up to 25% of its total assets (measured at the time
of purchase) in the Subsidiary. The Fund or the Subsidiary will invest the
majority of its assets in futures contracts and forward contracts and other
investments (short to medium term investment grade securities) intended to serve
as margin or collateral for such contracts. The Subsidiary is managed by the
Adviser and sub-advised by GCM and is subject to the same investment
restrictions as the Fund, when viewed on a consolidated basis. The
Fund does not intend to create or invest to gain primary control in an entity
primarily engaged in investment activities other than the
Subsidiary.
The
Fixed Income strategy is designed to generate interest income and preserve
principal by investing primarily in investment grade securities including: (1)
obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies
or instrumentalities, (2) securities issued or guaranteed by foreign
governments, their political subdivisions or agencies or instrumentalities, (3)
bonds, notes, or similar debt obligations issued by U.S. or foreign corporations
or special-purpose entities backed by corporate debt obligations, (4) U.S. ABS,
(5) U.S. residential MBS, (6) U.S. CMBS, (7) interest rate-related futures
contracts, (8) interest rate-related or credit default swap contracts and (9)
money market funds. The Fund defines investment grade fixed income securities as
those that are rated, at the time purchased, in the top four categories by a
rating agency such as Moody's or S&P, or, if unrated, determined to be of
comparable quality. However, the fixed income portion of the Fund's portfolio
will be invested without restriction as to individual issuer country, type of
entity, or capitalization. Futures and swap contracts are used for hedging
purposes and as substitutes for fixed income securities. The Fund's Adviser
delegates management of the Fund's Fixed Income strategy portfolio to a
sub-adviser, Nuveen.
The
Fund seeks to achieve its secondary investment objective primarily by (1)
diversifying the Market Trend strategy investments, as applicable, among asset
classes and sub-strategies that are not expected to have returns that are highly
correlated to each other or the equity or commodities markets, as applicable,
and (2) by selecting Fixed Income strategy investments that are short-term to
medium-term interest income-generating securities (those with maturities or
average lives of less than 10 years) that are expected to be less volatile than
and not highly correlated to the equity or commodities markets or the Market
Trend strategy, as applicable.
The
Adviser anticipates that, based upon its analysis of long-term historical
returns and volatility of various asset classes, the Fund will allocate
approximately 25% of its assets to its Market Trend strategy, as applicable, and
approximately 75% of its assets to the Fixed Income strategy. However, as market
conditions change the portion allocated to each strategy may change.
Notwithstanding such allocation of assets, Fund returns are expected to
primarily reflect the returns of the Market Trend strategy given its higher
expected volatility.
The
Fund may invest in short-term investment grade fixed income securities and money
market funds for cash management purposes. The Fund defines investment grade
fixed income securities as those that are rated, at the time purchased, in the
top four categories by a rating agency such as Moody’s or S&P, or, if
unrated, determined to be of comparable quality.
The
Adviser and the LoCorr Funds were granted an exemptive order from the SEC that
permits the Adviser, with the Board of Trustees approval, to enter into or amend
sub-advisory agreements without obtaining shareholder approval. The order
eliminates the need for a shareholder meeting to approve sub-advisors.
Shareholders will be notified if a new sub-adviser is employed by the
Adviser.
It
is the responsibility of the sub-advisers, under the direction of the Adviser,
to make day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund. The sub-advisers also
place purchase and sell orders for portfolio transactions of the Fund in
accordance with the Fund's investment objective and policies.
Dynamic
Opportunity Fund
Under
normal market conditions, the Dynamic Opportunity Fund invests in long or short
positions in equity securities of domestic and foreign companies. The Fund
defines equity securities as (1) common stocks, (2) preferred stocks and (3)
debt securities that are convertible into stock. The Fund invests in securities
of issuers without restriction as to capitalization or country, including
emerging markets. The Fund invests in convertible debt securities of any
maturity or credit quality, including those known as "junk bonds." Junk bonds
are rated below Baa3 by Moody's or equivalently by another NRSRO. The Fund may
invest a portion of its assets in private placement offerings which may be
illiquid.
The
Adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's primary investment objective of long-term
capital appreciation by using a "long/short equity" strategy that is executed by
allocating assets to a sub-adviser that has a long/short equity investment
strategy. The Adviser may also engage an additional sub-adviser or sub-advisers
if it believes they will enhance the Fund’s performance or reduce volatility.
The Adviser will also use one or more ETFs to execute a portion of the
long/short equity strategy rather than allocate assets to a sub-
adviser,
when it believes that doing so will help the Fund achieve its investment
objective. The Fund anticipates reduced return volatility when compared to
traditional broad-based equity market indices because the short element of its
strategies is expected to produce a hedging effect.
Spectrum
Income Fund
The
Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by allocating assets primarily
among income-producing securities using an "income" strategy.
The
Income strategy employed by the Fund's sub-adviser attempts to produce current
income and capital appreciation. The primary focus of this portfolio is exchange
traded "pass-through" securities that distribute substantially all of their
profits directly to their shareholders. The main categories of such securities
include REITs, MLPs, CEFs, Royalty Trusts, and BDCs. In addition to such
securities, the sub-adviser may include in the portfolio exchange traded common
stocks and bonds, including those issued by foreign entities. These securities
may be of any market capitalization or, in the case of bonds, any maturity or
credit quality. These may include bonds of higher yield and higher risk,
commonly called "junk bonds" that may be rated BB+ and below by S&P or
similarly rated by another NRSRO.
To
reduce overall portfolio market risk or security specific risk, the Adviser may
employ hedging strategies. These strategies attempt to mitigate potential losses
in value in certain Fund holdings. The Adviser attempts to hedge risks by
investing long and/or short in exchange-traded futures, ETFs and exchange-traded
and over-the-counter options, selling securities short and entering into swap
contracts. The Adviser takes short positions in equity or interest rate futures
contracts to protect against declines in the equity market and debt market,
respectively. The Adviser may also invest in inverse ETFs (those that are
designed to have price changes that move in the opposite direction of a market
index) to protect against declines in the equity market and debt market. The
Adviser may invest in protective put options that give the Fund the right to
sell a security at a specific price regardless of the decline in the market
price. The Adviser may also combine long and short (written) put and call
options in "spread" transactions that are designed to protect the Fund over a
range of price changes. Short selling is also used to hedge against overall
market or sector price declines. Similarly, swaps contracts (agreements to
exchange payments based on price changes in an index or specific security) are
used to hedge against overall market, sector or security-specific price
declines.
The
composition of the portfolio will vary over time according to the sub-adviser’s
evaluation of economic and market conditions, including prospects for growth and
inflation, as they affect the potential returns from different classes of
securities. This strategic evaluation is combined with fundamental research on
the individual securities considered for inclusion in the portfolio in order to
determine the composition of the portfolio at any point in time. Depending on
market conditions, the Fund’s assets may be solely allocated to its Income
Strategy for significant periods of time.
Non-Principal
Investment Strategy.
As a non-principal investment strategy, the Adviser may employ a loan investment
strategy (the “Loan Investment Strategy”). The Loan Investment Strategy is
designed to produce current income and capital appreciation through investment
in Underlying Funds including (1) limited partnerships, (2) corporations, (3)
limited liability companies and (4) other types of pooled investment vehicles
focused on the origination, funding and structuring of real estate-related
loans, including mezzanine loans, first and second mortgage loans, subordinated
mortgage loans, bridge loans, and other loans related to high quality commercial
real estate in the U.S., as well as through the acquisition of equity
participations in the real estate, which serves as underlying collateral of such
loans, and preferred equity investments. Underlying Funds may hold loans of any
maturity or quality.
The
Adviser will seek to invest in Underlying Funds that generate a low volatility
income stream of attractive and consistent cash distributions. The Adviser's
focus on Underlying Funds that originate and acquire debt and debt-like
instruments will emphasize the payment of current returns to investors and the
preservation of invested capital. The Adviser also believes that the investments
made under the Loan Investment Strategy may offer the potential for capital
appreciation.
The
Adviser will invest in Underlying Funds that mainly aim to:
•focus
on the origination of new loans;
•invest
in fixed rate rather than floating rate loans;
•invest
in loans expected to be realized within one to five years;
•maximize
current income;
•lend
to creditworthy borrowers;
•lend
on properties leased to high-quality tenants;
•maximize
diversification by property type, geographic location, tenancy and
borrower;
•source
investments in existing loans;
•focus
on small to mid-sized loans of approximately $3 million to $20
million;
•invest
in loans not exceeding 80% of the current value of the underlying property;
and
•hold
investments until maturity unless, in the manager's judgment, market conditions
warrant earlier disposition.
All
Funds
The
Funds may invest in short-term investment grade fixed income securities and
money market funds for cash management purposes. The Funds define investment
grade fixed income securities as those that are rated, at the time purchased, in
the top four categories by a rating agency such as Moody’s or S&P, or, if
unrated, determined to be of comparable quality.
The
Adviser and the LoCorr Funds were granted an exemptive order from the Securities
and Exchange Commission that permits the Adviser, with the Board’s approval, to
enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements without obtaining shareholder
approval. The order eliminates the need for a shareholder meeting to approve
sub-advisors. Shareholders will be notified if a new sub-adviser is employed by
the Adviser.
It
is the responsibility of the sub-advisers, under the direction of the Adviser,
to make the day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund. The sub-advisers also
place purchase and sell orders for portfolio transactions of the Fund in
accordance with the Fund's investment objective and policies.
ADVISER’S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
Macro
Strategies Fund
The
Adviser will pursue the Macro Strategies Fund’s investment objectives, in part,
by utilizing its investment and risk management process.
•Sub-adviser
Selection
represents the process through which the Adviser selects sub-advisers it
believes can successfully execute the Fund's overall investment strategies. The
Adviser also monitors and evaluates the performance of the sub-advisers; and
implements procedures to ensure each sub-adviser complies with the Fund's
investment policies and restrictions.
•Risk
Management
represents the ongoing attention to the historical return performance of each
Underlying Fund as well as the interaction or correlation of returns between
Underlying Funds. Using this risk management process, the Adviser believes each
Fund, over time, will not be highly correlated to the equity or commodities
markets, as applicable, and will provide the potential for reducing volatility
in investors’ portfolios.
Commodities
Fund
The
Adviser will pursue the Commodities Fund’s investment objectives, in part, by
utilizing its investment and risk management process.
•Underlying
Fund Selection
by the Adviser, or including an Underlying Fund in a derivative investment
designed to replicate the returns of an Underlying Fund, represents the result
of quantitative and qualitative reviews that identify Underlying Funds and their
managers chosen for their alternative investment market niche (investments other
than stocks and bonds), historical performance, management accessibility,
commitment, investment strategy, as well as process and methodology. Using this
selection process, the Adviser believes it can identify Underlying Funds with
above-average expected returns and lower-than-average volatility.
•Risk
Management
represents the ongoing attention to the historical return performance of each
Underlying Fund as well as the interaction or correlation of returns between
Underlying Funds. Using this risk management process, the Adviser believes each
Fund, over time, will not be highly correlated to the equity or commodities
markets, as applicable, and will provide the potential for reducing volatility
in investors’ portfolios.
The
Adviser buys securities that it believes offer above-average expected returns
and lower-than-average volatility and sells them when it believes they have
reached their target price, to adjust asset allocation or when more attractive
investments are available.
Market
Trend Fund
The
Adviser will pursue the Fund's investment objectives, in part, by utilizing its
sub-adviser selection and risk management process.
•Sub-adviser
Selection.
The Adviser selects sub-advisers it believes can successfully execute the Fund's
overall investment strategies. The Adviser also monitors and evaluates the
performance of the sub-advisers; and implements procedures to ensure each
sub-adviser complies with the Fund's investment policies and
restrictions.
•Risk
Management.
The Adviser manages the expected volatility of the Fund's returns by monitoring
the interaction and correlation of the returns between the Market Trend and
Fixed Income strategies. Using this risk management process, the Adviser
believes the Fund's returns, over time, will not be highly correlated to the
equity markets and will provide the potential for reducing volatility in
investors' portfolios. The Adviser may also conduct further analysis to assess
securities and investments. The Adviser's quantitative analysis utilizes
historical market price data and forecasts to assess correlation of returns and
volatility.
Dynamic
Opportunity Fund
The
Adviser will pursue the Dynamic Opportunity Fund’s investment objectives, in
part, by utilizing its investment and risk management process.
Sub-adviser
Selection
represents the result of quantitative and qualitative reviews that identify a
sub-adviser chosen for its long/short equity market niche, historical
performance, management accessibility, commitment, investment strategy, as well
as process and methodology. Using this selection process, the Adviser believes
it can identify a sub-adviser or sub-advisers that can produce above-average
expected returns. The Adviser replaces a sub-adviser when its returns are below
expectations or it deviates from its traditional investment
process.
These
equity long/short strategies are designed to take long and short positions by
trading in equity securities of U.S. and foreign issuers in an attempt to
achieve capital appreciation. These long/short strategies include the
following:
•Generalist.
Generalist strategies maintain positions both long and short in equity
securities of any industry sector or country.
•Sector-Focused.
Sector-focused strategies employ investment processes designed to identify long
and short opportunities in securities in specific niche areas of the market in
which the sub-adviser maintains a level of expertise which exceeds that of a
market generalist in identifying companies
engaged
in the production and procurement of inputs to industrial processes, and
implicitly sensitive to the direction of price trends as determined by shifts in
supply and demand factors, and implicitly sensitive to the direction of broader
economic trends.
•International.
International strategies employ investment processes designed to identify long
and short opportunities in securities in specific niche areas of the global
non-U.S. market, in which the sub-adviser maintains a level of expertise which
exceeds that of a market generalist in identifying companies engaged in the
production and procurement of inputs to industrial processes, and implicitly
sensitive to the direction of price trends as determined by shifts in supply and
demand factors, and implicitly sensitive to the direction of broader economic
trends.
Variable Biased Strategies.
Variable Biased strategies may vary the investment level or the level of long
and/or short exposure over market cycles, but the primary distinguishing
characteristic is that the sub-adviser seeks to drive performance through
tactical adjustments to gross and net market exposures.
Risk
Management represents the ongoing attention to the historical return performance
of a long/short equity sub-adviser as well as the interaction or correlation of
returns between long/short equity strategies. The Adviser believes that
selecting a sub-adviser through this process may mitigate losses in generally
declining markets because the Fund will be invested utilizing strategies that
are not correlated to general market trends. However, there can be no assurance
that losses will be avoided. Investment strategies that have historically been
non-correlated to general market trends or have demonstrated low correlations to
general market trends may become correlated at certain times, such as during a
liquidity crisis in global financial markets. During such periods, certain
hedging strategies may cease to function as anticipated.
Spectrum
Income Fund
The
Adviser will pursue the Fund's investment objectives, in part, by utilizing its
investment and risk management process.
•Sub-adviser
Selection
represents the process through which the Adviser selects sub-advisers it
believes can successfully execute the Fund's overall investment strategies. The
Adviser also monitors and evaluates the performance of the sub-advisers; and
implements procedures to ensure each sub-adviser complies with the Fund's
investment policies and restrictions.
The
Adviser buys securities that it believes offer above-average expected returns
and lower-than-average volatility and sells them when it believes they have
reached their target price, to adjust asset allocation or when more attractive
investments are available.
SUB-ADVISER’S
INVESTMENT PROCESS
Macro
Strategies Fund
GCM
serves as a sub-adviser to the Macro Strategies Fund. GCM executes the strategy
within the Macro Strategies Fund by employing macro-oriented quantitative
investment techniques to select long and short positions in the global futures
and foreign exchange markets. These techniques are designed to produce
attractive absolute and risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low correlation
to traditional asset classes. The strategy within the Macro Strategies Fund is a
quantitative trading system driven by trend-following models. This program
signals buy and sell orders based on a number of factors, including price,
volatility, and length of time a position has been held in the portfolio. The
strategy employs sophisticated techniques to gradually enter and exit positions
over the course of a trend in order to maximize profit opportunities. It is
expected that the average holding period of instruments traded pursuant to the
strategy within the Macro Strategies Fund will be approximately six to eight
weeks; however, that average may differ depending on various factors and the
system will make daily adjustments to positions based on both price activity and
market volatility. The program trades a broad range of markets, including global
interest rates, foreign exchange, global stock indices and
commodities.
The
strategy executed by GCM within the Macro Strategies Fund utilizes a risk
overlay model to better control exposure across individual markets and sectors
and avoid excessive concentration of investments
in
a particular market or sector. The overlay model applies sophisticated risk
management techniques to the trading signals generated by the sub-models of the
strategy within the Macro Strategies Fund to enhance the returns of a
conventional momentum model. The risk overlay model is designed to diversify
risk across markets and sectors, smooth the volatility of the portfolio and
lower execution costs by reducing excessive trading.
Millburn
serves as a sub-adviser to the Macro Strategies Fund. Millburn invests in a
diversified portfolio of futures, forward and spot contracts (and may also
invest in option and swap contracts) on currencies, interest rate instruments,
stock indices, metals, energy and agricultural commodities. Millburn invests
globally pursuant to its proprietary quantitative and systematic trading
methodology, based upon signals generated from an analysis of price,
price-derivatives, fundamental and other quantitative data. Millburn’s trading
methods include technical trend analysis, certain non-traditional technical
systems (i.e., systems falling outside of traditional technical trend analysis)
and money management principles, each of which may be revised from time to time.
The objective of Millburn’s investment and trading methods is to consider
multiple data inputs, or “factors,” in order to arrive at relatively near-term
return forecasts for each traded instrument, and take appropriate, risk-managed
positions. Millburn’s approach employs models that analyze data inputs over a
time spectrum from several minutes to multiple years.
Millburn
manages its allocated Fund assets by seeking to construct maximum
diversification subject to liquidity and sector concentration constraints. Each
market is traded using a diversified set of trading systems, which may be
optimized for groups of markets, sectors or specific markets. The following
factors, among others, are considered in constructing a universe of markets to
trade: profitability, liquidity of markets, professional judgment, desired
diversification, transaction costs, exchange regulations and depth of market.
Risk
management also plays an integral role in portfolio design and construction.
Millburn sizes the position in each market traded, taking into account its
measurement of risk based on price level and volatility in that market. Market
exposure is then managed by position-sizing models, which measure the risk in
the portfolio’s position in each market. In the event the model determines that
the risk has changed beyond an acceptable threshold, it will signal a change in
the position — a decrease in position size when risk increases and an increase
in position size when risk decreases. Utilizing its position-sizing models,
Millburn seeks to maintain overall portfolio risk and distribution of risk
across markets within designated ranges.
Revolution
serves as a sub-adviser to the Macro Strategies Fund. Revolution focuses on
short-term, systematic and quantitative trading, applying rigorous statistical
analysis to all aspects of research, development, and operations. The systems
are designed in order to provide superior risk-adjusted returns while
maintaining low correlations both to traditional equity and bond investments as
well as the trend-following strategies often employed by commodity trading
advisors. Revolution manages its allocated Fund assets by seeking to implement a
fully-diversified, short- to medium-term, multi-strategy program, utilizing
pattern-recognition methodology. Trade durations range from hours to weeks, with
an average six-day holding period. The diversified market set includes equity
indices, interest rates, currencies, energies, metals, and agricultural
instruments, and return volatility is targeted to 12% on an annualized
basis.
Due
to the short-term nature of the trading, signal generation and trade execution
are performed on a fully-automated basis throughout each trading day, but with
full human oversight. Sophisticated execution algorithms have been designed to
minimize transactional costs, and execution efficiency is continually monitored
and improved when possible.
Niederhoffer
serves as one of the Fund’s sub-advisers. Niederhoffer provides asset management
services for the Fund using its Smart Alpha Program. The R.G. Niederhoffer Smart
Alpha Program seeks to achieve three key objectives: (1) Stable absolute returns
regardless of market environment, with zero correlation to Fixed Income,
Equities and Hedge Funds; (2) Strong, consistent downside and upside protection
for portfolios containing Global Bonds, Global Equities, Hedge Funds, and CTAs,
and (3) Daily/monthly liquidity and high transparency.
The
manager's 30 years of research into how behavioral biases affect financial
markets has identified over 60 situations in which markets are predictable. To
extract these unique sources of alpha, the firm's trading systems
algorithmically generate investments, 24 hours a day, on both the long and short
side, in the world's most liquid futures and F/X markets, with trade durations
averaging 1.5 days. The strategy has performed particularly well in volatile
market conditions when investors are most susceptible to biased, predictable
behavior. Because of this, historically, the strategy has typically performed
better during periods of heightened market volatility.
Nuveen,
serves as a sub-adviser to the Macro Strategies Fund, selects securities for the
Fund’s Fixed Income strategy using a “top-down” approach that begins with the
formulation of Nuveen’s general economic outlook. Following this, various
sectors and industries are analyzed and selected for investment. Finally, Nuveen
selects individual securities within these sectors or industries that it
believes have above peer-group expected yield, potential for capital
preservation or appreciation. In addition to selecting more traditional
investments such as government and corporate bonds, Nuveen also selects ABS,
MBS, CMBS and derivatives when it believes these investments offer higher yield
or better prospects for capital preservation or appreciation than competing
investments.
MBS
in which the Macro Strategies Fund may invest represent participation interests
in pools of one-to-four family residential mortgage loans originated by private
mortgage originators, as well as multi-family residential loans. CMBS represent
participation interests in pools of commercial property mortgage loans
originated by private mortgage originators. ABS represent interests in pools of
loans originated by private lenders, some of which may be government approved or
affiliated lenders. Typically, an asset-backed security is issued by a special
purpose vehicle (“SPV”), such as a business trust or limited liability company,
whose value and income payments are derived from and collateralized (i.e.
backed) by a specified pool of underlying loans. The pool of loans is usually a
group of small-dollar amount loans taken for the same or similar purpose, such
as student loans, car loans, or credit card loans, but could include cash flows
from loans on aircraft, royalty payments and movie revenues.
Nuveen
will use credit default swaps (“CDS”) as part of a replication tactic whereby
the Macro Strategies Fund combines a credit default swap on a portfolio of bonds
or a single bond with investments in high quality securities, such as U.S.
Treasury bills, as an economic substitute for a portfolio of bonds or an
individual bond. The sub-adviser may also use CDS to protect against the
economic effect of an issuer’s default. A CDS is typically a two-party
(bilateral) financial contract that transfers credit risk exposure between the
two parties. The Macro Strategies Fund will enter into a CDS by executing an
International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreement, which
provides globally-accepted standardized legal documentation for a variety of
swap transactions including CDS. One party to a CDS (referred to as the credit
protection “buyer”) receives credit protection or sheds credit risk, whereas the
other party to a CDS (referred to as the credit protection “seller”) is selling
credit protection or taking on credit risk. The seller typically receives
pre-determined periodic payments from the other party. These payments are in
consideration for agreeing to make compensating specific payments to the buyer
should a negative credit event occur, such as (1) bankruptcy or (2) failure to
pay interest or principal on a reference debt instrument or one of the reference
issuers in a CDS portfolio. In general, CDS may be used by the Macro Strategies
Fund to obtain credit risk exposure similar to that of a direct investment in
bonds.
Nuveen
uses futures contracts and interest rate swaps to hedge or manage the Fund’s
interest rate risk exposure. To reduce interest rate risk, the Fund will take a
short position in an interest rate-related futures contract or a similar
position in an interest rate swap contract whereby the Macro Strategies Fund
agrees to make fixed payments in exchange for receiving floating rate payments
that reset according to a reference index such as the London Interbank Offered
Rate (“LIBOR”). The Macro Strategies Fund may also take long positions in
futures or swaps to fine-tune or adjust its portfolio interest rate risk
profile.
Generally,
Nuveen selects futures and swaps to hedge interest rate and credit risks and as
substitutes for securities when it believes derivatives provide a better return
profile or when specific securities are temporarily unavailable. Nuveen sells
securities and derivatives to adjust interest rate risk, adjust credit risk,
when a price target is reached, or when a security’s or derivative’s price
outlook is deteriorating.
Macro
Strategies Fund Subsidiary
The
Macro Strategies Fund will execute its Managed Futures strategy, primarily, by
investing up to 25% of its total assets (measured at the time of purchase) in
the Managed Futures strategy, part of which will be invested by the Fund’s
sub-advisers and part of which will be invested in a wholly-owned and controlled
Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will invest the majority of its assets in futures,
forwards, options, spot contracts, swap contracts, structured notes and other
investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for derivative positions.
However, the Fund may also make Managed Futures investments outside of the
Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions as the
Fund. By investing in commodities indirectly through the Subsidiary, the Fund
will obtain exposure to the commodities markets within the federal tax
requirements that apply to the Fund. Specifically, the Subsidiary is expected to
provide the Fund with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations
of the federal tax requirements of Subchapter M of the Code. Subchapter M
requires, among other things, that at least 90% of the Fund's income be derived
from securities or derived with respect to its business of investing in
securities (typically referred to as "qualifying income"). The Fund will make
investments in certain commodity-linked derivatives through the Subsidiary
because income from these derivatives is not treated as "qualifying income" for
purposes of the 90% income requirement if the Fund invests in the derivative
directly.
The
IRS has issued a number of private letter rulings to other mutual funds
(including the Macro Strategies Fund and mutual funds unrelated to the Fund),
which indicate that certain income from a fund's investment in a wholly-owned
foreign subsidiary will constitute "qualifying income" for purposes of
Subchapter M. The Macro Strategies Fund is relying on a private letter ruling
from the IRS, which indicates that income from the Fund’s investment in the
Subsidiary will constitute “qualifying income” for purposes of Subchapter M. To
satisfy the 90% income requirement, the Subsidiary will, no less than annually,
declare and distribute a dividend to the Fund, as the sole shareholder of the
Subsidiary, in an amount approximately equal to the total amount of “Subpart F”
income (as defined in Section 951 of the Code) generated by or expected to be
generated by the Subsidiary’s investments during the fiscal year. Such dividend
distributions are “qualifying income” pursuant to Subchapter M (Section 851(b))
of the Code.
The
IRS has proposed regulations signaling its intent to stop issuing further
private letter rulings regarding qualifying income from wholly-owned foreign
subsidiaries and, if these regulations are passed in substantially the form as
proposed, the IRS may revoke all outstanding private letter rulings on this
issue. As a result, the IRS may no longer consider the income from the Fund’s
investment in the Subsidiary to be qualifying income, and the Fund may not
qualify as a registered investment company for one or more years. However, the
Fund intends to take the position that income from its investments in the
Subsidiary will constitute “qualifying income,” and the Fund will take care to
ensure that the Subsidiary distributes all of its Subpart F income to the Fund
each year so as to preserve its status as a registered investment company. In
addition, future legislation, Treasury Regulations or IRS guidance could
adversely affect the ability of the Fund or the Subsidiary to operate as
described in this Prospectus.
Because
the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which
may hold some of the investments described in this Prospectus, the Fund may be
considered to be investing indirectly in some of those investments through its
Subsidiary. For that reason, references to the Fund may also include the
Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions
and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures, as the
Fund.
The
Fund and the Subsidiary are “commodity pools” under the U.S. Commodity Exchange
Act, and the advisor is a “commodity pool operator” registered with and
regulated by the CFTC. As a result, additional CFTC-mandated disclosure,
reporting and recordkeeping obligations apply with respect to the Fund and the
Subsidiary under CFTC and SEC harmonized regulations.
Commodities
Fund
Nuveen
also serves as a sub-adviser to the Commodities Fund using the same investment
strategy described above for the Macro Strategies Fund.
Commodities
Fund Subsidiary
The
Commodities Fund will execute its Commodities strategy, primarily, by investing
up to 25% of its total assets (measured at the time of purchase) in a
wholly-owned and controlled Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will invest the majority
of its assets in one or more Underlying Funds, swap contracts, structured notes
and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for derivative
positions. However, the Fund may also make Commodities strategy investments
outside of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment
restrictions as the Fund. By investing in commodities indirectly through the
Subsidiary, the Fund will obtain exposure to the commodities markets within the
federal tax requirements that apply to the Fund. Specifically, the Subsidiary is
expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the commodities markets within the
limitations of the federal tax requirements of Subchapter M of the Code.
Sub-chapter M requires, among other things, that at least 90% of the Fund's
income be derived from securities or derived with respect to its business of
investing in securities (typically referred to as "qualifying income"). The Fund
will make investments in certain commodity-linked derivatives through the
Subsidiary because income from these derivatives is not treated as "qualifying
income" for purposes of the 90% income requirement if the Fund invests in the
derivative directly.
The
IRS has issued a number of private letter rulings to other mutual funds
(including the Macro Strategies Fund and mutual funds unrelated to the Fund),
which indicate that certain income from a fund's investment in a wholly-owned
foreign subsidiary will constitute "qualifying income" for purposes of
Subchapter M. The Fund does not have a private letter ruling, but fully intends
to comply with the IRS’ rules if the IRS were to change its position. To satisfy
the 90% income requirement, the Subsidiary will, no less than annually, declare
and distribute a dividend to the Fund, as the sole shareholder of the
Subsidiary, in an amount approximately equal to the total amount of “Subpart F”
income (as defined in Section 951 of the Code) generated by or expected to be
generated by the Subsidiary’s investments during the fiscal year. Such dividend
distributions are “qualifying income” pursuant to Subchapter M (Section 851(b))
of the Code.
The
IRS has proposed regulations signaling its intent to stop issuing further
private letter rulings regarding qualifying income from wholly-owned foreign
subsidiaries and, if these regulations are passed in substantially the form as
proposed, the IRS may revoke all outstanding private letter rulings on this
issue. As a result, the IRS may no longer consider the income from the Fund’s
investment in the Subsidiary to be qualifying income, and the Fund may not
qualify as a registered investment company for one or more years. However, the
Fund intends to take the position that income from its investments in the
Subsidiary will constitute “qualifying income,” and the Fund will take care to
ensure that the Subsidiary distributes all of its Subpart F income to the Fund
each year so as to preserve its status as a registered investment company. In
addition, future legislation, Treasury Regulations or IRS guidance could
adversely affect the ability of the Fund or the Subsidiary to operate as
described in this Prospectus.
Because
the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which
may hold some of the investments described in this Prospectus, the Fund may be
considered to be investing indirectly in some of those investments through its
Subsidiary. For that reason, references to the Fund may also include the
Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions
and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures, as the
Fund.
The
Fund and the Subsidiary are “commodity pools” under the U.S. Commodity Exchange
Act, and the Adviser is a “commodity pool operator” registered with and
regulated by the CFTC. As a result, additional CFTC-mandated disclosure,
reporting and recordkeeping obligations apply with respect to the Fund and the
Subsidiary under CFTC and SEC harmonized regulations.
Market
Trend Fund
Graham
Capital Management, L.P.
GCM
executes the Market Trend strategy by employing macro-oriented quantitative
investment techniques to select long and short positions in the global futures
and foreign exchange markets. These techniques are designed to produce
attractive absolute and risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low
correlation
to traditional asset classes. The Market Trend strategy is a quantitative
trading system driven by trend-following models. This program signals buy and
sell orders based on a number of factors, including price, volatility, and
length of time a position has been held in the portfolio. The strategy employs
sophisticated techniques to gradually enter and exit positions over the course
of a trend in order to maximize profit opportunities. It is expected that the
average holding period of instruments traded pursuant to the Market Trend
strategy will be approximately 50 days; however, that average may differ
depending on various factors and the system will make daily adjustments to
positions based on both price activity and market volatility. The program trades
a broad range of markets, including global interest rates, foreign exchange,
global stock indices and commodities.
The
Market Trend strategy utilizes a risk overlay model to better control exposure
across individual markets and sectors and avoid excessive concentration of
investments in a particular market or sector. The overlay model applies
sophisticated risk management techniques to the trading signals generated by the
sub-models of the Market Trend strategy to enhance the returns of a conventional
momentum model. The risk overlay model is designed to diversify risk across
markets and sectors, smooth the volatility of the portfolio and lower execution
costs by reducing excessive trading.
Nuveen
Asset Management, LLC
Nuveen
selects securities for the Fund's Fixed Income strategy using a "top-down"
approach that begins with the formulation of its general economic outlook.
Following this, various sectors and industries are analyzed and selected for
investment. Finally, Nuveen selects individual securities within these sectors
or industries that it believes have above peer-group expected yield, potential
for capital preservation or appreciation. In addition to selecting more
traditional investments such as government and corporate bonds, Nuveen also
selects ABS, MBS, CMBS and derivatives when it believes these investments offer
higher yield or better prospects for capital preservation or appreciation than
competing investments.
MBS
in which the Fund may invest represent participation interests in pools of
one-to-four family residential mortgage loans originated by private mortgage
originators, as well as multi-family residential loans. CMBS represent
participation interests in pools of commercial property mortgage loans
originated by private mortgage originators. ABS represent interests in pools of
loans originated by private lenders, some of which may be government approved or
affiliated lenders. Typically, an asset-backed security is issued by a SPV, such
as a business trust or limited liability company, whose value and income
payments are derived from and collateralized (i.e. backed) by a specified pool
of underlying loans. The pool of loans is usually a group of small-dollar amount
loans taken for the same or similar purpose, such as student loans, car loans,
or credit card loans, but could include cash flows from loans on aircraft,
royalty payments and movie revenues.
Nuveen
will use CDS as part of a replication tactic whereby the Fund combines a (1) CDS
on a portfolio of bonds or a single bond with investments in (2) high quality
securities, such as U.S. Treasury bills, as an economic substitute for a
portfolio of bonds or an individual bond. Nuveen may also use CDS to protect
against the economic effect of an issuer's default. A CDS is typically a
two-party (bilateral) financial contract that transfers credit risk exposure
between the two parties. The Fund will enter into a CDS by executing an
International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreement, which
provides globally-accepted standardized legal documentation for a variety of
swap transactions including a CDS. One party to a CDS (referred to as the credit
protection "buyer") receives credit protection or sheds credit risk, whereas the
other party to a CDS (referred to as the credit protection "seller") is selling
credit protection or taking on credit risk. The seller typically receives
pre-determined periodic payments from the other party. These payments are in
consideration for agreeing to make compensating specific payments to the buyer
should a negative credit event occur, such as (1) bankruptcy or (2) failure to
pay interest or principal on a reference debt instrument or one of the reference
issuers in a CDS portfolio. In general, CDS may be used by the Fund to obtain
credit risk exposure similar to that of a direct investment in
bonds.
Nuveen
uses futures contracts and interest rate swaps to hedge or manage the Fund's
interest rate risk exposure. To reduce interest rate risk, the Fund will take a
short position in an interest rate-related futures contract or a similar
position in an interest rate swap contract whereby the Fund agrees to make fixed
payments in exchange for receiving floating rate payments that reset according
to a reference index such
as
the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The Fund may also take long positions
in futures or swaps to fine-tune or adjust its portfolio interest rate risk
profile.
Generally,
Nuveen selects futures and swaps to hedge interest rate and credit risks and as
substitutes for securities when it believes derivatives provide a better return
profile or when specific securities are temporarily unavailable. Nuveen sells
securities and derivatives to adjust interest rate risk, adjust credit risk,
when a price target is reached, or when a security's or derivative's price
outlook is deteriorating.
Market
Trend Fund Subsidiary
The
Fund will execute its Market Trend strategy, in part, by directly investing in
the Fund or by investing up to 25% of its total assets (measured at the time of
purchase) in a wholly-owned and controlled Subsidiary. The Fund or the
Subsidiary will invest the majority of its assets in futures contracts, forward
contracts and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for
futures positions. However, the Fund expects to make Market Trend investments
outside of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment
restrictions as the Fund, when viewed on a consolidated basis. By investing in
commodities indirectly, via futures, through the Subsidiary, the Fund will
obtain exposure to the commodities markets within the federal tax requirements
that apply to the Fund. Specifically, the Subsidiary is expected to provide the
Fund with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the
federal tax requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"). Subchapter M requires, among other things, that at
least 90% of the Fund's income be derived from securities or derived with
respect to its business of investing in securities (typically referred to as
"qualifying income"). The Fund will make investments in commodity futures
through the Subsidiary because income from these derivatives is not treated as
"qualifying income" for purposes of the 90% income requirement if the Fund
invests in the derivative directly. The IRS has issued a number of private
letter rulings to other mutual funds (including another fund in the LoCorr
Investment Trust), which indicate that certain income from a fund's investment
in a wholly-owned foreign subsidiary will constitute "qualifying income" for
purposes of Subchapter M. The Fund does not have a private letter ruling. Since
the Fund does not have a private letter ruling, to satisfy the 90% income
requirement, the Subsidiary will, no less than annually, declare and distribute
a dividend to the Fund, as the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, in an amount
approximately equal to the total amount of "Subpart F" income (as defined in
Section 951 of the Code) generated by or expected to be generated by the
Subsidiary's investments during the fiscal year. Such dividend distributions are
"qualifying income" pursuant to Subchapter M (Section 851(b)) of the
Code.
Because
the Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in the Subsidiary, which
may hold some of the investments described in this Prospectus, the Fund may be
considered to be investing indirectly in some of those investments through its
Subsidiary. For that reason, references to the Fund may also include the
Subsidiary. The Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions
and limitations, and follow the same compliance policies and procedures, as the
Fund when viewed on a consolidated basis.
The
Fund and the Subsidiary are each a "commodity pool" under the U.S. Commodity
Exchange Act, and the Adviser is a "commodity pool operator" registered with and
regulated by the CFTC. As a result, additional CFTC-mandated disclosure,
reporting and recordkeeping obligations apply with respect to the Fund and the
Subsidiary under CFTC and SEC harmonized regulations.
Dynamic
Opportunity Fund
KHCM
serves as one of the Fund’s sub-advisers. KHCM’s investment strategy is a
value-oriented, fundamentals- and research-driven, bottom-up equity long/short
approach. The strategy focuses on unique risk-reward strategies within the
small-cap equity universe, seeking to generate superior absolute returns over
the investment cycle and balancing the return potential of the portfolio against
risks inherent in individual stocks, industry selection, small-cap investing,
and broader markets and economies. KHCM’s strategy focuses the sub-adviser’s
attention on the small-capitalization stock universe (companies with $100mm -
$5B in market capitalization). From these companies, KHCM identifies stocks with
powerful, non-consensus catalysts and evaluates their risk-reward discipline,
searching for ideas with 50% upside/10% downside characteristics within an
appropriate time horizon. The sub-adviser then performs due diligence through
proprietary research and surveys, interviewing multiple industry sources. From
this due diligence, KCHM builds financial models based on expectations and
initializes its investment thesis and price target for the investment.
Throughout the life of the position, KHCM consistently monitors business trends,
competitors, and current market expectations. The sub-adviser manages positions
based on achievement of its target, changes—if any—in the investment thesis,
possible stop-loss triggers, net-exposure management, and short-term trading
opportunities.
Millrace
serves as one of the Fund’s sub-advisers. Millrace manages a long/short US
equity strategy based on their fundamental, bottom-up research of,
predominantly, smaller companies. Their objective is to deliver returns over the
course of a full market cycle that exceed the US equity market with less
downside exposure during market downturns. The portfolio is diversified by the
number of holdings as well as the sector exposure.
Spectrum
Income Fund
Bramshill
serves as sub-adviser for the Spectrum Income Fund with respect to the Fund’s
Income strategy. Bramshill's approach towards management of the Fund’s Income
strategy involves both "top down" and "bottom up" elements:
•Security
Selection: Bramshill
screens for securities with attractive yields, liquidity, and industry
classification. Bramshill considers criteria including but not limited to
discount to book value, discounted cash flows, discount to the net asset value,
sustainability and/or growth of distributions; quality of management; and the
security’s consistency with the portfolio manager’s macroeconomic views.
High-yielding securities may include non-investment grade
securities.
•Sector
Selection: The
relative concentration of each category of assets is based on Bramshill’s
outlook on the economic and inflationary conditions. This evaluation is based on
macroeconomic data and forecasts, as well as technical analysis of market
performance of asset classes.
The
totality of this process is intended to produce a portfolio that offers current
and projected yields meaningfully greater than those provided by broad common
stock or investment grade bond indexes. Bramshill believes that its research
processes make it likely that those yields will be sustained or increased, and
that there is a reasonable expectation that modest capital gains can be achieved
over a market cycle.
Principal
Investment Risks:
The
following risks apply to each Fund’s direct investments in securities and
derivatives, as indicated below, as well as the Commodities Fund’s and the
Spectrum Income Fund’s indirect risks through investing in Underlying Funds, and
the Macro Strategies Fund’s, the Market Trend Fund's and the Commodities Fund’s
indirect risks through investing in their respective Subsidiary. The principal
risks are presented in alphabetical order to facilitate finding particular risks
and comparing them with other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a
principal risk of investing in a Fund, regardless of the order in which it
appears.
•ABS,
MBS and CMBS Risk (Macro Strategies Fund, Commodities Fund and Market Trend
Fund): ABS,
MBS and CMBS are subject to credit risk because underlying loan borrowers may
default. Because ABS are typically backed by consumer loans, their default rates
tend to be sensitive to the unemployment rate and overall economic conditions.
MBS default rates tend to be sensitive to these conditions and to home prices.
CMBS default rates tend to be sensitive to overall economic conditions and to
localized commercial property vacancy rates and prices. Certain individual
securities may be more sensitive to default rates because payments may be
subordinated to other securities of the same issuer. Additionally, ABS, MBS and
CMBS are subject to prepayment risk because the underlying loans held by the
issuers may be paid off prior to maturity. The value of these securities may go
down as a result of changes in prepayment rates on the underlying mortgages or
loans. During periods of declining interest rates, prepayment rates usually
increase and the Funds may have to reinvest prepayment proceeds at a lower
interest rate. CMBS are less susceptible to this risk because underlying loans
may have prepayment penalties or prepayment lock out periods.
•BDC
Risk (Spectrum Income Fund): BDCs
may carry risks similar to those of a private equity or venture capital fund.
BDC company securities are not redeemable at the option of the shareholder and
they may trade in the market at a discount to their net asset value. A BDC is a
form of investment company that is required to invest at least 70% of its total
assets in securities (typically debt) of private companies, thinly traded U.S.
public companies, or short-term high quality debt securities. BDCs usually trade
at a discount to their net asset value because they invest in unlisted
securities and have limited access to capital markets. BDCs held by the Fund may
leverage their portfolios through borrowings or the issuance of preferred stock.
While leverage often serves to increase the yield of a BDC, this leverage also
subjects a BDC to increased risks, including the likelihood of increased
volatility and the possibility that a BDC's common share income will fall if the
dividend rate of the preferred shares or the interest rate on any borrowings
rises. BDCs are subject to management and other expenses, which will be
indirectly paid by the Fund.
•Bitcoin
and Ether Futures Risk (Macro Strategies Fund and Commodities Fund):
The market for Bitcoin and Ether futures ("crypto futures") may be less
developed, and potentially less liquid and more volatile, than more established
futures markets. While the crypto futures market has grown substantially since
the first crypto futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this
growth will continue. The price for crypto futures contracts is based on a
number of factors, including the supply of and the demand for crypto futures
contracts. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral
requirements, and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for
crypto futures contracts. To the extent the Fund purchases crypto futures
contracts at a premium and the premium declines, the value of an investment in
the Fund also should be expected to decline. The performance of crypto futures
contracts and the underlying crypto may differ and may not be correlated with
each other, over short or long periods of time.
Bitcoin
and ether are both digital assets that are designed to be alternative forms of
payment. Although these digital assets are designed to be alternative forms of
payment they have not widely been accepted as such. The ownership
and operation of both Bitcoin and ether are determined by
participants in online, peer-to-peer networks - the Bitcoin
Network and the Ethereum Network, respectively. These networks
connect computers running open-source software that follows the rules
and procedures governing each network’s protocol.
The
value of both bitcoin and ether is not backed by any
government, corporation, or other identified body. Instead,
their values are determined by the supply and demand in
markets created to facilitate their trading. Ownership and
transaction records for bitcoin and ether are protected through
public-key cryptography. The supply of bitcoin and ether is
determined by their respective protocols, and no single entity owns
or operates either network. They are collectively maintained
by decentralized groups of participants who run computer software that
records and validates transactions (miners for bitcoin and validators for
ether), developers who propose improvements to the protocols and the
software that enforces them, and users who choose which version of the
software to run.
Crypto
may experience very high volatility and related investments, such as crypto
futures, may be affected by such volatility. Crypto is a relatively new
innovation and the market for crypto is subject to
rapid
price swings, changes and uncertainty. The further development of the each
crypto's network and the acceptance and use of crypto are subject to a variety
of factors that are difficult to evaluate.
Each
digital asset operates without central authority and is not backed by any
government. Large sales by a few holders of significant amounts of a crypto
(commonly referred to as “whales”) could depress the price. Federal, state or
foreign governments may restrict the use and exchange of crypto, and regulation
in the U.S. is still developing. Increased regulation might tend to depress the
price of crypto. Legal or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation
of a crypto's network or restrict the use of crypto. The realization of any of
these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of crypto and
consequently a reduction in the value of crypto, crypto futures, and the
Fund.
•Crypto
Adoption Risk.
The further development and acceptance of the Bitcoin and/or Ether network,
which is part of a new and rapidly changing industry, is subject to a variety of
factors that are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of
the development or acceptance of a crypto's network may adversely affect the
price of the underlying crypto and therefore cause the Fund to suffer losses.
The growth of this industry is subject to a high degree of uncertainty, and the
factors affecting its further development, include, but are not limited to, the
continued growth or possible reversal in the adoption of crypto, government
regulation over crypto, the maintenance and development of the crypto's network,
the availability and popularity of other mediums of exchange for buying and
selling goods and services and consumer or public perception of crypto
specifically or other digital assets generally. Currently, there is relatively
limited use of crypto in the retail and commercial marketplace in comparison to
relatively extensive use as a store of value, thus contributing to price
volatility (meaning prices may fluctuate widely) that could adversely affect the
Fund’s investment in crypto futures.
•Crypto
Cybersecurity Risk.
Cybersecurity exploitations or attacks against a crypto's protocol and of
entities that custody or facilitate the transfers or trading of crypto could
result in a significant theft and a loss of public confidence in crypto, which
could lead to a decline in the value of crypto and, as a result, adversely
impact the Fund’s investment in crypto futures. Additionally, if a malicious
actor or botnet (i.e., a volunteer or hacked collection of computers controlled
by networked software coordinating the actions of the computers) obtains control
of more than 50% of the processing power of the Bitcoin network, such actor or
botnet could alter the blockchain and adversely affect the value of bitcoin,
which would adversely affect the Fund’s investment in Bitcoin Futures.
Similarly, if a malicious actor or botnet obtains control of more than 33 1/3%
of the processing power of the Ether network, such actor or botnet could alter
the blockchain and adversely affect the value of ether, which would adversely
affect the Fund's investment in Ether Futures.
•Commodity
Risk (Macro Strategies Fund, Commodities Fund and Market Trend
Fund):
The
Funds’ exposure to the commodities markets may subject the Funds to greater
volatility than investments in traditional securities. The value of
commodity-linked derivative instruments, commodity-based exchange traded trusts
and commodity-based exchange traded funds and notes may be affected by changes
in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest
rates, or sectors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought,
floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs, and international
economic, political and regulatory developments.
•Commodity
Pool Risk (Commodities Fund): Commodity
Pools are privately offered investment vehicles that are not registered under
the 1940 Act and will not be subject to all of the investor protections of the
1940 Act. Commodity pools may incur a significant degree of leverage which can
magnify the Fund’s potential loss or gain. Commodity pools are also subject to
investment advisory fees and other expenses, including performance fees, which
will be indirectly paid by the Fund.
•Convertible
Securities Risk (Market Trend Fund and Dynamic Opportunity Fund): Convertible
securities are hybrid securities that have characteristics of both bonds and
common stocks and are subject to debt security risk and conversion value-related
equity risk. Convertible securities are similar to other fixed-income securities
because they usually pay a fixed interest rate and are obligated to repay
principal on a given date in the future. The market value of fixed-income
securities tends to
decline
as interest rates increase. Convertible securities are particularly sensitive to
changes in interest rates when their conversion to equity feature is small
relative to the interest and principal value of the bond. Convertible issuers
may not be able to make principal and interest payments on the bond as they
become due. Convertible securities may also be subject to prepayment or
redemption risk. If a convertible security held by the Fund is called for
redemption, the Fund will be required to surrender the security for redemption,
convert it into the issuing company's common stock or cash at a time that may be
unfavorable to the Fund. Convertible securities have characteristics similar to
common stocks especially when their conversion value is greater than the
interest and principal value of the bond. The price of equity securities may
rise or fall because of economic or political changes. Stock prices in general
may decline over short or even extended periods of time. Market prices of equity
securities in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent
issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer's
failure to meet the market's expectations with respect to new products or
services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the
issuer, such as changes in interest rates. When a convertible security’s value
is more closely tied to its conversion to stock feature, it is sensitive to the
underlying stock's price.
•Credit
Risk (All Funds): There
is a risk that issuers and counterparties will not make payments on securities
and other investments held by the Funds, resulting in losses to the Funds. In
addition, the credit quality of securities held by the Funds may be lowered if
an issuer’s financial condition changes. Lower credit quality may lead to
greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of the Funds. Lower
credit quality also may affect liquidity and make it difficult for the Funds to
sell the security. Default, or the market’s perception that an issuer is likely
to default, could reduce the value and liquidity of securities held by the
Funds, thereby reducing the value of your investment in Fund’s shares. In
addition, default may cause the Funds to incur expenses in seeking recovery of
principal or interest on its portfolio holdings.
Credit
risk also exists whenever the Funds enter into a foreign exchange or derivative
contract, because the counterparty may not be able or may choose not to perform
under the contract. When the Funds invest in foreign currency contracts, or
other over-the-counter derivative instruments (including options), it is
assuming a credit risk with regard to the party with which it trades and also
bears the risk of settlement default. These risks may differ materially from
risks associated with transactions effected on an exchange, which generally are
backed by clearing organization guarantees, daily mark-to-market and settlement,
segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries.
Transactions entered into directly between two counterparties generally do not
benefit from such protections. Relying on a counterparty exposes the Funds to
the risk that a counterparty will not settle a transaction in accordance with
its terms and conditions because of a dispute over the terms of the contract
(whether or not bona fide) or because of a credit or liquidity problem, thus
causing the Funds to suffer a loss. If a counterparty defaults on its payment
obligations to the Funds, this default will cause the value of an investment in
the Funds to decrease. In addition, to the extent the Funds deal with a limited
number of counterparties, it will be more susceptible to the credit risks
associated with those counterparties. The Funds are neither restricted from
dealing with any particular counterparty nor from concentrating any or all of
its transactions with one counterparty. The ability of the Funds to transact
business with any one or number of counterparties and the absence of a regulated
market to facilitate settlement may increase the potential for losses by the
Funds.
•Digital
Asset Futures Risk (Macro Strategies Fund and Commodities Fund): The
market for Bitcoin and Ether futures may be less developed, and potentially less
liquid and more volatile, than more established futures markets. While the
Bitcoin and Ether futures market has grown substantially since Bitcoin and Ether
futures commenced trading, there can be no assurance that this growth will
continue. The price for Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts is based on a number
of factors, including the supply of and the demand for Bitcoin and Ether futures
contracts. Market conditions and expectations, position limits, collateral
requirements, and other factors each can impact the supply of and demand for
Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts. Recently increased demand paired with
supply constraints and other factors have caused Bitcoin futures to trade at a
significant premium to the “spot” price of Bitcoin and Ether. Additional demand,
including demand resulting from the purchase, or anticipated purchase, of
Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts by the Funds or other entities may increase
that premium, perhaps significantly. It is not possible to predict whether or
for how long such conditions will continue. To the extent the Funds purchases
futures contracts at a premium and the
premium
declines, the value of an investment in the Funds also should be expected to
decline. The performance of Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts and Bitcoin and
Ether, respectively, may differ and may not be correlated with each other, over
short or long periods of time. While the performance of digital asset futures
contracts, in general, has historically been highly correlated to the
performance of the corresponding spot digital asset, there can be no guarantee
that this will continue. The performance of the Funds' digital asset futures
contracts should not be expected to match the performance of the corresponding
spot digital asset.
Bitcoin
and Ether have been subject to high volatility and related investments, such as
Bitcoin and Ether futures, may be affected by such volatility. Bitcoin and Ether
are each a relatively new innovation and the market for Bitcoin and Ether is
subject to rapid price swings, changes and uncertainty, which is also dependent
on significant speculation. The further development of the Bitcoin and Ethereum
networks and the acceptance and use of Bitcoin and Ether are subject to a
variety of factors that are difficult to evaluate.
As
a digital asset, Bitcoin and Ether operate without central authority and is not
backed by any government. Large sales by a few holders of significant amounts of
Bitcoin and Ether (commonly referred to as “whales”) could depress the price of
Bitcoin or Ether. Federal, state or foreign governments may restrict the use and
exchange of Bitcoin and Ether, and regulation in the U.S. is still developing.
Increased regulation might tend to depress the price of Bitcoin and Ether. Legal
or regulatory changes may negatively impact the operation of the Bitcoin and
Ethereum Networks or restrict the use of Bitcoin and Ether. The realization of
any of these risks could result in a decline in the acceptance of Bitcoin and
Ether and consequently a reduction in the value of Bitcoin and Ethereum, Bitcoin
and Ether futures, and the Funds.
It
is possible that Ether may be determined to be a security for the purposes of
federal or state securities laws. If Ether is determined or is expected to be
determined to be a security under the federal securities laws, that could
materially and adversely affect the trading of Ether futures contracts held by
the Funds.
◦Digital
Asset Adoption Risk.
The further development and acceptance of digital asset networks, which is part
of a new and rapidly changing industry, is subject to a variety of factors that
are difficult to evaluate. The slowing, stopping or reversing of the development
or acceptance of digital asset networks may adversely affect the price of
Bitcoin and therefore cause the Funds to suffer losses. The growth of this
industry is subject to a high degree of uncertainty, and the factors affecting
its further development, include, but are not limited to, the continued growth
or possible reversal in the adoption of Bitcoin, government regulation over
digital assets, the maintenance and development of digital asset networks, the
availability and popularity of other mediums of exchange for buying and selling
goods and services and consumer or public perception of digital assets
specifically or other digital assets generally. Currently, there is relatively
limited use of Bitcoin in the retail and commercial marketplace in comparison to
relatively extensive use as a store of value, thus contributing to price
volatility (meaning prices may fluctuate widely) that could adversely affect the
Funds' investment in digital asset futures.
◦Digital
Asset Cybersecurity Risk.
Cybersecurity exploitations or attacks against a digital asset protocol and of
entities that custody or facilitate the transfers or trading of digital assets
could result in a significant theft of digital asset and a loss of public
confidence in digital assets, which could lead to a decline in the value of
Bitcoin and, as a result, adversely impact the Funds' investment in digital
asset futures. Additionally, if a malicious actor or botnet (i.e., a volunteer
or hacked collection of computers controlled by networked software coordinating
the actions of the computers) obtains control of more than 50% of the processing
power of a digital asset network, such actor or botnet could alter the protocol
and adversely affect the value of digital assets, which would adversely affect
the Funds' investment in digital asset futures.
•Derivatives
Risk (All Funds):
The Funds may use derivatives (including futures, options and options on
futures) to enhance returns or hedge against market declines. The Funds’ use of
derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than,
the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional
investments. These risks include (i) the risk that the counterparty to a
derivative transaction may not fulfill its contractual obligations; (ii) risk of
mispricing or improper valuation; and (iii) the risk that changes in the value
of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or
index. Derivative prices are highly volatile and may fluctuate substantially
during a short period of time. Such prices are influenced by numerous factors
that affect the markets, including, but not limited to: changing supply and
demand relationships; government programs and policies; national and
international political and economic events, changes in interest rates,
inflation and deflation and changes in supply and demand relationships. Futures
positions held by a Fund may incur significant losses caused by unanticipated
market movements and such losses may be unlimited. Trading derivative
instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks
associated with investing directly in securities. Derivative contracts such as
futures ordinarily have leverage inherent in their terms. The low margin
deposits normally required in trading derivatives, including futures contracts,
permit a high degree of leverage. Accordingly, a relatively small price movement
may result in an immediate and substantial loss to the Funds. The use of
leverage may also cause the Funds to liquidate portfolio positions when it would
not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations or to meet
collateral segregation requirements. The use of leveraged derivatives can
magnify the Funds’ potential for gain or loss and, therefore, amplify the
effects of market volatility on the Funds’ share price. Because option premiums
paid or received are small in relation to the market value of the investments
underlying the options, buying and selling put and call options can be more
speculative than investing directly in securities.
◦Dealer
Options (Commodities
Fund only):
The Fund may engage in transactions involving dealer options as well as
exchange-traded options. Certain additional risks are specific to dealer
options. While the Fund might look to a clearing corporation to exercise
exchange-traded options, if the Fund were to purchase a dealer option it would
need to rely on the dealer from which it purchased the option to perform if the
option were exercised. Failure by the dealer to do so would result in the loss
of the premium paid by the Fund as well as loss of the expected benefit of the
transaction.
◦Futures
and Forwards Risk (Macro Strategies Fund, Commodities Fund and Market Trend
Fund).
The primary risks associated with the use of forward and futures contracts,
which may adversely affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and total return,
are (a) the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the
instruments held by the Fund or an Underlying Fund and the price of the forward
or futures contract; (b) possible lack of a liquid secondary market for a
forward or futures contract and the resulting inability to close a forward or
futures contract when desired; (c) losses caused by unanticipated market
movements, which are potentially unlimited; (d) the inability to predict
correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates, currency exchange
rates and other economic factors; (e) the possibility that the counterparty will
default in the performance of its obligations; and (f) if the Fund or Underlying
Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to
meet daily variation margin requirements, and the Fund or Underlying Fund may
have to sell securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do
so.
◦Options
Risk (Macro Strategies Fund, Commodities Fund and Market Trend Fund).
There are risks associated with the sale and purchase of call and put options.
As the buyer of a put or call option, the Fund risks losing the entire premium
invested in the option if the Fund does not exercise the option. Because option
premiums paid by the Fund indirectly through Underlying Funds are small in
relation to the market value of the investments underlying the options, buying
and selling put and call options can be more speculative than investing directly
in securities. Purchased put options may decline in value due to changes in
value of the underlying reference asset.
◦Swap
Risk (Commodities Fund).
Swap agreements are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the swap will
default on its obligation to pay the Fund and the risk that the
Fund
will not be able to meet its obligations to pay the counterparty to the swap. In
addition, there is the risk that a swap may be terminated by the Fund or the
counterparty in accordance with its terms. If a swap were to terminate, the Fund
may be unable to implement its investment strategies and the Fund may not be
able to seek to achieve its investment objective.
•Emerging
Market Risk (Dynamic Opportunity Fund): The
Fund may invest a portion of its assets in issuers from countries with newly
organized or less developed securities markets. There are typically greater
risks involved in investing in emerging markets securities. Generally, economic
structures in these countries are less diverse and mature than those in
developed countries and their political systems tend to be less stable. Emerging
market economies may be based on only a few industries; therefore, security
issuers, including governments, may be more susceptible to economic weakness and
more likely to default. Emerging market countries also may have relatively
unstable governments, weaker economies, and less-developed legal systems with
fewer security holder rights. Investments in emerging markets countries may be
affected by government policies that restrict foreign investment in certain
issuers or industries. The potentially smaller size of their securities markets
and lower trading volumes can make investments relatively illiquid and
potentially more volatile than investments in developed countries, and such
securities may be subject to abrupt and severe price declines. Due to this
relative lack of liquidity, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not
be able to sell a portfolio security at all. An inability to sell a portfolio
position can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from being
able to meet cash obligations or take advantage of other investment
opportunities.
•Equity
Market Risk (Dynamic Opportunity Fund): The
Fund will invest primarily in equity securities, including common stock which is
susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and
decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers
change. An equity security, or stock, represents a proportionate share of the
ownership of a company; its value is based on the success of the company's
business, any income paid to stockholders, the value of its assets and general
market conditions. Common stocks and preferred stocks are examples of equity
securities. While both represent proportional share ownership of a company,
preferred stocks often pay dividends at a specific rate and have a preference
over common stocks in dividend payments and liquidation of assets.
•ETF
Risk (Dynamic Opportunity Fund): ETFs
are subject to investment advisory fees and other expenses, which will be
indirectly paid by a Fund. As a result, your cost of investing in a Fund will be
higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs and may be higher than other
mutual funds that invest directly in stocks and bonds. ETFs are listed on
national stock exchanges and are traded like stocks listed on an exchange. ETF
shares may trade at a discount or a premium in market price if there is a
limited market in such shares. ETFs are also subject to brokerage and other
trading costs, which could result in greater expenses to a Fund. Because the
value of ETF shares depends on the demand in the market, the Adviser may not be
able to liquidate a Fund's holdings at the most optimal time, adversely
affecting performance.
•Fixed
Income Risk (Macro Strategies Fund, Commodities Fund, Market Trend Fund and
Spectrum Income Fund):
When
the Funds invest in fixed income securities or derivatives, the value of your
investment in the Funds will fluctuate with changes in interest rates.
Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed
income securities or derivatives owned by the Funds. In general, the market
price of debt securities with longer maturities will increase or decrease more
in response to changes in interest rates than shorter-term securities. Other
risk factors include credit risk (the debtor may default) and prepayment risk
(the debtor may pay its obligation early, reducing the amount of interest
payments). These risks could affect the value of a particular investment by the
Funds, possibly causing the Funds’ share price and total return to be reduced
and fluctuate more than other types of investments.
•Foreign
Currency Risk (Macro Strategies Fund, Commodities Fund, Market Trend Fund and
Dynamic Opportunity Fund): Currency
trading involves significant risks, including market risk, interest rate risk,
country risk, counterparty credit risk and short sale risk. Market risk results
from the price movement of foreign currency values in response to shifting
market supply and demand. Since exchange rate
changes
can readily move in one direction, a currency position carried overnight or over
a number of days may involve greater risk than one carried a few minutes or
hours. Interest rate risk arises whenever a country changes its stated interest
rate target associated with its currency. Country risk arises because virtually
every country has interfered with international transactions in its currency.
Interference has taken the form of regulation of the local exchange market,
restrictions on foreign investment by residents or limits on inflows of
investment funds from abroad. Restrictions on the exchange market or on
international transactions are intended to affect the level or movement of the
exchange rate. This risk could include the country issuing a new currency,
effectively making the “old” currency worthless.
The
Fund may also take short positions, through derivatives, if the Adviser believes
the value of a currency is likely to depreciate in value. A “short” position is,
in effect, similar to a sale in which the Fund sells a currency it does not own
but, has borrowed in anticipation that the market price of the currency will
decline. The Fund must replace a short currency position by purchasing it at the
market price at the time of replacement, which may be more or less than the
price at which the Fund took a short position in the currency.
•Foreign
Investment Risk (All Funds): Foreign
investing involves risks not typically associated with U.S. investments,
including adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, adverse political,
social and economic developments, less liquidity, greater volatility, less
developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability and differing
auditing and legal standards. Investing in emerging markets imposes risks
different from, or greater than, risks of investing in foreign developed
countries.
◦Foreign
Exchanges Risk: A
portion of the derivatives trades made by a Fund may be take place on foreign
markets. Neither existing CFTC regulations nor regulations of any other U.S.
governmental agency apply to transactions on foreign markets. Some of these
foreign markets, in contrast to U.S. exchanges, are so-called principals’
markets in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual
counterparty with whom the trader has entered into a commodity interest
transaction and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. In these kinds of
markets, there is risk of bankruptcy or other failure or refusal to perform by
the counterparty.
•Hedging
Strategies Risk: (Spectrum Income Fund) There
is no assurance that the Fund will succeed in hedging the underlying portfolio
holdings because the value of the hedging vehicle may not correlate perfectly
with the underlying portfolio asset. The Adviser is not aware of any security or
combination of securities that would provide a perfect hedge to the Fund's
holdings. Each of the hedging strategies has inherent leverage risk that may
tend to magnify the Fund's losses. Derivative contracts, such as futures, have
leverage inherent in their terms because of low margin deposits normally
required. Consequently, a relatively small price movement in the futures
contract reference index may result in an immediate and substantial loss to the
Fund. Over-the-counter instruments, such as swaps and certain purchased options,
are subject to counterparty default risk and liquidity risk. Swap agreements
also involve fees, commissions or other costs that may reduce the Fund's gains
from a swap agreement or may cause the Fund to lose money. The Fund will incur a
loss as a result of a short position if the price of the short position
instrument increases in value between the date of the short position sale and
the date on which an offsetting position is purchased. Short positions may be
considered speculative transactions and involve special risks, including greater
reliance on the Adviser's ability to accurately anticipate the future value of a
security or instrument. The Fund's losses are potentially unlimited in a short
position transaction. The Adviser covers hedging positions (buys back, sells or
closes out positions) when it believes market price trends are no longer
unfavorable or security-specific risks are acceptable or when a different
hedging vehicle is more attractive.
•High
Yield or Junk Bond Risk (Dynamic Opportunity Fund and Spectrum Income Fund):
Lower-quality
fixed income securities, known as "high yield" or "junk" bonds, present a
significant risk for loss of principal and interest. These bonds offer the
potential for higher return, but also involve greater risk than bonds of higher
quality, including an increased possibility that the bond's issuer, obligor or
guarantor may not be able to make its payments of interest and principal (credit
quality risk). If that happens, the value of the bond may decrease, and the
Funds’ share price may decrease and its income distribution may be reduced.
These investments are considered speculative. An economic downturn or period of
rising interest rates (interest rate risk) could adversely affect the market for
these
bonds and reduce the Funds’ ability to sell its bonds (liquidity risk). Such
securities may also include “Rule 144A” securities, which are subject to resale
restrictions. The lack of a liquid market for these bonds could decrease the
Fund's share price.
•Interest
Rates and Bond Maturities Risk (All Funds): Interest
rate changes may adversely affect the market value of an investment.
Fixed-income securities typically decline in value when interest rates rise.
Fixed-income securities typically increase in value when interest rates decline.
The Funds may experience adverse exposure from either increasing or declining
rates. Bonds with longer maturities will be more affected by interest rate
changes than intermediate-term bonds.
•Issuer-Specific
Risk (All Funds): The
value of a specific security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and
can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of
securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than those of larger issuers.
The value of certain types of securities can be more volatile due to increased
sensitivity to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic
developments.
•Leverage
Risk (All Funds): Using
derivatives to increase the Funds’ combined long and short position exposure
creates leverage, which can amplify the effects of market volatility on the
Funds’ share price and make the Funds’ returns more volatile. The use of
leverage may cause the Funds to liquidate portfolio positions when it would not
be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations. The use of
leverage may also cause the Funds to have higher expenses than those of mutual
funds that do not use such techniques.
•Limited
Partnership Risk
(Spectrum
Income Fund):
Investments in Limited Partnerships (including master limited partnerships)
involve risks different from those of investing in common stock including risks
related to limited control and limited rights to vote on matters affecting the
Limited Partnership, risks related to potential conflicts of interest between
the Limited Partnership and its general partner, cash flow risks, dilution risks
and risks related to the general partner's limited call right. Limited
Partnerships are generally considered interest-rate sensitive investments.
During periods of interest rate volatility, these investments may not provide
attractive returns. Depending on the state of interest rates in general, the use
of Limited Partnerships could enhance or harm the overall performance of the
Fund.
◦Limited
Partnership Tax Risk:
Limited Partnerships typically do not pay U.S. federal income tax at the
partnership level. Instead, each partner is allocated a share of the
partnership's income, gains, losses, deductions and expenses. A change in
current tax law or in the underlying business mix of a given Limited Partnership
could result in a Limited Partnership being treated as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, which would result in such Limited Partnership
being required to pay U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income. The
classification of a Limited Partnership as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax purposes would have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for
distribution by the Limited Partnership. Thus, if any of the Limited
Partnerships owned by the Fund were treated as corporations for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, it could result in a reduction of the value of your
investment in the Fund and lower income, as compared to a Limited Partnership
that is not taxed as a corporation.
◦The
Funds may invest in publicly traded MLPs. MLPs are businesses organized as
limited partnerships that trade their proportionate shares of the partnership
(units) on a public exchange. MLPs are required to pay out most or all of their
earnings in distributions. Generally speaking, MLP investment returns are
enhanced during periods of declining or low interest rates and tend to be
negatively influenced when interest rates are rising. As an income vehicle, the
unit price may be influenced by general interest rate trends independent of
specific underlying fundamentals. In addition, most MLPs are fairly leveraged
and typically carry a portion of “floating” rate debt. As such, a significant
upward swing in interest rates would drive interest expense higher. Furthermore,
most MLPs grow by acquisitions partly financed by debt, and higher interest
rates could make it more difficult to make acquisitions.
•Liquidity
Risk (All Funds):
The Funds are subject to liquidity risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular
investments of the Funds would be difficult to purchase or sell, possibly
preventing the Funds from selling such illiquid securities at an advantageous
time or price, or possibly requiring the Funds to dispose of other investments
at unfavorable times or prices in order to satisfy its obligations. Funds with
principal investment strategies that involve securities of companies with
smaller market capitalizations, non-U.S. securities, Rule 144A securities,
derivatives or
securities
with substantial market and/or credit risk tend to have the greatest exposure to
liquidity risk.
•Management
Risk (All Funds):
The
net asset values of the Funds change daily based on the performance of the
securities and, for the Macro Strategies Fund and Commodities Fund, derivatives
in which it invests. The Adviser’s and sub-advisers’ judgments about the
attractiveness, value and potential appreciation of particular asset classes,
securities and derivatives in which the Funds invest may prove to be incorrect
and may not produce the desired results. Additionally, the Adviser’s judgments
about the potential performance of the sub-advisers may also prove incorrect and
may not produce the desired results. The profitability of the Macro Strategies
Fund and the Commodities Fund will also depend upon the ability of the Adviser
to successfully allocate the Fund’s assets. There can be no assurance that
either the securities selected by the Adviser or the sub-advisers will produce
positive returns.
•Market
Risk (All Funds):
The net asset value of the Funds will fluctuate based on changes in the value of
the securities and derivatives in which the Funds invest. The Funds invest in
securities and derivatives, which may be more volatile and carry more risk than
some other forms of investment. The price of securities and derivatives may rise
or fall because of economic, political or social changes. Security and
derivative prices in general may decline over short or even extended periods of
time. Market prices of securities and derivatives in broad market segments may
be adversely affected by price trends in commodities, interest rates, exchange
rates or other factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of an issuer.
Global economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, and
conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely
impact issu