Fund overview
Focused on investor outcomes
The Spectrum Growth Fund seeks capital appreciation with a secondary emphasis on current income by investing in select underlying funds, which collectively provide exposure to stocks, bonds, inflation-sensitive investments, and alternative investments.

An asset allocation fund that combines quantitative analysis and qualitative judgments guides tactical asset allocation decisions in the pursuit of investor objectives.

Key differentiators

  • Advanced portfolio construction provides efficient diversification across economic factors, asset classes, geographies, and investment styles via factor-based, quantitative, and fundamental strategies
  • Tactical asset allocation allows expert insights to harness shorter-term market movements
  • Employs dynamic risk hedging developed to manage severe market downturns

Performance

Average annual returns

Average annual returns

(as of 9/30/2024)
9/30/2004
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y
5Y
10Y
Inception
Fund
1.68
5.23
13.01
22.91
4.43
9.46
7.76
6.57
Spectrum Growth Blended Index
1.93
5.95
13.02
23.38
5.08
8.72
8.03
7.84
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
1.34
5.20
4.45
11.57
-1.39
0.33
1.84
3.22
Bloomberg U.S. TIPS Index
1.50
4.12
4.85
9.79
-0.57
2.62
2.54
3.58
Expenses (as of 9/1/2024)
Gross Expense Ratio
0.79 %
Net Expense Ratio
0.74 %

One-month, three-month and year-to-date returns are not annualized.

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on an investment in a fund. Investment return, principal value, and yields of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted and assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. 

Net asset value (NAV) is the value of one share of the fund excluding any sales charges.

Institutional Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

The manager has contractually committed, through 8/31/2025, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the fund's total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers at 0.42%. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any) from funds in which the underlying master portfolios and funds invest and from money market funds, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. All other acquired fund fees and expenses from the affiliated master portfolios and funds are included in the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the fund's returns would be lower. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expense after fee waivers), as stated in the prospectus, including acquired fund fees and expenses which are reflected in the figures above.

Calendar year

Calendar year

(as of 12/31/2023)
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
Fund
15.10
-16.57
15.58
17.96
21.25
-7.94
19.59
6.48
-1.57
3.19
Benchmark
16.16
-15.35
12.63
13.17
24.20
-6.23
18.83
8.83
-0.82
7.18
Morningstar
15.36
-14.96
16.50
13.51
21.35
-7.93
15.80
7.93
-2.77
5.71
Growth of $10,000

Growth of a $10,000 investment

(as of 9/30/2024)

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the fund over the specified time period up to 10 years or since its inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with benchmarks, which may include a broad-based market index and a peer group average or index. Market indexes do not include expenses, which are deducted from fund returns as well as mutual fund averages and indexes.

Does not include sales charges and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.

Performance and volatility metrics

Performance and volatility metrics

(as of 9/30/2024)
3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Alpha -0.55 1.47 0.00
Beta 0.98 0.90 0.00
Excess Return -0.67 0.74 0.00
Information Ratio -0.36 0.25 0.00
Sharpe Ratio 0.06 0.58 0.00
R2 0.98 0.95 0.00
Tracking Error 1.85 3.00 0.00
Standard Deviation 12.21 12.19 0.00
Upside Market Capture Ratio 99.10 97.80 0.00
Downside Market Capture Ratio 102.45 95.33 0.00
Morningstar ratings and rankings

Morningstar ratings and rankings

(as of 9/30/2024)
Overall
Moderate Allocation (Out of 682 funds)
Three Year
59th percentile (391 out of 682)
Five Year
20th percentile (110 out of 643)
Ten Year
29th percentile out of 491

The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted-average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and ten-year (if applicable) ratings.

Morningstar rankings represent a fund's total return rank relative to all funds that have the same category. The percentile ranking is based on the fund's total return percentile rank relative to all funds that have the same category for the same time period. The highest (most favorable) percentile rank is 1% and the lowest (least favorable) percentile rank is 100%. Morningstar rankings do not include the effect of sales charges. The absolute ranking is based on the fund’s total return rank relative to all funds that have the same category for the same time period. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Prices and distributions

Historical prices

YTD high $13.43 11/11/2024
YTD low $11.54 1/17/2024
52-week high $13.43 11/11/2024
52-week low $11.17 11/16/2023
2023 high $11.85 12/26/2023
2023 low $10.28 1/5/2023
Best quarterly return 15.61% 6/30/2020
Worst quarterly return -11.73% 3/31/2020
Best annual return 23.69% 12/31/2013
Worst annual return -16.57% 12/31/2022

Distribution summary

Dividends Annually
Capital gains Annually

Distribution history

Distribution history Type Per share amount Re investment price
2023-12-27 Dividend $0.08466 $11.81
2022-12-28 Dividend $0.4513 $10.21
2022-12-13 Long-term capital gain $0.41314 $11.06
2021-12-29 Dividend $0.37586 $13.39
2021-12-14 Long-term capital gain $0.85647 $13.45
2021-12-14 Short-term capital gain $0.74651 $13.45
2020-12-29 Dividend $0.16678 $13.24
2020-12-11 Long-term capital gain $1.24882 $13.21
2020-12-11 Short-term capital gain $0.23532 $13.21
2019-12-27 Dividend $0.21835 $12.74
2019-12-12 Long-term capital gain $0.00725 $12.71
2018-12-27 Dividend $0.24039 $10.59
2018-12-12 Long-term capital gain $1.76713 $11.29
2018-12-12 Short-term capital gain $0.15635 $11.29
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Composition

Portfolio statistics

Portfolio statistics

(as of 9/30/2024)
Fund Benchmark
Number of Holdings 37 504
Median Market Cap 2.44 38.15
Dividend Yield 1.80 1.30
P/E (1-year EPS forecast) 17.27 21.83
P/B Ratio 3.09 5.12
EPS Growth - 14.83
Return on Equity - 29.61
Portfolio Turnover 84.38 -
Asset allocation

Asset allocation

(as of 9/30/2024)
Credit Assets
Allocation
Stocks
58.00%
Bonds
24.00%
Inflation sensitive investments
15.00%
Alternative investments
3.00%

Asset allocation is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified. Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Holdings

Top 10 holdings

(as of 10/31/2024)
Security
Fund
Allspring Disciplined Large Cap Portfolio
17.72%
Allspring Real Return Portfolio
11.66%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
9.72%
Allspring High Yield Bond - Institutional Class
7.60%
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF
7.41%
Allspring Disciplined International Developed Markets Portfolio
5.85%
Allspring Diversified Income Builder Fund - Class R6
5.70%
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond
5.16%
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
2.73%
Allspring Special Large Cap Value - R6
2.49%
Top 10 represents 76.02% of total net assets

Documents

Literature Details Frequency
Fact Sheet C, C, Institutional Quarterly Download
Regulatory Document Details Date
Annual Report C, C, Institutional 4/30/2024 Download
Full Prospectus Institutional 9/1/2024 Download
Quarterly Holdings C, C, Institutional 7/31/2024 Download
Quarterly Holdings C, C, Institutional 2/29/2024 Download
Semi-annual Report C, C, Institutional 11/30/2023 Download
Statement of Additional Information C, C, Institutional 9/1/2024 Download
Summary Prospectus Institutional 9/1/2024 Download
Our team
Meet the investment team

The team’s culture is a differentiating strength and includes a rich variety of backgrounds, thinking, and complementary skill sets.

Key risks

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Balanced funds may invest in stocks and bonds. Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Bond values fluctuate in response to the financial condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and changes in interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the bond market and reduced liquidity for certain bonds held by the fund. In general, when interest rates rise, bond values fall and investors may lose principal value. Interest rate changes and their impact on the fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable. The fund will indirectly be exposed to all of the risks of an investment in the underlying funds in which the fund invests. Consult the fund’s prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.

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