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Before you invest, you may wish to review the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You may obtain the Prospectus and other information about the Fund, including the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and most recent reports to shareholders, at no cost by visiting http://guggenheiminvestments.com/services/prospectuses-and-reports, calling 800.820.0888 or e-mailing services@guggenheiminvestements.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and SAI, both dated August 1, 2013, as revised from time to time, and the Fund’s most recent shareholder reports, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

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Electronics Fund

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Electronics Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide capital appreciation by investing in companies that are involved in the electronics sector, including semiconductor manufacturers and distributors, and makers and vendors of other electronic components and devices (“Electronics Companies”).

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in certain funds in the Guggenheim Investments family of funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and under the “Sales Charges” section on page 269 of the Prospectus and in the “Sales Charges, Reductions, and Waivers” section beginning on page 94 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”).

 

       A-Class
Shares 		     C-Class
Shares 		 

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)

     

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

     4.75%         None   

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of initial purchase price or current market value, whichever is less)

     None         1.00%   

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

     

Management Fees

     0.85%         0.85%   

Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees

     0.25%         1.00%   

Other Expenses

     0.50%         0.50%   

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

     1.60%         2.35%   

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 on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

       1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

A-Class Shares

   $ 630       $ 956       $ 1,304       $ 2,285   

C-Class Shares

   $ 338       $ 733       $ 1,255       $ 2,686   

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

 

       1 Year      3 Years      5 Years      10 Years  

C-Class Shares

   $ 238       $ 733       $ 1,255       $ 2,686   

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 1,640% of the average value of its portfolio. The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate might be significantly higher.

 

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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially all (at least 80%) of its net assets in equity securities of Electronics Companies that are traded in the United States and in derivatives, which primarily consist of futures contracts and options on securities, futures contracts, and stock indices. The Fund will invest to a significant extent in the securities of Electronics Companies that have small to mid-sized capitalizations. Electronics Companies include companies involved in the manufacture and development of semiconductors, connectors, printed circuit boards and other components; equipment vendors to electronic component manufacturers; electronic component distributors; electronic instruments and electronic systems vendors; and also include companies involved in all aspects of the electronics business and in new technologies or specialty areas. The Fund also may purchase American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) to gain exposure to foreign Electronics Companies and U.S. government securities. In an effort to ensure that the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets. The Fund invests in the securities of a limited number of issuers conducting business in the electronics sector and, therefore, may be concentrated in an industry or group of industries within the electronics sector. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

As with all mutual funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Active Trading Risk —Active trading, also called “high portfolio turnover,” may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges, which may negatively affect Fund performance. High portfolio turnover may also result in high levels of short-term capital gains, which are generally taxable as ordinary income when distributed to shareholders. Large movements of assets into and out of the Fund due to active trading also may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Depositary Receipt Risk —The Fund may hold the securities of non-U.S. companies in the form of ADRs. The underlying securities of the ADRs in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the ADRs may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading. Investments in the underlying foreign securities also involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Derivatives Risk —The Fund’s investments in derivatives may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments, including illiquidity of the derivatives, imperfect correlations with underlying investments or the Fund’s other portfolio holdings, lack of availability and counterparty risk. The Fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Early Closing Risk —The Fund is subject to the risk that unanticipated early closings of securities exchanges and other financial markets may result in the Fund’s inability to buy or sell securities or other financial instruments on that day and may cause the Fund to incur substantial trading losses.

Electronics Sector Risk —To the extent that the Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the electronics sector, the Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting that economic sector. The prices of the securities of Electronics Companies also may fluctuate widely in response to such events.

Equity Risk —The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

Foreign Issuer Exposure Risk —The Fund may invest in securities of foreign companies directly, or in financial instruments, such as ADRs, that are indirectly linked to the performance of foreign issuers. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets, and prices in some foreign markets may fluctuate more than those of securities traded on U.S. markets.

Market Risk —The Fund’s investments in securities and derivatives, in general, are subject to market risks that may cause their prices, and therefore the Fund’s value, to fluctuate over time. An investment in the Fund may lose money.

Mid-Capitalization Securities Risk —The Fund is subject to the risk that medium-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

 

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Non-Diversification Risk —The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single security could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Small-Capitalization Securities Risk —The Fund is subject to the risk that small-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

Temporary Defensive Investment Risk —The Fund does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that does take defensive positions in declining markets.

Trading Halt Risk —If a trading halt occurs, the Fund may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell securities, options or futures contracts. Such a trading halt near the time the Fund prices its shares may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

The following bar chart shows the performance of the C-Class Shares of the Fund from year to year. The variability of performance over time provides an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following tables show the performance of the A-Class Shares and C-Class Shares of the Fund as an average over different periods of time in comparison to the performance of a broad-based market index. The figures in the bar chart and tables assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions but do not reflect sales charges. If they did, returns would be lower. Of course, this past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at www.guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Investments Client Services at 800.820.0888.

The performance information shown below for C-Class Shares is based on a calendar year. The year-to-date return for the period from January 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 is 15.38%.

 

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Highest Quarter Return

   Lowest Quarter Return

(quarter ended 6/30/2003) 26.52%

   (quarter ended 12/31/2008) -29.06%

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN

(for periods ended December 31, 2012)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

 

A-Class Shares    Past
1 Year 		     Past
5 Years 		     Since Inception
(9/1/2004) 		 

Return Before Taxes

     -4.69%         -6.11%         -0.94%   

Return After Taxes on Distributions

     -4.69%         -6.11%         -0.94%   

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

     -3.05%         -5.09%         -0.80%   

S&P 500 ® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

     16.00%         1.66%         5.27%   
        

 

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C-Class Shares    Past
1 Year 		     Past
5 Years 		     Past
10 Years 		 

Return Before Taxes

     -1.68%         -5.83%         0.48%   

Return After Taxes on Distributions

     -1.68%         -5.83%         0.48%   

Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

     -1.09%         -4.86%         0.41%   

S&P 500 ® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

     16.00%         1.66%         7.10%   

MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT ADVISOR

Security Investors, LLC, which operates under the name Guggenheim Investments, serves as the investment adviser of the Fund.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

 

  •  

Michael P. Byrum, CFA, Senior Vice President. Mr. Byrum has been associated with the Advisor since 1993.

 

  •  

Michael J. Dellapa, CFA, CAIA, Portfolio Manager. Mr. Dellapa has been associated with the Advisor since 2000.

 

  •  

Ryan A. Harder, CFA, Portfolio Manager. Mr. Harder has been associated with the Advisor since 2004.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

The minimum initial investment amounts and account balance requirements for A-Class Shares or C-Class Shares are typically:

 

  •  

$1,000 for retirement accounts

 

  •  

$2,500 for all other accounts

Accounts opened through a financial intermediary will be subject to your financial intermediary’s minimum initial investment amount and minimum account balance requirements, which may be different than the amounts above.

There are no minimum amount requirements for subsequent investments in the Fund except for subsequent investments made via Automated Clearing House (“ACH”).

The Fund reserves the right to waive the minimum initial investment amount, account balance, and certain other investor eligibility requirements at any time, with or without prior notice to you.

The Fund redeems its shares continuously and investors may sell their shares back to the Fund on any day that the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) is open for business (a “Business Day”). You will ordinarily submit your transaction order through your financial intermediary or other securities dealers through which you opened your shareholder account or through Guggenheim Investments directly. The Fund also offers you the option to send redemption orders to Guggenheim Investments by mail, fax or telephone.

TAX INFORMATION

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

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 sales person to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your sales person or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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