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Prudent Wealth Fund

DISCLOSURES

In a continued effort to designate existing strategies within MFS Meridian® Funds and MFS Investment Funds under Article 8 of the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), CEO Mike Roberge is pleased to announce that effective 21 November 2022, four additional funds have received regulatory approval – Read more.

THIS INFORMATION IS FOR MARKETING PURPOSES ONLY

Please note that this is an actively managed product. 

Effective 01 August 2016 this fund is closed to new investors, with very limited exceptions.

LU0337786437
$ 21.47
$0.13 As of 26-Apr-24
US$2.8B
As of 31-Mar-24

Prudent Wealth Fund

LU0337786437
$0.13 As of 26-Apr-24
As of 31-Mar-24
LU0337786437
$ 21.47
$0.13 As of 26-Apr-24
$2.8B
As of 31-Mar-24
  • Overview

    INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

    Seeks capital appreciation, measured in US dollars.

    INVESTMENT FOCUS

    Concentrated portfolio of global stocks; with the flexibility to invest without limit in debt securities

    May use cash, derivatives, and other fixed income instruments to manage equity market exposure and downside risk

    Seeks to invest in undervalued, quality companies based on a fundamental, bottom-up approach

    Important Risk Considerations

    The fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund.

    Stock: Stock markets and investments in individual stocks are volatile and can decline significantly in response to or investor perception of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions.

    Bond: Investments in debt instruments may decline in value as the result of, or perception of, declines in the credit quality of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or other entity responsible for payment, underlying collateral, or changes in economic, political, issuer-specific, or other conditions. Certain types of debt instruments can be more sensitive to these factors and therefore more volatile. In addition, debt instruments entail interest rate risk (as interest rates rise, prices usually fall). Therefore, the portfolio's value may decline during rising rates. Portfolios that consist of debt instruments with longer durations are generally more sensitive to a rise in interest rates than those with shorter durations. At times, and particularly during periods of market turmoil, all or a large portion of segments of the market may not have an active trading market. As a result, it may be difficult to value these investments and it may not be possible to sell a particular investment or type of investment at any particular time or at an acceptable price. The price of an instrument trading at a negative interest rate responds to interest rate changes like other debt instruments; however, an instrument purchased at a negative interest rate is expected to produce a negative return if held to maturity.

    Derivatives: Investments in derivatives can be used to take both long and short positions, be highly volatile, involve leverage (which can magnify losses), and involve risks in addition to the risks of the underlying indicator(s) on which the derivative is based, such as counterparty and liquidity risk.

    Value: The portfolio's investments can continue to be undervalued for long periods of time, not realize their expected value, and be more volatile than the stock market in general.

    Please see the prospectus for further information on these and other risk considerations.

    Fund Information

    • Fund Inception 04-Mar-08
    • Net Assets (US$ M) As of 31-Mar-24 US$ 2817.63
    • Fiscal Year End JANUARY
    • SFDR Classification

      Article 6: Integrates sustainability risks into the investment process.

      Article 8: Systematically promotes a stated environmental or social characteristic and provides enhanced disclosure accordingly.

      Article 9: Typically for "impact" funds, which have a dual objective of financial return and specific environmental or social outcomes.

      Article 8

    Share Class Information

    • Class Inception 04-Mar-08
    • Net Asset Value (NAV) As of 26-Apr-24 $21.47
    • Most Recent NAV Change As of 26-Apr-24 $0.13 | 0.61%
    • ISIN LU0337786437
    • SEDOL B2NBHT1
    • WKN A0NAAQ
    • Bloomberg MFGCAUS LX
    • CUSIP L6365R244
    • Maximum Sales Charge 6%

    MANAGERS

    Effective April 30, 2024, Barnaby Wiener will retire as Portfolio Manager of the fund.

    Fund Positioning (%)

    Active Security Selection Derivative Positions 1 Net Exposure
    Equity 61.63% 61.15%
    Gold Related Investments 4.07%
    -4.55%
    Russell 2000 Index Option PUT(s)*
    Russell 2000 Index JUN 21 24 P1300* -0.02%
    Russell 2000 Index Option JUN 21 24 P1400* -0.04%
    Russell 2000 Index Option JUN 21 24 P1500* -0.06%
    Russell 2000 Index DEC 20 24 P1350* -0.13%
    Russell 2000 Index DEC 19 25 P1400* -0.27%
    Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option PUT(s)
    Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option AUG 16 24 P4000 OTC* 0.21%
    Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option SEP 19 25 P3500 OTC* -0.28%
    Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option JUN 20 25 P3600 OTC* -0.29%
    Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option AUG 16 24 P4600 OTC* -0.72%
    Standard and Poors 500 Index Option PUT(s)*
    Standard & Poors 500 Index AUG 16 24 P3700* 0.21%
    Standard & Poors 500 Index JUN 21 24 P3150* -0.03%
    Standard & Poors Index Option JUN 21 24 P3250* -0.03%
    Standard & Poors Index Option JUN 21 24 P3350* -0.04%
    Standard & Poors 500 Index DEC 19 25 P3300* -0.25%
    Standard & Poors 500 Index JUN 20 25 P3700* -0.34%
    Standard & Poors 500 Index DEC 19 25 P3700* -0.36%
    Standard & Poors 500 Index DEC 20 24 P4500* -0.64%
    Standard & Poors 500 Index AUG 16 24 P4800* -1.47%
    Debt Instruments, excluding Short-Term Government Securities 11.33% 11.33%
    Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Government Securities2 22.35%
    Other3 5.17%
    Total Net Exposure Summary 100.00%
    1

    Market exposure of derivative position utilized to adjust fund market exposure.

    3Other. Other consists of: (i) currency derivatives and/or (ii) any derivative offsets.
    *Short positions, unlike long positions, lose value if the underlying asset gains value.
  • Performance

    Performance

    12 Month Total Returns

    12 Month Total Returns (%)

    12 Month Total Returns (%)

    As of 31-Mar-24 [updated monthly]
    These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
    *YTD Updated Daily as of 26-Apr-24, subject to revision and not annualized.
    12 month period ending:
    31-Mar-20
    or Life

    Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.

    31-Mar-21 31-Mar-22 31-Mar-23 31-Mar-24 YTD % * Class Inception
    Class A1 Shares, US Dollars at NAV 7.52 13.12 -2.18 -7.58 10.31 -1.24 04-Mar-08
    Class A1 Shares, US Dollars With Max Sales Charges 1.07 6.33 -8.05 -13.12 3.69 -7.17 04-Mar-08
    12 month period ending: Class A1 Shares, US Dollars at NAV Class A1 Shares, US Dollars With Max Sales Charges
    31-Mar-20 or Life

    Life performance is only shown when 5 years of performance is not available.

    7.52 1.07
    31-Mar-21 13.12 6.33
    31-Mar-22 -2.18 -8.05
    31-Mar-23 -7.58 -13.12
    31-Mar-24 10.31 3.69
    YTD % * -1.24 -7.17
    Class Inception 04-Mar-08 04-Mar-08

    Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested. 

    Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.

    Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.

    Important Performance Information

    Class A1 Front-End Roll-Up shares may be subject to a maximum 6% up-front sales charge and do not pay distributions to shareholders. The amount of sales charge payable may be negotiable with and may vary among Financial Intermediaries.

    The Fund's investment strategy was changed on 31 January 2011; performance shown prior to this date reflects the Fund's prior investment strategy.

    Average Annual Total Returns

    Average Annual Total Returns (%)

    Average Annual Total Returns (%)

    These results represent the percent change in net asset value.
    Updated monthly as of 31-Mar-24
    *YTD Updated Daily as of 26-Apr-24, subject to revision and not annualized.

      Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested. 

      Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.

      Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.

      OVERALL
      Out Of Funds
      NA
      OVERALL MORNINGSTAR RATING
      NA
      THREE YEAR
      Out Of Funds
      NA
      FIVE YEAR
      Out Of Funds
      NA
      TEN YEAR
      Out Of Funds
      NA

      Important Performance Information

      Class A1 Front-End Roll-Up shares may be subject to a maximum 6% up-front sales charge and do not pay distributions to shareholders. The amount of sales charge payable may be negotiable with and may vary among Financial Intermediaries.

      The Fund's investment strategy was changed on 31 January 2011; performance shown prior to this date reflects the Fund's prior investment strategy.

      Annual Rate of Return

      Annual Rate of Return (%)

      Annual Rate of Return (%)

      As of 31-Dec-23
      annual rate of return table
      Life

      Life performance as of  31-Mar-24

      2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
      At NAV 5.01 1.08 6.01 -1.82 18.08 -1.22 13.73 15.08 2.97 -16.57 13.94
      With Max Sales Charges 4.60 -4.98 -0.35 -7.71 10.99 -7.15 6.91 8.17 -3.21 -21.58 7.10
      At NAV With Max Sales Charges
      2023 13.94 7.1
      2022 -16.57 -21.58
      2021 2.97 -3.21
      2020 15.08 8.17
      2019 13.73 6.91
      2018 -1.22 -7.15
      2017 18.08 10.99
      2016 -1.82 -7.71
      2015 6.01 -0.35
      2014 1.08 -4.98
      Life

      Life performance as of  31-Mar-24

      5.01 4.6

      Performance results reflect ongoing charges and any applicable expense subsidies and waivers in effect during the periods shown. All historic results assume distributions within the fund and/or the share class are reinvested. 

      Past performance is not a reliable indicator for future results. All financial investments involve an element of risk. The value of investments may rise and fall so you may get back less than originally invested.

      Investors should consider the risks, including lower returns, related to currency movements between their investing currency and the portfolio's base currency, if different.

      Important Performance Information

      Class A1 Front-End Roll-Up shares may be subject to a maximum 6% up-front sales charge and do not pay distributions to shareholders. The amount of sales charge payable may be negotiable with and may vary among Financial Intermediaries.

      The Fund's investment strategy was changed on 31 January 2011; performance shown prior to this date reflects the Fund's prior investment strategy.

      Pricing & Distributions

      Pricing History

      • Market Price (MP): 
      Maximum data displayed is for the most recent 10 years
      Historical MP Lookup
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      Historical MP may not be available for all dates.

      There are no distributions for this share class or distributions are currently not available
    • Portfolio & Holdings Information

      Portfolio & Holdings Information

      Portfolio characteristic data are based on unaudited net assets.

      The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.

      Sector, Holding & Characterstics

      Performance Statistics

      Alpha is a measure of the portfolio's risk-adjusted performance. When compared to the portfolio's beta, a positive alpha indicates better-than-expected portfolio performance and a negative indicates alpha worse-than-expected portfolio performance.

      Beta is a measure of the volatility of a portfolio relative to the overall market. A beta less than 1.0 indicates lower risk than the market; a beta greater than 1.0 indicates higher risk than the market. It is most reliable as a risk measure when the return fluctuations of the portfolio are highly correlated with the return fluctuations of the index chosen to represent the market.

      Information ratio is a measure of consistency in excess return. It is calculated by taking the annualized excess return over a benchmark and dividing it by the annualized standard deviation of excess return.

      R squared represents the percentage of the portfolio's movements that can be explained by the general movements of the market.  Index portfolios will tend to have values very close to 100.  R squared is not a measure of performance.

      The Sharpe Ratio is a risk-adjusted measure calculated to determine reward per unit of risk. It uses a standard deviation and excess return. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the portfolio's historical risk-adjusted performance.

      Standard Deviation is an indicator of the portfolio's total return volatility, which is based on a minimum of 36 monthly returns. The larger the portfolio's standard deviation, the greater the portfolio's volatility.

      Tracking error is the standard deviation of a portfolio's excess returns. Excess returns are a portfolio's return minus the benchmark's annualized return.

      Treynor Ratio: Treynor Ratio is a risk adjusted measure of performance. It is the ratio of the annualized excess return of the portfolio over the risk free rate for a given period divided by the Beta of the portfolio versus its benchmark for the same period. It measures the amount of excess return over the risk free rate earned per unit of systematic risk (beta) assumed.

      Upside and downside capture is a measure of how well a manager was able to replicate or improve on phases of positive benchmark returns, and how badly the manager was affected by phases of negative benchmark returns. Upside capture ratio for a portfolio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during periods when the benchmark had a positive return and dividing it by the benchmark return during that same period. Downside capture ratio is calculated by taking the portfolio's return during the periods of negative benchmark performance and dividing it by the benchmark return for that period.

      Updated Monthly As of 31-Mar-24
      Performance Statistics Table
      10 Yr. 5 Yr. 3 Yr.
      Alpha 1.29 -0.26 -4.44
      Beta 0.35 0.34 0.51
      R-squared 52.60 52.56 78.19
      Standard Deviation % 7.10 8.56 9.75
      Sharpe Ratio 0.46 0.23 -0.28
      Tracking Error 10.92 13.25 9.57
      Information Ratio -0.44 -0.61 -0.91
      Treynor Ratio 9.49 5.65 -5.42
      Downside Capture % 36.22 42.11 60.03
      Upside Capture % 40.62 38.31 42.04

      Fund Positioning (%)

      As of 31-Mar-24
      Active Security Selection Derivative Positions 1 Net Exposure
      Equity 61.63% 61.15%
      Gold Related Investments 4.07%
      -4.55%
      Russell 2000 Index Option PUT(s)*
      Russell 2000 Index JUN 21 24 P1300* -0.02%
      Russell 2000 Index Option JUN 21 24 P1400* -0.04%
      Russell 2000 Index Option JUN 21 24 P1500* -0.06%
      Russell 2000 Index DEC 20 24 P1350* -0.13%
      Russell 2000 Index DEC 19 25 P1400* -0.27%
      Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option PUT(s)
      Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option AUG 16 24 P4000 OTC* 0.21%
      Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option SEP 19 25 P3500 OTC* -0.28%
      Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option JUN 20 25 P3600 OTC* -0.29%
      Euro Stoxx 50 Index Option AUG 16 24 P4600 OTC* -0.72%
      Standard and Poors 500 Index Option PUT(s)*
      Standard & Poors 500 Index AUG 16 24 P3700* 0.21%
      Standard & Poors 500 Index JUN 21 24 P3150* -0.03%
      Standard & Poors Index Option JUN 21 24 P3250* -0.03%
      Standard & Poors Index Option JUN 21 24 P3350* -0.04%
      Standard & Poors 500 Index DEC 19 25 P3300* -0.25%
      Standard & Poors 500 Index JUN 20 25 P3700* -0.34%
      Standard & Poors 500 Index DEC 19 25 P3700* -0.36%
      Standard & Poors 500 Index DEC 20 24 P4500* -0.64%
      Standard & Poors 500 Index AUG 16 24 P4800* -1.47%
      Debt Instruments, excluding Short-Term Government Securities 11.33% 11.33%
      Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Government Securities2 22.35%
      Other3 5.17%
      Total Net Exposure Summary 100.00%
      1

      Market exposure of derivative position utilized to adjust fund market exposure.

      2

      Cash & Cash Equivalents includes any cash, investments in money market funds, and/or other assets less liabilities. The total also includes investments in short term securities (including short-term governments securities).

      3Other. Other consists of: (i) currency derivatives and/or (ii) any derivative offsets.

      Top 10 Holdings

      As of 31-Mar-24
      • US Treasury Note 3% JUN 30 24
      • US Treasury Note 4.25% SEP 30 24
      • US Treasury Note 4.25% DEC 31 24
      • iShares Physical Gold ETC ETF
      • US Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 2.375% JAN 15 25
      • US Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 0.125% APR 15 27
      • US Treasury Note 3.875% MAR 31 25
      • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      • Amadeus IT Group SA
      • Alphabet Inc Class A
      The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.
      Exposures

      Currency Weights (%)

      As of 31-Mar-24
      • United States Dollar
        58.96
      • Euro
        18.10
      • British Pound Sterling
        9.09
      • Japanese Yen
        7.39
      • South Korean Won
        2.42
      • Swiss Franc
        1.92
      • Brazilian Real
        1.12
      • Mexican Peso
        0.77
      • Hong Kong Dollar
        0.23
      Important Characteristics Information
      The portfolio is actively managed, and current holdings may be different.

      Portfolio characteristics are based on equivalent exposure, which measures how a portfolio's value would change due to price changes in an asset held either directly or, in the case of a derivative contract, indirectly. The market value of the holding may differ.

      Top holdings, portfolio characteristics and weightings do not reflect the effect of exposure/weightings for hedging of hedged share classes. Full holdings and net assets do reflect this hedging.

      *Short positions, unlike long positions, lose value if the underlying asset gains value.

    • Resources

      Resources

      Product Resources

      Fact Sheets are available approximately 15 days after month end.


      Quarterly Portfolio Review is available approximately 25 days after quarter end.


      Full Holdings available approximately 25 days after month end.


      Monthly Portfolio Review available approximately 15 days after month end.


      Available approximately 15 or 25 days after month end

      Product Presentation available approximately 25 days after quarter end.


      Quarterly Investment Update available approximately 25 days after quarter end.


      Monthly Investment Update available approximately 25 days after month end.

      Fund Documents & Fact Sheets

      Fund Documents & Fact Sheets

      Click here to view fund documents such as Key Investor Documents, Complete Prospectus, Annual Report, Semi Annual Report, Swing Pricing, and Fact Sheets. Some of these documents are available in other languages.
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