Shiller Enhanced CAPE®
2017 – AWARDED LIPPER “Best Fund Over 3 Years Large Cap Value Funds” as of 11/30/2016. The Fund was ranked #1 out of 106 funds in the category.1
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Investment Objective
The Fund’s objective is to seek total return which exceeds the total return of its benchmark index, the Shiller CAPE® US Sector TR USD Index (the “Index”), which had a start date of September 9, 2012.
Investment Philosophy
Maintain a core portfolio of debt instruments that focuses on global fixed income sector rotation while simultaneously obtaining exposure to US Equity sector rotation strategy via the Index. The index aims to identify undervalued sectors based on a modified CAPE® Ratio, and then uses a momentum factor to seek to mitigate the effects of potential value traps. By using both a value indicator and a momentum indicator, the Index aims to provide more stable and improved risk adjusted returns. The CAPE® Ratio is used to assess equity markets valuations and averages ten years of reported earnings to account for earnings and market cycles. US sectors are represented by a sector exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Each month, the Index ranks ten US sectors based on a modified CAPE® ratio and 12-month price momentum factor. The index selects five US sectors with the lowest modified CAPE® ratio or undervalued based on the ratio. The sector with the least favorable 12-month price momentum is rejected and the Index is comprised of the remaining four sectors for the given month.
Fund Facts
Retail and Institutional Class
No Load Mutual Fund
| Retail N-share | Inst. I-share | |
| Ticker | DSENX | DSEEX |
| Min Investment* | $2,000 | $100,000 |
| Min IRA Investment | $500 | $5,000 |
| Gross Expense Ratio | 0.81% | 0.56% |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 Index | |
| Fund Inception Date | 10/31/2013 | |
* Subsequent investment minimums are $100, $100 for the IRA. A $100 minimum subsequent purchase amount applies for automatic investment plans. Please see the prospectus for further details. Periodic investment plans do not assure a profit and do not protect against loss in declining markets
Investment Description
The Fund will invest in a portfolio of debt securities to seek to provide long term total return. The fund will seek to use derivatives, or a combination of derivatives and direct investments, to earn a return that tracks closely the performance of the index and provide total return supplemental to the return of the debt securities.
Barclays Capital Inc. and its affiliates (“Barclays”) is not the issuer or producer of DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE® (the “Fund”) and Barclays has no responsibilities, obligations or duties to investors in the Fund. The Shiller Barclays CAPE® US Sector USD Index (the “Index”) is a trademark owned by Barclays Bank PLC and licensed for use by the Fund. While the Fund may execute transaction(s) with Barclays in or relating to the Index, Fund investors acquire interests solely in the Fund and investors neither acquire any interest in the Index nor enter into any relationship of any kind whatsoever with Barclays upon making an investment in the Fund. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Barclays and Barclays makes no representation regarding the advisability of the Fund or use of the Index or any data included therein. Barclays shall not be liable in any way to the Fund, investors or to other third parties in respect of the use or accuracy of the Index or any data included therein.
The Shiller Barclays CAPE® US Index Family (the “Index Family”) has been developed in part by RSBB-I, LLC, the research principal of which is Robert J. Shiller. RSBB-I, LLC is not an investment advisor and does not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of the Index Family or any data or methodology either included therein or upon which it is based. RSBB-I, LLC shall have no liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions therein and makes no warranties expressed or implied, as to the performance or results experienced by any party from the use of any information included therein or upon which it is based, and expressly disclaims all warranties of the merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect thereto, and shall not be liable for any claims or losses of any nature in connection with the use of such information, including but not limited to, lost profits or punitive or consequential damages even, if RSBB-I, LLC is advised of the possibility of same.
* Income from tax-exempt bonds may be subject to state and local taxes and a portion of income may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for certain investors.
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