| Ticker: | UNSCX |
| Manager: | Zachary H. Shafran |
| Manager Since: | 02/01 |
| NAV (05/17/2013): | 13.33 |
| Objective: | Equity - Sector Technology |
| Peer: | TC MG |
| Net Assets ($mil): | 2263.00 |
| Inception: | 05/16/1950 |
The fund was incepted in May 1950 and is managed by Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company (WRIMCO). The goal of the fund is long-term capital growth. The fund seeks to achieve this goal by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of science and technology companies. Science and technology companies are companies whose products, processes or services, in WRIMCO's opinion, are being or are expected to be significantly benefited by the use or commercial application of scientific or technological discoveries. The fund may also invest in companies that utilize science and/or technology to improve their existing business even though the business, itself, is not within the science and technology industries. Under normal economic and market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of science or technology companies or companies benefited by the application of science and technolo...
| Stocks | 93.50% |
| Foreign Stocks | 6.37% |
| Cash | 5.79% |
| Bonds | 0.75% |
| Foreign Bonds | 0.00% |
| Preferred | 0.00% |
| Convertible | 0.00% |
| Other | -0.03% |
| Foreign Hedged | 0.00% |
| Large Growth | 45.55% |
| Large Value | 0.00% |
| Small Growth | 9.28% |
| Small Value | 0.00% |
| Foreign Stock | 45.55% |
| Emerging Market | 11.57% |
| Precious Metals | 0.00% |
| Intermediate Bond | 19.55% |
| High Yield Bond | 0.00% |
| Foreign Bond | 0.00% |
| Beta v. S&P 500 | 1.06 |
| Beta v. EAFE | 0.02 |
| Beta v. Barclays Agg Bond | -0.16 |
| Alpha 3 Yr | 0.48 |
| Alpha 5 Yr | 4.29 |
| R-Sq 3 Yr | 0.88 |
| R-Sq 5 Yr | 0.85 |
| Std Dev 3 Yr | 17.66 |
| Std Dev 5 Yr | 20.24 |
| Sharpe 3 Yr | 0.90 |
| Sharpe 5 Yr | 0.56 |
| Expense Ratio | 1.34 |
| % Max Load | 5.75 |
| % Min Load | 0.00 |
| % Deferred Load | NA |
| % Redemption | NA |
| % Max 12 B1 Fee | 0.25 |
| % Max Mgt Fee | 0.84 |
| Min Initial Investment | 500 |
| Min Subsequent Investment | 0 |
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAV ($) | 8.95 | 10.40 | 11.10 | 11.07 | 11.25 | 6.65 | 9.45 | 10.39 | 8.91 | 11.14 | 13.33 |
| Total Return (%) | 32.00 | 16.20 | 17.19 | 7.53 | 24.27 | -33.22 | 42.72 | 12.16 | -6.15 | 27.64 | 16.15 |
| Annual Dividend Yield (%) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Relative Performance | |||||||||||
| Rel Performance-S&P500(%) | 33.15 | 53.28 | 123.06 | -82.65 | 187.76 | 37.83 | 163.08 | -29.01 | -82.56 | 116.56 | 34.15 |
| Rel Performance-Obj.Ret.(%) | -199.51 | 110.54 | 112.56 | 2.83 | 81.33 | 123.52 | -165.97 | -68.28 | 16.00 | 144.29 | 89.20 |
| Ret.Quintile vs Obj(1 is best) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Turnover, Yields, and Gains | |||||||||||
| Fund Assets Net($mil) | 2,006 | 2,186 | 2,179 | 2,373 | 2,694 | 1,571 | 2,158 | 2,241 | 1,926 | 2,263 | 2,263 |
| Annual Turnover (%) | 74.00 | 125.00 | 96.00 | 92.00 | 68.00 | 70.00 | 51.00 | 46.00 | 44.00 | 42.00 | 0.00 |
| Annual Dividend Paid ($) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Annual Capital Gains Paid($) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.07 | 0.88 | 2.46 | 0.80 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.83 | 0.23 | 0.00 |
| 1 Month | 3 Month | 6 Month | YTD | 1 Year | 3 Year | 5 Year | 10 Year | 15 Year | 20 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Return (through 05/13) | 2.61% | 10.03% | 21.87% | 16.15% | 28.02% | 14.33% | 9.32% | 13.43% | 11.62% | 14.85% |
| Ret. Percentile vs. Obj. (1 is best) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Average Price/Earnings | 39.48 |
| Average Price/Book | 3.85 |
| Average EPS Growth | 18.95 |
| Average Market Value | 57,716.00 |
| Name | Weight | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC | 7.75 | 6,674,000 |
| ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP | 5.90 | 971,000 |
| APPLE INC | 5.82 | 260,000 |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 5.05 | 84,000 |
| GOOGLE INC CL A | 3.54 | 119,000 |
| CREE INC | 4.53 | 3,171,000 |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | 4.11 | 15,406,000 |
| TENET HEALTHCARE CORP | 3.66 | 2,680,000 |
| ACI WORLDWIDE INC | 4.70 | 2,559,000 |