*Source: Bloomberg Finance, L.P. The chart uses total return NAV performance and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Inception date for SVARX: December 16, 2013. Expense Ratio: 2.67%. Past performance is no indication of future results.

Returns

Annual performance at net asset value (all distributions reinvested)

Annualized total return performance

Inception date for SVARX: December 16, 2013. Expense Ratio: 2.67%

Statistics & Highlights

Highlights of three-year performance periods (12/16/2013 – 3/31/2024)

*Based on three-year returns for quarterly rolling periods.

Fees

† Shareholder Service Expenses may include sub-transfer agent and sub-custodian fees.

‡ The operating expenses in this fee table will not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights because the financial statements include only the direct operating expenses incurred by the Fund and does not include the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies.

Fund Ratings

Portfolio Managers

Literature

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Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 TR Index: The Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index is designed to measure the performance of the 100 largest facilities in the US leveraged loan market. Index constituents are market-value weighted, subject to a single loan facility weight cap of 2%.

*50/50 iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield TR Index/Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 TR Index: This benchmark gives 50% weight to the iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield TR Index and 50% weight to the Morningstar Leveraged Loan Index. iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield TR  Index benchmark measures the USD denominated, sub-investment grade, corporate bond market. The index includes bonds with minimum 1 year to maturity, minimum amount outstanding of USD 400 mil. Bond types include fixed-coupon, step-up, bonds with sinking funds, medium term notes, callable and puttable bonds. Morningstar Leveraged Loan Index is designed to measure the performance of the 100 largest facilities in the US leveraged loan market. Index constituents are market-value weighted, subject to a single loan facility weight cap of 2%.

Portfolio statistics are based on 5 year calculations from Morningstar, FastTrack Data, and Bloomberg Finance, L.P.

Standard Deviation: is also known as historical volatility and is used by investors as a gauge for the amount of expected volatility. It is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. Sharpe Ratio: a risk-adjusted measure calculated by dividing a fund’s annualized excess returns over the risk-free rate by its annualized standard deviation. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the fund’s historical risk-adjusted performance. Beta: a statistic that measures volatility of the fund, as compared to that of the overall market. The market’s beta is set at 1; a higher beta than 1 is considered to be more volatile than the market, while a beta lower than 1 is considered to be less volatile. R-Squared: a measurement of how closely a fund’s performance correlates with an index. It can range between 0 and 1. An r-squared of 1 indicates perfect correlation, while 0 indicates no correlation. Up Market Capture: a statistical measure of an investment manager’s overall performance in  up markets. The up market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index rose. Down Market Capture: a statistical measure of an investment manager’s overall performance in down markets. The down market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well or poorly an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has dropped.

Distributor: Ceros Financial Services, Inc.

Ceros Financial Services, Inc. (Member FINRA/SIPC) has no affiliation with Spectrum Financial, Inc., the Fund subadvisor. Advisors Preferred LLC is the Fund’s advisor and a commonly held affiliate of Ceros.

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