Waddell & Reed Asset Strategy A  UNASX
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Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
World Allocation Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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   Growth
  
  
As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.04
  
NAV (2009-11-10)
$ 8.66
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-10)
24.60%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
3,206
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Waddell & Reed Asset Strategy A
(from 1999-01-01 to 2009-10-31) Category: World Allocation
Index: Morningstar Moderate Target Risk
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-10
Inception date: 1995-03-09 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-10
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 25.18 41.14 11.25 15.32 11.49 10.70
+/- Category 5.37 21.83 11.56 9.75 5.46 ---
+/- Morningstar Moderate Target Risk 4.61 10.05 10.09 10.50 --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 13.78 3.30 8.74 14.45 11.26 10.51
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 10.79 11.80 7.71 13.78 10.83 10.25
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 5.62 4.19 11.19 8.82 ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 10.32 5.29 10.82 8.48 ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 136 funds), (5 yrs : out of 93 funds), (10 yrs : out of 53 funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is 5.75%, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 16.91
Software 0.00
Hardware 8.68
Media 0.00
Telecommunications 8.23
Service 43.93
Healthcare 2.40
Consumer Services 1.73
Business Services 4.86
Financial Services 34.94
Manufacturing 39.16
Consumer Goods 6.86
Industrial Materials 15.13
Energy 17.16
Utilities 0.00
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 12.7
Stocks 64.1
Bonds 6.8
Other 16.5
Foreign Stocks 42.2
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 48 Turnover % 304
Total Number of Bond Holdings 105 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 49.09 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
GOLD BULLION --- --- 17.10
Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China Limited China 6.02
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Taiwan 4.42
China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. China 4.36
Monsanto Company United States 4.26
Qualcomm, Inc. United States 4.11
Standard Chartered PLC United Kingdom 2.30
China Shenhua Energy Company Limited China 2.27
Total SA France 2.16
Visa, Inc. United States 2.09
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 1995-03-09
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Michael L. Avery  (1997-01-01)
Michael L. Avery -- Avery is senior vice president of WRIMCO and IICO, vice president of the fund. He has served as CIO of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., WRIMCO and IICO since June 2005. He has served as portfolio manager for investment companies managed by WRIMCO since February 1994. He held the position of Director of Equity Research for WRIMCO and its predecessor from August 1987 through June 2005. He has served as a Director of the Corporation since April 2007.
Ryan F. Caldwell  (2007-01-31)
Caldwell has been an employee of WRIMCO and has held his responsibilities for Ivy Asset Strategy Portfolio since January, 2007.He is vice president of IICO and WRIMCO, vice president of Ivy Funds, Inc. and Vice President of other investment companies for which WRIMCO serves as investment manager.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-10-30)
Front: 5.75
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.20
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2009-06-30)
Correspondence Information
6300 Lamar Avenue

Overland Park,  KS  66202
United States
Telephone:
888-923-3355
913-236-2000
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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