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Name

As of 04/16/2021

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$4.42

$256 M

26.85%

$1.15

1.88%

Vitals

YTD Return

-13.5%

1 yr return

42.5%

3 Yr Avg Return

0.7%

5 Yr Avg Return

2.8%

Net Assets

$256 M

Holdings in Top 10

57.8%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$4.4
$3.85
$5.76

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 1.88%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 36.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

$10,000,000

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Open End Mutual Fund


Name

As of 04/16/2021

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$4.42

$256 M

26.85%

$1.15

1.88%

RCSYX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return -13.5%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 0.7%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 2.8%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 0.17%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 26.9%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Annually

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Russell Investments Commodity Strategies Fund
  • Fund Family Name
    Russell
  • Inception Date
    Jun 30, 2010
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    Inst
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    United States
  • Manager
    Vic Leverett

Fund Description

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing directly, and/or indirectly through a wholly-owned subsidiary, in commodity index-linked instruments, other commodity-linked instruments, derivative instruments (including swap agreements and commodity-linked structured notes, futures and options contracts with respect to indexes or individual commodities and options on futures contracts), cash and fixed income securities that together are intended to provide exposure to the performance of the collateralized commodity futures market. It is designed to generally achieve positive performance relative to that of the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return (“Bloomberg Index”), although there can be no guarantee that this positive performance will be achieved. The Bloomberg Index is a broadly diversified futures index composed of futures contracts on 23 physical commodities. The Fund gains exposure to the commodities markets by investing up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund (the “Subsidiary”) organized as a company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Fund’s or the Subsidiary’s use of derivatives may cause the Fund’s or Subsidiary’s investment returns to be impacted by the performance of instruments the Fund or the Subsidiary does not own and result in the Fund’s or the Subsidiary’s total investment exposure exceeding the value of its portfolio. The Fund may use derivatives to take both long and short positions.
Russell Investment Management, LLC (“RIM”) provides or oversees the provision of all investment advisory and portfolio management services for the Fund. The Fund is advised by RIM and multiple money managers unaffiliated with RIM pursuant to a multi-manager approach. RIM may change a Fund's asset allocation at any time. The Fund’s money managers select the individual portfolio instruments for the assets assigned to them. RIM manages Fund assets not allocated to money manager strategies and utilizes quantitative and/or rules-based processes and qualitative analysis to assess Fund characteristics and invest in securities and instruments which provide the desired exposures. RIM may use strategies based on indexes. RIM also manages the Fund’s cash balances.
The Fund may invest in corporate debt securities, Yankee Bonds (dollar-denominated obligations issued in the U.S. by non-U.S. banks and corporations), U.S. Government securities, variable and floating rate securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and municipal debt obligations. The fixed income portion of the portfolio includes debt securities that are considered to be of “investment grade” quality at the time of purchase, but the Fund may also invest its assets in debt securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly referred to as “high-yield” or “junk bonds”) and in “distressed” debt securities. The average duration of the fixed income portion of the portfolio (excluding structured notes) is one year or less. The Fund may also invest in bank obligations. The Fund may sell securities short.
The Fund may purchase and sell non-commodity futures contracts, including interest rate, Treasury, Eurodollar, and currency futures, and may enter into spot and forward currency contracts.
The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its principal investment strategies.
The Fund may invest up to 35% of its assets in securities of issuers economically tied to non-U.S. countries, including issuers economically tied to emerging market countries. The Fund considers emerging market countries to include every country in the world except Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Please refer to the “Investment Objective and Investment Strategies” section in the Fund’s Prospectus for further information.
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RCSYX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period RCSYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD -13.5% -15.2% 1077.3% 97.75%
1 Yr 42.5% -88.7% 208.0% 45.58%
3 Yr 0.7%* -47.9% 49.4% 47.17%
5 Yr 2.8%* -39.9% 56.7% 52.98%
10 Yr -6.3%* -29.8% 12.4% 60.00%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period RCSYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 -1.9% -87.8% 612.3% 61.82%
2022 4.8% -88.2% 53.9% 63.76%
2021 -13.3% -42.9% 323.8% 47.93%
2020 0.2% -37.6% 55.7% 68.15%
2019 10.9% -34.9% 49.2% 50.33%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period RCSYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD -13.5% -15.2% 1054.1% 97.30%
1 Yr 42.5% -88.7% 208.0% 43.36%
3 Yr 0.7%* -47.9% 49.4% 44.34%
5 Yr 2.8%* -39.9% 56.7% 51.79%
10 Yr -6.3%* -29.8% 12.4% 59.20%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period RCSYX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 -1.9% -87.8% 295.5% 60.45%
2022 4.8% -88.2% 53.9% 65.14%
2021 -13.3% -42.9% 208.1% 50.89%
2020 0.2% -37.6% 55.7% 80.89%
2019 10.9% -34.9% 49.2% 58.28%

NAV & Total Return History


RCSYX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

RCSYX Category Low Category High RCSYX % Rank
Net Assets 256 M 196 K 56.4 B 42.86%
Number of Holdings 58 1 666 43.23%
Net Assets in Top 10 155 M 570 K 56.4 B 65.81%
Weighting of Top 10 57.77% 20.0% 100.0% 72.17%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  2. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  3. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  4. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  5. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  6. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  7. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  8. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  9. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%
  10. Russell Cayman Commodity Strategies Fund Ltd. 24.57%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High RCSYX % Rank
Cash
69.47% -71.20% 100.00% 18.06%
Other
20.71% 0.00% 121.36% 59.35%
Bonds
9.74% -2.31% 89.67% 61.94%
Convertible Bonds
0.07% 0.00% 4.02% 27.74%
Stocks
0.00% -1.68% 48.48% 76.77%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 76.77%

Bond Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High RCSYX % Rank
Cash & Equivalents
87.61% 0.40% 100.00% 28.37%
Government
6.08% 0.00% 99.60% 68.79%
Corporate
5.82% 0.00% 60.65% 25.53%
Securitized
0.49% 0.00% 34.43% 34.04%
Derivative
0.00% 0.00% 10.05% 78.01%
Municipal
0.00% 0.00% 2.44% 79.43%

Bond Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High RCSYX % Rank
US
7.98% 0.00% 130.22% 67.10%
Non US
1.76% -40.55% 18.29% 23.23%

RCSYX - Expenses

Operational Fees

RCSYX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 1.88% 0.01% 17.60% 20.67%
Management Fee 1.25% 0.00% 1.75% 96.54%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% 2.86%
Administrative Fee 0.05% 0.04% 0.45% 20.00%

Sales Fees

RCSYX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 2.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 4.00% N/A

Trading Fees

RCSYX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 2.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

RCSYX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 36.00% 0.00% 286.01% 57.43%

RCSYX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

RCSYX Category Low Category High RCSYX % Rank
Dividend Yield 26.85% 0.00% 24.88% 81.39%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

RCSYX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually Annually

Net Income Ratio Analysis

RCSYX Category Low Category High RCSYX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 0.17% -55.71% 60.36% 45.64%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

RCSYX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Daily Annually

Distributions History

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RCSYX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Vic Leverett


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

May 08, 2017

3.9

3.9%

Vic Leverett is Managing Director of Alternative Investments since 2008 at Russell Investments.

Mark Raskopf


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

May 08, 2017

3.9

3.9%

Mark Raskopf is a senior research analyst and portfolio manager for Russell Investments on the hedge fund team. Prior to Russell Investments, Mark served as Head of the NY office for Ermitage Group, a UK-based fund-of-funds.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.12 16.38 6.75 10.34