Principal Investment Strategy
The Alternative Income Fund is a non-diversified fund that invests all of its investable assets in the Alternative Income Portfolio (formerly the Water Infrastructure Portfolio), a series of Kinetics Portfolios Trust.
Under normal circumstances, the Alternative Income Portfolio will hold a diversified portfolio of primarily fixed income securities and implement equity option strategies intended to generate returns from the receipt of option premiums. The Alternative Income Portfolio will thereby seek its primary investment objective of current income and gains by collecting premiums on written options, while maintaining a portfolio of primarily fixed income securities to serve as collateral to cover obligations pursuant to written options and seek the secondary objective of long-term growth of capital.
The Alternative Income Portfolio will implement option strategies on market indexes, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) or company specific equity securities, receiving up-front cash payments from the purchasers of these options in exchange for providing the purchasers with the right to potentially sell an underlying security to the Alternative Income Portfolio. If the prevailing market value of the underlying equity securities on an expiration date exceeds the strike price of the put option that the Alternative Income Portfolio has written, it is expected that the option will not be exercised. In such instance, the Alternative Income Portfolio would not be required to purchase any securities and the received premium would be considered income.
At the time of writing (selling) an option, the aggregated amount of all the notional obligations of the option positions (the sum of all the exercise prices referenced) held by the Alternative Income Portfolio may not exceed 100% of the Alternative Income Portfolio’s total assets. In this way, the Alternative Income Portfolio intends to have available at all times cash or fixed income investments to satisfy any obligations to purchase securities pursuant to options written.
The Investment Adviser will select option investments based on market volatility levels, underlying security valuations and perceived market risks. Further, the Investment Adviser evaluates relative option premiums and implied volatilities in determining preferred option contract terms, such as strike prices and expiration dates. The Alternative Income Portfolio will typically buy or sell exchange-traded options on market indexes, diversified and non-diversified ETFs, and U.S. listed stocks of individual companies including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). To the extent the Alternative Income Portfolio buys or sells options on single stock equity securities, the aggregate notional exposure to a specific underlying company will typically not exceed 5% of the Alternative Income Portfolio’s net assets at the time of investment.
To satisfy collateral requirements related to written options and provide full coverage of potential security purchase obligations related to written options, the Alternative Income Portfolio may invest up to 100% of its net assets in fixed income securities including cash or cash equivalents, fixed income closed-end funds (“CEFs”) and ETFs. There are no limitations as to the maturities or credit ratings of the fixed income securities in which the Alternative Income Portfolio may invest, however, fixed income securities held by the Alternative Income Portfolio are generally issued by the U.S. Government or investment grade, large capitalization U.S. companies.
In managing the Alternative Income Portfolio’s fixed income holdings, the Investment Adviser will focus on achieving a reasonable risk-adjusted return with an emphasis on capital preservation, and will select fixed income securities based on market liquidity, duration risk, credit risk, and yield to maturity.
In connection with the Alternative Income Portfolio’s positions in derivatives, the Alternative Income Portfolio will segregate liquid assets or will otherwise cover its position in accordance with applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requirements.”
Disclosure
You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Funds before investing. For a free copy of the Funds' prospectus, which contains this and other information, visit our website at www.kineticsfunds.com or call 1-800-930-3828. You should read the prospectus carefully before you invest.
Past performance and does not guarantee future results. Due to market volatility, current performance may be more or less than for the rankings shown. Investment return and principal value will vary, and an investment can lose money.
Because the Funds [other than The Paradigm Fund and The Small Cap Opportunities Fund] invest in a single industry, their shares do not represent a complete investment program. Internet and biotechnology stocks are subject to a rate of change in technology, obsolescence and competition that is generally higher than that of other industries, and have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. International investing presents special risks including currency exchange fluctuation, government regulations, and the potential for political and economic instability. Because smaller companies [for The Global and Small Cap Opportunities Fund] often have narrower markets and limited financial resources, they present more risk than larger, more well established companies.
Non-investment grade debt securities (i.e., junk bonds) are subject to greater credit risk, price volatility and risk of loss than investment grade securities. Further, options contain special risks including the imperfect correlation between the value of the option and the value of the underlying asset.
Unlike other investment companies that directly acquire and manage their own portfolios of securities, the Funds pursue their investment objectives by investing all of their investable assets in a corresponding portfolio series of Kinetics Portfolios Trust.
You will be charged a redemption fee of 2.0% of the net amount of the redemption if you redeem or exchange your shares 30 days or less after you purchase them.
Distributor: Kinetics Funds Distributor LLC is an affiliate of Kinetics Asset Management LLC, and is not an affiliate of Kinetics Mutual Funds, Inc.
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