Principal Risks:Risk is inherent in all investing. Many factors and risks affect the portfolio's performance, including those described below. The value of your investment in the portfolio, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the portfolio or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The portfolio, through its investments in underlying portfolios, is subject to the risks of the underlying portfolios. The following is a summary description of principal risks (in alphabetical order after certain key risks) of investing in the portfolio(either directly or through its investments in underlying ETFs). Each risk described below may not apply to each underlying ETF and an underlying ETF may be subject to additional or different risks than those described below. An investment in the portfolio is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.You may lose money if you invest in this portfolio.
Market - The market prices of the portfolio's securities or other assets may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to factors such as economic events, inflation, changes in interest rates, governmental actions or interventions, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by tariffs, trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions, cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, the global and domestic effects of widespread or local health, weather or climate events, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. If the market prices of the portfolio's securities and assets fall, the value of your investment in the portfolio could go down.
Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Events or circumstances in one or more countries or regions could be highly disruptive to, and have profound impacts on, global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the portfolio invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the portfolio's investments may go down.
Asset Allocation - The portfolio's investment performance is significantly impacted by the portfolio's asset allocation and reallocation from time to time. The value of your investment may decrease if the sub-adviser's judgment about the attractiveness, value or market trends affecting a particular asset class, investment style, technique or strategy, underlying ETF or other issuer is incorrect.
Underlying Exchange-Traded Funds - Because the portfolio invests its assets in underlying ETFs, its ability to achieve its investment objective depends largely on the performance of the underlying ETFs in which it invests. Investing in underlying ETFs subjects the portfolio to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those ETFs. Each of the underlying ETFs in which the portfolio may invest has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the underlying ETFs' shares and therefore the value of the portfolio's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any underlying ETF will be achieved. To the extent that the portfolio invests more of its assets in one underlying ETF than in another, the portfolio
will have greater exposure to the risks of that underlying ETF. In addition, the portfolio will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of the underlying ETFs in which it invests.
Smart Beta Investing- Smart beta strategies seek to capture broad, consistent drivers of return and to out-perform traditional index strategies. These strategies may not work as intended. An underlying ETF pursuing a smart beta strategy may not achieve its objective and may not perform as well as other funds using other asset management strategies.
Equity Securities - Equity securities generally have greater risk of loss than debt securities. Stock markets are volatile and the value of equity securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The market price of an equity security may fluctuate based on overall market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions or trends, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, substantial economic downturn or recession, changes in interest rates, or adverse investor sentiment. The market price of an equity security also may fluctuate based on real or perceived factors affecting a particular industry or industries or the company itself. If the market prices of the equity securities owned by the portfolio fall, the value of your investment in the portfolio will decline. The portfolio may lose its entire investment in the equity securities of an issuer. A change in financial condition or other event affecting a single issuer may adversely impact securities markets as a whole.
Fixed-Income Securities - Risks of fixed-income securities include credit risk, interest rate risk, counterparty risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. The value of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, tariffs and trade disruptions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the value of a fixed-income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines. If the value of fixed-income securities owned by the portfolio falls, the value of your investment will go down. The portfolio may lose its entire investment in the fixed-income securities of an issuer.
Foreign Investments - Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risks. Foreign markets can be less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the portfolio's foreign investments may decline, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, including nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, reduction of government or central bank support, tariffs and trade disruptions, sanctions, political or financial instability, social unrest or other adverse economic or political developments. Foreign investments may also be subject to different accounting practices and different regulatory, legal, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping standards and practices, and may be more difficult to value than investments in U.S. issuers. Certain foreign clearance and settlement procedures may result in an inability to execute transactions or delays in settlement.